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Chapter 43 We will eventually conquer the sea (newcomers please collect it!)

At this time, Zhejiang was preparing a Japanese road.

Ningbo Mansion.

It was early spring, and the sea that was supposed to be calm suddenly became cloudy and the waves rolled.

At this time, Ningbo garrison Liu Muzheng and the generals from the Nanjing War Department were drinking and eating meat in the official government office in the city.

Suddenly, a disgusting sea smell came from the shore.

The street outside the door suddenly became chaotic.

"The Sea King has sent out troops!"

Someone shouted loudly.

"What happened!"

The deputy commander of Jinhua Mansion immediately alerted Ma Yuanguan and others, and immediately touched the waist knife beside his hand.

"I gonna go see……"

Liu Mu looked solemn as he opened the door and looked out.

There has always been a local legend in Ningbo about sea ghosts eating people.

It is said that in ancient times, local residents would throw their first-born babies into the sea in exchange for a safe trip to sea this year to these sea kings.

The streets were crowded with people.

There seems to be a thin blue-white line on the horizon.

He narrowed his eyes.

When he got closer, he realized that they were actually sharks covered in scales.

These sharp-toothed, fish-headed monsters!

The big bell in Ningbo City is ringing!

Then the shrill horn sound sounded!

The city gates were closed everywhere, and the soldiers of Ningbo Guard began to gather to resist.

Yes, as long as they rely on Ningbo's tall city walls, they can completely resist the arrival of imperial reinforcements——

But then, a huge drum sound like thunder came from the other side of the sea!

Liu Mu's face turned pale.

The huge waves suddenly hit the tall city wall of Ningbo fiercely.

Accompanied by a roar like a war drum.

A huge hole was knocked out of the east city wall of Ningbo!

Those hateful-looking sharks then poured in like a tide!
"The city is broken!"

Ma Yuanguan and others looked at all this with sad expressions.

"Everyone! At this moment! The only choice is for you to die for your country!"

In the Ming Dynasty, it was a serious crime for a military general to abandon a city and punish a whole family.

Moreover, at this time, it was not the past pirate raids.

Look at the sharks who are feasting on the broken limbs of human beings in their mouths.

Although the generals were frightened, most of them still gathered their own soldiers to fight against the enemy.

But then, it was swallowed up by the tide of sharks.

On that day, Ningbo was destroyed in one day.

The next day, the leading troops who had received reinforcements from the nearby area arrived.

What Liu Qingyuan, the imperial censor of the capital, saw was an empty city filled with broken limbs and broken arms.

Except for the captives, all the people and animals in the city were eaten.

The news spread from the chief envoy of Zhejiang to Nanjing, and then flew quickly from Nanjing to the capital.

Hearing the tragedy in Ningbo, the southeast was shocked!
And the attacks coming from the sea with the waves have not stopped.

The next day, Taizhou was attacked and tens of thousands of men and women were taken captive.

The next day, the sharks landed from Shandong again, killing and wounding hundreds of officers and soldiers, burning down the local government offices and then fled.

And the trouble goes far beyond that——

Near Luzon (Philippines).

A group of five Spanish ships departing from the port of Seville, Spain, were taking advantage of the darkness to move quietly on the sea while avoiding the pursuit of the local natives.

At this time, a middle-aged Xiyi man with gray hair and blue eyes was holding a telescope and staring worriedly at the gloomy sky in front of him.

It's going to rain, or heavy rain.

Thunderstorms at sea are undoubtedly the most terrifying.

"Didn't the natives come after you?"

Ferdinand Magellan asked his first mate worriedly.

The local natives secretly believe in some terrible creature in the sea.

If it hadn't been for the sudden seizure last night, they gave up on Magellan and the others and ran to the seaside to offer sacrifices.Magellan and his group may become delicacies for monsters in the sea just like the bones of victims brought to the shore by the waves and eaten by some kind of creature.

"No, Captain."

His first mate was a stoic veteran of the Italian wars who had served the northern Italian states as a mercenary in the Mediterranean for many years.

Later, because he was tired of the endless war, he turned to hope to find spiritual sublimation and salvation from Magellan's unprecedented voyage around the world.

Not only is he good at martial arts, but he also knows how to avoid danger at sea.

"The natives didn't come after us."

Magellan breathed a sigh of relief.

But then, I couldn't help but think of the eyes of the natives watching from a distance when the ship left.

They seemed certain that Magellan and his fleet would perish in the deep sea.

"We'll make it..."

Magellan said as he grasped the saber in his waist that the King of Spain gave him before leaving.

Its name is courage!
Human beings will surely be able to conquer the sea.

What people in the past have not done, people today may not be able to succeed at!
He strengthened his confidence and was ready to sacrifice on the journey.

As long as someone can continue on his path.

"If I die, you will command the fleet to continue westward and continue to complete the journey that I have not completed."

As Magellan spoke, his first mate took his brass pipe again, but did not light it.

He nodded silently to the captain who had just walked out of death beside him.

Suddenly, a huge tremor was heard, and Magellan's flagship Trinidad shook violently.

"Strike the rocks!"

With an exclamation, Magellan immediately became alert.

"You are the captain, and you are responsible for the 260 five people in the fleet!"

The first mate pressed Magellan down hard.

He touched the musket on his waist. It was his treasure when he first served in Milan and has been with him for 20 years.

"I gonna go see……"

Magellan had to wait patiently.

Not long after, the first mate came back.

His expression was extremely ugly.

"Something made a hole in the bottom of the boat!"

"Didn't it hit the rocks?"

"No, that's not how it hit the rocks. It was obviously dug open by someone from outside."

Having said that, both of them were silent.

In the endless sea, there are no islands that can stand around. Who can sneak under the sea for dozens of miles to get under the fleet and cut open the bottom of the ship?
If it could be done, could that kind of thing still be called a human being?

"I have just patched up the hole with the sailors. As long as there is no more man-made damage, we should be able to reach the next stronghold for inspection."

said the first officer.

At this time, both of them couldn't help but feel a layer of gloom in their hearts.

But soon, alarms came from several other ships.

But this time, not only was the bottom of the ship cut open from the outside, but the crew also saw something swimming around the hole.

With several shrill screams, the two sailors on the San Antonio were dragged directly into the bottom of the sea.

With the screams and horrifying chewing sounds, the sea surface was dyed red, and the things on the seabed were stung by the smell of blood and became restless.

There was the sound of claws scratching on the deck, and they clung to the warship.

"Ready to fight!"

With the sound of muskets being fired, the battle began, and the fleet burst into flames, first the flagship Trinidad, and finally Santiago.

When the gunpowder smoke in the distance dissipated, only 12 people were left with Magellan to escape in a small boat with him.

Two of them were seriously injured, and people looked frightened and uneasy.

All the remaining people were buried in the deep sea with the fleet!
"Where are we going? Captain!"

Drifting in the boundless sea, they did not have enough supplies to move forward as planned, let alone go back.

Magellan tightened his grip on the brass pipe.

His first mate chose to light the powder magazine, giving the others a chance of survival.

"I will die here because this is the arrangement of Heavenly Father, allowing me to atone for my ridiculous first half of life. But you are different. You have to continue traveling westward to complete this unprecedented feat! And then use this achievement to save me from hell. Pulled into heaven through suffering!”

Magellan repeated the first mate's final words to the crowd, his tone firm.

"To the north! Let's move towards the civilized land! The emperor of civilized people and the emperor of Ming Dynasty will definitely support our cause of circumnavigating the world. We must regain the ship and continue moving forward, and return to Spain as a winner!"

(End of this chapter)