The violent sea breeze hit Stockholm, and the shattered sail lines clattered, and black clouds began to accumulate in the sky, and a large area of ​​black clouds swept towards the fleet.

The raindrops quickly fell like hail. The Swedish nobles were busy letting the young king hide in a safe cabin. Wei Yunfan, as the captain, asked the communications soldiers to use the telephone tube to find the navigator to come to the bridge, and ordered the sailors to lead the sailors to put away the sails.

Hundreds of sailors boarded the masts and used pulleys to put away the sails amid the sound of the trumpets. This is the disadvantage of the Stockholm ship. Although the ship spent more than 650,000 imperial silver dollars, a large amount of funds were used to decorate the luxurious hull, such as sail collection and small steam engines for drainage, were saved.

Of course, another part of the reason is that the king's ship must be kept as quiet and clean as possible.

The gun department and the deck department reinforced all the objects on several layers of decks, and various whistling sounds and trumpets resounded throughout the warship. Outside the hull, the waves slapped the hull ruthlessly, making it impossible for the communication soldiers to communicate with the sound tube.

Yes, in this era, it is really impossible to drive a warship if you have a low voice.

The communication soldiers rushed onto the navigation bridge in turn and discussed with Wei Yunfan and the deputy about how to do it, becoming the busiest person on the ship.

After an hour of strong storms, Stockholm returned to quietness. The ship stabilized in the heavy rain and the boiler pressure became stable. Only the two chimneys, although they were still in use, were broken up from the chimney mouth.

The navigator ran to the bridge in a raincoat. At the most dangerous time, the navigator appeared on the tallest mast floor, notifying the entire fleet with flags and lights, paying attention to the storm, sending out the signal before the storm hit, and was trapped on the mast floor for more than an hour, just coming down.

The wind was still strengthening, and the storm gradually turned into strong wind. Flashes of waves swept across, beating the Stockholm. The blue waves smashed white waves on the hull. The fleet had begun to evacuate, especially the transport fleet carrying the army, heading north. At the most dangerous time, they were stranded on the shore to save the "cargo" on the ship.

The storm turned like mountains, rising and falling on the sea. Wei Yunfan wanted to ask the experienced navigator about the weather. The navigator was originally a sailor of civilian boats and had been traveling between Stockholm and London for many years, and was very familiar with it.

According to the Navigation, it is normal for this kind of weather to occur in the western Baltic Sea in summer, but it will not last too long. This kind of storm comes and goes quickly.

But the navigator is still worried because every year, ships will overturn due to this kind of bad weather. Newcomers like Chinese merchant ships will avoid these months without any need.

"Will the bad weather area you mentioned include the Island of Zeland?" Wei Yunfan asked.

"This time, we will definitely be very close to the island of Zeland. When the storm is over, the weather will be clear and you may be able to see Copenhagen directly." said the navigator.

Wei Yunfan nodded gently: "Okay, you are very brave, the king has seen it. Now return to your post."

The navigator went to the navigator bridge, and Wei Yunfan also went to the armored command on the lower level. When he entered the command, he saw King Carl standing by the window, looking at the huge waves outside through the solid glass.

Carl changed into a new outfit and his hair was still wet. Although Stockholm was thrown around like a doll in the hand of a giant, the king did not look like a trace of fear.

"Wei, do you look at the waves, like walls after wall?" asked King Carl.

Wei Yunfan nodded and answered only one of them. A smile appeared on Carl's face. He always appreciated Wei Yunfan because this Chinese officer was meticulous in his work and never had any extravagance.

"Do you have no feelings when facing this situation?"

Wei Yunfan said: "Yes, His Majesty the King."

"Oh, I want to hear what the Chinese officers think. Just now, I saw your calm command and courage and fearlessness, and the aristocrats around me were so scared that they were about to wet their pants." Carl said.

"I only have my personal feelings, and it has nothing to do with the identity of an officer."

"Then I want to know, too."

