Chapter 89: Memories make people want to cry all the time

PS: Zhong Bo and Song Feng were confused in the previous article, and they have been modified, please forgive me for the inconvenience!

Zhongbo had never slept so soundly, and he didn't have to worry about a sudden storm, or fear of beast attacks, or guard against enemy tricks.

Sleep until you wake up naturally, stretch out, and feel refreshed.

For breakfast, we have white rice porridge with white flour steamed buns, a plate of pickles pickled with wild vegetables, two eggs per person, and a little chili stir-fried small green vegetables.

After eating and wiping it off, Zhong Bo and his staff officers invited Wang Xuan.

Wang Xuan didn't sleep as well as them this night.

Before the fleet set off, he thought about countless possible risks, but what he didn't expect was that this was not the same time as before, and this was no longer the earth he was familiar with.

Empiricism kills people.

He was primarily responsible for the dead brothers.

I thought about it all night and planned it all night, so when Zhongbo came in full of energy, he saw His Majesty the King with puffy eyes.

This made him wonder, and he thought that it was the dead brothers who made His Majesty sleep.

"It looks like I slept well last night, and I was very energetic, and I haven't forgotten the smell of home, right?"

Although Wang Xuan was a little tired and a little listless, his thoughts were not chaotic, and he narrowed the distance between them with one mouth, which made the two very warm.

"I slept so hard that I didn't dream all night. The taste of home has never been forgotten, and I dare not forget it, His Majesty Lao is worried. Nakaba said.

"That's good, I'm thinking I'll talk to you in the afternoon, since I'm here, let's start, you all sit, don't be restrained. ”

The two of them sat on the two-seater sofa opposite Wang Xuan, with straight upper bodies.

Wang Xuan knocked on the dark glass coffee table, pointed at the two of them and said with a smile: "Relax, it is comfortable to lean on the back of the sofa, and you two are allowed to make an exception." ”

Yang Wei on the side also didn't sleep all night, and seeing that the two of them were still a little restrained and didn't dare to make a mistake, he stepped forward and pressed the two of them on the backrest.

"I've suffered you for the past year, it's because I haven't thought it through, so that I have broken so many brothers, and you are fighting for me. ”

The two of them never thought that the first thing His Majesty said in business was self-examination, and they subconsciously wanted to take the responsibility over when they were apprehensive.

"Don't panic, let's talk about the experience along the way, it will be exciting. Xiao Yang made a record, and let's listen to Commander Zhong about their long journey. ”

Yang Wei answered, took out his notebook and pen, and sat down on the side.

Next, Zhong Bo started from Xingyao Bay, and everything was done in detail, and the staff officers occasionally added it.

On the day of the starry bay, the sky was really good.

The spring breeze in March is not like scissors, it is suitable for travel, and the people who see them off along the coast are crowded into a pot of porridge, they carry auspicious hopes, and embark on an unknown journey.

At first, the wind and waves were calm, and he came to the open sea of Xinsong Town smoothly, and he was in the mood to send someone ashore to bring greetings from the fleet.

After that, we will travel to the maximum distance where we can see the coastline.

The first few days were very boring, either the half-sized islands lined with dogs' teeth, or the endless skyline, and I didn't see an island suitable for life.

Things took a turn for the worse a month later.

"Either you don't come, or you come in a group. ”

These are the exact words of the Navigator.

From the watchtower high on the mast, several large islands were divided into triangular branches, and the closer the fleet approached, the narrower the line of sight, in order to find out the condition of the three islands, everyone planned to dock one by one, and the marines would land on the islands to find out the situation.

At first, the natives of the island were still respectful of outsiders, but Nakaba and the others used auspicious goods to win the favor of each other, and the two sides spent several days and nights in peace, and the topographical map of the island was gradually improved.

Somehow, on the night of the sixth day, the natives attacked the unsuspecting marines, and the team suffered heavy losses.

When the enemy was outnumbered and unfamiliar with the terrain, he had to evacuate with the corpse.

Nakaba always remembered what his first task was, so he just recorded this matter in the journal, and as long as there were still people in the fleet alive to return to auspiciousness, this matter was destined to have a result, which was the tradition of His Majesty, and it was also the tradition of the military department.

