He had ordered the Persian navy, which was guarding the perimeter of the landing site, to prepare in case of an accident.

The Persian Imperial Navy was only a few old-fashioned triremes and four-oars warships, which were mainly rammed and sideboarded.

Fortunately, although the navy of the Persian Empire was a little behind in equipment and ships, there was no lack of courage and fearlessness, and they were also powered by oars, so they were fast in maneuvering.

They met the Roman ships that were rushing ahead, and did not hesitate to use their ships to ram the Roman warships, which were much larger in tonnage.

Publius was also a little anxious, and he ordered the guns of each ship to leave the reconnaissance ships and Persian warships alone, and to use their guns to bombard the dense array of small fishing boats in the landing field, without aim.

The boats and transports that were landing and preparing to land were immediately blown up by the Romans' shelling.

Zhang Xiu, the commander of the 1st Division of the Haotian Army, who was directing the landing at the front, immediately ordered to get off the boat ahead of schedule and swim to the shore, the target of the fishing boat and transport ship was still too big.

Many of the fighters had to jump into the icy waters in advance, and although they were trained to swim, the heavy rifles still caused a lot of trouble.

Lümont commanded his detachment to rush up and turned his ships to the north of the Romans, using his ships to block the Roman artillery.

The Persian warships were also desperately ramming the Romans' warships, and many Persian sailors bravely leaned on and jumped on the Roman warships, and the Romans stupidly used artillery warships to fight broadside battles.

Publius saw that he could not expand the results of the battle, the enemy's landing could no longer be stopped, and he had to order a retreat, and the Roman navy could not be exhausted, and there was still a battle to be fought later!

The Romans always had the advantage of the hybrid of oars and sails, and they were able to escape faster than the Han warships, and it was impossible for the big and bulky guys like the Imperial and Taishan to catch up with them.

The Romans quickly got out of the fight, and by this time they still had three Caesar-class and fourteen Prescia-class ships left, and they still maintained their considerable strength, but the twenty triremes were largely dead, and only three remained.

They accelerated and fled to the south of the Aegean Sea, and the slaves who rowed were already exhausted, but they still did not dare to slack off, for fear that the Han army would catch up, and the casualties of the Han army would be much smaller than theirs.

However, Lu Meng only chased for more than ten miles before retracting the fleet, and he didn't dare to let any more mistakes occur at the landing site.

He knew that the troops that were landing were the absolute elite of the Imperial Army, the two first divisions, those losses just now, and he didn't know what Lu Bu scolded him for?

Seeing that the Han army was not chasing, Publius breathed a sigh of relief, and he ordered the Eastern Mediterranean Fleet to retreat with him, Athens could not stay, let's go to Crete first.

He knew that Lü Meng's fleet was only a small part of the Han navy, and that there were many more fleets of the Han army coming from the Indian Ocean through the Suez Canal.

The Orientals are really crazy, in order to bring their navy to the Mediterranean, they did not hesitate to dig a canal, what a big project.

However, it also shows the determination of the Han people, and it seems that the future of the empire will not be easy.

When I returned to Taranto, I had to urge His Majesty the Emperor and the Senate to build more new warships, and look at the warships of the Han army, people are definitely mainly artillery attacks, and the giant ships are all three-deck, and the caliber and number of guns are much higher than their own.

While Publius was pondering how to build a powerful Roman navy, many black spots suddenly appeared in the south, and as the distance shortened, many white sails could already be seen obscuring the sky.

There are so many galleons here, don't think about it, it must be the fleet of the Han army, this is the main force of their expedition, right?

How did it come so quickly? Publius was a little desperate, he didn't have the courage to fight at all, he was too poor in numbers, and he was much inferior in tonnage.

Publius had no choice but to issue a very reluctant military order, and the ships broke through on their own.

The warships of the Roman navy only broke through separately, several warships of the Eastern Mediterranean Fleet turned around and ran towards the port of Athens, and Publius commanded the ships to flee to Corinth, and Crete was just in the direction of the Han army, and could not go.

This was a pursuit battle without suspense, Lu Su's fleet passed through the Suez Canal in the shortest time, leaving a part of the ships to guard Port Said and Alexandria, and the main fleet went north in the starry night, hoping to help Lü Meng and resist the attack of the main fleet of the Roman Empire.

Although I haven't contacted Lymond yet, I don't know what the battle situation is off the coast of Nicaea, but looking at the posture of the Roman fleet, it shouldn't have taken much advantage.

Lu Su immediately pursued the Roman navy's warships separately, and he was sure to annihilate as many as possible, he knew that the Romans would destroy one and one less of these new warships in front of them.

This time the Roman oarsmen really couldn't row, and they couldn't row even if they killed them, and there was some headwind to run west.

Although the Romans learned the shipbuilding technology of the Han army, how to control the sails is also a university question, and it also requires a lot of practice to summarize.

Therefore, at the same time when they were all sail-powered, the warships of the Han army were faster than those of the Romans.

As a result, this naval battle, in fact, was only pursuit, not confrontation, and could not be regarded as a naval battle in the strict sense.

The Romans were almost completely annihilated, and Publius fled back to Taranto with only one Caesar-class, four Prescia-class warships, and two triremes.

The rest of the battleships were either sunk or captured by the Han army, and the Han navy won a complete victory.

Lu Su commanded the main fleet to come to the strait, rendezvous with Lü Meng's fleet, and landed to meet Lü Bu, although Lü Bu scolded Lü Meng a few words, but the overall loss was not large, Lü Meng was still very heroic, and let him go.

Lu Bu once again boarded the flagship of the Xinghan, sat in the strait, and commanded the whole army to start crossing the sea.

The first batch of troops who successfully crossed the sea had already extended their landing ground to a range of about 20 miles before engaging in a brief exchange of fire with the Roman Empire's army troops.

The Romans organized a tentative counterattack, but were quickly disintegrated by the two main divisions, leaving behind hundreds of corpses and retreating to the Byzantine city.

This time, the main fleet of the Han Navy was distributed at both ends of the strait, completely controlling this sea area, and the army of the Han Empire and the army of the Persian Empire could start crossing the sea with confidence and boldness.

Some Chang'an-class warships of the main fleet also joined the ranks of transporting people, after all, they had a shallow draft and could be close to the coast.

This time, the Han army had twenty-five divisions, crossed the strait and participated in the attack on the Roman Empire itself, and the Persian Empire also invested 200,000 troops at one time.

With so many troops, the ammunition and artillery carried by the army are a huge amount, but fortunately, the logistics department of the Han army is extremely proficient in supporting work.