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Part One: Penghu Storm Chapter 443 The Lonely Boat (Part 2)

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    W Xiang Dashi shouted loudly at this time: "Mr. Wei, if we don't throw these into the sea, all of us will die."

    "Throw the medicine into the sea, and everyone will die." Wei Dong refused to give in at all.

    "Mr. Wei" said to Dashi in a pleading tone.

    Wei Dong said: "If you want to throw away these medicines, throw me into the sea first."

    From the window of the medical cabin, we could see the black whirlpool not far away, constantly devouring broken boards, corpses, and cargo.

    The ship is neither moving forward nor retreating, and is fighting a tug-of-war with the whirlpool.

    "I'm really sorry, Mr. Wei." Xiang Dashi said and threw Wei Dong to the ground. The others immediately threw the items in the medical cabin out of the window.

    Due to the huge attraction of the vortex, the rudder became heavier and heavier, and Meng Tianxiong could hardly turn it.  He knew that if this continued, even the rudder made of iron wood would break under the torn force of the two forces, and the "Happiness" would either be sucked into the suction vortex or be torn into two pieces by the strong pulling force.

    "There is a ship rushing toward us." Sun De's exclamation suddenly rang out.

    Meng Tianxiong looked back and saw a huge sea ship rushing over very quickly due to the huge attraction of the whirlpool. It was obvious that the ship had completely lost control and was very likely to hit the "Happiness"  .

    Since there is no way to escape the fate of being swallowed up after all, it is better to take a gamble. A bold idea flashed in Meng Tianxiong's mind.

    He asked Sun De to immediately convey his order, and all the crew members who were rocking the oars stopped.  And he carefully operated the rudder, adjusted the position of the "Happiness" with difficulty, and waited for that moment to arrive.

    ¡°Bang¡ª¡ª¡± With a loud noise, Meng Tianxiong felt the "Huanxi" shake violently. His body was almost unable to stand as the ship's hull rocked. He could only hold on to the rudder tightly to maintain his balance.  However, what really made him feel thrilling was after the ship hit the "Happiness".  The sound of a wooden board breaking.

    "Charge forward with all your strength! Use all your strength!" After Meng Tianxiong roared, he could only pray for God's favor in his heart, even though God has been against everyone from the beginning.

    This is one of the boldest decisions Meng Tianxiong made in his sailing career.  When the ship hits the "Huanxi", it will produce a strong thrust on the "Huanxi" at the same time of collision.  When the ship happened to be swallowed by the whirlpool, the attraction of the whirlpool to the "Happiness" was greatly reduced.

    Therefore, the only chance to escape from the whirlpool is at the moment when the two ships collide.  The eight large oars on the left and right sides of the deck of the "Happiness" swung with difficulty against the current.  It was a difficult moment, and the "Happiness" moved away from the side of the whirlpool little by little.

    "One, two, get up! One, two, get up! One, two, get up!" The crew members closed their eyes and vigorously rocked the oars. Their neat and powerful shouts drowned out the whistling wind.

    Time seemed to have frozen, and Meng Tianxiong's eyes never left the vortex for a moment - if they had not escaped before it swallowed up the ship.  The next ship to be swallowed was the "Happiness".

    I don¡¯t know how long it took, but the attraction of the whirlpool to the ship disappeared without a trace, and the speed of the "Happiness" suddenly accelerated.  Meng Tianxiong looked at the whirlpool getting further and further away. His body, which had been tense all the time, could no longer hold on. He was so tired that he fell on the deck like the other crew members.  The clouds in the sky are no longer so dark.  The wind was no longer so strong, and the raindrops hitting his face were no longer so painful.

    "Happiness" escaped. He turned sideways and looked at both sides of the ship. On the vast sea, the other ships had disappeared, maybe they had all been swallowed by the sea.

    It was a long and wet night.  Everyone on the "Huanxi" stuck to their posts. Although everyone was very tired, no one closed their eyes to sleep.  A terrible hurricane made everyone feel worried. Although the wind and rain were much lighter, no one really breathed a sigh of relief.

    The scene they just experienced has made them understand the simplest truth. If they want to survive on the sea, they must always remain vigilant.

    After a night of sailing, the sky gradually brightened, and the sun slowly jumped out of the sea. For a moment, the clouds in the sky disappeared without a trace.

