"No problem, just build the camp in advance."

Ye Te got on the phone with Lin Yaohui and had been sailing in the Atlantic Ocean outside the strait for more than two hours. It was not because he lost contact because of the distance, but because he didn't turn on the phone at all. The communication equipment, Ye Te, used a digital shortwave station, even if it was twenty-one

Century, it can also cover a thousand kilometers.

"Hey, Lao Lin, you don't have to ask me anything from now on, you make the decision!"

"Okay! How are you doing there? Have you found any trace of Karl?"

"No, I did meet quite a few whales. This place looks like an alien planet everywhere. There are so many options for me to hide!"

"Yes, the end of the world! Where are you now?"

"Estados Island, if it were still on Earth, would be de los estados."

Yete kept talking while keeping his eyes close to the high-power vertical telescope, observing a large island three kilometers away.

Estados Island, one of the southernmost islands in the Atlantic Ocean. It is located east of Tierra del Fuego, separated by a 28-kilometer-wide Lemaire Strait, and about 120 kilometers away from Picton Island at the exit of the Beagle Channel.

kilometers. If Karl attempts to fight back or launch a surprise attack, this island will be used as a base. It is in an excellent location. It is neither far nor near, and can advance or retreat. On the contrary, the fleet in the Beagle Channel will be uncomfortable, as if it is stuck in its throat.

At this time, Yate felt this way. Unfortunately, few people on the bridge of the large warship felt the same way as him.

"The probability of encountering a ship is extremely slim."

When they arrived at Picton Island out of the strait, Lao Ye got up and said, "It's very simple, this is the end of the world. The waterways around Tierra del Fuego are not friendly at all. Whether it is the Strait of Magellan, the Beagle Strait, or the Drake Passage, it is not winding."

It is winding and winding, with high winds and strong waves all year round, or complex hydrology, which is a huge challenge to ships. Not to mention the vicinity of Cape Horn, there are so many shipwrecks that it is called the cemetery of the sea. Even in the 21st century, the route to Tierra del Fuego is

Ships are also quite limited. The so-called Age of Discovery refers to the time when humans dared to cross oceans. But now, even if the world enters the Age of Discovery, there will not be many ocean-going ships, and it is almost impossible for us to encounter them.

I understand everyone’s sentiments and worry about someone regressing to a primitive society. Here, I can definitely say that the regression is not that far away. A few days ago, I flew a helicopter over more than half of Tierra del Fuego. I discovered many indigenous tribes and visually inspected them.

There are thousands of people. What does it mean? It means that the time at this time should be after 1520 and before the 1850s. Why? Because according to records, Magellan crossed the Strait of Magellan in 1520 and Darwin visited Tierra del Fuego in 1836.

The island was when Tierra del Fuego had the largest indigenous population.”

There are many sailors who have been to Tierra del Fuego, and there were two on the warship, Qi Guoqiang and Luo Wangao. When they passed the "original site" of Port Williams on Navarino Island and saw the primitive scene of desolation, the two of them felt depressed.

It affected everyone on board. Then I saw that Picton Island and Nueva Island were as desolate as the surface of the moon. No one said a word for a long time. The lifeless atmosphere entered the Atlantic Ocean. After two hours of sailing, not to mention the naked eye and radar, no one was found.

Only a boat. In the endless sea water, cold icebergs floated by, and whining waterbirds flew overhead, as if I was the only one walking alone between the sea and the sky. The unknown age and the strange world amplified the feeling of loneliness, bringing about

Unbearable pain. The eyes of these veteran sailors who have sailed around the world many times are full of despair.

Arriving at Estados Island, Yate himself said it was like seeing an alien planet, let alone others.

Before Lao Ye spoke, Qi Guoqiang secretly wiped away his tears, and the sentimental Latin kid Shunzi sobbed softly, frightened by the adult's bearish appearance. Lao Ye's words both comforted and encouraged everyone.

"Circle around the island and prepare to return!"

