Today is the seventh day since the Li family's pioneering fleet, led by Little Annie, left Basra in the Persian Gulf and headed south.
At the beginning, it took them three days to reach the island at the exit of the Gulf of Aden, and rested for a day at the port called 'Sogodra', while carrying out some necessary supplies and buying I bought a lot of fish, fresh coconuts or coconut oil, etc., and then started heading south along the African coast.
Later, as they gradually approached the equator, the crew soon discovered that the weather was getting hotter and hotter, the sun was getting more and more fierce, and the air seemed to be swollen by the sun, so much so that they looked at other ships in the fleet from the deck. They all become hazy, even if they are not actually very far apart from each other.
In fact, even the wind here has become extremely weak, almost non-existent, so much so that the Li family's clipper fleet, which is known for its speed, has been sailing on this sea area for three days and three nights, but it seems that they still cannot leave. Here, let alone arriving at their intended destination.
This is the equatorial windless zone, which mainly occurs in weak or windless areas near the equator where the wind direction in the lower troposphere is changeable.
In the area between 5° south and 5° north of the equator, the sun shines almost directly all year round. It is the area with the highest annual average temperature on the earth's surface. Because the horizontal distribution of temperature is relatively uniform, the horizontal air pressure gradient is very small, causing the air flow to Convergence and rising are dominant, and the wind speed is weak, so it is called the equatorial windless zone. It is the most terrifying and dangerous area that sailboats of this era need to avoid when sailing.
However, the Li family's pioneering fleet needs to go south to Africa, so even if it is dangerous, they must pass through here.
Besides, when in Sogodra, the fleet had already replenished enough food, water and all kinds of food and drink, so even if the speed is very slow now, it can only rely on that weak force, which can't even inflate the sails. The wind moved forward, but the crew was not in a hurry. They just hid in the shadow of the sail in twos and threes and silently fought against the scorching heat.
"No more!"
"I'm so hot..."
"I want to soak in a bucket and then not get up all day..."
At this time, in the captain's cabin, Song Yifeng closed the locked door and the front and rear windows to prevent people from peeking, and only opened the left and right windows for ventilation. She was so naked with her upper body naked and her lower body wearing a pair of jade-colored panties. The whole person was very imageless and unladylike, lying on the bamboo chaise longue and moaning.
"Why is it so hot..."
"It's even hotter than the Indian Ocean here. No, Annie, I'm really going to be roasted..."
"Woooo..."
At this time, even though she was in the captain's room and was not exposed to the sun, the hot sea breeze convection in from the window and the baking of the hot wooden boards still made Song Yifeng sweat all over her body, making her white and smooth His shoulders, back and jade arms were all glowing with a dazzling white light.
Although he couldn't see anyone like this, Song Yifeng didn't care about that much!
She just lay half-naked on the long bamboo chair with a slight coolness, letting her body greedily absorb the coolness of the bamboo chair, and at the same time, she allowed her sweat to slowly soak the chair and Becoming more and more slippery.
If at this time, the energetic crew and sailors outside see the extremely charming and charming Second Admiral Song Yifeng in the captain's cabin, they will definitely turn into a group of hungry wolves in an instant, and then gasp. Did you rush in with a heavy breath?
But unfortunately, they are very disciplined. Unlike the mob on ordinary merchant ships, they are even more disciplined than the navies of those European countries. They will definitely obey the orders of the two admirals and will definitely not break into the captain without permission. Those in the room wouldn't even lie down outside the window and peek through the cracks.
Moreover, because the 'Xiang Feihu' is the flagship, their ship needs to open the way at the front, while the other four ships follow one after another a hundred meters away. Therefore, in this huge captain's room, , after the front and rear windows were closed, Song Yifeng, who only opened the windows on both sides, did not need to worry that anyone other than the little guy Annie could see her current appearance.
(…)
??(??￣?￣)????
(Tibbers said that it has actually seen it for a long time. It has even studied every part of the other person's body. It is also very greedy for the other person's delicate body and wants to jump out and rush over immediately, and then Grab the other person, take off the other person's pants, and then forcefully pull off a white and tender thigh or arm, put it in your mouth, and chew it!)
(…)
ε=(′?｀●)))Alas
(Unfortunately, its bad little master does not allow it, Uncle Tibbers Bear, to eat people at will. It has been a long, long time since it has really eaten a person, especially a delicate female earth human like Song Yifeng... And The last time it ate was when it ate the old woman Irena and Fran in the real projection arena. Thinking about it, it still missed their delicious and juicy bodies.)