It's not that the eyes will be repaid, but that blood for blood, and tooth for tooth.

After restarting, the fleet landed on the other two islands.

Contrary to their expectations, they were attacked by the other side without warning, just like the last time.

The only thing that is fortunate is that everyone is prepared, so the casualties are not large.

Since then, no matter whether it is a large island or a small island, Nakaba is not allowed to go ashore, and only sails around the island and draws nautical charts.

In this way, the fleet will go far away.

Hearing this, Wang Xuan also understood the fundamental reason why it would drag on for a year.

The further north you go, the more islands there are, and the big islands are even more numerous, and the auspicious area is not small, but you can't see enough in front of the big islands.

It took half a year for the group to pass through the huge group of islands and sail towards the colder north.

"The cotton clothes prepared for us by the military department are too thick, everyone thinks that they are redundant, who would have thought that when the first snow falls, the whole world will change. ”

Zhongbo didn't seem to want to recall this time, so the staff officer stubbornly stepped up.

After the first snowfall, the weather suddenly turned cold, and everyone had to dig out musty cotton clothes from the warehouse to keep out the cold, but despite this, the cold that penetrated deep into the bone marrow still killed many people.

In the next few days, the soldiers were infected with wind and cold, and the fever continued, and some even vomited and diarrhea, and they were not able to do so.

In order to prevent cross-infection from leading to the annihilation of the army, the military doctor approached Zhongbo and asked for a graded isolation of the patient.

Those who are seriously ill are isolated together, and those with milder symptoms are isolated separately.

Zhongbo had no choice but to agree, he knew that this would make many people die, but it was much better than everyone dying, and the lesser of two powers!

Fortunately, everyone cooperated, and the military doctor also made it clear that whether or not they can survive depends on their physique, will, and medication.

In order to help the seriously ill warriors fight the disease, all the spare coal and meat in the fleet are given priority to them, and there is no limit.

Half a month later, ice floes appeared on the sea, and the ship was hindered from moving, so it had to anchor two kilometers away from the coastline.

At this time, everyone can only survive on the food stockpile.

When you are thirsty, you can catch ice floes or clean up the snowflakes on the deck and boil water to drink.

When they are hungry, they eat bean cakes that are as hard as stones and compressed rice grains to survive.

Fortunately, due to the timely isolation, the feces and underwear were treated separately, so the cold did not expand, and finally more than 30 people died, and the rest slowly recovered, but the consumption of coal was not small.

After November, the sea was frozen.

Zhong Bo and the staff officers summed it up, and came to the conclusion that it would be at least three months before it could be navigated, and his heart fell to the bottom.

Not to mention how to resist the increasingly cold weather, just this one food and drink is enough to make him embarrassed.

Counting the materials, it is only enough for a month, if you sit on the mountain and eat empty, a month later, in the face of more severe weather, will you not sit still?

So, the group made a risky decision, and a company of Marines hiked to the snow-covered land to the east in search of supplies or a temporary residence.

There were only three companies of marines with the army, and three companies were drawn by lot, so a hundred or so people, a viper, and two military doctors with the army, wrapped in thin cotton clothes, set off, and they didn't even have time to say goodbye, they were all about twenty and a half children.

About five days later, only 18 of the 121 people returned, all of them scarred, and only eight survived, less than half.

According to the survivors, after going ashore, they were surrounded by hills of different heights, and finally found a woodland and found a leeward mound to settle down.

The men were dressed in animal skins, armed with spears and throwing spears, and numbered about three hundred, like a middle tribe living in groups.

I thought that more than 100 regular troops were more than enough to deal with 300 natives, but I didn't know that the other party actually smeared poison on the throwing gun.

When the third company retreated, it was besieged by traps again, and under the unknown circumstances, only these people fled back.

Nakaba stops Erlian's attempt to take revenge.

The place is unfamiliar, and in such a harsh environment, where can outsiders fight the natives.

After all, the strong dragon does not suppress the head snake, and there are more important missions to be completed, so this account has to be remembered for the time being, in order to plan for the future.

At the moment, nothing is more important than the chart, and he does not want to repeat the mistake of reaching Gaoqiang, and his heart is still a task in addition to a task.