The coast of Estados Island is steep, but there are not many landing points. The place where it serves as a safe haven is clearly visible, and there is nothing to see. I had no choice but to leave the telescope and waved to a young man with red eyes and said: "Wang Xinxin, you stare at the telescope.

, report any findings immediately!”

"Yes, sir!" Wang Xinxin is the youngest among the sailor veterans, under twenty-two.

"You go too and take turns with Wang Xinxin!"

Ye Te patted the mosaic again and shed tears. Finally, he picked up a pot of coffee that had just been brewed, called Qi Guoqiang to come over, pointed to the map and said: "Here, here, here...and here, install the camera probe." Drive carefully.

On the Wannian Ship, he prepared to monitor the movement from the mouth of the strait to Ushuaia.

"Yes, yes, yes!" Qi Guoqiang loudly agreed, "Especially the 'bottleneck' of Port Williams. If it takes one day to block the channel, it will probably be difficult to clear it in half a year. Oh, I'll have time to install it right away when we return..."

Ye Te waved his hand and said, "Don't worry, you can pretend again tomorrow or the day after tomorrow."

The old submariner loves to cry, but he is very professional in managing his emotions. After receiving the order, he looked at the map with great concentration and sighed: "Oh, it would be great if the probe could be connected to the Internet!"

Are you asking if there is any equipment for this? Ye Tedang didn’t understand and poured him a cup of coffee.

It is necessary to be on guard against others, and Lao Ye has a tight grip on communication equipment. The radios on each ship are prohibited from being turned on, and he and Shunzi personally seal the seals. Karl is floating outside, and it would be a disaster if a "ghost" appears. Call the captain and deputy squad leader

Ye Te also spent a lot of time setting up the walkie-talkie with the three people in charge.

"Manually extract the probe video. From now on, small warships will be arranged to patrol the strait, make a circle around Picton Island and then return, three times in the morning, noon and evening."

What must be done to avoid being "blocked" in the strait? Blocking the channel is more terrifying than being attacked by a sneak attack. No need to remind Ye, Ye Te has been thinking about this matter after entering the Atlantic Ocean. Patrolling and monitoring may seem clumsy, but in fact it is

It is active defense. But if there is any trouble, there is no other way to gain reaction time and reduce the risk of being beaten passively. The only one who can fight now is Lin Yaohui, and the four squad leaders can at most protect themselves. If we really encounter Karl today, we can only use naval guns.

Just bombard, destroy, and sink the ships. Seizing the ships or landing and annihilating them is unthinkable.

"Well, this is much safer!" Qi Guoqiang agreed with the active defense. "Now, before 1870, the construction capacity of a large wooden ship could hold up to 5,000 tons. It sank in the bottleneck and could barely block the waterway. But just a wooden ship could not clear the waterway.

It’s difficult, it takes ten and a half months to do it. If we really want to block us in the strait for a year and a half, we will need at least three or five 5,000-ton wooden ships. At this time, the ship’s steam engine power is pitifully small, and it is impossible to push a 1,000-ton ship.

, it can only be a sailboat. The wind direction in the strait is unpredictable, and the sailboat enters as slowly as a snail. If it cannot escape the daily patrols and monitoring, it will be fatal if it enters." The old submariner made a targeted analysis and thought more broadly.

The easiest and fastest way to block the waterway is to sink the ship at the "bottleneck". The possibility of Karl "recruiting" several large sailing ships in a short period of time is zero.

"Karl has more than 400 containers on hand. If these containers are emptied, stuffed with rocks, sand, etc., and thrown at the bottleneck, will it be able to block the bottleneck for a year and a half?" Yate raised his doubts.

Qi Guoqiang was "fortunate" to witness the whole process of the transaction with Karl, and he knew best where the threat came from. After drinking coffee and thinking for a while, he replied: "Theoretically, it is possible, but it is difficult to operate. Moreover, it will take a long time. Putting aside the technical difficulty, it is

Throwing more than 400 containers off the ship seems easy, but it takes about seven or eight hours to do. The bottleneck from Ushuaia to Port Williams is more than 30 kilometers, and the small warship can reach the speed of 28 knots in an hour.

