Chapter 729: The Invincible Armada

Growing up in the Mediterranean, Rome has world-leading shipbuilding technology. Although they did not master the keel technique www.biquge.info they did have a different kind of splicing technique, which allowed Rome to build huge warships and go to sea.

Roman warships were paddle-powered, with huge cut oars sticking out of the portholes on both sides. These portholes were used for artillery in modern times, but today there are no cannons, and there is no flap power technology at the bottom, so the oars are placed here.

The Roman warships were graded by the number of layers, with two-story warships comparable to the ships of the Huaxia warships, three-story warships, comparable to the fighting ships of the Huaxia Dynasty, and four-story warships, comparable to the building ships of the Huaxia Dynasty. There are five layers of battleships, although they cannot be compared with the strategic ships of later generations in terms of tonnage, but they are infinitely close in size.

Although the Romans did not master keel technology, they relied on five-story warships with sufficient tonnage to go to sea.

These ships did not have powerful guns, but they were equipped with ballistas and trebuchets. The fire crossbow and flint fired are also extremely lethal.

On 15 September 195 A.D., after several days of preparation, the Roman Mediterranean fleet sailed upstream from the mouth of the harbor of Ephesus into the Kisste River, and then to the port of the Romeri River.

On the north bank of the port of the Romeri River, on the side of the Union of Princes.

"Ladies and gentlemen, there is information that Rome is mobilizing their fleet."

Rome mobilized the entire Mediterranean fleet, such a huge military force, and the scouts on Qin Feng's side immediately detected it. In the past few days, Qin Feng has been studying with the princes how to deal with the enemy's fleet, but because he has no naval strength in his hands, he has no idea at all.

"Report ......, alliance leader, something is wrong, the enemy fleet is storming our shore defense!"

Qin Feng frowned, and everyone was shocked, this came from the alliance of princes and there was no navy to rely on.

Shaoqing, Qin, Cao, Yuan, Liu and other princes came to the shore together.

In the distance to the west, a large fleet appeared, the largest of which was as tall as a five-story building.

The ships fired firebolts and threw flints. And the fortifications such as the antlers on the shore of the alliance of princes were destroyed one after another, like papier-mΓ’chΓ© toys. Billowing smoke filled the northern shore on the side of the Princes' Alliance, and the soldiers were in confusion.

On the side of the alliance of princes, there are only small boats crossing the river, and in the face of the enemy's five-story huge ships, there is no combat effectiveness at all. Unable to fight the enemy's warships, they can only be beaten passively.

Boom~, the "stone group" composed of "burning stones" covered the sky, and when it fell, there was a huge sound, and the princes changed color.

It seems that Cao Yuan Liu, Liu Zhang, Lu Bu, Ma Teng and other princes have never seen a real fleet, and a sense of powerlessness arises spontaneously, and their appearance has changed greatly.

And Sun Ce, Liu Biao and others, when they saw the five-story giant ship, were shocked, "The battleship can be built so huge!" ”

In just a short period of time, the coastal defenses of the alliance of princes were completely destroyed. Although Qin Feng ordered to abandon the shore defense at the first time, the soldiers still had certain losses. The Romans suffered no losses, due to the fact that the range of the Roman ballistae and trebuchets was much higher than that of the bows.

The alliance of princes had no choice but to be beaten passively in the face of the Roman fleet.

"Oh no, no!" Liu Bei shook his big ears and exclaimed: "We don't have a naval army, as soon as the enemy's warships approach, the garrison on the shore of our army will suffer, alliance leader, let's withdraw quickly!" ”

When the princes heard this, their faces suddenly became even worse.

Qin Feng was calmer and said, "The tonnage of Rome's warships is extremely large, and it is impossible to dock ....... ”

Sure enough, the five-story battleships and four-story battleships with the most firepower in Rome never approached the shore. This allowed the fire coverage of the Roman battleships to not extend far ashore.

"Master Mingjian." Sun Ce then said.

The princes breathed a sigh of relief, they were really afraid that the enemy would just drive their ships to the shore. Each warship is a war fortress that can be moved, and there is no way for them to fight anyone else.

The Roman fleet began to move again, and it was a few days before they came to the place where Qin Feng and they were. Qin Feng and the others had to retreat from the bombing range of the battleship, and they could only watch as the solid shore defense was bombed into slag.

"Commander, look, the one with the golden helmet and golden armor on the shore is Qin Zijin." Adjutant Cicero pointed excitedly.

The Roman flagship, the Goddess of Harvest, is bombarding the shores of the alliance of princes at full capacity.

The Commander of the Mediterranean Navy, 'Catullus', stood at the bow of the ship. Countless flints and ballistas, fired from the top of his head and from both sides.

Catullus had the natural sense of accomplishment and arrogance of the Imperial Navy, the Armada left the Imperial Navy in the air and everything on the shore, "The Imperial Army has lost its glory, and the Imperial Navy is the true fighter of Rome." In front of our imperial navy, the Huaxia are nothing at all. but a flock of mourning lambs to the slaughter. ”

This was indeed the case today, and the alliance of princes was powerless against the huge Roman Mediterranean fleet. No wonder Catullus is arrogant.

"The one with the golden helmet and the golden armor is Qin Zijin? You go and tell Qin Zijin that with the presence of our imperial navy, no one will be able to shake Rome. If he Qin Zijin surrenders, he may be spared death. ”

The Roman Mediterranean fleet arrived only an hour before destroying all the coastal defenses that the princes' alliance had worked so hard to arrange.

Subsequently, the Mediterranean fleet stopped firing, and humiliating words came from the river.

Amid the cheers, laughter, and disdain of the Romans, the allied army of the princes could only dodge from afar, and although their hearts were full of anger, the gap between friend and foe was too great for them to come closer, unable to fight back.

Later, Catullus ordered his fleet to anchor in the middle of the river. On the one hand, because the ships were too large to dock at the river port, on the other hand, they continued to deter and attack the alliance of princes.

And Catullus himself, in a small boat, landed to meet Severus.

Severus and his glorious bloodline greeted Catullus warmly.

Catullus could be arrogant to Caesar and other glorious bloodlines, but he did not dare to be disrespectful to Severus. It can also be seen that Severus's iron fist in the military is worthy of the famous triumphant emperor of Rome in later generations.

"There is an imperial navy, and the elimination of Qin Zijin is just around the corner." The results of the Imperial Navy were just around the corner, and Severus was very happy to see the smoke billowing off the north shore.

On the other hand, the princes of Qin, Cao, Yuan, Liu and other princes, embarrassed, depressed, helpless, and panicked, returned to the big tent of the Chinese army.

"Alliance leader, I think, let's withdraw." Liu Bei fanned his ears and said.

Qin Feng was very angry, looked at Liu Bei's big ears, and said in his heart My second apprentice hasn't said to break up yet, you always call like this with big ears. "Do you think you can escape the 20,000-mile pursuit of the Romans?" Qin Feng said lightly. He had also thought of retreating, but it was twenty thousand miles away from China. Without support, retreat is tantamount to death.

In fact, Qin Feng had already explained that he could not retreat, and the princes also understood that retreating was equivalent to death.

However, the enemy's fleet was simply invincible.

If you can't win, you will die.

As the Kisste River reached its peak season, and with the arrival of the Roman Mediterranean fleet, the situation suddenly reversed, and the alliance of princes was faced with a situation of death and death.

Unless they can destroy the enemy's fleet, but the princes alliance does not have a single warship in their hands, how can they destroy the huge Roman Mediterranean Armada? (To be continued.) )