China Sea II

Taking advantage of the night to cover, the expedition ship quietly sailed up and sailed away from the nameless port on the east coast of Africa in a swift and orderly manner. The port, which had been noisy for a day, had fallen asleep. It was quiet around it, and only the sound of waves slapping the reefs rhythmically repeated the unchanging rhythm of ancient times, "Wow-Wow-Wow-Wow-Wow".

A strong figure flashed behind the rugged rocks on the shore, stomped his feet and sighed in the direction where the ship left, then jumped off the shore and disappeared in an instant among the bushes on the inside of the beach.

Several camels rushed out of the small inn at the port, crossed the oasis and headed straight for the desert, heading north, north, and then north. This is a big business, and guests from afar have given enough prices. How could the robbers in charge of robbers do their best?

Standing on the mast, Shao Yunfei saw the series of torches moving rapidly north on the shore and smiled softly. Everything was already as expected, and someone had set his sights on this expedition fleet. For Shao Yunfei, who had been through the battlefield for a long time, fighting against the enemy is no more terrifying than facing the vast sea. Although the enemy is vicious, you always have the opportunity to judge the opponent's strength, and then you can decide which tactics to use are more correct based on the actual situation. When exploring in the vast sea, no one knows where the next stop is, and no one can predict what is hidden behind this peaceful blue. This is also the reason why the expedition ship would rather give up sufficient firepower and choose to carry more food.

"Notify the fleet, pay attention to maintaining formation, let's go our own, no one is stronger than us in this sea." Shao Yunfei put down his telescope and shouted at the watchtower.

The loud sound of suona came from the observation tower, and the air soared into the sky. In the pure night like ink, the sudden shining red signal lights were particularly eye-catching. Ship No. 2, Ship No. 3, and cargo ships responded one after another. When the crisis came, everyone's morale was higher. The frigate No. 4, responsible for breaking the fleet, actually used light signals to spell out the four words "Who competes with the competition", which won the sailors of each ship cheered.

"Good boy, you have the character of your father." Shao Yunfei laughed again, and his generous laughter echoed in the night sky. When encountering battles at sea, the first ship and the second ship in the fleet had to disperse the opponent's formation, the chance of being injured was the greatest, and the chance of being attacked by the stern ship as the broken rear was small. This was the experience Shao Yunfei exchanged for blood, and it was also the reason why he arranged for Feng Ziming to be in the middle and Guo Feng to be cut off. Compared with Shao Yunfei, who had already followed the rebel army on the sea in the late Yuan Dynasty, Feng and Guo should be considered juniors, so he had to ensure that the two returned to the Ming Dynasty alive.

The rising star is the son of the sea and the leader of the Ming Ocean Fleet in the future. In Shao Yunfei's eyes, the decisive battle between the new policy and the conservative forces has already begun. I don't know how long it will last. Both sides are evenly matched, and the struggle will not be decided in an instant. In this case, the more young people they cultivate, the more confident they will win. Guo Pu, Wu Anguo, Cao Zhen and himself are already old people. The hope of the rise of this country will be passed down from young generations such as Guo Feng, Wu Zheng, Feng Ziming, and Jiang Ye.

This fleet must have ships to return to the Ming Dynasty safely. To this day, it is the only choice to cross the ocean to break through the Arab blockade. During this voyage, Feng Ziming and Shao Yunfei not only discovered the southern end of Africa that merchants had been looking forward to, but also drew the most detailed charts of the entire East so far. This chart was brought back to China and spliced ​​with the previous Feng family charts. From Taicang Port in China to Yunfei Point in the southern end of Africa, the location and hydrological geological materials of each port are clearly clear. Compared with the Feng family charts that mark the latitude and direction and sea route, the previous charts, whether they were drawn by the Central Plains, the South Asians or the Indians, can only be called schematic diagrams, and they cannot be used as Feng family charts.

Determine the role of the route. At present, based on the conservative scholars' judgment standards of Central Plains, the unowned ports on the east coast of Africa can only be considered barren lands, but in the eyes of sailors such as Shao Yunfei and Feng Ziming, it is a country of gold. They control those unowned ports, from the Malacca occupied by the Mu family to the wood bones, the entire ocean is at the feet of the Chinese. Shao Yunfei didn't know how to define his era, but he and Feng Ziming and others were clearly aware that the next era will be the era of sailors. The farther a country's fleet can go, the prosperity of this country can go. Driving a small boat through the vast ocean, the first person to connect the East and the West will be the creator of the entire era.

