Standing on the high mast, with the help of the telescope, you can see the scenery tens of kilometers away, responsible for the lookout, the heart is full of excitement, in the past month, they belong to the fleet, a total of seven times out to sea, each time 3 days, although not complete, most of them are sailing in the morning, to the third day of the afternoon or evening back, but the time, in terms of the day, there are 24 days outside.

This is equivalent to saying that the whole month of seventy or eighty percent, in so many hours, encountering wind and waves, not much, a month time, only to encounter 3 times, in addition to the wind and waves too big, he almost most of the time is standing on the mast.Of course, someone changes shifts, otherwise, a person can't stay here for such a long time.

Boring and disorderly sea water, has been seen countless times, can not find the idea of land, very desperate, now it is difficult to see the land, and confirm, not a mirage, but the real land, of course, to seriously see.

As a watchman, in terms of professional literacy, he is very in place, this island should be more than 60 kilometers away, so you can see, at least, this island is not small.

See, can not see anything for the time being, but in front of the eyes, to evaluate, at least it is 3 kilometers away, this is not a small island, 10 square kilometers of the island, as long as it is not particularly bad luck, almost there will be fresh water, at the same time, there is also the location of the port that can be cut.

Of course, the former latter, is not necessary, from the Kamchatka Peninsula, into the depths of the Pacific Ocean, many similar islands, most of them have been abandoned, but a small part, or used, after all, to the island as a springboard detection process, the island plays a huge role.

If there is no suitable island, even if there is no fresh water, a slightly smaller island, is also acceptable, in the early discovery, most of them are temporarily used, unless there is a better alternative to the existence of this island, if not, this must also be used.

The watchers, taking advantage of the present opportunity, continue to observe the island, mainly the island, and this area of the island, whether there is any danger, at the same time, further assessment of the island's area, to form the most complete report.

Adjusting the course, moving forward, at the same time, the measurement will be carried out, since the discovery of the island, some necessary measurements, and the above chart is shown and drawn, it becomes inevitable to do,

Determining the position of the island, relative to the distance, in addition to some necessary exploration, has great significance for the whole voyage.

The speed of the ship is very fast, and when the wind is downwind, it can exceed 20 knots, and more than two hours, it can reach the vicinity of the island.

The lookout hardly came down, and even his partner was awakened, and the two men worked together on different masts, using the difference of orientation to determine the size of the island.

If, tens of kilometers away, but still see is not particularly clear, the far side of the island, including the fog at sea, affects the accuracy of the whole observation, but with the continuous process of approaching, they found that the area of the island, it seems to be a little abnormally large, the closer the horizon, the wider the field of view, according to the reason, if it is really an island, in their view, should be able to see the outline of the island.

Often lookout, they can clearly know that according to the range of telescope observation, combined with the height of the mast, they can see the field of view at least 40 kilometers, plus the distance of the position, now this distance, perhaps can not see so far, but has not been able to see the end, this land line, at least in about 20 kilometers.

Even if the island is not a special rule, just a triangle, 20 kilometers of the edge, the island is almost 200 square kilometers, which in the process of entering the North Pacific Ocean exploration, the island area can be said to be one of the two.

The larger the island, the better the foundation of all aspects, and the soil environment and rocky environment are sure that there is water.

To put it bluntly, the water on the island has two main aspects, on the one hand, precipitation is precipitation, precipitation is landed in various parts of the island, above the island, there is a unique environment, can lock up these precipitation, or deposited to the end, not attacked by seawater, is the water of the island.

The other is very unique, the seawater through penetration, dialysis, and eventually deep into a specific location, the formation of water sources, these may not be precipitation, but also can be used, as long as not too much.

No matter which of the two is, in addition to the special terrain, the size of the island is also crucial.

Islands within a square kilometer, there are only a few water sources, most of them are special terrain reasons, but more than one square kilometer of islands, most of the islands have water, the larger, the greater the probability.

According to previous speculation, at least more than 20 square kilometers of islands, not only will there be fresh water, there will be some harbor, or suitable for docking, such an island, unceremoniously, is the relay of the island chain, a little processing, can become the basis point for continued exploration.

A 200 square kilometers of the island, is already more than expected, but with the gradual approach, not only the two edges of the so-called island gradually expanded, but also the basic shape can be seen, is a square-like structure, directly in front, they see the range, at least 30 kilometers, and then the two sides continue to extend downward.

This is very terrible, even if this is only a trapezoidal island, as far as the range is concerned, the least, but also more than 1000 square kilometers, this area, very large, even in the scope of the Navy to explore, very rare, such islands, each of which is an important fulcrum in this route, is now a key zoning node.

However, what excites the captain even more excited is that the experience of exploration is either a land, that is, the American continent they have been looking for, perhaps found, or it is a super-large island.

No matter which one, for the exploration of this route, is a huge progress, it can be said that this time is a leapfrog progress.

