Five-five-five go home for dinner!

It's late, forgive me.

"Where are they now?"

After hearing the news brought by Zheng Zhihu, Pang Yu and the others' first reaction was to relieve the safety of their group of people. Clippers are known for their speed, but they are not superior in armament and armor, and they are certainly not afraid of any opponent when sailing at sea - no other ship in this day and age can only catch up with them, but if they are unlucky enough to be blocked in the harbor, it will be very troublesome.

Therefore, since they had the clippers, they mostly used them only for those familiar and safe shipping routes, such as those along the southeast coast of China, because the modern nautical charts recorded by the Qionghai have the most and most detailed information about the routes of this sea area, even if the hydrological data of modern and ancient times are slightly different from those of the estuary of the river due to sediment accumulation, and the outer part is always the same. At the speed of a clipper, it was impossible for Ben to get close to the shoreline.

On the other hand, for safety reasons, clippers are not used for naval warfare after all. Even if there is a place reserved for the installation of the rocket launcher, it is usually disassembled and put away - anyway, if you encounter a strange ship with bad intentions at sea, the controller of the big flying shear only needs to gently shake the steering wheel, change direction slightly, and in the blink of an eye, you can throw the other party behind the buttocks, so why install a burden that is basically useless? It's just that you need to pay attention to the points when berthing, but all the ports along the way have been listed as "green" safety levels, and there have been no accidents for more than a year, so it is inevitable to relax psychologically.

What worries Pang Yu even more is that he had overheard Xie Xi talk about it before-Julie was very unhappy because she ended the wedding hastily. So Xie Xi pondered that he wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to go to sea to take her to find a beautiful island that was quiet and uninhabited, and live well for a few days to relax, and Gulangyu Island in Xiamen was on his list of candidates!

So an emergency communication message was immediately sent, and every important sailing ship of theirs was equipped with a radio device, but the marine radio made in large quantities using the materials of this time and space was much lighter and smaller than the fixed model used on land, but the power was also relatively small, and it could not receive and transmit wireless signals anytime and anywhere. Only within the range of a large base station can it be connected to the network and receive signals from other sites.

A telegram was sent, but there was no response...... Two ...... Three letters, all of which have not been heard from. Although it was not yet time to make an appointment for daily contact, the situation at sea was complex and changeable, and it was not uncommon for the radio to be unable to contact for a while. But the entire Shandong base, as long as there is authority, the high-level personnel who heard the news were all nervous.

At the same time as reconciling their contact, Pang Yu of course also sent the news back to Hainan. The Hainan Island side was also extremely shocked when they received the report -- they had not yet returned to Hainan at this time. Originally, according to the speed of the "Xuefeng" and other three ships, these 10 days were enough to return to Hainan Island from Shandong. Just because the dismissal had said before departure that there was no need to rush, and that the voyage should be treated as a honeymoon, then it was normal for them to stop and stop on the road, and no one knew their schedules - and probably not even at all.

"From the next contact period, including the next contact time, all relay stations are turned on and all communication bands are used to send signals to the Snow Wind Fleet until contact is made."

Not long after the telegram from Shandong was sent, the Hainan Island Headquarters issued the above-mentioned order to all the relay stations along the coast of the mainland, and on that day, from the mainland to Hainan Island, the Ming Dynasty merchants, officials, and other customers who were in a hurry to send telegrams were wronged -- the telegraph offices that were originally open to them and could send messages as long as they paid money were hung up with a large sign reading "Temporarily suspended." Although there are not many customers in these telegraph offices at present, as long as they can come and use these things, most of them are really urgent. But today, no matter how anxious they were, the staff of the telegraph office could only shrug their shoulders and say that they could not help. When asked the reason, they were all silent, only shaking their heads and saying they didn't know.

…………

At one o'clock in the afternoon, at the end of the one-hour daytime contact time, several people in the communication room of the Shandong base stared at the telegraph that had not moved, silent.

"Maybe it's just that I can't get in touch for a while, and I leave the work range of the nearby relay platform...... This kind of thing is common, and there is a contact time in the evening, so you can continue to try it when the time comes......"

Pang Yu still pretended to be calm and tried to comfort everyone, but his own iron-blue face revealed the true thoughts in his heart, but of course no one laughed at him at this time-because everyone's faces were similar.

At the same time, in the telecommunications room of the Baiyantan headquarters on Hainan Island, the atmosphere was similar to that of the Shandong base. However, compared with Shandong, which lacks maritime power and can only do things in a hurry, Hainan Island can take more means.

"Can the headquarters still draw out ships?"

