These are all merchant ships of the Maritime Association, and they all abide by absolute neutrality, so I guess I'm too careful.

Lucius didn't think much about the merchant ships that had sailed far south without any unusual behavior. However, the sudden tense situation in the Shangjiang area still makes him dare not take it lightly. The latest news shows that a skirmish has begun outside Chongming Island, and the Chongming fleet and the Pudong fleet are already secretly exchanging fire, and their own troop transport fleet supporting Chongming City should be more careful.

"Now that we have entered the sea off the river of Shangjiang, let our Pegasus Knights stop patrolling at high altitude to prevent us from being spotted by the Royal Griffin Knights of the Pudong Fleet. All the ships are concentrated on the flagship, and we have to narrow the target of the fleet and slip in from the safe route given by the Chongming fleet. ”

As a result, the last photo of the troop carrier that Da Liang received showed that the fleet did not carry any flags, and sailed towards his side in a dense queue of troop carriers, including troop carriers, and warships outside.

The strange behavior of the troop transport fleet made Da Liang not know what was going on, and for the unfamiliar war at sea, he quickly summoned Sidney and Shu Xiao to his captain's room.

The three of them were surrounding a nautical chart, on which a model of the ship had been laid out in the bright light.

"According to the last intelligence, the fleet of troop carriers from Hong Kong City is sailing towards us from the southeast, and we are expected to encounter it in three hours. Now the troop transport fleet has discharged a closed dense formation, and at the same time recovered all the Pegasus knights patrolling in the air, this situation is very abnormal, after all, there are Pegasus knights patrolling in the air, which can provide the fleet with enough warning time when the enemy situation is detected. And the abnormal arrangement of the troop transport fleet, didn't it first blind your own eyes? ”

Sidney understood their intentions after just glancing at the arrangement of the troop fleet, and he said: "For the troop fleet from Hong Kong, the southern waters off the coast of Shangjiang are already enemy-occupied areas, and of course they dare not blatantly break in. I think that now the Chongming fleet has put pressure on the Pudong fleet at sea to attract their attention, opening up a safe sea passage for the troop fleet to enter Chongming City. ”

After Sidney's explanation, Da Liang learned some more knowledge about naval warfare, and he asked, "Then how should we deal with it?" ”

Sidney didn't speak, but picked up the ruler and drew a few lines on the chart and said: "The route of the troop carrier fleet is basically clear, and they won't make much changes in three hours." I think we should also retrieve our griffons to prevent the troop fleet from discovering that we have set our sights on them. Now the wind is northeasterly, and our fleet should move here first to the north. ”

Sidney drew a circle on the chart, and then said, "After two hours, our fleet will turn southwest and sail downwind, and at last we will meet the troop convoy at this position." At this time, we reached the maximum speed downwind, and when the troop carrier fleet discovered us, it was dragged down by the speed and direction of the wind, and we would cut into the outer circle before we had time to spread the formation. At that time, we had the advantage of position and speed, and no matter how the tactics of the troop carrier fleet changed, we could respond quickly and effectively. ”

Professional is professional, Sidney analyzed a bunch of lines on the map, said Da Liang and Shu Xiao were stunned on the spot, and thought in their hearts: What is this talking about? Don't you understand? Isn't it possible to meet the enemy ship if you don't know the location of the enemy ship for a few hours without reconnaissance, without radar?

Seeing the doubt on Da Liang's face, Sidney explained: "The Chongming fleet will attract the Pudong fleet through movement and pull out a safe route for the troop carriers, which cannot be an arc or a broken line, but only a straight line. Now look at the direction of the troop transport fleet, which is the angle from which the sail is most affected by the wind, and the troop carrier fleet will not do anything to change the course if it wants to pass the course quickly. If we wait here for them to come, it will be a hard-to-hard naval battle, and even if we win, we will lose a lot. If we raid the troop convoy according to the tactics I said, we can defeat them with small losses, as long as we can suppress their formation in the early stage. ”

"Just do what you say!"

Sidney is from a naval background, since he is so confident, Da Liang has no reason to dictate his plan, and this naval battle is the foundation of the Black Fire Fleet itself, of course, if he can die less, he will die less.

The Blackfire fleet soon settled on the tactics of naval warfare, and all the griffons were gathered back on the Blackfire, feeding what should be fed, and resting when it was time to rest. The four brigs also returned to join the fleet, and then turned their bows and lined up in a line under the guidance of the "Skeleton Soldier" and sailed towards the northern seas.

In the captain's room of the Black Fire, Sidney left only Da Liang and Shu Xiao. Da Liang continued to pay attention to the position of the troop carrier fleet on his chart, and although the last ship of the university alliance had left, the voyage of the troop carrier fleet was still being estimated.

Naval warfare is too professional, after all, the sea is bigger than the land, there is no terrain restrictions, and navigation is more free. How to find the enemy is more important than the exchange of fire at sea.

Although Da Liang trusts Sidney very much, it still makes him very nervous to ambush his opponent by relying on calculations on the chart like this.

"Master......" Shu Xiao saw Da Liang staring at the chart on the table silently, so he asked: "My griffins are too few, there are still 200 griffins to play at the entrance of the stone cave, and now there are 36...... Just hit it and it's gone. ”

Da Liang's heart chuckled, it's over...... I almost forgot about this aunt's temper. Without waiting for Shu Xiao to finish complaining, Da Liang hurriedly said: "In this naval battle, we must control the battle damage of the griffins, never let them die if they don't die, and don't casually fight with the Pegasus Knights." ”

Shu Xiao said suspiciously: "Why? Aren't these ships and soldiers all NPC's? If I kill a few more enemies, won't we be able to gain a little more experience? The experience of this kind of large-scale war plot is really powerful, and a stone cave entrance battle was defeated, and my level was directly topped to level 13. ”

Da Liang looked at his level and reached level 14.

But the griffons are all brothers, and all the soldiers here are brothers.

"Hmm......" Da Liang made up a reason with a turn of his head: "The reward of this war is related to the performance of the war, and the number of dead soldiers can increase the completion rating of the final mission, and the higher the rating, the higher the reward." ”