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As for the most critical captured item, American silver, based on Sun Xiao’s calculations after sampling one of the boxes, the royal subsidy carried on the St. Louis should have amounted to 130,000 pesos. [No pop-up novel website]
"The information the Intelligence Bureau gave us is 232,569 pesos, so almost half of it is on the San Raymondo." Sun Xiao said.
"We should try to capture this boat!" Zhou Weisen felt that it was not interesting enough.
"Be calm and don't be impatient." Lin Chuanqing said, "We have to consider that it is July, which is the peak season for typhoons. If we continue to stay in this area, we are likely to encounter a storm."
Although intercepting the San Raymondo will bring a perfect end to the entire Hunger Operation, the loss of any ship in a typhoon will be a huge blow.
Lin Chuanqing is very familiar with the sea and knows that there is a high possibility of encountering typhoons in the Philippine waters during the summer. Moreover, for the ships in their fleet, it will be difficult to escape unscathed once encountering a typhoon.
But for Zhou Weisen, this is really a bit little. If such a big operation only ends with the harvest of a boat and 130,000 pesos, it will inevitably give an excuse to attack some veterans who can't stand the home party and the North American helm.
"I think we should try our best to try again." Zhou Weisen said, "At least get the silver on the second ship. Since they were separated six days ago, the San Raymundo will be arriving soon in the past few days."
"Xiao Zhou, you haven't been across the sea, so you don't know how powerful this typhoon is. We don't have satellite cloud images or weather forecasts now. Staying in this hellish place like the Philippine Sea during this season is almost like suicide!" Lin Chuanqing touched it out of habit! Touching his hair, "It doesn't matter if it's 901 or h800. Encountering a typhoon in such narrow waters with many reefs will definitely destroy the ship and kill people."
The two sides couldn't help but argue about this. Zhou Weisen believed that the weather radar warning on the Feiyun could effectively provide early warning for the formation. Lin Chuanqingze was worried that if there was a typhoon, not to mention his silver, he might lose all his underpants and even his pants. Life can't be saved.
among the elders. Sun Xiao was half-hearted and full of inner contradictions - as a representative of the Planning Institute, of course he hoped to capture as many as possible, but he was also concerned about safety; as for Lu Yang. The young man's adventurous character made him firmly side with Zhou Weisen.
In the end, Zhou Weisen's opinion prevailed, and the formation decided to continue waiting here for the San Raymundo. However, in order to reduce the risk. Lin Chuanqing suggested dividing the troops.
"Today's battle was unexpectedly smooth. A 901 is completely capable of dealing with the Galen ship. I suggest that Dai Shuang take the silver and prisoners and go first. Haifeng tows the St. Louis. Let Nongchao and Feiyun stay and wait. A boat will do. Just get the money. It doesn’t matter if you want a boat or not.”
"You should take away as much as you can -" Sun Xiao quickly added, "I took a preliminary look today and found that there are a lot of goods on the Galen, which is a lot of extra income for us."
"What to do with the coal on the Haifeng? We have to add coal when the tide comes back. It's better to let Tai Shuang tow the St. Louis back."
"No, this will be very troublesome if we encounter the enemy. Once we enter the battle, we will have to abandon the St. Louis. The tide is now fully replenished with coal, which is enough for maneuvering and return. Besides, the return journey is tailwind, even if You can get back by sailing without coal."
"I think this is not bad." Zhou Weisen agreed, "Also keep some supplies and ammunition. Leave more margin."
Lu Yang couldn't get enough of it. In today's battle, although Nian Chao followed the flagship and fired a lot of artillery fire, because he was following the ship and could not fully use its firepower, he spent most of his time making soy sauce.
He really wanted to continue to capture the next ship, but Lin Chuanqing was the formation commander and there was absolutely no possibility of returning first. As the captain, he could not ask to be left alone, so he had to sigh and obey the order.
"Then it's decided. We'll adjust the goods tomorrow, and then let Dai Shuang and Haifeng go back first."
The main task on the second day was to move the silver box that had been loaded onto the Nongchao to the Waiting for Frost. The navy and sailors were so busy that they worked for most of the day. Taking advantage of this time, Sun Xiao opened the luggage from the stern cabin under the witness of Zhou Weisen and others.
The most valuable wealth on the ship is often stored in the stern cabin: the funds on the ship and the personal cargo carried by the senior crew members - often high-priced commodities. Some captains will also hide the wealth gained during their voyages in the captain's cabin in the stern cabin. inside.
As for the gorgeously dressed and noble female prisoner, she obviously also carries a lot of valuable luggage with her.
Sure enough, these boxes did not disappoint the Planning Institute. Several iron-clad oak money boxes were filled with silver and gold coins.
Although it is not as good as the silver from the Americas, it is enough to make a fortune.
