Daqin belongs to the southern coast of the Kushan region, and the border of the province of Gedrosia in the Roman resting region is fifty kilometers to the east, and the port of Minagara. Here, it was the naval base of the Persian Gulf belonging to Rome and the base of the Great Qin Kushan fleet.

In the name of the Roman War, the port had already been blockaded in advance. The people of Great Qin didn't know that their huge expeditionary fleet had already arrived at Minnagara Harbor a day earlier.

The naval forces were strengthened and merged into the Great Qin Expeditionary Fleet.

The dense Great Qin warships filled the entire port.

The flagship Luoyang war room.

Lü Meng, Jiang Qin, Xu Sheng, Ling Tong, Zhou Tai, and Ding Feng, the six former generals of Eastern Wu, never imagined that one day, they would command the warships of Great Qin and fight against Rome.

At first, they were familiar with inland ships and were not qualified to command battleships. However, these famous sailors eventually prevailed, and soon mastered the new performance and tactics of the battleship. And Emperor Hongwu has no doubt about employing people, and he very much hopes to see that these famous generals of the Three Kingdoms Navy can expand the territory of the sea for China in the sea and raise the prestige of the Great Qin.

Lü Meng and the others did not expect that Emperor Hongwu trusted his people so much that he handed over the core battleships to his command.

"We will be in the Persian Gulf, fighting for Daqin and China!" Gan Ning, the Governor of the Navy Army, stared at everyone and said.

"Be loyal to the country and never give up!" Lu Meng and the other six people will be faster and louder than Cai Mao and Zhang Yun.

Gan Ning and Tai Shici are very pleased, how many years have passed, everyone has finally come together again and fought for the country.

At this time, he was bent on destroying the enemy. Cai Mao, the deputy governor who could also make her sister raise her face in front of the emperor, interjected: "The metropolitan governor." Rome's "Eastern Fleet" had a "Goddess of Harvest" larger than a battleship. There were also five large ships of five tiers comparable to battleships. Although the strength is not as good as ours, we must not underestimate it, what good strategy do you have to break the enemy? ”

Before Gan Ning could speak, Ling Tong said: "Grand Duke, the enemy's "Western Fleet" is deployed in the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, if it suddenly moves to the Persian Gulf. The two fleets converged, and their strength was still above our Great Qin fleet. Do not venture into the ...... of the Persian Gulf. ”

The hearts of everyone who said this sank, and the strength of Rome's fleet was still above that of Great Qin. This comes from the fact that Rome has controlled the Mediterranean, the Red Sea, the Persian Gulf, the Aegean Sea, the Channel of Britain and so on for hundreds of years. For hundreds of years, Roman fleets fought pirates. Fighting the countries of the Mediterranean, the accumulated experience is still above that of Great Qin.

In addition, Rome conquered Greece and Egypt, both of which were world-leading in ship technology. In terms of navy, China lagged behind the West for hundreds of years AD.

Fortunately, it is different now, there was a thunderbolt on a sunny day, and Emperor Hongwu crossed. Together with the great scientist Ma Jun and the organ scientist Huang Chengyan, they came up with the battleship and keel technology. Moreover. The abilities of Gan Ning and Tai Shici were not wasted on the blind fluttering in the Yangtze River. The vast sea is the best stage for them to display their talents. Therefore, Daqin is on the naval side. Finally able to fight with the Roman fleet that started in the Mediterranean.

However, the comprehensive strength of the Roman fleet did surpass that of Great Qin.

Fortunately. Daqin was the main attacker and took some initiative.

"We can take the initiative to lure the enemy ......." Lu Meng said.

"Oh!" Gan Ning said happily: "What is Ziming's opinion? ”

Thereupon. Lü Meng played the role of the Great Qin Naval Division, and he pointed to the nautical chart and said, "Our army can be divided into two. Some enter the Persian Gulf, and some are stationed at the entrance to the Persian Gulf. ”

The crowd looked puzzled.

