On March 3, it was sunny, with the sea level wind speed of level 4, and the wave height was nearly one meter. Fortunately, I did not encounter any major storms along the way, and the Blue Whale basically did not withstand the big test. However, the captain was still extremely careful and contacted the Wick Island garrison and Tianjing Port three times a day to ensure there was no problem. Since there were two direct royal families among the passengers on this voyage, Wick Island also sent several warships to escort and just arrived at Wangxing Island in the early morning.

This time, the two destroyers and a frigate from the Third Fleet were the third fleet. In addition, a diesel-electric submarine from the First Fleet of the Pacific was also patrolling the surrounding waters. If there was any situation, they could come to support them as soon as possible. The third fleet itself is a frigate affiliated to the Navy Command, and the garrison area is only several military islands in the Pacific. Wake Island is one of them.

Before landing on the island, several captains of warships came over to the Blue Whale on a helicopter to report the security situation to the two princesses. Li Xiwen and Liu Jinpeng received them in the living room. Li Xinran sat alone without saying anything, but she never liked to deal with soldiers, and everyone knew this. So the three captains came in and saluted her and never talked to her again.

The reason why Li Xinran was asked to attend was because these captains also had the obligation to report to the top. If they did not see Princess Anping, although they would not talk nonsense, they would inevitably think about it. Li Xiwen said some comforting words to the captains as usual. When His Majesty the Emperor was not present, the eldest princess was the supreme leader of the army, so the captains stood respectfully and listened to the lectures. In fact, Li Xiwen's status as a crown prince has not been settled, because some elders were unwilling to let women be emperors. Although Li Ruying was in front of him, some old-fashioned thoughts were still difficult to reverse.

After hearing Li Xiwen's praise, the captains expressed that they would have completed the escort mission successfully and reported in detail the patrol arrangements during this period. The destroyer Jinghai was responsible for patrol and alerting the southern sea. The destroyer Xingzhang was responsible for patrol and alerting the northern sea. The frigate Qingdao was responsible for guarding the Blue Whale and sent helicopters to air alert the surrounding waters.

Three times a day in the morning, noon and evening, the diesel-electric submarine Mackerel, which is active in the nearby waters, will contact the frigate Qingdao to report the situation nearby and confirm safety. There will also be thirty trained crew members on the Blue Whale to follow the island with light weapons. They will be responsible for the guards of the island with twenty sailors sent by Qingdao. The overall island survey will be completed by Eva, although some people are curious about how she completes the huge tasks that require a team to complete.

At present, since Li Xinran asked to go to the island, No. Zero was sent to her. No. 1 was originally scheduled to follow Eva. Now she had to let Eva enter the mountain alone. Li Xiwen was obviously worried about this, so she sent a team of five sailors to her, which could not only help carry items but also provide protection. Eva's main job was to survey volcano activities and determine whether there was a possibility of eruption.

The hydrological conditions measured yesterday showed that the surrounding area of ​​Wangxing Island were mainly shallow coral reefs, and the Blue Whale could only get closer to more than 1,000 meters from the coast, and the remaining itinerary still needed to be completed with a lifeboat. There were 36 lifeboats on the Blue Whale, and each lifeboat could carry dozens of people. Therefore, the team that went to the island for the first time only had two ships installed but had not yet been filled.

The lifeboat was not slow. Yesterday, a suitable beach was surveyed. This beach was located between two volcanic remnants that stretched far into the sea. The water waves were calm and there were not many reefs or coral reefs. If this beach was transformed, it should be turned into a small port. Therefore, since boarding the lifeboat, Eva, Zero and No. 1 activated the shared drawing function. The range they passed by was scanned and drawn into maps, contour maps, etc. Moreover, the information would be communicated with each other. For example, the information Zero scanned by Eva can be read immediately. Finally, it will be summarized together to become the final map version at Eti.

After the expedition team landed on the beach, the subsequent equipment was gradually sent to the island. Liu Jinpeng also had some basic painting skills. He started hand-drawing the map with a thick piece of cotton paper. Before this beach was identified as the future harbor, he would have to explore the surrounding area and make sure there was enough space for construction. So he temporarily called this harbor Luoxing Bay. I won’t bother with the women’s gang members.

Eva first surveyed the nearby environment. Since Wangxing Island belongs to the temperate zone of the northern hemisphere and is at the same latitude as Hainan Island, the climate is relatively mild, with short winters and long summers. Generally speaking, the main characteristics of marine climate are that it is greatly affected by the ocean, with rainy, cloudy and humid, sunny and sparse days and many rainy days. Such a climate is not conducive to agriculture and has adverse effects on human emotions. However, Wangxing Island has no meteorological records, so this aspect is still blank.

