Sweep the World

"Really... there are smokes everywhere!"

"Yes, the enemy dared to land ashore even if the situation is unknown."

Li Mai and Fu Wei were on the same ship before the battle, and the commanders of the other formations also gathered for a meeting, waiting for the battle to return to each ship.

They lifted their anchors and pulled out for nearly four hours before arriving in the war zone. There was a sea area on the sailing route where it was raining. There was a slight delay, but it did not have much impact. There was no reduction in the number of warships.

From the perspective of the fleet, looking to the Captain's Department of Pingman, there was fire everywhere under the night, and it was also full of dense plumes of smoke. It was obviously a tragic battle. In the original water village, there were also many light spots above the water. That was the light on the Gupta warship, and another fleet was moving towards one's own side.

"Received the light from our side, there is a formation of our warships on the sea."

"Twenty-four in number, nineteen surviving combat power, and twelve warships of goodwill forces."

Li Mai continued to gather information, that is, although Dengyu can communicate, but the information that Dengyu can actually express is incomparable with direct face-to-face communication, only some general information can be obtained.

"Benevolent forces?" Li Mai didn't know which country it was. He knew that there was a Sassanid country, but he couldn't think of a Persian Sassanian fleet coming to the battlefield: "This is our war. The commander of the front formation is ordered. Take that force away."

Han has never had a so-called ally, even if it has forces fighting side by side, it is a vassal state.

Allies, that are mutual recognition of each other's strengths, are an equal alliance (even on the surface). Many military commanders in Han do not think that any country or force in the world is qualified to be their allies.

The number of Han warships that arrived was 157. Except for Li Mai’s flagship and Fu Wei’s warships, which were both larger than 60 meters, the remaining 30 were more than 40 meters. Except for the seventy sterns, all of them were 30-meter crossbow boats.

They came from the southeast, and not all of them attacked the enemy forces in the military port. Some of the fleet would make a roundabout, naturally, the purpose was to cut off the retreat of the Gupta dynasty navy. The remaining warships are bound to encircle the Gupta navy who is leaving the water village, and use their best efforts to block them in the water village.

Today is the ninth day of the month according to the lunar calendar. Even if there is a moon in the sky, it is obscured by clouds. In the night, I want to find that the other party relies on the lights of ships.

Turn off the lights and approach the enemy ship under the cover of night? The formation of a few warships may be able to do this. If there are too many warships, the lights will not be extinguished. Otherwise, there will be a collision accident.

The sky was still overcast, and the rain that had stopped for a while continued to fall. It was the kind of misty drizzle, but the wind stopped strangely.

The sound of oars hitting the surface of the water is very frequent. It is the sailors of warships paddling the oars. The cabins of every warship have loud chants. When there are more warships, let this Apart from the flapping sound of the oars in a sea area, there are continuous trumpets.

In the sea, even if they can see each other, it is not possible to get close to each other in a short period of time. The one with the downstream or downwind will move faster, and the one with the upstream or upstream will move slowly.

Does the sea say downstream or upstream? The flow of water is not limited to the inland river system, the sea also has its own seawater flow direction. The flow direction of the seawater is a kind of ocean current effect, which is thousands of times more complicated than the flow of inland rivers. The sea and inland rivers have one thing in common, that is, there are vortices, but the vortices on the sea are definitely more, bigger, and more dangerous than inland rivers.

Huan Wen, who was still on the top of the mountain, naturally discovered the arrival of his own fleet. He found that the landing enemy had not withdrawn the warship. He knew that the strategy was already working, but he had no idea of ​​driving the enemy into the sea that night. .

Night battle is really not a simple thing. In the era of lack of real-time remote communication capabilities, any night battle, even if it is to defeat one’s own side, is absolutely not a small loss, unless there is absolutely no general who will go to a large-scale night battle, even if there is a night battle. Attack and harass enemy forces with small units.

Speaking of night battles, even during the Second World War, countries that can avoid night battles will never engage in large-scale battles under the night. The reason is still that there will be a lot of accidental injuries. The prevalence of night warfare is the sharp sword battle of the special forces. The executable special forces use the night to infiltrate and attack, and their own numbers are not many.

