sweeping the world

Chapter 746 Scared to pee!

On the sea, countless ships lined up. From a distance, the column of ships could not see the end, and a pair of sails covered the sky and the sun.

Li Mai was naturally on the flagship of the fleet. He stood at the edge of the bridge window, looking at the fleet at the end that could not be seen at a glance. He was filled with feelings and at the same time, he was proud that he could lead such a huge fleet. The fleet is full of ambition.

The concept of the Han State having a navy is as early as the founding of the country. At that time, the Han Army, which claimed to be the Han Dynasty, had already mastered the East China Sea and the Yellow Sea.

It is precisely because of having enough understanding of the ocean in the early days, and started the journey of developing HNA resources, that is, the seafood obtained from the sea every year supports the meat supply, enriches the dining table of the military and civilians, and also absorbs more nutrients for the military and civilian bodies. more robust.

After the ninth year of Yuanshuo, the Han people went to sea no longer limited to the East China Sea and the Yellow Sea. Fishing and hunting boats could be seen along the coast of the Han family’s territory. ), there are fishing boats out of the island chain farther away, and the Han people are no longer satisfied just to catch small fish and shrimps. Some fleets even go out to hunt whales.

The development and utilization of the sea has opened up another innate skill of the Han people, that is, how to eat seafood, and how to make seafood can be transported farther after processing.After all, the price of selling seafood to the inland area must be higher. If there is interest, someone will try to find a way, and all kinds of methods will spring up like bamboo shoots after rain.

There is no doubt that the sea is a huge treasure house, not only limited to seafood, especially the discovery of too many islands has increased the types of treasure house, such as spices on Luzon and surrounding islands, and pearls and pearls that are rich in certain sea areas. Corals, not to mention open-pit gold mines on some islands.The Han people like a lot of jade and other items, but the value of gems has not yet been stimulated.

During their exploration of the ocean, the Han people visited more than one island and found that the wood used by the savages to build their houses was very precious sandalwood, and the stones piled casually for dining tables were actually jade or gemstones.

Naturally, the savages don't know the preciousness of fragrant wood, and they don't have any value concept for emeralds and gems, and they don't even know what is so rare about the golden gold, but the Han people know that those are good things.

Today's Han people are still relatively straightforward in doing things. They really don't have the habit of exchanging some worthless things with savages. If friends can't eat enough, they will call in the army, and many savage tribes who have nothing to do with the world have withdrawn from the world stage so early.

There are too many examples of treasures being found casually. The repeated rumors have aroused the enthusiasm of the Han people to go out to sea to find treasures. Even if only a few people can make a fortune, it does confirm the rumors that overseas is full of treasures. More Han Chinese who want to get rich and have an adventurous spirit go to sea.

Liu Yan is happy to see the people's enthusiasm for going to sea, even if this phenomenon makes it more difficult for the government to manage the people.

Why have dynasties strictly controlled the exploration of the ocean?In fact, it is because the people who worry too much go to sea and go to places that they can't control at all.If too many people go to sea, it will cause population loss. You must know that one of the evaluations of local officials' achievements is the population.Furthermore, the sea is a place full of wildness, and honest people will become aggressive once they have the experience of living on the sea. After they get rich and return to their hometown, they are more difficult to control than anyone else.

The regime of each dynasty, they even control the range of activities of the people on land, so how can they allow the people to go to sea?
However, Liu Yan is very clear about the truth that if God does not take, he will be blamed. He does not even restrict the movement of people on land, and it is even more impossible to restrict going to sea.As for making it more difficult to manage the people, he didn't want to be a "shepherd".

Even if a weak nation can exist for a while, it will be wiped out when it encounters a strong and ruthless alien race. It is not that the Han people have the experience of being almost wiped out.

At present, there are no decent forces in the sea, and any resistance will be easily crushed by the Han people. When it is easy to return the sea to the hands of the Han people, it will not be so easy.

As a time traveler, Liu Yan is not unaware of the Ming Dynasty's voyages to the West. He will not be soft-hearted when he can easily control the ocean. He will only regret it when he discovers that there is a threat on the sea.

It can even be said that Liu Yan has a strong sense of urgency. His generation has the cheating device of the system, but the next generation of kings will not have it. When the "basic disk" is damaged, it will still open up hard.

Where did Li Mai's huge fleet come from?Among them, [-] warships were produced by the system, and the remaining [-] ships were built and trained through untold hardships.He didn't know too many secrets. Before, he was confused about why the Han Kingdom had a huge fleet and didn't join the war with the Gupta Dynasty immediately. Now, no matter how much confusion he has, he has forgotten it and is full of thoughts of making contributions.

"When Ah San saw a fleet of this size, he must have been scared to death."

Naturally, Fu Wei also went to battle. He was assigned to the battle sequence with the Persian fleet. Altaba Masistios, who led the fleet to participate in the battle, did not stay on his flagship, but boarded Fu Wei's ship.

Whether the navy of the Gupta Dynasty will be scared to pee is unclear for the time being. Altaba Masistios, who led 58 large and small ships, was scared to pee when he saw the boundless warships of the Han army.

Not only the Persians on Altaba Masistios' side, but also the Roman centurion Julian Gesia, who was allowed to observe the naval battle, was also scared to pee.

That is more than [-] large and small warships, not counting some necessary supply ships, most of which are big men equipped with crossbows. In the world known to the Persians and Romans, except for the Han Kingdom It is estimated that no one can come up with such a fleet.

There were more than [-] ships in the Gupta Dynasty, but most of them were refitted merchant ships. There were only [-] ships that could really be regarded as warships, and they were not considered warships.Those [-] ships can be regarded as regular warships, and more than [-] ships were rushed to build after the Gupta Dynasty switched to the war system. To put it bluntly, they were launched within a year.

