The sea is no better than the land, and the bed crossbow is fired from a ship that is loaded and floated, and it is really not too exaggerated to miss a salvo without a single shot, but frustration is inevitable.

It was about a hundred breaths, and the Han warship fired a salvo again.

This time, the seventeen bed crossbows fired four bolts, two of which each hit the Gupta non-flagship, and the other two hit the ship with sails and olive and snake motifs.

Bed crossbows deal different damage depending on where they hit, and bed crossbows that are fired with incendiary objects do not penetrate the wood due to their distance, and only penetrate when they hit the sail.

Picard. Marik was once again surprised to see that the ships of the unnamed forces could hit in the second salvo, and the ships he brought out this time were not capital ships in the Gupta Dynasty, but were medium-sized warships that patrolled the sea.

The Gupta dynasty's ocean fleet was inherited from the Kushan Empire, and it was natural that it had its own warship loaded with bed crossbows, and it was clear that firing bed crossbows from warships and launching bed crossbows from land were two different things.

"Whoever they are, they are not a small force somewhere." Dijang. Kumar does not consider himself talking nonsense: "Their ships are large, they can also carry bed crossbows, everything speaks of a civilized country." There are no such countries around us, and their ships do not look like the Roman or Sassanid styles we are familiar with. ”

Whether it was the strong and powerful Roman period, or the weakened Rome, in fact, the Romans have always been eating the old books of Greece in the ship system, at most they enlarged the hull on the original design of Greece, and there was nothing new to create new achievements.

The Sassanid was another Persian dynasty after the fall of the Parthian Empire, and in some respects the Parthians and the Sassanid were of Persian ethnicity, and there would be no exaggerated deviations in the inheritance of civilization, and the construction of the army and navy was also in the same line. And the Persians actually don't play well with the navy, and they haven't made leaps and bounds in the past few hundred years.

Each civilization has its own imprint, which can often be distinctly distinguished from the appearance of the civilization's creations. Marik and Dijang. Kumar had the same perception, and they had little impression of the three warships in front of them.

The distance between the enemy and us at sea has always been kept at about 200 meters, which is because the Gupta Dynasty warships want to get closer, while the Han warships consciously keep their distance.

"They obviously don't have long-range weapons beyond two hundred meters." The tension in Fu Wei's heart has disappeared, replaced by a kind of self-confidence that adults bully children: "Just keep this distance for the first time, and wear down their sense of combat." ”

Every hundred breaths or so, the Han warship would come to a salvo, and sometimes the orientation of the two sides of the hull changed as the positions of the two sides changed, and the bed crossbows on different sides of the ship were fired separately, and the bed crossbows at the bow and stern maintained a salvo attitude.

Liang Min found something and reported: "The enemy ship formation has a ship to disengage. ”

Fu Wei also discovered this situation, he thought about it for a while and did not order the pursuit, but the confidence that was still as stable as Mount Tai hesitated.

The Han people have not been in this sea area for a long time, and they do not have a clear understanding of many things, and they do not know how many countries in this sea area can play naval warfare, and it is not clear how much sea power the Gupta Dynasty has.

In the absence of sufficient information, the Han warship formation could not guess when it would be able to return to port, how long it would be back and how many reinforcements it would bring back.

The sun in the sky is already in the west-central position, according to the timing promulgated by Liu Yanxin, it should be about three o'clock in the afternoon?

The days are longer in summer than in the other three seasons, the sun sets about an hour longer, and the sun does not completely disappear until the sun completely falls into the shoreline at the other end.

"We probably have about three hours left." Fu Wei couldn't show that he was confused, and decisively said: "Take three hours as the deadline, and leave the battle immediately when the time comes." ”

To say that the Gupta Dynasty's formation had warships that broke away to find reinforcements, and Fu Wei was also able to assign one to break away and go out to find backups, the problem is that the situation on both sides is really different.

This sea area is the traditional sphere of influence of Ah San, and the Gupta Dynasty itself is not weak in maritime power, and their military port is still relatively close, and there must be many warships docked in the port.

The Han State is a new force in this sea area, and it is still in the exploration stage of the sea area, and it can be said that there is no military port, and the effective stronghold is also the stronghold where the Pingman Captain Department is located.

