Wind Rises in North America 1625

Chapter 2 New World

"Finally I saw someone!"

On the lush coast, there is an extremely simple wooden village built on a high slope, covering an area of ​​no more than a hundred meters. There are two rows of neatly arranged wooden houses inside, and piles of chopped firewood are piled in front of the houses. The outside is a circle of fence made of small trees as thick as bowls, less than one and a half meters high, which can only serve as a simple barrier to foreign enemies or wild beasts.

On the south side of the wooden village, a watchtower was erected, about ten meters high. It is the commanding height of the entire wooden village and serves as a warning and observation point.

At this time, there were three people standing on the watchtower, all wearing navy blue clothes and pants, and wearing peaked military caps. Both the fabric of the clothes and the overall style seemed to be incompatible with this era, revealing a bit of weirdness and disharmony.

A sturdy man in his thirties held a pair of binoculars in both hands and looked at the seaside for a while. Then, a meaningful smile appeared on his face. He turned around and said softly to his two companions.

"Yes, I've been here for more than three months, and I finally see people." Another thin man responded.

"Captain, Political Commissar, the Indians nearby are also considered human beings, right?" The tall and thin man standing behind the two men retorted.

"Wakamatsu, the Captain is saying that we're finally going to see the so-called civilized people of this world," the thin man known as the "Commissar" said with a smile. "In other words, after arriving in this era, we'll be exposed to a truly civilized world."

"Political Commissar, that sailboat is chasing our brothers who are out to sea to fish and is heading straight here. It's obvious that it has bad intentions. For us, this is not a contact with the civilized world. It is very likely that they will have a war with us first." Zhang Ruosong said with a wry smile.

"Yes, our first contact with an alien civilization after arriving in this world will probably begin with a battle." The sturdy man known as the "Captain" nodded and said, "Let's go down and prepare to fight him with the brothers!"

As he said that, he was the first to go down the watchtower.

More than four months ago, the Dongda Navy sailing training ship "Polang" set off from Dalian Port with fifty naval cadets to the vast Pacific Ocean to start a three-month sea training.

By driving and maneuvering this traditional sailing ship, these naval cadets will have close contact with the sea. In strong winds and waves, by experiencing the impact of meteorology, hydrology, tides, ocean currents, etc. on maritime military operations, they can form a comprehensive understanding of the integration of man, ship and sea.

Furthermore, sail training ships help naval cadets master basic navigational skills. Aboard these ships, cadets learn basic sailor duties, including astronomical observation, hydrological analysis, knot tying, and scaling masts. They also learn how to use a sextant to measure celestial altitudes for ship positioning, a traditional method of oceanographic positioning.

In the increasingly modernized and information-based warfare, this type of training is not outdated. You know, in wartime, if advanced navigation and positioning systems such as GPS or Beidou navigation are destroyed by the enemy, the sextant will come in handy.

More importantly, traditional sail training ships are also a powerful tool for cultivating naval team spirit. Naval cadets engage in group activities aboard sail training ships, and tasks like raising and lowering the sails require the coordination of many people. This sense of shared responsibility and habit naturally fosters a strong sense of teamwork.

The "Breaking Waves" has been at sea for nearly a month, covering a distance of more than 2,800 nautical miles, and has completed more than ten sea training projects. During the training process, the fifty trainees have gradually formed a unified whole and have become more and more adept at controlling the entire sailing ship.

Then, an accident happened unexpectedly.

On July 7th, while sailing at 5 degrees north latitude and degrees west longitude, the HMS Breaker encountered a strange, dense fog. Ten minutes later, as the ship broke through the fog, all electronic equipment on board failed, and the radio was completely silent.

Several electromechanical cadets checked the electronic equipment and circuits over and over again, trying to restore their functions. The communications cadets, sweating profusely, disassembled the radio equipment one by one to check in the hope of finding the cause of the failure. The navigation cadets, under the loud scolding of the instructor, hurriedly took out the sextant, marine clock, compass and other ancient traditional navigation equipment to measure and locate their position.

After several hours of intense work, bad news came one after another to Captain Luo Zhenhui and Political Commissar Li Xianqing.

“…the navigation equipment isn’t working!”

“…There was no response to the electronic signal!”

“…No response to the radio call!”

"…The navigation position has changed significantly. We are now at 48 degrees north latitude and 125 degrees west longitude, just over 20 nautical miles from the west coast of North America!"

"...Radar scan found no targets!"

"..."

Of course, there is also good news.

At least the entire "Breaking Waves" can still operate normally, all mechanical equipment is still intact, and the emotions of all cadets are basically...stable.

However, when they heard that the ship was only dozens of nautical miles away from the west coast of North America, all the officers and soldiers seemed a little nervous.

How did the "Break the Wave" suddenly arrive at the doorstep of the United States?
What's even more puzzling is that since it is so close to the coast of North America, why can't radio communications receive any signals?

