"This strait is about 300 li long from east to west, 200 li at its widest point, and only 100 li at its narrowest point. There are many islands, reefs and shoals in the strait. The terrain is quite complicated! ”

"However, we have already arranged for this. Many years ago, he began to investigate the water conditions, geography, wind direction, and currents in this area. ”

Yang Mi spread out a map that Hu Yanqing was very familiar with, he also had this map in his hand, and he was already familiar with it on the way to Tianfang, which was the result of years of hard work by the Espionage Department. Not only do they indicate the islands, reefs and shoals, but they also mark the currents in the Strait of Hormuz with arrows. That's from east to west!

The reason is that the Espionage Division does not understand. Just like the reason for the frequent east wind blowing in the Persian Gulf, they didn't understand it at all, but just sorted out the results and sent them back to China.

You have to make them understand what a subtropical is and what a tropical desert climate is, and what it means to be hot and dry all year round, where rainfall is less than evaporation, so that the sea flows from the Persian Sea into the Persian Gulf, not from the Persian Gulf to the Celestial Sea. They can understand the ghosts!

The spy department only knows that the wind direction and tide of the Persian Gulf are very suitable for Lu Qi's naval division to attack Seljuk from east to west!

"I'm worried about what they've added!" In China's water warfare, there are many ways to arrange the river, but generally speaking, in addition to the iron cable interception that cannot be used at sea, it is a wooden row of hidden piles.

With weights - stones, iron ingots can be used to anchor the wooden rafts, and according to each other's buoyancy and gravity, you can also control the depth of the wooden rafts. Multiple wooden platoons are linked together, and then fixed with iron anchors, and they will be invisible enemies. As long as it is touched by an attacking ship, it is a disaster.

Because the front end of the wooden platoon is mostly sharpened, and even iron guns are added, the attacking warships quickly take advantage of the sea breeze and currents to sail quickly, touch each other, and it is strange that they are not smashed out of a big hole under the bow waterline.

Not to mention that the wooden rafts nailed to the bow of the ship, their total amount and the other wooden rafts associated with it will be like a big net, heavily entangled in the 'fish' that broke into the net. It's possible that the ship's speed will be reset to zero at once! The ship's struggle is more likely to cause secondary damage to the hull......

Concealed piles, on the other hand, are made to lay wooden piles near the mouth of a shallow river, making the otherwise navigable channel impassable.

In the 21st century, the Strait of Hormuz is only a few kilometers wide, and compared to the width of the Strait of Hormuz, it is really narrow. The reason is that the modern warships and freighters of the 21st century have a deeper draft, far exceeding the naval warships of the current era.

In addition to the real shoals, there are many places in the Strait of Hormuz where the water depth is only about 10 meters, which is not a problem for ships today, but it is obviously impassable for warships and freighters of the 21st century.

However, if the 'shallows' of such a depth are added with hidden piles, they will be able to make the warships of the Lu Qi Naval Division cry out for nothing. Hu Yanqing, what he was eager to know now was the new addition of the Seljuks.

The means of the wooden row of dark piles was originally not available in the Heavenly World. However, in recent years, Lu Qi's influence on the Celestial World has increased rapidly, and after the territory of the Northern Tianzhu and Ghaznavid Dynasties was taken by Lu Qi, it already had a land border with the Seljuks. It's just that the road is rough and too difficult!

The Seljuks urgently needed to understand Lu Qi and China, and the method of wooden row and hidden piles was learned by the Heavenly People at that time.

"The Seljuks laid a number of wooden piles in the Strait of Hormuz, and seventeen of them have been identified. But there are only more places to be sure—" Yang Mi said helplessly.

These wooden piles will be the second most powerful threat in the strait after fireboats. However, these are Seljuk secrets, so how easy is it to be spied on?

Hu Yanqing didn't feel disappointed, Yang Mi This is a very normal answer.

If he can easily break into the strait, then do you need him to come here? No matter how few warships Yang Qi has, he can still take advantage of the Seljuks in the battle, and he may not even need to come over. Obviously, there is a sacrifice to be made here.

"We don't have time to waste, so we have to fight hard for the sake of the future." It's like gnawing on a city, no matter how big the attacker's advantage is, the price paid will not fall.

But Yang Mi could only sigh helplessly when he heard it. Lu Qi can't drag it out. The opportunity is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, because of the Battle of Baghdad, the Seljuk naval army must be blocked in the strait. If you change to another time, the latter will see that the situation is not good, and I am afraid that it will immediately disperse. The huge Persian Gulf, there are many large and small islands, and the twists and turns of the coastline are also a good place to hide warships.

When the time comes, the Seljuk naval army will be completely dispersed, which means that the entire Persian Gulf will be turned into a combat field. The Seljuk warships could be dispersed into small units, with fireships to constantly harass and attack the land surface warships. harassment, or rather, a serious threat to the logistical supply lines of the landing force......

It may not have a big impact, but it is likely to have a big impact.

The stakes are high!

Who made Lu Qi's number of warships small! The sum of the front and back is only thirty or twenty.

……

Just when the Strait of Hormuz was completely shrouded in war clouds, Lu Qi's army also crossed the Namak Salt Lake and saw the shadow of Hamadan.

It's really not easy.

The army marched along the Alborz Mountains, along the undulating mountains and valleys, city by city, smashing the Seljuks with artillery fire and swords.

The army finally reached the westernmost point of the Cavell Salt Desert, the Namaque Salt Lake.

See the walls of Hamadan, the heart of Persia!

Millions of Seljuks chose to tame under the threat of death, and Lu Qijun's ruthless methods made them tremble. Cities were razed to the ground, cities were engulfed in fire, and death forced them to bow their heads.

But the revolt remains.

Who made this place full of hills, and the work of the guerrillas did not only appear in the 20th century.

Barrels of black oil were poured on the corners of the house. After a period of time, the Lu Qi army that entered the small city began to retreat, and retreated back to the outside of the small city, and with their retreat, one by one the flames were ignited, and the entire small city quickly began to burn.

The wind fueled the fire, and the raging fire soon spread throughout the town.

For Pohan Wu, this era is not much Geneva Accords, let alone humanitarianism, and war is a life-and-death struggle.

He had no mercy for the Seljuks, and in order to preserve his strength and the lives of his soldiers to the maximum, he didn't care about implicating the innocent people.

What's more, a transport team of more than 100 people was attacked near this small city, killing and wounding more than a third, and the Seljuks in the city also dared to attack the soldiers of the Lu Qi army who entered the city to search for them, and they were innocent!

The urban buildings of the Persian Plateau did not use a lot of wood as in the Central Plains, and most of the houses here were made of adobe bricks. Logs are used as beams and supports, and wooden doors and windows are used. Some homes are two-story houses, and the balconies on the second floor are all made of adobe.

But such a city can still burn with fire.

The inhabitants of the city were burned. They didn't care about the heavily armed Lu Qi army outside the city, and rushed desperately towards the outside of the city.

Although some people will feel that it hurts Tianhe, but at this time, no one in the army questioned Po Han Wu's decision.

For any qualified soldier, even if they have pity, they also cherish the lives of their comrades.