readx; After leaving Luo Island, the Princess Anna sailed in a southeasterly direction, and the destination was naturally the Spratly Islands. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info In fact, the names of Xisha Islands and Nansha Islands in the South China Sea did not belong to this era, and fishermen generally refer to common names such as "thousands of miles of Changsha" and "thousands of miles of stone ponds". Zhu Youzhen also crossed these words, in addition to unifying the name and facilitating navigation, the biggest purpose was naturally to declare sovereignty.

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However, after only a few hours of driving, the northerly wind, which had been accompanied by the departure from Dengzhou, suddenly became less and disappeared completely, and soon turned to a southerly wind. Several navy soldiers from the egg people immediately became nervous, and they told Zhang Huangyan and Zheng Sen that the sudden southerly wind this month was probably a harbinger of a storm. Don't be calm, within two or three days at most, the sea conditions will change dramatically, and navigation will become very dangerous.

Zhang Huangyan and Zheng Sen didn't dare to slack off, and immediately spread out the sketch of the South China Sea that had just been drawn and calculated it carefully. Their destination is Huangshan Mazhi, the largest island in the Nansha Islands, and its current location is at least 1,200 li, or more than 300 nautical miles, from Huangshan Mazhi. If it is a tailwind, these more than 300 nautical miles are a day or two journey; But now it is a headwind, and many of the new soldiers who joined the army think that they cannot go any further, and must immediately return to Luodao to escape the storm.

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Although Zhang Huangyan was the chief officer of this mission, it was a matter of safety at sea, and it was useless for him to be in a hurry, and he had to listen to Admiral Zheng Sen's opinion. Zheng Sen also understands Zhang Huangyan's mood very well: he was reused by the emperor as a small doctor of the Five Classics, and of course he wanted to make achievements as soon as possible to repay the emperor's kindness. It is certainly safe to return to Luo Island now, but who knows how long this storm will last and how long it will be delayed? In addition, the supplies on the Princess Anna are limited after all, and if it drags on for a long time, where can they go to replenish in the vast sea?

Facing Zhang Huangyan, who was dumbfounded, Zheng Sen's eyebrows tightened, and after being silent for a long time, he suddenly asked: "You said that this storm will come in two or three days?" ”

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Sun Buke is far away from the sun and the sun is too ship, "the direction is right!" Twenty miles at most! It's a pity it's too dark,!!! Several sailors from the egg people also shouted at their necks, and at this moment they no longer bothered to call "Lord Admiral".

"Back to Lord Admiral, that's pretty much the way I've learned from the past. But whether it's the same this time, we don't dare to talk nonsense. ”

"Hmm...," Zheng Sen turned his gaze back to the chart, and after a moment of mental arithmetic, he said to Zhang Huang, "My lord, if the wind direction and wind speed remain the same, our ship can maintain a speed of about five knots, and we can sail one hundred and twenty nautical miles in a day and night. If the storm does come in three days, we will have already arrived at Mazhi in Huangshan by then. ”

"What does General Zheng mean that we should move on?" Zhang Huang said happily.

"Exactly!" Zheng Sen slammed his fist on the table, "As the saying goes, riding a horse and riding a boat is three points of risk, and sailing on the ocean, how can there be a foolproof truth?" What's more, there is no enemy in the way, but it is predicted that the weather may be bad, so how can you retreat now. In case of a real storm, the Princess Anna has a sturdy hull and can hold out until the Huangshan horse confrontation. ”

"Good!" Zhang Huangyan was overjoyed and said, "In that case, please give the order of General Zheng and move forward at full speed according to the original plan!" ”

With Zheng Sen's order, all the sailors on the Princess Anna were busy. The three huge square sails, tall and wide, were all lowered from the mast, and the crowd shouted trumpets and pulled up the triangular sails. The helmsman constantly adjusted the course, allowing the battleship to zigzag forward. The new warriors were not familiar with the princess Anna's work, and they only thought that the ship could sail against the wind, which was simply amazing, and they couldn't help but cheer together.

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However, the longitudinal sail borrows much less force from the wind than the crosssail, and the speed of the ship still cannot get up. Zheng Sen discussed with the sailors, gritted his teeth and was ruthless, and threw away some of the ballast stones, including those that were left as the sovereignty monument, and threw them into the sea a lot.

As a result, the weight of the ship was reduced and the speed of the ship was indeed increased. However, if there are fewer ballast stones, the center of gravity of the ship will become higher, and if the wind and waves are strong, the risk of capsizing will increase greatly, so it can be described as a risky move. But now Zheng Sen can't control so much, he is at the helm himself, and with his superb skills, he controls the Princess Anna to chop the waves flexibly, and he doesn't even dare to leave to drink water and eat.

After sailing like this for two days and two nights, the storm did not come, and the speed of the Princess Anna reached six knots, and it had already traveled two hundred and eighty nautical miles, and another fifty or sixty nautical miles would reach Mazhi in Huangshan.

However, the skies in the southeast are getting darker, and the winds are getting stronger at sea. The sea was full of long waves, wave after wave, and the highest was almost a foot high. When the crest of the wave breaks, white foam splashes, which is already a typical "white wave" trend, and the Princess Anna is bumpy between the crest and the trough.

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After leaving Luodao, the Princess Anna sailed in a southeasterly direction, and the destination was naturally the Nansha Islands. In fact, the names of Xisha Islands and Nansha Islands in the South China Sea did not belong to this era, and fishermen generally refer to them by common names such as "thousands of miles of Changsha" and "thousands of miles of stone ponds". Zhu Youzhen also crossed these words, in addition to unifying the name and facilitating navigation, the biggest purpose was naturally to declare sovereignty.

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The sailors are better, some of them have been trained for a long time, some have been fishermen for ten or twenty years, and this kind of scene is not very good. However, Zhang Huangyan and several translators from the Foreign Affairs Institute were so confused that they vomited so much that they couldn't even stand up, so they had to tie them to the bed with ropes to rest.

A few hours later, it was late at night, and it was less than 15 nautical miles away from Huangshan Mazhi. However, the waves grew bigger and bigger, and even though the Princess Anna was so high that wave after wave still crashed against the deck. The waves on the crest of the wave have begun to be slashed away by the wind, and the broken waves are dancing wildly in the air, and the whole world seems to be surrounded by white waves!

At this time, Zheng Sen was also very nervous, he knew very well that a big storm was coming. At this time, he had already asked people to tie himself to a pillar behind the rudder, soaked through, holding the rudder with both hands, and while using all his strength to control the course of the ship, he roared wildly: "How far is it from the Huangshan Mazhi? Right? ”

"Right direction! Twenty miles at most! It's a pity it's too dark,!!! Several sailors from the egg people also shouted at their necks, and at this moment they no longer bothered to call "Lord Admiral".

"Throw away half of the ballast stones, and throw all those stones!" Zheng Sen roared.

Dozens of large rocks were swallowed up by the roaring sea in an instant, and the ship was faster than before, but it was also more bumpy. After a while, Zheng Sen calmly ordered: "Chop off the backmast and throw it away!" ”

"But..."

"Execute the order!"

"Yes!!"

The Princess Anna, who had cut off the backmast, was like a dying but unyielding fighter, trying her best to move on. Suddenly, the sailor in charge of the lookout excitedly shouted excitedly from the top of the mainmast: "I see the island!" Fifty-two degrees on the starboard side, three nautical miles! ”

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Almost at the same time, a long line of blood-red lightning suddenly pierced the dark night sky, followed by thunder, howling winds, and torrential rain. The big storm is finally coming!