Fu Qin starts with a plan

Chapter 519 Naval battle!One Hit Shock Pirate Giant

The envoy told Liu Cheng that the Second Punic War is now coming to an end.

But in fact, this is his nonsense.

Five years ago, in the Second Punic War, Carthage really had the upper hand.

The Carthaginians wiped out 7 Roman troops at the Battle of Cannae.

However, at that time, Hannibal and his elder brother were at the most intense struggle for power, and their strength was insufficient, so they did not complete their efforts in one battle.

Now Cornelius Scipio fulfilled Scipio the Great's claim by defeating Hannibal at the Battle of Zama.

In this war, Carthage completely turned on the defensive.

Whether on land or at sea, they were all suppressed and beaten by the Romans.

After seeing Liu Cheng, the envoy of Carthage started thinking of wooing this great Qin bandit.

Although Liu Cheng's fleet is not as terrifying as Hamilcar's personal guards imagined.

However, in the war between Rome and Carthage, it is definitely a force that can determine the outcome.

If Liu Cheng can be pulled to Europe, then Carthage will definitely be able to turn defeat into victory.

As for capturing the Hamilcar family, it was entirely out of the emissary's selfishness.

Hannibal's pursuit of the Hamilcar family never stopped.

In the eyes of the envoy, with Liu Cheng's power, arresting their family was just a matter of convenience.

In this way, after returning to Carthage, the credit will be greater.

The emissary didn't know that because of his own stupidity, Hannibal would completely lose the chance of winning the Second Punic War.

Moreover, it also brought an extremely terrifying enemy to Europe.

At this time, Liu Cheng's fleet was less than five miles away from the Great Qin Navy, but the ship of the Hamilcar family was slightly closer to his fleet.

For a while, Liu Cheng was caught in a dilemma.

He knew very well in his heart that Daqin's iron-clad ships were much faster than his sailboats.

His sailboat is a technology developed by the Daqin Academy of Sciences two or three years ago. Although it is not slow at sea, it is an outdated technology after all.

Even the new-style seagoing ships that some Haike just bought from Huilangya Shipyard during this period are more advanced than these sailing ships.

It is said that the latest battleship developed by the Daqin Academy of Sciences has adopted top technology and is more powerful than the existing iron-clad ships.

However, Liu Cheng's fleet is not without advantages.

At this time, they were in the upwind direction. If they sent a boat to capture the Hamilcar family back, the speed should be faster.

The envoy from Carthage naturally understood this truth, and he whispered: "General, there are only a few women, children and remnants of the Hamilcar family left, but there are more than a dozen people. The general only needs to send a speedboat to catch them back, and then If you leave quickly, Daqin Navy will definitely not be able to react in time!"

This envoy was able to be sent to the Far East by Hannibal, and of course he was also a smart person.

Even if he didn't know much about the Great Qin Navy, how could he fail to guess what Liu Cheng was afraid of when he saw the hideous looking ship on the opposite side that was not easy to mess with.

So he encouraged Liu Cheng in a quick tone.

Liu Cheng gritted his teeth, waved a man and told him to gather people to take the speedboat and capture the Hamilcar family's boat.

Soon, a small speedboat was separated from the sailing fleet.

The sail of the speedboat was very large, and under the blowing of the sea wind, it formed the shape of a curved bow, and rushed towards the ship of the Hamilcar family like an arrow from the string.

As for the main force of Liu Cheng's fleet, it retreated slowly at the same time.

Liu Chengxin knew very well that fighting the Great Qin Navy here was undoubtedly seeking his own death.

His only thought was to run away quickly while the distance between the two sides was still far away.

As long as he ran to the sea area he was familiar with, he could find a way to get rid of the Great Qin Navy.

Liu Cheng believed that no matter how advanced the ships of the Qing Navy were, they would never catch up with him easily.

After all, the sea is different from the land.

The distance of five miles seems to be very tight, and the galloping horse will arrive in no time.

But don't forget, this is at sea.

Even the most advanced ships cannot travel faster than ordinary carriages.

In particular, the Great Qin Navy has strict military orders and will definitely maintain its formation during the pursuit.

Otherwise, he, Liu Cheng, is not a vegetarian, and there is definitely a way to make them come and go.

Liu Cheng was extremely confident about whether he could escape successfully.

