The sea at night is also pitch black.

Inevitably the lights were turned on to reveal their positions, and none of the fleets of Great Qin and Rome had lights on their ships.

The Romans sent a large number of small patrol boats, which were scattered around the fleet and stretched for several nautical miles. Kenon and the others believed that as long as the Qin army came up, their patrol boats would be the first to find out. Then, your own fleet will be able to adapt and move with ease.

Even when the Romans were resting at night, they discharged a dense phalanx, and as soon as news came, the well-trained sailors of Rome were able to start their ships as soon as possible.

At night, the huge Roman fleet that occupied the sea was like a sleeping giant turtle, without a sound at all. Between heaven and earth, there is only the rustle of the waves.

suddenly

Woo, woo~.

The sound of horns shook the sky in all directions.

The next moment, the bells rang on the ships of Rome, and the "big turtle" woke up as soon as possible.

The Roman sailors awoke from their slumber and rushed out of their sleeping cabins to their designated positions, which took only one minute, and they were truly well trained.

In less than two minutes, the Roman fleet went from a state of rest to a state of battle, worthy of a nation that fought from the Mediterranean.

The ships did not have a palm light, because the palm light was in the light, and it was difficult to find the situation in the dark in the light. In addition, the open flame is to tell the enemy his own position.

Conon, Hippasus, and Marinus came to the bridge of the flagship Jupiter.

The modern bridge is the brain of the warship, the place where the ship is controlled and the operation is commanded, and it is usually set up in the navigation, combat command and control parts of the ship's superstructure. It is generally located at the front end of the top of the bridge. Including command room, wheelhouse, open-air command post, etc

And the ancient bridge was also the brain of the warship, but not in the building. It's a raised platform in the open air.

The Jupiter was on the second level of the phalanx at sea, and the three of them came to the high platform. Looking around, it is really difficult to find the situation in the night.

Conon was a little anxious and shouted, "What about the patrol officer? The battle signals are all there, why hasn't he come yet! ”

Saying that Cao Cao Cao had arrived, the patrol officer climbed onto the flagship, ran all the way to the bridge, beat his chest, and shouted: "Your Excellency, commanders, the enemy is surrounded on three sides. Only the enemy was not found in the west! ”

Marinus was taken aback and said: "I don't know the enemy situation at night, it's better not to surprise one side, since there is no enemy in the west, quickly command the fleet and retreat to the west!" ”

There are limitations to the space for land operations, but not for naval operations. Especially in ancient times, when there was no long-range artillery, naval warfare did not have the possibility of encirclement at all. You surround you, and they concentrate superior forces. Attacking in any direction can instead form a situation in which more fights are few.

And the sight at night was not good, and Marinus chose to be conservative and then withdrew from the encirclement.

Hippasus agreed.

However, Conon didn't think so, he said: "There is a saying in the Great Qin Art of War. It is to encircle on three sides and leave a road for the other party, but instead ambush on this road. If the enemy pretends to be surrounded, our troops will withdraw. What is good if you are ambushed in the night? ”

It is indeed a big deal that you can't see clearly when it's dark.

Thereupon. The benefits of the three-member dictatorship are manifested. The dictatorship issued an order: once again, patrol boats were sent to reconnoiter in all directions. I plan to make a decision after receiving more detailed information.

After a stick of incense, the three directions of southeast, north and south were the first to have feedback.

Based on intelligence, the three-member dictatorship concluded that there were 100 enemy warships in each of these three directions. In other words, there are only thirty percent of the strength of the Qin army in the three directions, so where is the remaining seventy percent?

"It must be deep in the west, waiting for our army to retreat, caught off guard and getting into the pocket." Conon said.

Hypasos said: "There are only three hundred warships, and they are no match for our army at all. ”

"Wait and see what happens, and wait for news from the west!" Marinus Road.

After another while, the huge figure of the Qin warship could finally be seen on three sides, but there were not many, and there were only about a hundred on one side. In modern times, it is a great threat, and one missile is enough to sink a fleet. However, after all, it was the ancient time of the ballista trebuchet, and it posed no threat to the Roman fleet of a thousand warships. If it weren't for the concerns of the Roman fleet dictatorship, they would have rushed forward to fight more and less.

On the Roman flagship, since it was on the second floor, the ballista was temporarily useless. I saw that on the deck, next to the trebuchet, the trebuchets were on standby, and the fire oil bombs had been placed in the bucket, saying that they could be fired. And all over the deck, there were fire brigades, and the sailors were surrounded by buckets filled with either seawater or sand.

In short, the eyes of everyone up and down the Roman fleet who were waiting for the battle were looking at the dark shadow of the Qin army ship opposite, if there was a fire flickering in the air, it must be the enemy throwing fire oil bombs, then the Romans would also start to counterattack.

"Is it in range?" Conon looked as hard as he could.

Marinus said: "Command the warships in the front line, throw a wave and try." ”

Whew, and then, hundreds of fire oil bombs took off into the air, like rockets launched at night, only to see the tail of the fire cross an arc and smash towards the Great Qin fleet in the distance. However, soon the fire suddenly disappeared. The Romans had the experience that if they hit the hull or deck of an enemy ship, they would definitely sputter sparks and disappear suddenly, and they must have fallen into the sea.

