At the bow of Galen's sailboat, Hall held the telescope coldly, his eyes were refracted and magnified through the lens, looking at the more than forty warships in the distance, and his face couldn't help but become even more gloomy. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

A naval battle can ruin a day's time, although modern naval battles are equipped with powerful artillery, but it is obviously impossible to end in a short period of time and divide the victory or defeat, especially as a side with a weak number, even if it does not fall into a tragic hand-to-hand combat of attrition, as long as it is delayed by the other side, it is a more uncomfortable thing.

Because he and the current harbor fleet of Cape Town can't last long, because their job is to protect the harbor and protect the sea around Cape Town.

"Your Excellency, you're all ready."

Just as Hall was pondering, the sailor in charge of the herald immediately ran behind him, looking at the enemy warships in the distance with a flintlock pistol, he also swallowed and spit, gritted his teeth and said: "The order has also been passed on to all warships!" ”

"Good." Hall nodded slightly, put down the binoculars in his hand, looked at the dhow ships on both sides that were slowly spreading out to both sides, and exhaled heavily, as if talking to himself: "I don't know what the naval battle in this world is like." ”

And although he was talking, there was also a little uncertainty in his eyes, after all, this world is a world of islands, and there are even more sea wars than land wars, so there is also a lot of uncertainty in the case of changeable tactics.

But Hall, as a veteran captain and now a naval secretary, has instilled many classic tactics of naval warfare in his mind, and the traditional one-line battle column has also appeared in the offshore waters next to the east coast, with the galleon and five sloops as the center, slowly turning the bow and lining up.

After the Age of Discovery, European shipbuilding technology has advanced by leaps and bounds, and often the pattern of arranging the main weapons in the bow has been completely replaced by the side guns, so there are also unique tactics in the era of modern sail warships.

One-word battle.

The famous battleship in later generations was called this name because of the birth of this tactic, and gradually evolved into the main force in the fleet, which could engage enemy ships head-on and maintain the formation.

Of course, at the very beginning, the battleship was specially developed and built for this tactic, and the battleship with a lot of side gun windows and gun emplacements was so that the fleet could pour out the most artillery fire in a short period of time when it seized the battle position and the T-shaped advantageous position!

The sails had been raised, and the galleons and sloops were sailing forward alone, while the two heavy galleons and six light galleries stood alone offshore, the oarsmen inside clinging to their rows of oars, waiting for orders.

As offshore galleys, they did not need to occupy the first position in the T-shape, similar to medieval warships, they had a 7-pounder gun at the bow enough to bombard the enemy fleet, and the heavy gales with 77 sailors on board also needed to rush out when they needed it most, and use their ramming angles to entangle the enemy fleet alive.

This is a tactic that has been discussed a long time ago, and if necessary, these eight light and heavy ships will have to drag down the enemy's fleet at the cost of sinking, so that the firepower of the galleons and sloops will ensure that there is enough time to pour firepower into the enemy's fleet!

As for Hall, their move to seize the first position of the T-type was achieved with ease, and even only slightly changed directions, when the sides of the six gunboats were lined up, and the group of enemy ships were still waiting there without moving.

"It's a backward tactic."

Hall's eyes narrowed slightly, and the binoculars in his hand looked at the Gray Mist City fleet in the distance, which was also gradually pulling up its sails and starting to act, and let out a cold snort in his nose.

The medieval fleet did not have the concept of occupying the primary position in the T-shape, and in the medieval naval warfare, it was two groups of ships rushing face to face, either ramming or jumping hand-to-hand combat, even when using ballistae and bed crossbows, not to mention the tactics formed after the modernization of the system equipped with artillery!

Twelve ocean-going warships from Grey Mist City rushed straight over, and the entire fleet seemed to have been ordered to take the lead in launching an attack on the premise that the army began to attack, as if they wanted to completely destroy the possibility of their escape.

"Where do they get their confidence?"

Hall looked at the ocean-going warship that appeared first, spreading its sails and gradually speeding up to this side, and also subconsciously looked up at the hills of Haijiao Mountain, and his eyes had already seen Levi's figure.

Slowly swallowing and spitting, his gaze returned to the Gray Mist City fleet that had entered a state of war, and at the same time looked at the one heading towards the deep sea, as if he wanted to block the passage they left, the corners of his mouth couldn't help but bring a little mockery, and he smiled faintly: "Confident that you can directly defeat us?" ”

The twelve ocean-going warships, in more sense, are also models converted from ocean-going merchant ships, because there is actually not much distinction between medieval merchant ships and warships.

The same is true for the warships and merchant ships in this world, as a trading port, Gray Mist City recruited ocean-going merchant ships that originally belonged to their own cities, and after a short period of transformation, after adding more powerful ballistas and catapults, they formed today's ocean-going warships!

In fact, many warships do not need to be modified, because in this route full of pirates, their own defense is also indispensable, although the city of gray fog prohibits the circulation of strategic materials such as ballistas, torsion crossbows or bed crossbows, but it is impossible for merchants to spend a lot of money on the black market to buy, and they can always get a lot of good things to ensure their safety in the ocean trade.

Therefore, after accepting the call order from Grey Mist City, they also seemed to be a little eager to try, because the promise from the Governor had already let them know the reward after victory.

Everyone could get a lot of silver coins, and the enemy was nothing more than six strange ships, and eight primitive offshore galleys, which were a reward for nothing, and the twelve ships at the front could make those six ships choose to surrender.

Because the number is really disproportionate, even if they don't surrender and grit their teeth and choose to fight, they fire a dozen stone projectiles, and they hit those battleships in a fool-like formation, so that the group of rebels can know what the anger of Gray Mist City is.

In their eyes, the appearance of that one-line warship, there is no combat appearance, it is more likely that they want to escape from this sea area, after all, in their cognition, with six real warships, against a huge fleet of more than forty warships, there will be fear, and it is impossible to have the heart to resist!

(To be continued.) )