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    Section 4 Battle of Elant Sea (1)

    At around three in the morning on March 22, Suez, the Elantra spy in the city of Cape Hope, risked his life and crossed more than 20 kilometers of ocean to arrive at Haisha City in the Elantra Islands. Suez, who was in his thirties, had just disembarked and headed towards Haisha City non-stop.  Run to the town hall.

    "What?"

    "The entire aristocratic army at Cape Seawatch will be mobilized. The navy will also take action, and the army will also take action?"

    Philip, the personal guard who was on duty, was surprised when he heard the soaked spy chief in front of him.

    "Yes, Your Excellency the Guard Officer, please tell the Baron quickly that this time their army will be in full action. The navy near Cape Watch City is all ready for battle, and the army is also preparing various ordnance and supplies to recall  In order to save the soldiers who are out for leisure, according to the information I bribed the centurion to inquire about, it is said that the army will be dispatched in full tomorrow, and the navy sailors are also fully prepared for battle. After careful detection and reconnaissance by our troops, they are expected to go out tomorrow.  Launch a full-scale attack on Elantes. At that time, the navy will attack the Elantes and the army will attack the forces near the town of Starling."

    "ah!"

    Philip, an old guard infantry captain in his thirties, quickly became serious and said quickly: "This news is very important. I want to tell the baron and the generals immediately. You are waiting for me in the conference room now."

    "Um!"

    ¡­¡­

    After more than 20 minutes, Lin Fenghan, Rana, Davout, Pulet, Bonodong, Bonos and others appeared in a daze in the city hall of Highland City.

    Suez, who was holding a hot tea cup in his hand and half-dry, quickly stood up and saluted everyone in front of him, and quickly said: "Baron. Generals. Administrators. At present, great changes have taken place in the city of Cape Watch.  The noble army has been fully activated"

    Everyone drank cold water, cheered up, and listened carefully to the detailed explanation of the spy chief Suez, and their faces gradually became serious.

    Admiral Bonos spoke first: "Baron, because we previously led the main force of the navy southward, most of the fleets left behind at Cape Watch and Taligan Fortress were lost, and various light warships suffered heavy losses. At present, we have strong armored units.  , there are less than 100 warships with reasonable structure and purely for war, but the enemy¡¯s warships total more than 400, how can we defeat them!"

    "yes!"

    Bonodong also said in despair: "Although we have bronze cannons, they also have bronze cannons. It is difficult for us to defeat them."

    "Why!"

    "Why!"

    Everyone lowered their heads and sighed, and Pulet cheered up and said: "Brothers, although the power of our ocean may not be able to defeat the enemy, it is more than enough to protect ourselves. We can divide the navy into several fleets to attack them sneakily.  Logistics ships and transport ships. The main fleet stays in the harbor or marches overseas to preserve its strength. The army fights against them and defeats them through battle."

    Suez said in embarrassment: "But as far as I know, their army has 70,000 to 80,000 people in the city of Cape Watch, and 50,000 to 60,000 of them are all elite soldiers of the conventional kingdom, and they are accompanied by a steady stream of  For material transportation and personnel transportation, their army is close to 100,000 people. Our army only has more than 20,000 elite troops, and the total number is only more than 50,000 people."

    "Forehead!"

    "Why!"

    ¡­¡­

    After hearing this, everyone sat down in their chairs and sighed.

    Lin Fenghan looked at the map for a while, and then asked Suez seriously: "Have you sent information to Colander and others about the specific military intelligence and combat information of Cape Watch City?"

    "Although there are some difficulties, our intelligence personnel have sent the latest information to our garrison through the underground waterway." Suez was stunned and said to Lin Fenghan respectfully.

    Lin Fenghan looked at the map again, remained silent for a while, looked up at everyone and said, "I believe that under the current huge pressure, Ke Lande will lead his troops to retreat and avoid the noble army in accordance with the strategic instructions I gave him previously.  Our army has a broad strategic horizon in the southern continent, and there is no danger of being forced into a decisive battle within two months. On the contrary, our navy is different."

    "Our navy is responsible for guarding the Elante Islands and guarding the security of the coastal areas of the territory. Our fleet cannot always hide in the port or overseas. If we do that, then the northern noble coalition forces will definitely dare to send a fleet to destroy our  Ports, blocking our merchant shipping channels, and sending army troops to land on our islands are absolutely unacceptable things."

    Lin Fenghan¡¯s eyes were anxiousHe raised his fists and said loudly: "So we must take the initiative, we must destroy their navy, we must reverse our current unfavorable situation through the victory of the navy, and we must obtain the overall victory of this war through the navy."  "

    Lin Fenghan looked at Bonodong excitedly and asked: "Bonodong, how many ships do we have in the navy now? How many bronze giant cannons have been newly built in our territory, and how many ships are they installed on?"