"It hasn't been in range yet, and the whole fleet is ordered to be vigilant and wait for the next order!" Conone said.

In ancient times, there were no advanced instruments to detect, and everything relied on the judgment of experienced commanders.

On the other hand, on the east side of the Great Qin Fleet, there are hundreds of Hailou ships and a Chaos-class battleship, which is Qin Feng's flagship, the Yedu.

At this time, Qin Feng, dressed in military uniform, was at the bow of the ship, watching the Romans' fire oil bomb fall into the sea not far in front of him. Qin Feng sneered and said, "Just because the enemy can't reach us doesn't mean we can't reach the enemy. He waved his hand, "Tell the ships to line up, ready to throw rats!" ”

What a strange order.

As soon as the order was given, the soldiers snickered and carried out a cage of rats. Pour the rat into the back bucket of the catapult, and the wall of the bucket is greased, and the rat will not be able to climb out.

The rats are full of liver and gall. I don't know what's going on, squeaky and screaming. Push each other and fight for life.

Dian Wei personally operated a catapult. Grinning: "Don't be afraid, you'll fly in a while!" The soldiers on the left and right laughed again, and said in their hearts;" It's a fantastic tactic. ”

Qin Feng leaned on the Heavenly Sword and shouted, "Aim at the enemy's sails and prepare to ...... Launch! ”

Boom, boom, only the sound of the boom, because the speed of the ejection is so fast, you can't see anything in the night. When the back bucket bounced back, the rats inside were gone.

Lao Jia Xu and Pang Tong grew their mouths one by one, and Guo Jia was also staring round, and he couldn't see mice in mid-air, so he looked in the direction of the enemy's ships. Pray secretly that the enemy won't find out.

The Qin army launched a rat army, a group of more than twenty, three or five catties. It's farther than a fire bomb.

In the moonlight, in the sky, thousands of rats turned their heads. Wagging his tail, a pair of rat eyes dripped, revealing fear. I don't know where I'm going. However, they soon found their destination, a Roman ship with sails full of masts. There is hope for life. The dripping rat's eyes burst out with the essence of "want to live".

The rat is a species with tenacious vitality. If you throw five floors down, you can still live, and if you can grab something in mid-air, it will be even more fine. I saw a group of rats dancing wildly, stretching out their claws one after another. Some grabbed the mast, some grabbed the rope of the mast, and some caught the sail.

The rats were frightened, and one by one they felt the gravity of the earth crawling downward. Some of them were in a hurry, and they fell.

Bang ~ Bang Bang ~, no more rats fell from the sails of the Roman flagship Jupiter.

The sailors were taken aback, and one of them shouted: "There is a situation, the enemy is attacking!" ”

"Where, where!"

"Right in that direction!" The water pointed and shouted.

The centurion hurriedly led people over to check, only to see a few rats, staggering and fleeing. The centurion was furious, and when he went back, he slapped the screaming sailor, and said angrily: "Don't scream, it's just a few mice." Even rats are afraid, it's not a shame to spread it! ”

The sailor was also ashamed, "It turned out to be just a few rats, I thought the enemy threw ammunition!" ”

Due to the size of the Roman battleship, the rats fell and landed in different areas. The soldiers in these areas found that it was just rats, and it was normal for them to have rats on board, and if they made a fuss, they were cowardly.

Roman soldiers were warriors and could not be timid, so they did not care.

As for the rats, after escaping death, who dared to stay in front of people, rose up one by one and crawled into the shadows.

As a result, the Qin army kept a steady distance.

"Launch! Launch! Qin Feng held the Heavenly Sword high, and countless rats flew away behind him, this is really the strangest cannonball in this century, and even in history.

The soldiers of the Qin army couldn't wait to see the results, and they were very happy to launch one by one. The rats were also eager to escape quickly, and some of them were launched by three generations of grandparents, but they also migrated with their families.

Three hundred warships, more than a dozen launches, 100,000 rats, all of them were thrown out.

Because of the wave, the sailors on the deck only thought that the rats were more active tonight, but the deck was already in trouble.

"Wow! Rats, lots of rats! ”

It's like a granary full of grain, and when it opens the door, it all comes out, no, it's all in. The rats went down the stairs like a tide, and everywhere they passed, they were like ten thousand horses galloping, and the Romans were turning on their backs.

On the Jupiter, at least two thousand of them came up, and all of them ran to the lower deck.

"Wow!"

"Oops, hey!"

"Ahh

The three Conongs, who were standing on the deck bridge, heard such a call coming from below deck.

"It's so unorganized!" Conon was furious, and at the time of the great battle, what were these sailors doing down there. He and the other two went to the entrance to the lower deck in a very angry manner, and when they entered, they were immediately devastated.

I saw that the lower layer of the deck was full of rats, densely packed with layers. Many Roman sailors were crushed to the ground by rats, with only their hands and feet exposed, and they were still convulsing. Screams, that's what they did.

The three of Conon had never seen so many rats, and Marinus's face changed greatly, and he said hurriedly: "God Jupiter bless, why did so many rats suddenly appear, could it be that we have offended the god of the sea!" (To be continued......)

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