Extraordinary Voyage Chapter 323: Silver Island and frequent accidents
Northeast of the New World, Cape Giant Horn.
It’s already close to the northern border of the Black Sea, and it’s actually not too far away from the "eternal white land" that has been frozen all year round.
is in this sea.
The cold Brado current from north to south and the warm west wind current from the northeast branch, converge at the sharp corners of the Giant Cape, creating a huge natural fishing ground.
The scale is second to none in the entire known world!
Especially the main fish consumed by the people in the Old World-"cod" is almost endless.
was first described by Atlan Kingdom explorer Capote in his voyage diary when he discovered this place:
"There are so many cod fish here that you don’t need fishing nets. Just put a stone in the basket and sink it in the water and then lift it up. The basket is full of fish."
"Stepping on the shiny cod back, we can walk to the shore from the boat."
One can imagine how rich this fishing ground is!
Actually.
Although the sea is rich in products, it does not mean that the entire sea is full of fish.
fishing grounds are mostly due to the confluence of cold and warm ocean currents, which agitated the ocean currents and brought inorganic salts from the bottom of the sea to the water surface, making plankton prosperous and providing extremely rich food for fish.
and most of them are not too far from the land.
If you, as a seafarer, want to fish while passing through the deep sea. Then no matter how lucky you are, you can only catch one or two weird-looking deep-sea fish, the kind that you may not have the courage to eat if you let you eat it.
And near the Cape of Giant Horn is a colony belonging to the Kingdom of Atlan, this fishing ground is also regarded by them as a generous gift of "Frost Breath".
Backed by the extremely rich fishery resources here, their fishing boats are loaded with pickled and dried cod and return to the mainland, thus obtaining huge economic returns.
There are at least hundreds of fishing boats and even whaling boats operating in this area every year. Just as the fur industry means tulips and Sark, the fishing industry is also Atlant’s pillar industry in the New World.
However, there are two neighbors who are staring at each other.
This fishing ground has also become one of the sources of continuous disputes between the three forces.
However, today.
Compared with fishing boats and whaling ships, two expedition ships that are rare in this sea area broke into here very suddenly.
The expedition ship born for speed is very easy to identify.
The hull is relatively long and narrow, with an aspect ratio of almost 6:1. The hull is relatively low and equipped with wing sails. It runs much faster at sea than ordinary fishing boats and merchant ships.
"Master Daos, from the chart, we are about to approach the fabled island of Potos."
Behind the dolphin-shaped prow of the expedition ship, headed by a tall middle-aged man, a total of three "explorers" gathered together to study the chart.
Although the Tomahawk Snowflakes that belonged to the Kingdom of Atlan were hung on the two ships, the people on the ships spoke in native Hilius.
Combined with the "Potosi Island" in their mouths, it is obvious that they are the Hilius treasure ship that set off from the Old World earlier than Ivan and the others!
follows the tradition of Hilius.
Their warships usually have two commanders with the highest status, one is the naval commander and the other is the army commander.
However, in many cases, it is the army commander who has the highest status on the ship.
, it’s not that they are so stupid that an outsider command an insider.
It's because of the best tactics of the Hilius Invincible Fleet, or the unparalleled and invincible tactics in the world is the "fighting war"!
claimed that as long as the ship is connected at sea, no one can resist the blade of the Hilius soldiers.
So.
is the creator of the concept of battleship and the builder of the first battleship.
Even if there is no industrial or even handicraft foundation, the ship structure, sail outfit, and artillery casting process have gradually fallen behind the rising star Falitis in recent decades.
is nothing to them.
Because, as long as there is an invincible Marine Corps, it is completely enough!
And the Marine Corps can guarantee the capture of personnel, materials, ships, and weapons to the maximum. The "greedy" Hilius did not want to let go of any spoils.
At this time, even on the so-called "expedition ship".
is to draw a part of the elite of the army, plus a part of experienced expedition crew, together to form this expedition team.
Among them, Daos Brigadier from the Royal Army will be the first, and he is also a real third-order knight!
