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Chapter 954 Significant!

To go to Cape Town, you must cross the Cape of Good Hope.

Before passing the Cape of Good Hope, in fact, before the formation set sail, the commanders and the soldiers who just joined the army last year were very nervous.

Anyone who has a certain understanding of navigation knows that in addition to constant storms and turbulent seas, the Cape of Good Hope often has "killing waves" that press down like mountains and make people daunting. Ships sailing there often die.

The shipwrecks that occurred at the Cape of Good Hope since the Age of Discovery tell people that the Cape of Good Hope is the most dangerous sea area in the world.Even for a veteran navigator like Captain Qian, the Cape of Good Hope is a difficult place to live.

Han Yu clearly remembered that when he first went to the Maritime Bureau to study, the veteran crew members who had been dispatched abroad often talked about the experience of the Cape of Good Hope.While envious of the high salaries of expatriate crew members, the big guy secretly rejoiced that he didn't have to take such a dangerous South African route, and believed that he would not go to the Cape of Good Hope.

I never thought that I would be dispatched out of nowhere, and my second voyage after boarding the ship would be on the South African route, and I would come to the Cape of Good Hope.What was even more unexpected was that, several years after finishing her studies, she came to the Cape of Good Hope for the second time with the Navy's visiting formation as a military-local liaison officer of the Ministry of Communications!

What was even more unexpected was that once they crossed the Cape of Good Hope and entered the South Atlantic Ocean, they encountered Chinese fishing boats that came halfway around the world to fish here.

Han Yu and the officers and soldiers waved goodbye to the crew of the fishing boat with emotion. The "Shenzheng" ship and the "Nancang" ship continued to sail with the exhaustion and pride of having just broken through the stormy waves. The wind is calm, like a gentle girl who has no temper.

Since the previous voyage was far away from the land, the big guys only knew that they had passed the Cape of Good Hope, but they didn't know where the Cape of Good Hope was or what it looked like.

There are more and more people on the deck, and the captain of the flight team who brought the helicopter on board the ship before sailing has excellent eyesight. He was the first to spot the light-colored mountain shadow in the sky on the right string, and shouted happily: "Look! !The Cape of Good Hope!"

"Where?"

"Where!"

The officers and soldiers ran to the starboard side at the same time, looking in the direction of Captain Zhao's finger.

As the formation continued to drive, the winding mountain shadow stretched to the end of the sea, forming a bay and a half moon, and the figure of the Cape of Good Hope became clearer and clearer.The big round white lighthouse is erected majestically on the rocks of the headland, soaring into the sky, she flickers regular lights, silently waiting for the Chinese navy who came here for the first time.

The rocky headland winds straight into the bottom of the sea, showing her tenacity in the wind and waves.

In the distance to the north of her, against the background of the glowing clouds, the famous Table Mountain in South Africa looms, making people daydream.The officers and soldiers looked at the deck happily and whispered to each other.

Standing on the bridge, Han Yu couldn't hear what the officers and soldiers were saying, but he could imagine that they must feel strange. After all, this is the Cape of Good Hope, so it's impossible to be so peaceful!

Every time a U.S. Navy ship passes the Cape of Good Hope, a ceremony is held to celebrate.

This is the first time for the Chinese navy to come to South Africa and the first time to pass the Cape of Good Hope, so we have to celebrate.

Commissar Shen, who had been dizzy from the ship for several days and hadn't recovered until now, discussed with Chief of Staff Zheng and decided to hold a celebration ceremony for the Chinese naval fleet to cross the Cape of Good Hope.The sailors hung up the banners they had prepared earlier.

The "Nancang" ship whistled for a long time, and the military music of the "Shenzheng" ship suddenly played.

Amid the salute, the officers and soldiers lined up on the front deck, command platform and signal platform cheered, and the five-star red flag and the navy flag danced wildly in the air.

The officers and soldiers shouted with emotion: "Cape of Good Hope, here we come!"

"Atlantic, here we come!"

"Hello, South Africa!"

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Cheers came one after another, sweeping away the exhaustion of days of voyage, carrying the pride of Chinese naval officers and soldiers, and continuing to spread far away.

Today is really significant for the Chinese navy.

Chief of Staff Zheng looked at the coastline and sighed: "It is said that the Cape of Good Hope is the grave of sailors. I can't see the crew of the Cape of Good Hope, but they are not real sailors!"

"Then what about the navy at the Cape of Good Hope?" Commissar Shen asked with a smile.

"Didn't we pass this?" Chief of Staff Zheng thought for a while, and said with emotion: "We didn't come before because we didn't want to come, but we didn't have the conditions. If we can come once, we can come a second time or a third time!"

"Salted fish, thanks to you and Captain Qian this time. Especially you, you not only have to offer suggestions for the formation sailing, but also assist us in emergency repairs."

"Sir, this is what I should do."

Thinking of the failures of the "Shenzheng" ship during this voyage, Han Yu couldn't help thinking of a sentence, and sighed: "No ship on the sea is uninjured, and often the strongest ship is also the one with the most scars. ship."

Chief of Staff Zheng was stunned for a moment, turned around and smiled, "That's a good sentence, Xianyu, do you know how to write poetry? Your words are poetic and philosophical!"

