Liu Xin raised the clairvoyant mirror and looked in the direction of the guard's finger, only to see that in the southwest direction of the Great Qin Fleet, a huge warship appeared, a bit like the building ship of the Great Han. Liu Xin was excited, could it be that Gan Ning and the others really found here?

The ships gradually approached, from one at the beginning to two, three and then to the whole fleet. Through the clairvoyant mirror, it can already be clearly seen that the leader is a building ship, and the black flag on the mast has been tattered, but the "Han" on it is still faintly visible, it is the Han army.

On that day, Jiang Qin brought back Liu Xin's order to allow them to enter the war. The whole navy was extremely excited, and everyone wanted to join the expeditionary fleet. Of course, Gan Ning could not send all the ships, and in the end he had to draw lots to decide who would go on the expedition and who would stay. As a result, Dong Xi and Jiang Qin were unlucky and caught the words, and Gan Ning, Zhou Tai, Huang Gai and the veteran Cheng Pu all drew the words.

Because this time it was a long voyage and no one knew what difficulties would be encountered in the future, so Gan Ning made full preparations, and it was not until four days later that the fleet full of supplies and soldiers slowly sailed away from the Shuizhai camp in Huiji.

This mixed fleet, consisting of 40 ships and 200 Mengchong, followed the route mentioned by Liu Xin, followed the coast all the way south to west, bypassing India and Africa successively, and finally arrived in the Mediterranean Sea after four and a half months.

They were able to get all the way here, in addition to benefiting from their usual training, they also had a lot of luck, but the hardships in the process are not clear in words. Along the way, they had to fight storms, diseases, and indigenous tribes along the way to supply fresh water and food.

When I left Huiji Water Village, there were 240 boats and 60,000 soldiers, and the flags covered the sun. Now in the Mediterranean, only one hundred and eighty-two ships and forty-two thousand soldiers remained. Some of the ships lost capsized in a storm or sank by mistake on a reef. More than half of the 18,000 soldiers were killed by disease, and the veteran Cheng Pu also died of illness on the way and died a heroic martyr. Because of the hot weather, it was impossible for their bodies to be brought back to Dahan, and they could not even be cremated, so they could only be thrown into the sea and buried at sea.

The fleet that finally arrived in the Mediterranean Sea had all the ships damaged to varying degrees, and the sails and flags were riddled with holes. The soldiers also became yellow and thin because they could not eat fresh food for a long time, especially the lack of vegetables and fruits.

However, on this trip, the Han Navy still made brilliant achievements. The route they opened up from the East China Sea to Europe was a great innovation in human history, and it was the first circumnavigation of the world in history. This voyage also facilitated exchanges between the Han Dynasty and some places along the way, of course, because of language barriers and differences in customs, these exchanges also had a bit of a bloody flavor.

In South India, for example, there was a large-scale armed conflict between the Han navy and the local kingdom of Satavahana.

At that time, Ganning sent a force of 300 men carrying porcelain, silk and other items to the shore, hoping to exchange some food and fresh water from the locals to supplement their provisions. As a result, the magistrate of Satavahana rebelled and framed the Han army as pirates and sent troops to round them up. The Han soldiers, scattered and unarmed as a gesture of friendship, were too hastily to resist, and all but a few dozen fled back to the ship, and all the other soldiers and goods were seized by the Satavahana army. The Satawahana army not only confiscated the goods of the Han army, but also brutally executed captured soldiers.

Gan Ning and Zhou Tai were both from Shui Kou, and they were furious when they heard the news, so they simply acted as pirates, led a large army to kill ashore, and attacked the capital of the Satavaha Kingdom, drove away the king, and ransacked the palace.

And along the African coast, they also encountered many indigenous tribes. These locals, whose skin is as black as char. Some were very friendly to the Han army and would bring out all kinds of food to entertain them. Others are very savage, ambushing them with poisoned wooden arrows. Many soldiers died in the process of going ashore in search of fresh water and food, and some soldiers did not know the local plants and accidentally ate the poisonous fruit and died. It was when Cheng Pu led his soldiers to the African jungle in search of fresh water that he unfortunately contracted malaria. At that time, there was no special medicine, and the military doctor who accompanied the ship did not even know what kind of strange disease it was, so that the veteran died before his ambition was paid.

After much hardship, the most powerful fleet in the world at that time finally arrived in Mauritania, in the southwestern corner of the Mediterranean.

In this expeditionary fleet, there was also a group of interpreters who understood the Great Qin language. Everywhere the fleet went, an interpreter would accompany the soldiers ashore, and as a result, they couldn't understand the local language, which meant that they hadn't reached Daqin yet. The journey was boring, and many soldiers would learn the Great Qin language from these interpreters to pass the boring time, after all, their ultimate goal was to fight against the Great Qin army, and it would be beneficial to be able to understand their language. Over time, there was no need for an interpreter to go ashore, and the soldiers could also judge whether this was the boundary of the Great Qin Territory.

