In the spring of the 12th year of Jian'an, the shadows of Liang's warships appeared on the sea near Shawadi. They would complete an unprecedented expedition and attack Ceylon Island across the sea. According to Lin Tao's opinion, the fleet went straight to cross the small Atlantic Ocean from Shawadi Port and arrived at Ceylon Island.

The small Western Ocean is originally named the West. It narrowly refers to the sea between the west of the Indochina Peninsula and the Son Du, and in a broad sense it refers to all oceans west of the Indochina Peninsula. Because Feng Yu said that after crossing a continent west of the Small Western Ocean, or crossing a vast inland sea called the Mediterranean Sea, you can see a new ocean, and that ocean is the real West. So the official in charge of the survey and mapping of the Liang Kingdom named the West the Small Western Ocean, and the West that Feng Yu called the Atlantic Ocean.

Ceylon Island is only separated from the southernmost tip of the Sindu Subcontinent, a narrow strait. Although it did not belong to the inherent territory of the Julu people in history, the people on the island are not the same ethnic group as the Julu people. However, because it is so close to the Sindu Subcontinent, attacking it is equivalent to attacking the hinterland of the Julu Kingdom.

In the past history, the Zhuluo naval attacks on Hongshawaddy and even the Southeast Peninsula are advancing along the coastline. It is impossible to attack across the sea in a straight line with current technical conditions, except for the Liang Kingdom.

In order to keep it confidential, Zhuge Liang issued a temporary sea ban in the name of the governor of the Burmese state a few days ago. All ships are not allowed to navigate or stay near Shawardi Port and Andaman Island within these few days, otherwise the ships will be confiscated and personnel will be seized.

At this time, the Liang army's various warships and warships used Tenglongcheng Military Port one after another to sail towards the distant Ceylon Island. The estimated voyage is ten days long, but this is also half shorter than the traditional distance around the coast, and it can avoid the sight of the Zhuluo army on the shore.

Within ten days, this huge fleet used more than 100 large sailing ships owned by Liang State and carried nearly 8,000 soldiers. This was the limit of the large sailing ships under this voyage. There was still a lot of space in the cabin, but these spaces still needed to be loaded and supplied to themselves and those traditional galley warships.

Apart from docking on Andaman Island, the crew on the ship could not see a trace of land on the way. This was nothing to sailors who had experienced ocean sailing, but it was undoubtedly a very severe psychological test for most Liang soldiers.

This expedition was of great importance. As the supreme commander of this military operation, Zhuge Liang did not sit in Shawadi Port, but personally went on an expedition with the army. Feng Yu temporarily dispatched his brother Zhuge Jin to take charge of the internal affairs of Myanmar and the logistics of the Western Expedition Army.

In addition, Meng Huo and Zhang Ren, who are good at fighting in the southern jungle areas, were also taken by him. Yan Yan, who was stationed in Chengdu, heard that the army was going to expedition Zhu Luo, and he also volunteered to Feng Yu to fight. However, Feng Yu was afraid that his old bone would be thrown overseas, so he did not agree to his request.

The clouds were low on the sky, and there were only hundreds of warships of all sizes and sizes on the endless ocean. Zhuge Liang stood on the deck with a look of ugly face. This was caused by his seasickness. Now he is much better than seven days ago. A few days ago, he vomited to death every day because of seasickness.

"What day has we sailed? How far is we from Ceylon Island?" Zhuge Liang asked Lin Tao beside him.

"Reported to Governor Zhuge, it is the seventh day since he left Shawadi Port. According to the voyage, we have about 900 miles away from Ceylon Island, and we are expected to arrive in three days."

Zhuge Liang looked up at the low sky with clouds and said with some concern: "I hope the heavens will be beautiful. Don't have any sea storms before we arrive at Ceylon Island. Otherwise, it will be a disaster for our army."

Lin Tao also looked at the sky and comforted Zhuge Liang, "The governor doesn't have to worry. Judging from his experience, this will not be a big storm. Our sailing ships can handle it completely. However, those ordinary sailing ships may be blown away by the wind and waves."

Zhuge Liang nodded and said, "Before we set off, someone had already prepared a large number of ropes. Now we can use ropes to connect these sailing ships to the sailing ships to prevent them from being dispersed by strong winds and waves."

Nearly an hour later, the wind was really strong on the sea surface, and the heavy rain was pouring down. The waves on the ocean surface were as high as six or seven feet high. Various ships were floating on the sea surface like duckweed.

All kinds of warships and warships were immediately disrupted by the wind and waves, and they were scattered. Fortunately, the Liang army was prepared and tied the ships together with dozens of battle distances with ropes. In this way, the fleet would not be dispersed by the strong wind, nor would there be collision accidents due to too close distances.

Zhuge Liang asked the soldiers to tie himself to the wooden pillars in the cabin with a rope and began to vomit again. When Zhuge Liang woke up, the sky had cleared up and the storm had passed. Only the breeze pushed the hull and shook it.

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Two days later, Lin Tao and Zhuge Liang came to the deck again, and suddenly a drop of liquid fell in front of them. Zhuge Liang thought it was raining, but Lin Tao exclaimed: "It's bird droppings!"

At this time, a chirping came from the sky. The two of them looked up and saw a seagull passing by the side of the boat, and then more and more seagulls gathered, accompanying the fleet flying all the way.

Lin Tao said in surprise: "It seems that we are close to land." At this time, Liang Bing, who was responsible for looking at the mast, confirmed his guess. The Liang Bing shouted: "Land is found in the west! The distance is seventeen miles away!"

Zhuge Liang was also very surprised, but his expression immediately turned into confusion and said, "General Lin, didn't he say he should have arrived at Ceylon Island tomorrow? Why did we arrive one day in advance?"

Lin Tao replied: "This must be the cause of that storm. We arrived at Ceylon Island in advance, or we deviated from the direction. A slight mistake or a thousand miles away is also something we often encounter in our voyage."

Zhuge Liang's face changed slightly and said, "That is to say that land may not be Ceylon Island."

“That’s right!”

"If it weren't for Ceylon, we would have to reach the east coast of Juro's native continent."

Lin Tao replied affirmatively: "That's true. May I ask the governor whether we want to log in here."

Zhuge Liang pondered for a moment and said, "No, we cannot land here yet. We sent our military orders, and all ships stayed away from the coast and broke down on the spot. In addition, we sent a small group of troops to log in to see if this place is Ceylon Island or the east coast of Julu. If Ceylon Island is the best, we will land immediately. If not, we will leave here immediately and quickly go south along the east coast of Julu to Ceylon Island. Remember, no matter what, we cannot alarm Julu's royal court before capturing Ceylon Island."

At this time, whether it was naval sailors or army infantry on each ship, they heard that the fleet had approached the coast. They had not seen land in the past ten days and rushed to the deck and looked up at the sea level. But to their disappointment, orders came from above, causing the ship to break down on the spot and not to approach the shore.

Liang's ships broke down one after another. Some warships and warships put down small boats for reconnaissance and patroled around the fleet's mooring ground. Zhuge Liang had an order and found the rest of the ships and killed them.
Chapter completed!