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Volume 3: The Fallen Man in the Setting Sun Chapter 1,260: The Strangest Cannonball

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    The sea at night is also pitch black.  ¡×¨J?It would be unavoidable to reveal one's position by turning on the lights. There were no lights on any ship in the fleets of Qin and Rome.  The Romans sent out a large number of small patrol boats, scattered around the fleet and extending for several nautical miles.  Konon and others believe that as long as the Qin army comes up, their patrol boats will find it immediately.  Then, your own fleet will be able to adapt to changing circumstances and be at ease.  Even when the Romans were resting at night, they formed a dense phalanx. As long as the news came, the well-trained Roman sailors could launch their ships as soon as possible.  Under the cover of night, the huge Roman fleet occupying the sea was like a sleeping turtle, making no sound at all.  Between heaven and earth, there is only the sound of the waves.  Suddenly woo woo, woo woo~.  Thunderous horn sounds came from all directions.  The next moment, urgent bells rang out on various Roman ships, and the "big turtle" woke up immediately.  The Roman sailors woke up from their slumber, rushed out of the sleeping cabin and reached their designated position. It only took one minute. They were really well-trained.  In less than two minutes, the Roman fleet entered a fighting state from a state of rest. It was worthy of being a nation that came from the Mediterranean.  Each ship does not have a lantern, because the lantern is in the bright place, and it is difficult to detect the situation in the dark in the bright place.  In addition, open flames tell the enemy where you are.  Konon, Hippasos, and Marinus arrived on the bridge of the flagship Jupiter one after another.  The modern bridge is the brain of a warship. It is the place where the ship is controlled and operations are commanded. It is usually located in the navigation, combat command and control parts of the ship's superstructure.  Generally located at the front end of the top of the bridge.  Including command room, driving room, open-air command post, etc. The ancient bridge was also the brain of the warship, but it was not in a building.  It's an open-air platform.  The Jupiter was on the second level of the sea formation, and the three of them came to the high platform.  Looking around, it was difficult to see the situation in the dark.  Konon was a little anxious and shouted: "Where is the patrol officer? The battle signal has been given, why hasn't he come yet!" After saying that Cao Cao was about to arrive, the patrol officer climbed onto the flagship, ran all the way to the bridge, beat his chest, and shouted  Said: "Your Excellencies, commanders, the enemy is surrounded on three sides. Only the west side has not found the enemy!" Marinus was shocked and said: "The enemy situation is unknown at night, it is best not to attack one side. Since there are no enemies on the west side, command the fleet quickly and head west.  Fall back! "Land warfare has limitations in combat space, but naval warfare does not.  Especially in ancient times when there were no long-range artillery, naval battles had no possibility of encirclement.  You surround them, and others concentrate their superior forces.  An assault in any direction can create a situation in which more people attack fewer people.  Since the visibility at night was not good, Marinus chose to be conservative and exit the encirclement.  Hippasos agreed.  However, Konon didn't think so. He said: "In the art of war of the Qin Dynasty, there is a saying of surrounding three enemies and one enemy. It means to surround on three sides and leave a road for the opponent, but instead to ambush on this road. If the enemy pretends to be surrounded, our army will withdraw.  I was ambushed at night, what should I do? "It's really a big deal if you can't see clearly in the dark.  So.  The benefits of the three-man dictatorship are evident.  The dictatorship group issued an order: once again send patrol boats to conduct reconnaissance in all directions.  I plan to make a decision after getting more detailed information.  After a while of burning incense, feedback was first received from the three directions of north, south, south and south.  Based on the intelligence, the three-person dictatorial team concluded that there were hundreds of enemy warships in each of the three directions.  In other words, there are only 30% of the Qin army's strength in the three directions, so where did the remaining 70% go?  "It must be deep in the west, waiting for our army to retreat, and it was caught off guard and got into the pocket." Konon said.  Hippasos said: "There are only three hundred warships, which are no match for our army." "Just wait and see what happens and wait for news from the west!" Marinus said.  After another while, the huge figures of the Qin army's warships could finally be seen on three sides, but there were not many, only about a hundred ships on one side.  If it were modern, it would be a huge threat, and one missile would be enough to sink an entire fleet.  However, in ancient times, they were ballistae and trebuchets, and they posed no threat to the Roman fleet of thousands of warships.  If the dictatorial team of the Roman fleet had not had concerns, they would have rushed forward to defeat the larger number.  On the Roman flagship, since it is on the second floor, the ballistae is temporarily useless.  I saw on the deck, next to the trebuchet, the slingshots were ready, and the kerosene bombs had been placed in the bucket, and they could be fired as soon as they were told.  There were fire-fighting teams all over the deck, and the sailors were either surrounded by buckets filled with sea water or wooden barrels filled with sea sand.  In short, the Roman fleet, which was ready for battle, came aboard.Everyone's eyes were looking at the dark shadow of the Qin army's ship opposite. If there were fire flashing in the air, it must be the enemy throwing kerosene bombs, and the Romans would also start to fight back.  "Have you entered the range?" Konon looked as hard as he could.  Marinus said: "Send the order to the warships in the front to throw a wave." "Whoosh," then hundreds of fire oil bombs flew into the sky, like rockets launched at night, and the tail of the fire was seen drawing an arc, smashing  Toward the Great Qin fleet in the distance.  