Fu Wei originally came from mainland China with thirty-two ships, but five of them folded in on the way. The 32 ships are not all warships, they are four supply ships (transport ships) loaded with logistics supplies, and the voyage of tens of thousands of miles also makes some ships have to be overhauled or maintained, in fact, only 17 ships can still be used, five remain in the stronghold, and the rest are three ships in a formation, divided into four groups to go out to carry out tasks.

"We are currently in the position of Geng sixty-three." Liang Min looked at the nautical chart intently for a while, took some rulers and made comparisons, and said, "The retreat direction can choose the direction of Ren, where there is our second group of battle formations. ”

They are located relatively close to the continental shelf, and the second group is further away from the continental shelf. At present, it is summer, and the southwest wind is basically blowing in Asan Yo, Fu Wei does not want to reveal the location of the stronghold, of course, he can't directly withdraw to the stronghold, if the warships of the Gupta Dynasty pursue, they can still find a second group of formations and join forces to fight.

The lookout outside reported: "The enemy ship is on fire!" ”

The command system, which was looking for a way back before he knew it, looked out when he heard this, and indeed saw that the sails of an enemy ship were burning on fire, the kind of fire that burned first and then ignited all the sails without knowing where to do it.

"The sails are out of wind, and they still have the power to the oars." Liang Min said that, but a smile appeared on his face: "It can't keep up with the speed." ”

The two formations have always been in motion, but they have not stopped in place. As the movement progresses, different speeds will widen the distance between friendly ships, and it is necessary to deliberately maintain the same speed in order to move together, and most ships will not sacrifice the ferry in order to take care of one of them alone, and the ships that are destined to keep up will be abandoned.

From the very beginning of the battle, the Han warships were unilaterally attacked, and the Gupta Dynasty warship formations that failed to effectively fight back were actually angry and frustrated, and they always wanted to shorten the distance with the Han warship formations, but unfortunately, under the headwind, even if the overseer of the cabin tried his best to whip the slaves, the slaves cut the oars and did not have much effect.

"It can't go on like this." Kapil. Malik was naturally extremely angry, and he clenched his fists: "The enemy army obviously has an overall advantage but seems to be very conservative, we can disband the formation, lead them by the nose, and create an opportunity to close in!" ”

Dijang. Marcul had thought of this a long time ago, and the reason why he did not bring it up was the suppression of the aristocratic hierarchy. He had to wait for his boss to make a decision, and then refine the plan.

There is a mature set of flags on the Han side for long-distance non-sound effective communication, even without Liu Yan's interference, in fact, the flag language has long appeared in the Zhuxia civilization, but the ability to communicate is very limited.

Other civilizations are not pig brains, they must also have their own creative system in the process of civilization development, similar to the system of flag language, Picard. After Marik's order was given, some flags were hung on the flagship, and flags of different colors were used to promulgate the pre-existing plan.

Soon, the Han warship formation saw the warships of the Gupta Dynasty scattering. This new situation made Fu Wei, as the commander, realize who his opponent was, and he was not the kind of wild man on the many islands in the South 1 Sea anyway.

"The movement of the enemy's flagship is to cooperate with the rest of the enemy ships." Chen Tan's duties at the flagship were similar to those of later intelligence officers, and his official position was to accompany the army to praise (staff officers), and he said firmly: "The enemy is setting up a conspiracy to lure us into a trap with the flagship that has been exposed. ”

To say Picard. How did Malik know that he was exposed, not the obvious pattern of olives and snakes on the sails, each of the Gupta warships had different patterns on their sails, mainly because the warship he was on had been covered in fire.

There weren't too many choices in front of Fu Wei, their warships were less than twice as many as those of the Gupta Dynasty, and the individual warships looked far stronger than the other party: "Patience, a little more patience!" Wait until they're far enough away from each other! ”

Chen Tan had already reported just now that the height of the water level of his own warships far exceeded that of the enemy's warships, and if there was a broadside battle, he would be on the absolutely advantageous side.

The gap between friend and foe made clear by facts made Fu Wei not afraid of a broadside battle, what he hesitated was to be surrounded by many ships.

