Sweep the World

"Azimuth, ten marks!"

"Thirteen miles apart."

"The number of enemy ships is seven!"

There is no clock now, and on the premise that it is difficult to identify the direction at sea, Liu Yan has produced twelve major scales to provide the navy with the notification of the location of the target, which is the usual time.

The watcher above the mast, holding an elongated single-scope telescope, standing high and looking far away, it's fine if he doesn't find it, or his field of vision can reach more than 20 or 30 miles.

There are many factors for whether the target can be found on the sea. In the rough sea, some waves can roll up to more than ten meters, which means that a certain area is sunken for several meters. To put it simply, the sea is not always in a flat state, but changes in height with the waves of the sea.

Regardless of whether it is called the Indian Ocean, the Eritrean Sea, or the Asanyang as the Han people call it, the sea conditions in this area are really calmer than the Pacific and Atlantic in summer, and the Mediterranean Sea is even calmer than this area.

When the Han Chinese navy arrived in Asanyang for the first time, any ships that were not its own belonged to enemy ships, and Fu Wei, who was notified, immediately issued an order to prepare for war.

"There are only seven enemy ships, so we can observe them relatively close." As the first officer, Liang Min can still put forward some opinions: "We need more detailed intelligence."

Fu Wei also meant this. They came to find out the surrounding situation. As soon as the ships of the unnamed forces appeared, there were seven ships. The probability of belonging to the caravans was infinitely reduced. Only warships would sail in formation, so it is more necessary to look at them. What does the battleship look like?

"Adjust the position." Fu Wei's knowledge base does not use the monsoon, but he at least knows where the wind is blowing and which direction the warship should stay in is more advantageous: "Went back to the limelight!"

The command of the fleet captain will be communicated layer by layer, the warships will communicate with each other in semaphores, and the ship will use vent pipes to communicate with bellows.

Fu Wei’s flagship is a warship with a length of 60 meters, a width of 16 meters, and a draft of 7 meters. It is divided into a five-layer structure and has a deadweight of 500 tons. It has four masts, two bed crossbows in the bow, three bed crossbows on each side of the ship, and two bed crossbows in the stern, with ten bed crossbows in total.

The two formation warships are naturally not comparable to the flagships. They are a warship with a length of 45 meters, a width of 13 meters, and a draft of 5 meters. It is divided into four layers and has a deadweight of 360 tons. There are only three masts, one bed crossbow on the bow and one stern, two bed crossbows on each side of the ship, and a warship with six bed crossbows.

It is more troublesome to calculate the speed now. Tailwind and headwind are two ways. The speed of the human-powered oars is even more uneven. In general, the fastest speed can reach about eight knots.

Before the formation of Fu Wei discovered the battleship formation of the Gupta Dynasty, the information was in an asymmetrical stage, that is, the Han fleet discovered the formation of the Gupta Dynasty, but the formation of the Gupta Dynasty still has not discovered the fleet of the Han Dynasty. It is Han. The national fleet has binoculars, and the watchmen of the Gupta Dynasty can only rely on their own naked eyes without auxiliary tools.

After entering the state of waiting for battle, the bed crossbows on the battleship have been removed from the covering cloth, and crossbow arrows are loaded under various commands. Most of the fighters in the cabin also got on the deck. They all had a strong crossbow, and they sat cross-legged and quietly after finishing their arrows.

There is no need to deliberately observe, including bed crossbows and strong crossbows are loaded with combustible arrowheads. After all, all current ships are made of wood. Unable to sink, the only way to sink the enemy warship is to set it on fire.

However, since the ship-to-board battle can reach the position of the sea valve at the bottom of the enemy ship, it is equivalent to taking prisoners and sinking what to do.

The confrontation at sea generally takes a long time. It often takes a roundabout way to seize the favorable position of the wind. At this time, the two sides will continue to close the distance. They may stare at each other for more than a long time before they start fighting, or even stare at each other. There will not necessarily be fighting throughout the day.

Therefore, it is rare for a battle at sea to determine the outcome of the battle in one day. The battle between the two fleets is basically calculated on a monthly basis. Even if the frontal decisive battle is over, it is common for the subsequent pursuit and annihilation of the enemy to take several months. , There are always fish that slip through the net.