Back to reality, a month's grain storage was less than half, so he had no choice but to discuss with the staff officers and decide to dig ice and fish.

There are a lot of fishing gear, but it is difficult to open the ice, and if you want to dig a big hole in the ice more than one meter thick, you can't do it without enough labor.

This is undoubtedly a big trouble for everyone who is hungry and cold and has poor physical strength.

Trouble is trouble, and it is still feasible for a team of about 300 people to dig a hole.

This is a good thing, but it is bad because of the difference in temperature and environment between the north and the south.

Northerners know that when digging holes in the river, they must be separated from each other to prevent the ice from collapsing due to lack of buoyancy.

But the mascot lacked an understanding of the cold, and several groups of people actually formed a standard circle and dried.

When a place was opened, everyone was very excited, and they also caught a lot of sea fish.

By the fourth place, the warriors had been overwhelmed by the great gain.

When the sixth ice cave was drilled through, the warriors actually jumped up and down in the circle to celebrate the future life of worry-free food and clothing.

That's what Le Ji said sadly, only to hear a few small sounds of 'click', and the ice surface that had just been flat suddenly fell apart, causing nearly 100 people to fall into the water.

There is a world of difference between falling into the water naked and falling into the water in cotton clothes.

When the cotton clothes are wet, they can crush people and sink them, and they are not afraid that you will be water, especially the sea water at zero degrees.

Although the soldiers on the periphery tried their best to rescue them, only half of them survived in the end, and about 50 people folded in.

At this time, Zhongbo was already in despair, and it is very appropriate to describe his mood at this time by dying before leaving the school.

After two nights without sleep, he learned from the pain and decided to tighten his clothes and food and implement rationing in kind.

The collapsed ice cave was the best source of food, and in order to prevent it from freezing again, Zhongbo ordered people to hang half-over the side of the ship, and took turns day and night to stir the sea water with bamboo poles, which lasted for three months.

In February of the fourth year of Middle-earth, the people who were already malnourished had to return to the mainland, trying to find some leaves and grass roots to delay the aggravation of sepsis.

Coal is getting scarce and food is getting more and more boring, and what is still satisfying is the big hole that swallowed dozens of lives, but it has become a lifeline for everyone, relying on the continuous hooked seafood, the soldiers survived the most severe January.

This time it was the second company that landed, with less than 100 people, and more than 20 people had fallen under the harsh weather.

This time, everyone's purpose is very clear, as long as all the green is cut and dug up, one more bite can live one more life.

I don't know if it was because of the back or because the natives had already prepared, but on the second day, the second company was ambushed.

Due to the warning measures made earlier, this time it was very fortunate that only more than ten people were lost before retreating, and when the natives chased to the range of the naval guns, the starboard naval guns fired a salvo to facilitate the hasty evacuation.

It was because of this salvo in cold climates that cracks appeared in the cement hull.

Since then, the entire fleet has not fired a single shot.

After several times of this, the natives withdrew within range, and the hull of the battleship was destroyed.

Despite this, the soldiers were getting less and less green food, and many of them began to worsen their symptoms, and some died.

In the choice of waiting for death and fighting, Zhongbo finally chose a man.

It was still the second company, and more than 80 people acted as bait to go to the mainland to pick the roots, leaves, and stems of green plants.

The rest of the company, vipers, great white sharks, logistics, and everything else that could move, all took advantage of the snow as cover on the coast, set up ambushes, and waited for the pursuers.

When the second company retreated to the ambush circle, it suddenly turned around and killed a horse pistol, and the first company and the rest of the people jumped out of the snowdrift and killed the three hundred or so natives in animal skins.

This battle was fought with a heart or not, a mournful soldier and a proud soldier, and the auspicious man won.

After the natives left the corpse of Bailaiju, the girl ran away, and disappeared into the vast snow in a blink of an eye.

As a result, everyone no longer has to worry about the cold, and they also collected a lot of dry food by the way.

With this wave of counter-killing, Zhongbo and they actually survived until the end of March.

When the snow and ice have dissolved, they continue their journey north, reaching the end of the continental shelf in early April, turning around and heading east, then southeast.

At this time, after several rounds of salvos, the battleship had already been damaged, and Zhongbo had to dismantle the ship's guns and put them on the supply ship for backup.