Section 2009 The Suicide Ship

During this period of time, shipping in the coastal areas of the Eastern Empire can’t be said to have suffered a huge blow, but it was definitely very uncomfortable. Most of the fleet had contact with the Cao’s business. This fleet was either robbed or The one who was robbed, or even all the people and boats were robbed, Li Cong had no choice but to do such a thing. At the beginning, he also thought about not attacking the property of the common people, but now he can't think so much Yes, the situation in the northern battlefield has changed day by day. They can only cause a huge panic on the southern coast and make the entire Eastern Empire pay a certain price. They will transfer the northern army to the south. Now the navy of the Eastern Empire It is already ready for a large-scale search, and this mysterious pirate must be sent out. m

This time, the Eastern Empire sent one-third of their navy to more than a dozen cities along the southern coast. After Li Cong heard the news, he asked his subordinates to gather all their fleets together. Originally, Li Cong wanted to be happy with Wu Zuoxi After talking about things, I will go north to the northern battlefield. Now, the southern sea area is more powerful than the northern battlefield. If I am accidentally surrounded by this fleet, the little navy I have worked so hard to build is still worth it. It is really possible that there will be none. The artillery of these ships is not worth much at all. It just needs to be transported from the earth at a high speed. The most important thing is the crew on these ships. After studying for a period of time, I am already very familiar with this thing. In the future, these will all be elite naval officers, and they can help them train more crew members, so they absolutely cannot go back.

In this battle, Li Cong decided to personally command, not even if a few admirals with good commanding skills emerged from the navy, Li Cong also felt that he needed to do it himself, even if he was a consultant watching from the sidelines. At this time Li Cong is a little bit thinking about the advanced equipment on the earth. If there are radar satellites and the like, he will definitely win this war, but now he doesn't have those, but compared with the naval fleet of the Eastern Empire, he is already is very insufficient. Look at the engines of your own fleet, and then look at the artillery and shells. Currently, the navy of the Eastern Empire mainly uses ropes to entangle people on board or go directly to overturn the ship. There are some small arms on the ship. This kind of thing can be said to have no threat to Li Cong's fleet, as long as they are not allowed to get close.

However, the navy of the Eastern Empire is not a fool. After a period of fighting, they also know that the weapons in their hands do not pose any threat to the pirate. Even if they have a large number of ships, they can only keep each other by fighting losses. Although the Eastern Empire is rich, it has not yet reached the point where it can throw money everywhere, just like their current traditional warships, It is about 302,000 silver or more, and these silvers are definitely not a small amount. One-third of their naval fleet will definitely not be missing. It is no problem for the Eastern Empire to randomly draw 3,000 warships. Now there is such a huge fleet waiting for Li Cong's fleet. Both of them want to quickly find out that Li Cong also wants to concentrate his fleet to kill each other in one go, and the other side thinks the same way. It depends on which of the two sides moves faster.

The number of this naval fleet assembled by the Eastern Empire is too large. The number of people alone is 30 million. There are more ships,

If all these ships are assembled and lined up on the sea, Li Cong's fleet will look like a small black dot of biscuits. No matter how powerful his fleet is, if it is surrounded by such a fleet of ships, there is no possibility for them to escape. It can be seen that the Eastern Empire really spent a lot of money this time. If you don't catch all these people, they will definitely not give up. With this meaning, everyone should be more careful, and you must not mess around. Just like before, you will attack everywhere unscrupulously, and you may be the one who fails in the end. .

In the two days when Li Cong just entered the naval fleet, Li Cong discovered a very bad phenomenon, that is, the naval officers and naval soldiers in his hands, they all have a very proud mood, in their opinion The navy of the Eastern Empire is not a navy at all. If they want to fight head-to-head with themselves, they can definitely kill a dozen or even twenty of them with a single ship? As long as you have enough shells, and as long as you can't use up all your strength, it's okay to want to kill them all. Li Cong also understood it from the side, so it's no wonder. In the past few months, they have been winning battles, and even a single ship dared to go out to provoke a fleet of others. In the end, they still won. Too violent, even a single ship can defeat a fleet of them, this is an absolutely indisputable fact.

