On the sea, countless ships marched in formation. From a distance, the end of the row of ships could not be seen. A pair of sails covered the sky.

Li Mai is naturally above the flagship of the fleet. He is standing on the edge of the window of the bird room (bridge), looking at the fleet at the end that is invisible at a glance. The fleet is full of ambitions.

　　 The concept of the Han State-owned Navy was as early as the beginning of the founding of the People’s Republic. At that time, the Han Army, who claimed to be the Han Ministry, had already mastered the East China Sea and the Yellow Sea, and used the convenience of HNA many times to avoid Shijie Zhao’s edge.

It is precisely because of the early enough understanding of the ocean that the journey of opening up HNA resources has started. The seafood obtained from the sea every year supports the meat supply, enriches the military and civilian dining tables, and also ingests more nutrients in the military and civilian bodies. More robust.

Nine years after Yuanshuo, the Han people’s going to sea is no longer restricted to the East China Sea and the Yellow Sea. It is the coast of the Han family that you can see fishing and hunting ships. ), there are fishing boats on the outskirts of the island chain. It is no longer enough for the Han people to catch small fish and shrimps. Some fleets also deliberately hunt whales.

　　 The development and use of the sea opened up another natural skill of the Han people, that is, how to eat seafood, which extends how to make seafood can be transported farther after processing. After all, the price of selling seafood to the inland must be higher, and if there is interest, some people will find ways, and various methods will spring up.

The sea is undoubtedly a huge treasure house, not only limited to seafood, especially the discovery of too many islands has increased the types of treasure houses, such as the spices on Luzon and surrounding islands, and the pearls and pearls that are rich in certain seas. Corals, not to mention open-pit gold mines on some islands. There are a lot of jade and other things that the Han people prefer, but the value of gems has not yet been stimulated.

　　There are a few things. During the Chinese exploration of the ocean, they went to more than one island and found that the wood used by the wild men to build their houses was very precious sandalwood. The stones piled up to be used as dining tables were just rough jade or gemstones.

　　The savage naturally does not know the preciousness of fragrant wood, and has no value on emeralds and gems, and does not even know the wonder of golden gold, but the Han people know that these are all good things.

Nowadays, Han people are relatively straightforward in doing things. They really don’t have the habit of swapping some worthless things with wild people. They can do it directly if they can do it. If they can’t eat it for a while, they will call friends and call friends. Friends who can't eat it will greet the army, and many uncontested savage tribes withdrew from the world stage so early.

There are too many examples of finding treasures casually. The repeated transmission aroused the enthusiasm of the Han people to go out to sea for treasure. More Han people who want to make a fortune and have an adventurous spirit go to sea.

　　 Liu Yan's enthusiasm for the people to go to sea is an attitude that is happy to see its results, even if this phenomenon is to increase the difficulty of the government's management of the people.

　　 Why have all the dynasties strictly controlled the exploration of the ocean? In fact, it is because people who worry too much go out to sea and go to places that they simply can't control. Too many people going to sea will cause population loss. It is important to know that one of the assessments of local officials' political performance is the size of the population. Furthermore, the sea is a place full of wildness, and once the honest people have the experience of living on the sea, they will become aggressive. It is more difficult for them to control when they return to their hometowns after they get rich.

　　The regime of each dynasty, they even control the scope of the people's activities on the land to death, how can they allow the people to go to the sea?

　　 Liu Yan is very clear about the truth that Tianyu will be blamed for not taking it. He does not even restrict the movement of people on land, and it is even more impossible to restrict the sea. As for increasing the difficulty of managing the people, he is not trying to be a "shepherd", on the contrary, the people who are eager to rule will be like wolves and tigers.

　　 Even if a weak nation can exist for a while, it will be wiped out if it encounters an alien that is strong and ruthless. It is not that the Han people have almost been wiped out.

　　 At present, there is no decent power in the sea. Any resistance will be easily crushed by the Han people. If you can easily put the sea in the hands of the Han people, you will not do it. It will not be so easy to wait for others to get the first hand before you go.