Wei Yunfan said: "I remembered a puppy I raised when I was a child. When it was a cub, I liked to throw it up and catch it, and it was repeated so much.

My father asked me why I did this, and I told my father that I saw many fathers playing with their children like this, and the children laughed happily.

Now our ship looks very much like the puppy I raised when I was a kid. Maybe my idea was wrong at the beginning, and it may not be very happy."

When Wei Yunfan said that the warship had reached its most dangerous time, the waves swept over like mountains, pushing the huge warship to the top of the peaks. In an instant, the Stockholm was mostly hanging in the air, and the keels made a rattle. Then the warship fell under the action of gravity and hit the sea heavily.

The sturdy bow directly broke through the waves and broke out into the air. Even after being so ravaged, the warship was still as strong as a castle.

"This is what you ancient Chinese people said. How can you know the joy of fish if you don't have a fish?"

Wei Yunfan smiled: "It seems not so appropriate."

Carl nodded slightly and asked, "This is the first time I have experienced such a thing. I am actually very nervous, but my teacher Jiang Xianyun told me that as a king, you cannot expose negative emotions such as tension and fear to the outside, as this will affect the morale of the army.

Wei, how did you behave when you first encountered a similar storm?”

Wei Yunfan said: "It's awful. At that time, I was an intern officer, only seventeen years old, and encountered a storm on the sea in South China. I was so scared that I was peeing my pants on the spot, but I didn't want people to know, so I took the initiative to participate in the work on the deck. Everyone thought I was wet by the sea.

But that storm lasted for a long time. At the most intense time, I went to the engine room to help the coal scoop to burn the boiler. I fell asleep when I was so tired that I couldn’t stand up.”

"It seems that there is no natural brave. When humans know how to be afraid, if they want to become brave, they must overcome fear." Carl said.

The two of them chatted, and the Armored Command was very quiet, which was in sharp contrast with the huge waves outside.

As the navigator said, the storm came and went quickly. By 11 o'clock in the morning, the storm had passed, and only the rain was still falling sparsely. The officers led people to count the casualties and inspect the entire fleet.

Seven people were missing, most of them from the sailing and cable departments and the deck departments. They must have fallen into the sea, but in such bad weather, no one even noticed it.

One man was killed. The young Swedish nobleman was frightened in the storm and squatted on the ground with his head in his arms. Even so, he was still whipped into his head by a broken rope, like a watermelon was shattered.

The first mate brought several officers to contact the surrounding ships, and the result was that a 72-artillery battleship in the Second Fleet sank, one of which had broken its mast and had to withdraw from the battle. The transport fleet headed north, and the situation was not yet known.

There was only one warship in the first fleet that broke its mast, but it did not hinder the battle.

The Swedish generals gathered at the headquarters, some insisted on fighting, while most advocated going to Scania for rest, but both sides hoped to find the transport fleet before taking action.

Wei Yunfan was also a participant. He was not a noble or a general. He was not only the captain of this warship, but also the king's naval consultant. Generally speaking, he would only make suggestions to the king, but this time, Carl asked him directly: "Wei, what would you do if you came to command."

Since the king asked this, Wei Yunfan was not artificial. He directly pushed the model symbolizing the First Fleet forward and landed outside the port of Copenhagen.

"Let the Second Fleet retreat away from Scania and look for the converged transport fleet, and the First Fleet attacks Copenhagen directly.

This storm is God... God is helping Sweden. Although the storm is over, the heavy rain continues. Denmark ships will retreat to Copenhagen. We can close the door and beat dogs." Wei Yunfan said.

"It's too dangerous, we have to bear the attack from the turret."

"The turret is dead, the ship is alive, with steam power, and can adjust the position at any time."

"But the king is still on the ship."

"This will inspire our soldiers. The empire's navy will go on war. In every battle, there will be commanders of the emperor or prince. Our Supreme Emperor has served as the commander of the fleet many times."

