LIGHTNOVELONLINE Chapter 89
Chapter 50 Island development
There will be long winds and waves, and there will be times when you hang up the clouds and sail to the sea!
Three sea ships traveled overseas, breaking the waves on the rough sea!
Li Bao stood at the bow of the ship, holding a binoculars, looking at a faintly and vaguely visible black spot ahead, put on a cloak, and turned back to the command room at the stern!
looked at the chart on the wall, compared the compass, marked the distance, leaned against the ruler, and ordered.
“Ahead is about to arrive at the destination, order the fleet, keep speed!”
This is the dusk of the second day, sailing for a continuous day and night, hundreds of kilometers away from the coast!
This voyage happened to coincide with the time when ocean currents passed here. The frigate used to reach a high speed of ten knots. It would not take so long. However, the maximum speed of the transport ship was only seven knots. There was no other way but to reduce the speed and escort. With these slower transport ships!
The planet where this world is located is larger than the previous world, and every nautical mile should be two kilometers. When the ocean current and wind are suitable, coupled with the excellent power system of the warship, can we reach such a high speed!
14 kilometers per hour, twenty-six hours a day, a day and night is more than three hundred and sixty kilometers.
It’s a pity that this kind of good thing does not happen every time. When going out to explore, it is good to have five quarters an hour!
And in many cases, I don’t dare to drive at night without knowing the route. What if I hit the rocks!
Therefore, Li Bao’s fleet was very cautious when he went out to explore the sea before. He didn’t dare to drive too fast, and only dared to advance at full speed in the familiar sea area!
This is why it has been so long before the exploration of the sea areas within a few hundred kilometers of the open sea has been completed!
In fact, in many cases, it is not that you can’t travel farther, but the ocean far away from the coast. The storm is far from the previous world can be compared, and the frigate level is not enough to fight against such a storm!
Again, the hardship of the voyage is beyond ordinary people’s comprehension. Long-term nervousness, physical fatigue, monotony of food, etc., can’t be explained in a few words!
Yang Song also learned about the dangers and difficulties of sailing after hearing Li Bao’s confession, so he did not urge Li Bao!
The early adaptive navigation was mainly used to adapt to sea conditions, hydrology, astronomy and other environments. After all, it is a different world, and many standards have to be revised, such as the length of the sea!
After a year of adaptation, Li Bao dared to take the warship on a long voyage, and never sailed too far each time. After all, navigation and land are completely different environments!
The ocean is always a place where terrestrial creatures yearn and fear! Its mystery and its richness are deeply attracted to mankind!
But because of this, the ruthless side of the ocean is often shown in front of humans. A flat boat in the misty wind and rain is so inconspicuous and fragile in the eyes of the ocean!
“Yes! Commander!” The captain of the ship responded!
The captain turned to the first officer and said: “Send a signal to order the fleet to keep speed!”
“Yes, the speed is maintained, and the signal has been sent!” After the chief officer asked the sailor to use a torch to issue quotation marks, a loud report command was executed!
After a while, the black spot in the distance slowly grew bigger and turned into a black shadow, and the black shadow slowly grew bigger and became an island. When you get closer, you can only see the coastline!
When there was still some distance from the coast of the island, Li Bao ordered: “Anchor, sail, stop!”
The iron anchor weighing several tons was placed like the bottom of the sea, and all the sails were lowered. After a while, the hull came to a complete stop!
Li Bao ordered: “Take a rest tonight and land on the island tomorrow!”
In the early morning of the next day, a faint mist floated on the sea, fascinated, and the small island in front was brought out a sense of mystery in the mist!
Li Bao gave the order to set sail. It took most of the day to circle the island, and the landing point was selected at the southwest corner of the island. In the afternoon sun, the white sandy beach reflected a little bit of crystal. Beautiful and charming outside!
“Put down the boat and start landing!”
Following Li Bao’s order, the boats and ladders were put down. The sailors, armed with weapons, lined up on the boats one by one, neatly dancing the oars, and rowed towards the charming beach of the island!
After landing, the first thing the sailors did was to explore the surrounding environment and find a suitable place for camping.
Finally, I found a lake in the center. This lake seems to be formed by a circular crater caused by the impact of a meteorite falling!
Over the top of the crater, looking at the lake in front of you, the sailors stopped and stood there quietly, as if they couldn’t bear to break the peace from the depths of the soul that this scene brought to everyone at this time!
The calm water surface of the lake reflects the blue sky above the head, and a few white clouds slowly drifting past. It seems that I am already standing on the sky, with the blue sky and white clouds under my feet, making it difficult to distinguish whether the sky is under the feet or above the head!
After a while, the captain broke the silence of that moment: “Go and see if the water is salty?”
After trying it, I found that this is a freshwater lake. No wonder this island will become a habitat for seabirds. There are such abundant freshwater resources and the surrounding relatively calm sea!
With abundant schools of fish, there are many birds, and with birds, this Guano Island!
According to the exploration in the past few years, this should be an archipelago, and there is a big island and several volcanic islands further east. It is precisely because these islands have effectively slowed down the manic storm in the depths of the ocean that it has become like The Pearl of the Sea!
It’s a pity that there are too many birds The accumulation of bird droppings, there are not many plants on the island, but weeds, otherwise the environment will be more attractive!
“Let’s go, return to the commander, the river that flows to the seaside can be used for camping!” The sailor waved his saber to his hand and walked in the direction where he came from!
The captain returned to the battleship to report Li Bao’s discovery on the island. Li Bao ordered: “Start landing!”
The two transport ships that received the order put down one small boat, and each small boat carried twenty to thirty people at a time, but there was no problem, and the number of small boats totaled 18.
Each small boat can only transport 20 indigenous people at a time, and it can also transport three hundred and sixty people at one time. One thousand indigenous captives only need to go back and forth three times to transport all of them!
I spent the whole afternoon in the transportation of the small boat, not only the prisoners, but also the supplies. Transporting these supplies ashore is the most time-consuming!
Finally, before the sky was completely dark, a simple camp was set up in the selected place!
The camp is very simple, it is a continuous tent, no fence, no observation deck, no dock, and no lighthouse!
Burn a few more campfires to warm the body and eat warm meals! Feeling the stability of standing on land is the one I miss most when sailing on the sea!
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