Sweep the World

Today is a cloudless weather, but the wind is a little bit small, causing the ship to slow down when sailing.

The ships of any country today, no matter what the purpose of the ship, actually retain the oar-driven design, and do not rely entirely on sails as the driving force for navigation.

It didn't enter the combat state before, even if the wind was lower, it didn't matter, but after the fleet turned into combat, the window of the oar area was opened, and the thick oars protruded out of the hull to stand by.

The person responsible for the offensive command and offensive Jiduo’s side was set up at the port eighty miles away from the Pingman’s Captain’s Department. It was Wang Yan. Like Li Mai, he was the surrender after the fall of the Eastern Jin imperial court. Command the Yangtze River Navy to prevent the Han army from crossing the river.

After the surrender, Wang Kan was in idle state for a long time. It was not activated until the end of the seventh year of Yuanshuo. At the beginning, he still served in the Yangtze River Marine Corps. Later, the Han Dynasty increased its efforts to develop the ocean and opened up the Gupta dynasty. The war was transferred to Zhanghai (South 1 Sea) to serve.

Zhanghai is a very important area for Han, and it is also the most prosperous sea area for navigation. The reason is that the land route to the Indochina Peninsula is not developed, and the sea route to the Indochina Peninsula has become the best choice. . Furthermore, the islands found around Zhanghai basically have abundant resources. Even if there are no luxuries such as spices, fragrant woods, emeralds, and gems, there are still some savages that can be caught.

The demand for slaves in Han is a bottomless pit. The military meritorious system itself desperately needs slaves to reward meritorious nobles. To support the military meritorious system not to collapse, it must have enough land and the number of slaves. Liu Yan was unable to completely abolish the Han Chinese as slaves, and could only capture the aliens to the greatest extent.

In addition to the need for slaves by military masters, national construction is also in urgent need of slaves. The most dangerous thing, such as opening a mountain for mining and road repair, is basically using slaves to do it.

During the period of sweeping the Eight Desolations and Liuhe, the Han country obtained a considerable number of prisoners of war, and also eliminated Goguryeo, Baekje, and Silla and obtained a large number of slaves, which supported the foundation of military merits and provided sufficient cheap labor for the construction of the country. The labor force is always better at any time. The Indo-China Peninsula keeps on arresting savages, and the various islands have not stopped arresting savages.

The war against the Gupta dynasty was fought to obtain food at the beginning, but the war was not as smooth as expected, but at least it also gave the Han people a better understanding of the Gupta dynasty.

In the beginning, it was a war for food. Later, it was discovered that the Gupta Dynasty was a country with a population of 20 to 30 million. The Han people instantly found a peerless treasure. Defeating the Gupta Dynasty can get food. In order to seize land suitable for farming, gold, beauty and other trophies are indispensable in the process. The most important thing is the population of 20 to 30 million!

The Eastern Han Dynasty was a dynasty with a very serious slavery phenomenon. The Three Kingdoms and the Jin Dynasty also retained the habit of slavery. After the small court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty was destroyed, various families and powerful forces were forced to disband their slaves, and later evolved into a nationwide liberated Han servant. , They found that there would be no problem with enslaving foreign races, and they would be idiots if they didn't know what to do.

For Han to have slaves, the title must first be determined. War is the best way to obtain title rewards. Northerners eagerly went to the Western Regions, and Southerners have already enjoyed the sweetness of the Indochina Peninsula.

War is the way to get everything. Even if it is impossible to have slaves that exceed the status limit, but they can be caught and sold for money, then the Gupta dynasty can bring benefits from any aspect, and of course it is to **** him!

Wang Kan was a commissioned surrender, and cherished the opportunity to lead the army more than anyone else. He had communicated with Li Mai repeatedly before, and it was very clear what this war meant to their surrenders.

With a fleet of 850 ships, Wang Yan did not all gather together and pressed towards the enemy’s port. For such a small sea area, especially when approaching from sea to land, a large column was the correct formation.