The former, representing a great step forward, at least put them to explore the interval, forward 200 to 300 nautical miles, this is the charm of the big island, is likely to be around, within 200 kilometers, to find a series of islands, and then at the farthest point, continue to explore forward.

There is also a possibility of finding the American continent, and it is very large, because according to the previous statement, from Zhao Xin where to get the hint, this exploration of the road, is coming to an end.

Zhao Xin in the Navy, all walks of life, have been myths, whether for the influence of the dynasty, or for the influence of the people, have reached the highest level, which is a series of measures and assertions he has made in the past, the final decision, no Zhao letter, there is no fixed navy, the vast majority of people in the Navy, are struggling in the food and clothing line, even the possibility of living.

Instead of doing it now, everyone has lived very well, very full, and the family can be happier and live together too much better.

This was not to brag, or to be controlled, and this real thing, the first men of the navy, were either the vans and the relatives of the vans, or moved from the two.

The army, in the Northern Song Dynasty, in addition to some specific city box army, other places of the army have been bitter haha, if it is a person, you can also mix a belly round, but if there is a family, do not work, can not even feed the size of a family.

These people, in the Northern Song, can not say the bottom, should be said, the bottom part, they are almost a day to go.

If the army can mix a basic living conditions, then the two-in-one immigrants, that is, absolutely on the verge of life and death, if not the fixed navy at that time, they will be taken in, most of them will not survive.

Zhao Xin is a life-saving gift for them, and if it is simply a life-saving grace, they may be grateful to Dade, but so many people will definitely have different ideas.

But after that, the development of the Navy by leaps and bounds, everyone can rely on their own hard work, get a lot of money, and even live very well.

This is the great influence, and in the long run, with great influence, in some extent, by the myth, even those, came relatively late, in the development of the entire fixed navy, as well as these practices of Zhao Xin, to a certain extent, so that Zhao Xin's identity stabilized.

The lookout delivered the news to the captain, and then the captain delivered the news, and everyone was very happy, and the honor was only one aspect, and one was money.

In the fixed navy, along with the high song of the fixed navy, continuous development, in the Navy, because there is no official selection method for the time being, so the problem of money began to matter, with money, you can get a lot of benefits, in the fixed navy, money can buy a lot of things.

The discovery of the first fleet of America was a great honor, an engraved one to set the voyage of the navy, and even to the history of the navy, and at the same time, in addition to the promotion of the honor, there were interests above.

This game took a full two years, has not yet been completely found, just an end, the cost is almost a huge, once the first to find, will get a huge reward.

According to the current reward strategy, the first to find the fleet, you can get 10 million at one time, the money can be a lot, even if dozens of people together, each person, can get a huge reward.

This middle, captain, captain, and watchman, occupies a rather important position throughout the ship, and also plays a vital role in the exploration of the whole.

The captain, the foundation of a fleet, was to direct the direction of the entire fleet, and under the crucial choice his orders, the most important, that is to say, this captain, took up a considerable share.

Not to mention that the captain, who had all the rights of a ship, had the task of leading these ships, to lead the expeditions and come back in peace and stability, and as for the lookout, his look, was very important in the decision-making of the whole fleet.

In addition to these points, there are some such as the first deputy, the captain, etc., they are among the crew, they belong to the middle class, they also have a certain management responsibility, they also occupy a considerable share of the whole fleet.

In front, each occupies a share of several people, and then the middle level, but a fleet, three ships, a total of more than a hundred people, even if divided into more than 300, or even 500, on average, can be divided into 20,000 shares.

20,000 ah, the family is rich, is to describe very rich, although said, the Navy's income increased significantly, even if it is a fifth-level worker, a year's income will exceed 7,000, ten thousand or twenty thousand, equivalent to many people, three or four years of wages.

According to the Navy, the average family is a worker, this is also the income of a family.

This is just ordinary, the bottom of the staff, to the middle level, may take three or five, to the captain of the level, even ten, twenty, or even fifty, this money, even the captain, his income level above, is more.

If it is really North America, this reward can make everyone eat, even if not North America, found such a huge island, as a foundation and fulcrum, such a place reward is also a lot, at least more than 500,000, although compared to more than 10 million, more than 20 times less, but each person can also be divided into hundreds of thousands of, this as a bonus, is also a relatively many more.

More than two hours later, they finally arrived, a ship was near the island, the location was determined, the position was determined, the latitude and longitude was, to determine the future docking with the forward base, and the other two, respectively, to explore in both directions, to see how big the island is.

Looking at the eyes, after all, is a small number, even if it is even more high telescopes, because the relationship between the entire earth dimension, even in the high place, the use of telescopes, there is a limit, although knowing this island, it is estimated that at least thousands of square kilometers above, but in the end is an island, or a continent, but also need to continue to investigate.

After reaching the vicinity of the island, the location was determined, after the latitude and longitude was surveyed, after the position was determined, and then the fleets of three ships were separated, and they all took on the task and began to carry out the tasks separately.