The weather is good today, and the northeast Pacific Ocean is relatively calmer than before. However, those who are familiar with this sea area know that this kind of calmness is always relative. Don’t believe it? Look at the Chukochi, which is drifting with the waves. It is very happy to be thrown by the waves. The sailors on the boat are also cautious when walking, for fear that they will fall into the sea if they accidentally fall, which will be troublesome. In this dangerous sea area, once the Chukochi stops to save people, God knows whether it will be discovered.

The Chukochi is a small boat with a standard displacement of only 250 tons. Before leaving Dabo Port, it was specially modified and installed a small steam propulsion system, which can provide it with an additional speed of two knots. But even so, the sailors were still worried that they would be fallen by the enemy, because no one could tell the technical level of the civilized country nearby.

There is a country nearby, which is already the consensus among everyone on the expedition team. When they leave Cedar Fort and circulate the Aleutian Islands, they can see the light of the lighthouse from afar at night. Even during the day, if the weather is good and the visibility on the sea is sufficient, you can also observe from the telescope that the other party’s village, the Gulf of Alaska is a holy place for fishing and whaling, villages and towns, and there are obviously irregular flights for transporting supplies, which is enough to illustrate many problems.

Wei Chengwu had already been mentally prepared for being discovered by the "enemy". In fact, he was very surprised that he had been able to hide in the Cedar Fort for two flights before. Maybe because the fishery resources there were not rich enough, and there were no people to go there. But why didn't whales appear? There were a lot of whales nearby. In addition, there were a large number of high-value animals such as seals, sea lions, and sea dogs on the beach, so why didn't anyone come to hunt? Wei Chengwu thought about this for a long time, and finally could only judge that this country may not be short of high-quality leather, and the degree of industrialization was not high, and the demand for high-quality lubricants was not large. In addition, its population may not be large, and the focus was on the North American continent. The Aleutian Islands were already the limit of its expansion, and the projection power was seriously insufficient here.

However, no matter what the reason is, it is certain that they were finally discovered. In fact, when crossing the Aleutian Islands, Wei Chengwu suspected that he had been discovered by the other party because the strait was very narrow and there was a lighthouse twice. The other party had to be too blind to see their ship.

"This is also impossible." Wei Chengwu sighed and thought: "The superiors did not explain to the disconnection with the other party in this expedition. In short, everything is left to me to decide. Since that's the case, there is nothing scary. However, it's good to be discovered one day later. You can use this to observe the situation and collect some information. If you really encounter it, it's easy to deal with it."

The Chukochi has sailed near the coastline of the North American continent. The shore is full of continuous islands and capped mountains. The snow on the top of the mountain seems to indicate the peace and silence of this virgin land. However, Wei Chengwu knew that this was fake. His uncle Wei Mingxing resolutely left the Black Water decades ago, crossed the ocean to come to this continent, and started his career. Ordinary people don’t know about this, but as a descendant of the Wei family, Wei Chengwu still knew that he was half a claw from his father.

"I don't know how my uncle's career is? Look at the scene here now, it shouldn't be abandoned." Wei Chengwu put down the telescope on his chest and was about to go back to the captain's room to rest. He had a cup of coffee to relieve his fatigue. Suddenly he heard the screams from the whistle.

"A ship is coming!" Wang Tieniu, a corporal in the basket, reported loudly, and at the same time, the alarm bell was sounded.

Wei Chengwu was shocked and quickly took the telescope and looked in the direction pointed out by his finger, but saw a two-masted sailboat slowly coming there.

Yes, yes, it's just "slow"! Wei Chengwu is not a navy, but he has learned more or less about the sea affairs during this period. In his opinion, the speed of the sailboat is really slow, and the still water speed will definitely not exceed 4 knots. With the blessing of ocean currents, it will only be 5-6 knots, which is not on the same level as the "Chukochi". Moreover, the shape of the ship is a bit strange. It is obviously a soft sail, but the hull has a typical East Asian feature, that is, the wide-body ship feature. This feature can greatly increase the stability of the ship at sea, but it has an extremely impact on the speed, which makes Wei Chengwu speechless when he saw it.

"The enemy ship has cannons! At least twenty!" Wang Tieniu faithfully fulfilled his accusations and said while observing.

"There are guns, but I can't see the large caliber clearly, and the length of the body tube is not clear." said a naval officer.

