Chapter 1254: The Beginning of the Sea
Rome stole Daqin and imitated the keel technique. Keel technology made Roman warships more stable and arguably more resistant to beating. Bottom flap auxiliary power, after replacing paddle power. The side rotation window on which the oars had been arranged was released, converted into a firing hole, and the ballista was arranged.
After the ballista was taken down from the deck, the deck was also freed up so that the Romans could arrange the catapults.
In short, today's Roman Imperial fleet is a copy of the Great Qin fleet.
In addition, the Romans spent a lot of manpower and material resources, killed thousands of slaves, and salvaged the sunken battleships of Daqin, as well as ballistas and catapults, which increased the firepower of the Roman long warships by more than one grade.
When the Romans used new warships and new weapons, they couldn't help but exclaim that Daqin's ship-making technology was so advanced that the entire Roman navy was destroyed that year, not because of the defeat of the commander, but because of the inevitable result.
However, now it is different, and now the Romans have a full version of the Great Qin sea power. They believed that with their own technology, they would definitely be able to win against Daqin in the sea. Although Rome's battle line formation and positioning skills are also stealing from Daqin, they think they will play better.
Stealing the teacher like this, Qin Feng will not complain. It's bound to happen, like the First World War, the Second World War. Unless it is a time of peace, as long as it is a big war, there is no weapon and equipment that will not be lost, and it must be faced if it is taken for study.
Emperor Hongwu came to Minagara, and along the way, he always stopped and blended in with the people. He inquired about the lives of the people. Whether officials have fulfilled their responsibilities. He also said loudly about the future, and the future victory must belong to Great Qin. He was affable. It inspired the people of the Great Qin State. The people always say that Emperor Hongwu is the Duke of Zhou who finally became emperor.
Zhou Gong vomited. The world is in the heart.
And at this time, "Zhou Gong", he was already on his Yedu flagship, and he was playing chess with the daughter of the real Zhou Gong.
It was early in the morning of early June.
"Your Majesty! Emperor? The little tail called softly, and was on guard.
Qin Feng blinked twice with sleepy eyes, and then woke up from his sleep, his heart said that it was really not the right time, he had already won the third set, and he saw that Zhou Gong's daughter was bare. He straightened up. Looking at Xianying, who was pale, he said with concern: "Don't vomit?" ”
Xianying blushed and nodded: "Thank you for the emperor's relationship!" ”
Suddenly, the world swirled.
"Oops!" Xianying sat on Qin Feng's stomach at once, and sat the Hongwu Emperor, who had just stood up, back down.
Both sides were embarrassed.
Qin Feng smiled: "It's okay, it's okay, it's okay, the sea is stormy." Wow! He screamed, and that's when he realized. The pillar of optimus who got up early actually sat back.
"I said why are you so ...... on people." Xianying blushed, but she had a lot of close-fitting stickers and had a tolerance for it.
Qin Feng's pain is this. However, if you don't stab it in the right place, that's the end.
In the silent beauty, Xianying served Emperor Hongwu to get up. It's combing your hair again, and you're waiting to wash your face. Serve to eat.
When Qin Feng walked out of the imperial cabin wearing a brand-new dragon robe, he saw the turquoise sea. The ripples are slightly rippling, as soft as silk. The battleship Yedu, with a displacement of 5,000 tons, and a deck comparable to the football stadium of later generations, was the largest battleship of this era.
From a high vantage point, the sea is vast and endless. And the sound of the waves, as if the jade man is beside you, whispering.
However, this is a time when the wind is calm, and when the sea is angry, it will set off a monstrous wave that seems to fall from the sky, roaring and tearing up the qiē in front of it. Only the strongest sailors, and their ships, will be able to overcome this qiē and conquer the seas and reach the other shore.
At this time, on the gentle sea, countless warships lined up in neatly cut long queues, and the fish ran through the sea, like a flock of seagulls, and the queue was solemn when flying.
Up close, you'll see that these warships are huge. The roar of the breaking waves is like that of a roaring beast. The ups and downs of the march are like a dragon wading in the water. Bumping horns, catapults, and ballistas are the claws and teeth of these dragons. It can open its mouth and spew deadly flames whenever it wants.
The dragon flies in the air, and can sweep the sea and break the waves. It pierces the blue waves and splits a waterway to forge ahead. The waves were stirred up, and the silvery white waves swept over the side of the ship, and then merged into a raging wave at the stern of the ship. When it left, it left only a glittering ribbon of water, shining in thousands of acres.
These dragons are the soldiers of Daqin who conquered the sea.
And now, the dragon of Great Qin is facing the threat of the Roman fleet.
The Roman fleet was stationed in the port of Gedrosia fifty nautical miles east of the entrance to the Persian Gulf.
There are thousands of warships on each side, and the scale is so large that it is ancient and modern. Originally, it was impossible for a country to have so many warships, and it was not necessary to have so many warships. That's because there are many countries in the world, whose interests are entangled, and they are united with each other.
And now, the places where hundreds of countries in the world are located are all ruled by the two empires. Without such a large navy, it would not be able to deter and threaten the other side at all.