Wei Yunfan directly quarreled with the Swedish nobles. Finally, he shouted a word in his loud voice that Carl XII could not refuse: "As long as you attack now, you can wipe out the Danish fleet before tomorrow dark."

Carl laughed: "It seems that our Chinese advisers are confident."

"Your Majesty, you are the king of Sweden. The navy can fail, but you cannot fail. In this bad weather, once something happens... it may not be just a failure." A nobleman reminded.

Carl knew that these nobles did not understand naval warfare at all, and many of them were frightened by today's storm and wanted to hide on the shore immediately.

After thinking a little, Carl said: "No one can organize me to conquer Copenhagen. I can die, but I must die on the battlefield. Now I give an order to attack Copenhagen."

The Battle of Zeland is hardly a naval battle, because the fleets of both sides did not engage in a fair showdown.

Because of the storm, the main forces of the Danish Navy hid and entered the port one after another. When the First Fleet appeared in the port of Copenhagen, the Denmark King and the Navy Commander were still very happy.

The Danes saw the Dutch fleet's iron-clad ships some time ago and learned the power of the steam monsters. They believed that it would be better for the Swedish fleet to come to their doors. Using the fort, they could block the enemy outside the port and prevent them from shore. As long as there was another storm, the Swedish fleet could be destroyed on the sea.

No matter how powerful the ironclad ship is, can it still compete with Poseidon?

But no one expected that the development of the battle situation was exactly the opposite.

The First Swedish Navy Fleet successfully maneuvered outside the port of Copenhagen and exchanged fire with the Denmark's fortress. After only two tests, it determined the blind spot of the fort shooting boundary, and then arranged the fleet into the blind spot. That is, at 3:00 p.m. the next day, the first round of artillery fire began.

Perhaps on this day, the God of Europeans really favored King Carl. On the afternoon of the storm, the heavy rain stopped, and the hot summer sunshine ruled the world again, drying the Danish warships wet by the rain.

Although the Swedish Navy is far less advanced than the Imperial Navy, the Danish Navy and the Swedish Navy have had a technical gap of at least 100 years, and the biggest gap is in artillery.

The Danes used old long-barrel guns, ranging from four-pound guns to thirty-two-pound guns. The Swedish Navy was different. Their main equipment was short-heavy guns, while the cruisers were ninety-pound wine bottle guns. Not to mention the advanced artillery technology, these cannons can all use flowering bullets.

A large number of flowering bullets directly destroyed the Danish navy in this war.

Starting at 3:00 p.m. the next day after the storm, the shelling continued until dark, and a large number of Danish warships were hit by flowering bullets. Although the fuses used by these flowering bullets were not particularly high, they could have very serious consequences as long as they exploded on the ship.

All warships are actually powder kegs, and the ships are full of flammable and explosive items. Warships are constantly ignited, and then they explode and sink into the port.

At night, perhaps God's mood changed and he felt pity for the Denmark side. Another storm came, but this time the storm was much smaller. In order to avoid the collision of warships or stranded on the beach, the Swedish Navy hid in the outer sea. The heavy rain brought by the storm even extinguished the ignited Danish Navy and gave it a chance to breathe.

Therefore, Wei Yunfan's ambition was not realized and the Danish Navy was not eliminated before dark.

However, the victory of the war was never decided by God, and the officers of the empire did not believe in these gods and ghosts. In the second middle of the night after the storm, Wei Yunfan personally led two heavy artillery cruisers, took advantage of the relaxed gap of the Danish Navy to enter the port area and bombarded the Danish Navy.

King Carl was also very excited. He organized a commando on the ship, with more than 300 people participating. If it weren't for the nobles' stopping him, he might have led the commando himself.

The commando took advantage of the chaos in the port area to block the two forts in the port area. With the help of the flowering ammunition of the sea warships, they blocked the Danes' four counterattacks and supported them until the arrival of the main force of the army. On that day, they also captured several prisoners and gave the Swedish side a shot of a heart attack.
Chapter completed!