Chapter 655

eautiful country scene? It doesn't exist at all. There is endless water on the sea without any fatigue. Waves after waves roll endlessly.

"How long will it take to land!!!"

Fu Wei took a boat from the Miaodao islands to Jingkou for a day. He took a fleet of 32 ships out of changjiangkou and arrived in Yizhou along the route not far from the coastline. However, he only replenished fresh water and some fruits and vegetables in Yizhou. The ship continued to set out without landing at all.

"Should there be another five or six days?" Si Hongzhuang lay on the deck with a very empty body and whispered, "bear it."

Si Hongzhuang felt that he would not be included in the first batch to go to Indochina Peninsula until he arrived at Xuemo. What they were going to do was not to open up the familiar colonies, but to cross the strait into the ocean, walk thousands of miles north and dock at a bay. After landing, they began to survey the terrain and presided over the construction of camping facilities for the follow-up troops.

"Endure?" Fu Wei couldn't bear it at all: "you can get ashore. Brother, I can only stay for two days. Next, I have to explore at sea repeatedly. If I can get ashore one day a month, I'll burn Gaoxiang."

The state of Han began to set up a navy in the second year of Yuanshuo. The problem is that before the elimination of the small imperial court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, the Navy did not have a large scale except for the system forces. It was only after the elimination of Tuoba Dai state and Zhang Liang state that it was expanded.

In the sixth year of Yuanshuo, Liu Yan ordered the formation of two fleets, the Beiyang Navy based on Changguang county (Qing1 Island) and the Nanyang Navy based on Panyu (guang1 prefecture).

At the beginning, the scale of the Beiyang navy was relatively large. Its main base was Changguang County, and there were some affiliated military ports such as mashijin (lv1shun), Haiming (Haizhou), Kyushu (Sasebo) and nobiko (Ishikawa Kanazawa) in Liaodong. Excluding the system warships, the Beiyang fleet had only more than 100 large and small warships and more than 300 non warships of all kinds.

The main bases of Nanyang navy are located in Panyu, Yizhou, Keelung and Danshui, zhuyazhou (hai1 Nanya county), rinan county (Danang, Vietnam) at Jiaozhi as the main military port of Indo China Peninsula, and Funan (Bangkok, Thailand). Excluding system warships, Nanyang fleet has more than 150 warships and more than 500 non warships.

The forces around the northern ocean are either destroyed or vassals. In fact, there are no enemies here. The Navy's biggest task is to conduct all kinds of regular cruises, and then to explore the ice ocean in the Arctic circle. If there were not transport ships escorting from the Japanese islands to and from the mainland, the size of the fleet would inevitably be reduced.

By the way, Liu Yan has sent people to the Japanese islands, naturally in order to find those famous gold and silver mines, and really explore the minerals for preliminary excavation.

Nanyang is the main business scope of Han in the future. There are far more islands there than Beiyang, and there are indigenous people on each island. The level of civilization of those aborigines is very backward, but because of the local environment, even if the aborigines are at the stage of eating their hair and blood, they will go to sea by boat.

It will be a long-term task to explore the navies around the South 1 sea. Enough ships are needed for service. After finding the island, we have to go to the island to explore the environment. For resources, we must explore, and there will be no fewer ships.

In fact, just exploring and operating the South 1 sea is a major project for decades or even hundreds of years, but the appetite of the Han country is not so great. At present, the Pacific Ocean is basically an ownerless land... Or even if the land has a owner, no one can stop the Han country from seizing the land. If you don't take advantage of it now, are you waiting for the indigenous people to develop, or do people from other places come and occupy it? Naturally, it is necessary to step further and faster as far as possible. Even if you set up a boundary pillar and throw it away, it is also a declaration of ownership.

In addition to the advance to the Pacific Ocean, Liu Yan mentioned that the territory of assan was rich. The Han country was about to enter a difficult moment. It was not just the military who first thought of robbing. People who knew about it all thought of robbing other countries to make up for themselves, so it was inevitable to enter the unnamed sea (assan ocean).

"See the land!"