Aunt Song, the chairman of the committee, gently knocked on the table and asked, this old lady, who has always behaved calmly, rarely makes such small movements, and only when she is upset. So much so that Professor Li, who was most familiar with her character next to her, had to pat the back of his wife's hand from time to time to show comfort.

"Baiju and Feiyan are doing maintenance in the harbor, and I have told them to immediately end all maintenance projects and prepare to sail."

Next to him, Oshayan replied, even though he shouldn't have been responsible.

"Then let's go as far as you can, first go to Xiamen to have a look, especially near Gulangyu Island."

The old lady gave an order, and Professor Li next to her made a supplement:

"Let the crew pay attention to contact the Zheng family in time, and the current Zheng Group may be more ...... Be irritable and don't cause misunderstandings. ”

"Okay, I'll remind Huang Xing and let him pay attention to this."

Oshayan hurried away to give orders, while several others in the telecommunications room discussed the sudden situation further.

"Is it a recall of the main fleet in Luzon? Or at least bring the Qionghai back. ”

Some people mention yì, but others oppose it:

"The battle of Luzon has come to an end, but the more it ends, the more likely it is that something will happen. Now that the battle fleet is needed to sweep the tail of the battle, why rush to recall the fleet? It's not good if something goes wrong. ”

"The fuel of the Qionghai ship is still insufficient, and if it is forced to be recalled, it can only lie on the dock, and at present, there are a large number of captured ships waiting for repair and transformation in the port of Manila, and the defense there is far inferior to Hainan Island, and the Qionghai ship is needed to sit on the defense."

"And what about the Dutch fleet that roams around the area? Leave it alone? ”

"What's the matter with that? They don't have a base here, they don't have a stable supply line, even if they are running around, they can't occupy the port, they can't go ashore, what can they do? ”

"What can be done? Hmph, it's nothing more than a threat to the safety of several of our brothers, and make everyone nervous to death......"

"Don't be so crow-mouthed, okay! It is not uncommon for them to be out of the range of the relay station for a while. According to the regulations, in a non-wartime state, it is enough to contact each other every two or three days in peacetime. ”

"I hope so, the good luck of the Snow Wind, I don't know if it's worthy of the name......"

-- In the midst of the gossip and argument of the gang, the committee finally made a decision: send a telegram to Luzon to inform the members of the main force there of the situation, and it is up to them to decide whether or not to return the fleet. The remaining ships on Hainan Island were all dispatched, carefully searching along the routes that the Snow Wind Fleet might pass through, looking for the whereabouts of Xie Xi and the others.

Of course, the ships that were sent out were ready for battle, and if they encountered the Dutch ships, they would definitely fight - whether they had ever encountered the Yukikaze fleet or not.

…………

Just when everyone was anxiously looking for Xie Xi and his party, what was Lao Xie doing?

- He's fishing at a leisurely pace! Julie, on the other hand, was swimming in a shallow puddle not far away. Behind them, on the leeward side of a large rock, a small tent was set up temporarily, and in front of the tent was a small fire pit, on which iron shelves were placed, waiting for Lao Xie to put the fresh fish he had just caught on it to smoke......

This is exactly the honeymoon life that Xie Xi has always dreamed of, and the specific location is on a scenic uninhabited island in the East China Sea. In these years, as long as the vegetation can be maintained, most of the overseas islands have a good environment, and there is no need to look for those scenic spots in later generations.

So when Xie Xi observed the tranquility and beauty of this nameless island in his telescope, he immediately decided to stay here for a few days. Live a good life with Julie, without any chores and idlers to disturb you. On the other side of the island, Jack and Anna occupy another beautiful beach alone, and everyone does not disturb anyone, and each lives in their own world.

In this case, of course, the dismissal will not go out of the way to fiddle with any radio, and the location of the island has long been out of the coverage of the relay station. However, for the sake of prudence, he let the two ships "Shiyu" and "Yefen" take turns to patrol the vicinity, on the one hand, to prevent any uninvited guests from suddenly coming to disturb them. On the other hand, every once in a while, a ship approaches the mainland mainland to receive wireless telegraphy and report to the base that it is safe.

This work two days later, when he saw a liaison dinghy break his "don't bother" ban and rush to the beach, Xie sighed, knowing that this beautiful and short vacation was coming to an end.

"What's the matter? To be in such a hurry? ”

When Julie returned to the shore after having fun, she couldn't help but be a little disappointed when she saw that Lao Xie had already packed up the tent and sundries and retreated just for her to return. But Xie Xi just shook his head helplessly:

"Your godmother told us to go home for dinner......" RO