Fox of France

Chapter 109: , Toulon (7)

Unlike when they went there, when Lucien and the others returned, the ship encountered some trouble. Generally speaking. For most of the time, the Mediterranean Sea is calm like a big pond. Anything that can float on the water can be used for navigation in the Mediterranean.

   As early as the ancient Egyptian era, the Egyptians could already sail in the coastal waters of the Mediterranean with straw boats. Later, the ancient Greek paddle boats could scurry around the entire Mediterranean. However, the Mediterranean is also the sea after all, and it is not absolutely free of wind and waves. At least, there are still some sea storms seen in historical materials or legends.

   The oldest is of course "Odyssey." When the Greeks successfully robbed Troy and returned to Greece with money and slaves, they encountered a rare storm and almost destroyed the entire army. In the "Bible", when the apostle Paul traveled to Rome, the ship he was travelling on had also encountered a storm in the Mediterranean. Don Juan of Byron also met Haidée because of a storm in the Mediterranean. So, even in the Mediterranean, if you are unlucky, well, maybe you will encounter Poseidon's anger.

   When the two ships left Corsica, everything was normal. The sky was full of dense stars, and there was no sign that the weather would change at all. But at sunrise, the situation changed.

The morning sun on this day was exceptionally red, and half of the sky and half of the sea surface became red. While Lucien and Polina were still happy with the beautiful sunrise, Lavanelli was worried. Said: "Maybe, maybe we should turn around and go back and see such a rising sun on the sea. This is a sign that the weather is about to change!"

   Lucien listened, and after thinking about it, he said to Lavanelli: "Do you think, how likely is it to have bad weather?"

   "Half is right and half." Lavanelli said uncertainly.

   "We don't need to take unnecessary risks. Let's get close to the past and let Chrysler and the others follow us to return to Corsica to hide."

   So Lavanelli controlled the fishing boat and approached another fishing boat. Lavanelli shouted loudly, and informed Chrysler on that boat of his judgment.

  Chrysler said to Letizia on his boat: "Madam, the weather may change, so we have to return temporarily to avoid possible wind and waves."

   Letizia would naturally not object to this, so the two boats turned around again, preparing to return to Corsica for shelter.

   At noon, they saw the coastline of Corsica again, but at that moment, a gust of wind blew from the east and they caught two boats at once. The ship immediately lost control and was fluttered to the west by the wind.

   The weather changed suddenly, and in a blink of an eye, the sky was full of dark clouds that suddenly appeared from nowhere. The heavy rain crackled down.

   Lucien and Polina and Aliz are in one boat, and Letizia, Jerome, and Carolina are in another boat. Under the blow of the storm, both ships lost control and soon disappeared from the other's sight.

   In fact, if this storm is placed on the Atlantic Ocean, it is called "a little wind" at best. But for a fishing boat fishing offshore, it was an out-and-out storm. The storm lasted until dawn the next day.

   When the sun rose again the next day, Lucien ordered the number of people. There were not a few people on the boat, but the canopy and some things on the boat were blown into the sea. In addition, the most important thing is that they lost contact with another ship. Moreover, they don't know where they are now.

   "Lucien, what should I do? Mom and they are gone, they won't..." Aliz started crying.

   "Mom will be fine, just like us, they will be fine." Polina said.

   "Can we determine where we are now?" Lucien asked Lavanelli.

   "No, I don't know where we are now." Lavanelli replied.

   Lucian recalled his knowledge of geography, and said: "Can the ship still be controlled? If it can, then just head north."

   The Mediterranean Sea is only so big, whether it is heading south or north, it will not take long to see the land.

   "There is nothing wrong with the mast and sail." Lavanelli checked the facilities on the ship, and then replied, "We will go all the way north and we will definitely be able to reach France."

   Without knowing the exact location, the boat turned to the north.

  The boat went on the sea for three more days. In the second half of the night on the third day, Polina, who had fallen asleep in a daze, heard Lucien’s excited cry: "Land, there is land over there!"

  ……

   In the early morning, there was a heavy fog on the sea, and the fog drifted from the sea, and soon the land was also blurred.

   "General, it is foggy, are we still attacking?" Augero asked.

