After the special task force returned from Fushantong, the personnel of the Military Police Department also returned to their respective positions, and the two catamarans, the "Feisu" and the "Lightning", which were the main forces of the maritime patrol, finally resumed their normal cruising at sea. (Baidu search update is the fastest and most stable) and another captured Ming army sailor Haicang ship, is currently temporarily used as a sailor training base for the Ministry of Shipping, by Yue Zhiyun and Sun Changmi with a group of people to escort those Ming sailors to practice every day, it seems that the training is very hard, but I don't know how the captains of the future fleet are progressing now.

The alarm clock was ready to ring at six o'clock in the morning, waking up Tom Wang from his sleep. He rubbed his eyes and quickly sat up stretching his waist. After sitting for about half a minute, Tom Wang jumped out of the cabin, turned on the faucet, took a glass of water and began to rinse his mouth. The Speedy is similar to the smaller Lightning, with three separate living cabins, a common living quarter, a washroom, and a galley. However, the hull of the "Speedy" is slightly larger, and the interior space is a little more spacious.

But now these are secondary issues, because except for Tom Wang, the rest of the North American Gang has moved to live in the prefabricated house of Base 1, and the space on this ship is currently his own world. It's just that out of the need for strategic preparation, the North American Gang will take turns to send one person to spend the night on another "Lightning" every day, after all, there are only a very few people like him who can live at sea for many years, even if all the North American Gang has sailing and yacht driving skills. No one likes to spend long hours at sea like Tom Wang, and in the eyes of others, sailing out to sea should be just work or recreation, never the whole of life.

Tom's worldview is indeed different from theirs, and after participating in the first Vendee Round the World Race, he knew that he was the kind of person who was born to belong to the sea. Over the next eight years, he took part in two more competitions, which were considered to be the most brutal of all competitions.

Held every four years, the French race takes place from France along the west coast of Africa, around the Cape of Good Hope, all the way east, around the Antarctic continent, across Cape Horn, and then north along the east coast of South America, across the Atlantic, and back to France. This route through countless difficult seas and strong storm belts can be described as "frenzied", but even more frustrating is that this race is actually set up as a "solo round-the-world race without docking", they have to overcome not only bad weather and unrecognizable course, but more importantly, living alone for months on the endless ocean, facing a qiē alone, it can be said that every captain who can complete the entire four-month race is a brave man with skill, courage and strong will. (Baidu search update is the fastest and most stable)

Tom had done three of the most brutal races, and if he hadn't participated in this crossing, he knew he would have participated in the next one, and he might be able to break the old record with his experience. But in the end, Tom gave up the regatta and decisively chose to participate in the crossing, because as an avid navigator, there is nothing more exciting than crossing to the beginning of the 17th century and experiencing the Age of Discovery. Although he came too late to catch up with the discovery of the New World, it didn't matter, the various routes in King Tom's mind were enough to make him the greatest navigator of his time, and any Columbus, da Gama, Cabral, Dias, and Magellan would all be defeated by the fast routes he opened up in the future with the help of ocean currents. Tom believes that in a few years' time, people will commemorate his great seafaring pioneer with regular round-the-world sailing races named after him.

After washing, Tom got dressed, and then habitually made a round around the cabin and deck to make sure that the boat was in good condition, and then went down the stern gangway to the dock trestle. At this time, Morgan happened to come out of another "Lightning" to see him, and both of them raised their hands to greet each other.

Morgan is the oldest of the six members of the North American gang, and he is 44 years old this year, but he did not take the family with Johnson to participate in the crossing. Tom Wang has known Morgan for nearly a decade, and he knows that Morgan Sr. divorced last year, and a son and daughter ended up with his ex-wife Susan, and the family is said to be living happily on a farm in Texas. Old Morgan is a very gentle and introverted person, although he never mentions it, but Wang Tom thinks that this may be the reason why he will travel to another time and space with a few old friends, say goodbye to his past life, say goodbye to his family, and try to forget the past.

Neither King Tom nor anyone else ever comforted Morgan, and this is not the way American men do it. As a good friend who has been friends for many years, you should find a way to help him get back on his feet, not just say two innocuous words like "I'm sorry" verbally. Fortunately, the trick worked in the 17th century, and his companions could feel that Morgan had been much more cheerful lately, and two days ago during the free clinic in Li Tong, the elder Morgan even made a fool of himself with those natives who did not understand the language.

"Good morning!" Morgan greeted Tom Wang word by word in Chinese. Learn to use Chinese for dialogue, which is the basic requirement of the Executive Committee for the North American Gang. Although there were not many people with English conversation skills throughout the team, it was clear that the Executive Committee was unlikely to take special care of the six of them in this regard, and Chinese would certainly exist as the official language of the crossing group during their lifetimes, so learning Chinese became another important task for them at the moment, in addition to their daily patrols.