    A gorgeous rainbow appeared in front of the "Huanxi", which was almost within reach.  Everyone on the boat stood up and quietly admired the beautiful rainbow in front of them.  Several seabirds flew up and down happily around the rainbow. The sun rose higher and higher, coating the seabirds' snow-white wings with a layer of golden light.Looking at this rainbow, Meng Tianxiong finally breathed a sigh of relief.  Generations of fishermen have faced the unpredictable sea, and they have accumulated a lot of experience. Various phenomena in nature have finally become their words, telling them the changes in the weather.  For example, there is a saying about rainbows that "the sun in the east leads to the rain in the west." At this moment, the rainbow appears in the east, which indicates that the weather will become sunny and the "Huanxi" is temporarily safe.

    Meng Tianxiong¡¯s eyes never left the sea. The fragments of wooden boards and swollen corpses floating on the sea made him feel uncomfortable.  It was his dream to sail to various countries with the imperial fleet like his great-grandfather. However, a hurricane and heavy rain struck, and the huge fleet was wiped out, and his dream was also wiped out.

    "Can you tell where our ship is?" A voice interrupted Meng Tianxiong's thoughts.

    Turning his head, Meng Tianxiong saw Long Zhantian and Lin Jinjia standing beside him. He didn't even notice that the person asking the question was Long Zhantian, the supreme commander of the "Huanxi".

    Long Zhantian's expression was a little tired, but the eyes under his sword-shaped eyebrows were still full of energy. It seemed that his fighting spirit had not been wiped out by this disaster.

    Meng Tianxiong stretched out his arm and raised his thumb.  Observe with squinted eyes and calculate silently in your mind.  Slowly, an incredible look appeared on his face.  He turned his attention to Lin Jinjia, wanting to hear what he had to say.

    Long Zhantian seemed to have guessed the shock in Meng Tianxiong's heart. He said in an unquestionable tone: "You have proven with your actions that you are the most powerful person on the "Huanxi". If you have anything to say, you can speak boldly."

    "Judging from the position of the sun and the ship, I think the "Huanxi" has approached Java." After some hesitation, Meng Tianxiong still expressed his speculation.

    However.  He shook his head as he spoke. He was not entirely sure of this judgment.  If the "Huanxi" has approached Java, then the "Huanxi" is already far away from its scheduled route.  Such a huge gap cannot be caused by a hurricane.

    Long Zhantian glanced at Lin Jinjia, and then said: "You two have the same view. It seems that the "Huanxi" has deviated from its original route for a long time."

    Meng Tianxiong then noticed that Lin Jinjia not only held a star board and compass in his hand, but also several other instruments that he couldn't name, all of which seemed to be used to determine the ship's position.

    Lin Jinjia handed the compass to Meng Tianxiong and said, "Look at this."

    Meng Tianxiong took a look at the compass and found that this time the compass was pointing in the correct direction. He thought of the super hurricane that had just passed. Could extremely severe weather cause the compass to malfunction?  Or conversely, a compass failure indicates that extreme weather is coming?

    Seeing that Meng Tianxiong was deep in thought again, Long Zhantian said: "All the supplies on the ship were thrown into the sea yesterday. It seems that we should go to Java to replenish supplies first."

    Meng Tianxiong nodded and said: "The "Huanxi" also needs repairs. A crack was knocked out of the stern. One of the masts was also blown down by the wind."

    Lin Jinjia took out a nautical chart from his sleeve and unfolded it in front of the two of them and said: "This picture was drawn from the nautical chart included in the book "Military Bei Zhi" before I set sail. I judge that we are now in this situation.  Location, we can follow this route to Java.¡±

    Meng Tianxiong repeatedly praised: "With the best route provided by this nautical chart, we can save a lot of time. How many such nautical charts do you have?"

    Looking at Meng Tianxiong¡¯s shining eyes.  Lin Jinjia just said calmly: "When Zheng He's fleet sailed to the Western Ocean, I have all the routes that the fleet traveled."

    "That's great." Meng Tianxiong couldn't help but raise his voice.

    "Don't you fishermen rely on the guidance of Queen Mazu when you go to sea?" Lin Jinjia said with some disdain in his tone.

    Long Zhantian heard the sarcasm in his words, so he said: "If it weren't for Master Meng Zhou's excellent navigation skills and experience yesterday, we would have been buried in the belly of the fish. The knowledge of astronomy and geography you have learned is naturally a very important subject."  Exquisite knowledge. But Master Meng Zhou¡¯s experience accumulated through life and death at sea is also valuable. You two must work together well. "

    Meng Tianxiong smiled and said nothing more. Instead, he lowered his head to study the navigation route again, and then issued an order to the helmsman: "Left full rudder, move toward Mount Aralia, Java!"

