The Han Kingdom did not encounter any threat in the Pacific Ocean, and there was no enemy worthy of a war in the entire Pacific Ocean, whether it was the Beiyang Fleet or the Nanyang Fleet, which carried out the exploration and development of the ocean, and really did not encounter a threatening maritime enemy.
Obviously, there is no enemy worthy of a war, but the scale of the Beiyang Fleet and the Nanyang Fleet each has more than a thousand warships, not that the Han Kingdom is so rich that the warships can go down like dumplings, it is that Liu Yan has a system force against the sky, saying that they each have a thousand warships, in fact, there are only one or two hundred non-system warships, and the rest are ships that are transported through.
After the Han State extended its military tentacles to Malacca, the non-systematic troops of the Beiyang Fleet and the Nanyang Fleet were reorganized into part of the Southern Expeditionary Force, and the more than 300 warships in the Asan Ocean came from this.
Due to the limited shipbuilding capacity of the Han State, the replenishment speed of non-system warships of the Beiyang Fleet and the Nanyang Fleet is not fast, and then the military red zone of the Han State at this stage is in the Asan Ocean, even if there are really new warships launched, they will be divided into the Southern Expeditionary Force sequence.
Huan Wen didn't know when the Gupta Dynasty would make a big move, all he could do was to send an official letter to the center as soon as possible, and the first one to request the transfer was the nearest Nanyang Fleet.
The construction of the system dock shipbuilding was based on the premise that Liu Yan had that thought, and after he entered the customs, his attention turned to the construction of the new Chang'an City, as well as the impending drought, without being notified, even if the system dock had been established around the Pingman Captain's Department, there would be no warships to serve without the implementation of the construction.
The earth is divided into north and south poles, and the environment and climate of each region are not the same, if you calculate according to latitude, the Pingman Captain Department is in the subtropics, and it has begun to be a little stuffy in spring, or the humid and stuffy air, and it is still sultry in summer, even if it has entered the autumn, it is still stuffy and hot, but winter is a bit like spring in the Central Plains.
What is more troublesome for the expeditionary force is that in the autumn, the rain in this place will be endless, sometimes it will stop at once, and more often it will rain for at least 20 days in a month, which means that the soldiers will have nothing to do but hide from the rain.
The endless rain also gave the expeditionary force a new test, in addition to the dilemma of too much rain causing water everywhere, the amount of dry firewood in reserve is consumed daily, if the dry firewood is consumed cleanly, the soldiers' diet will be problematic, at least don't want to eat hot meals.
"The latest news, there is a hurricane landfall in the South 1 Sea, and the coast of Cochin has been seriously damaged, and Malacca is temporarily unnavigable."
Typhoons or hurricanes in autumn are normal in that area, and not only will the sea surface be very scary, but the land and coastal areas will inevitably be blown away by the wind.
"Compared with the big Han, Gupta will know more about that sea area."
What Li Mai heard in his ears was the sound of rain lapping on the bamboo rafts, and it was raining heavily.
He said worriedly: "I thought that if Gupta was looking for a fighter, it was at that time. ” A large number of Han naval and army troops were stationed in the Pingman Captain's Department, which was absolutely no longer a secret to the Gupta Dynasty, but the Han warships were tightly sealed, and the Gupta Dynasty's warships were difficult to observe closely, so that the Gupta Dynasty knew that this place was an important base of the Han army, but they were not aware of the situation.
Huan Wen immediately reacted and asked, "Xianhe means that the enemy army will launch a surprise attack" "If you are a Gupta general, you will not let go of such a great opportunity."
What Li Mai was doing was just a kind of empathy, and he said in a tone of inference: "Gupta already knows about this place, but it is difficult to get close to observe, and he does not know the strength of our army to fight like this.
There is a fault in the rear of our army, and the enemy army may not have the confidence to come to the decisive battle for a big battle, but it will be eager to know the situation here. ” Huan Wen had relevant thoughts before, but he was not sure about the unfamiliarity of naval operations, and when he saw what Li Mai said, he bowed his head: "In this case, it will be within a few days."
In the era when communication relied on roaring and communication by running, the time delay in information transmission was based on the length of the distance.
I don't know if there were any ships from the Gupta Dynasty that spied near Malacca, they would make an inference based on the experience of previous years, and they would certainly be no stranger to the South 1 Sea and the waters of Malacca.