The watchman on the mast roared, but the people on the deck haven't seen it yet. That's because they really live on the sphere. They can't see it near, but they can find the range of the horizon far enough without obstacles. For example, when two ships meet each other, the first thing they see is the other's mast.

Fu Wei glanced at the direction pointed by the watchman on the mast and stared at it.

Si Hongzhuang jumped up when a carp stood up, staring at the direction pointed by the lookout hand with eager eyes.

The fleet should sail near the South 1sha 1 islands, which is relatively close to the Malaysian sea area, and will soon enter the Zeng 1sha 1 mother 1 dark 1sha sea area. From a distance, it can see land on the southeast horizon, but it is actually a large island on the sea.

If you see the big island of Malaysia in the future, it is not so far from the Strait, but there seems to be something wrong with their navigation, which is relatively south of the planned route. Otherwise, the first land you see should be the half arm Bay of the continental shelf (the border between Thailand and Malaysia).

"Shall we send someone ashore to have a look?"

"No, we're not the discovery fleet."

Their task is to cross the Strait as soon as possible, go to the sea area designated by the king for coastal exploration, find the two locations drawn, and station first. After that, the families of the Indochina Peninsula will send people to join hands in building a military port and a base for garrison.

After sailing at sea for a long time, the desire for land will really exceed imagination. The problem is that Fu Wei's fleet has sailed at sea for five days, and the time is really not long.

Zhuxia is not a nation that is good at navigation. What people have seen for generations is the interests on land. The few explorations of HNA are that the rulers are fooled by a group of magicians to find the non-existent Fairy Island in order to live forever. However, the magicians have not completely fooled success. It is also excellent to find the Fairy Island to explore and conquer HNA.

Stay in the sea full of water for five days without seeing land. For people without similar experience, the mood will really produce depression. It is not surprising to have the idea of longing for land. Because the effect brought by thought makes people listless. On the one hand, if the spirit is empty, the body will be empty. If you are not sick, you will feel sick, and then you will really be sick. According to the old saying, there will be acclimatized phenomena caused by ideological burden. Later, they will become sick and even die, which is basically caused by thought.

Fu Wei and Si Hongzhuang came to the bridge, went to the table where Sinan (the original Compass) was placed, and stared at the spoon placed on the square matrix (Compass).

"Sure enough, it's still unreliable." Fu Wei said that the route offset is definitely not his pot. It is clear that the tools are unreliable: "we should make some more accurate tools."

Sinan was a creation in the spring and Autumn period. It gradually formed a system in the Warring States period. It was valued that the Han Army entered the grassland in the Western Han Dynasty. It was really not used in navigation.

At present, there are not many ways to determine the route. Reliable pointing tools are one way, and the other is to observe the stars.

On the earth, the stars seen in different positions are not the same. For example, the constellation orientations seen in the northern hemisphere and the southern hemisphere are different. Then, the positions of stars all year round are also moving (after all, the earth is rotating around the sun). Therefore, it is necessary to judge where you are first, and then judge according to the known azimuth stars.

Fortunately, the Chinese civilization has a long history. When there is no object that can clearly distinguish the direction, in addition to the compass and astrology, there is another method called distance measurement. In fact, it is to draw a drawing full of grids, and roughly identify the direction you will be in according to your sailing time and speed, and then according to the rise and fall of the sun and the refraction of the sun.

In ancient times, it was not Europeans, let alone Chinese, but Arabs who developed navigation technology to the peak. The Arabs obtained the technology of compass from China (during the Song Dynasty) and a set of theory (triangulation) from Greece. Combined with the astrology given by God, it is a very reliable set of navigation technology.

In fact, we can't boast how advanced the civilization of the ancient Chinese dynasty was. Some etiquette, eating, drinking and wearing, including some tool creation, can be said, but more is the study of philosophy. In addition to the four great inventions, ancient Greece, ancient Egypt and ancient India really exploded the ancient Chinese dynasty in some creations and theories.