"It's okay." This is the first time that Fu Wei has commanded a formation to engage in a sea battle. There is still a lot of tension in his heart. He put down the telescope in his hand and shook the palm of his hand before giving the order: "Go forward to the enemy ship."

At this time, the three Han Chinese formations with Fu Wei's warship as the flagship had already seized a favorable wind position. They were close to the enemy's formation to about five (Lu) miles, and only a watchman from the Gupta Dynasty noticed it.

The Gupta dynasty must also have flagships, which are distinguished by the patterns of sails hung on battleships.

It can be seen that the largest of the seven warships of the Gupta dynasty is a warship with a length of 20 meters, a width of 4 to 5 meters, and an unknown draft. However, there are two layers of warships on the horizontal plane, and the remaining warships appear smaller. The weird thing is that the small warship has at least four masts.

"It looks like a long and flat style." Fu Wei has found that the enemy ship is much smaller than his own. Looking at the oar that sticks out of the hull, it looks like a centipede: "Nothing is installed on the hull. Large-scale long-range attack equipment?"

The warship of the Han Dynasty was a variant ship after Liu Yan's intervention. The style and structure of the ship tended to be in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries. It even introduced some modern mature theories, such as the use of large-scale long-range attack equipment. Layout.

At present, ships of various countries and nationalities have not completely distinguished between inland watercrafts and maritime ships. The similar point is that the building of ships will involve some land structures. For example, ships usually have roof eaves above the water level. structure.

The seven warships of the Gupta Dynasty discovered by Fu Wei's formation were bright yellow on the sea, but they didn't know whether it was the natural color of the wood itself or the paint on the back.

Ships must be painted, or a kind of anticorrosive paint. In ancient times, there were not many peoples (countries) who studied paint, but not many people (countries) who first applied paint to sea ships. Ancient India was definitely one of them. . The Central Plains Dynasty had long produced lacquer, but it was applied to some household utensils, and it was not used on HNA anyway.

"Their warship is very similar to our inland river boat." The telescope in Liang Min's hand has not been put down: "Each floor has an arrow girl wall and arrow stacks, which look relatively short."

Modern warships are basically of the same style. The defense facilities on the ship are based on land walls. Naturally, there are female walls and arrow buttresses, but they are all made of wood.

The two sides are about one kilometer apart. There are telescopes on the Han side to observe more closely and to make comments. On the other side of the Gupta dynasty, it is impossible to see too much detail from a kilometer away.

"Is there any relevant impression?" Picard Malik didn't look as nervous as it should be, squinted his eyes and looked at the three vague warships in the distance. After asking his deputy Dejean Kumar, he turned his head to ask. Surveyor: "How about their speed?"

"Can't see clearly." Dejean Kumar didn't feel any nervousness either, he shook his head: "The distance is too far."

At this time, the relatively dark-skinned surveyor reported: "The visual speed should be thirty-three ‘杼’."

Every nation has its own civilization, and each civilization has its own unit of measurement, such as the inch, ruler, and zhang of the summer, the ancient Roman ruler (pes), passus (passus), and Luo Li (mīlle), the length unit of Ah San is how complicated it is.

A San was influenced by the 1st religion. Many units of counting sound very mysterious. Fuzziness, patrolling, short-lived moments, moments, snaps, moments, six virtues, emptiness, purity, and nirvana all represent a unit of measurement. Zai, Zheng, Jian, Gou, Rang, and Zhu are of course also. Asked how big the world is, Ah San answered "One sand, one world, one water and one ocean", and asked if he was afraid!

"Unidentified ship sails!"

Waiting for the two sides to get closer to about 700 meters, the watchman of the Gupta Dynasty finally reported effective observation information.

I don’t know what happened to the enemy and me at sea. What is the attitude of the other side? The first thing to look at is the status of the opponent's ship, that is, whether the sail is at full speed, and then judge the subsequent actions that may occur based on the heading of the ship.

"Ring the bell!" Pical Malik yelled, "They are hostile, ring the bell immediately!"

