That afternoon, Hawks carried three plump lobsters and a bag of oysters with a wet umbrella cloth, and ran back to the camp while splashing in the waves.

When he, with the help of Sterling, took out the lobster meat and oyster meat and made it into a large can full of cans, Wei Ran and Captain Evans also walked back together carrying slender spearguns.

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On Captain Evans' speargun, he not only carried two lobsters, but also several unknown sea fish.

On Wei Ran's speargun, in addition to coils of brown kelp, there were also several plump sea cucumbers that he fished personally from the bottom of the sea in an umbrella cloth.

There is no doubt that it was a fruitful afternoon for these shipwrecked people at the southern end of the island. In the constantly beating bonfire, Wei Ran blanched the kelp into a nice bright green color, and then cut it with his gravity knife.

Cut into thin strips, and cut the cooked sea cucumber into small circles.

Although the only seasoning is coarse salt that he made himself, after drizzling some oil and sprinkling some coconut milk, the taste turns out to be quite good.

He prepared a helmet full of cold vegetables, and Hawkes also cut all the catch into pieces and threw them into another helmet, and cooked a large pot of seafood porridge like yesterday.

Taking advantage of this little time, Evans also finished writing his diary, and even wrote down how to eat sea cucumbers after asking Wei Ran carefully.

"How's the sextant going?" Evans closed the notepad, took the steel cup filled with seafood soup, and asked Sterling at the same time.

"It's done." Sterling pointed to the top of his head. "If it's a little later, we can try it with Polaris. It should be fine."

"In this case, Victor, Sterling, let's go back to the stranded location tomorrow and try to see if we can repair the traffic boat."

Evans looked around at the crowd and said, "If the transport boat can be repaired, we will have a chance to leave here."

"Aren't we going to deal with those two pilots?" Hawks asked immediately.

"Of course we must deal with them, and we must deal with them, otherwise our ship will probably be robbed even if it is repaired."

Evans took a large bowl of cold kelp and shredded sea cucumbers from Wei Ran in a coconut shell bowl, and then continued, "So Hawks, starting tomorrow, you continue to prepare your bows and arrows. It doesn't matter if you fail, there are still things on this island."

There are so many trees available, you can always find the materials you need."

"After we deal with the two pilots and repair the boat, we can go fishing and collecting food on the rocks in the center of the lagoon."

Sterling took over the topic and continued, "When we have stored enough food, we can prepare to go to sea."

"In which direction shall we go to sea?" Wei Ran asked subconsciously, and at the same time, he also served the other party a bowl of homemade cold dishes.

"Northeast," the two captains said in unison, "to the main island of Palau."

"Where to go?" Wei Ran looked stunned, but he remembered that the two pilots had been crying and shouting that they wanted to go to Palau.

But it only took him a moment to realize that he really couldn't take the two pilots with him when repairing the ship to the north this time. They were too variable.

"right"

Sterling took the coconut shell bowl from Wei Ran's hand, "The Battle of Peleliu Island has been fought for a long time. Even if the people of the 1st Marine Division were all disabled, they should have won it long ago. We just need to get there.

, it can definitely be rescued.”

"How far is the distance?" Hawks swallowed subconsciously, "I need to prepare more food this time."

"About three hundred nautical miles"

Evans used the chopsticks made by Wei Ran to awkwardly pick up some kelp shreds and pull them into his mouth. While chewing, he said, "But if I remember correctly, we can encounter many islands along the way, and some of them are very likely to be lost."

There are indigenous people. Of course, it is more likely that there are also garrison troops recruited for nuclear weapons, which is why we cannot cooperate with Mr. Akira this time."

"It seems that I need to prepare more dried fish." Hawks swallowed, "The feeling of being hungry is terrible."

"Not just dried fish, but also fat and fresh water."

Wei Ran handed the other party a bowl of cold dishes and reminded, "We have been on the island for almost a week. Although our bodies have almost recovered, our weight has not returned to normal. What I mean is that we should also reserve enough food for ourselves.

Fat will do.”

“There’s still plenty of fresh water.”

Sterling reminded, "According to the knowledge I have learned about the ocean, after December the place will enter the dry season and the rainfall will decrease significantly. But the good thing is that many birds will come here to build nests during the dry season.

By then we might have a richer source of meat and eggs."

"But fresh water will be a problem, far more deadly than a lack of food."

Evans said worriedly, "We must get rid of Akira and his partners before the dry season comes."

"I will get the bow and arrow out as soon as possible!" Hawks promised seriously.

While chatting about the next plan, everyone began to enjoy a dinner of "one dish and one soup" in the company of the setting sun.

