When they heard that the telegram was from the Feiyun, several people became energetic and hurriedly circulated it.
"... capsized by the tide and was severely damaged. The Feiyun is intact. Sailors and sailors died and 6 people are missing. It is currently setting up camp at the northern end of Samar Island and waiting for rescue. Location: East Longitude..."
Hearing the news, everyone breathed a sigh of relief: senators are the most precious wealth, and now it is no better than in the past. The rights of senators have been blown to the sky. If one of them is really going to die, it will inevitably be caused by certain political factions in the Senate.
Good opportunity for articles.
"The loss of a 901 gunboat is a big price." Ma Qianzhu said with a blank face, "Fortunately, the loot is very rich."
"I'm afraid someone is going to take action again." Qian Shuiting had mixed feelings in his heart - he proposed this action, and Zhou Weisen was in the formation again, so it can be said that it is closely related to his interests. He had just experienced a great victory.
I am so happy, and now I have received the news that a gunboat was completely lost, it is like riding a roller coaster - fortunately, Zhou Weisen and his wife are safe and sound.
Chen Haiyang said: "Although it is a pity to lose a gunboat, since it is an action, there is a possibility of loss." He stood up and said, "Actually, I think this kind of loss is inevitable given our technical conditions.
It should be put on the line. We must also oppose this evil trend of having to make trouble for anything! If you really want to avoid typhoons, then the navy should simply not go to sea in the summer and autumn. This robbery operation itself is risky.
If the typhoon comes before it catches the Spanish ship, will all the guys in the Senate who voted in favor of this action be pulled out to criticize? Which maritime country in history was not beaten by wind and waves? Who is a bad person?
Many ships are lost in the weather, this is an inevitable fate. No one wants to see the navy and merchant fleet of the Senate become ducks in a flower pond in a greenhouse, right?!"
Chen Haiyang rarely gave such long and excited speeches. Obviously, he had long disliked the current "evil trends" and took this opportunity to have an outburst.
Wen Desi said: "I don't think this matter is a serious matter. The loss of a ship means the death of a few natives. We can rebuild the ship and retrain the people. We are people who want to do big things, how can we
So timid? Worrying about your own affairs all day long." He waved his arm, "I dislike certain comrades the most. Whenever something happens, I will immediately think of holding a hearing or setting up a committee. It seems that this is his existence.
value."
With these few words, the Executive Committee has unified its thinking.
This morning, all relevant units received the telegram. The Haitian immediately ordered to cancel the vacation, and everyone boarded the ship to prepare. Li Ziping, the captain of the Lichun who was on vacation in Hong Kong, was also redeployed as the temporary acting captain.
Bei Wei, who was training on the Kowloon Peninsula, was urgently recalled to report to Li Di's small formation to board the ship. By the time Bei Wei's team rushed back to the base and boarded the ship, another day had passed. Li Ziping was anxious and urged to set off immediately.
On the same day, the captain of the Daishuang, Lu Yang, received a telegram instructing him to return at full speed without returning for rescue.
The Haitian embarked on the southward passage. At this time, the typhoon had turned to the northeast. Taking advantage of the northwest wind behind the typhoon, they were able to quickly go south. However, in compliance with the executive committee's strict order requiring that winds above Category 6 must be sheltered ashore, they were forced to take shelter.
We were forced to spend a day in the Babuyan Islands.
When they sailed again on the channel they sailed less than a month ago, there was a gentle southeast wind again, and there were still blue skies with a few cirrus clouds. Everything seemed to be the same as before. The sea and sky moved southward along the coast of the Philippines
.Sail to the location of the shelter camp reported in the last telegram of the Feiyun: the west coast of the North Cape of Samar Island.
"Zhou, Lingao called back!" Mendoza climbed down from the Feiyun happily and waved a note, "They have sent a ship to pick us up!"
"That's great." Zhou Weisen was using the barbecue grill on the Feiyun to grill fish and lobsters fished from the coral reefs. They have been waiting eagerly for the arrival of rescue these days. Although Robinson's life here
It’s not too difficult: after all, it’s not cold here and there are abundant natural resources. By bringing your own dry food and food collected from sunken ships, as well as fish and shrimps caught from the sea, and coconuts picked from trees, you can eat not only
I'm full and the colors are pretty good. But after getting used to a life of strict planning and logistical support, this kind of life of no whereabouts and uneasiness is really hard to bear.
In order to maintain discipline and relieve boredom, the sailors and sailors who landed ashore continued their normal training every day, and the special reconnaissance team also conducted some short-distance field reconnaissance. The entire investigation operation yielded little results. There are no Spanish strongholds in this area, and there are no indigenous people.