Of course, Huan Wen would not let the enemy troops who had landed live through the night. His choice was to send a capable team to attack and harass. The crossbow troops used the terrain advantages to cover each area several times from time to time.

Asan has always been Asan's sea, but they are not familiar with the land surrounding the sea area. Asan who came to attack the Asan has checked in advance, but the information is extremely limited. They were unable to conduct effective reconnaissance after the arrival of the Han army and the transformation of the terrain. In fact, this coastal terrain was in an unknown state.

After landing, the Gupta troops only advanced about three miles inland. The front is naturally in a war zone or a fan-shaped war zone. The middle position in the rear is stepping up construction of camps, but the most crowded area is the beachhead position.

"The mountain to the northeast keeps shooting arrows, and our soldiers can't fight back."

In every war, there will be a battle for high ground. The enemy will not only be able to see the layout of one's own side, but also increase the range of the enemy's long-range attack weapons.

Now Gupta’s landing troops are encountering disgusting things. The Han army bow and crossbow troops at a high place unscrupulously come to cover several times from time to time. The Gupta archers in low terrain can’t reach them even if their bowstrings are not wet.

The entire front did not stop as night fell. The long-range arms of the two sides shot arrows at each other. As the defending party, Gupta was also attacked by a small group of Han troops. As a defense, Gupta was constantly shocked, and his body was already very tired. , The spirit is extremely exhausted.

The land is dominated by harassment wars, and the big changes are also with the rise of the sun on a new day. Because of the relationship of a landing battle, there will be no small movements above the sea.

"The fleet must be pulled to the sea!" As a Brahmin, Katluk Karp is not a manure machine. On the contrary, it is because the Brahmin has been educated by elites: "A fleet with space for movement is an effective fleet, and it is trapped in a harbor. The fleet just exists!"

How about the strong navy of the Gupta Dynasty? Not only are they large in number of ships, but also because they have accumulated a lot of experience in long-term operations at sea. There may not be a systematic theory of "existing fleets", but the relevant cognition is known.

"Yes, yes." Zampt Warren was definitely not flattering, and said with great approval: "As long as we can defeat the Han Empire's navy, the landing can still continue. Once we can't defeat them, a successful landing is also a failure. ."

So far, the Central Plains dynasty has never fought naval battles at all, but there have been quite a few naval battles in the Ming Dynasty, among which there is no lack of sea-crossing and landing battles.

The Gupta dynasty was built on the ruins of the Guishuang Empire. Not only did it gain many legacy from the Guishuang Empire, it actually absorbed many Dayue races. The most important thing is that the sea trade between the Gupta dynasty and Rome was very popular, and it was not uncommon to absorb nutrients from Rome. It is no stranger to the wars that have occurred in the Mediterranean region.

The key to cross-sea landing operations is really not the army, but whether the navy can control the sea. The offensive party controls the sea, not only can continuously project troops to the land, but also the follow-up supply can be guaranteed. The defensive side has control of the sea, and no matter how many troops are projected on land in the offensive direction, it is giving away heads.

The rhythm of warfare at sea is no better than that of land warfare. The fault tolerance rate of fleet warfare is definitely lower than that of land warfare. That is the different consequences of the tools that the warring parties rely on.

In the night, the fleets of two different factions are all staring at each other’s lights and moving. The waves in the coastal area are not high, and there is currently no strong wind, and the warships sailing on the sea did not actually appear. The big bumps can make each other see each other's lights clearly.

"We dare not extinguish the lights, because we are afraid that warships collide, and so are they." Fu Wei also used the warship lights to make a considerable judgment on the number of warships in Jidu: ​​"The opponent has more warships than us, if it is not necessary. Master the combat distance."

Fu Wei took fifty-eight crossbow boats and 30 stern boats as the first troops to enter the battle, and the distance between the crossbow boats and stern boats was further apart. Under his command, fifty-eight crossbow boats were divided into two formations, all in a "T" formation, while sterns were scattered around the crossbow boat formation.

