Chapter 394: Hegemony: Misjudgment

But at this time, Yu Haoming and Xu Qing both had wrong judgments about both the enemy and us.

Because the warships of the Qin army were formal warships, they were two or three times faster than the old warships before the Wu Kingdom. Old! In terms of speed error, Yu Haoming and Qi Lanyin both made wrong judgments.

Of course! The error in Yu Haoming's judgment is already very small.

However, the error analyzed by Xu Qing and Luo Hao in Jingzhou is very large. The relative value of this error is a full day difference. In other words, if the boats on both sides continue to drive like this, they may bump into each other by mistake in the middle of the river.

The two fleets are likely to have an inexplicable encounter unprepared.

In this case, the error calculated by Xu Qing will involve Yu Haoming's judgment, and the error of the two will coincide.

It's four o'clock in the morning.

The Jingzhou army set off again.

And the Qin State Navy is also moving forward from the other side.

Yu Haoming's guess is good, this morning's fog is surprisingly big, and the route of the voyage is not clear. This moment! You can only rely on the navigation needle, that is, the compass, to identify the direction.

"Luckily! The leader had been to Jingzhou back then, and he was quite familiar with the waters of Jingzhou. Otherwise! Today, I have to be dizzy by this fog. Yu Haoming thought.

"Tell the brethren not to come too far between ships in order to avoid collisions. Later, if you encounter an enemy army, everyone will use the signal flare as a signal. ”

In addition to signal flares, they also have flares in the Qin State. This is Dongfang Yu's creation for the sake of the sailors, who can find the right fleet in a foggy environment.

Of course! In this foggy environment, lighting doesn't seem to make a big difference.

Crunch! Crunch!

The sound of the deck, above this silent river, drove quietly.

An hour later, the fog gradually cleared a lot, and as the two armies got closer and closer, the ripples of the river became more and more intense.

The distance between the two armies was only ten nautical miles.

Cruiser of the Qin State.

"Hmm..."

"What's going on! There were so many ships ahead. Looking at the looming warship in front of him, in the fog, the cruiser sailors who were observing the situation in the distance with a telescope immediately noticed that something was wrong.

"It's about five miles from my cruiser, and the one at the front is only two or three miles."

"What should I do?"

"Don't panic, the speed of our cruiser is three or four times that of the enemy, and we will definitely be able to return to Yu Shuai before we meet the Jingzhou army."

The chief captain said.

"Herald! The cruiser immediately turned around and, as fast as possible, returned to the main ship to report the situation. ”

"No!"

"Raise the sails!"

They are swimming against the current, and they have put away the sails.

And now, they are going to return to the main ship, and with the wind, it will be faster.

Crash!

The cruiser immediately headed back.

But the only difference between the two armies is that the types of ships in the Qin fleet are much more than those in Jingzhou.

Combat ships, transport ships, cruisers, and much more.

"Look, there's a boat back."

"Pull the full sail!"

Immediately! The soldiers on the cruise, lit the torches, and with the light of the torches as the command, informed the main ship of the situation.

"Is there a situation?"

"Quickly report to Yu Shuai and General Qi."

At this time, Yu Haoming and Qi Lanyin returned to the same ship, and when it came to commanding the naval battle of the naval fleet, Yu Haoming was much more powerful than Qi Lanyin.

"Report! In case of emergency, the cruising voyage told the main ship that directly in front of our army, it was found that the main force of the Jingzhou Naval Division was coming in the direction of our army. ”

Soldier reports.

Yu Haoming's eyes widened and he couldn't help blinking.

The mind kept thinking.

"Yu Shuai, it seems that we are all wrong." Qi Lanyin wanted to speak.

"No!"

Yu Haoming stopped Qi Lanyin, "We were wrong, there are some errors in the speed of our army's driving." And Jingzhou Sailor is completely wrong. They calculated the speed at which our army was traveling, and it should have been calculated according to the speed of the old Wuguo warships. ”

"That is..."

"That is to say..."

In Yu Haoming's mind, he calculated the time when the two armies should set off and where they should meet with the Jingzhou Navy Division.

"In other words, the calculation of the Jingzhou Navy Division is one day later than reality, and our army is one day earlier. This also led to the big mistake of the Jingzhou generals, which was also imposed on us. Yu Haoming analyzed.

"In other words, what we are fighting with the Jingzhou Navy Division now is an encounter battle." Qi Lanyin said.

"General Qi, you and I will go to the deck." Yu Haoming said.

"Good!"

The two of them went on deck at the same time, and as the sun rose, the fog on the river gradually dissipated, and the ships of the Qin State could be seen roughly clearly.

By six o'clock, the sun should come out completely and dispel the fog on the river.

Before that, the two had calculated that the sailors of Daqin and the sailors of Jingzhou were only a few miles away.

"It's damn weather."

"Fortunately, we prepared in advance."

Yu Haoming said. "Use the flare as the direction of the helm, and issue orders to all the ships!"

"No!"

The heralds went down.

Immediately convey the order to the soldiers on the main ship.

All battleships, orders were obeyed by the main ship.

Correct! The Jingzhou Navy Division also has thousands of boats, including small boats and the like, which are used as assault boats to grab the beach and land.

But as the Jingzhou sailors who went out to fight the water war, they only dispatched 300 combat ships, which was already all the fighting ships in Jingzhou.

It is the naval division of the Qin State, and the warships it has are almost more than 300! The only difference is that the ship branch registered by the Qin State is much more gorgeous than that of the Jingzhou Sailors.

Shout!

Moment!

Yu Hao clearly calculated the distance between the Jingzhou Navy Division and his own fleet. Immediately, when there was only one mile between the two armies.

A signal flare on the main ship soared into the air and bloomed in the air under the gaze of both the enemy and us.

"That's ......"

Jingzhou Navy was stunned for a while.

In an instant, it reacted.

Clang! Clang! Clang!

The entire Jingzhou Navy Division sounded the horn of responding to the enemy.

Shout! Shout! Shout!

Moment! From the Qin army, several signal flares were launched, and they took off into the air.

Smelling this sharp and piercing sound, the two people on the main ship hurriedly ran out of the warehouse.

"It's... This is... Flares! ”

Grunt!

In addition to the signal flare of the Qin army, the two really didn't expect that there would be an army that would appear in their west.

"Turn the bow of the ship and meet the enemy!"

Xu Qinggang gave the order.

I saw that on the surface of the river, one after another cannonballs, like meteors, were incomparably gorgeous, cutting through the fog layer and shooting over.

Rumble! Rumble! Rumble!

In an instant, more than 100 battleships of the forward battleships of the Jingzhou Navy Division were all caught under powerful artillery bombardment.

Bang!

The surface of the water is like a huge wave, and the power of the cannonball has exploded!