Even when one cadet turned on his FM radio, he couldn't pick up any signal, only a chaotic buzzing noise. Even more incredible was the fact that the radar hadn't detected a single target!

According to the navigator's calculations, the Breaking Wave was probably near the coast of Vancouver Island, Canada. Given the busy shipping conditions in the area, there should be many cargo ships passing through the surrounding waters. How could the radar not detect a target?!
Several electromechanical trainee soldiers repeatedly confirmed that the radar equipment was normal, without any damage, and all the lines were connected correctly.

Some students said that the US Navy might have targeted the "Breaking Waves" and then blocked and destroyed all the electronic equipment on the ship.

Some students also said that the sea area they were in might have been affected by a solar storm, causing temporary failure of electronic equipment and wireless communications.

Some students even suggested that there might be some unknown situation in the earth's electromagnetic field, which in turn affected the electronic equipment on the ship.

There were even a few students with eccentric personalities who joked that the "Break the Wave" had traveled through time and space and arrived in ancient times hundreds or thousands of years ago, which was why the electronic equipment could not be used normally.

After all, there were no satellites or other radio communication equipment in ancient times, which meant that navigation devices could not achieve positioning and electronic signals could not receive any response.

Otherwise, how could radar equipment fail to detect any targets near the coast of North America?

Even if there are no large warships or cargo ships near this coast, there must at least be a few fishing boats or yachts!

Surprisingly, this statement was recognized by many cadets, who suggested sailing the "Wavebreaker" to the coast of North America to verify the current actual situation.

Captain Luo Zhenhui and Political Commissar Li Xianqing considered it over and over again and decided that they should not rashly sail the ship to the North American coast, whether it was the territory of the United States or the port of the Maple Leaf Country, otherwise it would easily cause a diplomatic dispute.

Although the "Polang" is a sailing training ship, it is ultimately a warship under the Navy of the University of Tokyo. It seems that it is a rude attack just by sailing to someone's doorstep without any notification.

However, given the situation on board, it is indeed necessary to contact and negotiate with the shore and obtain accurate information.

Therefore, Captain Luo Zhenhui ordered the navigation instructor, Major Wei Yingbin, to take two cadets on the motor lifeboat carried by the "Polang" to Wenhehua Island to negotiate with the local Maple Leaf Country authorities and inform them of the situation of the ship.

If possible, apply to the other party to allow the "Breaking Waves" to dock and enter the port so that the damaged electronic equipment can be repaired.

Under the watchful eyes of all officers and soldiers, Wei Yingbin and three others drove a motor lifeboat straight to Vancouver Island.

However, after the three left, it took them two full days to return, and then they brought shocking news.

No one on Vancouver Island!
After the motor lifeboat arrived at the coast of Wenhua Island, it did not see any ships, let alone the Maple Leaf Country Coast Guard patrol boat, there was not even a small sampan.

Driving along the coastline of Vancouver Island for dozens of kilometers, all we saw was vast primeval jungle and steep rock walls. Occasionally, a few gray wolves jumped out of the forest, stared blankly at the lifeboat, and then hid back in an instant.

Unwilling to give up, the three men continued to pilot the motorized lifeboat deeper into the bay, hoping to gain more information. They passed through Port Renfrew, Sooke Harbour, Colwood on Vancouver Island, and finally arrived at Victoria Harbour. Everywhere they passed was a pristine landscape: endless forests, empty and silent waters. There was no one, no boat, not even the slightest sign of life.

Wei Yingbin and three others once tried to go ashore and explore at Victoria Harbour, but after going hundreds of meters deep into the dense forest, they had to retreat.

It was a real primeval forest with very dense vegetation. Western redwood, Douglas fir, North American cypress, white spruce, twisted pine, alpine fir... were all naturally grown native trees, tens of meters high and more than several meters in diameter. It took more than ten people to hug them.

On the coast, they also saw many Vancouver Island wolves hiding on the rocky cliffs, looking coldly at the outsiders who broke into the island like ghosts.

Apparently, Vancouver Island is a pristine and untouched place!

After hearing the report, Captain Luo Zhenhui and Political Commissar Li Xianqing were shocked and immediately ordered the "Breaking Waves" to raise its sails and set sail towards Vancouver Island.

Sure enough, after circling half the island, there was no ship to be seen in the once bustling Puget Sound, and the island was also silent. There was no port, city, tall buildings, fireworks... any signs that could prove modern civilization were gone.

They arrived in a new world.

In other words, this is an unknown ancient world.

Fortunately, the "Breaking Waves" is a warship, and all the people on board are soldiers (or quasi-soldiers). They also have a complete organizational structure and relatively firm and simple beliefs.

In the following three months, this group of intruders from the future time and space perspective temporarily opened a camp at the former location of Victoria Harbour and established their first base in this world.

(End of this chapter)