　　 Liu Yan, as a traveler, didn’t know that Yu Ming had sailed to the west. He wouldn’t be soft when he could easily control the ocean, and he would regret it when he discovered that there was a threat on the ocean.

It can even be said that Liu Yan has a strong sense of urgency. His generation has the system as a cheater, and the next generation of kings will not have it. If he does not take advantage of his life, he will be too stupid, or else not. When the "basic disk" is destroyed, it will open up aggressively.

　　 Where did the huge fleet under Li Mai come from? Among them, two thousand warships were produced by the system, and the remaining six hundred were built and trained through painstaking efforts. He didn't know too many secrets. Before, he was puzzled that Han Guo clearly had a huge fleet, why didn't he end up in the war with the Gupta Dynasty in the first place, but now no matter how much confusion he puts behind him, he is full of thoughts of making contributions.

　　 "Asan should be so scared to see a fleet of this size."

　　 Fuwei naturally also played. He was compiled into the battle sequence with the Persian fleet, and Altabas Massistios, who led the fleet to fight, did not stay in his flagship, but boarded Fuwei's ship.

　　 Whether the navy of the Gupta dynasty will be scared to pee at the moment, it is not clear yet. Altaba Massistios, who led fifty-eight large and small ships, was first frightened to pee when he saw the endless warships of the Han army.

　　 Not only the Persians on the side of Altaba Massistios, but also the Roman centurion Julian Gehia who was allowed to observe the naval battle, was also scared to pee.

Those are more than two thousand five hundred large and small warships, not counting some necessary supply ships, most of which are still large men equipped with bed crossbows. In the world known to the Persians and Romans, except for the Han. It is estimated that no one can come up with such a fleet.

　　 There were more than 1,500 ships in the Gupta dynasty, but most of them were converted from merchant ships at all. There are only 400 ships that can be regarded as the top of the battleship, which is not a big battle ship. Those four hundred ships can be regarded as regular warships. More than two hundred ships were built after the Gupta dynasty switched to the war system. To put it bluntly, they were launched within one year.

The Romans dominated the Mediterranean, and the number of warships in service at the same time was more than 400. Their warships were of the same Greek style, that is, in the calm ocean of the Mediterranean, they are a little unreliable. It is unreliable that it can sink to the bottom of the sea when encountering larger winds and waves, let alone sailing in the ocean that is not calm at all.

　　 The Persian marine fleet is not bad, that is, there are only more than 300 ships in number. The styles of their warships are very similar to those of the Gupta dynasty, and they have some Greek characteristics. For example, they like to make some sculptures and sculptures on the ships that are useless at all.

The large and small warships sent by the Han to the expedition sequence casually pulled out more than two thousand five hundred. There is no reason why there would be no warships in the country. The Romans and Persians could not imagine how many warships there were in the Han. They were just expeditions. The number of battleships in the sequence is more than the sum of them, and it is the kind of fleet that has passed the test of thousands of miles of voyage!

　　 "They can deploy 300,000 armies at tens of thousands of miles away, and they can also send more than 2,600 fleets for expeditions..."

"too frightening!"

　　 "The army is 300,000, and the navy is at least 250,000. The total is 550,000!"

　　 "It's terrible!"

At this moment, the Persian Altaba Massistios and the Roman Julian Gehia had forgotten their hatred. If they could, they wanted to embrace warmth, all because of the military strength displayed by the Han. They were frightened with coldness from the inside out.

Fu Wei could not understand Persian and Roman dialect, and the vast majority of Han Chinese would not learn languages ​​other than Chinese. For them, there was no language to learn except Chinese. It should be a foreigner who came to learn Chinese. right. He didn't understand what the two people around him were talking about, but he could guess something from their faces, and didn't mind what they thought.

The Han people never conceal their strength, and for the Han people, the views of the foreign race are never important. If there is no connection, the Han people don’t bother to see how others view themselves. Once they get a little relationship...For example, the foreign race doesn’t care if it’s barking teeth. Violence teaches how to behave.

"The Han Empire is our ally!" As if to cheer himself up, Altaba Massistios raised his chin to face Julian Gehia, and said emphatically: "We have formed an alliance! "

　　 Julian Gehia knows what Altaba Massistios is showing off, but he doesn't have a special feeling.

