Chapter 1141: The Man Standing on the Forehead of the Monster

Fang Xie knew why Zheng Qiu had been avoiding the battle until now, and he also knew why the soldiers of the Water Division had not even fired a single feather arrow or bullet until now. Because Zheng Qiu's avoidance of war was the fear of war in his heart.

Fang Xie also knew that Zheng Qiu had never been a person who was afraid of war before, as long as he was on the river, Zheng Qiu had never been afraid of anyone.

This time, Zheng Qiu was still not afraid, but worried.

Zheng Qiu glanced at Fang Xie with some fear, wanting to explain, but he didn't find the words. He led two sailors to transport Chen Dingnan and Chen Yishan's men and horses, but he had to stop in Ninghai, and he was almost a thousand miles ahead of Fang Xie and them, but he waited until Fang Xie arrived.

"Afraid of damaging the ship?"

"Afraid of losing the fight? Demoralized? ”

"Afraid of falling into the prestige of the Black Flag Army?"

Fang Xie asked four questions in a row.

Zheng Qiu opened his mouth and nodded heavily.

"My subordinates have been observing the warships of the Opru Empire for many days, and they are indeed more reasonable than our warships, and the cooperation between their gunboats is much smoother than that of our naval warships. Our ships are equipped with less than one-third of the artillery, and if we are hard-hitting, we will inevitably suffer. ”

Fang Xie understood him, and Zheng Qiu also opened the conversation: "My subordinates have been observing these days, the cooperation of the warships of the foreigners and sailors is a practical exercise, and the cooperation of our warships is still at the level of expectations. In the Xuanwu Lake Water Village, there was no less live shooting, but the shots were all fixed targets, in actual combat, with the control ability of our sailor soldiers, it would be good if one of the three artillery could hit. ”

"However, the enemy will not give us the chance to hit one of the three shots."

Zheng Qiu said: "The subordinates are not afraid of war, they are just afraid of losing the warship in vain, and I am sorry for the lord's vigorous preparation." Without a foolproof preparation, his subordinates did not dare to attack rashly. The number of warships and artillery of the foreigner sailors is far more than ours, and they also know better than us when to fire the most suitable time. ”

Fang Xie nodded: "How long will it take you to come up with a foolproof solution?" ”

Zheng Qiu shook his head: "The subordinates don't know, but even if this battle is ordered by the lord, the subordinates dare not guarantee that they will win." ”

Fang Xie didn't say anything, and after being silent for a while, he turned his head and asked Andrew, "What do you think?" ”

Andrew came with Zheng Qiu's fleet this time, and he was also very aggrieved after arriving in Ninghai. The enemy who had clearly destroyed his motherland had cut off the waterway of the river not far ahead, but he just couldn't beat it with pleasure, and this feeling was really uncomfortable.

"The minister thinks what General Zheng said is right."

Andrew took a deep breath and said in fluent Chinese: "Chen has been observing the warships of the Opru Empire, before arriving in Ninghai, Chen imagined the appearance of the enemy's warships countless times in his mind, and thought that he had done everything he could, but after seeing the enemy's warships, the minister realized that it was still worse after all. ”

Andrew said: "If you are facing the fleet of the original Rus' principality, our sailors can crush each other. The fleet of the Principality of Rus does not have many warships, and it is far less powerful than ours, and the power of the artillery is not as powerful as ours, but the warships of the Opru Empire are really more reasonable. ”

He looked at Fang Xie and said: "On the one hand, there is a sailor who has just been prepared, and on the other hand, there is a fleet that has conquered countless countries on the ocean. ”

"That's not fighting?"

Fang asked.

Andrew hurriedly shook his head: "Now it seems that the number of warships in the Opru Imperial Fleet is far less than ours, but the person leading the troops must be an experienced general, and the ship formation he arranged on the water has exerted the power in his hands to the extreme." Although the number is small, if they just intercept us, they will not suffer. ”

"The ministers have sent people to tempt it."

Zheng Qiu said beside him: "The range of the ships and guns of the Opru Empire is about the same distance as ours, but the enemy is defending and we are attacking, and when the warship faces the enemy, it is obviously not enough to rely on the main gun on the bow of the ship, and if the cannon is fired when sailing, the low hit rate can be imagined." If you want to shoot at the enemy, you have to turn the bow of the ship after entering the firing range, and fire at the enemy with the guns on the side of the ship, and the range of the enemy's artillery is about the same as the range of our artillery, and when our warship turns around and lines up, the enemy's artillery fire can be fired at least two rounds."

He looked at Fang Xie and said seriously: "Two shots per cannon per ship is already a fatal blow to our warship. ”

"So."

Andrew said: "The Admiral of the Opru Empire must be an experienced person, he just puts out the defensive formation, we have nothing to do, not to give full play to the power of the warship." ”

"But!"

He looked at Fang Xie with an eager look in his eyes: "If the lord can order those cultivators to attack, he can buy time for our sailors, as long as the cultivators get close to those big ships and destroy some of them, our warships can complete the turn in the weakened resistance." ”

"How many ships does the enemy have?"

Fang asked.