    On the sparkling sea, the "Huanxi" was riding the wind and waves. Meng Tianxiong stood on the deck and checked the crew's work back and forth.  During the inspection, he discovered an interesting thing. When the "Happiness" first set off, the soldiers on the ship could beat, curse and insult the sailors at will, but after that terrible hurricane??, the soldiers and crew members have become one with each other and have begun to call themselves brothers. This is a kind of friendship against death together.

    Meng Tianxiong likes this change. He knows what it means to work together in the same boat. Unknown dangers are often encountered at sea. Only the unity of everyone on the ship can they overcome the dangers and have smooth sailing.

    Suddenly, a burly man ran over to Dashi and reported: "We found a small boat ahead, and someone on the boat was calling for help from us."

    Meng Tianxiong immediately followed Sun De and walked to the side of the ship. There was a small boat in the distance, with a man sitting on it, waving a red cloth to signal them.

    ¡°Pull the ship closer, maybe there are survivors of the fleet.¡± Meng Tianxiong gave the order.

    The helmsman immediately changed the direction of the boat, and the "Happiness" sailed towards the boat. When it approached the boat, Meng Tianxiong discovered that sitting on the boat was a woman wearing white clothes. She was sitting barefoot in the middle of the boat.  She had her hands folded in front of her chest. Of course, what was even more strange was that her head was covered with a black cloth, making her expression unclear.

    When the crew and soldiers saw this scene, they first looked at each other, and then started talking about it.

    "The girl raised her head to show the uncle whether she is handsome or not." Someone couldn't help but started teasing the girl on the boat with words.

    The woman simply lifted the black cloth covering her head. On her delicate face, a pair of black and shiny eyes coldly glanced at the crew member who was speaking, causing him to take a step back.

    Meng Tianxiong was also shocked. Her face was extremely pale, almost like a dead person, which made people shudder.

    Meng Tianxiong said to the short Qiang San who was crowded next to him: "Go and invite Mr. Wei over. There is a patient here."

    When the woman heard what Meng Tianxiong said, she also glanced at him, then fainted in the boat with a bloody knife still in her hand.  Only then did Meng Tianxiong notice that the red cloth she was waving in her hand was actually dyed red with blood. At this moment, the color was gradually dimming, turning into a silent color.  He noticed a bleeding wound on her left arm. It was obvious that after discovering the "Happiness", she cut her wrist and dyed the white cloth red with blood, so that the people on the ship discovered her.  .

    At this time, Wei Dong came to Meng Tianxiong angrily.  Meng Tianxiong glanced at Qiang San and saw him following Wei Dong with a dejected look on his face, not daring to look at him.

    Meng Tianxiong felt bad in his heart. This situation could only mean one thing. He was unwilling to treat that woman.

    When he thought of the possible results, Meng Tianxiong quickly smiled and said: "Mr. Wei, your medical skills are so superb, all you need is a little help."

    "All the medicine was thrown into the sea. Do you think I am a god?" Wei Dong was really angry. Meng Tianxiong was shocked that such a thin man could say such loud words at this moment.

    Meng Tianxiong had no choice but to laugh along, hoping that his smile could lighten the atmosphere, but Wei Dong turned a blind eye with a cold face.

    At this moment, there was a dull sound. Meng Tianxiong turned around and saw a soldier lying on the deck, curled up and trembling all over.

    Wei Dong immediately squatted down, put one of his hands on the soldier's hand, and couldn't help but frown.

    "Come and touch his forehead." His voice was obviously not very friendly.

    A bad premonition flashed through Meng Tianxiong's heart. He immediately squatted down next to Wei Dong and gently placed his rough hands on the soldier's forehead.

    Meng Tianxiong¡¯s hand couldn¡¯t help but tremble, as if his hand had touched a ball of fire, and the bad premonition in his heart was confirmed.

    Wei Dong sighed and said: "More than 20 crew members have developed the same high fever symptoms as him. I predict that the number will continue to increase, because the disease will be transmitted to each other, and if not treated in time, they will die."

    This, this is the most terrible plague!  To be continued.  If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendations and monthly votes. Your support is my biggest motivation.  m
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