On a sentry ship near the sea, the veteran rowed his oars desperately, watching from a distance that was about to arrive at the King's Landing Military Port, and slowly breathed a sigh of relief.

"Row, enter the harbor, swing the rudder, anchormen ready to ......" he commanded a few of his naval companions, letting the sentry ship enter the barracks as fast as possible to dock, while looking up and looking around.

Soon, he noticed something was wrong.

In front of him, the King's Landing fleet in the military harbor seemed to be all busy, and there was even an urgent assembly bell ringing in the military harbor from afar.

"Huh, why are these dogs moving so fast, could it be that other sentry ships have returned to port to report the enemy's attack?" the veteran hesitated.

He looked confusedly at a thin rower beside him, "Did you see the other sentry ships patrolling Blackwater Bay returning today?"

The thin sailor shook the oars, with the same confused expression, and he gasped and responded: "No, we found the enemy ship for the first time, and this is because you have good eyes, and you will judge the impropriety of the giant ship at the first time, otherwise we will have to stay in Blackwater Bay for a while, and we will not return after confirmation." ”

"So what's going on?"

"Maybe the Coast Sentinel informed the Fleet Commander before we did?"

Perhaps, the veteran breathed a sigh of relief, which is a good thing. However, the friendly forces seemed to be preparing for battle, and it seemed that there was no point in him hurriedly paddling and exhausting himself half to death.

Everyone put down their oars, rowing too quickly just now, and didn't even know where the huge three-masted battleship behind them had sailed.

Under normal circumstances, it should have been gone, after all, they were rowing without life just now, and a fleet reconnaissance ship that is ready to go to war will not sail too fast, because they need to transmit reconnaissance information to the fleet behind them, and they must keep each other within the visual range of the command flag.

The inexperienced soldier thought so, and so did the veteran, and they all stood up from their sentry ships, ready to look up to see how long it would be before the fleets that dared to attack King's Landing arrived.

As soon as they got up, they turned their heads to look, and soon their necks were motionless as if they had been immobilized.

On the sea surface of Blackwater Bay, a hundred three-masted sail warships of a unified type, the finished glyph split the waves, and the tall ship buildings and huge sails that could not be seen at a glance did not know when they had sailed into the bay.

It was not only them who were shocked, but also the attention of countless fishing boats and merchant ships living by the sea in the bay were also taken aback by the sudden appearance of the fleet.

Everyone was stunned by the sudden appearance.

Anchoring, sailing, ruddering, and then lifeless avoidance, the outer harbor of Blackwater Bay was busy in a mess of chickens and dogs.

It has to be said that in the face of danger, human potential is unlimited.

It didn't take much effort, and the civilian warships that were originally crowded with the route completely disappeared into the lively Blackwater Bay.

The wind and waves were calm, and a wide battlefield was spontaneously carved out.

A sea war is about to begin.

The Gripen fleet did not give the King's Landing fleet, which had just rushed out of the military port, to prepare, and Gripen Fleet Commander Jack used his horn and command flag to direct the forward ships to launch a charge after the fleet had sailed into Blackwater Bay.

King's Landing's warships were large and varied, ranging in size, but they had an absolute advantage in size, and despite the hasty time of assembly, in less than half an hour, they still took the lead in setting up the first blockade line of fifty warships.

And more King's Landing warships, which are still trapped in the not wide waterway of the military port at the moment, are blocked in the ice-free deep water bay of the King's Landing military port, and are trying to sail out of several ships.

Jack looked expressionlessly at the King's Landing fleet slowly moving forward in the distance, and the other party almost only hung a pair of auxiliary sails, making the fleet's forward speed slow down.

This is to keep the distance between fleets and try to be as careful as possible, which is a common naval defensive strategy.

Although the main ship was slow, they released a number of small paddle boats and quickly approached the Gripen fleet.