Among the six members of the North American Gang, only Tom Wang's Chinese is slightly better, although the accent is a little strange, but he can basically communicate with other members. Therefore, most of the tasks of teaching Chinese fall on the shoulders of Tom Wang, and occasionally Gu Kai and Schneider will come over at night to help them give language lessons. But no matter what language you learn, it's important to keep it up to practice, and Morgan clearly executes that well.

The cafeteria door of the No. 1 base is obviously not as lively as usual at this time, and now with the two of them, there are only a dozen people waiting in line for breakfast, because of the hydropower station project, most of the people have now moved to the camp of the No. 2 base to live, so there are almost one-fifth of the people left on the side of Shengli Port and the No. 1 base, and those cultivators who struggled in the mud pond all day yesterday are probably still asleep because of excessive fatigue at this time.

Soon the other four members of the North American gang also appeared, Johnson was the whole family, and his wife Lola was holding their two daughters, Jessica and Emily, aged 11 and 7, respectively. Qiao Zhiya and two good friends who are also ABC Roger and Shi Diwen eagerly talked about the game that was not finished last night. Roger and Shi Diwen were both senior technicians of General Motors before the crossing, and they were also special personnel under the dual establishment of the Ministry of Industry and the Military Police Department, but so far their professions have not been able to come in handy in various infrastructure projects, so they are basically arranged by the Military Police Department, mainly responsible for maritime patrol and security tasks.

Today's breakfast is gruel and steamed buns, and you can ask for a little kimchi if needed. Qiao Zhiya sighed as soon as he saw the steamed buns, he really didn't like the taste of this "Chinese bread" very much, and a few days ago he tried to get the people in the cooking class to "cut the steamed buns into slices and bake them", but he was regarded as someone who came to find fault, and almost had a conflict because of this.

Johnson's two daughters were apparently treated much better than the unfortunate Jochia, each of whom received a glass of milk and an egg in addition to their staple food. This is the executive committee's specially formulated "children's nutrition security program", that is, the children of the crossing to ensure adequate food supply on the basis of taking into account the nutritional supplement, at present, the level of agricultural development of the crossing is still in its infancy, can provide stable dìng nutrition for the time being, only milk and eggs.

"Good morning, everyone!" With a greeting, Gu Kai appeared beside the North American Gang with a smile on his face.

"Kevin, why are you here?" As an old friend, Tom Wang still habitually called Gu Kai's English name: "As far as I know, except for those of us who are going out to sea to patrol, only women, the elderly, and children will stay here, please tell me, which category do you belong to?"

"Like you, I'm going to patrol the sea. Gu Kai deliberately spread his hands and turned around, and at this time, the North American gang noticed that this lawyer, who had always relied on a suit and tie to swindle, actually appeared wearing a camouflage training uniform today. This is really the sun coming out in the west, you must know that Gu Kai is a complete pacifist, he has always disliked military-related things, what kind of madness did he not have time to take medicine today?

Wang Tom suddenly thought of something, and said in amazement: "Yesterday, the executive committee informed us that someone will go to sea with us today to carry out a special mission, is it you who sent it?"

Gu Kai put away his smile and nodded sternly: "That's right, I am the central commissioner you are waiting for, I am in charge of commanding today's special operation, and all of you must obey my orders!"

As expected, Gu Kai got the twelve middle fingers stretched out by Qi Shushu in response, and it was obvious that his bluffing gadgets couldn't be eaten at all in front of these people in North America.

Gu Kai didn't care, shrugged his shoulders and said, "I'm not joking with you, let's go to the boat for a meeting after breakfast." ”

Fifteen minutes later, the crowd left Base One. The bearded Johnson also kissed his wife and children goodbye, and then went with his companions to the "Speed".

"Alright, if you know something, tell me quickly, and if you play any more tricks, I can't guarantee that they won't throw you into the sea. Tom Wang threatened with a gesture of rolling up his sleeves.

Gu Kai raised his hands to signal surrender: "Okay, here's the thing, the Executive Committee has arranged a place where you need to do a field survey, and my responsibility is to make an objective assessment of the results of this survey and provide it to the Executive Committee for reference in the next action plan." ”

"Is this going to war again?" "Are you going to attack the city of Yazhou, a hundred miles west of Sanya?" The few militants who had missed the last battle immediately became excited.

"Uh...... It's not what you think, there's no fighting, and I think you're going to be disappointed. Gu Kai hurriedly tried to calm down these guys' feelings.