As night fell, the vicinity of the Victory began to darken, and there were only a handful of dim deck lights left on the deck, and the mast lights on the mast were only kerosene lamps - all the lights used on the ship were kerosene lamps, except for the light source used by the searchlights. At this time, the dim mast lights swayed up and down with the undulation of the sea 'waves' in the night breeze, and it was not even very clear to look up from the deck, and it was bright and dark in the night sky.

Not far away, the same flickering mast lights swam in the nearby sea, two frigates and a newly repaired three-masted destroyer, the flagship of the former Liu Xiang Pirates, which had been kept in the Navy of Vostochny Harbor as a spare ship since its capture, and had been repaired before the other two Sharp ships needed to be docked for overhaul. Not long ago, it was incorporated into the Senate Naval Fleet and used as a sail destroyer.

At this moment, the destroyer has not yet been named, and the appointed captain is Zhong Bin, since Zhong Bin became a prisoner of the Senate after the first naval battle, he joined the navy, and after undergoing a series of "tests" such as political trials and inspections, he officially became the captain of the "Chunxiao" frigate after receiving regular naval officer training. After many battles at sea and a previous active rescue of a wrecked ship, he was officially promoted to captain and allowed to command a large surface ship – just in time for the three-masted destroyer to enter service, and he became the captain of the destroyer.

Now Zhong Bin looked at the situation around him with some concern, "Captain, it's nine o'clock now." The star officer next to him put down the equipment in his hand and reported. They did not have a 'precise' marine clock to measure time, but they could determine the time and latitude and longitude by the positions of the stars in the starry sky, so almost every naval ship above the frigate was equipped with these observation equipment.

Zhong Bin nodded and said to the first mate beside him, "Now that I am anchoring here, the patriarch is a little trusted." ”

The first mate echoed, "That's right, I heard that this place is not within the scope of the patriarch's eyes, and if a ship sneaks close, we probably won't know about it." ”

"Yes, the most troublesome thing is that we are still here to intercept other ships, and what is the most ship here, it must be Medeno's ship. If we let these ships intercept the Medeno ships, there will be ghosts if the two sides don't fight. Zhong Bin said and sighed, "Now the Senate and the Maidno people are like fire and water, just like a full barrel of fire 'medicine', just one spark away. ”

The first mate couldn't help laughing, "Captain, what you said is 'quite interesting', just one Mars away." ”

Suddenly, there was a shout from the mast, "There are navigation lights at three o'clock!" Hearing the shouts of the lookouts, all the officers raised their binoculars and looked in the direction of three o'clock, but their eyes swept a few ways, and they saw nothing but the dark night sky.

The herald hurriedly climbed up the mast and burrowed into the fence of the lookout post. The fence was only four square meters, but there were six people standing, all of whom were nervously looking in the direction of their respective guards.

"Who said there were navigation lights at three o'clock?" The herald hurriedly asked, and a lookout post continued to stare in the direction of three o'clock, "That's what I said, it flashed over there just now, but it was soon out of sight." ”

The herald looked over there, but like the others, he couldn't see anything but the dark sea.

"The wind is blowing!" Someone was shouting, Zhong Bin put his index finger in his mouth, and then pointed to the air, "Southeast wind, about level four, half a sail!" ”

"Collect the sails!" The sailor shouted, "Half sail!" ”

The sailors on duty ran to their predetermined cables, untied them, and began to shout trumpets and pull the sails as instructed. The sail on the mast was pulled up slowly, and Zhong Bin saw that the sail was almost raised, so he issued a loud order, "Turn!" Directions ......" As soon as the words fell, the lookout post shouted again, "At three o'clock, there are navigation lights!" Over there! ”

Zhong Bin and the others hurriedly held the binoculars again and looked in the direction of three o'clock, this time everyone did see the navigation lights looming in the sea 'waves', but they also quickly disappeared on the sea covered by the night' color.

