'The Suez Canal, it seems we have to find an opportunity to get it out!'

In the violent storm, the violently bumping warship was like Wang Bing in a jar of potatoes. At this time, he really wanted to dig the canal connecting the Red Sea and the Mediterranean Sea for it.

In April of the 27th year of Wanli, a few days after Wang Bing led the Western Expedition army from Tianzhu Guli, they encountered a rare big storm in the Indian Ocean.

In the raging storm, even a huge and sturdy treasure ship-class battleship like the Zhenhai is like a toy at the moment, and may be torn apart by the huge waves at any time.

There is no way. Although the Ming Dynasty's treasure-class battleship is the largest and strongest ship in this era, it is only equivalent to a ship of more than 2,000 tons in later generations.

You know, in this vast ocean, not to mention ships of more than 2,000 tons, even giant aircraft carriers of tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of tons are just a drop in the ocean.

Therefore, in the face of this situation, what the fleet can basically do is to do its best and obey fate.

"Mazu bless you! Master Hou, will we...will we..."

Just when Wang Bing was thinking that if there was a Suez Canal, he would not have to detour through Africa and would not encounter such a big storm, Lin Wan'er, who was tied to her body with a rope, could not help but feel at him at this moment.

Trembling in arms.

Because of Lin Feng, the Ming Dynasty's "official pirate", Lin Waner ran away with Wang Bing again during this expedition to Spain.

"Don't be afraid, we are riding on the biggest and best battleship in the world. It's just a storm, how can it do anything to us?"

Although he was also worried in his heart, looking at Lin Wan'er's pale face in his arms, Wang Bing could only pretend to be relaxed and comfort her at the moment.

"And you forgot, you are the daughter of the 'Pirate King' of our Ming Dynasty. They say I am a hero and a good man. Of course the daughter of the 'Pirate King' is also a heroine, isn't she? Hahahaha!"

Holding Lin Wan'er's arm tightly, Wang Bing used Lin Feng, the Ming Dynasty's 'official pirate', to cheer her up.

"With the Marquis, I am not afraid of death. I am just worried, worried..."

Hearing Wang Bing's relief, Lin Waner, who was originally pale with fright, suddenly blushed and whispered in Wang Bing's ear.

"What? Wan'er, why didn't you tell me earlier that you were pregnant?"

When Wang Bing heard Lin Wan'er say she wasn't afraid, he thought she was being pushy. While his face was filled with joy, he couldn't help but feel a little angry.

It turned out that Lin Wan'er's pale face before was just due to morning sickness and seasickness, but it was not entirely due to fear of the storm.

"Master Marquis, maid, I don't want to be separated from Master Marquis."

Seeing Wang Bing's slightly angry expression, Lin Wan'er quickly hugged Wang Bing and acted coquettishly.

"You, if you dare to do this again next time, see if I don't spank you!"

Feeling the battleship still jolting violently, Wang Bing could only sigh helplessly, and then hugged him tighter.

…

"Give me the order to check the casualties and losses!"

After an unknown amount of time, when the fleet finally broke out of the storm circle, Wang Bing finally breathed a sigh of relief when he looked at the more or less damaged warships.

"For your information, Lord Marquis, the fleet has sunk a total of four third-level battleships. In addition, two second-level battleships have been temporarily missing. They may have deviated from the route..."

Not long after, Chen Lin reported the loss of the entire fleet to Wang Bing.

"Four third-level battleships sank, and more than 500 people were lost!"

After hearing Chen Lin's report, Wang Bing, who always valued battle damage more than anything else, couldn't help but his face darkened, and he slapped his palm on the table in front of him in anger.

There was no way, in the previous storm, all the people could do was barely control the ship. For the warship capsized by the wind and waves, there was no chance or possibility to save people.

"You don't have to be like this, Lord Marquis. Since our brothers have taken this job, they are already prepared to return to the sea. Fortunately, our first-class battleships and transport ships are all fine, otherwise we would be sorry for the Yulin Guards and Shenji Camp."

Brothers, haha!"

Seeing Wang Bing's painful and angry expression, veteran Deng Zilong quickly started fighting to comfort Wang Bing.

"The earthen pot will be broken away from the well, and the general will inevitably be killed in battle! First write down the list of the brothers who died, and then we can provide compensation after paying back. In addition, the fleet will go to Ma Lindi for repairs first. After repairing the warships, we will break into

Cape of Good Hope!”

Fortunately, this is not the first time Wang Bing has led troops. Although he is heartbroken because of the loss of soldiers, he still has to continue on the road ahead, right?

Therefore, after thinking for a while, Wang Bing immediately gave up his previous plan to go straight to the Cape of Good Hope and issued an order to make repairs in Ma Lindi first.

In fact, compared to Western warships and merchant ships such as Portugal and Spain, because Wang Bing's warships are larger, their ability to withstand the same storm is much stronger.

Otherwise, the big storm they encountered this time, if it had been replaced by a Xiyi Fan ship, the loss would definitely be much greater.

You must know that when the Portuguese colonies such as Guli were transferred to Tianzhu, the biggest reason why the Portuguese did not withdraw the people in Guli but chose to let them trade down was that this route around Africa was very

It's time to pass the danger.

Over the years, the number of people lost by Portugal and Spain on this route is not much less than the number of people who successfully reached their destination.

But even so, Wang Bing never thought of giving up this expedition. After repairing the ships that were damaged in the storm in Ma Yao, the huge fleet soon set sail again, heading towards the 'good hope but bad life'

Leaving the Cape of Good Hope.

In fact, although the Cape of Good Hope is also called the Cape of Storms because of the constant strong winds and waves all year round, it does not mean that there are calm times.

Just when Wang Bing was ready for the fleet to withstand the famous rotating waves and murderous waves rushing into the Cape of Good Hope, he did not expect that the Cape of Good Hope, which had been stormy before, would encounter calm and good weather on the day the fleet arrived.

"Hahahaha, it's really Mazu's blessing! Order the fleet to pass through this sea area at full speed as fast as possible!"

Seeing that the Storm Corner turned into Taiping Bay, Wang Bing did not care to appreciate this rare beauty and quickly issued an order to pass at full speed.

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"Master Hou, it seems that we are indeed blessed by Mazu, look!"

Not long after the fleet rounded the Cape of Good Hope, the sea that was calm just a moment ago was now like boiling water in a cauldron, constantly rolling and surging under the superposition and collision of the famous rotating waves and killing waves.

rise.

"Haha, that goes without saying! Mazu is also my Chinese deity, so she will naturally bless my Chinese people!"

Seeing that this seemed to represent a good omen, Wang Bing couldn't help but look towards the unknown distance with great mood.

"Europa, our Ming Dynasty is coming!!!"

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