Facing the coming of the Han Chinese navy, the Gupta did not wait for the Han Chinese navy to find out after the port. Just as the Han side would arrange ships and send people to hide on land as eyeliner surveillance, the Gupta dynasty Although the person at is San, they are not so stupid that they forget to monitor the Pingman Captain's Department as necessary.

The Gupta dynasty not only attached great importance to the Pingman Captain's Department, but also did not ignore the Han Guo base behind the Pingman Captain's Department. Even the surveillance of Malacca was never relaxed.

Han's fleet continued to come from its homeland towards Asanyang. The Gupta dynasty collected a lot of information. It was calculated that the Han's navy had assembled at least 800 warships of all types and sizes.

It’s no wonder that the Gupta dynasty did not work hard to calculate the wrong number of the Han's navy. It’s really that they couldn’t believe that Han was able to build warships on the coast of Asanyang. Operate it? How can I know that Liu Yan has such a big cheating device!

Before discovering that the Han Chinese navy was on the move, the commander of the Gupta dynasty in the forward military port had already reacted. The active ships in the port were basically replenishing and leaving the port quickly, and the military port was also preparing for the invasion.

"The number of warships in the Han Empire is different from our guess."

Javala Kangding Warren is the commander-in-chief of the Gupta dynasty. He and Zampte Warren are from the southern part of the Gupta dynasty, but although they are both surnamed Warren, they are not from the same family. Te. Warren is only Kshatriya, but he is a Brahmin.

So far, the Gupta dynasty is still unable to judge how many warships Han has dispatched. It has nothing to do with whether they have sufficient investigative power. It is purely that naval warships are not as easy to detect as the land army.

If there are more than a certain number of ships on the sea, it is impossible to dock at the same time. If there are warships resting in the military port, there must be warships sailing on the sea. The sea is so big, there is no high ground that can be seen from high to low at a glance, unless It is the information that the spy can obtain only by the opponent's commander, or else he can only rely on guessing.

It is not only the number of warships of the Gupta dynasty that rely on the guessing of the Han, but the number of warships of the Gupta dynasty by the Hans is also guessing data. The core high-level leaders of both sides have clear data on how many warships can participate in the war.

"The number of enemy warships of all sizes coming straight to us is far more than 500, which is more than twice ours!" Javala Kangding Warren said grimly: "Han. The military power of the empire is far stronger than we guessed!"

On Ahsan's side, there are a lot of nobles named Javala. Those who can have "Zhongxue" in their surnames are basically some ancestors who did great things.

Ah San is a solidification like the Europa society. To put it bluntly, dragons give birth to dragons, phoenixes give birth to phoenixes. Children born to rats will pierce holes. The moment they are born, they determine the trajectory of life. Can't change my destiny.

Ah San’s current caste system has not been corrupted. Although the class has been fixed, the high-level education has not relaxed at all. For example, Brahmins accept management and Kshatriya to learn how to fight, Gawara Kangding Warren. Even if it is a Brahmin's straw bag, there will still be the basic qualities that it should have.

In the face of the sudden big action on the Han side, Gawara Kangding Warren did not panic too much. The reason may be a little funny. Can be guaranteed, the second is that the first batch of Asan nobles who were defeated and captured have been determined to be able to redeem them from Han, so there is no such fear of defeat.

"The warships of the Han Empire are very sharp, but their tactics are very rigid." Salar Sakuman can speak, and looking at some of the class characteristics of Ah San, it is obvious that it is a Kshatriya: "From the previous examples of fighting. Look, we are not without the strength to compete with it."

Salar Sakuman seems to be right. The Gupta dynasty often fights more with less, and can play vigorously even when the Han Navy has a quantitative advantage.

The Gupta dynasty had a direct impression of the Han Navy. They believed that the Han Navy was only a sharp advantage of the warships. If the warships of both sides were the same, they should teach the Han army how to behave. This impression is based on the confidence that some newly built warships of the Gupta dynasty have recently learned from the improvement of the warships of the Han country, and they can be defeated even when the number is small.

"We have 37 new-style warships, one can contain two or three of the Han Empire, and the remaining warships must be better than the Hans in terms of personnel quality." Salar Sakuman said firmly, and then paused. After a while, he said: "They must be approaching for landing, and they have to separate enough warships."