"That's supposed to be a ship, right?" "I've heard that there are big sea monsters in the sea, which can hide at the bottom of the sea, and have dozens of tentacles, each of which is larger than the hull of the Victory, and if it is strangled by the hull, it can even pull the entire ship directly to the bottom of the sea." ”

The knot is not far away, and the knot is cold, so he hates the sun

"There are such sea monsters?" A sailor next to him said nervously, and his voice was already starting to tremble a little.

"Of course, I still heard from the people of Mednor, these sea monsters can stick out of the water very high, and directly smash the ship directly." The second mate hurriedly said, and the words directly added oil and vinegar to enhance the legends he had heard.

"Isn't it dangerous for us here?" The sailor's voice became even more nervous, and Zhong Bin glanced at the second mate at this time and said, "Don't believe rumors, don't spread rumors, what you haven't seen doesn't exist, what sea monster?" Didn't the Senate say it a long time ago when they were training naval officers? Marine life is diverse, but very few are able to actively attack ships. As he spoke, he said to the herald beside him, "Pass my orders, lookouts, don't let the ships escape from here, we need to check every passing fast sailing ship." ”

In the chart room of the Victory, Yang Junbo was still looking at the chart of this area that had just been altered by Ston, "If you want to go south, you have to pass through here?" Is there really no other waterway that can be passed? ”

A smile appeared on Stone's face, "This area is all reef area, only the area we are in now has a waterway to enter and exit, and if you want to go south, this is really the only way." ”

"But we were already a few hours late for each other, so how could we know that we weren't left behind? Could it be that they have already passed south? Xiao Can said, "If they had already passed, then our waiting here is unnecessary, it is better to go south now to catch up and try to intercept them outside Jakarta." ”

The enemy is far away from the cool ship, and the moon is cool early

"No, the reason why I say that I can intercept them here is because I am a Maidno person, and I know the rules and habits of Maidno ships. Although it is said that we are going to intercept a fast sailing ship, and it is already a few hours late. But as a former commander of the Eastern Fleet, I am very familiar with this waterway. If a vessel of such tonnage as a fast sailing ship were to pass through the waterway, it would have to be deep enough to pass safely, and the only time to do so would be between 4 a.m. and 9 a.m. every day. At any other time than these five hours, the reef was not deep enough for a vessel of such tonnage as a fast sailing ship to pass. Saying that, Ston shrugged his shoulders and smiled, "It's useless for them to be ten hours ahead of us, because the tide has killed their schedule." ”

"Well," Yang Junbo nodded, "Well, it seems that we can only wait here until around nine o'clock tomorrow morning." If they hadn't come at that time, they should have left from the sea on the other side of North Luzon. As he spoke, he tore down a piece of paper and scribbled a few lines on it with a pencil, "Ston reminds that the reef area is not deep enough at this time to allow fast sailing ships to pass, and must wait until four o'clock in the morning to nine o'clock in the morning to see the passage, so drop anchor in the reef area and wait for the next move." When he had finished writing, he 'handed over' the piece of paper to the herald beside him, "Go, send it to the dispatch room, and send a telegram to the port of Vostochny and the fleet of the Independence." ”

"Yes! Heads! The herald saluted, took the paper, and went out. Not long after, another herald ran in, saluted Yang Junbo and said, "Chief, the destroyer has sent a report that they have found navigation lights in the northwest direction. ”

Hearing this, the officers ran out of the chart room one after another, and crowded to the bulwark to look northwest, many of them holding naval binoculars in their hands and scanning near the contour of the sea and sky. On the destroyer not far away, the signal lights were still reporting information to them on and off.

"Forget it, it's not too big, they report finding navigation lights at a distance of about six thousand meters." Yang Junbo glanced at Xiao Can beside him as he spoke, and said with a smile, "They probably found a nearby sea ship." None of these ships pose a threat. ”

"Then inform the destroyers, leave them alone, just be alert to the situation within three kilometers of the Victory." Xiao Can looked at Yang Junbo as he spoke, the latter nodded in agreement, and then yawned, "There shouldn't be anything going on tonight, if they want to cross the reef area, I'm afraid they can only wait until around four o'clock, right?" ”

"Okay, you all go and rest in batches," Yang Junbo said and yawned again, and continued, "The officers and soldiers of the straight board will give me a careful observation tonight, and this matter cannot be wrong." ”

"Yes! Heads! The officers in the chart room stood up one after another, saluted Yang Junbo, and then went out with their respective meeting minutes.