, together with his Royal Marine Corps, constituted the strongest military guarantee in this expedition fleet.
"Okay, be careful.
The mission we are performing this time is the kingdom’s top secret, if the wind is leaked. Neither you nor I can afford the consequences, understand? "
"My lord, don’t worry, our captain has traveled to and fro the Giant Cape a dozen times. He has avoided the main routes and fishing grounds where fishing boats come and will not be discovered by others."
"This is best."
The three people at the bow of the ship, the Grand Knight Daos, Captain Victor, and Navigator Locke are the only three people in the entire team who know the destination of the trip and the content of the real mission.
However, they have already paid the price for confidentiality.
While bypassing the outskirts of the Summers Trench entrenched by the "Mother of the Sea Monsters", I was very unfortunate to encounter a large, cunning sea monster.
Even though Daos, the great knight, as the leader of the expedition fleet, was able to deal with it all, but an expedition ship was caught off guard and launched a surprise attack from underwater by a huge underwater shadow and was directly dragged into the sea.
There were three expedition ships with a crew of 500 crew when they set off. When they arrived at the destination, only these two ships with a total of 386 crew members were left.
Even after emergency repairs, the huge circular scars left on the body can still be seen, which are the souvenirs left by the sea monster's thick and powerful tentacles.
In the eyes of the three leaders, all this is worth it.
After more than two months of arduous sailing without being noticed by outsiders, they finally arrived at the silver island marked on the chart-Potosí!
"I have seen the marker, passing by this crescent-shaped island reef protruding from the sea.
Then correct the two compass points to the right. About 20 nautical miles, we will be able to really enter the range of Potosí Island. "
After the last heading adjustment.
There was no accident in the middle. After more than two hours, they successfully reached a foggy sea area.
Although they could not see the island hidden in the fog, they knew that the destination of this trip was already within easy reach.
"From here on, we can't go on a large ship, although the expedition from the Dutch bank group discovered this place.
But there is no time to find a waterway that can allow sea ships to pass smoothly from this place full of fog and reefs.
So we can only go to the island by longboat. "
Navigation Chang Rock has long been familiar with the research of nautical charts. He has just arrived at the periphery of the island chain and has reminded the two commanders in due course.
嘭...嘭...嘭...
Both "expedition ships" have released long boats, sending heavily armed vanguard troops deep into the mist. The expedition commanders have not forgotten that there are still a group of indigenous people who have fled from the island in the information of the bank group.
If time permits, these marines armed to their teeth don't mind at all with their swords and guns, turning this island into a part of the land of Sirius!
Time is fast.
Except for the necessary left-behind personnel, most people, including the three officers who knew it, boarded the island, and... easily discovered the silver mine they dreamed of!
or it’s hard to find out.
"The eternal fire is on! There is simply a silver mountain here!"
That's right, in their opinion this is indeed Silver Mountain.
Especially in the afternoon when the sun is the best, climb to the top of a high mountain and look up.
The sunlight penetrating through the mist has turned many places in the mountains into a piece of white snow. At first glance, it looked like a lake, but they knew that it was the silver mine they were looking for.
even gave them the illusion that as long as the stone skin of the mountain is peeled off, there will be full of silver deposits exposed below!
Whether it is a few officers or hundreds of soldiers, they have been stunned by the sight in front of them.
Especially a few officers who knew it.
They came with the king’s order. At first they thought the prospecting report of the bank consortium was a bit exaggerated. Now it seems that my vision is basically limiting my imagination. It turns out that there is a veritable Silver Mountain in the world!
after a simple investigation.
They have determined that the island chain consists of five islands not far apart, three of which have conical "silver mountains"!
Although the prospecting scholars who accompanied the ship distinguished that these were active volcanoes that might erupt again in the future, at this stage they did not prevent them from conducting large-scale silver mining.
"Because the cold and warm currents converge in the nearby waters, this sea area is shrouded in heavy fog all year round. In addition, it is not on any major channel, and there are no fish gatherings nearby.