　　 The Romans are different from the Persians. The process of their rise has already determined that the Romans will look for allies, but they usually teach a certain alien first, and wait for the alien to surrender before proceeding. The strength that has lasted for hundreds of years has given the Romans enough self-confidence. It is natural to have a strong ally, but if this ally is strong enough to threaten you, you should first fight to separate the master and the slave. There really will be no Persians. This is the mentality of wanting to hug the thigh for the first time when I feel that I can't do it.

　　 The Persian mentality is something that is completely understandable. They have been at a disadvantage for a long time in the competition with the Romans. When it is rare to have an advantage, naturally they hope to find a helper if they can't do it.

　　 In the former Parthian Empire, they were constantly looking for allies before their country was subjugated. They even hired unreliable Huns. Knowing the power of the Han Empire, they even knelt and licked them.

　　 The Persians have always had a remnant thought that if the Han Empire were willing to lend a helping hand, the war with the Romans would not end like that. This kind of remnant thought has lasted for hundreds of years. If you didn't meet the Han people, you wouldn't have to say it. When you met, the pursuit of alliances was to some extent to fulfill your dreams.

　　 There was a sound of war drums, not knowing where it came from, and Fu Wei raised his binoculars to observe.

Altaba Massistios’ eyes immediately turned to the telescope in Fu Wei’s hand. He was fortunate to borrow the thing from Fu Wei. He was not only surprised by the telescope that could narrow the field of view, but also It's very clear about the military use of the telescope. It is basically a treasure that anticipates the enemy's opportunities, not only on the sea, but also on the land. He already has the idea to get at least one binoculars anyway. If legal trade doesn’t work, then use illegal means. The target has already been selected, that is, the deadly enemy Persian Altaba Massistio. The telescope in his hand.

　　Altaba Massistios’ binoculars were neither stolen nor robbed. It was Ergutai Bachram who bought five binoculars for the value of 20 female slaves and 500 gold coins.

　　 The Persians can buy it, but Julian Gehia cannot buy it. The reason is quite simple. Han and Persian Sassan are allies, but Han and Rome are not allies.

　　 Of course, Fu Wei is not qualified to sell such materials as binoculars. It was Huan Wen nodding his head to do that, and Huan Wen got domestic permission.

　　The Han National Assembly agreed to sell binoculars to the Persians, mainly because the Persians offered a high enough price, and then the Persians repeatedly showed their sincerity in forming alliances.

Actually, telescopes don’t have any technological locks at all. When glass cannot be produced ~lightnovelpub.net~ it is nothing more than polishing the crystal. The secret of how to make it unless there is no telescope lost. If there is a telescope for reference, how to make it is clear at a glance. Things. In other words, it is impossible to keep a secret forever.

　　 Fuwei observed the flagship of the fleet, saw the raised flag, and shouted at the first officer: "Enter the state of war!"

　　The huge fleet must be separated into queues, and it is even more complicated than the layout of the land battle. The Han army does not have sufficient experience in the engagement of the large fleet. Li Mai used the land layout plan for reference when arranging it.

The huge fleet of two thousand six hundred and fifty ships is divided into two parts. One thousand eight hundred ships make up a large formation and are always sailing in a roundabout way. Another formation of 850 ships is heading straight for the enemy. Away from the military port.

　　 During the voyage, Li Mai just organized the fleet to sail, which was roughly a large fleet formation in the shape of a finished font, and there were six small fleets cruising on the periphery.

　　Before the drums were sounded, the small fleet in the periphery had actually spotted Gupta’s reconnaissance ship and launched a pursuit. Since the discovery of Gupta’s reconnaissance ship, it also indicated that Gupta’s large fleet must be nearby.

　　The fleet that has entered a combat state waits for the scattered own reconnaissance ships to find out where the enemy is, and then adjust the direction of their navigation.

　　 At this moment, Li Mai is also observing with a telescope. He looked in the direction of the southeast, where there was a gray and black plume of smoke rising, indicating that the other fleet had already begun to attack, or it was not clear whether it was the naval battle phase or the landing phase. nt

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