There are only a few small fishing villages nearby. On the contrary, the mosquitoes here are so large and numerous that it is daunting, and the thought of malaria and yellow fever makes people even more chilled. Fortunately, the camp is close to the sea, and there are very few mosquitoes. But they often attack
The heavy rains are also a headache. The humidity and the scorching tropical sun make it unbearably hot. Mendoza often walks around the camp wearing only a three-point swimsuit and a straw hat - this three-point swimsuit was the same one she wore when Zhou Weisen
The only clothes she wore when she was kidnapped and boarded the ship had been used for three years, and inevitably there were several small holes in them, which attracted more and more scorching eyes. Zhou Weisen had to remind her to pay attention to the impact. So Miss Mendoza used coconut tree clothes again.
The leaves made themselves a grass skirt.
"It's good to go back, but we will definitely be dragged to a denouncement meeting." Lin Chuanqing said with a smile.
"There is nothing we can do about this. There must be an explanation." Zhou Weisen also had a headache about this matter, "Old Lin, but I just listen to you..."
"Don't mention this matter again," Lin Chuanqing is a smoker, but now he has no cigarettes and can only chew a branch, "but I am responsible for destroying the ship."
"Typhoon is a force majeure, what responsibility do you have?"
"Let's put it this way, a 'big ship' like 901 should try to go to the open sea after encountering a storm, otherwise it will be easy for big waves to hit the shore or rocks." Lin Chuanqing said, "This is the fate of the Tide Maker."
"But when a typhoon comes, don't we usually call the ship back to the harbor to take shelter?"
"That's a port, we're just an open anchorage here." Lin Chuanqing said, "This is called protecting people but not ships. If it's a civilian ship, that's absolutely fine. But for warships, if we get serious, I'll go to court-martial.
Already."
"Shit, what bastard dares to say that the life of a senator is worth less than a warship?" Zhou Weisen sneered, "I think just this sentence will make him unable to stand up in the Senate forever!"
Lin Chuanqing was not thinking about this, but about this weird elders' collegial system. If he were the full commander, he could return to the ship in time. There would be no need to do such inexplicable things.
After several days like this, on the morning of July 21, the sailors who were on the lookout discovered a sailboat sailing along the strait.
"Something's happening!" Lin Chuanqing and Zhou Weisen quickly picked up the telescopes and climbed up to the temporary observation tower after a few clicks.
It can be clearly seen from the telescope that this is a smaller Galen ship. The ship seems to have been baptized by the typhoon. The deck is in tatters, and two masts have been lost. It is barely sailing with one mast. It looks like
Very clumsy - although the wind is favorable, the speed is less than 2 knots.
"San Raymundo!" Zhou Weisen shouted excitedly.
"how do you know?"
"Who else could it be but it?" Zhou Weisen said, "Look at its appearance, it has obviously been baptized by the storm. The time is also right!"
"It makes sense. The flag of the King of Castile is very heavy! This is it!"
The two looked at each other, and sparks suddenly flew out - if the San Raymundo could be captured, the negative impact of losing a gunboat would be greatly reduced.
But how to catch this big fish is troublesome. They don’t have the 901 gunboat. Of course, the Feiyun is enough to catch up with San Raymundo. The problem is that the Feiyun does not have heavy firepower and cannot suppress the enemy. If they jump to the gang,
, they have all heard of the common tactics used by pirates: quickly approach from the stern, and then jump gang. However, the freeboard of the Feiyun is very low, and it is impossible to quickly send troops onto the deck for gang jumping. As for releasing chlorine gas -
―The tank of chlorine gas was unloaded in advance, but now we have lost the technical means to use it. There is no difference between having it and not having it.
"It's really helpless." The two of them thought about it for a long time, but still couldn't find any way. During this period, Zhou Weisen proposed to let Mendoza be used as a bait to disguise the Feiyun as a shipwreck - this is also a common method used by pirates. However,
There was no camouflage material at all - the Feiyun was too different from the ships in this time and space.
The Sanraymondo sailed slowly under their eyes for several hours. Zhou Weisen calculated that the Sanraymondo was less than ten nautical miles away from his camp. Needless to say, the Feiyun turned on the engine.
I caught up with my sails steadily.
If he had known earlier, he would have brought the anti-tank missile. He thought with regret that machine guns alone would not be able to seriously damage this kind of Galen ship.
"It would be great if this ship could be grounded..."
"Being stranded is not the same thing," Lin Chuanqing said. "It is necessary to wade through water from the shore to the ship. The Spaniards can fire at us easily - and we still have to climb the freeboard."
"At least we can sneak attack at night."
"Night attack -" Lin Chuanqing touched his hair again, "Actually, at its current speed, it is no different from being stranded...Does the special reconnaissance team have night vision goggles?"
"There are a few pairs," Zhou Weisen understood. "They are enough." He looked at the sky, "But the weather is so good, the visibility on the sea at night is probably not bad."