(…)
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(The crumb witch Irena is tender and juicy and melts in your mouth, while the Fran is very chewy and the taste is not bad, but... I don’t know that the one in front of me is lying on a bamboo chair, being baked to death by the hot wind. Swelling up, exuding the smell of a fascinating bear, looking white and rosy, Song Yifeng will definitely be able to swallow it in one bite as long as Uncle Tibbers Bear jumps up, what kind of different taste will it have?)
"..."
(??ˇεˇ??)
However, before Tibbers the Bear could continue to fantasize and get ready to act, little Annie, who knew what it wanted to do now, glared in its direction with a menacing look.
After all, Song Yifeng is now her Admiral Anne's little follower and an important tool for chatting and relieving boredom. How could she possibly make Tibbers jump up and eat him?
Anyway, she can just think about that kind of thing. As for putting her thoughts into action, she, Admiral Anne, will definitely not allow it.
(…)
o(╥?╥)o
"Annie..."
"How about you ask someone to bring a bucket of water in and let me soak in it all day?"
Suddenly, Song Yifeng curled up and sat up from the bamboo toffee chair. She didn't do much to cover the dazzling white and red skin, and just cast a flirtatious look and sat cross-legged on the bed to play. Little Annie begged while holding a game console.
To be honest, if seawater is not good for the skin, and if there is no fresh water to rinse after soaking in seawater, the skin will become very dry, stinging, sticky, uncomfortable, have an unpleasant salty smell, and become rough. At the same time, if there might be dangerous sharks and jellyfish in the sea, she might have jumped into the sea and swam for a while.
"..."
(lll￢▽￢)
"Water is for drinking, not for bathing, so I won't help you get it!"
o(′^｀)o
Annie glanced at the other person, and then quickly continued playing on her game console.
Because this is a relatively airtight private space, you won’t worry about being seen by too many outsiders, so Admiral Anne naturally doesn’t mind at all that she is hiding in the captain’s cabin of a seventeenth-century sailing battleship. How inconsistent is the behavior of a 21st century gaming console.
"!!"
"But aren't you hot?"
Song Yifeng looked down at the beads of sweat that kept popping up on her body, and then looked at the way Annie could still sit quietly on the bed, and couldn't help but ask Yu Xi strangely.
"hey-hey!"
?(￣??)???
"Although I don't like hot weather very much, I am not afraid of the heat!"
(????-)?
Anyway, Admiral Anne will definitely not tell the other party. Even if the ship is burned, she can still sit in it until it completely turns to ashes, and she will not lose a single hair on her own.
Therefore, sitting on the soft bed now, she didn't even break out a sweat. But if Song Yifeng had sat on her, his sweat might have soaked into the sheets. In that case, she would have been disgusted to death!
"I'm so envious..."
"That……"
"Can't you really bring me a bucket of water?"
Song Yifeng really wanted to take off her clothes and soak in the water all afternoon. She would never get out of the barrel until the sun went down.
"No way!"
(??へ??╬)
"As I said, water is for drinking, not for you to take a bath!"
(*′ω｀)o
Admiral Anne is a very principled person, so without being polite at all, she directly rejected the other party's shameful act of using the ship's reserved water for a bath.
"But……"
"Don't you bring a bucket of water to take a bath every night?"
"Oh no, two barrels!"
Song Yifeng directly exposed Annie's double-standard behavior without any politeness at all. She knew it anyway, and every night, she was given a bucket of water and used it to take a bath.
"That's different!"
o(*｀ー′)o
"That water was created using magic water-making techniques. They didn't ask anyone to move the water under the cabin!"
(′???`)
"That……"
"Will you transform into a bucket with me now?"
"It's better to become a pot!"
Song Yifeng was shocked, and then jumped up from the bamboo chair, then ran over, approached Annie, and pointed to the large wooden basin in the corner of the captain's cabin that served as a bathroom.
"no!"
o(′^｀)o
"You can't use magic in this world. Once a day is enough."
(′'▽'｀)
Annie didn't want to break her own decision, because she didn't need it now. If she needed it, she would definitely do it without any scruples. But unfortunately, she didn't want to do what Song Yifeng wanted to do now, because she She really didn't find the weather uncomfortable, especially when she was concentrating on playing games.
"hateful!"
"It's so hot now but you can't take a bath. What's the point of waiting until the sun goes down in the evening to take a bath?"
"Annie..."
"You are really terrible!!"
With that said, Song Yifeng ran back to her bamboo toffee chair and lay down again, flattening her already small body even more.
(…)
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(Seeing Song Yifeng's appearance, Tibbers began to have wild thoughts again. He suddenly felt that it would be a good idea to put the other person with the bamboo in the charcoal steamer to slowly steam it, and then eat it. Good choice?)
