Chapter 981: White Waves

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When she was done, Betty put down her pen, put away her notebook, and walked out of the cabin to the deck. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Since the fleet sailed into the Baltic Sea, there has been no wind at all for many days, and the air is very dull and breathless. The sun burns so brightly that the sea, like the sun itself, is so bright that people dare not look at it.

This climate lasted for several days, and today was the hottest day, with the sea shimmering red. The sailors working on the surface of the ship had to wear protective glasses. There were no seagulls flying in the sky, and there were no dolphins on the sea, so they all seemed to have fled the heat.

Betty also put on protective glasses, and then he saw Chen Wei coming over.

"The storm is coming, don't stay on deck." Chen Wei said, "If it's okay, you can go back and sleep for a while." ”

Betty couldn't help but be very strange when she heard Chen Wei's words.

Now the sun in the sky is so scorching, there is not even a little wind on the sea, where does the storm come from?

However, Betty was just a small non-commissioned officer, and of course the time he went to sea with the ship could not be compared with Chen Wei, so he did not dare to have the slightest objection to Chen Wei's judgment, but went back to sleep as ordered.

What is the most important thing to serve on a ship? Go to bed! Yes, it's sleeping, that's absolutely right! People who don't know the inside story may think that this is not what a good sailor should do, but this perception is strange. Sleeping is the best prize for the officers and men of a combat ship! Whoever has a birthday can sleep for the whole day, and no one can violate this right! Usually after lunch, the sailors have a sacred activity -- "contact," and the so-called "contact" is to take advantage of the "naval officer's time" to seize the time to sleep. Betty had seen a variety of sleeping styles when she was serving on other warships, such as: standing on the bridge and sleeping directly; sleep at a table on the standby podium; Sleep in the place between the meter pillars...... As the world's greatest naval nation, the sailors of the Royal Navy invented and discovered many good places to sleep and a variety of sleeping styles, and the above is just a microcosm of their daily lives.

But this time Betty didn't sleep long, and suddenly woke up to the sound of thunder, but ran to the porthole and stretched out her head to see that there was not a single cloud in the sky. The rumbling sound kept coming. The sound came from afar, from the south, and as you listened closely, it grew louder and louder.

Betty jumped to her feet, ran out of the cabin, and went to the deck.

The first thing that caught Betty's eye was a bright light on the sea level to the south. His days on a warship were not short, but he had never seen the sea so low. The sea seemed to go down a layer, and the big and small reefs that people didn't know about were exposed to the surface of the water in the dazzling sunlight. As if this was another place. He slept for a while, only to wake up to find himself in a different place.

The air around her suddenly enveloped Betty tightly. There was a faint sound, as if some giant beast was inhaling from between its teeth, and the cloudless sky rumbled, getting closer and closer, filling his ears. Then, beyond the bright light on the surface of the sea and the bare and large and small reefs, far away from them, a row of great white crests was seen rushing towards the sailing warships.

The crest seems to move slowly between the sea and the sky, but in fact it is the sea itself. Betty took off the protective glasses she was wearing over her eyes. He ran back along the deck in terror. Fall, get up and run again. The first wave hit, and the deck beneath his feet trembled. The splashing water poured around him like rain. The splashed water was littered with seaweed debris and small fish.

Too late to get down to the cabin, Betty used all her strength to grab a sail line (although the "Savage" was a steam warship, it kept a full set of sail rope equipment for the sake of the voyage). The water had rushed around Betty's knees, and there was a wave of water dragging him in all directions.

He saw Langfeng pass below him, roaring and rushing towards the other ships.

For a moment the sound disappeared. So the sea began to find its place, and the long, foamy currents of water quickly receded. The wave had not yet receded, but another big wave was rushing from the south, perhaps even greater than the first. Betty looked up, and he saw that the wave was passing, and it was not coming quickly because the other wave was still receding. At first he didn't think it was going to hit here, because the two waves were suddenly colliding outside. The first wave was rushing straight down into the sea, and the second wave was desperately rushing upward.

They collide with each other like two giants. A column of water rose in the air, one moment to one side, the other to the other, with a sound that sounded like many great spears had broken in battle. Under the red light of the sun, the splash of water from the two waves was like a rain of blood.

The second wave slowly drove the first wave backwards, slowly overshadowed it, and then, in the posture of a victor, dragged the conquered wave towards the "Savage".

The waves slammed into the hull, and long tongues of water swirled around Betty, which he could neither see nor hear. The tongue was licking all the gaps, tugging at his hands and gripping the feet of the sail rope. They rose up along the surface of the sea, and as they rose higher and higher, they were almost touching the sky, and then they lost their strength, and fell down, screaming, past Betty, and into the water that hit the deck.

Suddenly, there was silence. Betty could even hear her own heartbeat in the silence, and he knew that his hand was still gripping the sail line, and then he knew that he was still alive.

The waves hit again, and Betty felt herself repeatedly tearing and dragging with a tremendous force, and his hands gradually became numb, and he could not grasp the sail rope.

