The Battleship in the previous chapter was changed to a Light Fighter. The stern is an assault boat and carries more than 20 people. Fighting ships belong to warships and carry more than 100 people. The building ship is a heavy warship, carrying more than 1,000 people. Thanks for the Dream Comet reminder.

The first naval fleet of the Zhoushui Alliance was officially formed. Fifty light fighting ships, all with mast and sails, are fast, and are suitable for long-distance operations in inland waters and seas, and the sailing time is the same as that of light sailing ships.

Light Fighting Ships: Sloops and sails.

Staffing: 1 captain, 50 halberd soldiers, 150 archers. Suitable for water battles. One dock can build 1 light dhow in 18 hours.

Load capacity: 30,000 catties. In addition to the personnel, there are another 10,000 catties of food, water, arrows and ordnance, which must be replenished at the supply base once every 7 days at most. Or a large specialized supply ship to supply the fighting ship.

Voyage: 20 knots. There is no sailing time limit, and when the wind stops, you can use non-commissioned personnel to paddle instead.

Additional Firepower: Four Giant Crossbows.

Maintenance cost: 10,000 catties of food for 7 days + 200 non-commissioned soldiers' salary + ship damage and maintenance costs, and the total maintenance cost of 1 fighting ship.

Such a fleet of 50 light fighting ships has a total strength of 10,000 soldiers. Don't think that such a fighting ship is very strong in water combat, and it can be built desperately. To maintain such a fleet, the cost of food alone is 60,000 catties of grain a day. Not to mention the cost of other aspects.

Such a fleet does not produce any value in itself, it is only constantly consumed, and its only value is to provide security protection for other ships. For the Zhoushui Alliance to achieve the strategic goal of occupying the sea outlet and monopolizing shipping.

With the strength of the Zhoushui Alliance, for the first time, it only built fifty ships to form a fleet, and did not dare to build more. When the strength is strong in the future and the need arises, we will build a few more such naval fleets. Or make heavy fighting ships, building ships, warships, and so on.

Fifty light fighting ships took the lead. A hundred light sailing boats followed, and hundreds of other light assault boats slowly sailed from the Zhoushui River to the Jihe River, a hundred miles away. The purpose of their trip was to intercept the expeditionary fleet of more than 200 ships in Jicheng and prevent them from going to Tanggukou.

The Zhoushui River flows into the Bohai Sea together with the Jihe River in the middle of the way and after confluence. The two fleets sailed towards the mouth of the sea at the same time, and there was a high probability that the fleet of the Zhoushui Alliance would encounter the fleet of Jicheng in Jihesheng.

The negotiations between the Zhoushui Alliance and the five giants of Jicheng have completely broken down, but the five giants still sent this fleet to compete with the Zhoushui Alliance for access to the sea. War could break out at any time. This is likely to be the largest and most severe war faced by the Zhoushui Alliance since its establishment, and the war is not fought against NCP, but against players in another walled city.

The stakes are high. It directly determines who has the upper hand and who is suppressed by the other party.

Qin Xiaobai, as well as the commanders of the five major legions, such as not staying for thousands of miles, becoming a king, blood killing, god king, and drawing their swords to ask the sky, personally sat on the fleet and presided over this battle. Qin Xiaobai and the others stood on a flagship in the middle of the fleet, overlooking the entire plain and the Zhoushui River. Flags on the fighting ship. Hunt in the wind.

The vast plains along the Zhoushui River are all cultivated by Zhoushui players, and NPC farmers and slaves can be seen everywhere using bronze hoes to cultivate and produce in the fields, and the waterwheels on the banks are constantly running, and the river water is bubbling from the low-lying ground into the canals and flowing into the fields.

There are also numerous transport wagons on 6 that travel between the various player camps, busy transporting goods. From time to time, players or NCPs can be seen looking at this huge fleet in amazement, excited, surprised, and shouting loudly.

Other than that. There was also a thousand-strong bronze cavalry escorting the fleet from 6 to the Ji River, galloping fast on the bank, trampling up clouds of dust. In addition to escorting, they are also responsible for reconnaissance along the way. Collect military intelligence from all directions and hand it over to Qin Xiaobai and others.

In addition, tens of thousands of troops on 50 fighting ships and thousands of carriages carrying grain and other materials. It is also walking from 6 roads. If the light fighting ships and light sailing ships carry these soldiers. The portion size is too heavy and it is easy to run aground. No way. The soldiers and supplies could only be allowed to walk from the road to the vicinity of the Ji River. The water was deep enough before they got on board. Then take a boat to the military base at Tanggukou.