    Inspired by Lin Fenghan's enthusiasm, everyone cheered up. Bono clenched his fists excitedly and said: "Baron, we are currently able to use 34 triangular-sailed light Kamikaze Express battleships and 14 medium-sized sailed two-story paddle-displaced Fengyun battleships.  , 35 medium-sized three-wing fast maneuverable battleships Clipper, 13 heavy three-layer slurry-displacement three-masted battleships Hailan, and one giant three-layer slurry-displacement battleship flagship Hailan."

    "At the same time, we also have technologically advanced steam engine ships. Among them, the steam engine test ship No. 3 and the steam engine test ship No. 4 have been retired at the end of their engine life. Our Academy of Sciences has rebuilt steam engine ships No. 5, 6, and 7.  Steamer No. 8, Steamer No. 9, five fast motor steamers with twin coal steam engines.¡±

    "yes!"

    Ali also walked into the conference room from the outside at this time. He looked at Lin Fenghan with bloodshot eyes tiredly and said with a smile: "My dear nephew, the bronze utensils and bronze ore that you have transported by sea these days, our Academy of Sciences and weapons  The factory has also developed and manufactured a new type of bronze cannon. The new cannon has a total caliber length of 0.6 meters. The inner caliber is 300 mm. It is 4 meters long and weighs 12 tons. The shell weighs 200 to 240 kilograms, which is lighter than the original 300 mm giant cannon.  Many, due to the manufacturing process and scientific progress, the power of this No. 2 300mm caliber cannon is no worse than the previous giant cannon despite the weight reduction. On the contrary, the accuracy has been improved a lot. Our scientists have developed a new type of cannon.  The linear telescopic sighting device provides the gunner and gunner with more shooting accuracy.¡±

    "good!"

    "very good!"

    Lin Fenghan walked out of the lobby, hugged Ali enthusiastically, and asked happily: "We have cast a total of 44 new 300mm heavy cannons. During this period, the Academy of Sciences factory produced more than 7,300 standard 300mm artillery shells. The warheads of these shells  It¡¯s all copper and iron waste, but it can still be used to penetrate the deck of a wooden ship.¡±

    "good!"

    Lin Fenghan¡¯s head was filled with joy.

    Ali continued: "I carefully inspected our warships and decided to install 2 300mm No. 2 bronze cannons and 16 other cannons on the Hailan and Hailan series of 14 large warships. 15  Of our five steam engines, the remaining one is installed on our flagship Hailan. In this way, although our fleet is not large, it will be equipped with huge firepower attack."

    "good!"

    "very good!"

    Lin Fenghan walked back and forth excitedly and said to Ali: "Ali, you came at the right time. With the addition of these cannons, I am more certain to defeat the navy of the Northern United Nobles."

    "Um!"

    Bonos, Bonodong, Bolasruo, Strola and others all nodded happily. Bolasruo, the deputy captain of the Southern Fleet squadron, rubbed his hands excitedly and said: "The bronze cannons and new-style cannons sent by Dean Ali  With the addition of warships, our more than 100 warships have 90 powerful cannons. With such firepower, we can easily defeat and suppress the enemy fleet in a local area. As long as the location and conditions are suitable, victory will definitely belong to us.  fleet."

    "Yes!"

    Strolla, an old captain in his forties, shook his head happily. At this time, he touched the thick beard on his chin and said with a happy smile: "I can finally repay them for attacking me at Cape Watch."

    "hehe!"

    Everyone smiled. Lin Fenghan looked at the people who had regained their confidence and relaxed a little, and continued: "According to the intelligence I received, their main battleships are equipped with trebuchets, trebuchets, and crossbows just like ours.  Cannons, some of the elite battleships of the royal family even have bronze cannons with ancient technology, and some light ships are equipped with fighting horns and numerous archers."

    "According to the information collected by Eumenes, their warship combat methods are similar to ours"

    "Eumenis? I seem to have heard of this name. It seems that a long time ago, there was a young man who was robbed by pirates, and he was named this young man." Pulet said, rubbing his head and thinking for a long time.

    "ah!"

    "You know him!"

    Lin Fenghan glanced at Pulet in surprise and said happily: "He said he had been here ten years ago and said he knew me. Unfortunately, my memory is too poor to remember him. He is now the secretary of Lindong City and is responsible for  Northern Noble Expeditionary Force?One of the clerks who worked on the transportation. In order to repay his previous kindness, he specially helped me collect a lot of useful information. This is the information he collected. You can take a good look at it.  "

    Lin Fenghan took out the yellow paper placed in the drawer, and everyone carefully looked at the various information recorded on it.

