"Put it here, the rocks over here are just a bunker!"

Several musketeers, under Barron's command, mounted a 12-pounder gun on the hill and, together with its other companions, formed a circular battery.

The fort, nicknamed "Fish's Mouth" by the musketeers, is located on a cliff 200 meters above sea level. The terrain here is treacherous, and from the edge of the fort, you can see a slightly concave cliff. Below the cliffs lies the clear blue sea, with the crashing waves crashing against the jagged brown reef on the shore.

The slope of the hill leading to the fort is almost 30 degrees, and it is only below the mountainside that the slope gradually becomes gentle. On the left and right sides of this makeshift fort, there are two smaller forts at a slightly lower altitude.

The three batteries were zigzag and half of the islands were included in the range of fire, and any enemy who tried to attack one of the batteries would be covered by the fire from the batteries on both sides. If you count the musketeers who guarded the battery, there were almost no blind spots in the entire fortification.

In front of the cliff of the island, a large sail warship is moored. By this time, the sails of the battleship had been retracted and tied to the transom with thick sail cables. From time to time, seabirds would pass by above the battleship, and sometimes they would stop on the masts and arrange their wings.

Xu Mo looked up at the blue sky, and slowly exhaled a turbid breath, as the fortifications on the island were completed, the young admiral's mood slowly relaxed.

The small island, called Koufonisi, is located in the southern Aegean Sea and is part of the Greek Cyclades archipelago. To the northwest of it is the largest and most fertile island of the archipelago, Naxos, home to hundreds of Greek fishermen and rich in fruit and wheat.

The Cyclades are a mountainous group of islands, with higher mountains to the north and east and gentle parts to the southwest. Beneath the cliffs to the east is a natural deep-water harbour, and the land that extends to the north embraces the harbour like a spoon.

Under the cover of this mountain spoon surrounded on three sides, the ships anchored in the harbor could hardly be detected by any ship outside the harbor, but the lookout on the island of Koufonisi could rely on the extremely high altitude of the mountains to observe any sailing ship on the sea that was within sight.

Although the Cyclades are not an uninhabited and desolate island, the average navigator really can't always think of such a small island that meets the requirements of warfare.

It had been almost a day and a half since the Vasa arrived on the island of Koufonisi, and with the efforts of hundreds of Viking sailors, they carried all the dozens of guns on the Golden Elephant onto three extremely high mountain platforms and built three temporary batteries. Xu Mo left behind an entire musket team and hundreds of armed sailors on these three forts.

The Golden Elephant, with all its guns unloaded, loaded the Vasa with the proceeds of several months of privateering, as well as more than twenty sailors wounded in battle. Piloted by a small number of Viking sailors, it will leave the large army and embark on the return voyage. If they're lucky, they'll be back in Stockholm in a little more than a month.

"Boss, I'm back!" Li Ze's voice came from behind Xu Mo.

"It's good to be back!" Xu Mo turned to look at the dusty ship doctor, and patted him on the shoulder happily, "Frango, he ......"

"He's gone...... Nothing painful! Li Ze was silent for a while, and then returned.

“…… Is the message out? Xu Mo nodded and asked in a deep voice, "Tell me about the specific situation!" ”

"Well, after you left Alexandria, about two days or so, a group of Ottoman reincarnators came to Alexandria to inquire about the battle of the pyramids!" Li Ze muttered and recalled, "They were very cautious and did not use force in the city, and I revealed Frango's recuperation to them through the channel of Arab mercenaries left by Al, according to your wishes......"

"Did they kill Frango?" There was a hint of heaviness in Xu Mo's eyes.

Although the old sailor had not been on the Vasa for a long time, and he did not communicate much with Xu Mo, sending off a subordinate of his own in this way still made Xu Mo feel bitter in his heart.

"No, they seem to trust the information provided by Frango and did not torture him. Frango finished delivering the message, and there was no more concern in his heart, and he died of an attack! Li Ze shook his head and sighed, "After Frango's death, I left a sum of money for a few mercenaries I was familiar with, so that they could bury the old sailors. I myself came to the neighborhood on an Arab merchant ship and then changed to a dinghy! ”

"You're tired too, go get some rest!" Xu Mo waved his hand lightly and turned his head to look at the sea with a lot of concern.