The fleet aimed at landing operations must of course be divided. The generals of the Gupta dynasty have not guessed the size of the fleet led by the king, but they are very clear that they will not concentrate all the warships for maritime operations.

Just as the generals of the Gupta dynasty guessed, the Han Chinese navy was divided into two parts after it was close enough. One part was naturally the enemy who had pounced on the sea, and the other part was stopped off the coast to prepare for landing operations.

"The fleet used for landing is ready." Wang Yan is not talking nonsense. It must be the result of a sea confrontation that there will be landing operations, or else he will send people ashore and wait for death. He has been watching the Gupta Navy not far away through a telescope, guessing roughly the number of enemy warships, and observing the enemy formation: "The wind is too small today, but you should always pay attention to changes in the wind direction. Once the weather changes in time use."

The Gupta Navy above the sea is doing a tandem formation, in a small team, each team is in a line, and the hull is facing the Han Navy side.

Wang Ni is no stranger to that kind of formation. The crossbows of the Han Chinese warship are arranged on the bow, stern and sides of the hull, which can exert the greatest power when hitting sideways. He knew that the Gupta dynasty immediately learned from the advantages of the bed crossbow layout plan. Large-scale long-range weapons were also modified in the same way, so naturally the hull had to face the enemy horizontally.

Because the wind is small, there is no need to seize the limelight and use the wind. Ships will not raise their sails at all under such wind conditions, so the large number of Gupta warships are relatively calm and remain in formation.

In fact, if it is not necessary, a ship in a naval battle will not raise its sails at all. Otherwise, it will increase the attack surface. Once the sail is ignited by the rocket, it is still a very bad thing, and it is very likely to evolve into the fire of the entire ship.

In past naval battles, Han also discovered a secret of the Gupta dynasty, that is, part of the sails of the Gupta warships that were hit by rockets would not catch fire. The Han army captured ships whose sails would not catch fire, and after studying it, they concluded that Ah San used fire cloth for sails.

The legend of the fire cloth was in existence in the Western Han Dynasty. It is a kind of "artifact" that is not afraid of fire. If anyone has a fire cloth that can be regarded as a heirloom, it will make the Han people full of sadness and envy that Ah San actually used it. Being a sail is simply unforgivable.

The sound of the oars hitting the water resounded in the Han navy's column. It was Wang Kan who ordered the fleet to launch an attack formation.

A bird’s-eye view from a high altitude, the vast number of warships with oars surging, one as the leader, and soon there are a large number of followers behind the buttocks, after one team after another in formation, it seems that there are many long snakes on the sea. Swimming.

When the warships of Han Dynasty acted, Gupta's warships would naturally not stop in place. Above the sea was a movement of paddles hitting the surface of the sea, and the two sides were screaming rhythmically in neat but different languages~www.wuxiamtl.com~ The loud sound not only swept the sea, but even the dense forests along the coast were also startled by flocks of birds.

"Prepare!"

Different languages ​​have the same meaning, that is, as the warships of the enemy and ours get closer and closer, the soldiers who operate the long-range attack weapons fire weapons at any time under the reminder of the officers.

It was the Han army who roared the word "put" first, and on the warships that became a long snake, after the bowstrings and mechanical groans rang, the rods were thick and the arrowheads burned with grease. The crossbow arrows shot out, and they whizzed out during the flight. Most of them fell into the sea. A few of them hit the warship. The sharp arrow hit an intimate collision with the wood.

The Han's bed crossbow is undoubtedly farther in range than Ah San's bed crossbow. Naturally, the Han's long-range attack weapon took the lead in making the sound. As a result, the Gupta navy always fights with the Han navy, even if it preempts the favorable wind. The Warship Association was forced to shorten the distance between the warships of the Han Kingdom.

At this moment, it was obviously the Gupta’s fleet that took the position first, but because the range of long-range weapons was not as good as that of humans, it was necessary to prevent the Han warship from flying a kite as usual after the Han warship was shot. Try desperately to paddle the oars trying to get closer...