The Romans dominated the Mediterranean. The most number of warships in service at the same time was more than [-]. Their warships were still the same Greek style, which meant that they were somewhat unreliable in the calm seas of the Mediterranean. It is so unreliable that it can sink to the bottom of the sea when encountering bigger waves, let alone sailing in oceans that are not calm at all.

The Persian ocean fleet is not bad, but there are only more than [-] ships in number.Their warship styles are very similar to those of the Gupta Dynasty, and they also have some Greek characteristics. For example, they like to put some useless carvings and sculptures on the ship.

Han sent more than [-] warships to the expedition sequence. There is no reason for the country to have no warships. The Romans and Persians could not imagine how many warships Han had. It was just an expedition. The number of warships in this sequence is more than their combined number, and they are still the kind of fleet that has been tested for thousands of miles of voyage!
"They can deploy 30 troops tens of thousands of miles away, and they can also send more than [-] fleets on expeditions..."

"too frightening!"

"The army is 30, and the navy is at least 25. The total is 55!"

"It's really scary!"

At this moment, the Persian Eltaba Masistios and the Roman Julian Gaiaxia forgot their hatred. If they could, they would like to hug each other for warmth, all because the military strength displayed by Han really They were so frightened that they felt cold from the inside out.

Fu Wei can’t understand Persian or Roman, and the vast majority of Han people don’t know how to learn languages ​​other than Chinese. For them, there is no language other than Chinese that needs to be learned. It should be foreigners who learn Chinese. right.He couldn't understand what the two people around him were talking about, but he could roughly guess something from their expressions, and he didn't mind what they were thinking at all.

Han people will never hide their strength, and to Han people, the opinions of other races are never important. Violence teaches how to be human.

"The Han Empire is our ally!" As if encouraging himself, Altaba Masistios raised his chin to Julian Gexia and said emphatically, "We have formed an alliance! "

Julian Gexia knew what Altaba Masistios was showing off, but he didn't have any special feelings.

The Romans were different from the Persians. The process of their rise had determined that the Romans would look for allies, but they generally taught a foreign race first and waited for the foreign race to succumb before motivating them.The continuous strength for hundreds of years gave the Romans enough confidence. It is naturally good to have a strong ally, but if this ally is strong enough to threaten them, they should fight a battle first to separate the master from the slaves. There is really no such thing as the Persians. The mentality of wanting to hold my thigh immediately when I feel that I can't do it.

The mentality of the Persians is completely understandable. They have been at a disadvantage in the contest with the Romans for a long time, and it is rare to have an advantage. If they can't do it, they naturally hope to find help.

In the former Parthian Empire, they kept looking for allies before their subjugation. They even hired the unreliable Huns. Knowing the strength of the Han Empire, they even knelt and licked.

Persians have always had a remnant, thinking that if the Han Empire was willing to lend a helping hand, the war with the Romans would not have ended like that.This remnant has lasted for hundreds of years. Needless to say, if you don’t meet the Han people, the pursuit of alliances is to realize your dream to some extent.

The sound of war drums came from nowhere, and Fu Wei raised his binoculars to observe.

Altaba Masistios immediately looked at the telescope in Fu Wei's hand. He was lucky enough to borrow that thing from Fu Wei. He was not only curious about the telescope that can narrow the field of view, but also He is very clear about the military use of the telescope, it is basically a treasure to predict the enemy's opportunities, not only on the ocean, but also on land.He already has an idea, no matter what, he must obtain at least one telescope. If legal trade is not enough, then use illegal means. The target has already been selected, that is, the sworn enemy Persian Altaba Masistiou The binoculars in his hand.

The binoculars of Altaba Masistios were neither stolen nor robbed. Urgutai Bahram used twenty female slaves plus five hundred gold coins to buy five binoculars worth a total of five.

The Persians could buy it, but Julian Geshia couldn't. The reason is quite simple. Han and Persian Sassanid are allies, but Han and Rome are not.

Of course, Fu Wei is not qualified enough to sell telescopes and other materials. Huan Wen nodded his head to do that, and Huan Wen got permission from the country.

The Han Congress agreed to sell binoculars to the Persians, mainly because the Persians offered a high enough price, and the Persians repeatedly showed their sincerity to form an alliance in return.

In fact, there is no technology lock for telescopes at all. When glass cannot be produced, it is nothing more than polishing crystals. Unless the secret of how to make it is lost without a telescope, if there is a telescope that can be used as a reference, how to make it is clear at a glance.In other words, it is impossible to keep a secret forever.

Fu Wei observed the flagship of the fleet, saw the flag raised, and shouted at the first officer: "Enter the combat state!"

A huge fleet must be divided into queues, which is even more complicated than the formation of land battles. The Han army does not have sufficient experience in large fleet battles. Li Mai borrowed from the land layout plan when arranging.

The huge fleet with a total of 650 ships was divided into two parts. The large formation of 850 ships has been sailing in roundabouts, and the other formation of [-] ships went straight to the enemy's military port.

During the voyage, Li Mai just organized the fleet to sail, which was roughly a large fleet formation in the shape of a finished product, and six small fleets were cruising around the periphery.

Before the sound of the war drums, the small fleet on the outskirts had actually discovered Gupta's scouting ship and launched a pursuit. Since the scouting ship on Gupta's side was found, it also indicated that Gupta's large fleet must be nearby.

The fleet that has entered the combat state is waiting for the scouting ships of its own side to find the location of the enemy, and then adjust the direction of navigation.

At this moment, Li Mai was also observing with a telescope.He was looking in the southeast direction, where a gray-black smoke column was rising, which meant that another fleet had already started to attack, but it was not clear whether it was the naval battle stage or the landing stage.

(End of this chapter)