"Lord Jack, there are a number of sentinel ships, strapped to them with oil and firewood, and it seems that they intend to light the fire close to the fleet and delay our attack. ”

Gripen's deputy commander, Aardman, broke into the fleet command room and came to Jack's side and prayed.

Jack's face was silent, without the excitement and nervousness of the battle, and the Gripen fleet had won a glorious victory against Stannis Baratheon's Dragonstone fleet outside the Old City, and he had great confidence in the fleet he commanded.

"It's a sign of their lack of heart, and it seems that they are far from ready for our arrival. If you want to stall for time, send them on their way early. Jack said indifferently.

He then summoned Cole, the herald of the fleet, and began to issue operational deployments.

"Order, the "Charge" led the ten battleships in front of the fleet array to hang their sails and sail at full speed, clearing the obstacles along the way as soon as possible, and then directly attacking the opponent's forward fleet that had not gained a firm foothold. ”

"Do you ask for a broadside, Commander-in-Chief?"

"Of course, go ahead and give them an attack. ”

"Obey the command!"

Cole solemnly agreed, then quickly took the pen and quickly wrote the order on a thick stack of parchment, and finally picked the parchment from the table again and threw it to the lieutenant behind him.

In a short time, on the mast of the command ship of the White Harbor, the flag bearer and the horn bearer will use various flags and horns with different sounds to issue corresponding orders to the huge Gripen fleet.

Of course, if the order is too complicated, you can also just drop the herald boat and go to it yourself.

The herald's lieutenant had just taken a piece of parchment with the order written on it and walked out of the command room, and the thick voice of Commander Jack came from inside the room.

"Order the left and right sides of the fleet to hang double sails and high-speed wraps on both sides, with the "Qianqian" as the command ship on the left side, and the "Wind Chaser" on the right side to hang the command flag. After arriving at the battlefield, the flanks lowered their auxiliary sails and maneuvered only with the mainsail and tail sail, so that their distant firepower could be noted, and after the "Charge" and "Breakthrough" joined the local fleet, they could still use rockets and fire-burning ballistas. ”

"Yes, this is to be conveyed. ”

Soon, after a rapid and low horn sound, Commander Jack saw more than a dozen warships of the Gripen fleet starting to break away from the front formation and accelerate forward.

"Commander, do you need all the main forces of the fleet to press forward?" Aardman, the adjutant of the fleet commander, looked at the detachment in front of him, and advanced in a line of zigzags, asking at the right time.

The command of the fleet is a complex project.

As the commander-in-chief of the fleet, Jack is the only command hub, and all orders must be highly unified in order to avoid confusion at the beginning of the naval battle.

"Not yet, but Deputy Commander Aardman, you can go and arrange for the ships of the main fleet to prepare for hoisting their sails, and when the breakthrough battleships and the warships on both sides disrupt each other's positions, it will not be too late for us to set off. ”

"However, if only thirty warships are dispatched, it will be difficult to quickly break the opponent's first line of defense, and once the front is deadlocked, when the garrison navy of King's Landing Military Port is all out of the harbor, I am afraid that it will be very difficult to fight. ”

The deputy's questioning is within a reasonable range, indeed, if the direct fleet is all pressed, the opponent's first line of defense can be easily torn apart at the first time, and when the time comes, the opponent's remaining fleet will not be able to get out of the military port, and this naval battle will be won.

However, in the face of doubts, Commander-in-Chief Jack only smiled slightly, took out a piece of parchment from his arms, and quietly handed it to him.

"Look at it, the letter from King's Landing yesterday was written by our lord himself, and in addition to ordering our fleet to sweep the Black Coast and seize control of the sea east of King's Landing, there is also one more article, which is to annihilate all King's Landing navy. ”

The deputy commander, Aardman, held the parchment in his hand, glanced at it, and quickly straightened his chest and saluted a standard naval salute.

"Damn it, since it's a strategic requirement of the lord, I have no doubts. ”