Frango had already provided false information to the Temple of the Gods, and by mistake, this false information about the Vassa's journey to the Mediterranean to search for treasure became true information after the pyramid incident. Now the false information that Frango sent again before his death should also convince the Temple of Gods.

If Xu Mo's judgment was not wrong, he believed that the Temple of the Gods was already on the route to the Aegean Sea. If they are really in Marseille, then in two days at most the Pantheon will appear in the Aegean Sea, and their destination will be Delos in the Cyclades.

Delos is a religious shrine in the Aegean Sea and Greece, the birthplace of Apollo, the god of the sun, and Artemis, the goddess of the moon. The island is home to temples of many of the main gods of Greek mythology, including Apollo, Artemis, Poseidon, Hera, Sis, and many others. Because of the ruins of the temple on Delos, Frango's false information about the Vasa's treasure hunt on Delos is also extremely credible.

On the charts, Delos is located north of the island of Kouforia, and ships coming from the west cannot detect the Vasa in the harbor of Kouforia, while the mountain lookout post on the island of Kouforia can see ships heading west towards Delos.

In fact, the armed clippers commanded by Blakeney, after a lot of camouflage, also patrolled the waters in this area to avoid missing the battleship of the Temple of the Gods. Now, the Vasa just had to wait quietly, waiting for the ships of the Temple of the Gods to pass through here, and then tails in pursuit, ending this protracted team fight.

At night, Xu Mo leaned his back against the side of the boat, quietly looking up at the bright moon, and heard the sound of waves crashing against the reef in his ears.

"Admiral, haven't you rested yet?" The Iron Rite Train came up from the cabin and said with a smile.

"I can't sleep, come out and see the night view!" Xu Mo shook his head and sighed, "I don't know why lately, I often have insomnia." ”

"Hehe, it's homesick!" The Iron Rite leaned over the side of the ship.

"Hometown?" Xu Mo was stunned for a moment, and smiled lightly, "Yes, I haven't seen the moon in my hometown for a long time!" ”

"Admiral...... Actually, there's something I've always wanted to tell you......" Tie Lilie said with a sudden hesitation.

"Are you going to get off the ship?" Xu Mo looked at the sea and asked lightly.

"You...... Know? Tie Lilie was slightly startled and asked in surprise.

"Hehe, we've been together for so long, I can see it!" Xu Mo nodded, "You are different from Christina and Azisha, you go to sea for pure nautical adventures, studying astronomy and geography, and you don't like tragic naval battles!" ”

"Admiral...... I don't know what to say! Tie Lilie said with a wry smile.

"It doesn't matter, after this return voyage, I will ask His Majesty Gustavus to fund your expedition to the sea and open up routes to Africa and the New World, what do you think?" Xu Mo said with a smile.

"If that's the case, that's great!" Tie Lilie was unusually excited.

"Hehe, actually, I'm very strange, how did Admiral Hedram trick an explorer like you into joining the Swedish Navy in the first place?" Xu Mo blinked and teased.

"This ...... In fact, I had been confronted with pirates, and my ships and funds were looted, and I was left penniless in the harbor, if not Admiral Hedram...... I guess I'm starving to death! Tie Lilie's face turned red and he said hesitantly.

"Haha, I see!" Xu Mo laughed.

"Admiral, there is a fire signal from the lookout post on the top of the mountain, and there is a ship ...... on the sea" While the two were talking, a sailor who was on duty on the deck at night hurriedly came to report.

"Oh? Sound the alarm! Xu Mo was startled and immediately issued a warning order.

PS: Let me tell you about the book friends, at 4 o'clock in the afternoon on April 6 (Saturday), the gourmets will be a guest on Perfect Radio. There is an announcement on the homepage of Zongheng, click on the book news, you can leave a message in the comment area below, and the gourmets will answer any questions from book friends in the program. About the contents of each volume of "Superstrings", about the next book, and so on! Note that the message time is until April 2nd, and Zongheng will draw a group of book friends who leave a message and send out perfect point cards. Everyone is welcome to ask questions to the gourmets!