"Looking at that big iron lump, their cannon casting skills are a bit low, maybe the quality of the steel is not good." Someone said again.

"This country is not good, and its technical level is not as good as those in the continental countries. If the ships are not good, the cannons are not good, they will not be able to catch up even if they are exhausted. Why don't we get closer and play with them?"

"What's the point of playing with? If you get a shot, the fun will be big. Although I guess their guns are no more than 12 pounds, the Chukkochi is not a professional warship, and the hull is thin and you can't take risks."

"Is this an offshore patrol ship? Poor, there are a lot of sailors and crowds, which means there is something wrong with the ship's design. Tsk tsk, there is not even a uniform military uniform, wearing a linen shirt and a headscarf on his head. Is this the navy?"

"There are actually land soldiers carrying muskets on the ship. Is this still a time of relying on gangs to fight? Do they understand artillery battles on the battlefield? Even the Europeans have entered this stage, and they have been abandoned by the world trend."

Wei Chengwu put down the telescope in his hand. There was nothing to see. The ship could not catch up with them no matter how hard it was. There was no need to worry about the danger of the Chukochi. Through this encounter, many things could be seen. The country's technical level is not even comparable to that of the continental countries, let alone advanced countries like the East Coast. They even were not as good as the Qing Dynasty after the Kaihuanization, and they didn't know how it developed in the past few decades.

Wei Chengwu vaguely remembers that his uncle Wei Mingxing once attacked the Japanese Seed Island military manufacturing base and kidnapped thousands of professional craftsmen on the island. Therefore, it is not surprising that this country has certain iron smelting and machining capabilities. What's strange is that decades have passed, why is the technology still at the stage of that year? It is really puzzling to make progress so limited.

The only explanation is probably that this country is isolated from the world and has no conditions to communicate with the outside world, so it can only work behind closed doors. In the long run, this technology will be good if it does not regress, let alone catch up with the advanced trends of the world. In addition, based on the top secret information obtained from the Spanish expedition team, they seem to have absorbed a large number of Indians with low civilization. These Indians cannot even compare with those on the East Coast, and the people there can still farm, but they can only fish, hunt and collect. It is conceivable that when conquering and absorbing a large number of Indians, the overall IQ of the country will be so low.

If the leaders of such a country are rational enough, they will definitely continue to carry out education for decades, open up people's wisdom, and improve the intelligence level of the entire country. In this way, various technologies can be passed on from generation to generation and not cut off or disappear. In terms of what they have observed during this period, this country seems to be doing well at this point, at least those houses, lighthouses, ships, and cannons cannot be faked. Although the skills are a little inferior, they are still in the category of civilized countries, not the kind of vulgar and barbaric Indian country.

In addition, judging by how they fish, the whole country probably also attaches more importance to agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry and fishery, the most basic but most important industries. Because this is the foundation of a country, without sufficient grain production, a certain population cannot be liberated to engage in industry, commerce or art. It should not be a big problem when they have ships and cannons. The North American continent is so vast that I heard that bison resources are also rich, so I should not be hungry, otherwise I would not be civilized.

"Don't have a conflict with them. Order, go forward at full speed and throw them away." Wei Chengwu stopped his subordinates from making noise and directly ordered: "Let's go to the south and find a suitable winter camp. The flight period this year is only more than two months left, and time is tight, so don't delay."

Wei Chengwu ordered, and the people below were naturally speechless and went all busy. He continued to stand on the bridge, looking at the blurry shadow of the ship in the distance, thinking about some questions.

To investigate the situation in this country more deeply, a remote base like Cedar Fort is obviously inappropriate, so you have to gain a foothold in the south as far as possible. Then use this base and spend a flight time to build a fortress that can accommodate thousands of people.

Wei Chengwu was not worried about being found and be besieged by the "enemy". To be honest, they had a lot of weapons and ammunition in Cedar Fort, with hundreds of rifled rifles, and well-trained Mongolian cavalry. Such strength is not something that a backward country can be slighted. How much does the enemy plan to conquer their fortress? Thousands and ten thousand people? Wei Chengwu was very suspicious. Can they raise 10,000 soldiers across the country? If they all died here, maybe the country would be destroyed?

At this time, he was actually a little confused. The Eastern Coast Republic actually had the strength to conquer this country, but why did the senior management not take action? I'm afraid there are some unspeakable reasons. Wei Chengwu was a little sad. His rank was still too low to hear about these senior management secrets.
Chapter completed!