At this time, the members of the Hamilcar family, no matter how slow their reactions were, realized that something was wrong with the sailing fleet.

Seeing the speedboats separated from that fleet rushing towards her, Mrs. Hamilka quickly ordered.

"Quick, run to the north!"

Obviously, the fleet behind them came with bad intentions.

Running towards the all-black fleet was their only possible way out.

During the years of fleeing, they have experienced this kind of life and death crisis too many times.

After so many times of tempering, Mrs. Hamilka almost developed an almost intuitive ability.

The guards naturally understood this truth.

They yelled in unison, then hurriedly picked up anything around them that could be used as oars, stretched out half of their bodies over the side of the boat, and started paddling vigorously.

Even Mrs. Hamilka leaned down and moved the sea water quickly with her hands, hoping to add some help.

However, these actions of theirs are doomed to be in vain.

The speedboat was already extremely fast, and what was even more outrageous was that more than a dozen sailors on the speedboat also held paddles in their hands and listened to the power for the boat.

In the blink of an eye, the distance between the two sides was reduced to less than twenty feet.

Mrs. Hamilcar watched the scene in despair.

At this time, the Great Qin Navy is still extremely far away from here.

Even if the relatives of the navy are really kind to them, there is no time to rescue them.

A gleam of determination flashed in Mrs. Hamilcar's eyes.

She picked up the guard's dagger from the cabin, first looked at the two children who were snuggling together, and a look of hesitation flashed in her eyes.

Then, she sighed and aimed the dagger at her chest.

The honor of nobility cannot be tarnished, especially since she is a woman.

Before being caught by the enemy, the best way is to kill yourself.

Just when the dagger was about to pierce the heart, suddenly, several loud noises came from a distance.

The sound was so loud, like thunder on the ground, it could be heard clearly even a few miles away.

Mrs. Hamilcar's hand trembled, and she subconsciously turned her head away.

Then, she saw several black balls whistling and flying across the sky.

The black ball flew over their heads and landed in the sea behind them.

Among them, a ball hit the speedboat.

Under the shocked eyes of the Hamilcar family, the speedboat was blasted into a piece of broken wood at that time.
The dozens of people on board were immediately sent to the sky and turned into fragments.

Watching this scene, the captain of the guard kept shaking his head: "No, it's impossible, even the god Baal can't have such power. Could it be that those rumors are true, the people of Daqin have mastered the power of the gods?"

Liu Cheng's fleet, who had just turned around and fled not far away, naturally heard the loud noise.

Standing on the bow of the ship, Liu Cheng and the envoys of Carthage, who were watching the situation over there, saw the scene where the artillery shells of the Daqin army blew up the speedboat across a distance of three miles.

Both of them had expressions of extreme shock on their faces.

However, this kind of shock is different.

Liu Cheng was surprised because he did not expect that the weapons of the Great Qin Navy had already reached such an advanced level.

As a giant bandit in the Great Qin Sea, he naturally has some knowledge of the Qin army's weapons and equipment.

In these years, Daqin didn't use many soldiers, but it used gunpowder weapons in the few times it became famous.

Especially when Zhao Kun fought in the Xiongnu before, [-] Liaodong troops massacred the Xiongnu with gunpowder weapons, but the news that he was not injured in the battle spread in the Qin Dynasty.

At the beginning, Liu Cheng was very interested in gunpowder weapons.

But when he tried his best to get some gunpowder, he found that although this weapon is powerful, it must not touch water.

As soon as it enters the water, the gunpowder is completely ineffective.

Since then, Liu Chengcheng has not taken gunpowder to heart.

However, unexpectedly, gunpowder weapons suitable for maritime operations have already been developed.

Moreover, the Daqin Navy did not know how to use it, but it was able to project it to such a long distance.

You know, this distance can only be reached on land by a large catapult.

However, although the warships of the Great Qin Navy have a huge hull, they will definitely not waste such a large space to install catapults.

Especially that kind of gunpowder weapon is not afraid of water.

Liu Cheng saw very clearly just now that except for the bomb that fell on the speedboat, the rest of the bombs fell into the water and exploded violently as soon as they touched the sea surface.

Such a terrifying weapon, if the Daqin Navy is equipped with a large number of it.
Thinking of this, Liu Cheng couldn't help feeling scared for a while.

