sweeping the world

Chapter 668 In the Name of a Strong Man

"Full speed ahead!"

Mi Yuan was roaring loudly, not only the warship under his feet was breaking through the big waves, but there were also friendly ships on the left and right who were willing to fight to the death.Their fifteen warships also formed a triangle when they charged. This is the standard formation for warships to charge in the current era. It depends on the needs to change the formation before they are about to meet the enemy.

Fifteen warships faced hundreds of enemy ships. When they charged forward, the large fleet of the Gupta Dynasty quickly responded. Katruk Karp only sent the same number of ships for some unknown reason. warships to meet.

The two fleets of the same number clashed soon after entering the range. The bed crossbow fired first, waiting to enter the range of the bow and crossbow. There was another area in the sea that was always streaked by meteor-like bright spots in the air. .

Ordinary fire cannot burn for a long time in rainy weather, but the rockets used in war are not tied to cloth strips and lit. Basically, some oil processing will be carried out. The Han army used fierce fire oil, and the Gupta Dynasty used There is no processed crude oil (petroleum), but whatever oil is used will quickly go out if it is repeatedly rained on.

It's not easy to make something burn under the rain. Usually, it takes shooting the enemy's soldiers carrying oil cans, or simply shooting the enemy's oil storage facilities, so that the fire is strong enough to match the heavy rain. The point of counterbalance.In this situation, although the two sides are shooting each other very lively, in fact, the destructive power to warships (buildings) is very limited, and the lethality to personnel is no different.

Another point is that due to the impact of the rain, the range of various long-range attack weapons will inevitably be shortened. After the bow string and crossbow string are wet by the rain, the string will gradually become soft and will soon lose its tension. You can shoot, but you can't actually shoot very far.

"Rush over, hit it directly!" Mi Yuan saw that the fire in the water village at the front of his home port was not small, and there were already Gupta warships approaching the water village. He was nervous and confused, and really didn't understand what was going on. .As soon as he was anxious, he didn't have the patience to dawdle with the enemy ships: "Carry out a boarding battle!"

When the captain issued an order, it was natural that the first officer and related personnel conveyed the order layer by layer.On the battleship, the soldiers gave up their bows or crossbows, replaced them with small shields and melee weapons, and grasped the surrounding objects that can reduce the impact force, waiting for the upcoming boarding battle.

"Ding 26 sent a signal, they are about to start a collision and jump gang!"

"Do it!"

"promise!"

The warships of the Han army who were engaged in the sabotage battle really didn't know the series of plans of the home port. It was inconceivable that the front of the water village was broken through so quickly, and at the same time, driven by a feeling of grief and indignation, they really wanted to fight the enemy .

The rain has been falling in a moderate manner, and when we look at each other tens of meters apart, the outline of the other party will actually be a little blurred.In this kind of weather, the wind seems to be erratic. After the two sides entered the fighting state, the ships actually lowered the sails and changed the power of the oars.In addition to the erratic wind, they lowered the sails to prevent the open sails from being shot and ignited by rockets.

The sound of the oars slapping the sea was covered by too many sounds on the battlefield. When Gupta realized that the Han army was about to collide, it was too late to dodge it.

"Hold on! Hold on! Hold on!"

A dull crash sounded as the ship collided, followed by a "creaking" sound of wood conveying the twisting of the ship's hull.

The warship that Mi Yuan was on hit the Gupta warship's waist with its bow, and when it hit it, it broke through the hull and got in.

When the two ships collide, people on the hull can feel as if they were pushed by a huge force in an instant. It is better to hold the object and fix it. People who touch it will really fall Perform gourd rolling on the ground.

"Reverse, reverse immediately! The enemy ship's hull is damaged, and it is no longer worth jumping into gang battles. Find another target!"

Once the ship is damaged below the water level, the seawater will be poured obliquely under the action of water pressure. If the breach can be blocked, it can be rescued. Once the hull made of wood is broken, a large amount of navy will pour in. There is no waterproof The hatch, coupled with the difficulty of blocking it, will soon be filled with sea water, and it will tilt in an instant, and the whole ship will sink in a short time.

