Chapter 188 Jiangxi trip (1)
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Let's turn the time back a month ago.
On the night of August 21, 1655, just when the battle in Jiangxi battlefield in central China was about to break, a group of people also held a farewell ceremony in a low-key manner under the night sky at a dock somewhere in Houan Port in the Hoiyi Land.
The total number of people who bid farewell was more than 500 people, and they were divided into two ships, one of which was a 650-ton flute-type transport ship, a ship rented by Japanese companies, and the other was the 400-ton Garen ship "Penguin" (I don't know if people in the northern hemisphere know this creature). It was built at the Kushiro Shipyard. It was guided by the technicians from Krabi. Hundreds of people were fumbled and built. It took more than half a year to be completed.
In addition to carrying more than 500 people (both men and women), the two ships also had a large number of agricultural tools, seeds, dry food, cured meat, spirits, cotton coats, medicines, livestock, fishing gear, weapons and other things necessary for settling down. It is unknown how the purpose is. Perhaps the ordinary farmers on the ship are not very clear, but the students of Hei Shui Transportation Academy, Wei Boqiu's apprentice, confidant (mostly from intelligence personnel), and some soldiers all knew something, but this was their voluntary behavior, so they naturally would not go outside to talk nonsense.
Chen Shuo, general manager of the Japanese company, who has been busy on weekdays, took time to come to Houan Port today. At this moment, he stood in the shadow of the corner of the wall, looking at the fleet that was about to sail, and silently wished them all the best. All the things to say have been said, the materials that should be allocated have been secretly collected through various channels, and the company's accounts have been leveled. Let's see what they are voyagers.
Half an hour later, as Wei Boqiu's second son Wei Mingxing boarded the ship's deck, the two ships pulled up their anchors and raised their sails, slowly left the quiet Houan Port, and headed towards the outer sea. Chen Shuo silently smoked a bag of cigarettes, then turned over and rode his horse, left Houan Township with his followers, and headed towards Kushiro Port.
The sailing on the sea is boring and long, and full of extreme dangers, especially when this sea area is a well-known devilish sea area and you are not very familiar with the sea conditions, if the trendsetters fighting the sea are accidentally, they may go to the Dragon Palace to "visit" and sleep forever on the cold and dark bottom of the North Pacific Ocean.
The two sailboats followed the ocean currents and south winds and headed northeast along the coastline of the Kuril Islands. They were already familiar with this journey because they had sailed secretly several times before and had accumulated a lot of experience and data. To be honest, this journey was not very dangerous, especially in summer, when the weather was mild and the waves were not very large. The only factor that interfered with the navigation was probably the frequent sea fog, but this was not an insurmountable difficulty.
On August 30, the two ships stopped in the waters near Ocean City, which they had arrived, and went ashore to draw some fresh fresh water. After a little rest, the next day, the two ships pulled their anchorage away from the anchorage. After adjusting the sail trusses, they quickly caught a strong northwest wind. The sailors who knew how to know looked at each other. Although the future was still unpredictable, as long as this west wind was there, they could reach the legendary destination called "Alaska" - the premise that this place really existed on the other side of the sea.
After setting off the anchor, they quickly left the main route that fishing boats often walked on on the east coast (the route to Heixiazi Port on the Kamchatka Peninsula), then adjusted their course and firmly rushed eastward. The road was smooth and I hoped to reach the destination as I wished.
On September 5, after sailing east for only five or six days, the wind and waves gradually became stronger. The two ships were thrown up by huge waves from time to time, falling, throwing up, and falling again, as fragile as butterflies in the storm, which could be buried in the infinite power of nature at any time.
"I really don't know how the Spanish survived it." Wei Mingxing stood in the captain's room of the 650-ton flute-shaped ship "Baobabs", subconsciously muttering: "Can people leave this route? Alas, I really admire those Spanish sailors, I really want to die. Everyone, I'm not afraid of embarrassment. I really regret it now."
Everyone in the captain's room was close friends with Wei Mingxing, and many of them grew up together. When they heard this, someone sighed: "The Spanish route is more southerly, but the wind is weak in that place, so it is very likely to have to drift on the sea for a long time, and it is easy to get on the way. In this regard, it seems that it is not as good as the route we took. But the problem is that although our route is fast, the wind is high and the waves are harsh. God knows what we will encounter on the road."
A big wave hit the boat outside, and the broken water foam splashed hard on the glass window of the captain's room, making a series of muffled sounds. Sailors were already running around on the deck. They were wearing raincoats coated with rubber, carrying pump pipes on their shoulders, and carefully grasping all the fixable objects around them to ensure that they were not thrown into the sea by the violently shaking hull (that would be ten dead and lifeless) - Although the drainage holes on the boat had been opened at this time, there was still a lot of water splashing into the cabin, and they had to be discharged immediately with a water pump, and they could only rely on people to do this.
"Since you have already boarded the pirate ship, what else can you say? Let's work together to try to carry this difficult route together." A man who was very seasick and fainted said weakly, "This time everyone is really taking a gamble. If you can't find the coastline of the New North again, I think you'll just die."
Everyone looked different when they heard this, but since they were all on the same boat, they naturally could not say anything else. They could only move forward with all their might. They would be a brand new world. If they could not get through, they would be buried in the belly of a fish. There is nothing to say...