After eating and drinking, everyone rolled up a cigarette and lit it. Everyone lay down on their own beds, which were getting thicker, drier and more comfortable as the bedding became thicker and thicker. As usual, they discussed the enemy at the northern end of the island.

When the sun was completely swallowed by the sea level and stars appeared in the night sky, Sterling immediately brought his homemade sextant and called everyone to the beach. With the help of the horizontal liquid column on the compass, he used a

The thin line removed from the parachute rope was aimed at the North Star in the northern night sky, which was not much higher than the sea level.

"Putting the compass flat allows us to accurately identify the direction."

Sterling paused, pointed to the vertically fixed north needle in the middle of the simple sextant in his hand and said, "But when the north needle is used vertically, it is a simple sextant. It can tell us where north and south are.

How many degrees has the direction moved?"

This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! "But what's the use of this?" Hawks asked in confusion.

"The distance between the main island of Palau and our current location is about 4 to 5 latitudes."

As Sterling spoke, he used the thin string in his hand to stretch the compass fixed in the center of the sextant. After some observation, he said, "This sextant can be used."

"Tomorrow we will repair the ship!" Evans said confidently, and then walked towards the camp with an ax pipe that kept emitting green smoke.

"Victor, do you understand?" Hawkes asked Wei Ran, with a look of confusion written all over his sunburnt face.

"understood"

Wei Ran pointed to the North Star above his head, "To put it simply, the height of that star will not change, but the closer we are to it, the higher its angle will be."

"It's like a distant ship approaching?" Hawks said suddenly.

"The principle is similar. In short, Sterling's homemade sextant can help us guide the direction." Wei Ran concluded.

"Why didn't we get this before?" Hawks couldn't help but muttered as he followed Wei Ran towards the camp.

"How did you do it when there was nothing on the boat before?"

Wei Ran pointed to the north, "And there are those two pilots. If they get the sextant and learn how to use it, I'm afraid that the traffic boat will have been driven away by them by now. By then we will just have to

I can be a primitive here for the rest of my life.”

"makes sense"

Hawks scratched the back of his head, "But I still don't quite understand it, so I'll go make a hunting bow tomorrow. That's what I'm good at."

"Your hunting bow is the most important." Wei Ran patted the other party's shoulder, returned to the camp, and lay down on the bed covered with umbrella cloth again.

Near midnight, the stars in the night sky were once again shrouded in clouds, and the thunder that rang out at some unknown time unexpectedly woke up the shipwrecked people in the north and south of the island, interrupting their sweet dreams.

Turning over and taking a look at the bonfire still burning in the center of the camp and the sudden heavy rain outside the camp, Wei Ran yawned, turned over and continued to sleep deeply.

I slept amidst the crashing white noise until early the next morning. Although the heavy rain did not stop, it became much lighter and could not even block the rising sun that was about to jump out of the sea in the distance.

"Let's go"

Evans said, and was the first to leave the camp, taking Wei Ran and Sterling straight to the northeast.

The group of three people took advantage of the drizzle and the cover of the sky to bypass the two pilots' camps on the north side of the island. They were more than a kilometer apart and made an oversized circle along the atoll beach, which took more than half of the time.

It took a whole morning before we were back to where we were originally stranded.

Fortunately, although almost a week has passed, the traffic boat is still there. Even because no one disturbed it, there are still many large and small things in the cracked cabin of the traffic boat and the shell casings still thrown here.

of hermit crabs and several energetic crabs.

After catching all the unexpected gains and throwing them into the gas mask bag, the three of them circled the traffic boat and took a look.

"We need to make a replacement board"

Sterling was the first to say, "If we can chop open the shell casing with an axe, we should be able to repair the damage."

"We still have leaky life rafts for use," Wei Yan reminded from the side.

"Victor is right."

Evans nodded in agreement, "If we could repair the life raft first, we wouldn't have to take such a long detour."

“It’s a good idea”

Sterling's eyes immediately lit up, "We can dig a canal on the beach then, and when the tide comes in, we can float the boat into the inner lake, and then fix it with the life raft as before."

"Since the traffic boat is still here and there is a possibility of repair, we must act as soon as possible."

Evans looked around, pointed due south and said, "Well, let's go back immediately and try to repair the life raft first today."

"Take this shell shell back first and let Hawks process it into copper sheet first."

Sterling said, he had already taken off a piece of umbrella cloth from his waist, wrapped the shell shell and carried it on his shoulder. Weiyan took out the parachute rope and tied the stranded traffic boat to the nearby reef.

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Not daring to waste time resting, the three of them immediately returned, following the footprints they left in circles, and returned to the camp at noon. Wei Ran, who deliberately walked at the end, also took the opportunity to complete his daily candid photos.

Task.
To be continued...