All kinds of conditions that could not appear in later generations caused this unprecedented super-large-scale naval battle. In today's world, no one can master a naval battle of this magnitude, so the two sides are always cautious, and although they have opened up their positions, they have always only made small-scale contacts in order to gain experience and prepare for future Armageddon.
"Your Majesty!" When Qin Feng came to the bow of the ship to look to the west, Gan Ning and Tai Shici came. At the same time, there was also the commander of the flagship, Lu Meng.
"You already know about Zhou Yu, Lu Xun, and Sun Quan, right......." Qin Feng looked at the three navy generals and sighed: "I originally wanted to invite Gong Jin and Bo Yan to come out of ......the mountain. ”
The crowd was stunned for a while. Gan Ning and the others were very pleased that Zhou Yu and Lu Xun were finally able to do something for the country and the people, and Sun Quan didn't mention it. A compatriot, how can the gap be so big compared with Sun Ce?
Qin Feng broke the silence first, "The purpose of this trip to sea is to find an opportunity to destroy the Roman fleet, you have a plan." ”
This mode of sea combat is different from that of land operations, which mainly focuses on long-range strikes, and when it comes to close combat, one side is bound to be completely defeated. In other words, it is difficult to catch the opponent in naval battles, and if the duel really begins, it will not stop fighting.
War also has the concept of combat space, and its characteristics are actual confrontation, physical destruction, and strength attrition. Previously, the battlefield of the war was land. With the continuous progress of human shipbuilding technology and the needs of operations, the human combat space has expanded from land to sea, and the naval battlefield has gradually taken shape.
For the first time in the history of the world, the famous Greco-Persian War at the Battle of Salamis affected the course of the entire war due to naval operations.
In 480 B.C., the Persian king Xerxes I led an army of 300,000 and 1,207 warships composed of 100 nationalities to cross the Hellespont Strait and expedition to Greece by land and water. The Persian army quickly occupied northern Greece, conquered Thermopylae, and took the city of Athens. The Greek coalition had only 110,000 troops and 400 navy, and it was sealed in the Gulf of Salami.
The Greek fleet played to its strengths and inflicted heavy losses on the Persian fleet. Having lost control of the sea, the Greek fleet struck in all directions, launching a surprise attack on the Persian army supply lines from the sea.
The coalition of 100 nationalities was thus defeated. The great victory of Greece made the nations of the Mediterranean see the decisive role of the fleet in the war. This is also the reason why the West has been mastering advanced ship technology for more than a thousand years.
Seeing that his beloved general was embarrassed, Qin Feng also took into account the difficulty of encircling and annihilating the enemy at sea. After all, this is not the afterlife, there is no accurate satellite positioning, people are driving ducks, and you really have nowhere to find it. Even if you have a place to look, you don't have that kind of kung fu in the sea.
So, Qin Feng said: "If the Roman fleet doesn't want to fight a decisive battle, it will be difficult to catch them. However, it was necessary to come up with a way to drive the Roman fleet out of this area. ”
Although the process changes, the ultimate goal is the same. It is to completely control the Persian Gulf and the northern Indian Ocean. Safely transport the Great Qin army to Persia, the innermost part of the Persian Gulf, and penetrate directly into the Roman Babylonian region. This is a draw from the bottom of the kettle, and I believe that the Roman army, which has been cut off from retreat, will be defeated.
In the afternoon of that day, the Admiralty came up with a strategy. Preparing to divide the troops into three lines, the Roman fleet will inevitably be surrounded by the whole fleet and will definitely leave the port of Gederosia, while the Great Qin fleet is approaching the Roman fleet in three directions. If the Roman fleet did not want a decisive battle, it had to retreat south.
All the way south will be far from the Persian Gulf, and the sea supply can only be docked, and the large fleet can not be replenished anywhere. When the sea range reached a certain limit, the Roman fleet could not return for a short time.
This was supposed to be the worst-case scenario.
Who knew that the plan could not catch up with the changes, and the Roman Emperor Severus and Qin Feng had the same strategic plan. Severus also wanted to open the door of victory from the sea, so his Roman fleet had already left the port of Gedrosia by this time.
"Report ......, Your Majesty! Spot enemy ships at sea! ”
Qin Feng, who was discussing the details with the generals, looked up and saw that it was a herald.
"Let's go, let's see!" Qin Feng strode out.
Gan Ning, Tai Shici and other naval officers followed in Qin Feng's footsteps and came to the bow of the deck of the Yedu.
Qin Feng raised his eyes and looked into the distance, only to see that in the turbulent waves in the west, a black line appeared, it flickered, disappeared from time to time, appeared when it rose to the top of the waves, and disappeared when it fell into the valley of the waves. As the distance got closer, it was like a large colony of ants floating in the water.
Gan Ning was very experienced, and said: "Your Majesty, we will be in contact in half an hour, and Weichen asked to send troops to reject the enemy." ”
As a result, Qin Feng granted Gan Ning full command of the Great Qin, and the thousand warships of Great Qin were at his disposal.
At this point, the commanders of the detachments went into action and returned to their respective sub-flagships.
Looking down from the sky, two small ant colonies in the sea are about to usher in the first big collision. (To be continued......)
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