"No less than three hundred and sixty."

Zheng Qiu replied: "They are all sea ships, the enemy is coming from the ocean, and small boats can't go at all, so the ones intercepted on the river are all big ships." ”

Three hundred and sixty large ships.

Fang Xie felt a little wrinkled in his heart, this number of sea ships was already able to completely seal the waterway of the Yangtze River.

"Chen Dingnan, Chen Yishan!"

Fang Xie ordered: "The two of you immediately lead the army to land and rush to Fenghuangtai to join Nalan Dingdong. The people and horses of Sanjin Hou have already exited the Shanhaiguan, and after you converge with Nalan Dingdong, you can echo with Sanjin Hou, one south and one north, whether it is for foreigners or for Mufu, it is a deterrent. ”

"Whoa!"

Chen Dingnan and Chen Yishan clasped their fists at the same time: "The minister takes the order!" ”

"Let's go"

Fang Xie instructed: "You two are not as familiar with the terrain and battle situation as Nalan, so don't think that your veteran leaders can already influence tactics and listen to Nalan." ”

"Whoa!"

The two men said yes again, then turned and left to mobilize the men

"No matter what happens to the Sailor here, the brigade must rush to Phoenix Terrace to join Nalan. This battle has been fought long enough, if it continues to be consumed, then the reinforcements of the Opru Empire will come from the other side of the ocean in batches, and our people, after gradually adapting to the war, will no longer be as indignant as they were at the beginning. ”

Fang Xie said in a very soft but heavy tone: "This has nothing to do with any nation, such as Andrew's hometown of the Principality of Rus, when it was invaded by the Opru Empire at the beginning, the resistance must have been extremely strong. But as the years passed, the people of the Duchy of Rus' had begun to get used to their new identity, the people of the Duchy of Thurence. ”

"The last thing I want to see."

Fang Xie said slowly: "It is our people and the enemy who walk face to face on the street, and no one looks at anyone, as if they have merged with each other."

Zheng Qiu's face was ashamed: "It's because the minister doesn't think too much." ”

"No"

Fang Xie shook his head: "As a general of the water division, you are doing your duty. ”

He turned his head and ordered: "Let your sailor get out of the way, I will take a big dragon boat over to see what the foreigner's sailor is like, and let the foreigner see what our sailor is like." ”

Zheng Qiu hurriedly ordered the sailor's fleet to move to both sides to make way for Fang Jie's fleet.

The Admiral of the Opru Empire is named Susis and is a young man from a standard noble background in the Opru Empire. Tomorrow, he will be twenty-eight years old. This young man, who had already been appreciated by Lyman the Great at a young age, was prophesied by the nobles of the Opru Empire that if nothing else, he would become a naval commander by the time he was forty years old.

And for an empire that has long maintained foreign aggression and expansion, it is obvious how high the status of the commander-in-chief of the navy is.

That's right, he's young.

But under Lyman's account, generals who were younger than him and who were also highly used abounded. So Susis didn't think his age was an advantage, he always thought that his ability was what Lyman the Great valued.

"Your Excellency, the Duke."

His admiral Demorence poured a glass of red wine for Susthis, looked at the red sun that was about to fall on the river in the distance, and said: "My lord just set up a position like this, so that those Han people have no way to start. You are right, in terms of naval warfare, the experience of the Han people is simply zero, and it is even inferior to the weak Chu navy. ”

"Don't underestimate the Han people too much."

Suses had a tall nose, a broad forehead, sunken eye sockets, and turquoise eyes. It seems that he is definitely worthy of the three words of a beautiful man in the Opru Empire. This is a young man who is not arrogant but arrogant to the core.

He inherited his father's dukedom and has become the master of the Bird of Paradise family.

The big family of the Oplu Empire has its own family flower, and the family flower of the Susis family is the bird of paradise that will not die in the Oplu Empire.

Yes, the history of the Susis family is not very long.

Yes, the symbol of this flower for the Susis family is aggression and conquest.

Yes, Suthis's ancestors gradually made their fortune by conquering that indigenous region, and although they did not belong to the real big family of the Opru Empire, the Bird of Paradise family also had great influence on the other side of the ocean.

"This Han Chinese naval army is different, don't you find Dermorens, not only do they install artillery, but the location of the artillery is very reasonable."

"I have to suspect that there are people who don't belong in this place helping them," Susis said. ”

"Nine times out of ten, it's the old guy in Thurence."

Demorence said: "After Thurence obtained the fief, before he had time to govern, the people who were sent to this and that place were rude and barbaric. ”

"Lord Duke!"

Someone outside shouted, "Please come out and have a look!" There's a monster coming to face each other! ”

Susis was slightly stunned, then got up and walked out of the room and boarded the deck, and then he saw the warship that the soldier used to describe when he called out.

That's right!

It's a monster!

"Han people always make things like this!"

Susis finds herself angry, perhaps because of jealousy and fear?

The huge warship looked really hideous, and its huge body exuded a domineering force that could crush everything. It was like the king of beasts from the distant sky, looking down on Susis.

Of course, looking down on Suses was the young man in black standing on the monster's forehead.