Huan Wen docked in the strait for a few days before arriving at the Pingman Captain's Headquarters, and learned that there was no shortage of Ah San on the local peninsula and the surrounding islands, since there were immigrants from Ah San there, there was no reason for Ah San to be unfamiliar with that side, and it should even be said that he was at least more familiar with it than the newcomers of the Han people.
"The warships of the Great Han can sail in the rain, but the wind and waves are too strong but they can't."
Li Mai tried his best to recall the style of the Gupta Dynasty's warships, and said: "At present, there is not much wind and waves at sea, but it is only in the rainy season.
There is no shortage of large ships in the enemy's army, and if you want to know whether the enemy will attack, you can check the movements of the enemy army in recent days. ” To put it simply, any military operation requires preparation time, and the navy must carry out relevant inspections, maintenance, and warranty on ships before going to war, and even more so prepare enough materials.
In this way, as long as you observe the naval sorties of the Gupta Dynasty in recent times, you will find clues, especially whether the opponent's large ships appear to be more accurate.
Each ship has its own logbook, not only to record the route of the voyage, but also the condition of the ship, as well as the information found, if you want to spy on the state of the Gupta Dynasty navy, check the logs of the ships that went to the raid is the most intuitive, that is, the workload is a bit large.
As a superior, Huan Wen doesn't need to do everything himself, someone will naturally be busy with his mouth, and he will get a relatively detailed information after half a day.
"Xianhe has made meritorious contributions."
Huan Wen is not usually a kind person, but he is not stingy with a smile on those who are capable and can help him: "Gupta's big ship has really not appeared in the past few days, presumably as Xianhe guessed, they want to take advantage of this great opportunity to come and snoop." ” Li Mai is to eat the bowl of rice that led the naval army, others can not be sensitive, he must have a keen sense of smell, otherwise the fleet stationed in Hong Kong is attacked, lose face and be responsible, the fleet suffers heavy losses but has to bear responsibility.
Huan Wen needed to rely on Li Mai's ability to rely on Li Mai in naval battles, so he gave the most warm smile and asked: "Since Xianhe has anticipated the enemy's movements, can he have a countermeasure?"
There are more than 300 warships in the expeditionary force, and there are about 100 warships that are often dispatched to carry out sabotage warfare, and the temporary combat mission will definitely not be able to notify those formations that are carrying out sabotage warfare, after all, there is no such thing as radio at all.
The number of warships calling at military ports for maintenance, overhaul and replenishment is not fixed, and the number of ships within the mobile range of the chain of command is no less than 150.
Li Mai has always believed that his guess will not be wrong, and he already has a draft in his heart, but he can't disrespect Huan Wen, so he said in a tone of asking for instructions: "It is not known how many ships the enemy will come, and I think that there will be no less than three hundred.
There were about 130 warships that could participate in the battle in the military port, and it was natural to be afraid to confront them head-on, but it was difficult to teach the enemy the greatest lesson.
The military port has a perfect water wall, even if it is attacked, it is not easy for the enemy army to break through, whether to assign the fleet out of the port and use the water village as bait to attract the enemy army" Let the fleet leave the port and hide outside, use the military port as a bait to let the Gupta navy kill in, wait for the Gupta navy to enter the encirclement, and the hidden fleet will surround it again, Huan Wen began to assess the feasibility in an instant, and after thinking about it, he decided that it was feasible.
"Although the enemy does not know the number of our ships, they must not make the harbor look empty."
Huan Wen has a very appreciative attitude towards Li Mai's subordinates who don't finish their words and leave some supplementary care for their bosses: "It's up to Xianhe to make the arrangements." ” Li Mai naturally responded: "No" Don't look at Li Mai and Huan Wen are both generals from the small imperial court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, but they really can't get close.
Huan Wen's reputation is not good, at least in the south, most of them are negative, and he is not a humble gentleman in getting along with others, and he is even a little domineering.
Those may be Huan Wen's original character, or they may also give the king a handle, but they also make colleagues jealous and afraid, and inevitably some colleagues will be disgusted.
Li Mai naturally did not show his disgust for Huan Wen, and he did not procrastinate when he received the order, and found Fu Wei after saying goodbye to Huan Wen, both of whom were senior naval officials, and the next confrontation still needed to work together.