The layout of the bed crossbows of the Han Army warships is similar to that of modern battleships. The maximum firepower can only be exerted when they are in a row against the enemy. The "T" formation is precisely the best way to exert sideboard firepower, whether it is on the front battleship. The era, still entering the dreadnought era, basically uses the "T" formation.

By the way, although the Han country already has bronze guns, it has not invested in the use of naval warships. In addition to the serious "division" of the bronze guns by the army, it also has no battle with the navy that can make the bronze guns powerful. The ship exists.

The navy wants to use artillery, first of all, the hull must be able to withstand the shock, and the tonnage must be sufficient. The latter is about the layout of the gun positions.

Liu Yan has ordered various shipyards to study warships that can be deployed with bronze guns, and he himself also gave an idea that is to give the Galen ship a design sketch.

The Han Chinese Navy was unable to obtain a warship (non-system) equipped with bronze guns in a short period of time. It is estimated that it will take three years at the earliest, or even longer. After all, a new thing needs to be verified again and again, especially sea-going ships. It needs to accumulate experience in verification before there is a finished product, and this finished product even has to undergo repeated improvement.

"emission!"

Because there are light sources on the warships, the distance between the two parties can be judged, and there are not too many obstacles to finding the target. After the enemy warships enter their own range, the warships will launch crossbows one after another. The crossbowmen armed with crossbows were also launched, and the scene of "Meteor Shower" was staged on the sea instantly.

At this time, when fighting at sea, you can shoot arrows when you are far away. Normally, it is difficult to cause fatal damage to the ship. The main purpose is to kill the opponent's crew, and then the rocket may ignite the enemy ship.

After the "meteor shower" on the sea was staged again, the sky in the sea area continued to blast the rockets back and forth, which was a brilliant masterpiece for a time, so that both sides could see clearly what style of the opponent's warship was.

The Gupta dynasty was a maritime power, but their warships did not break through the shackles of this era, such as the layout of the crossbow, unlike the Han warships arranged on the bow, stern, and sides, basically where the space is relatively large. Where it is placed, it is usually placed on the bow.

Because of the layout of the bed and crossbow, the Gupta dynasty did not arrange a line-shaped battle line. Instead, it used the bow of the ship to confront the enemy. The entire fleet seemed to use the traditional triangular assault formation, placing the largest ship in the triangle. The forward position ~www.wuxiax.com~ has led to more concentrated fires.

They all use oars power, and the speed difference of large warships is not too big. As long as the distance is deliberately pulled, it is undoubtedly very difficult for the big ship to rush to the opponent to jump and help. At this time, it appears to be a flexible warship ( Xuan Jiao) has the opportunity to show off his skills.

When the two sides began to use long-range weapons to shoot at each other, the commanders of the two fleets gave orders to charge the stern (battle boat) almost at the same time. It can be seen that the smaller stern ( The warship) rushed up with the oars paddling extremely fast.

"The bed crossbow changes the target of attack!"

The same instructions were issued on different warships of the two camps. Whether it is a stern or a warship, the goal is to hit the hull of the enemy ship below the water level. If it is hit, a hole will inevitably appear. The sea water must be poured in, waiting for the hull to tilt and sink if it is not blocked in time.

When a bed crossbow hits a warship, it will break through the hull and drill a large hole, but it usually does not cause fatal damage, but if they can shoot a much smaller stern or warship, it will be different. The powerful penetrating force must be It will smash the top layer, causing heavy damage to the soldiers on it, and may even penetrate the bottom of the ship with one blow.

When the two sides dispatched sterns or war boats aimed at colliding with the enemy ship, they all made the same move, that is, they started to change the bow of the ship, both wanted to distance each other, and for a while, both sides gave up the attack. The big ships in each other's fleet use all long-range attacks to target sterns and war boats.

The new fierce battle on the sea has attracted the attention of everyone on the battlefield. The Central Asian and South Asian countries who are here to be a "watching crowd" will certainly not give up the opportunity to watch the battle nearby. It is even clearer that tonight's sea battle is just an appetizer. . 8) For more wonderful novels, welcome to everyone's reading academy