"..."
(?????)
"Tibbers..."
(`へ′*)ノ~??????
Finally, Annie couldn't stand a certain bear's nagging, because, she felt that she was getting hungry from being talked about by it, so she grabbed it, and then took it without even looking at it. It was thrown straight into the corner.
"??"
"Annie, what are you doing?"
Song Yifeng was a little confused, so she got up again, then went to pick up the stuffed bear that Annie had thrown away, then patted it and held it in her sweat-stained arms.
"Alas!"
"A-Annie!"
"It's so strange. Why is your little bear so cool? Isn't it made of fur?"
Suddenly, as if she had discovered a new world, Song Yifeng began to lift the bear, then sat back on her bamboo chair and began to ponder and observe carefully.
"It's a shadow bear. Maybe it's the energy of the shadow that makes you feel cold?"
(?~?)
"However, it has just been thinking about how to eat you. Why are you still holding it?"
!(;?o?)o
Seeing Song Yifeng holding the little bear in her arms beautifully after finishing her research, Annie couldn't help but feel worried for her.
You know, if she hadn't been suppressing that bad little bear, it would have jumped up, stripped Song Yifeng naked, pulled off her thighs or arms, and slowly chewed them like spicy strips.
"Nonsense!"
"It's just a doll, how can it eat people?"
Obviously, Song Yifeng didn't take Annie's words seriously, and the last time she was drunk and was carried back to the bedroom by a bear didn't leave any impression, so she didn't think it was anything. It’s so scary, but you still think it’s a good toy to relieve the heat?
"That's up to you..."
(*ˉ?ˉ*;)
"But your sweat beads are stuck to its fur, so you have to be responsible for washing it clean at night!"
(￢д￢.)
Anyway, with herself watching from the side, Annie, who was not too worried that a certain bear would suddenly become violent and do such terrible things to Song Yifeng, thought about it, turned her head again, and continued to play her game console to pass the time. He warned without looking back.
"no problem!"
"Don't worry! I will take good care of it!!"
Song Yifeng cheered, and then rolled around on the bamboo chair excitedly holding the furry but extremely cool teddy bear.
"..."
(ー△ー；)
Annie didn't want to take care of it. Anyway, she wouldn't tell that Song Yifeng: Now, a certain angry little bear is thinking about the 108th way to eat each other, just waiting for one day to take advantage of her when she is not paying attention. It’s time to put it into practice!
…
While the fleet continued to sail slowly in the equatorial windless zone, and while the two admirals of the fleet, Anne and Song Yifeng, were still hiding in the captain's cabin to escape the summer heat and ignoring matters irresponsibly, the first mate was still braving the scorching sun on the deck. The sailors were busy on the command platform, urging the sailors to adjust the sail direction in time to catch the small breeze that often changes.
"Report!"
"First Mate!"
"To the southwest, a fleet was discovered, with twelve ships!"
At this time, the tanned and thin lookout hand at the top of the mast suddenly shouted to the first mate below the deck.
"Their flag..."
"It seems that the Woodin Chamber of Commerce told the Espinoza Chamber of Commerce!"
"not good!"
"They hoisted the battle flag and opened the gun doors!!"
Then the lookout on the mast shouted again.
There is no doubt that because the ships of their Li family fleet are relatively large, with tall masts and sails, the enemy may have discovered them before them, so the other party will also be ready for battle one step ahead of them.
"ah?"
"Fighting in this kind of sea area and in this kind of horrible weather?"
Looking at the breeze that could not even blow up the sails and the slow speed of the ship, and then looking at the enemy ship that had not yet appeared at the end of his sight, the first mate couldn't help but sigh.
The weather is so hot that I can't stop sweating just standing there. If we continue to fight, the consumption of fresh water will definitely double, and the sailors will also feel uncomfortable... But there is no way, since the enemies have appeared, And they are also ready for battle. The Li family fleet must not turn a blind eye.
"Order!"
"Ready to fight!"
"Remember, sink them as soon as they come into range, don't waste time!"
Seeing a herald dutifully approaching, the first mate sighed, and immediately issued instructions to prepare for battle and long-range bombardment.
Now that the weather is calm, although the speed advantage of their Li family ships is severely restricted and is definitely not faster than the enemy, the accuracy of their cannons will rise to a very terrifying level. Therefore, the first mate believes that the enemy will You will definitely regret coming to a place like this at this time to cause trouble for their Li family fleet.
"yes!!"
The herald responded loudly, and soon, the flagship 'Xiang Feihu' and several warships behind it rang the bells of preparations for war almost simultaneously.
Bang~!
Bang~! Bang~! Bang~!
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