Chapter 21: Hurricane
The wind was blowing, and there was a layer of dark clouds in the sky, which blew over in an instant, and there were cold raindrops, but it was sunny just now, and suddenly the sky changed, and the wind was blowing, blowing the sails and the masts were chirping. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
Xiao Lang'er came out of the captain's room, stood on the deck, looked at the sky, not good, there was a typhoon, I had to quickly find a sheltered port, judging from the map, there was a Malay city-state in front, and ordered the crew in the cockpit to change course and drive in the direction of the Malay city-state.
Summoning Shi Lang and asking him to deal with the impending bad weather, Shi Lang also agreed to sail for the Malay city-state at once, ordering the other five warships to change course with flags, and ordering the herald to inform the coolies in the bilge to speed up.
The clouds in the sky are getting thicker and thicker, covering the sky that was still bright just now, and the water droplets in the sky are falling down, and it is very cold to hit people's bodies. The turquoise waves turned dark green and rolled and smashed against the ship, causing it to shake.
There was only a white streak in the sky, and the dark clouds in the sky swirled, and lightning struck down, booming! The sound of thunderclaps shook people's hearts. Liu Jin's father-in-law came out of the cabin to take a look, and then hurriedly hid, shivering in the quilt, afraid that the bright lightning would hit him.
The singers had long since stopped singing and dancing, hiding in a corner, hugging each other, swaying with the ship, and some stools were sliding around on the wooden floor. The cups and dishes in the tavern were rattling and falling to the ground and shattering to pieces.
The huge Daming treasure ship is also like a small beetle struggling in the vast sea, rising and falling with the huge waves.
The wind blew so hard that it broke the cable, and it flew and twisted everywhere, and one of the sailors got entangled in the cable, and floated around on the mast, smashed on the mast, and spat out a mouthful of blood.
Seeing this, Xiao Lang'er did not put away the sails, and the ship was in danger of capsizing, and ordered the sailors to lower the sails as soon as possible to reduce the resistance of the wind. The wind was blowing fiercely and roaring, and the waves were getting higher and higher, rolling and rolling, some of the waves pressed against a wall, and the five small ships were up and down in the waves, sometimes visible, sometimes covered by the waves, it was really thrilling.
Everyone is praying for the blessing of the god of the sea to survive this catastrophe. The sailors were slowly retracting their sails on the deck, and a huge wave came up, swept away several sailors on the deck, and fell into the raging water, struggling desperately before they surfaced, revealing their wet heads.
The sailors on deck immediately threw ropes down to bring them up, but they threw the ropes several times, and the sailors did not catch the ropes, and the ship shook so badly that it would fall if one step was careful.
A three-masted gunboat was turned by the waves, lost its direction, and slammed into the Daming treasure ship, and the two ships were about to collide, so frightened that the sailors on the deck shouted.
Xiao Lang'er walked into the cockpit, tightly held the rudder, adjusted the direction, and it was so dangerous! The two ships passed by, and the ship was destroyed and killed by one foot. The three-masted gunboat knocked the two sailors who had fallen into the water into a daze, and they did not know where to go.
After a long while, everyone stroked their chests and lowered their beating hearts.
A swirling cloud in the distance swirled and swirled quickly. There are bright eye eyes inside, lightning and thunder in the clouds, no, the big storm is coming, just now it was still a light wind and small waves.
The flying seabirds were also sucked in and lost control, and a fishing boat in the distance was sucked in, spinning rapidly, and was torn apart at once, and the storm circled towards a huge dragon, absorbing the sea water and the surrounding air wave clouds, and there was a whirlpool of extremely fast rotation below, forming a column of water hundreds of feet high, straight up to the sky.
Everyone watched it thrillingly, and if they couldn't avoid it, they would be capsized like the fishing boat just now. The waterfowl next to the treasure ship flew close to the water, and a petrel skimmed through the gaps in the huge swirling waves and swooped down to another, even bigger waves, seemingly enjoying the thrill of the monstrous waves.
Like an elf, Haiyan is fearless and fights the waves. Xiao Lang'er saw that this little petrel had such a fearless spirit, how could he admit defeat as a human being, Xiao Lang'er aroused infinite fighting spirit.
The storm does not come in a straight line, but randomly, circling and decaying. Xiao Lang'er grasped the rudder, looked at the direction of the storm, and constantly adjusted the direction of the rudder.
The storm is getting closer, and you can feel the tearing of the wind and the cold thrill of the raindrops. Olisa, Windsor, and Rulan clung to Xiao Lang'er's side, grasping the railing, watching all this in fear, the wind lifted their skirts high, revealing snow-white legs, and they kept pulling up their skirts with one hand to cover them.
The treasure ship was constantly shaking, and the waves were more violent, sweeping the deck, and the sailors clung to the cables for fear of being swept to the bottom of the sea. Some waves came into the cabin, and the little waves grasped the direction, stared at the storm, made a judgment, frowned, and frowned, Come on, face the storm, spin and pass by the storm.
The sailors who grabbed the rope, their bodies were sucked up, floating in the air, that kind of strong suction made their palms strangled out of the blood, as long as they let go of the rope, it is estimated that they will never come back, desperately pull the rope, as long as they survive this moment, they will be safe.
The wind slowly subsided, and the sailors floating on the rope landed on the deck with a sigh of relief.
But the situation before them made them cry out again, a ship of sixty people did not have time to dodge, was swept into the storm, and tore the ship with the madness, the ship was quickly broken, and the sailors on board swirled with the storm, like a fallen leaf in autumn, and continued to rotate with the whirlwind, the speed was extremely fast, and collided with the torn hull fragments, and there was no cry of grief, only to see that the storm turned into a blood-red color, spun and went into the distance, and slowly the wind weakened and disappeared.
Everyone looked at the tragic scene just now, dumbfounded, and didn't wake up for a long time. Human beings are so small in front of nature, no matter how powerful a person is, a powerful ship, and above the sea is a small ant.
When the storm passed, everyone breathed a sigh of relief, pinched themselves, and was still alive, so there was still hope, much stronger than those who died in the storm.
Xiao Lang'er shouted Shi Lang and several high-level officials together, demanding that the casualties be counted and the losses of the fleet reported, and at the same time to soothe the hearts of the good people, arouse the fighting spirit of the sailors, and not lose hope when encountering a little setback. In the future, there will be disasters such as water shortages, volcanoes, sea monsters, etc., this is a tempering, exercise the minds of sailors, temper their will, in order to create an iron-blooded naval army, not afraid of any difficulties, can face any challenges.
The fleet was heading for the Malay city-states, and their morale was low, so they found a place to heal and boost their morale.