The next day, Qingji gave the order to march on the Balkans.

Arrived on the island of Psitalia.

According to the latest war report, more than 500 warships of the Greek coalition and about 30,000 navies are stationed on the island of Salamis.

On the matter of crossing the Aegean Sea directly, reaching Marathon, or attacking the Greek coalition on the island of Salamis, Qingji hesitated, and the generals also disagreed.

Wu Ming frowned and said: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that he should still follow the original plan, land in Marathon, and then wave his army to Athens City, and it will be decided in a battle." ”

"The island of Salamis is sandwiched between the Greek Peninsula and the Peloponnese, separated from the Greek Peninsula only by a strait to the east."

"The Strait of Salamis, which is narrow and winding, is only two kilometers at its widest point."

"Twelve years ago, Xerxes I was defeated by the Greeks at the Battle of Salami, Your Majesty, this is a lesson from the past......"

Hearing this, Qingji nodded, and this was where he was a little worried.

I think that the Persian king Xerxes I led an army of 300,000 and 1,207 warships composed of 100 nationalities, but was finally defeated by the Greeks.

The reason for this was that the Greeks were able to take advantage of their small size and agility in narrow bays to repeatedly surprise the Persian fleet in broadside and ramming battles.

The Persian warships, on the other hand, were large and bulky, and had difficulty navigating in narrow bays, unable to move forward, had no way to retreat, collided with each other, and were in a mess......

Of course, Da Wu's warships were large and small, and in fact, they were not afraid to fight the Greeks to the death in the narrow bay.

At this time, Sun Di stood up and said to Qingji: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that he still has to defeat the Greeks on the island of Salamis, defeat all their navy, burn all their warships, and finish the battle in one battle!" ”

"If so many Greek navies are left alone, how our follow-up troops can cross the Aegean Sea and land in the Balkans is still a difficult problem."

"If the ships of the Greek coalition suddenly come out, our army will also be taken by surprise."

Hearing this, Qingji nodded, and he could be regarded as agreeing with Sun Di's proposition.

Qingji set his eyes on the imperial grandson Wu Ji and asked, "Wu Ji, what do you think?" ”

"Imperial grandfather, grandson thinks that this battle must be fought!"

Wu Ji had a resolute look on his face and said, "My Great Wu's warships are now equipped with great general cannons, which are far from being comparable to those primitive sailing ships of the Greeks. ”

"Even if it is a decisive battle in a narrow bay, what is there to fear?"

"Last time, didn't our Great Wu Navy also defeat the fleet of the Greek coalition forces in the Aegean Sea and win a complete victory?"

"Good."

Qingji thinks that Wu Ji's courage is commendable.

Actually, Qingji has nothing to fear.

Flying dragon riding face, the advantage is in me.

How does this make Qingji lose?

……

Under Qingji's order, Wu Ji led 600 warships to gather in the southeast of the Salamis Strait, while Sun Di led 500 warships around the west side of Salamis Island to block the exit of the strait, preparing to catch turtles in an urn and wipe out the Greek coalition forces.

Not to be outdone, the Greeks finally launched an unprecedented sea battle with the Wu army.

The Greeks' warships were only long, low, three-tiered galleys carrying about forty marines on board.

But the main weapon of these ships was the bronze-clad ramming angles under the bow waterline.

In wartime, one hundred and fifty oarsmen sat on three decks and rowed long oars to propel the ship forward at speeds of more than seven knots.

This speed gives the ship's ramming angle a tremendous force of impact.

On the Wu army's side, there are many types of warships, and the existing warships include building ships, shippers, fighting ships, sea falcons, boats, yachts, etc., as well as 400 warships, 400 patrol ships, Jiujiang-style sentinel ships, rowing boats, etc.

The warship belongs to the main warship, and the entire cabin and deck are covered by cowhide, which can be used for fire prevention.

There are several oars on each side of the board for the oars to insert the boat and for rowers to row.

There are three cabins above deck, which are also wrapped in raw cowhide to prevent enemy fire.

Each deck has crossbow windows on all sides, and spear holes can be used to attack enemies in all directions......

In terms of the performance of the warships, the Wu army was superior to the Greek coalition army in all aspects, and I don't know how many streets it took.

And from the very beginning of the naval battle, when the Greek fleet intended to rely on the narrow bay to block the Wu fleet, they were already being attacked head-on.

"Fire!"

With Wu Ji's order, the order flag waved, and it was constantly conveyed, and the general's cannon, which had already been loaded, suddenly poured out one cannonball after another.

"Woohoo!"

"Boom!"

"Boom!"

The cannonball pierced the sky and smashed into the sea, causing a splash several meters high.

The Greek warships, which had been hit by the shells, also quickly collapsed like paper paste.

Everywhere there was a deafening sound of cannons, and the flames were blazing!

Some of the Greek ships that were bombarded by the shells had not yet been shattered, but they had already ignited a fire, burning to death those on board who had not had time to escape.

The powerful general of the Wu people made the Greek fleet suffer.

Before the two armies could make contact, the Greek fleet was sunk by dozens of ships, and thousands of casualties were killed......

How will this battle be fought?

The Greeks, who had never seen the power of artillery, were so frightened that they had lost their courage.

After a series of firepower covered, the Greek fleet suffered heavy losses, fell into the sea and struggled, and the Greek soldiers who wanted to escape were directly shot by the passing Wu sergeants.

The originally blue sea was instantly stained red with blood, and there were many corpses of Greeks floating on the surface of the sea, as well as planks formed by the shattering of warships.

Although the losses were huge at the beginning, in order to defend their homeland, the Greek warriors still fought hard, rowed their warships, and went towards the fleet of the Wu army without their lives.

However, the strength of Wu's naval army does not only rely on the general's artillery.

"Line up!"

"Shoot the arrows!"

With Wu Ji's order, the Great Wu warriors on the deck of every warship shot a dense array of arrows at the enemy on the opposite side.

The Wu army's hand crossbows, kicking crossbows, and bed crossbows had a longer range and were more lethal than the bows and arrows of the Greeks.

Another photo.

"Woohoo!"

The crossbow arrows fell head-on, and the Greeks who were caught off guard could only passively hold their shields, wanting to protect themselves, but more people couldn't stop them, and some of them were directly penetrated by the crossbow arrows shot by the bed crossbow, and the whole person flew out upside down, and died of anger.

Finally, the Greeks' warships finally got closer to Wu's fleet, but the rockets they fired could not hurt Wu's warships and could not ignite the fire, but their warships suffered heavy losses.

With the sturdy warships and the levers mounted on them, Wu's ships went on a rampage, smashing one enemy ship after another with their poles, or smashing them to pieces.

This is simply a naval battle with mismatched strengths.

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