    Lin Fenghan pointed at the paper and said: "According to my chat with Eumenis, their navy and army are composed of three parties. One is the royal family, and the other is the northern nobles united by the nearby noble council.  There are also Viscount Ullari from Uri Bay City and his relatives and friends. The troops of these three forces formed the coalition force at Cape Seawatch."

    "Their naval combat tactics, based on previous battles and the intelligence obtained, can be seen that their light warships are in front, followed by medium and large warships. The light warships are responsible for reconnaissance and ramming, and the medium and heavy warships are responsible for launching ballistas and trebuchets.  There are also many accompanying archers shooting arrows, and some medium-sized fast warships are responsible for using bronze rams to hit the shore in close combat. The most elite warship among them is the royal family's large three-story, three-masted scudding warship, which is equipped with an unknown number of bronze cannons.  , there are expected to be 30 to 50 ships like them. Their cannons are much smaller than ours. The range is also within 700 to 1000 meters. The standard range of our cannons on the ocean is between 3000 meters and 4000 meters. At this distance  Our cannonballs can easily penetrate wooden ships, which is one of our advantages. Of course, the distance is so far away and the accuracy of our cannons is not accurate at all, so the optimal firing distance is about 500 to 1000 meters, but  In a group naval battle, all the ships are in the same sea area, so our chance comes."

    Lin Fenghan quickly ordered the attendant to take out the ship model that had been prepared.  He quickly arranged a vertical line, pointed at the model ship and said: "I plan to arrange our battleships into this new type of battle formation. Our battleships are arranged in a vertical line, with large battleships in front, medium ones next, and small battleships as auxiliary battleships.  Positioned on the flank of the main battleship, our commander judged the situation at the beginning of the war and quickly carried out a tacking movement. During this period, the small boat moved to the side of the larger ship facing the enemy. After a series of rows, it maneuvered forward to seize the opportunity.  Upstream of the wind direction, and then use the advantage of the wind to attack the enemy warship group. From the beginning to the end, we must use the giant cannon on the flanks to attack the enemy ships. "

    "ah?"

    "What formation is this?"

    "do not understand!"

    Bonodong spoke slowly: "Baron, although our battleship is equipped with a turntable tower that can move back and forth, isn't it the same as direct bombardment? We can also use the distance advantage to defeat them within half an hour of their advance.  Fire a lot of shots!¡±

    "yes!"

    Bonos also asked doubtfully: "Baron, how can we fight if we change the previous parallel battle formations into vertical battle lines? Do we have to go around them from the top or bottom road and fire? Then we are behind  Isn¡¯t there no chance to fire on the enemy¡¯s flank?¡±

    The deputy captain of the Southern Squadron, Bolasjo, pointed to the formation in confusion and said: "Baron, your formation is indeed beneficial to ships with bronze cannons, but the trebuchets, catapults, and ballistae on ordinary battleships only have a maximum of 700  It only has a range of several meters. Once the war begins, these ordinary projectile weapons can only kill people and destroy masts and canvas, but they have no great effect on the hull. This new linear battle formation is a boon for warships equipped with bronze cannons, but other ships use this  Fighting in such a formation is a dead end."

    "Yes!"

    Strolla, the captain of the Northern Fleet, also touched his chin and said: "The wind-tapping movement you mentioned, Baron, is indeed very new. In the past, our navy relied on the sea breeze blowing from the sky to determine the victory of most naval battles. However,  After the advent of steam engines, ships, bronze cannons, and battleships, the influence of wind direction on naval battles has weakened a lot, but it is still very important. The new linear battle formation you invented this time was indeed shocking for naval battles at that time, but I almost don¡¯t understand why we  To fight in a linear array, what are the advantages of vertically aligned operations over horizontal operations? How do we arrange those ordinary trebuchet ships and light battleships? What roles do they play respectively? With our more than 100 battleships, how do we use these 100 ships?  The battleship defeated the enemy¡¯s three or four hundred battleships?¡±

    "That's well said!"

    Lin Fenghan looked at the many people applauding Strolla, took a breath, and said in admiration and admiration: "I never expected that there are outstanding generals with such sharp insights like you in our navy."

