Ji Han Grand Commander

Chapter 453 447. Landing on the Japanese Island
After a few days, with food and fodder ready and weapons packed, more than 10,000 elite soldiers of the Shenwu Battalion under Feng Xi boarded the "land-going ship" which was converted from a tower ship and set off in a mighty manner.

This name is naturally Feng Xi's bad taste, but his explanation to the public is "these ships are stable and huge, as if they are walking on flat ground, just like walking on land, so they are called land ships."

In addition to the conventional three-masted sailing ship, the land ship also has traditional paddle power on the lower deck, which can make it travel faster.

Feng Xi also had some experience in food storage on the ship. He ordered that most of the food such as rice, flour, smoked meat, etc. be packed in boxes and then placed on the shelves in the cabin to avoid food loss due to moisture or rats as much as possible.

At the same time, Feng Xi had also ordered people to prepare dried fruits and a small amount of candied fruits. The clay bottles were sealed and many fruit pieces were soaked in sugar water. This was what the soldiers took on board to eat.

As we all know, the most feared thing on the ship, besides the unpredictable weather, is scurvy. The so-called scurvy is actually caused by a lack of vitamin C. In addition to these fruits preserved by special means, there are also fresh fruits. From Qiantang to Zhoushan, and in the first few days of departure from Zhoushan, you can probably eat these dried fruits and candied fruits in the second half.

Although dried fruits and candied fruits will cause their vitamin content to decrease, it is better to have them than nothing. It is too difficult to keep fresh fruits fresh in the current environment, so we can only make do with them.

More than ten land-based ships carrying the soldiers of the Shenwu Camp, escorted by dozens of ships of various sizes, headed towards the Zhoushan Islands in the east.

The ships sailed out of Qiantang Bay and arrived at Zhoushan Islands after only one morning. Feng Xi looked at the layout of Zhoushan Islands. The water fort was built in a fairly standard way. Although it was not built by a master, it was still quite methodical.

"Let Zhang Nan come over and rebuild the water fort. Don't let your guard down just because you're on the sea and think no one can come. Then, there should be a lighthouse to guide the direction at night and a smoke tower to warn the public..."

Feng Xi found many loopholes in the defense with a rough scan. Although no one in the surrounding area can travel across the ocean like this except the Han army, habits still need to be developed. In the original timeline, Deng Ai sneaked across Yinping and found the camp left by Zhuge Liang, but it was abandoned because it was not taken seriously.

Pang Lin, who was on duty here, naturally knew the temperament of the commander-in-chief. He nodded repeatedly and took notes. He would do some of the small things himself and report the rest to Zhang Nan.

After Yizhou was stabilized, Li Yan sent some minor officials to Yizhou to rectify the local situation. Liu Yin also volunteered to go to Yizhou to gain experience. Feng Xi had no objection to this. It would be a good thing for these people who will leave their mark in history in the future to have more experience.

Generals Pang, Lin and the other two returned to the navy and did what they were supposed to do. However, as the Zhoushan Islands were an important place to protect Qiantang, they must be garrisoned, and the garrison personnel would be rotated every month.

Feng Xi's fleet just passed by Zhoushan Islands normally, and then continued to move northeast. Although Feng Xi didn't know how to make a sextant, he knew that the principle of this thing was triangulation, using two fixed celestial bodies as anchor points to measure the current longitude and latitude. However, the longitude and latitude were not clear at all, so Feng Xi and others could only follow the direction of the sun and the Big Dipper at night to guide the direction.

Fortunately, the Wo Island is not too far from the Han Dynasty. As long as you have the right direction, you can always see it and there is no need to worry about getting lost.

After drifting on the sea for more than ten days, they finally saw land slowly appearing on the distant horizon. A small island with a large piece of land, Feng Xi guessed that this was probably near Kyushu.

"Order the ships to find a suitable place to dock around this larger landmass."

Feng Xi gave orders to the guards around him, who immediately ran to the deck to inform the flag signalman to inform Xu Sheng. The escorting Han fleet immediately sent out several small boats and began to cruise between these broken islands and the mainland, and soon found a relatively flat landing site.

There were materials for building a pontoon bridge on the Han army's land ships. Some water athletes took off their armor and assisted their comrades on the deck to build the pontoon bridge. In this way, the Han army soldiers on the land ships did not have to take small boats to travel back and forth, but could directly reach the ground from the boats.

"Woooa! Kaminota, Kamino Black Rhino!"

As expected, the large number of ships of the Han army, coupled with the noise of the landing, naturally attracted many locals. One of them shouted loudly and then bowed down.

"Grand Commander, what is this dwarf shouting? Why doesn't it sound like Chinese?"

Bao Yi on the side was completely confused. He thought the short man less than six feet tall lying on the ground was someone's child at first, but when he shouted, he found out the voice was that of a middle-aged man.

"This is their local dialect. It seems to mean that we are God's soldiers."

Although Feng Xi had never studied Japanese systematically, he was still able to rely on self-study to listen to a few sentences. At that time, he was thinking that if he had the opportunity in the future, wouldn’t it be a pity if he didn’t even know what the other party was saying?
Bao Yi was a little surprised by this and didn't know what to say. He could only shake his head and stop talking.

"Ahem, is Anata Taqinuo the Lord of the Kingdom of Cardamom?"

Feng Xi cleared his throat and tried to recall the words in his mind for a long time. He found that there were some words he really couldn't say, so he could only try to pronounce them in Chinese tentatively.

After all, in terms of language, Chinese has definitely had the greatest influence on Japan, so some foreign words may have been based on Chinese pronunciation. In any case, there are definitely no foreign words in English now.

Fortunately, although what Feng Xi said was not standard, these short Japanese people still understood him. They pointed in a direction repeatedly, and then said a bunch of gibberish. Feng Xi really couldn't understand what he said.

"Grand Commander, what should we do?"

Seeing Feng Xi fall silent, Bao Yi thought that the locals had said something to Feng Xi, which made him start thinking. In fact, Feng Xi was just considering what the man had said, and he didn't think about anything else.

"Hmm? Since the local king is there, we naturally have to pay him a visit first."

Feng Xi was interrupted by Bao Yi in his exploration of the beauty of language. After coming to his senses, he thought that he should find a place to stand first. As for who the other party is, is it important? If Feng Xi is willing, this piece of land can be renamed today.

(End of this chapter)