His hand finally let go, and just as he was about to fly out of the ship's side, a figure rushed to his side, grabbed his wrist, and pulled him back to the deck alive.

It's Chen Wei.

"Now you know how terrible the storm is?" Chen Wei asked with a smile when he saw Betty, who was pale, as if to relieve his nervousness.

"Yes." Betty said in despair, "But if you come to save me like this, we'll all be dragged into the sea by the storm." ”

He was very grateful for Chen Wei's rescue, but he was more worried that both of them would die in the storm.

"No," Chen Wei shook his head with a smile, "I tied myself to a rope." ”

After listening to Chen Wei's answer, Betty noticed the rope around Chen Wei's waist, and the other end of the rope was on a mast.

Chen Wei quickly tied Betty and himself together, "We can't go back to the cabin for the time being, let's enjoy this rare storm together here." He laughed, "The view is spectacular." ”

Betty didn't dare to look at the waves that were like mountains, and closed her eyes.

"Look, my friend, it's all right, it's not too late to close your eyes when the waves hit you." Chen Wei said with a smile.

Betty still didn't dare to open her eyes.

"There is a saying in Qianguo that describes the huge waves on the sea, which is called 'white waves', and I have always wondered, how can the waves be white? But after a few storms, I realized that the waves that could reach into the sky were really white. If you don't believe me, take a look, my friend. Chen Wei continued.

Betty opened her eyes boldly, and sure enough, as Chen Wei said, those huge waves like small mountains were really white.

"Am I right? Betty? Chen Wei said with a smile.

"Yes, white! They really are white! Betty nodded in surprise.

The white waves continued to crash against the hull of the "Savage", making a loud noise, as if to shatter the hull, Betty even heard the creaking sound of the steel plates, and couldn't help but worry about the "Savage".

"Don't worry! My friend! Have more confidence in British-built warships! Chen Weiwei smiled and said to Betty, "The new cruiser with a displacement of 8,500 tons is not so easy to be destroyed by storms!" ”

Betty looked at Chen Wei, her heart full of reverence.

He has always believed that Nelson, the god of the British Royal Navy, never died.

Nelson's heroic soul must appear in someone's body.

And this time, Nelson chose a Rothschild who was half of the Qianguo blood.

The tide is coming again, the surging tide, the back waves push the front waves, and the rows of white flowers and flowers rush over, the sound is like thunder, and the momentum is like ten thousand horses galloping. The sea suddenly became an endless battlefield, the sea breeze blew the sharp horns, and the waves seemed to be a thousand valiant warriors, fiercely attacking the shore, and rumbling and shouting. Those huge reefs weighing thousands of pounds, as long as they are gently brushed by the tide, seem to "sink" to the "bottom of the sea" all of a sudden. Rows and rows of waves crashed against each other, splashing in patches of waves. This magnificent sea tide made Betty feel how much power was hidden in the vast and boundless sea, and how many poets had aroused infinite reverie in this vast sea.

The battleship sailed on this vast sea, looking at the endless sea, the mighty sea was rippling, Betty's eyes were full of white expanse, he looked into the distance, the battleships floating on the sea were just small dots on the sea. He saw the battleship swimming at the edge of the sky, like a baby's cradle, swinging on the sea, and the man sitting in the battleship might be able to touch the sky with his hand. The clouds in the sky are piled up with battleships, high, soft, and you may be able to reach the moon by stepping on the clouds......

The storm finally subsided.

Storm.

The sea water has returned to its clear azure color, and the waves are as smooth as the surface of a lake on a spring morning. The occasional breeze only blows a thousand small sparkling wrinkles, which makes the golden water surface shining under the midsummer sun look warm and gratifying. Betty has never seen such a beautiful sea! The sky was also a bright blue, with only a few light clouds like a thin veil. Flat in the air, like a girl, wearing a beautiful blue summer dress, but around her neck is a thin and light white scarf. He had never seen such a beautiful sea and sky.

Not long after the sun set over the sea, an orange-red sunset burned in the western sky. The sea was also dyed red by the glow, but it was more spectacular than the sky. Because it is active, whenever the rows of waves rise, the glow reflected on the crests of the waves is red and bright, like a burning flame, flickering, rolling, and disappearing. The back row, flickering and rolling again, came slowly, and in the beautiful night, Betty stepped on the deck and walked slowly along the side of the ship. The sea water, gently caressing the steel hull, made a gentle "brush" sound, the late sea breeze, fresh and cool, his heart has indescribable excitement and happiness.

He knew that after this great storm, he had taken another step forward on the road to growing into an excellent naval officer.

At this time, Betty was serving as a lookout, and he was watching the beautiful sea while keeping an eye on the surface of the sea.

Now that the British expeditionary fleet has penetrated deep into the Baltic Sea, warships of the Russians may appear at any moment.

Koukou

Koukoukoukou (to be continued.) )

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