.I don’t believe it. With just a few hundred containers, who has the ability to block the waterway overnight?”

The night in Tierra del Fuego is only four hours long. After starting the patrol, darkness is the only gap. In four hours, there is really not much that Carl can do, unless he endures the pain and cuts off his flesh, and directly sinks the 20,000-ton container ship to the "bottleneck"

"It's pointless to do that, and it will harm others and not benefit yourself.

"I just spoke to Dao Dao and heard that the lunch tasted great."

After discussing the business with Qi Guoqiang, Ye Te raised his voice and spoke to everyone on the bridge: "They informed me of the dinner menu, grilled salmon with lemon juice, sweet and sour pork ribs, fried chicken wings and chicken legs, fruit salad and borscht. The staple food is bread.

Pasta, rice. Haha, my mouth is watering." He is not a picky eater, and he is also afraid of eating pig and dog food that has been coated whole. Who wouldn't want to eat delicious food when they have choices?

"Open the way! Rush back for dinner."

"It's great to have a woman, I love women!"

"That bastard Tu should have kicked him into the sea to feed the fishes."

"No, let him eat tortillas for every meal from now on."

Attention shifted, and everyone at the post gradually resumed their laughter and laughter. The daylight hours are long, so there is no need to worry about night sailing. We can return to the fleet before dark at twelve o'clock, and it will not feel too late to have dinner.

"Is something going on at Xiao Lin's place?" Lao Ye didn't believe that Lin Yaohui specifically informed him of the recipe.

Ye Te drank coffee and said with a wry smile: "I found traces of the natives near the peninsula where the camp was built. Old Lin was worried about the attack of the natives and wanted to build a fortification." Old Ye nodded and said nothing.

"Second uncle, do you think Karl will leave and go to Europe or North America to explore the world?" Yete is not worried about the natives at all. Karl is the threat. He is not afraid of thieves and thieves. If it were not for the overwhelming advantage of armaments,

, has already started a fierce battle.

Old Ye looked at the Estados Island passing by outside the window, and asked leisurely: "If it were you, with only a few light weapons, would you go to open up the world and use iron ships to collide with wooden ships?" Ye Te said with a toothache: "We didn't

What kind of heavy weapons are they? Could it be that this guy is only satisfied with robbing big warships?" Old Ye rolled his eyes and said, "In your eyes, M2 machine guns and 120 rockets are not considered heavy weapons?" Ye Te replied: "They don't count in the first place! Oh.

, in the sea, fish and mines barely count. Ha, I understand, this guy wants his fish and mines back."

"Get me a cup of coffee!"

Despising his cheap nephew's weapon standards, Lao Ye put on airs, took a sip of coffee and said: "He wants your life most. If he kills you, the supermarket on the sea will be all his. However, you have to patrol three times a day, and you have to

Monitor the entire strait. When he notices it, it may really be possible to open up the world!"

Active defense kills two birds with one stone, guarding against blocking the channel and guarding against sneak attacks. Ye Te did not accept the cheap praise and said in disgust: "Second uncle, your position is too unstable. Even if the east side of the strait is protected, what about the west side? As the saying goes, there is no light in the east.

It's bright in the west!" The last sentence he said was tapping the map with his hand. He was thinking like a bodyguard and didn't feel that the threat had been removed.

"West? Well, it seems that I have to hire a tutor for you." Lao Ye raised his coffee cup and said, "My consultation fee is very expensive, so I won't accompany you." After saying that, he turned and walked towards the exit.

"Ha ha……"

There was a burst of joyful laughter in the bridge. The old man naturally has fans. Communication in public means that there is no confidentiality. Every word spoken by the uncle and nephew was almost heard by the people on the bridge.

As soon as Lao Ye left, Qi Guoqiang and Luo Wangao walked side by side in coordination, as if they were tutors. Laughter sounded again in the bridge, and some people clapped and booed.
Chapter completed!