"Did they find out what we were up to?" Dijang. Makul saw that the Han warships were still unhurriedly forming to seize the opportunity to shoot from a distance, and there was no obvious intention to pursue, and he didn't know whether to laugh or be disappointed: "The commander of the enemy army is too cautious. ”

"Yes, their ship is bigger than ours, but they're still cautious." Picard. Marik sees things from the perspective of a superior person: "No matter who they are or where they come from, the enemy who is strong and fearsome and always cautious is the most terrible. ”

Many times, the stronger side will always bury itself because of the underestimation of the enemy. Such an enemy, though difficult to defeat, is so desperate that it is inspiring.

Picard. Malik was not very high-ranking in the Gupta Dynasty, but he knew that in the confrontation with the Sassanid Navy, the Gupta Dynasty was still able to win more and lose more because of the superiority of the commander.

"The Persians have more navies than we do, but they look down on us, so they always allow us to find an opportunity to inflict heavy losses on them." Picard. Malik felt obligated to teach Dijang, who had a good relationship. Makul, full of seriousness, said: "When we encounter an enemy who is cautious enough, we should pay more attention to it, not to laugh at their timidity." ”

Dijang. Kumar naturally made a teachable appearance, but he knew in his heart that Picard. Malik is proud of his own and belongs to the mighty navy of the Gupta dynasty.

In the final analysis, their force was a relatively common warship formation in the navy of the entire Gupta Dynasty, and there was no shortage of warships in the Gupta Dynasty, which was larger than the unknown enemy, and the number was still considerable. Moreover, after some shooting, they were less experienced than the unknown enemy.

The flow and chase between the two sides has been staged, and the battle situation has changed as Fu Wei ordered to approach the crossbow and prepare for the broadside battle.

After entering the range of the crossbow and crossbow, the sea is a picture of arrows like locusts, and the crossbowmen on both sides of the crossbowmen are desperately firing arrows at each other, which may not cause much immediate damage to the hull of the ship, mainly killing and injuring enemy personnel.

Under the mutual arrows, people were hit by arrows at every moment, and the muffled grunts and moans were drowned out by the sound of the waves, until the two warships collided with one piece and burst into a groan that belonged to the wood.

At the moment when the warships collided, the people on the two warships felt a huge vibration, and all kinds of shouts and shouts followed.

On the side of the Gupta Dynasty's warships, they were at a lower altitude than the Han army, and because of this, they should not be frightened, and the calm people did not think about climbing the rock, but beckoned to shoot arrows at the outcropping Han army. The next moment they were overwhelmed by some round barrels, and after the barrels were smashed and shattered, some grease flowed out, and soon torches were thrown from above, and the oil immediately burst into flames.

Fu Wei gradually mastered the tactics of naval warfare over time, and destroyed three ships with the tactics of throwing down a round barrel filled with fierce fire oil at close range, but when he wanted to do the same, he found that the positions of the two sides had changed unconsciously, and the remaining three warships of the other side, including the flagship, were already out of the battlefield.

"What is this?" Fu Wei looked at the enemy ship that had lost its sail earlier and stopped in place, but asked not this, but said slightly self-deprecatingly: "Sure enough, it's different from land?" ”

It's about seizing the limelight, and not being able to see the whole picture when fighting.

Picard. Marik was also looking at the ship that was standing still, and it was he who ordered the ship to surrender, because it would definitely not be able to run away if it wanted to lose its sails, so it was better to make contact after surrendering, maybe he could be free after paying the ransom, and when he returned, he could figure out where this unknown enemy came from and what the purpose of appearing here was.

What the Gupta Dynasty didn't expect was that Fu Wei didn't want to be captured at all, but let one of his own ships lean over and drop the fierce fire oil, drop the torch and ignite it directly.

As the sun set, Picard, who saw that scene from afar. Malik's face was extremely pale, he was angry at the uncivility of the unknown enemy, he opened his mouth to a series of scoldings, and then gritted his teeth and said: "We have met a savage enemy, a barbarian who cannot communicate!" ”

Maybe barbaric, but Fu Wei thought that it was just his words, that is, what he thought at the beginning: the first time we meet, please die!