Although the distance from the coastline is only a few hundred kilometers, the New World has been developed for hundreds of years. This silver island surrounded by reefs is completely a virgin land. "
An old scholar who has participated in several gold and silver mines in the southern part of the New World exclaimed excitedly:
"A large part of the silver deposits are exposed, and there is no need to mine them, just pick them up! This is the largest silver mine I have ever seen, and it is the infinite treasure bestowed by the Eternal Fire to Hilius. !"
However, the ownership of this island does not belong to them yet.
In the process of exploring the island, they also found the group of Atrians hiding here.
in a small village surrounded by soldiers like wolves.
Trying to resist the men who have been beaten up, the shivering women, the frightened children, and the desperate old people have all been concentrated under the colorful totem poles in the center of the village.
"You have taken our homeland and taken our hunting ground!
We have all hid on a remote island, why don’t you ‘blonde devil’ let us go? "
The old man wearing a feather crown and a black feather of an eagle inserted in his head, representing his leadership status, holding a wooden staff wrapped in a ribbon in his hand, his face is full of grief and indignation, towards these "butchers" who have invaded their homes time and time again. Issue a complaint like weeping blood:
"We came here across the sea in a leather dinghy. There are dozens of people who died because of the capsizing of the kayak alone, and even the children born here have not grown up yet!
Why? Why?
Uhao, the **** in charge of death, can't you wait to send your people to ‘Mite’ (the **** of the Atrians) to accompany you? God! "
The old man spoke a bit of jerky Atlanic, apparently thinking of them as Atlantes who drove them out of their original homeland, but these Hilius soldiers did not argue.
The great knight Daos waved his hand boringly. He had heard such words countless times in the central and southern parts of the mainland, and he would not have caused any waves in his iron heart long ago.
锵! Cang! Cang! ...
The soldiers surrounded by him have pulled out the long knives around their waists and rushed up.
"Ah--"
"Damn the devil!"
"No--!"
Amid the wailing of men, women and children, the last survivors of this tribe have completely become the past in a short period of time.
before being chopped down by a soldier.
As the leader of the tribe, the old man shed tears in his eyes, raised his cane and pointed at the leading knight Daos, and shouted with all his strength:
"I curse you in the name of Wuhao, the soul of the ancestors of the Draper tribe and the **** of death!
curse you butchers, no one will be able to return to your hometown alive!
I curse..."
Click!
嘭——
Before he finished speaking, a young soldier had his head cut off with a knife, and his body fell to the ground.
At the same time, the great knight cut off the totem pole with a black eagle and a human face in the middle of the village with a sword, and turned his head and sneered:
"You are so stupid as to curse a great knight?
And I am cursed every time I slaughter a tribe. If the curse really works, why are we Hilius ruling this continent? "
As always, nothing happened, and no one took the old man’s curse to his heart.
Daos, the burly knight, turned to the soldiers searching for the loot and said:
" Send messages to the mainland and our Navidad Fort in the New World~IndoMTL.com~ to inform the authenticity of this Silver Island.
Immediately!
At the same time, we must establish a camp of sufficient scale in the shortest possible time to prepare for the subsequent silver mining in the kingdom.
From now on, two people will act together, and no contact with the outside world without my order! "
"Yes, my lord!"
The soldiers responded in unison.
Then, they unceremoniously occupied the homes of the natives and began to expand the camp in full swing.
but.
is only half a day, not even the sun has set.
The crew members who stayed on the outer ships reported two bad news to the commanders.
First, they captured a spy from the Sark Empire. Although they were caught, the tern he released failed to intercept.
Second, three warships belonging to Atlan have already arrived on the distant sea.
They didn't understand why it was a well-planned secret operation, but in the end it was turned into a bamboo sieve, and it was leaking everywhere.
Even if the great knight Daos chooses his gaze and scans all the soldiers in the row like a knife over and over again, he understands that the news has been completely exposed and there is no room for recovery!
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