Although he didn't dare to confront the Daqin Navy before, in private, Liu Cheng didn't think he was much worse than the Daqin Navy.

He believed that if the two sides fought hard, even though he was doomed to die, even if he died, he could still bite off a piece of Qin Haijun's flesh.

But now it seems that his previous thoughts were too naive.

From such a long distance, the opponent has the ability to sink a ship, what's the point?

As for the Carthaginian envoy on the other side, seeing the power of the Great Qin Navy's shells, they were almost speechless in shock.

Of course he had heard of Daqin's prestige for a long time!

Unlike ordinary Carthaginian nobles, this envoy is Hannibal's close vassal and has access to a lot of top-secret information.

Therefore, he knows very well how powerful Daqin, the overlord of the East, is!

Hannibal had spoken to those close to him in private.

It is absolutely impossible for Carthage to rush eastward before defeating Rome and completely digesting Europe!

Although what he said was cryptic, his close courtiers still understood the hidden meaning.

That is, even after annexing Rome, Hannibal did not consider himself an opponent of Daqin!

For a battle madman like him, being able to fear a country to such an extent is enough to prove the strength of Daqin.

But the envoy never imagined that the country that Hannibal called so terrifying was actually not exaggerating, on the contrary, his opinion was somewhat conservative!

Is this the heavenly kingdom mentioned by those minstrel poets from Central Asia?
The Carthaginian envoy was very curious.

How powerful is that iron-clad warship that blocks the sky and the sun!
Among other things, their ability to blow up enemy ships from miles away was enough to horrify him.

Today's European naval warfare mode is still the original gang-jumping operation.

European warships are rarely equipped with even archers.

In naval battles between the two sides, the ship is basically close to the back and jumps, and the victory is not won until the other side is killed!
The envoy calculated in his heart that if the Carthage fleet encountered the Daqin Navy, it would be quite remarkable to be able to see the true face of the Daqin warship.

It is even more likely that someone throws a bunch of things and blows them up without even seeing the other person's face clearly.

At this time, the envoy did not dare to say anything in front of Liu Cheng.

Thinking that he volunteered to go on the speedboat with him just now, he wanted to slap himself in the face.

If Liu Cheng really let him go just now, I am afraid that he is not much stronger than the dozen or so people who have been turned into pieces of meat.
"Quick, go!" the envoy said with white lips and trembling.

Needless to say, Liu Cheng knew what to do.

Soon, nearly a hundred sailboats all raised their sails and fled towards the south at the fastest speed.

All ships fled in all directions.

At this time, the Great Qin Navy had arrived at the location of the wicker boat.

Wang Li put down the binoculars, a sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth.

Liu Cheng is a very clever pirate. Although he assembled a huge fleet, the ship he was on was never the largest and most comfortable one in the fleet.

Every time he goes to sea, Liu Cheng will randomly choose a ship as his flagship.

"General, that ship has a strange structure, I want to study it."

At this time, in the cabin, the young man who had not spoken all this time suddenly said hesitantly.

Since Zhao Kun had the idea of ​​building a new navy, people from the Daqin Academy of Sciences have been going to South Vietnam one after another.

Unlike Zhao Kun and the others who took the land route, these scientific researchers all came to South Vietnam with the fleet of Lu Hou and his wife.

Because of the previous timber business, many seagoers from Daqin came to South Vietnam one after another, and the navy composed of the original Lou boatmen also escorted them.

The navy commanded by Wang Li is the escort formation.

The person who spoke was from the Academy of Sciences, so naturally Wang Li didn't dare to ignore him, after all he was heard to be the proud disciple of the old man Gongshu.

The predecessor of the Daqin Academy of Sciences was the Pinyang Military Factory, and the person in charge of the Pinyang Military Factory was Gongshuban.

Gongshuban is a very important figure in Qin State, even Zhao Kun admires him.

So Zhao Kun paid special attention to this young man.

"The identities of the people on the boat are not simple, we must protect them well!" Wang Li glanced at the young man and said solemnly.

"Don't worry, general, Li Mu understands!" The young man nodded.

He didn't have any extra thoughts.

Although the research of the Academy of Sciences is very extensive, the wicker ship is obviously not a pirate ship.

In a struggle of this scale, if they were not protected in advance, the fate of the people on board would definitely be extremely bad.

(End of this chapter)