Then came the treasures from the New World: emeralds, rubies, diamonds, and saltwater pearls from the Caribbean Islands; silver nuggets, gold bars, and gold chains; all kinds of jewelry set with various kinds of jewelry. Although they were not in large quantities, they were extremely valuable.
As for the large number of gorgeous clothes embroidered with gold and silver threads, the large number of high-grade fabrics woven from feathers and cotton yarns, high-grade woolen and silk, they are completely worth mentioning.
Sun Xiao kept counting, registering and packing boxes all the time, and it took him a whole day to complete all registrations. The treasure obtained from the stern cabin included 25,000 pesos in silver coins and 2,000 escudos in gold coins. There are also over 100 silver bars and 20 gold bars. Wesson Zhou estimates that most of the silver and gold bars left New Spain illegally because they did not have any stamps on them.
"If I'm not mistaken, these are not the only items of property. There should be quite a lot of them stored in the cargo hold of the St. Louis. When we go back and translate the loading list, we will have a very clear list. The other goods are very important to us. There aren’t many useful ones, so we can only resell them.”
After counting and packing, this batch of treasures was also loaded on the waiting number. After all the hard work, there were still more than 200 prisoners who had not been buried at sea. They were taken aboard the Haifeng and locked in an empty coal bunker.
The Frost transferred some supplies and ammunition to the remaining flagship. In order to facilitate the landing, a rowboat from the St. Louis was also left behind. Then it and the Haifeng took advantage of the light breeze blowing from the southeast, spread their full sails, towed the St. Louis, which had lost a mast, and sailed away to the north.
The Tide Maker stayed where it was and waited, while the Feiyun continued to sail forward, searching for the San Raymundo. Since the two ships were separated six days ago, this ship will appear in five or six days. At the entrance to the strait.
So Feiyun continued to conduct radar searches east of the strait, and Tide slowly sailed westward along the San Bernardino Strait, measuring the strait channel along the way.
Early the next morning, when Zhou Weisen wanted to check the surrounding weather conditions, he found that the weather radar was broken, but the navigation radar used as a sea search radar was still good. After Zhou Weisen scolded him, he was helpless. After all, it had not been turned on for three years. Although he tried his best to maintain it, the little-used weather radar on the Feiyun could only be left to its fate and had not been dismantled. I'm lucky enough to use parts to repair other radars.
Zhou Weisen woke up Lin Chuanqing, who was in charge of the night shift, who had just gone to bed, and told him the situation.
"I'm just afraid that something like this will happen! It's not very safe now. If the weather changes, it will be all over!" Lin Chuanqing, who had big dark circles under his eyes, was very unhappy.
"It's okay. Doesn't it mean that Manila has not suffered any disastrous weather at this time in historical records? This plane seems to be very well behaved, and there has not been any major butterfly effect."
"After all, it's better to be safe. I think we should stop operating in the open sea and move back to the east entrance of the strait. The San Raymundo shouldn't be able to escape. At night, we might as well just stay close to the coast. Anchor, anyway, the radar will give us a few hours of interception warning time, so there will be no problem."
"Okay, shall we send a telegram to Lingao first?"
"certainly."
The telegrams were received both in Lingao and on the way back to Taishuang. Everyone is somewhat uneasy. The Executive Committee sent a telegram advising them not to continue waiting for Manila Galen but to return immediately if the weather changed. Lin Chuanqing felt something was not good, and immediately proposed to hold a meeting to discuss the situation.
That night, the four veterans held a meeting on the Feiyun and decided to return immediately - it would be unwise to stay here after losing the last warning system of weather radar.
That night, Lin Chuanqing noticed some scattered cirrus clouds floating on the southern skyline. His brows couldn't help but frown. Early the next morning, Zhou Weisen on board the Feiyun felt that something was wrong. There were more clouds, the wind had increased to about level 4, and the wind direction had changed from the southeast wind that had not changed significantly for more than ten days to east-south.
"Could it be a typhoon?" He couldn't help but worry. After a brief meeting with Lin Chuanqing, the two decided to return immediately. If the wind strengthened further in the afternoon, they would find a shelter near Samar Island.
Before noon, the wind force was already close to level 6, blowing out long white waves. Lin Chuanqing judged that the typhoon had formed and was quickly approaching this area - they were now under the peripheral influence of the typhoon.
Based on the average speed of Feiyun and Nongchao of 9 knots, it is impossible to escape from the typhoon circle before the arrival of the typhoon - the speed of the typhoon is at least 20 to 30 kilometers per hour, sometimes up to 200 kilometers per hour. Now the only thing to do is to find shelter from the wind.
The formation circled the northern cape of Samar Island and anchored near a northwest-facing coast, 200 meters apart. Fortunately, the wind direction was easterly and the waves at the anchorage were not large.