"The bow is leaking? Block it! If you can't block it, fight until the warship sinks to the bottom of the sea!"

In the final analysis, they are all wooden ships. No matter how strong the hull structure is, they cannot withstand the impact. Whether they actively hit people or are passively hit, there will inevitably be water leakage. The difference is which part is used to withstand the impact force.

The sound of collisions in this sea area sounded one after another, and in an instant, two warships with various parts next to each other could be seen everywhere.

Not all warships of the Han army were as lucky as Mi Yuan's. They hit the halfway of the enemy ship as soon as they collided. More often, the bows of the ships collided with each other, and then they began to diffuse at close range. The soldiers on the ship are trying their best to transition to the enemy ship, usually by throwing a hooked noose to the enemy ship, swinging past like apes, and there will be scenes of soldiers falling into the sea continuously.

War is to use all available violent means. As long as it can destroy the enemy, it is a good means. At the desperate stage, the two warship formations can see that they are next to each other, and they are still manipulating the bed crossbow to launch at the enemy. , If you can throw the burning jar at the opponent, you will throw it desperately.

"It's really intense!" Urgutai Bahram deliberately let the fleet approach, watching the scene of fighting together, pondered for a while and said: "Put down the boat, and rescue the Han soldiers when you see them. "

In any battle on the surface of the sea, it is inevitable that someone will fall into the water, and they will definitely not die for a while. It depends on how long the sea temperature can last. No matter the enemy or us, we have to wait until the end of the battle to get the chance to be rescued.

The Persian Sassanid side is hostile to the Gupta Dynasty and is subconsciously friendly to the Han people. Urgutai Bahram does not mind helping the Han people where he can, but wants to get in touch with the Han people, preferably from the Han people. He learned about the situation in the East from his mouth.

The Gupta Dynasty had long discovered that the Persian Sasanian fleet was approaching, but they did not take any action, and even did not send warships to reinforce their own formation that was caught in a fierce battle.

"Regardless of victory or defeat, fifteen ships are irrelevant in such a large battlefield." Katruk Karp focused more on the attack on the Han army's water stronghold, and asked: "The striker has already entered gone?"

The Gupta formation led by Zapt Warren was indeed close enough to the Han army water stronghold. The warships under his command did not suffer major losses during the approach. arrows.

The Gupta Dynasty didn’t have any means of remote communication. Zaput Warren noticed something was wrong. For example, there were too many burning points in the Han army’s water camps. Furthermore, the resistance was only intense at the beginning, but gradually weakened later.The most important thing is that he didn't find any signs of the Han army dispatching any warships to resist, which is actually very strange about the latter point.

When the military port is under attack, any navy will do its best to put the warships in the port into a combat state. Even if it is just moving the warships, it is definitely much better than staying in place. Whether it can make effective resistance is another matter .

[It's raining today, did the Han Empire not notice our fleet approaching in time? ] Zapter Warren thinks this is the only way to explain it: 【But... even if there is no reaction in the front, there should be some action in the back! 】

There is another doubtful point, that is, the fire in the water village of the Han army should not be so big on a rainy day. If Zaput Warren can find out that the berth in the military port is only the front row of warships, he will definitely react, but because the water village The smoke from a large area of ​​fire is too thick.

When Katruk Karp received the leading formation entering the Han army's water stronghold and did not encounter effective resistance, although he felt a little relieved that the battle situation was going smoothly, he thought that the Gupta Dynasty was indeed powerful, and he did not think in other directions .

Seeing that Katruk Karp intends to let the whole fleet join the battle, Kapil Malik said appropriately: "It seems that the warships of the Han Empire are unable to initiate effective resistance? Most of their warships are probably going out, should they stay? What about the necessary warships to guard against the sudden return of the warships of the Han Empire that went out?"

Katruk Karp also thought that way just now, thinking that most of the warships of the Han Dynasty were going out to carry out the sabotage battle, and they were not prepared for their surprise attack because they lacked intelligence support. He praised Kapil Mari admiringly "You're very nice," said K.