Ancient Greece has been doing research on astronomy. I have consulted relevant classics, Ancient Greece (not referring to the four ancient countries) had a complete set of astronomical theories before other civilizations; ancient Egypt's achievements in integrated agriculture were also amazing, including engineering, which almost came out first. Agriculture benefited too many people, and engineering was engaged by Pharaohs to repair tombs (pyramid); ancient India really moistened the world in smelting. When they were engaged in Uzi steel, most civilizations were not even qualified in smelting iron, and more civilizations were still in the bronze age. (that is, it was cheaper for Persians and Arabs, while Europa was introduced from Arabs for the second time, and the Chinese people also benefited.)

In ancient China, there was an established development direction. Everything studied was for the service of the supreme ruler. For example, astronomical research was made to observe celestial phenomena and judge bad luck. Such things can be found everywhere. What is more depressing is that some creations that can be used to innovate the military have become entertainment for the public.

In terms of current navigation technology, ah San's technology is the highest, which is a legacy left by the kusana empire. To say Rome, they mainly sailed in the Mediterranean, which is fundamentally different from the Pacific and Atlantic, which is above the height of waves. China has always been the direction of the Continental Army and has basically ignored the ocean. As for the Arabs who have developed their navigation technology to the peak, they are still suffering as second-class people among the Persians, Romans and even Armenians.

As a San with the highest navigation technology, they think about how to trade. The trade across tens of thousands of nautical miles is really accumulating wealth. Another point is that because ah San's navigation is really good, later generations show that a considerable number of people in the South Asian islands and Oceania are of ah San descent.

If a San is unhappily addicted to caste and religion, such as the European people with "pirate culture" who colonize, countries may be able to rely on the advantage of the army to hold the mainland, but it is inevitable that a San ethnic groups will spread more branches and leaves.

Fu Wei confirmed the deviation. The fleet stopped and sent a boat ashore to check the tree rings.

Can you tell the direction from the tree rings? It's really such an operation! Generally speaking, moss grows easily on the shady side (north side) of trees, and the tree rings are more scattered in the south, which is not as dense as those on the north side. The tree rings on the stump are sparse towards the South and dense towards the north. The tree trunks of plants are sunny in the south, and the rings are sparse in arrangement, but slightly closer in the north. This is how to judge the direction.

After confirming the direction, the fleet pulled out again. They sailed for half a day and saw land again.

This time, Fu Wei finally knew there was no mistake. He sailed relatively close to the coastline. Each lookout tried to observe. He must first find the established stronghold and provide the correct route.

The rear stronghold was found, and the two sides also contacted. Even the stronghold sent ships for navigation. Fu Wei didn't expect that they officially arrived at the entrance of the strait the next day.

"I don't know why the king named this sea area the Strait of Malacca. What's the special meaning?"

horse? Everyone is familiar with this, but what is the meaning of "six" and "a" are several meanings. One word can be understood separately, but they don't understand it at all.

There are not as many as thirty-two ships in the fleet. They have a reef on the side of Zeng 1 mother 1 Dark 1 sand. Close to the half arm bend, they turn in three more ships. The remaining 29 ships are lined up in an array line. Even if anything happens, the ships in front are unlucky, so they have to stop quickly for detection.

From the South 1 sea into the Strait of Malacca, the entrance is not wide, and there are even many small islands and three relatively large islands.

Standing on the bridge, Fu Wei looked at both sides of the Strait. In addition to the green, he could see many buildings on the left and right sides.

"Big man needs to run here well." Si Hongzhuang touched his chin and said, "he will build towns and necessary lighthouses and seaports. It is said that he will build forts and install new bronze guns?"

Fu Wei could already see the busy crowd, and the telescope could see them clearly. Looking at the dark skin, he said, "there should be no shortage of slaves in this place."

"There's a rumor." Si Hongzhuang said uncertainly, "it's said that General Wang calls it the 'gate of the world'. Although I don't know what the name means, it feels great to listen to it."

Liu Yan really said "the gate of the world". It is nothing more than that this is the gateway to the sea. Coming from the west is to enter the Oriental world, and vice versa. Whoever controls here is equal to mastering the gateway.