   "Of course, fogging is a good thing." Napoleon replied, "Under the cover of heavy fog, we can get closer."

   The fog also made the British and Spanish extremely nervous. They are also very worried that the French will rush up in the fog. Therefore, this heavy fog made Davu’s task easier. He just made people bang the drums, and then fired two cannons indiscriminately. The British and the Spaniards didn’t care. The cannon fired randomly at the dense fog. So the front line of defense suddenly became lively.

   Under the cover of dense fog, when the attention of the British and Spaniards was drawn to the front line of defense, Napoleon and Augereau quietly approached Mulgrave fortress with more than three thousand people. Because of the cover of the heavy fog, they kept approaching to a place less than 100 meters away from the fortress, and the Spanish guarding the fortress could not find them.

  At this time, the sun gradually rose, and the fog began to slowly disperse. Mulgrave fortress also gradually emerged from the fog.

   "Charge!" Napoleon issued an order. Augereau immediately rushed up with the soldiers thinking about the fortress that was close at hand...

  ……

   At dawn, Lucien and their boat landed ashore. Because at this time, the surrounding area had begun to fog, and a few people got off the boat. The fog was not too thick, and it was faint. They saw that there seemed to be lights over there, so they walked towards the other side together to find someone Ask, where is this place. But after walking for a while, the fog became thicker and thicker, and the visibility quickly dropped to about ten meters. Lucien knew that he couldn't go any further, and when he went forward, he might get lost, and there might even be some people who got lost while walking. So he asked everyone to stop, taking a break while waiting for the sun to come out, so that the fog could disperse as soon as possible. A few people sat down beside a large rock, resting their backs against the rock.

   Rafting on the sea these days has made everyone nervous. Now they are finally on the shore. Once they sit down, many people can't hold it anymore. Polina leaned on the rock, tilted her head over and put her head on Alize's shoulder, and she fell asleep in the blink of an eye. The others didn't get much better, and several of them quickly fell asleep.

   Lucien had a lot of dreams in a daze. For a while, he dreamed that Napoleon came to tell himself that there was something wrong with their boat, the boat sank, and everyone was dead. After a while, I dreamed that my mother and the others had nothing. Everyone arrived in Paris. Then, under the leadership of Joseph, the whole family went to Kano’s house to have a meal together... The bread touching the foie gras was just served, suddenly There was a loud noise, and Lucien woke up.

   "What's the matter?" Lucien opened his eyes. He saw that the fog had dispersed a lot, and several people beside him had also woke up. And the rumbling voice kept coming from over there. Lucian had seen a lot of cannon shooting with his two brothers, so he immediately judged that it was the sound of a cannon!

   "This is not right, it is the sound of a cannon. It is very close to us, and we ran to the battlefield!" Lavanelli said in a low voice.

   "What shall we do?" Polina asked, who had just woke up.

  "The sound of the artillery came from over there~www.readwn.com~Lucien said, "Let’s go this way and stay as far away from the battlefield as possible. "

   Polina also looked over there, but the fog hadn't completely dispersed yet, but the rumble of cannons was constantly coming from there. Polina's eyes lit up and she wanted to take two steps over there. As a result, just after taking a step forward, Lucien grabbed her wrist: "Polina, follow me this way."

   Lucien took Polina and trot in the opposite direction. Polina turned her head and looked over from time to time.

   At this time, the fog dispersed a lot, and Lucien suddenly realized that there were a lot of footsteps around him. He stopped and looked around. Through the faint mist, he saw some people in blue military uniforms walking forward with their bayonet rifles. In the morning mist, he couldn't see how many people there were, but there were definitely a lot of them-they seemed to have rushed into the battlefield head-on.

   "Damn it! What is going on?" Lucian scolded.

   At this time, the Spaniards on Mulgrave fortress finally noticed that the French were approaching, so they shot and fired indiscriminately. A cannonball slammed and hit Polina's side. Both Polina and Lucien were shocked. As soon as Polina struggled, she pulled her hand out of Lucien's hand, and then screamed and ran to the side.

At this time the horn of the charge sounded, and the soldiers began to rush forward. Lucien wanted to go to hold Polina, but was hit by a rushing soldier, and sat down on the ground, waiting for him to get up. , But found that Polina had disappeared in the mist.

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