Back to the Ming Dynasty to be a tyrant

It seemed that he was enraged by Zhang Xianzhong's words, and the already extremely gloomy weather suddenly became more gloomy, and a big wave several feet high rushed towards Zhang Xianzhong's flagship.

The helmsman wiped the rainwater from his face and shouted to Zhang Xianzhong: "Commander, stop shouting! Your mouth is too wicked!"

The rumbling thunder suppressed the helmsman's voice, and Zhang Xianzhong plucked his aching ears, and then shouted: "What? What are you talking about?"

The desperate helmsman yelled, "Don't shout!" while steering the rudder to avoid the wind and waves.

Only then did Zhang Xianzhong close his mouth in resentment—the helmsman is the last person on board to offend when sailing in the sea, otherwise, if the helmsman has bad thoughts, the entire fleet will be considered a fool.

After a full hour, the wind and waves gradually subsided, and Zhang Xianzhong didn't care about the panic in the cabin, he ordered everyone to tidy up the cabin, and rushed to the deck in a hurry.

The watchman only wore a pair of short pants, and climbed onto the mast naked, and after looking back and forth, he waved the flag and raised the flag.

Zhang Xianzhong squinted his eyes and looked at it for a long time, then turned his head and said: "As a flag, ask him to ask about the losses of other ships!"

After a long while, the flag replied: "The two gunboats sank due to the explosion of ammunition. There were no soldiers on the sea. It is estimated that all of them have been buried in the bottom of the sea. There are six cabins flooded and are being drained urgently. One The materials on the supply ship are basically scrapped, and there are not many materials left on the other ship."

Zhang Xianzhong poohed bitterly, and ordered: "Notify all ships, check how much material is left on each ship, and then let thousands of households from each ship come to see me."

Big loss this time!

Eight warships and four supply ships, because of this damn storm, two ships disappeared at once, and all the supplies of one supply ship were scrapped, which meant that the originally planned voyage was greatly shortened, and even affected the One-time voyage plan.

De Ming's fleet has never tried a long voyage away from the coast!

Even if you went to Luzon and Java before, the voyages are very close, including Xinming Island, but they are not too far away from the land, and it takes more than ten days at most.

The North Sea Fleet has been bullied by the two big brothers, the East China Sea Fleet and the South China Sea Fleet for a long time, and has long planned to play a big game. The fleet set off from the North Sea Fleet base in Sakhalin Island and sailed eastward to see where the end of the world is.

It has been sailing at sea for almost a month now, and a few small islands have been found on the way, but there are no signs of human activities on them. If you want to get supplies from the islands, you may need to send people to the islands. trouble.

PS: It was relatively late to finish coding this chapter, so it was posted late, and it still counts to the 4th, and it is still 5 words on the [-]th.

Chapter 736 A savage playing with wolves?werewolf?

Of the twelve ships, there are only ten left now, and there are two more ships that can't even be found. Looking at the ten captains, Qian Hu, Zhang Xianzhong's face is a bit ugly.

It is nothing special for a person who intends to eat the sea for the rest of his life to give his life back to the sea ahead of time. If he quits because of this and does not continue to explore, that is a truly terrible thing.

Just like the old Qin people, the old Qin people are not afraid of death, but they are afraid of having no opponent. Once there is no opponent, the old Qin people will no longer be the old Qin people.

Now these ten captains, Qianhu, are all high-ranked and low-ranked. Their future positions and status will be much higher than they are now. If these people are afraid...

After walking back and forth in the cabin for a few minutes, after the ten captains finished discussing in a low voice, Zhang Xianzhong said: "Let me comfort you, I can't, I can't imitate the behavior of women and girls, When you return to Hong Kong in the future, you can go to the supervising army to comfort you.

Now, I want to know what is the situation of the fleet, how long it can sail if it keeps sailing forward according to the original plan, and when it must return. I don't want to hear a word about anything else. "

The captain of the Bell Lake supply ship stood up with a bang, and shouted, "Report!"

Zhang Xianzhong's face finally looked better, as long as these people no longer have the dead mother-like expression just now, the matter will not be so bad: "Speak!"

Zhu Jisheng, the captain of the Bell Lake supply ship, said in a loud voice: "Report, the four supply ships of our department lost a quarter of their supplies after statistics, and the remaining supplies plus the vegetables and fruits grown by each ship can be used by the fleet to continue. Sailing forward for 20 days! If you don't find land or a place for supplies within 20 days, you must return! The report is over!"

Shi Shengzu, the captain of Zhang Xianzhong's flag battle and the most powerful treasure ship, also stood up and said: "Report! Out of our ten warships, two sank, and the remaining ten ships suffered minor losses in weapons and equipment, which will not affect the battle!"

Hearing that there was no major problem with force, the faces of the remaining thousand households were not so ugly, but Zhang Xianzhong's expression was even more ugly: "That is to say, the voyage plan originally planned for [-] days will soon be cancelled. ? Just because there are no supplies?"

