In this uncharted sea, a fleet of ships was suddenly discovered, and there were only three possibilities: the first caravan. Second Army. Third, pirates. He Chen couldn't believe that in this era of war and precariousness, there would be any merchant or clan in the Central Plains who would go to sea to pan for gold. Maybe, but the probability is really small. The army may have a small surname, at this time, there are only a few forces that can organize the navy to sail, either Liaodong Gongsun Du, or Goryeo stick or Yamatai, although Sun Jian and Liu Bei also have a small number of navies, but it is absolutely impossible to appear here at this time. Neither of the forces has anything to do with them, and if there is a little friction, a naval battle will be inevitable. Among these three possibilities, He Chen is most inclined to the last one, the fleet in front of him, which is likely to be pirates. It's still a pirate in the system.

"No." All the soldiers responded loudly, and their emotions were extremely high, Ge Laozi, this ghost domain has not trapped itself, so what else in the world can hinder us from advancing?

As Gan Ning gave one order after another, the flag bearer on the "Varyag" quickly changed the posture in his hand, and the command flag in his hand flickered left and right, up and down, left and right. At the same time, the soldiers on the warship who received the flag began to get busy, and each hurried back to his post, ready to fight at any time.

No one thought that just out of the tiger's mouth, there would be wolves again. It's just that I don't know if this group of wolves has good teeth that can bite He Chen's big hedgehog in one bite.

Soon, the black dots on the sea in the distance became more and more visible.

Gan Ning's expression was a little solemn, and he silently counted for a moment in his mouth, and his face changed slightly: "Lord, the total number of large and small ships in front is no less than a hundred. And judging from the distribution location, it is very orderly, it will definitely not be a caravan or an ordinary pirate, most likely an army. ”

He Chen just nodded slightly, and a sneer appeared on his face: "Regardless of whether he is a pirate or an army, if they dare to show a little hostility, General Ben doesn't mind throwing them all into the sea to feed the sharks and return to the immortal embrace of the sea god." ”

Thinking of He Chen's out-of-the-earth methods, a hint of a smile appeared on the corner of Gan Ning's rough mouth, even if the number of the opponent's fleet was more than double that of himself, he still said with confidence: "My subordinates have no doubt about this. ”

"Did the other party give a flag, did they indicate their identity?" He Chen was confused about the naval battle command system, and only saw the flag bearer waving constantly, but he didn't know what it meant, so he could only ask Gan Ningdao.

"Here they are, they say it's a caravan." Gan Ning sneered, obviously dismissive of this signal, and continued: "Where is there such a large caravan? And the attack position is put on from beginning to end? Obviously with bad intentions. ”

"Hehe, then let them come." He Chenpi didn't smile, he waved his cloak casually, and his eyes showed murderous intent.

At this time, Gan Ning noticed that the fleet in front of him had changed, and said: "They have set sail, and the fleet is accelerating. ”

He Chen stared at Gan Ning sideways, his eyes were blazing, and he said in a murderous tone: "I'll leave it to you, Xingba." ”

"No." Gan Ning responded excitedly, following He Chen for so long, he finally had a place to use, and it was his ideal and ambition to be able to show what he had learned in his chest and command a large fleet to fight on the sea. He shouted majestically: "Order all the warships to line up horizontally, with the "Varyag" as the center point, and line up in front of them, with the Mengchong warship on one left and one right, protecting the side of the main ship. Vehicles, ships, and ships are ready to assault at any time. ”

Although He Chen didn't understand very well, at least he still knew something, and by lining up horizontally, he could concentrate the frontal forces for bow and arrow attacks, and at the same time reduce his projection surface and reduce the probability of being hit.

With the change of flags, the Red Horse Boat began to swim in the outermost outermost area, the two ships fought in the main battle, turned around hard, and began to slowly close together, while the "Varyag" was hidden in the middle, ready to respond to various situations on the battlefield. Rockets, fuel, sea trebuchets and more are all quickly ready.

The distance between the two sides is getting closer and closer, and the distribution of each fleet is unmistakable.

On the opponent's warship, on the black flag flying high, there was a huge pink skull, two deep sunken eye sockets, dipped in a few points of bright red blood, and two huge crossed long swords, piercing through the bones, showing a fierce eye.

It turned out to be the flag of a pirate ship. He Chen was a little shocked.

Is this really a pirate ship? He Chen was a little suspicious that the piracy industry in this period was far less developed than in later generations. It wasn't until the 8th and 11th centuries AD that the Vikings, who chased wild deer in Scandinavia, walked out of the forests and began to chase the entire European coastline, creating the legend of Vikings, who traveled from the continent to the Arctic. And with the opening of new routes, the real golden age of piracy was ushered in.

And in Hanwei, can organize hundreds of warships, many of which seem to be pirates of large and medium-sized warships? He Chen didn't believe it. The only possibility: either this is a system pirate, or a certain force pretended to be a pirate and took advantage of the chaos in the Central Plains to loot and plunder.