The fleet moved slowly, and Qin Xiaobai leaned on the side of the ship, looking at everything in the field ahead, with a calm and indifferent expression.

There are tens of thousands of players in Zhoushui Walled City, which is not much more than other walled cities. Relying on the bronze industry, the Eagle Hand mining area, the Zhoushui Academy, the shipbuilding industry and many other aspects, the Zhoushui City Wall is in the forefront of the city walls. This manpower of tens of thousands of players is twisted into a rope, and the power it wields is even enough to compete with the Earth Thistle City, which has a population of hundreds of thousands of players.

On the armor, more than a dozen people in the rest of the land were also laughing and talking, discussing how to clean up the 200 ships and ground fleet in Jicheng.

The hooligan licked his mouth and said with a "sinister" look: "Quack, we have brought a full 200 boats, as long as we add some flammable firewood, we can turn them into fire boats." How about we set fire to 200 boats in Jicheng? I can guarantee that as soon as this fire ignites, it will be absolutely majestic and majestic, and there will be 200 more dead fish on the surface of the river at once! ”

Cheng Wang was surprised: "Damn, it's too loser!" Half of the 200 boats in Jicheng were sold to them! I think it's better to take these 200 ships prisoner, take them as trophies, and then sell them to the Big Five. This handover is millions of copper coins, and it can be recycled next time. It's a pity to burn it in vain! ”

Bloodkill smiled: "Ha, where is such a good thing? It is not easy to disarm Jicheng's fleet. I think it's better to burn it, and directly wake up the five giants of Jicheng. It's not up to them to say on this river. ”

Suddenly, in the distance, a bronze cavalryman, approached the flagship not far from the river bank from the bank, shouting loudly, urgent information. A small boat near the flagship immediately approached the shore, and after receiving the information from the scout, the bronze cavalry immediately departed and went to the front again to reconnoiter the information.

Then the players on the boat returned to the flagship and reported to everyone on the flagship: "Report! The 200 ships fleet of the scouts in Jicheng is approaching the confluence of Zhoushui and Jihe, and there is still a distance of twenty miles. ”

The brains on the flagship immediately stopped laughing, took out a map of animal skins, and watched-

Thousands of miles without leaving a line to calculate, pointed to the intersection of Zhoushui and Jihe on the map, and said quickly: "We are still about ten miles away from the intersection." The scout's current Jicheng fleet is still twenty miles away from the intersection, and it takes half an hour to report to us, and during this time, the Jicheng fleet can only go about ten miles away from the intersection. It is likely that our fleet and the Jicheng fleet will arrive at the junction at the same time. However, our degree is a little too slow, and it is likely that the fleet of Jicheng will pass the junction one step ahead of us. What do you think? ”

Cheng Wang calmly analyzed: "This intersection is not big, and there are only five possibilities for all. 1。 Our fleet passed first, and the Jicheng fleet passed later. 2。 The Jicheng fleet passed first, and our fleet passed later. 3。 Both fleets arrived at the junction at the same time. 4。 When our fleet passed halfway, it was encountered by the Jicheng fleet, and the Jicheng fleet attacked. 5。 When the Jicheng fleet passed halfway, it was encountered by our fleet, and our side attacked. Once you encounter it, there is no doubt that it will touch war. The mode of operation and the results of these five situations will be completely different. It may even be the complete defeat of our army. ”

Qianli Buliuxing said with a smile: "This depends on what our purpose is, and what is the purpose of the Jicheng fleet." If it's to intercept them and stop them back in Jicheng, then it's best for us to arrive first and block their way at the intersection. If it is a fleet that wants to attack Jicheng, we can arrive when their fleet is halfway through the junction, and attack, cutting them in two. Depending on the purpose, we can choose different scenarios to carry out this war. ”

Either way, there's less than an hour to prepare. War is about to break out. The battle for access to the sea between the Zhoushui Alliance and the Big Five of Jicheng will soon be clear.

On the flagship, the army commanders and Xing Sima looked at Qin Xiaobai with solemn expressions.

Qin Xiaobai thought for a while and said, "Order the whole fleet to slow down again and prepare to dock at the crossing of the river section at the end of the Zhoushui River with sufficient water depth, and the fifty fighting ships will begin to load all the soldiers and enter the first-level state of readiness." Let Jicheng's fleet pass through the junction first, and our fleet will pass later. ”