Feng Ziming lamented that Confucian scholars used the Greek mythology introduced by Wu'anguo as bedroom entertainment books, used Zhou Wuyou's logic and reasoning methods as jokes, and used the Western philosophy that Bo Wenyuan painstakingly translated is for criticism. In Shao Yunfei's eyes, what he clearly saw was that some people were reading, some were caring, and some were thinking.

The situation in the Central Plains is like the sea in front of you. You can always see hope in despair, so there are pioneers who will never give up. This hope may not be in one generation or two generations, just as Wu'anguo said when he encouraged himself to voyage, "When will the Eastern civilization truly open its heart and embrace a different culture from itself, and blend it into its advantages, absorb its advantages into its own civilization, and when China will stand forever, and no one will ever see this giant fall again."

The wind was calm and the sea seemed to encourage these brave sailors to provide them with the best weather and currents. It was not until noon on the third day that sailors rushed into the captain's room and loudly reported that "the unknown sail was found at seven o'clock in the stern of the boat, and the speed was very fast."

Shao Yunfei grabbed the telescope and walked onto the deck. The other party's fleet was far away, and he could not tell the enemy at the moment. In the telescope, he could only see the tip of the sail that occasionally jumped out of the horizon, and the golden color appeared in the sunlight. The sun was very bright at this moment, and there was almost no dust between the sea and the sky. The Feng fleet lined up like a return geese, and drew a beautiful and neat white line on the water surface like a jewel. The blue and transparent sea water dissipated along the traces cut by the fleet to both sides. It was not until it was far away that it returned to silence and tranquility. Sometimes, there were colorful fishes frightened and jumped out of the top of the water waves, protruding their heads to see which uninvited guest disturbed their dreams, and then shook his head disdainfully and returned to a piece of blue and white.

"Switch the rudder at ten o'clock, pay attention to using the wind and move forward at full speed. When the opponent comes, we will let him digest the food first." Put down the telescope, Shao Yunfei smiled and ordered.

A series of flag slogans were played out, and the fleet beautifully drew an arc on the sea, and its course turned from east to northeast. Under the influence of the trade wind in the northern hemisphere, the sails rose bulgingly and the speed suddenly increased. After about half a cup of tea, the opponent outside the ground line also discovered the changes in the course of the adventure fleet and unyieldingly accelerated to chase after. E3MlURtJMb\bTc

"Check the ship's situation and maintain the formation. The opponent did not have a chance to catch up with us before the evening." After observing for a while, Shao Yunfei issued another string of orders, handed the telescope to his deputy, stretched his waist and walked towards the inner cabin, and ordered as he walked: "I'll go to sleep for a while first, and call me when the situation changes."

The on-duty person on the watchtower mischievously translated Shao Yunfei's last words into flags and sent them out. The boats were stirred up with a wave of joy. Playing hide and seek with Shao Yunfei on the sea, no one has won in the past twenty years, and the sailors are full of confidence in their commanders.

"It's a difficult guy." When he closed the cabin door, Shao Yunfei put away his tired and lazy appearance, set up several models of ships on the desk, and almost fell into deep thought.

A naval battle is inevitable. Judging from the vague sail shadow just now, the speed of the ship coming is not slower than the expedition fleet, which means that they are very light in load. Arab ships could not compete at sea with the Ming fleet, and their opponents were willing to take the risk of being unable to return to the expedition fleet in order to chase and kill the expedition fleet. What is the reason that these Arabs who regard interests are so crazy? jg

The gold carried by the expedition fleet? No, this little gold is not worth taking a whole fleet to adventure. The charts should not be, the Arabs can reach the other side of Africa from land, and they do not urgently need this unknown route. Then what they are doing, Shao Yunfei is puzzled.

