Volume 1: The Fields of the Old Hometown Chapter 2: Swim Like a Big Fish
He chased a big fish, and he thought that his life was like this, and he should chase the big fish. He has resigned himself to his fate, what about the fisherman? He could go on like this for the rest of his life...... Casting nets, fishing, fishing lines involve big fish, and selling big fish to make money......
His father had never been to sea since his father taught him how to fish. So much so that at the age of 21, his hands were full of fishing calluses. The thick palms he had cultivated were covered with horizontal and vertical cracks, even if it was chapped skin, he was not afraid of these, this was what a fisherman should look like.
He looked into the sea more than once, and the line was very long, and the big fish was under the sea. The fish led the fishing boat forward, so he stopped the power of the fishing boat again, and he tried to let the big fish lead the fishing boat, so that the big fish felt tired! So at the same time, he looked at the small fish in the net when he had just gone out to sea, he took out one, used a knife to cut the belly of the small fish, took out the internal organs, and then washed the fish with seawater, removed the skin with a knife, and dipped the fish in seawater and ate it raw. He hadn't eaten anything yesterday and was drowning in grief, and now he needed strength in pursuit of the big fish.
He simply didn't care where the fishing boat sailed, he was carried by the big fish, and the smell of blood appeared on the sea, and Alberta knew that the big fish should be about to lose his strength. After eating the small fish, he threw the bones into the sea. When he threw it, he said to himself, "Where did you come from, where did you go back!" ”
He wasn't pretending to be anything, but he thought that their fisherman's fortune came from the sea, that the waves fed them, and that he was about to die at the bottom of the sea, like everyone else! When he grows old, when his body can no longer sustain him, he will die, and then he will ...... He will return dust to dust, and dust to dust. He would bury himself in the sea, and let his body fall silent in the water, swallowed by the fish he caught all day...... It can be regarded as his giving back to the waves and the sea......
He is a fisherman, so the character of the fish can be seen! The fish pulled the boat, and he decided that the line had hurt the big fish, and the big fish was still fighting in the sea, and he could tell that the big fish was some kind of warrior, like the navy soldiers he had seen fighting on the huge cruiser Trist!
Not to be outdone! Once again, he decided that the big fish had no physical strength! So he jerked up the line that held the big fish again! He seems to hear the chirping of big fish! He began to admire the big fish, and he said, "Big guy, you are amazing! At this time, he already felt a certain quality, a certain character that was unyielding to life, that came from the sea!
The light of the sun rose again from the horizon as the light of the Great Lighthouse faded and the light of the Great Lighthouse rose from the distant sea later last night, and at this time, the light of the sunrise had enveloped the entire port and coast of Epalai!
But Alberta felt that he was a little "inferior". Because he didn't bring the big fish ashore at the first moment of dawn today! Yesterday he fought with a three-meter fish, he failed, the line was torn, but he didn't lose, he lost because the line was broken. And now, he must use enough strength to bring this big fish ashore! Not for the riches, but for himself...... The character of not admitting defeat.
But at this time, a huge black "big guy" appeared in the distance, and Alberta didn't pay close attention to this "big guy", because he was already engrossed in this big fish. It was at this time that Alberta was about to defeat this big fish, and the "big guy" in the distance made a loud bang! The waves on the surface of the sea are rippling like a tsunami! The huge waves almost toppled Alberta's fishing boats.
Alberta ran away with the fish all at once. At this time, he came back to his senses, only to see a huge steel ship in the distant sea! It's almost three times the size of the cruiser Trist, which cruises in the port of Eparé! The perimeter of the battleship is made of steel. Even the mighty battleship Trist, its exterior was covered in iron sheets. In this world, warships made of steel can't go into the water, so they will sink...... But in Alberta and all the people in Epalai Harbor, they can clearly see a steel battleship in the distance that is spitting steam and smoke, a steel giant ship that has transcended the technology of the times! And there are four turrets of this steel giant. Each turret is almost always a twin main gun...... The main cannon is as long as at least two people, and from here in Alberta, you can see the huge main gun!
Alberta shivered instinctively, and he almost forgot about the fish as fast as he could...... Trembling and at what he thought was already fast, he ran to the steam turbine and turned on the steam engine, and just as he was about to control the fishing boat, the huge battleship fired another volley of fire from four main turrets and eight main guns!
Alberta could clearly see that the artillery was falling on their Epale port! The glow from the cannonballs caused the harbor to burst into flames...... He could even intuitively feel that his home would be reduced to ruins under the bombardment of this monstrous ship.
Young Alberta steered the fishing boat as fast as he could, but the waves of the steel battleship's second cannon fire shook and hit the falling waves as fast as they could! Falling waves crash into fishing boats in Alberta. Alberta felt like the fishing boat was about to be overturned by the waves!
At this time, he looked back and saw the cruiser Tristel approaching the steel giant ship as fast as it could! Alberta clearly saw that the ironclad battleship fired its third salvo! And at this moment, the cruiser Triesther fired only one cannon salvo, and the cruiser was sunk by the ironclad battleship...... Flames burned on the huge planks, and the steel skins burned on the cruiser Triesther, and the Triesthl broke in half......
The port of Epale belongs to the Capetian Merchant Free State, and the port of Epale in the Capetian Merchant Free State is the most prosperous port on the southwest coast of the continent of Strypa, if not the southwest. It is also the most prosperous port in the Lufthansa business alliance that the Capetian merchant free state has joined. Prosperous buildings, scattered houses, and trading ships that come and go at sunrise and sunset make this glorious port in the southwest of the continent full of life and vitality. Similarly, the port of Epalai is also a thriving port for the fishing industry.