The knot is far from the only one that hates the cold branch of the hospital

After far away, Sun Xue was sent by the cold ball gang

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Nothing had happened during the night, and the faint morning light had already begun to arrive, and although the sun had not yet come out, the sky had begun to turn white.

In the early morning, a thick morning mist floated on the sea, and the sea breeze swept the morning mist past the lookouts on duty. The lookouts were drowsy and 'wanting' to fall asleep one by one, their bodies were shivering with cold, and from time to time they would 'twitch' all over their bodies.

"Ding, ding, ding......" A sound pierced through the morning fog from afar to reach the eardrums of the lookouts on the destroyer, and they all looked to the northwest, but under the cover of the thick fog, they could not see anything clearly, and someone kicked the mast viciously. Damn, who are these people? 'Get' to jingle loudly. ”

"Maybe it's a merchant ship in Medenor? They usually like to use bells to convey commands," the speaker leaned against the mast and glanced into the distance, but could not see anything in the morning mist.

"There is a sail shadow!" Suddenly, someone shouted, "Nine o'clock on the port side!" ”

"Where? Where? Several people hurriedly looked in the direction of nine o'clock at the same time, but they couldn't see anything in the fog, "Are you looking 'dazzled'?" ”

"No, definitely not! It's over there! The man pointing in the direction of nine o'clock swore curses, "I'm not mistaken!" If you're wrong, I'll fall into the sea! ”

Someone raised the binoculars and looked closely, but all the eye could see was the thick morning fog.

"No...... Nothing...... Still not," he said to himself, glancing at the nearby sea, "the fog was so thick this morning that I couldn't even see the flagship's mast lights. ”

Xiao Can was lying on the side of the boat looking boredly at the nearby morning fog, "I said you can be sure that this is fog and not haze, right?" ”

Yang Junbo, who was sitting next to him, was sitting behind the fence, glanced at the sea, and sneered, "I said you were stupid in the old world, right?" Do we have what it takes to get haze in the old world? ”

"Then why is there so much fog here? Nothing to dissipate? Xiao Can said and stretched out his hand to fish in the fog, but naturally he didn't catch anything.

"Of course, it won't dissipate at this time," Yang Junbo said, patting Xiao Can on the shoulder and continuing, "This is called 'mixed' fog, and 'mixed' fog is the fog produced by the 'mixing' of two kinds of air on the ocean with a large temperature difference and relatively 'tidal' and humid. As a result of storm activity, the humidity of the air is close to or saturated, and the cold air from high latitudes is 'mixed' in the cold season to form the cold season 'mixed' fog, and the warm season is 'mixed' with the warm air from low latitudes to form the warm season 'mixed' fog. For this fog to dissipate, it is necessary to wait until the sun is fully bright and the sun 'shines' on the surface of the sea to warm up the surface water......"

Before the words fell, Xiao Can sniffed at the sky, "Something is wrong, why is there a strange smell in the air!" ”

"Weird smell?" Yang Junbo also sniffed, "No, I didn't feel anything except the cold air of the fog." ”

"No, it seems to be the smell of grease on people, or the kind that hasn't taken a bath for a long time! It smells so big, I seem to have smelled it somewhere before. Xiao Can said and sniffed again.

"Isn't it?" Yang Junbo had no choice but to sniff again, but still shook his head and said, "I didn't smell it, didn't you smell yourself by taking a bath?" ”

"Of course it can't be, I just took a bath in the bathhouse of the barracks yesterday, how could it be my own smell, but where did I really smell it......" Xiao Can looked up at the sky while thinking, and suddenly a flash of inspiration occurred in his mind, "It was smelled when the Medeno captives were concentrated, that's the smell!" ”

Before the words fell, I saw fires flashing one after another in the thick fog, and in an instant, there was a deafening sound of cannons. Bowling ball-sized shells flew out of the fog and headed for several Navy ships anchored here.

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