Lu Meng pointed to the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, "When our army suddenly appears in the Persian Gulf, the enemy will be taken by surprise. There was only one exit from the Persian Gulf, and the Romans would have been eager to summon their western fleet to come to their aid. Block the exit from the Persian Gulf and wipe out all our fleets in the Persian Gulf. ”

"And we can take advantage of that. At the narrow entrance, the Western fleet ambushed Rome. If the Roman Western Fleet can be annihilated along the way, then the Eastern Fleet will be taken without a problem. ”

Gan Ning and the others felt that Lu Meng's strategy was very subtle, and it didn't matter if the enemy was not fooled. Concentrate superior forces, break them one by one, and destroy the Roman Eastern Fleet first. If successful, at the same time, it would be possible to destroy the two major fleets of Rome, the East and the West.

Without these two fleets, Rome lost its naval supremacy. Around the Mediterranean Sea, the Red Sea, and the Persian Gulf, Great Qin, who has the right to control the sea, wants to fight there, and he can transport troops to fight casually.

At this point, the group perfected the plan. The troops were divided into two routes, led by Gan Ning, and entered the Persian Gulf to confront each other. Tai Shi Ci led the other way, stationed at the entrance to the Persian Gulf. At the same time, Gan Ning will plan the battle and pass the book to Yedu.

The commander of the Roman Eastern Fleet was Catullus, a senator of the Senate, when Great Qin declared war on Rome. Among him, there was the commander of the Western Fleet, Agrippa, who was granted the dictatorship of the sea by Severus the Great. When he learned that there was information about the appearance of the Great Qin fleet in the Persian Gulf, he immediately took all the warships and set off from the Persian port, preparing to take the initiative.

The next day, the Persian Gulf was calm and cloudless, and the Roman Eastern Fleet and the Great Qin Fleet met in the middle of the Persian Gulf.

Although the two sides were five miles apart, they could clearly see the huge size of the other fleet. However, when viewed from above, compared to the Persian Gulf, it is so small.

"Harvest Goddess!" On his flagship, the Luoyang, Gan Ning gazed at one of the largest warships in the Roman fleet. This is a battleship one level higher than the battleship, divided into six floors, more than ten zhang high, is a fortress on the sea.

On this battleship, it was equipped with crossbows and catapults, which were protected by shields on all sides.

Below the deck, where the oarsmen are, and as the ship grows, more and more oarsmen will be needed. The paddleman's cabin went from the original two floors to the third, fourth, and fifth floors. The Chaos class battleship is a five-story battleship, but it has abandoned the old outer propeller power in favor of underwater flap power. Therefore, in addition to weapons and sails, the Chaos class battleships are very close to the warships of later generations.

And the Roman warships were still external oars. In the oars warehouse, three or five people operate the same oar. A three-row oarsman is called a trilinear warship, and a five-row oarsman is a five-lined battleship. developed to a later date. Six columns of super-large warships also appeared. The Goddess of Harvest is a super-large warship. It was the flagship of the Roman Oriental Fleet.

Rome ruled the Mediterranean, and when it conquered the Greeks, Carthaginians, and Egyptians, it acquired advanced shipbuilding technology from these historic seafaring peoples. And combined with the technology and innovation of the three peoples, the Romans had the most powerful navy of their generation.

Daqin's warships were powered by machine flaps, although the number was not as large as the oars, but because they were underwater, the power was greater than that of the oars. Meantime. There is no need to open windows on the hull of the Great Qin to extend out the oars. So, recently Emperor Hongwu had a flash of inspiration. The ballistas on the deck were transferred to the cabin. As a result, Daqin's warships also began to really layer, and the side spins were all over the windows, but instead of oars, ballistas were sticking out. This helped protect the ballistas, and in this regard, the warships of the Great Qin were as unique as the gunboats of the Middle Ages.

However. Nor could the spacious deck be vacant, and many catapults were fixed to the deck, replacing the previous ballista positions.

On the Luoyang, Gan Ning's face was solemn. "Order, the formation of each department is centered on the flagship, and the word is long. After three rounds of flint throwing. Turn right in an arc to spare the enemy's left flank and use the battle line tactical ....... ”

This tactic: the whole fleet sails in a single column. Gain the upper hand first, when the enemy comes within range of the ballista. It moved parallel to the course of the enemy ships, and each ship carried out artillery bombardment on the designated enemy ships.