However, soon the fire suddenly disappeared.  The Romans had experience that if it hit the hull or deck of an enemy ship, sparks would surely fly out and disappear suddenly, and it must have fallen into the sea.  "We haven't entered the range yet, so the entire fleet is ordered to be on alert and wait for the next order!" Konon said.  In ancient times, there were no advanced instruments for detection, and everything relied on the judgment of experienced commanders.  On the other hand, the Great Qin Squadron on the east side has hundreds of sea-building ships and a Chaos-class battleship, which is Qin Feng's flagship, the Yedu.  At this time, Qin Feng, dressed in military uniform, was at the bow of the ship, watching the Roman kerosene bombs fall into the sea not far in front of him.  Qin Feng sneered and said, "Just because the enemy can't reach us, doesn't mean that we can't reach the enemy." He waved his hand and said, "I ordered all the ships to line up and prepare to throw rats!" What a strange order.  As soon as the order was given, the soldiers chuckled and carried out cages of rats.  Pour the mouse into the back bucket of the catapult, and grease the walls of the bucket so that the mouse can't crawl out.  The mice suffered liver and gallbladder splitting.  I don't know what happened, I was screaming.  Pushing each other, fighting for their lives.  Dian Wei personally operated a catapult.  He grinned and said: "Don't be afraid, you will be flying in a moment!" The soldiers on the left and right laughed again and thought, "This is really a wonderful tactic." Qin Feng raised his Sky Sword and shouted: "Aim at the enemy's sail,  Get ready to launch! " "Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, whoosh," because the ejection speed was so fast that nothing could be seen in the night.  When the rear bucket bounced back, all the rats inside were gone.  " Lao Jia Xu and Pang Tong all had their mouths opened, and Guo Jia's eyes were wide open. He couldn't see a mouse in the air, so he looked in the direction of the enemy ship.  Pray secretly, don't let the enemy find out.  The Qin army launched an army of rats, each in a group of more than twenty, weighing three to five kilograms.  It will be thrown farther than a kerosene bomb.  Under the moonlight, thousands of mice were turning somersaults in the sky.  The tail was wagging, and a pair of rat eyes were dripping with fear.  I don't know where I am going.  However, they soon discovered their destination, which was a Roman ship with masts and sails.  There is hope to live.  The dripping rat eyes burst out with the light of "want to live".  Rats are a species with tenacious vitality.  You can survive if you are thrown from a five-story building. If you can catch something in mid-air, it will be even better.  I saw a group of rats dancing wildly, stretching out their paws one after another.  Some grabbed the mast, some grabbed the mast ropes, and some grabbed the sail.  The mice were frightened and crawled downward one by one, feeling the gravity of the earth.  Some were in a hurry and fell down.  Bang bang~ bang bang~, many rats fell from the sails of the Roman flagship Jupiter.  The sailors were startled, and one of them shouted: "There is a situation, the enemy is attacking!" "Where is it!" "It's in that direction!" The sailor pointed and shouted.  The centurion hurriedly took people over to check, and saw only a few rats, which waddled away.  The Centurion was angry and slapped the sailor who was yelling when he got back, and said angrily: "Don't scream nonsense, it's just a few rats. Even rats are afraid, wouldn't it be shameful to spread the word!" The sailor was also very ashamed.  , "It turned out to be just a few rats. I thought it was the enemy throwing ammunition!" Because the Roman warship was very large, the rats fell and landed in different areas.  The soldiers in these areas found that they were just rats. It was normal to have rats on the ship. If they made a fuss, they would be as cowardly as rats.  Roman soldiers are all warriors and cannot be timid, so they don't take it seriously.  "As for the mice, after escaping from death, who dared to stay in front of others? They got up one by one and crawled into the darkness.  Since then, the Qin army has maintained a stable distance.  "Launch! Launch!" Qin Feng held the Heavenly Sword high, and countless rats flew away behind him. This was truly the strangest cannonball in this century, and even in history.  The officers and soldiers of the Qin Army couldn't wait to see the results, and they were very happy to launch one by one.  The mice were also eager to escape quickly, and some even launched three generations together, which was like moving their families.  Three hundred warships, dozens of rounds of launches, one hundred thousand rats, all thrown out by one guy.    Due to the division of waves, the sailors on the deck only thought that rats were more active tonight, but there were rats below the deck.  "Wow! Rats, so many rats!" It was like a granary full of food. As soon as the door was opened, they all came out, no, they all came in.  The mice were like a tidal wave descending the stairs, and wherever they passed, they were like thousands of horses galloping, and Romans were capsized.  On the Jupiter, at least two thousand came aboard, and all of them ran to the lower deck.  "Wow!" "Ouch!" "Ah oh!" The three of them, Conon, who were standing on the bridge of the deck, heard such a cry coming from below the deck.  "It's so unorganized and disciplined!" Konon was furious, asking what the hell were these sailors doing down there during the war.  He and the other two people came to the entrance of the lower deck very angry. When they entered, they were immediately heartbroken.  I saw that the lower deck was full of rats, densely packed one layer at a time.  Many Roman sailors were pinned to the ground by rats, with only their hands and feet exposed, and they were still twitching.  The cry was caused by them.  Konon and the other three had never seen so many rats before. Marinus's face changed drastically and he said anxiously: "God bless you, Jupiter, why do so many rats suddenly appear? Could it be that we have offended the God of the Sea!" (To be continued)  Search Piaotian Literature, the novels are better and updated faster! ps: Thanks to: Greedy Taotie, book friend 130511093521396 voted for the month.
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