A bell rang just like that, and it didn't take long for the seven warships of the Gupta Dynasty to start pouring people from their cabins to the deck, and the sailors were busy playing with sails and nooses under the supervision of the overseers.

The "array line" thing is not popular yet, the seven warships of the Gupta Dynasty tried their best to adjust their positions, and a half-moon-shaped formation gradually took shape.

On each of the warships of the Gupta dynasty, you can see quite a few warriors holding bows and arrows approaching the female wall and arrow stacks. Some people are standing by with the stove beside them, apparently preparing to launch rockets.

While preparing for the battle, Picard Malik did not forget the most important part of the battle at sea, which is to seize the favorable position of the wind.

Every warship of the Gupta Dynasty was equipped with a considerable number of slaves. At this moment, some of the overseers were holding whips and constantly whipping them, and they also urged the slaves to be faster, faster, and faster. Who would dare to move slower? A whip passed.

Fu Wei saw the enemy ship formation transforming into a half-moon formation from a distance and didn't know if it was right. Anyway, he felt that the enemy could complete the formation change in such a short time.

"How long will it take to get into range?"

"At the current speed, plus favorable winds, it's fast."

Fu Wei had thought many times that if he came to this sea to meet a ship of the famous force, what kind of contact picture should it be? Every imagination starts with the launch of a bed crossbow, and the difference is whether it can be resisted in the end. Near the prisoner, what should I say after seeing the foreign race? I really didn’t think about the language barrier, and I didn’t need to think about it. He would just say "the first time we meet, please die", and ordered people to tie up and throw them away. Into the sea.

Liang Min reported: "The enemy ships are vying for a favorable position for the wind."

The distance between the two sides is constantly getting closer, from 700 meters to 500 meters, the distance is shortening every moment.

"Is the leader of the white-skinned race?" Fu Wei could use the binoculars to see clearly who the other person was, and then said, "There are still a lot of people who are dark."

The caste distinction of Asan does not necessarily have to be based on skin, but the white-skinned Aryans must be from the upper caste. Unless these Aryans are willing to fall and intermarry with the lower castes, otherwise they will be upper-class. People, no matter how rich Sudra is born, is inferior to the caste above the Vaishya.

There is no relevant information on the three surnames in Han, but it doesn't matter. Fu Wei only needs to confirm which flagship of the enemy formation is and where the commander is.

"After we get closer, we will give priority to attacking that colorful sail." Fu Wei didn't know what olive branches were, nor did he want to understand where the olives came from, and what the meaning of the set of snakes on the olive pattern meant: "Concentrate firepower to cover and fight for it. Paralyzed the ship once."

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One thousand meters is very long, but short is actually quite short. The two sides kept changing positions to escape and chase, but it took four full hours to get closer to within two hundred meters.

"Measure the wind speed!"

"Adjust the scale of the bed crossbow!"

"Prepare-"

"shoot!"

When three warships of different sizes are arranged in an "array line," the bed crossbow on the deck must have the side of the ship's side not in the firing position. After the salvo, the fifteen-shot bed crossbow is shot out.

"They attacked!" Dejean Kumar was a little surprised: "They attacked!"

When the two sides were chasing each other, the hostile relationship had long been confirmed that it was not unusual for one party to launch an attack. The Gupta dynasty was surprised that the Han Chinese warship launched an attack two hundred meters away.

Gu Asan, of course, had bed crossbows, and they also equipped them on warships. Similar crossbowships were standing warships as early as the Guishuang Empire. What is strange is that there are civilizations that would do this.

"No matter who they are or where they are from, we have met an opponent!" Kapil Malik said solemnly: "It is an unnamed force with a strong offensive nature!"

Fu Wei ordered the ships to fire a salvo. The fifteen-shot bed crossbow was actually all missed. The most accurate shot of the bed crossbow was within five meters of the enemy ship.

The first salvo of the first naval battle all failed. They all felt ashamed when they went up to Fu Wei and went down to a sailor in the formation. They shouted out all kinds of commands hurriedly again, waiting for the next round of salvo commands.

"Let the ‘Harman’ leave the formation and return to Hong Kong." Kapil Malik said seriously: "Let’s see what they are capable of!"