The first thing the team did after landing on the island was to survey the environment and build a camp. The crew of the Blue Whale and the sailors of the Qingdao took out their logging axes and began to clean the surrounding rainforests and coconut trees. The place they chose was a hill with a higher terrain. Because the hill was wrapped in a cliff, the rainwater and wind were not very strong, which was very suitable for building a camp. Liu Jinpeng took No. 1 to start cleaning up various equipment and supplies, camping tents, medicines, drinking water and food were the most preferred items.

Li Xiwen and her women's gang began to collect dry firewood according to Liu Jinpeng's command. They were asked not to go too far to avoid unpredictable dangers. Eva took her team of sailors to prepare water and equipment and began to march deep into the island. The not-tall volcano will be their first goal, and they will often use walkie-talkies or radio stations to ensure safety.

The entire island is actually not big, even smaller than Wick Island, but due to the influence of volcanic mountains, the small island cannot be contacted through the telescope and flags. Eva's team will go through the low mountains and go to the other side of Wangxing Island. If their survey goes well, they plan to build another camp on the other side, which will be built into a marine laboratory.

The cleaning work here went smoothly. The rainforest and coconut trees could serve as firewood, but they were relatively moist and needed to be dried for a while. Eva reported that she found a cave on the mountain, which was used as a warehouse for storing food and drinking water. The cave was only more than 400 meters away from the first camp, and although it was separated by a forest, it was quite close.

After hearing this news, the women's gang couldn't stay idle and asked to go and play. Liu Jinpeng was not at ease and asked them to go there, so he could only bring a few more people to follow. Li Xinran was not arranged to work, but she did not leave the team too far. Now she followed her, but she kept a little distance from everyone. No. 0 followed her slowly. It took a lot of time to go around the woods. The straight line distance was quite short but it needed to go around. The entrance of the cave was not big, only three meters wide and four meters high, with a depth of about thirty meters, narrow on the outside and wide on the inside.

The cave is a rock structure. After scanning No. 0, it said that the structure here is relatively stable and can be used as a accommodation point or warehouse. Liu Jinpeng felt that drinking water, food and medicine piled outside was also prone to moisture, so he decided to use it as a warehouse before the accommodation area was established. After the accommodation area was completed, it would be converted into a cave house. I guess Yiti would like the environment here.

By the afternoon, the cleaning work was coming to an end. A large area of ​​rainforest was cut down and the tree roots on the ground were dug out. The flat land seemed to be able to start building tents. The campsite was also planned. The largest tent in the middle of the interior was a conference room, surrounded by large tents to build camping tents for rest, and the outermost edge of the campsite was a warehouse tent for various materials and equipment. For safety reasons, a ditch of one meter deep was dug around the campsite, and a simple fence was erected on the inside of the ditch. The outside of the ditch was connected to the sea, so the water in the ditch was all sea water. If you want to enter and exit the camp, wooden boards were placed on the ditch. Several engineers had already begun to build a moving winch and a liftable wooden bridge.

There are no beasts on the island, only some birds, and now they don’t know where to hide. The big fat bird, the Owl Parrot, is a nocturnal animal, so it is absolutely impossible to see it in broad daylight. And this time I came here, I didn’t prepare to hunt, and even if these birds could eat, they couldn’t provide much meat. When the bonfire rose at night, the beer and meat brought from the boat became the most popular food. No one was willing to touch the precious seafood.

The passengers of the Blue Whale sat together with the crew and sailors, forming a big circle around the bonfire, chatting, eating and drinking, and looking at the stars in the sky and the cool sea breeze, it really felt the bold feeling of the Age of Discovery. When I was intrigued, I don’t know which sailor started singing the song. The naval song "Soul Returns to the Sea Country" is majestic and desolate. Almost everyone here can sing it, so it eventually evolved into a chorus.

In the singing, everyone seemed to see the situation when the Sino-Japanese Ryukyu naval battle, the naval soldiers of the Pingyuan ship sang military songs to attack the enemy's flagship. It was the first iron-armored cruiser to go into the sea and the first iron-armored ship to sink in the naval battle. However, it sank three enemy warships at its own cost, including the enemy's iron-armored flagship Asahimaru.

The majestic singing came far away on the quiet night. The crew of the Blue Whale and Qingdao also heard the song, and they couldn't help but start singing loudly. From the engine room to the bridge, the sailors who were busy working were singing in a low voice. The captain of the Qingdao also took off his military cap and paid tribute to the naval predecessors of all generations. On this night, everyone no longer distinguished their identities and positions. All they had was the soul of the imperial naval that had been passed down from generation to generation.
Chapter completed!