Starting from September 10, the wind and waves weakened slightly, which seemed to indicate that the weather at sea was getting better, but tragically, the visibility gradually became worse: the hull of the Penguin, which had been sailing behind the Baobab, appeared and disappeared in the mist, which forced Wei Mingxing to order the speed of the ship to be reduced and the distance between the two ships was reduced to avoid being separated at sea.
Starting from September 13, the weather soon became harsh again, and storms enveloped the sea. At this time, the westerly wind that had been caring for everyone was gone, and replaced by a messy and changing wind direction. As a last resort, the two ships had to remove most of the sails and then drifted along the ocean current at a speed of two knots. The hull of the Baobabies began to leak water in the past two days, but the gap was quickly filled with sailors, and the situation seemed to be within a controllable range.
On the 17th, the bad weather quickly disappeared again, as if it had never appeared before. Of course, the sailors and passengers on the two ships would not think so. Someone set fire on the deck and roasted clothes, shoes, bed sheets, etc. The weather was too cold and the boat was wet everywhere. If it could not be kept dry, someone would get sick in less than two days. This was undoubtedly the beginning of a nightmare - but fortunately, everyone was still healthy so far except for a few people.
"Maybe we will be able to arrive soon." On this day, the captain Jonathan, who had been silent, said, "I saw the outline of the land, but I cannot be sure if it is the North New World. I tend to think it is not because the range is wrong. The previous storm delayed us a lot of time, and we should not have arrived there so quickly. I have calculated it with a timer (mechanical clock). Our speed was recorded every day, but even according to the most optimistic algorithm, we should be still a certain distance from the North New World at this time."
"Walking along the outline of the land you see, no matter where it is, it is a good sign." Wei Mingxing listened to the northwest wind whistling outside the window and said in a slightly frustrated tone: "Even if we fail to arrive at the New Northland in the end, this land may become our last shelter. By the way, Captain Qiao, have you seen what land it is? Are there vegetation on it?"
"I saw it when the ship was drifting in a gust of wind that day. It was not very real, but I was extremely sure there was vegetation on it and it looked like a dense forest, which might provide us with food." Captain Jonathan thought for a while and said, "I think your opinion is correct, sir, we should indeed walk along these lands or island groups."
The next few days were unexpectedly calm, and the two ships, one in front and one behind, continued to travel east at a normal speed of 4 knots. On September 20, they saw the outline of the land again. Wei Mingxing secretly recalled a map his father once hand-painted for him, thinking that this might be an island in the Aleutian Islands. Their ships were probably involved in the southern edge of the Bering Sea in the storm. This was really terrible!
On September 22, a sudden storm struck two ships again. When they saw huge waves surging on the sea, Captain Jonathan immediately asked the ship to turn south and look for shelter from the island group. They had already figured out that the so-called land outline they had seen before was actually a series of island groups. In the past two days, they had been along a fixed latitude route and maintained a suitable distance from the island group. When the sea was so tremendous, it was unwise to continue moving forward, so they could only go south to shelter from the wind.
Wei Mingxing agreed to Captain Jonathan's request, and then ordered the Baobabies to hang up the signal flag, and rushed into a seemingly tortuous bay like an arrow (which means the power of the waves has been greatly weakened), which was considered a disaster - but unfortunately, the Penguin seemed to have been stranded in a shallow because it rushed too hard, and I don't know what to do next.
The storm lasted for a full four days before it ended. In the early morning of September 27, when the long-lost sunlight spread throughout the deck again, everyone who had been tortured in the storm for several days finally breathed a sigh of relief.
"What? North Wind?" Captain Jonathan's face also became a little solemn. He said in a guessing tone: "It's not that the season for the north wind is coming, right? Oh, our luck is really bad. How many days will it be before October, and this sea area will be taken over by the north wind? It's impossible! With the north wind, this sea area will be shrouded in huge waves. Any ship sailing under this sea condition will not have a chance of survival. Sir, what should we do? The situation of the Penguin is not very optimistic, maybe it will abandon the ship..."
"Send someone to see where this place is, and what else is on the island. Be careful, maybe we can only spend this winter here. This is not consistent with my pre-plan. It's really bad!" Wei Mingxing threw his boots in the water on the deck and sighed, "In addition, I send someone to monitor the wind direction at any time. I need to know the wind direction every hour."
"It seems that we are going to spend the winter on this island." Wei Mingxing stuffed the simple outline of the island drawn by the sailors (just in the nearby area) into his underwear pocket, his face feeling quite sad...
The place they are now staying at 53 degrees and 53 minutes north latitude (this is not difficult to predict), and there is no doubt that it should be somewhere in the Aleutian Islands. After comparing the secret map given to him by his father, Wei Mingxing now suspects that their location is probably an island marked as cod (Amaknack Island). Since the island is called "cod", then perhaps there is cod with extremely abundant resources in the waters near the island, which can bring you plenty of food under normal circumstances, but now it is October, and the white waves outside are surging, fishing? Are you kidding? Don't tease it!
"Let's check the supplies. The things used on the two ships should be moved ashore as soon as possible. It's best to build a temporary warehouse as soon as possible to store them. Of course, you must not forget to build a house for yourself. I just don't know if the bay here is frozen in winter. If it is frozen, the boat will only be destroyed. This is a troublesome thing. Should I find a way to drag the boat to the nearshore and strand it?" Wei Mingxing thought hard that this winter was destined to be extremely difficult for them.
Chapter completed!