"Chief, I didn't think of this sentence. I read it in a book. I forgot which book it was."

"It's not bad to remember. When I was young, I was also a literary youth. I read a lot of books and excerpted a lot of famous sentences, but how many sentences can I remember now?"

From here to Cape Town's Simonstown naval port is two days' sail away.

The Chinese Navy crossed the Cape of Good Hope for the first time and visited South Africa. They wanted to enter the port with the best military appearance and spirit.

Knock off the rust and touch up the paint, and wipe the weapons and equipment on the ship.

Tidy up the house, clean up.

To prepare for the opening to the outside world after entering the port, count all kinds of materials, and count what supplies will be carried out after entering the port...

Everyone was so busy, but Han Yu continued to give lessons to the officers of the "Shenzheng" ship under the suggestion of Chief of Staff Zheng, but the lectures were no longer about international conventions and navigation rules related to navigation, nor about engine maintenance. , but weather.

Meteorology is a "compulsory course" for captains and even captains!

"For a captain, no matter where he is about to sail, he must pay attention to and even do a good job of analyzing, researching and mastering the meteorological situation in the sea area."

Han Yu also felt the need to talk, pointing to a barometric pressure map, and talked eloquently: "Take our voyage as an example. When the formation sailed from Tanzania, the Atlantic cyclone was crossing the southern part of South Africa. At that time, the Cape of Good Hope was in the great The wind and waves are raging.

The power of nature cannot be resisted by human beings. For the big storms and waves on the sea, we can avoid them if we can, and there is no need to fall into them and struggle to death in panic.If this is a merchant ship and I am the captain, I will calculate the distance, slow down, avoid the threat of wind and waves, and gradually approach the Cape of Good Hope. "

"Han Da, how do you study cyclones?" A lieutenant raised his hand and asked.

Han Yu pointed to the air pressure map again, and patiently explained: "This is more abstract. We might as well start from the Atlantic Ocean and southern Africa, and first understand the formation and development of cyclones, and understand the formation and development of the strong wind and waves at the Cape of Good Hope. law.

From this map, we can find that the Cape of Good Hope, located at the southern tip of Africa, is like the corridor of the westerly belt, just like the Tasmanian Sea in Australia.The ocean on the south side is vast, without shelter and cover, and the wind and waves are lawless.

Regardless of winter or summer, the westerly belt and the subtropical high in the southern hemisphere directly affect the Cape of Good Hope; in summer, if the subtropical high is controlled, the weather in the Cape of Good Hope will improve; in winter, the position of the subtropical high in the Atlantic Ocean moves northward, and the Cape of Good Hope becomes the westerly belt.

The formation of the circumpolar cyclone has a cold front in its center and crosses the Cape of Good Hope to the north, causing monstrous storms and waves in this sea area, which last for a long time; There will be a short period of calm in the sea area, and the wind and waves will suddenly subside. This is the best time to cross the Cape of Good Hope..."

In the face of nature, human power is small.

Especially when sailing, one must be in awe of the sky.

First of all, we must find the laws of nature. Once we find them, we must follow the rules and objective laws.

Han Yu spoke for nearly two hours at a stretch, teaching everyone how to read weather maps and how to combine high-altitude maps to see the distribution and development trend of high and low pressures.What are air masses and cloud clusters, and how to combine these meteorological data for analysis and reanalysis.

Seeing that everyone was serious, Han Yu simply came to a "live connection" and asked Captain Qian on the "Nancang" ship to "show up" through the walkie-talkie.

Captain Qian understood the ins and outs, and couldn't help laughing: "The weather is the most important thing I care about when I'm running the ship. I have to study and analyze the weather data every day. When I'm on the ship, I will repeatedly ask the radio director to receive additional weather reports.

I don't think too much of all the weather news, the more the better!It can be said that studying and analyzing the weather is a daily compulsory course for the captain. He must always pay attention to the changes in high and low air pressure over the route, and he needs to keep abreast of his activities at any time! "

"Thank you, Captain Qian."

Han Yu ended the call, put down the walkie-talkie and said with a smile: "Everyone heard it. We may only know that the captain's salary is high, but it's hard to imagine the pressure and responsibility of the captain. I feel the most. I saw him when I first boarded the ship. The captain was always in his room and rarely went to the bridge except on watch.

It was later learned that the captain did not sleep in the captain's cabin. He had a lot of work to do, and research and analysis of the weather was only part of it.And just such a part, one weather map after another, will accompany him through sleepless nights after sleepless nights under the lonely lamp. "

Today's lectures are all young officers.

Looking at their pensive looks, Han Yu continued: "Everyone, you are all elites of the navy, and you will be captains and even captains in the future. At that time, you will not only be responsible for the expensive ships, but We must be responsible to all the officers and soldiers on board, so we should strengthen our study more than the crew of these merchant ships.

As Captain Qian said just now, meteorology is a compulsory course for us navigators.Not only must study carefully, but also analyze and re-analyze in combination with reality. Only in this way can we constantly adjust the course and speed of the ship in a timely manner, and make the most correct decisions and countermeasures! "