    Lin Fenghan said calmly: "The wind rush movement means that our fleet should take advantage of the good weather and move in the direction of the wind. If there are enemies in this direction, we will move to the flank. If there are no enemies, we will quickly move towards the direction.  Advance in this direction above the enemy fleet and use the wind toThe advantage of speed is to release bows, arrows, ballistae, and cannonballs, but the weapons released by the enemy ships and the pace of advancement will be blocked by this wind force and become slower. Under the influence of the wind direction, the fleet in the upstream attacks and moves will be slowed down.  Due to the natural acceleration, the enemy downstream of the wind direction will suffer various weakenings. If the strength is not much different, the fleet upstream can easily win the war.  "

    "For example, our army and the enemy's fleet meet in the East China Sea. At this time, the east wind is howling. Our front linear fleet has calculated the speed of the warship, the speed of the fleet, the range of the artillery, the enemy's ship model and speed, and the range of the artillery. After the difference between it and the enemy is 3,000  When the 3-meter battleship cannon entered the effective range, we quickly turned around and rowed toward the northeast against the wind. After calculating that the tail of our battleship could be outside or within the range of the enemy's cannon, starting from the first battleship,  The second ship, the third ship, the fourth shipthese warships turned to the east. They turned the cannons on the warships and used the cannons to attack the enemy's warships."

    "If the enemy warships continue to attack us, then our fleet will continue to turn and move towards the east. During this period, our bronze cannons can use the advantage of range to attack them first. If there is no advantage of range, there is no need to be afraid. We will go directly and enter  The warships within attacking distance started to bombard each other. Even if they were unfortunately sunk, do not stop the formation and keep moving forward. When our troops heading north advanced 1000 meters, 2000 meters, and 3000 meters, the first warship reached close to the bronze cannon!  When outside the effective range, our linear warships quickly moved north to outflank them."

    "At this time, our fleet has assumed the most reasonable and scientific position. More than half of the naval guns of the entire fleet can attack, while only one-fifth of them in the dense formation. One-third of them  Battleship guns can attack. At this time, we can give full play to the advantages of the linear formation and use the bonus of the wind direction. Attack them quickly, and in this formation, they can only be defeated and destroyed."

    "good!"

    "good!"

    "very good!"

    "Yi Liuyun, you are really amazing."

    "Lord Baron, you are indeed a born god of war!"

    ¡­¡­

    Bonodong, Bonos, Strola, Vera and others all applauded in shock and admiration.

    After half a round of applause, the deputy captain of the Southern Squadron, Bolasjo, frowned and asked: "Lord Baron, your new naval battle drill is indeed very exciting, but I think if the enemy warships put up the same formation as ours to steal the wind,  Finally, what do we do?¡±

    "this one?"

    Lin Fenghan touched his chin, thinking and said: "If this is the case, then it depends on which battleship has more guns, thicker armor, faster speed, and stronger fleet."

    Lin Fenghan paused, looked at Bolasruo seriously and said: "This kind of linear combat is just one of the battle formations in the cannon era. In the era of ship collisions, the era of archer shooting, and the era of crossbow shooting, the crescent shape inside  The crescent naval tactic is still very effective in some naval battles. Following your hypothesis, if our naval fleet encounters the same enemy fleet with the same linear battle formation, we must quickly seize the wind and use the 7-shaped battle formation.  Surround them first and then defeat them. In these naval battles, we can make full use of the characteristics and performance of each battleship to arrange more and more reasonable battle lines, such as z-shaped, s-shaped, etc. that intersperse back and forth!  "

    Lin Fenghan waved his hand gently and said: "However, there are too few battleships now. Each new battleship has its own characteristics and uses, and the new battle formations are arranged for their characteristics. Currently, we do not have so many different battleships.  It¡¯s a special kind of battleship, so there¡¯s no point in discussing these things.¡±

    "Yeah!"

    Strolla said enthusiastically: "Baron, please tell us now how to arrange our current warships and what are the uses of various warships? How should our captains command the warships to exert their respective effects? Our  Can a battleship defeat 300 or even 400 battleships?"

    "It is difficult for our current more than 100 warships to defeat 300 or even more than 400 warships, so we need to arrange new tactics and play new tricks."

    Lin Fenghan looked at everyone seriously and said: "I plan to draw out 100 fast ships from the small ships we captured before, fill them with hay, firewood, and mixed gunpowder. At the same time, all the Kamikaze Express warships will also be loaded with  Get aboard these things as backup ships.¡±

    "These ships of ours followed the battleships and sailed to the downwind side of us through tack, and then accelerated. These ships equipped with various burning objects and ramming angles crashed into the battle formation of the Northern Combined Fleet. Through collision, they burned  , destroy their ships, disrupt their formation, reduce their speed, and then our Lord??The battleship attacks in a linear manner.  "

    "good!"

    "very good!"

    ¡°It¡¯s so exquisite!¡±

    "Fire attack, why didn't I think of it?"

    "I also thought of the fire attack, but I don't have such a thorough strategy as the Baron."

    "Haha! Although there is no war, but with a commander as smart as the Baron, I believe victory will definitely belong to us."

    "Most definitely."

    Everyone clapped happily.

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