As Shao Yunfei expected, at sunset, the sailors in charge of looking at each other saw the other's banner in the telescope. More than 30 Arab warships with bridles and spinnakers rushed up like wolves. The warships were very shallow in the draft. From the sides of the ships that were poised high above the water, it can be inferred that the mad Arab pirates had almost no supplies. In order to increase the speed of the ship, they used all possible means. The messy formation of the fleet reflected the fatigue of the crew.

"This is the Arabian Sea. We ask you to stop the ship for inspection in the name of Allah." Finally, we can see the banner of the expedition fleet with our naked eyes. The Arabian fleet was eager to issue an order.

"I am thick-skinned and I am considered a robber. This is the Arabian Sea, and the nearest coast is 200 miles away. How could it be the Arabian Sea?" Shao Yunfei curled his lips, ignored the opponent's intimidation, and gave the watchtower several gestures, asking them to reply according to their gestures.

"This is the sea of ​​Chinese people, please pay attention to your actions." The expedition fleet responded with flag language. The flag language was originally the invention of the Ming navy and spread to all parts of the world with the footsteps of the Ming merchant ships.

"Madman", on the flagship of the Arab fleet, Admiral Mohammed muttered, this month he met several groups of madmen, and even he himself became abnormal. First, an Arab brother country who had never heard of it sent an envoy to use the fertile land as a bounty, asking the fleets of coastal countries to rob a Ming expedition fleet and point out that they wanted a complete frigate. Then, all countries that could not bear the temptation were ready to move.

The small fleet searched like a scattered sea. Before they found their prey, fleets had already fought each other first. The craziest one was the prey in front of them. This group of legendary sailors actually broke the rules and intended to cross the ocean. Is that sea area easy to cross? In historical records, no fleet has ever successfully challenged there. Siren, ghost ship, man-eating fog, and the most evil devil in the legend are hiding there waiting for the prey to come.

"China is far away from this. This is the Arabian Sea. If you stop the ship, otherwise you will be responsible for the consequences." On the martened spinnaker battleship, the dizzy Arab sailors issued a warning again according to the command of the commander. After chasing for three days and two nights at full speed, everyone was extremely tired. If they did not stop the Ming fleet tonight and continue chasing, the fleet would not even have enough supplies to return, and everyone would become a shark's snack.

When the expedition fleet saw the threat from the Arabs, they calmly gave their opponent a proud reply, which made all Arabs engrave in their hearts: "The sea is within the range of the naval guns, and this is the sea of ​​the Chinese. If you return, you will be responsible for the consequences."

"The sea is within the range of the naval guns." This sentence makes sense. Muhammad nodded and recorded this sentence in his navigation log. He didn't know much about the East, and his understanding of the Ming Dynasty was still on the unrivaled fleet more than ten years ago. So today, facing the expedition ship that was much weaker than his side, Muhammad still could not get rid of his fears. The new book home has 350,000 words, welcome to taste it.

Fourteen or five years ago, as the small leader of the pirate fleet, he had already experienced the range of artillery of the Ming fleet. At that time, Jinghai Gong Cao Zhen led the fleet across the sea. No one dared to come out to fight the fleet of all countries along the Arabian Sea. He could only sign a city alliance and let the Ming merchant ships loaded with wealth freely embark on their way back from this sea. Now, the Arab artillery-making technology has been improved to be incomparable to the previous one. The once terrifying Ming fleet has no time to look west. I heard that the country that dominated the East would soon fight within itself. It is very likely that after this civil strife, it will be merged under the banner of Allah and will never be repaid.

This is the opportunity given by Allah. Go to the East, conquer that country, and take advantage of their own blood. For two months, a few words have been circulating on the Arab coast.

In the far east, there is a mysterious country, rich and full of gold, but some people die of cold and starvation, and their kings never care about it.

In the far east, there is a powerful country, whose army lies in the world, but they never draw their swords because of the anger of a few people.

Without the support of the country, I am afraid that the Ming Dynasty expedition fleet in front of me will do. The people without the support of the country can only be robbed obediently. The battle flag slowly rises on the Arab warship, and at the top of the mast, the crescent moons echo the afterglow of the setting sun.

In front of the Arab fleet that was rolling like dark clouds, the Ming Dynasty expedition fleet broke through the waves like a giant dragon. At the top of the mast, the battle flag rose without fear, a rising sun, a dark moon.
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