Just as He Chen was pondering, there was movement in the two fleets.

Taking advantage of speed and lightness, the Red Horse Boat broke away from the fleet first and approached the pirate fleet, ready to test the opponent's firepower. In the same way, the pirate phalanx also flew out of more than ten boats and fought with the Red Horse Boat.

The two fleets were in pursuit of the scouts, and the main ship formation began to approach at a rapid pace.

At this time, He Chen's side happened to be going against the wind, and the speed of the ship was slow; And the pirate ship sailed down, and the speed was as fast as it was.

Seeing that it was already in range, Gan Ning waved his hand without hesitation, and ordered it to go down, the flag-bearer of the main ship flew up and down at the same time, and the remote equipment of all large ships was opened at the same time. There are at least a dozen giant bed crossbows and twenty or thirty catapults, ready to go.

The whole body of the crossbow is about the size of a bed, and it takes at least five or six soldiers to pull it apart together, and the arrow used is a thick wooden gun, which is long enough to be a foot long, and the head of the gun is wrapped with iron sheets. The catapult was also improved, and instead of sending out boulders to bombard the walled city like a land siege, it contained an oil can, wrapped in a flammable material such as rags, and ignited with a torch just before launch.

In a water battle, if you can sink or set fire to the opponent's ship, it will be the most lethal. Compared with the reserve boulder, the oil tank is lighter and easier to carry, once hit, the tank bursts, the grease overflows, and as long as there is a little spark, it can ignite a large fire, which is the most effective weapon of destruction in naval warfare.

"Put." Gan Ning shouted, and the majestic voice resounded across the sea.

"Whoosh" and "Buzz" were connected with dozens of burning fireballs, with more than ten huge crossbow guns that rode the wind and waves, flying out from the front of the fleet, although it was not very dense, but the momentum and visual effects of the light still shocked Yan Liang, Huang Wudie and others who had never experienced a naval battle.

Almost at the same time, the counterattack of the fleet in front followed, and the weapons of boulders, fireballs, and ballistas roared into the air. There was no need for Gan Ning to say anything, the troops who had been in battle for a long time rushed out of a fire extinguishing team in an extremely orderly manner, and wherever there was a fireball, it was extinguished with water and wetness as soon as possible.

"Repair the ship's cabin immediately." As the hull of the ship shook, the huge "Varyag" bore the brunt, and several crossbow guns barely had any aim, and they had already hit the body, although the "Varyag" hull was thickened with planks, but still two holes were broken. Gan Ning's face remained unchanged, and he commanded the soldiers to respond in a deep voice, and at the same time, he hurriedly said to He Chen: "My lord, this pirate fleet is not simple, and there is even a bed crossbow for defending the city organized by the military department, and the subordinates estimate that the other party is likely to have a local force behind it, or it is directly a regular naval army pretending to be a pirate." ”

He Chen watched the fireballs in the sky keep flying back and forth, and nodded lightly, indicating that he understood.

At this time, the two fleets were one step closer.

"Rocketeers." Gan Ning roared again.

The archers, who had already been ready, pulled out the flaming bows and arrows, and "swished" and roared away.

In the air, instead of ballistas and oil cans, the linen is full of rockets flying back and forth, and the scene is extremely spectacular and gorgeous. The ships were full of busy soldiers, coming and going like ants.

"Chang Diao, don't be idle in the Shenji Battalion." Seeing the excitement of the long-range troops fighting back and forth, He Chen said in a deep voice.

Like the Shenji Battalion, the Maid Soldiers and other directly subordinate troops, other generals have no right to command the movement, even if Gan Ning is now appointed by He Chen as the temporary governor of the water war, except for the scaly sailors, they cannot be mobilized. So the "Shenji Battalion" has been on standby.

"No." The unique water battle made Chang Diao, a landlubber, a little dizzy, including the marksman of the "Shenji Battalion", the accuracy and strength of the arrows were weakened a lot. In the final analysis, weapons, skills, and arrows are too much beyond the opponent's defenses.

As the battle escalated, the two sides began to slowly gain casualties, and the ships gradually ignited a raging fire in all directions of rocket coverage. On the part of He Chenjun, the cloth sail on the mast of a Ge ship was unfortunately hit by a rocket, and the tongue of fire burned quickly with the help of the wind, and more than a dozen soldiers desperately braved the flying rockets to lower the sails, but they still could not stop the spread of the fire, and in desperation, they could only cut the ropes.

On the pirate side, there were also a few ships that were not spared, and the hull began to burn more and more, and it was impossible to extinguish it.

The battle situation slowly escalated, the scene became more and more intense, more and more ships were ignited by rockets, the flames shone on the sea, billowing smoke began to rise, and some soldiers began to jump into the sea helplessly to avoid being roasted by the fire.

(To be continued)