There is nothing wrong with the saying that happiness is sorrowful. ⊙, when those Roman warships equipped with ramming horns slammed into the big ships of the Han army, the sailors of the Han army were dumbfounded.

The raging waters rush into the big hole that has been knocked open, and it won't be long before a precious ship is dragged to the bottom of the sea. Watertight cabins are of little use in wood.

No matter how good the ships of the Han army are, no matter how strong they are, they are only made of wooden materials, and they are not extremely strong ironclad ships. Being hit by a hit angle is also going to sink.

After losing more than a dozen large ships one after another, Sun Jian, who was in the excitement, finally came to his senses and quickly issued an order to break away from the battle line and regroup.

The Romans, on the other hand, had not yet had time to rejoice, finding a way to deal with the alien ships. The dense rain of rockets and arrows and incendiary bombs of the Han army here flew over overwhelmingly. Turn all the Roman sea ships that try to get close into giant torches.

After the distance between the two sides was widened, the Romans lost their effect and could only watch as the alien ships took advantage of the range of their weapons to attack them. The losses of the Romans continued to rise rapidly.

"Retreat!" Seeing that there was no chance of salvage, Severus let out a long sigh and ordered the entire army to retreat. Although the Romans have suffered great losses, they have not yet reached the point of breaking their bones. After all, there are too many of them. As long as the main force is still there, there is naturally hope for continued combat in the future. If you keep holding on to it and sinking here, it's all over.

"Father, those Great Qin people have fled." Seeing that the Roman fleet was beginning to turn around and sail back, Sun Ce ran to his father's side and shouted.

"Don't worry." Sun Jian smiled, a smile hung on the corner of his mouth, and said, "With Gongjin's fleet waiting for them over there, where can it be so easy to go?" ”

As a rear hand that has been arranged a long time ago, he is not yet twenty years old and can command an army alone. Given the care of Gao Yang, everyone knows that Sun Jian's heir to the position of Metropolitan Governor, Zhou Yu and Zhou Gongjin have already led their fleet out of a hidden fjord on the Greek Peninsula at this moment. Straight down on the back of the Roman fleet.

The Adriatic Sea, like the Italian peninsula, is the only entry point to the Strait of Otranto due to the influence of tides, currents, wind direction and the island's sandbars and reefs. The channels that are really navigable to seagoing vessels, especially large ones, are not wide. In addition, when the ship is driven out of the sea, it will encounter a counterattack by the current. All of these are recorded in the detailed hydrological report given by Gao Yang to the water master.

Although there is a difference of 1,000 or 2,000 years, after field exploration, it is found that there is not much difference from the record in the hydrological report.

"The flotillas are already in good positions and ready for battle." The same young adjutant came to the heroic posture, and the majestic Zhou Yu shouted loudly.

"Hmm." The handsome Zhou Yu nodded with satisfaction, raised the monocular in his hand and looked around, seeing that the fleet under his command was ready for battle. Leaning sideways, he whispered to his adjutant, "Let's get started." ”

Although the location of the Otranto Strait is already very suitable for interdiction warfare. However, Zhou Yu still arranged a new gift for the Romans.

In order to block the escape route of the Romans, Zhou Yu accepted the mission and looted a large number of local ships from Asia Minor and Greece. After loading ropes, stones and other things, he was taken to the battlefield by Zhou Yu.

Now it's time for these local sea vessels to come into play. Rows of ships were pulled to their designated positions and sunk to the bottom of the sea, connected by thick ropes, which were arranged to sink in such a way that most of the shallower channels were blocked. As for the deep-water waterways, there. has been blocked by Zhou Yu's fleet.

When it was getting dark, the Romans, who had crossed the strait in a rage early yesterday morning, retreated. The Roman fleet was much smaller in number, and the formation had completely collapsed. It's like a group of refugees fleeing and huddled together.

"Damn it!" The Han army's sea ships were tall and large, and Zhou Yu's fleet, which blocked the channel, was naturally discovered quickly. After learning that a powerful alien fleet had blocked the strait, Severus, frustrated by the defeat in the previous naval battle, went berserk.

"Rush over! Rush over! Sink them all! Severus, who had been adrift at sea for several days, was in a terrible mood and shouted orders with a hideous face.

It's just that at this time, it was difficult for the Roman fleet to achieve unity of orders. Originally, the Roman fleet consisted mainly of forcibly conscripted merchant ships, which were the private property of various slave owners, estate owners, and noble knights. Everyone had been working hard to win, after all, Severus had promised a good reward if he won the game. Unfortunately, they lost. If you lose, you'll have nothing.

Everyone can see the current situation. The Roman fleet had no hope of turning over. Now let alone winning, even getting out of it is a luxury. At this time, the Roman merchants, who were at the head of the word, soon began to save themselves.