Naturally, the rain continued to fall, and there was no tendency to stop at all, and the warships in the military port left the port in batches in a hazy rain covered with raindrops, and they would not go north, but to the southern seas to hide.
In this area, the Han Kingdom is not only the base near the sea in Yangon, but also a large base in the rear, but the construction of this base is relatively poor, and it is generally used as a maintenance site for seriously damaged warships.
The more seriously damaged the warship, the longer the repair cycle will definitely be, and it is usually not arranged to be repaired in the forward military port, which will occupy the dock.
The repair docks in the forward military ports deal with the lightly damaged warships, and repair them as quickly as possible, so that the damaged warships can be restored and put back into service.
Before the Han expeditionary force was busy dealing with possible attacks, the Gupta Dynasty was indeed preparing for a surprise attack.
The Gupta ships that had been gathered to join this inexplicable war were more than 800 off the coast of Cuttac alone, and the number of civilian requisitions was complicated, and Kapil Marik was in charge of a formation of fifty ships of various types.
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"Jaedin's order has been given."
Kapil Malik is talking about a-for-tat raid by the Gupta commander-in-chief, Gavara Kunaljeding.
He was now on the newly taken over ship, looking at the dense sails around him, and said to his deputy, Dijankumar, "We are in the second formation, and we will set sail today. ” Kapil Marik's new ship was a three-masted warship 24 meters long, 6.5 meters wide, and 3.5 meters deep, equipped with two bed crossbows, both on the bow deck.
His new ship, which looks very Sasanian-style, is actually a captured ship that has been repaired after captivity.
And it was not actually a native Sassanid warship, it was captured by the Sassanid navy from the Eastern Roman navy.
The style of the Sassanid warship is very Hellenistic, and there is a statue of the goddess of the sea at the bow ramming, but Kapil Malik did not know whether the goddess of the sea was the daughter of Okeanos or the daughter of Nereus Gavara Kunaljeddin would not directly participate in the raid, as a noble brahmin would simply give orders and stay in a safe place to wait for news.
Of course, it will not be Kapil Malik who will command the raiding fleet, but Katruk Karp, who will take the initiative to ask for his life, and will command this raid.
The number of ships used by the Gupta Dynasty for raid warfare reached 500, that is, the number of civilian ships accounted for 300 of them, and the number of ships that could really be counted as warships was less than 200.
In addition to preparing for a battle at sea, they have also made a good deployment of troops for a breakthrough landing, and most of the soldiers preparing for the landing are arranged on civilian ships in the last surprise formation.
The long "Woo Woo Woo" horn sounded first from the Lord's Mansion, and then continued to be transmitted from all over the place, waiting for the big bell of the port to be ringed, and a large procession of monks appeared.
The monks are not going to go to war with the army, they are going to come to the port to bless the army that is about to fight, bursts of Sanskrit sounds are chanted, with the bells that are constantly ringing, and then there are a large number of monks and believers to come out of the scene, but it is a bit of the meaning of the arrival of the Buddha country.
The fleet waiting to leave the port, I don't know who shouted "Po God" first, followed by the chanting of all the people in unison.
Ah San has his own mature sect 1 religion system, and what Buddha 1 teaches is actually abandoned by Ah San himself, and replaced by Yin 1 degree 1 religion, and Yin 1 degree 1 religion has three main gods, namely Brahma Aha, Shiva Shiva and Vishnu Vishnu.
Brahma is the god of creation, the lord of the universe, Shiva is the god of destruction with three eyes, and Shinu is the guardian god of the universe and life.
The Kshatriya, the main god of the Asan, is naturally the god of destruction, and it is a necessary procedure to hold a prayer for blessing before the battle, and the more powerful the army, the higher the morale of the army.
Under the sound of Sanskrit and bells, Katruk Karp waved his arm, and his flagship was the first to leave the port, followed by the flagship escort formation.
As the second-echelon Kapil Malik, he looked at the singing and dancing on the shore with a solemn face, waiting for the formation of the first echelon to leave the port, and then shouted: "The goddess will bless us with invincibility and set off."
Of course, not all ships come out of the harbor, in fact, most of the ships have already anchored at sea and lined up in formation, which is really a bit overwhelming
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