Pacific Ocean.

?? As far as the eye can see, there is only the sea.

?? In the sky ahead, black and oppressive dark clouds shrouded the world, and dozens of huge sea ships were slowly heading towards the dark clouds.

?? Niu Jinda's brows were twisted into a pimple, this rare huge dark cloud was also encountered by the fleet for the first time.

??“ Go to the deck, and be sure to fix the sails. Niu Jinda said calmly in the captain's room.

??“ The last will obey! Yu Chi Baolin went out with his fists in his hands.

??“ Medium Vanguard, you go to the boiler room and order the workers to sail the steam engine at maximum power. ”

?? When Li Chongyi heard this, he couldn't help but pause, and then said with a little struggle on his face: "General Niu, our fuel has been"

??“ I know about the fuel suspension. "But now is the biggest storm we have encountered on this trip, and we must hurry up and pass through it." ”

?? There was a firmness in Niu Jinda's tone, and Li Chongyi hugged his fists with a worried face and said: "The last general will take the order!" He took a few lieutenants straight to the steam engine room.

?? Looking at some of the officers who were still on standby in the room, Niu Jinda said slowly: "Our whole ship is carrying the hope of the people of Datang, we must not die at sea, the vanguard, how much of our supplies are left?" ”

?? Li Dejian was a little embarrassed to say: "Back to the general, the two ships replenished from Hawaii Island, one completely sank into the sea because of the explosion of the steam engine, and all the materials on it were wasted, and now the only supply ship left to store food is also about to run out, plus the grain storage of each ship itself, it can last for three days at most." After Li Dejian finished speaking, his face became even paler.

??“ But if the seeds can be used as food, they will be able to last for three more days," Li Dejian said tentatively.

??“ Don't mention the construction of edible seeds, we sail thousands of miles just for these seeds, every seed will be the food of the people of my Tang Dynasty in the future, and the fleet is absolutely not allowed to eat seeds. Niu Jinda said firmly.

??“ Be. Li Dejian also replied with interest.

?? Niu Jinda sat on the captain's chair, his face was slightly worried, and then he seemed to think of something, and then asked, "Have all the drifting bottles for help been thrown out?" ”

?? Li Dejian hurriedly replied: "Returning to the general, from the time there are still six days left in the food reserve, we have started to put drifting bottles, and in three days, one is put into every three hundred nautical miles, and now the glass bottles on the ship have basically been used up. After that, he paused again and said: "I don't know if Chu Mo and Big Brother have received our drifting bottles, and now the fleet is almost on the verge of life and death!" ”

?? Niu Jinda was still frowning and struggling for a while, before he said slowly: "Reduce the food supply, adjust it to fifty percent of the current distribution, and persist for one more day, our hope will be greater." ”

??“ But General, we have very little food to distribute now," Li Dejian had to remind.

??“ Ben will know. Niu Jinda's tone was also a little irritable, "There are no supplies at sea, and the location of the next landing is still unknown, everyone must prepare for the worst."

?? A month ago, six hundred nautical miles west of the island of Hawaii.

?? An explosion occurred on a supply ship of the ocean-going fleet, which had just been on the island of Hawaii for four days, of unknown cause, but initially estimated to be caused by a leak in a steam engine pipe.

?? The Lord did not turn back, but ordered the voyage to continue.

?? According to the original plan, the fleet followed the ocean current and arrived in Australia exactly 20 days later.

?? But the weather didn't work out, and the fleet was sailing to the middle of the Pacific Ocean.

?? The compass could not show the direction, but kept turning around, the main general Niu Jinda learned from the Guigu book that he had encountered Magnet Island, and ordered to move forward at full speed, away from there, but encountered a group of reefs, three supply boats and a large ship all hit the reef and sank, fortunately the people on board were rescued.

?? It took two full days for the fleet to move away from Magnet Island, but when the compass returned to normal, the ocean-going fleet found itself in the middle of nowhere.

?? The stargazing at night determined the direction in which the fleet was to sail, and then the fleet had been traveling for more than a month to this day, and still did not see the shadow of land.

