readx;? At first, the officers and men of the Gucci Navy were nervous when they saw the heavily armed Caravelle-style galleons escorting the merchant fleet, fearing that revenge had come. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 But later they found out that these small ships were for the escort of the merchant fleet, and even if those merchant ships docked at Haojie Harbor, these small warships did not enter the port, as if they were just here to protect the merchant ships, and over time, the Gucci Navy became accustomed to it, and its vigilance slowly relaxed.

In addition to protecting the merchant fleet, these escort sailing ships actually had a secret mission. In the seemingly ordinary voyage of ordinary times, these warships carry out channel surveys from time to time, and check all the bathymetric data and ocean currents of nearby waterways.

Some merchant ships were on the same mission, and they were scouted by the depth of the water, the berths, and the state of the harbor's defenses. Under their exploration, it is estimated that even the Guqi Navy does not know as much about Haojie Harbor as the Shouyang Navy. The location of the wharf in the entire port, the direction of the current, the depth of the water in the port and the width of the entrance, and even the location of the opponent's outpost and the time of changing the guard, the Shouyang Navy knew in great detail, and all of this prepared Li Bing for attacking the Guqi Navy.

After making all the preparations, the Shouyang Navy, composed of forty improved Galen battleships and seventy-two Caravel type escort warships, raised its sails, and they slowly sailed out of Lianyungang, and after the sea formation, they headed into the distance, at this time, no one knew that a new page on the Celestial God Continent was about to be turned over.

Under the guidance of detailed charts, the naval fleet led by Li Bing and Hou Jian personally faced the southeast sea monsoon and slowly headed towards Haojie Harbor. As a naval combat unit that has been in the army for several years, they are quite dissatisfied with the fate of being reduced to an army transport ship. Now that they finally have the opportunity to show their skills, the sailors and officers of the whole army are very excited, and they can finally fight a decent naval battle.

Fang Ruitao taught Li Bing a lot of naval combat tactics in the era of sail in peacetime, and the Shouyang Navy also conducted actual combat exercises in groups, but the exercises were always exercises, and no one knew whether these tactics were effective or not. This time, in addition to wanting the navy to show its face, Li Bing's biggest hope is to be able to verify some of his ideas and verify whether the naval tactics obtained from Fang Ruitao are really applicable to the naval battlefield.

The main force of the Shouyang Navy did not sail along the coastline, this channel was too busy, and it was easy to run into other ships, and that would reveal their combat intentions, so the fleet, under the leadership of Hou Jian, an old sailor, sailed south until it was 300 kilometers away from the coast, and then turned west, aiming directly at Haojie Harbor.

With the help of those experienced orc sailors, and with the help of the compass, sextant, and telescope made by Fang Ruitao, the navy was not afraid of the danger of getting lost, and they walked nearly a thousand nautical miles without danger, and soon approached the area about two hundred kilometers away from Haojie Port.

Li Bing's meaning was to take advantage of the night to sneak attack Haojie Port and wipe out the main force of the Guqi Navy in the port in one fell swoop, but when there were still two hundred kilometers away from Haojie Port, an accident happened.

Due to the timidity of the Gucci Navy, the fleet on guard in the open sea never withdrew. Thus, within a radius of 200 kilometers around the port of Haojie, there were four detachments, each consisting of twelve Kirk-style galleons, carrying ballistae and small catapults developed by Gucci City, in addition to an army squad on board the warships for broadside combat.

The main force of Li Bing's fleet was all improved galleons with three or even four masts, which were not only extremely large in tonnage, but also had much higher mast heights, so the sailors in the masttop watchtower used binoculars to spot the opposing fleet very early.

When he learned that he was about to encounter the opposing fleet, Li Bing quickly sounded the alarm, and at the same time hung a flag on the flagship Dragon's Tooth, and each ship followed the flagship in a linear array.

Soon the well-trained Shouyang Navy began to start with the Dragon's Tooth, lined up in a four-way column, and sailed away at a rapid pace. Li Bing did not rush directly to the other party, now they are headwinds, which is a very unfavorable combat environment in the naval regulations compiled by Fang Ruitao, not to mention that Li Bing is also afraid that the other party will turn around and run away when he sees his fleet, which will leak the news.

Because of this situation, Li Bing immediately ordered the fleet to turn, and they were diagonally oriented to the situation at a 45-degree angle, avoiding the alert detachment of the other side that was circling in place, and chose to bypass a large bend and attack from behind the opponent's flank.

At a speed of about twelve knots on a sailboat, such a maneuver takes a long time. Li Bing and Hou Jian waited patiently until three hours later, when the fleet finally maneuvered to the predetermined position. Feeling that the wind on the sea surface was showing signs of increasing, Li Bing immediately ordered the first mate to test the wind speed, and sure enough, the wind had increased to level five, and there were signs of continuing to increase.

In such sea conditions, it is estimated that those Kirk-style sailing ships that are only more than 100 tons will soon choose to return to the sea, Li Bing knew that the time given to him was running out, and taking advantage of this rare opportunity, the Shouyang Navy hung out full sails and began to sail in the direction of the Guqi Navy at full speed.

"According to the report, the number of warships on the other side has increased, and now it has reached twenty-four. "The lookout post once again gave a new picture.

"The first battle was so unlucky. Hou Jian said with a smile: "It seems that the other party's fleet is ready to hand over the task, and now that the two alert fleets are together, our combat difficulty will be much higher." ”

"How can the two fleets have such a powerful naval fleet as ours, are you still afraid that you won't be able to defeat them" Li Bing smiled slightly, and immediately issued an order to keep the formation at full speed and be ready to attack at any time.

Meng Di, commander of the 3rd Fleet of the Gucci Navy, was standing on the bow of the ship, handing over the situation to Gao Wu, the commander of the 7th Fleet on another ship. The warships of the two sides were very close, and Meng Di, who was a master of the Battle King level, flew directly to Gao Wu's ship to hand over. It was very windy on deck, and it was difficult to hear clearly, so the two of them walked into the captain's room.

"Lao Gao, this is the case, it's up to you next. Meng Di stretched his waist and said: "After floating on the sea for more than half a month, my bones are almost rusty, and it is time to go ashore to recuperate." ”

Gao Wu smiled bitterly: "Your brother is going back, I'm going to suffer here." I don't know what the above thinks, let's be on guard here, and also defend against the attack of the Shouyang Navy. Not to mention that we have nothing to compete with when people are coming, just how to go back and report the situation after our vigilant fleet finds out is a problem. It is said that all of our merchant ships have three masts, which are much larger than our small ships, and they run much faster. But we don't necessarily have to hold out for long, it looks like a storm is coming, and if the wind is stronger, we can go back. ”

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