The so-called careful sailing for thousands of years can never be overstated in any action involving the military. Under Kapil Malik's suggestion, Katruk Karp simply left Kapil Malik's formation behind, Order area ships to engage in battle.

Kapil Malik felt very depressed about being left behind, and regretted why he talked so much.

Maybe it was God's beauty, but it was actually a kind of fickleness of nature. Just when Katruk Karp decided to break in and launch a landing operation, the rain unexpectedly stopped.

On the coastal line where the battle took place, the front facilities of the water village are basically finished. There are drifting logs in the water, and there must be corpses of soldiers who died in battle.The most is the black smoke from the burning, especially the burning of the arrow tower facilities, directly turning into a huge torch.

"The situation is not right!" Zapt Warren had gone deep enough into the Han army's water village. He finally found that the number of warships moored in the port was not right. Furthermore, the Han army's resistance was too weak, so he simply ignored it in the end. To organized resistance: "Can land be observed?"

The battlefield is full of smog, and it is not easy to observe. There is too little useful information collected from Zaput Warren, but it shows that the Han army is massing its forces on land, which is very similar to To prevent landing.

Zapter Warren only got rid of some doubts after receiving the following information: "The naval battles shown by the Han Empire in the past few months have only relied on powerful weapons, and the tactics have no skills at all. It confirms the rumor that the Han Empire has only There are rumors of strong land combat capabilities."

Katruk Karp, who was already leading the large fleet in approaching operations, received news from the rear that he had already sent the same number to fight with the Han warship formation, and his own side was hit and sank three or seven ships. ships were defeated in the gang battle, and only five ships were evacuated.

"The Han Empire only sank two ships?" Katruk Karp was very surprised by the news: "The other party has six ships standing still, and the remaining seven ships are chasing us?"

Some of the six Han warships parked in place were due to water leaks, and some had to stop in place for repairs because of a fire that had to be extinguished during the battle. rescue.

Didn't Kapil Malik stay?He was watching the seven Han warships approaching him with his own eyes, and said to Diran Makul: "I really don't know whether to say they are stupid or brave? Do your best and win a game I have already explained the past, but I still continue to charge.”

Urgutai Bahram also expressed the same feeling. Earlier, the number of fifteen ships attacking hundreds of ships was enough to prove courage, but there were only seven warships left behind, but they still did not give up the offensive. As the Persians He prefers to evaluate the actions of the Warriors.

Kusrau Sorodias prevented Urgutai Bahram from wanting to fight side by side with the warships of the Han Dynasty, and said with full regret: "Their warships have the heart to fight, but the number is too large. There are too few, obviously the Han Empire is not strong enough at sea."

There are only fifteen Han warships that have appeared on the battlefield from the beginning to the end, and they can win with the same number, but the difference in numbers between the two sides is really huge. The breakthrough of the stronghold showed a one-sided trend, which really made the Persians who watched the battle have little confidence in the Han Navy.

"The mainland of the Han Empire is too far away from here." Urgutai Bahram stared at the smoky coastline from a distance, and at the Gupta navy sailing forward in high spirits: "If the Han Empire doesn't have enough Warships, what's the use of defending the land?"

On land, Huan Wen was located on a mountaintop, and as the rain stopped, he could have a clear view of the battlefield.He could even see that his seven warships were surrounded by fifty or so Gupta Navy ships firing long-range attack weapons.

"Let the enemy land first." Huan Wen was in control of the entire battle situation, and the loss of fifteen warships or more for his own side was actually within the scope of loss.He held up the binoculars and looked towards the direction of the deep sea, and said calmly: "Let the beachhead troops try their best to resist and then retreat, and if necessary, they can give up the second line of defense."

The water fortress is gone and can be rebuilt, and the limited amount of battle damage is also within the acceptable range. What Huan Wen wants is to create an environment in which the enemy can be wiped out in World War I, and everything else is secondary.

(End of this chapter)