Young Alberta rushed towards the harbor as fast as he could, and it was at this moment that the people in the harbor panicked, and the defenders were equally panicked, and they took out the breech-loading rifles from the bunker and bolted the rifles of the rifle. This rifle is a one-child rifle that requires the bolt to be pulled for each shot and can only be loaded with one round at a time.
Although the attack of rifles will not have any substantial effect on this huge battleship. But there were still a lot of panicked soldiers, with rifles, shooting at the steel giant ship at sea!
So much so that the people in the harbor looked at this huge steel giant ship in despair, no one could have imagined that in this world, someone could cast a warship out of pure iron! People always have a fear of the unknown: warships, even the most powerful cruisers, are made of wood and wrapped in iron. Guns on both sides of the ship! But this huge steel ship, it's completely different!
There are always those who are bold and do not fear fear! There are some people, they hold binoculars, and they see this steel giant ship of unknown forces! It aimed its side guns at the harbor, and in the bow of its ship was another gun with "several" large barrels! There is a slightly smaller gun on the side of the ship, and a large cannon on the stern that is the same as the bow!
Even this giant ship! Its mast is particularly thick! Above the mast, there is a large watchtower, and above the watchtower, there is a medium-sized battle mast with four guns! Above is a small battle mast with four guns of smaller calibers! Larger guns fire an average of one shell a minute, while smaller guns fire one shell in half a minute or less!
Even if someone were hiding behind a building with four or five floors or even higher, the inhabitants of the harbor would have nowhere to flee as long as the cannon fired...... No matter how strong a building is, it takes less than a moment for a cannon to destroy a towering building with a single cannon shell...... The entire port is already in flames......
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Young Alberta drove the boat to the shore as fast as he could, and even though he tried his best, he was even struggling with the steam turbines of the fishing boat, as if the more he gritted his teeth, the more power the fishing boat could have!
At this very moment, the steel giant ship opened fire for the fourth time! The flames erupted, the flames burned in the harbor, and the fourth time the ship fired, a tsunami-like wave of the sea surged against Alberta's fishing boat!
The previous wave had not yet receded, but this time the wave hit again, and the two waves overlapped to form a small whirlpool! Flip Alberta's fishing boat overturned......
Alberta entered the sea, and he even felt that the water was warm today. The flames in the port of Epalai are about to cook the temperature of the seawater. He choked on two mouthfuls of water, Rao was his good water nature, he floated up from the sea, he swam quickly, but at this time the fifth artillery salvo began!
He could even clearly see with the naked eye that on the ironclad battleship in the distance, the huge waves formed by the shelling of the ironclad battleship were surging towards him at the fastest speed!
Alberta thought that no matter what kind of person with good water nature, once they encounter such a big wave, the chances of survival will be greatly reduced!
The waves are crashing towards Alberta! At that moment, Alberta felt everything around him shake, as if the sea was like a giant snake, wrapping around him and almost throwing him out with all his might. And then they were thrown into the waves......
He even felt the waves crash like boulders, and Alberta felt something hit his head, and he fainted...... sank into the sea......
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Alberta sank into the water, and he fainted due to the impact of the huge waves that caused the waves to form a whirlpool and hit his brain......
The moment the boy fainted, he drank several sips of seawater! He choked on it. When he woke up, he found himself almost three meters away from the sea! He sank into the water. So he swam hard, he grew up on the seaside, and there was no shortage of water. But at this time, the huge steel battleship was constantly attacking, so the waves did not stop surging at all. The flow of water is not stable at all. Alberta had sailed in the waves before, but today's huge tsunami-like waves due to shelling make it impossible for Alberta to swim at all.
Alberta swam hard, he felt that there was still more than a meter from the sea, he could almost see with the naked eye, under the sea, the water droplets were rotating rapidly, and in an instant, a torrent under the surface of the water almost hit Alberta into the bottom of the sea!
The boy knew that this was another shelling! In fact, this wave shaking on the sea surface was indeed the sixth shelling of the ironclad battleship......
Alberta struggled to swim again, but he found that the crash of the waves had pushed him back to a position two metres above the surface...... He suddenly lost his momentum, suddenly couldn't hold his breath, and drank two large mouthfuls of seawater...... Alberta's consciousness is also gradually beginning to blur...... He couldn't even feel the flow of water......
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Alberta was in the water, and he kept feeling that a coma was coming...... He was a fisherman and spent his days fishing on fishing boats. He had heard so many scenes of fishermen falling into the sea and dying that he began to fall into a coma...... He knew that there was no chance of him surviving......
But there seems to be a big fish, swimming in front of him! He didn't know if he was hallucinating or if there was a big fish swimming beside him. He doesn't know if it's the big fish he hurt with his line, let's see how he died...... But this made him remember that the big fish still did not give up any hope when it was on the verge of death!
Alberta was eager to come to his senses, but at this point, he was still in a semi-comatose state...... Suddenly, his consciousness blurred...... He saw a girl coming towards him from a distance. This girl is the one he is engaged to and almost married.
The girl seemed to be saying something to him, but he didn't hear it at all, he could only see the girl moving her mouth...... At this very moment, Alberta had a voice in his heart: "I can't die...... I want to see her again! ”
All of a sudden, the form of life began to change here in Alberta! He struggled desperately, longing for life! He's going to live! Such a simple act: he wants to live, just so simple: he wants to live......
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