Today is the first month and four days since the departure from Hawaii Island, the fresh water and food on the ships have reached the most critical moment, and a small panic has begun to appear in the fleet, in this endless sea, the fleet is like a lonely island, I don't know where I am, there are no supplies, everything can make people feel a sense of urgency that is about to suffocate.

And now, the crew of the fleet had no time to panic, because there was a huge dark cloud in front of them, and the lightning stirring in that dark cloud could be faintly seen.

There was a familiar hum from the bottom of the ship, the sound of a steam engine starting.

When the many crew members on the deck heard this voice, their spirits were shocked, and they cheered a few times with excitement, as long as there was power, it meant that the fleet could continue to sail quickly, and it would quickly pass the storm in front of Guò, and the hope of finding land would be greater.

The fleet began to accelerate, and dozens of ships were in danger of being destroyed at any time on the vast sea.

The waves began to rise and fall, and the sea breeze began to increase significantly.

Yu Chi Baolin stood on the rickety deck holding on to the fence, looking at the gray and gloomy storm clouds between the sky and the earth in front of him, his eyes flashing with an unyielding light.

"Pass my military order, get off the sail!" Hearing him roar, dozens of shirtless men quickly jumped onto the masts and flexibly lowered the sails.

"Knock, knock, knock" There was a heavy drum sound from the bow of the ship, which was the drummer's order to speed up the sails, and the flag boy in a green robe stood at the bow of the ship and firmly gave the captain's order.

"Come on! Grandpa is not afraid of you! Wei Chi looked at the thunderclouds flashing in the sky and roared angrily.

"Boom!" It was as if the heavens had also noticed the contempt of this tiny ant towards him, and a furious thunder fell down, slashing straight into the sea, and the violent flash of light made everyone's eyes narrow.

"Boom!" The thunder followed, as if it was about to split the heavens and the earth! Suddenly, the rain was pouring down from the sky as if the Milky Way had flooded the sky!

Niu Jinda sat on the captain's seat with his fists clenched, staring intently at the storm outside, the wind swept the torrential rain like countless whips, and pumped fiercely against the glass window, making a heart-pounding sound of 'popping'.

The wind swept the waves, and in the midst of the storm, dozens of ships tossed up and down in the waves, like boats that could capsize at any moment.

"Hahahaha! Come on! Grandpa is not afraid of you! ”

At the bow of a huge sea ship, a big man with open chest and breasts, and incomparable chest muscles, held the mast with one hand, pointed to the dim sky with the other and laughed, it was Yu Chi Baolin.

Rough! Lightning!

At this time, the manpower in the field is as small as ants, the huge sea, as far as the eye can see, the sea is raging and rolling, roaring and rushing. Showers whipped the sea, splashing and splashing.

At this time, a small servant rushed out of the captain's room, held on to the railing step by step, and slowly walked to the bottom of the mast under the huge rainstorm, shouting something to Yu Chi Baolin, who was laughing under the mast.

Crash! Crash! Crash!!

Yu Chi Baolin only felt that he could only hear the cry of wind and rain in his ears, and he couldn't hear what the little guy was saying.

"Say, what? I can't hear you! Big, loud, one, point! Yu Chi Baolin yelled at him.

The little guy seemed to have exhausted all his strength before he shouted a few words.

"The captain ordered! Collect rainwater!! ”

"Hurry, hurry! Hurry up! Li Chongyi's forehead was sweating and urging.

In the shaking steam engine room, more than a dozen workers are desperately shoveling coal piled up next to the furnace into the boiler with shovels.

Here is the boiler room, the source of power for the fleet's steam engines.

Now those steam engines made of copper and iron are frighteningly hot, and you will be sweating from the roast when you stand around, but in order to survive the storm in front of you, you must pass through the storm at maximum speed.

"Boom!" There was a thunderclap outside the window, and then a huge wave swept over the ship, shaking everyone down.

"General! There really isn't much coal left! Zhang Quandan gritted his teeth and said loudly.

"Used! All of them! Otherwise, we're all going to die here! Li Chongyi's voice has become crazy R1152