The flag is out, the deceleration of the deceleration, the acceleration of the acceleration, very soon. Five battleships, 50 sea-building ships, 100 sea-fighting ships, and 500 sea-fringers formed a linear array several miles long on the endless sea.

On the other hand, when he saw the size of the Great Qin fleet, the commander of the Roman Western Fleet, Catullus, was shocked.

"Your Excellency, this is ...... This will definitely not be the Great Qin Guishan Fleet! The adjutant flipped through the information, "The Great Qin Guishan fleet only has two battleships ....... ”

Catullus frowned, he thought that it was the Great Qin Guishan fleet that had arrived. However, the five battleships had already shown that the fleet that Great Qin had placed in Minaggara had been reinforced. So that the scale of this Great Qin fleet is not below him.

On the Luoyang, Gan Ning suddenly looked up at the flag on the mast, and suddenly the building was full of joy, "The wind is blowing, the west wind!" He didn't expect that God was so powerful, and his fleet didn't need to move anything, so they all stood on the upper hand, "Order, go at full speed, go at full speed!" ”

The huge sail made the Great Qin fleet accelerate a lot steeply.

On the Goddess of Harvest, Catullus, who was talking about making tactical arrangements, changed his face, "Not good! "The whole fleet is against the wind, which is extremely unfavorable to our side. He made no secret of it, cursed the damned God, and immediately made a decision, and the whole fleet withdrew to the Persian port.

At the same time, he said to his adjutant: "Great Qin suddenly sent a large fleet, it must be trying to catch us off guard, and at the same time control the sea power. However, the Great Qin fleet hurriedly entered the Persian Gulf, like a monkey in a cage. We are showing weakness to the enemy here, and we will not attack for the time being. You immediately sent a message to the Western Fleet of the Empire to come for reinforcements, and blocked the Great Qin fleet in the Persian Gulf. ”

Catullus smiled evilly, "The Great Qin fleet is just a piece of wood, and it doesn't want to float out of the Persian Gulf. ”

At this point, the Roman Eastern Fleet retreated back to the Persian province of Persia.

In this era, there was no real artillery. Therefore, after the fleet enters the port, with the addition of land-based defense, the garrison will be strengthened, and there will be no danger of being blocked and attacked.

Gan Ning made several attempts, but since the combat strength of the two sides was equal, naturally no results were obtained. However, the firepower arrangement in the interior of the port was finally discovered. At the same time, not engaging will make the enemy suspicious, and it is necessary to make contact every once in a while.

In this way, the two sides faced off for nearly a month.

On the other hand.

The Strait of Hormuz, the entrance to the Persian Gulf, is the only outlet from the Persian Gulf to the Indian Ocean.

The fleet led by Tai Shici hid traces behind the herringbones.

On this day, on the fifth day of the ninth month, on the flagship of Chang'an, Tai Shici summoned Lü Meng, Ling Tong, Jiang Qin, and Ding Feng to continue to deduce the upcoming naval battle.

"If the enemy enters the strait in a dense formation, our troops will be surrounded by a single column formation on the flanks, and the enemy will be severely damaged with the powerful firepower of the side chords as much as possible. If the enemy column enters the ....... Lu Meng restarted arranging the model of the warship on the sand table, "We can let all the enemies in, and then split them in two." One part is chasing the tail of the enemy, and the enemy will definitely turn around with the whole fleet, and at this time, the other part ....... ”

"Report ......." At this time, a small colonel rushed in, "General, the Roman Western Fleet has appeared!" ”

The generals were overjoyed, and Lu Meng hurriedly asked, "What kind of formation does the enemy enter the strait?" ”

"Dense formation......." The little colonel pondered, "Cone Formation...... ”

Gan Ning smiled: "It seems that the commander of the Western fleet, Agrippa, can't wait to eliminate the Grand Governor of Ganning." ”

The Great Qin fleet was also eager to destroy the Roman Western fleet, so everyone immediately took action. There was a dense sound of anchor pulling on the sea...... (To be continued......)