The main channel in the middle of the strait was blocked by a large number of Han ships, but it was wide on both sides. Only a small number of Han ships cruised and patrolled. After all, the sea is so big. No matter how large the number of Zhou Yu's fleets is, it is impossible to seal them all up. Moreover, the shipwrecks that sank to the bottom of the sea to block the shallower shipping lanes did a lot of work, but they could not stop all the ships of the Romans. The ships, which were bent on escaping, took advantage of the chaos to rush out a large part of the situation.

As the main force of the Roman fleet, the warships in the true sense of the word were still obedient to the orders of their emperor. After tidying up the queue a little, he went straight to Zhou Yu's fleet. They didn't have time to sort it out properly, and the huge pursuers behind them were soon coming.

"Hmph, I'm a pretty fast learner." Zhou Yu looked at the Roman ships that rushed towards him, almost all of them were regular warships equipped with ramming horns. Snorted disdainfully. He didn't pay much attention to the escaped Roman boats on either side, but the regular warships on the main channel couldn't let go. These are the real threats.

Zhou Yu's flagship was equipped with clairleaf, that is, the wireless telegraph given by Gao Yang, which was only installed on the flagship. He learned about the naval battle from Sun Jian early on through Qianlier. It was also known that the Roman regular sea ships were extremely threatening. However, he had no intention of letting the Romans get closer.

"Signal, start pouring oil." With Zhou Yu's order, dozens of small ships rushed forward quickly towards the Roman fleet. Arriving at the center of the channel, the ship's sailors cut the ropes and dumped the loaded oil into the sea.

The young Zhou Yu was decisive, he directly used the ocean current to pour a large amount of oil into the sea, and floated all the way down the sea in the direction of the Romans. And the place where they poured the oil was very close to the Romans, and the area was very large. After the ignition, the large number of Roman ships had little time to evade.

"Shoot the arrows!" After pouring the oil, he quickly turned around and fled on the small boat of the Han army, and Gan Ning, who had a brocade cloth wrapped around his head, shouted loudly after calculating the time in his heart.

'Whoosh~' A dense rain of arrows that ignited the arrows fell into a large area of oil under the horrified gaze of the Romans, turning the entire sea into hell in an instant.

"No !!" In desperation, Severus rushed to the side of the ship and watched the Roman warships in the distance, which were hurriedly turning their bows and trying to get away from the fire and slowly enter the fire hell, and howled with grief and indignation.

If you want to turn around, it's very simple, just lift your legs and turn around. But it's hard for a huge ship to turn around. In particular, the sea ships of the hybrid era of wooden sailing oars were not yet technologically developed.

When the terrifying sea of fire spread towards the Romans' ships, the desperate Romans began to frantically turn their ships in an attempt to escape. On the Roman boat, the Roman soldiers who supervised the slaves desperately waved the leather whips in their hands and whipped the slaves who were paddling, telling them to row the boat a little faster, a little faster! But in the end, he could only die in the flames along with these slaves who were chained.

Because there are a lot of them, and the action is extremely flustered. Many of the Romans' ships crashed headlong into their own ships as they turned, with the result that neither of them could escape. I can only look desperately at the terrifying hellfire approaching with the ocean current on the slowly sinking sea of sea!

"It's over, it's all over." Watch the most elite fleet of ships of the Roman Empire die in the flames, and look at the huge fleet that has been completely disorganized. Desperate, Severus collapsed on the deck as soon as he became weak, crying bitterly.

"We can't die here!" After some eager deliberation, the senators of the Senate quickly ordered the emperor's ship to turn its bow and sail in the direction of the Italian peninsula. They didn't care about looking for any port, so they rushed straight to the land and ran aground, as long as they could escape.

As for why they didn't go directly to the east coast of the Italian peninsula before, it was because there were no large seaports on the east coast near the battlefield that could accommodate so many seagoing ships. Moreover, once docked in the seaports on the east coast, it means that the sea control is completely lost. As long as the alien fleet blocked the port, the Romans did not even want to leave a single ship. The topography of the Adriatic Sea dictates that the loser has little chance of turning over.

This naval battle, which was extremely large and powerful, and was no less significant, finally came to an end after dark. The fire that is still burning on the surface of the sea is the final symbol of the end of this naval battle.

The losses of the Romans are already incalculable. Even they themselves did not know how many people and how many ships there were in the fleet that they had hastily put together. Only a lucky few escaped. Most of the others died in the sea and fire.

After this naval battle, the Roman Empire lost the most convenient and continuous access to its colonies. They could only watch as alien navies dominated the Mediterranean. It wasn't long before a brutal war of conquest was about to arrive on the mainland. (To be continued......)