As usual, Gan Ning sent another team ashore to replenish food and fresh water, and through the clairvoyant mirror, Gan Ning found that the soldiers sent ashore this time suddenly cheered. Soon, the soldiers returned to the big ship, and also brought local officials. They finally reached the land of Great Qin, which, of course, was no longer under the jurisdiction of Great Qin, and Mauritania, like all provinces on the southern shores of the Mediterranean, had declared its independence and joined the Declaration of Alexandria.

Fearing that Daqin would retaliate against him after his victory, the newly appointed king of Mauritania chose to side with the Great Han. Although he did not send troops to help in the battle, he also provided a lot of food and grass, and now he saw a huge Han ship like a moving castle, and he suddenly became more confident, and volunteered to send a small boat to serve as a guide for the Han army.

With the help of the King of Mauritania, Gan Ning and Zhou Tai led the navy to march in the starry night, marching all the way east, just in time for the landing operation of the Great Qin fleet.

At this time, the fog had gradually dissipated, and from the clairvoyant mirror, Gan Ning had already seen the dense Daqin ships on the sea. After walking for a few months, they finally had the opportunity to engage in a real naval battle with the enemy, and all the officers and men of the navy were extremely excited, and their originally exhausted expressions were swept away.

The Qin army was busy crossing the sea to fight, and they didn't have the magic weapon of the clairtelescope, and when they found out, the Han fleet had already rushed to the front and attacked first, and feathered arrows and iron arrows rained over.

The first thing to do in naval combat was to rely on bows and arrows. Although the ships of the Qin army were equipped with fixed shields, the buildings of the Han army were too high, and the soldiers were condescending, and the Qin army could not defend against them at all. Moreover, the Han army installed fixed crossbows on the warships, which were larger than those used by the infantry army, and needed to be pulled by a winch. Of course, its power is also very amazing, and the iron arrows fired can even shoot a large hole in the hull of the Qin army.

However, the most powerful weapon of the Han warships was not the bow and crossbow, but the slapping rod. When the ships of the two armies were close, the slapping rods on the Han warships were raised high, and the boulders, much larger than the grinding discs, smashed heavily on the ships of the Qin army, and could smash the enemy ships in two in a single blow.

Although the Great Qin Navy claimed to be the most powerful fleet in the Mediterranean, it never thought that there would be such a tall ship in the world, and there would be such a sharp naval combat weapon as a slap rod.

However, the Qin army did not expect that the Han naval army would appear here at the beginning, and all the Qin ships and ships did not prepare for naval battles, and all of them were used to carry the soldiers who landed. Therefore, they are no longer warships in the true sense of the word, but have become complete troop carriers.

Now these boats are crowded with heavily armed soldiers, the draft is deep, and the speed of the ships is slow. The ships of the Han army were equipped with wheels, which allowed them to travel quickly by stepping on them manually, even if they did not rely on sails.

In addition to using the slapstick and bow and crossbow to kill and injure the Qin army, the huge building ship also took advantage of its own speed and slammed into the Qin army's warship. In fact, it is not accurate to say that it is a collision, because the bow of the building ship is very high, and it can directly press the entire Qin warship underneath. The bow of the ship was covered with thick iron armor, and the wooden masts on the Qin warship were broken, and the whole ship instantly drilled under the building. It wasn't until the boat had sailed for more than half an hour that a large number of broken planks floated on the water.

Because the Qin army was wearing heavy armor, it was like a big stone tied to the body, even if the water was good, it was difficult to get out, and if it fell into the sea, it immediately sank to the bottom of the sea, and few of them could float. So, there were not many corpses on the water, mainly those who did not wear armor and operated the boat.

When the thirty-six ships of the Great Han Tower sailed by, more than half of the Qin warships on the sea had been damaged. At this time, the Han army Meng Chong, who followed closely, began to attack the scattered Qin warships. Although these Meng Chong are not as large as the Lou ships, they have a lot of slap rods and crossbows, and they are faster and move more flexibly, easily driving the Qin warships around.

On the beaches of Asia, more than 70,000 soldiers of the Qin army who had just landed forgot their mission and watched in amazement at this massacre on the sea. Countless Qin soldiers fell into the sea and sank without a trace, one after another Qin warships were smashed to pieces, and the originally blue water was glowing with blood.

According to post-war statistics, the two-hour naval battle killed more than 400,000 Qin soldiers at the bottom of the sea, so that in the following decades, no one dared to eat any seafood salvaged from this strait.

When there were no more Qin ships in sight on the sea, the battle was not over, and the infantry sent by Xu Huang to reinforce rushed over, and Liu Xin ordered a general attack on the more than 70,000 Qin soldiers who landed on the beach.