Zhu Jisheng said: "Report! It's not because of the supplies. If the rationing system is implemented, and the supplies are added to each ship's own fruits and vegetables, it can last for at least ten more days!"

Zhang Xianzhong waved his hand and said: "Okay, I know it's because of the water, but there is no other place to get water? I don't believe it!

See if there are any islands nearby, if you can get water, replenish it and move on!Now I want to confirm a question! "

Staring at the top ten captains, Zhang Xianzhong scanned the faces of several people back and forth: "Do you still remember how you patted your chest and promised me when you left the port?"

Seeing that the eyes of several people finally began to shine, Zhang Xianzhong said: "Very good! It seems that you have also remembered that to be the sword in the hands of the Holy Son of Heaven, to open up the territory for Daming, even if you die a hundred times, you will never regret it! This is you! I hope you don’t forget the oath I made with my own mouth! Now, get out of here!”

The ten captains each saluted Zhang Xianzhong before leaving and returning to the ship, but Zhang Xianzhong started to draw with the chart.

Still too careless.

Originally thought that Daming had an invincible fleet in the world, enough to send any enemy to the bottom of the sea to feed the Dragon Lord at sea, but after all calculations, he never thought that a hurricane would cause problems with the fresh water of the fleet.

As for turning seawater into drinkable seawater, the North Sea Fleet is currently unable to do it, the East China Sea Fleet and the South China Sea Fleet are also unable to do it, and the great sages of the Royal Academy are also unable to do it.

Since it can't be done, we have to find a way to replenish fresh water, otherwise, there is no way to sail further, and if we want to go to sea in the future, we must take this issue into consideration.

With this in mind, Zhang Xianzhong simply took up a pen and wrote in the logbook: "On July 17, [-]th year of Chongzhen, Ming Dynasty, there was a hurricane at sea, and the loss of the fleet was still within the acceptable range.

However, it should be noted that the supply ship should be divided into two parts, one in front and the other in the rear, in order to prevent problems with one part and the entire fleet has to return. "

After thinking about it, Zhang Xianzhong wrote down all the other precautions he could think of, and then solemnly put away the logbook after finishing writing.

Regardless of whether we can discover what the end of the world looks like in the future, this logbook alone is a very precious thing, and its value is definitely higher than that of a treasure ship.

Just like what the eunuch of the North Sea Fleet said, no matter what kind of situation you face at any time, as long as you don’t surrender on the battlefield and beg for work, as long as the soldiers come back alive for the rest of the time, the ship It doesn't matter if it's money or supplies, Daming can afford to lose.

But this is just what the eunuch of the supervising army is talking about. Except for the South China Sea Fleet, the three major fleets of Ming Dynasty started from pirates, the East China Sea Fleet, the North Sea Fleet, and several fleets that are being formed are all from landlubbers on land. Battleships are more important than their lives, and they often spare their lives, even if the eunuchs of the army have scolded them countless times, they will never repent.

After sailing forward again for 20 days, the fleet led by Zhang Xianzhong had to turn around and return. The supplies were more than half, and the remaining supplies were only enough to support the return, and there was no surplus.

Zhang Xianzhong thumped the table bitterly.

There is still no shadow of the mainland marked in the charts provided by the Francoids. It seems that it is difficult to find the big island by sailing eastward through the base of Sakhalin Island, or more supplies and a longer voyage are needed. only then.

Zhang Xianzhong was not worried about the issue of supplies. After all, many small islands were discovered along the way. It is entirely possible to turn those small islands into supply bases first, and then let the fleet set off after the supplies at the supply base are fully prepared.

The problem is with the soldiers.

Death on the battlefield is not terrible. No one who dares to serve in the fleet is afraid of death. The problem lies in the feeling of smallness and helplessness that arises during long-term sea voyages, especially when facing hurricanes and huge waves. The power that is close to that of heaven and earth makes people breathless.

At the very least, after returning this time, the soldiers of the entire fleet, including myself, must take a good rest before considering the next voyage, otherwise they will be mentally unbearable.

If the rest time is longer, and considering the climate, the next time to go to sea will probably be between April and May of the 18th year of Chongzhen.

But just in time for the marriage of the eldest son of the emperor - Sakhalin Island, the base of the North Sea Fleet, is in the fiefdom of the First Prince's Liao King. Could it be that the North Sea Fleet can go to sea without caring about it?

Just thinking about it gives me a headache.

When the fleet returned to the voyage, it was better. It didn't encounter the hurricane like it encountered when it came, but it seemed calm, until the fleet sent out to explore the surrounding area reported that it had found land.

The entire fleet sailed in a northerly direction for a while before discovering that it is not appropriate to say that it is land, and the correct term should be the archipelago.

But looking at the archipelago in front of them, Zhang Xianzhong and others felt a little numb again.

Just in September, the sea near this island has already started to freeze?Is September so cold?

After staring wide-eyed and small-eyed for a while, Zhang Xianzhong finally said: "We can stay here for about five or six days, no matter if we find it or not, we have to retreat.