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Chapter 1602 Discovery of the Bering Strait
The fog filled the air, and looking east from here, one could see the sea was vast and vast, and the horizon farther away was completely submerged in the sea fog.

"Damn it, why did you encounter such bad weather? Now it becomes a hundred times more difficult to cross the strait, and you might hit a rock or run aground. The narrowest part of the strait should be less than 50 kilometers, and it doesn't take long for the fleet to After crossing the strait, we saw the New World, but now it seems that the situation has become very bad." Zheng Zhihu used a telescope to observe the situation in the sea fog, his face was full of worry.

Zheng Chenggong, who has always been restless, also looked dignified at this time. He and other trainee crew members were nervously observing the situation on the sea surface.

The sea is always full of threats, especially in unfamiliar waters!

Their fleet crossed the Sea of ​​Japan, the Sea of ​​Okhotsk, and the Bering Sea to reach the Bering Strait, which is completely inaccessible and untouched by navigators, making it even more dangerous.

"Huh—" Ling'er was dressed into a small rice dumpling, her face was slightly reddened by the cold.

Although it is still summer, the temperature here has dropped due to the proximity to the polar regions, coupled with the difference in thermal properties between sea and land, the temperature is in stark contrast to when they left the capital. The crew have to wear thicker coats to keep warm. The heater turned into a white mist.

Ling'er grasped the railing on the deck, carefully looked at the misty sea, and there seemed to be a strange animal swimming.

"Brother Ling'er, you have to be careful not to fall into the icy sea water, or it will be very dangerous." Hannah will remind later.

"Sister, there is such a big fish!" Ling'er said, pointing to the water not far away.

Hannah pointed with his finger, and saw a black shadow next to the "Zheng He". This black shadow was below the sea level, and there were bubbles.

"This can't be a whale..." Hannah's expression became serious.

This large whale looks to be 20 meters long. It would not be a good thing if the "Zheng He" was hit by it.

"Stay away from this whale, don't offend it." Hannah warned the crew of the existence of this large whale.

Boom!Just after the ship left, a huge whale jumped out of the water vertically, its tail hit the waves, its pectoral fins slapped the water, and the icy seawater splashed on the deck like a ladle.

"Be careful!" Hannah blocked the front in time, and many crew members on the ship were soaked by the cold sea water, and endured this innocent disaster with wry smiles.

"It's a bowhead whale. Fortunately, such a monster didn't hit our ship, otherwise our ship would be seriously injured." Zheng Chenggong blocked the waves splashing on the deck with his right arm, and the icy sea water splashed on his face.

He witnessed a 20-meter-long bowhead whale jumping out of the seabed, and the hull of the "Zheng He" was shaken violently because of the huge movement of the bowhead whale.

"Is nothing wrong with the Zheng He?" Zheng Zhihu noticed the movement over there and asked the semaphore officer.

"The Admiral Zheng He reported that their ship was unharmed."

The fleet sailing around the sea continued to cross the Bering Strait cautiously after experiencing a small storm.

If they hadn't known in advance that the opposite side of the Bering Strait was the North American continent, and the narrowness of the Bering Strait was less than 100 miles, they might have retreated in the face of such sea fog.

But they knew that the road through the Bering Strait was feasible, so they bravely continued to sail eastward.

Finally, after passing through the sea fog, the weather turned clear, and they saw the American continent opposite the Asian continent. At a glance, there were many rolling snow-capped mountains.

They did not choose to continue sailing to the dangerous Arctic Ocean in the north, but chose to start sailing south along the west coast of North America.

In the era without icebreakers, don't think about being able to cross the Arctic Ocean. Even in summer, you are close to death, either hitting an iceberg or being surrounded by ice blocks and dying of lack of food.

The main purpose of the world fleet is to sail around the world from east to west, not to die.

Along the way, they surveyed and mapped the coastlines of the Siberian coast, the Bering Strait, and Alaska, and obtained valuable geographical data.

They were not the first humans to pass through the Bering Strait, but they were the first voyagers to investigate the Bering Strait.

Some experts from the School of Biology will occasionally ask to take small boats to the small islands along the way for investigation and discover some American species of creatures.

They even discovered the few aborigines living in the Aleutian Islands. These aborigines lived by hunting, hunting whales, seals, walruses, reindeer and bears.When they found a strange fleet coming, they used javelins, spears, shuttles and other tools to throw, trying to scare away the unknown invaders.

Of course, in the eyes of Zheng Zhihu, Zheng Chenggong, Hannah and others, the behavior of these aborigines is very ridiculous. Their civilization is really too backward, and they are still at the level of technology about 3000 to 4000 years ago.

"Brother Ling'er, look at them. They live on a closed island and cannot contact the outside world. As a result, their technical level lags far behind ours. This is not an accident, but an inevitable phenomenon. A strong country must Keep in contact with the outside world, otherwise it will let us eat. The law of the jungle is an eternal truth in the world. Even if we choose to let them go, it is because we have this ability." Zheng Chenggong introduced the rules of this world to Linger.

When the sound of artillery and muskets rang into the air, the natives of the island panicked and fled to the depths of the island.

"According to the descriptions in the books of the School of Geography at the Imperial University Hall, some people believe that thousands or tens of thousands of years ago, the strait between Asia and Europe had not been submerged by sea water, that is, there was a land passage from Siberia to the north. America, these indigenous people suspect that they migrated from the Asian continent to the Americas, and then migrated to the islands." Hannah was holding a book about geography.

Students graduating from the Naval Lecture Hall must be proficient in astronomy and geography.

"We have crossed the Bering Strait, and the next stop is Jinshan Town, which we established in North America. The news of the local rich gold has spread. It can be said that Jinshan Town has benefited from the existence of gold mines. Now many farmers and workers are willing to Going to Jinshan Town, it is said that Jinshan Town has a permanent population of 1000 people, and 3000 Americans are employed in mining. It is a pity that the government owns the ownership of these gold mines, and they can only make a small amount of money." Zheng Chenggong said.

"I've heard that you are like the Spaniards occupying the silver mines of Peru. They occupy the silver mines, but you occupy the gold mines!" Hannah was a little excited.

"Maybe on this voyage we will visit the Spanish governor in South America, that is, in Peru."

(End of this chapter)