With such a powerful record, it is not surprising that they can think this way in their hearts. What these people think in their hearts is, so what if there are many naval ships in the Eastern Empire? As long as we keep a certain distance from them and don’t go in front of them, they will not pose any threat to us. During this time, we will not look for their land to rob. We are in the sea, keeping such a long distance from them. You fight, unless you can fly over, otherwise you can only be passively beaten. Even if we are surrounded, we can pass by our own high speed quickly. Of course, the encirclement should not be too thick. If it's really too thick, they can't pretend it. Try to be careful not to let them surround you. This is because naval officers think that as long as they are not surrounded by them, there is basically nothing else to do, but Li Cong But I don’t think so. Fighting at sea is different from fighting on land. You can find support at any time on land. It’s too difficult to want support at sea.

Regarding their thoughts, Li Cong felt that they had to solve them before the decisive battle. If they didn't solve it with them next month, they would suffer a big loss if they went to the battlefield with such thoughts. Thousands of captains, these people are the core of a small team after they go to sea, as long as they don't panic, the whole ship will not panic, now a ship generally has more than 100 people, this captain seems to be Their souls are the same, if it's okay to see the captain. His calm expression will make everyone feel that nothing is wrong. If he panics, the ship will be over. What Li Cong told them is, don't think that the Eastern Empire has no way to deal with you. They can gather so much The huge fleet must have their own methods. Li Cong listed a few things at the scene, and I can adapt them. If you do this again, their fleet will also face a huge threat.

The thing is the same as what Li Cong said. The Eastern Empire has indeed cultivated a batch of new weapons, which are specially used to deal with Li Cong and the others in the South China Sea Fleet. These weapons can be said to be long-range attack weapons, although there is nothing new . But after testing, it is much stronger than before. For example, they transported the crossbow from the army. This thing can be launched at a distance of nearly two kilometers at sea. In the past, their attack range was definitely not that far. If the crossbow bolt hits the warship, it will also cause certain damage to the warship, although the outside is wood and the inside is iron. If the hit won't bring them too much threat, but there will be some losses, and the most important thing is the huge number of them. It's okay if ten ships treat you alone, you will be hit in the middle.

The other is the so-called suicide ship composed of some prisoners from the Eastern Empire. This is also a very powerful weapon of the Eastern Empire. These suicide ships can carry about three or four people, and their speed is also very fast. There was nothing on the whole ship except sails and some flammable things were placed on it. Although the speed was still not as fast as the warships of Cao's House, it was much faster than their original speed. Some flammable things bloomed on the ship Once they catch up with the big ship of Cao's House, they will ignite some things on the ship, and then rush up at their own speed, so that they can set the warship of Cao's House on fire. Of course, the people they rushed over will never go back alive, so these days they are called suicide ships again, and the number of these suicide ships must be very large. The specific combat capability is still not very clear.

According to Li Cong's guess, if these suicide ships are going to attack, the number will definitely not be less than a hundred, and more than a hundred suicide ships are approaching in an all-round way. Hundreds of suicide boats are all sent to the bottom of the sea, and there will always be one or two fish that slip through the net. If these fish slip through the net, it will cause you heavy losses. The warships of Cao's House are also made of wood. , as long as it is ordered, the whole ship may be burned, so what I want to remind these naval officers now is to absolutely pay attention to these ships and never be careless. The first thing to do when seeing them go out is not Instead of shooting at them, let your speed add up to at least exceed their speed, keep a certain distance to attack them, and don't slow down your speed because of the expansion of the results.

After listening to Li Cong's introduction, the following captains were indeed a little shocked. They didn't expect that the Eastern Empire felt that it had produced such a powerful weapon in such a short period of time. They had all seen the crossbow arrow before. He, they also know that the attack power against them is not so strong and they are not very afraid. This is the first time they have heard of this suicide ship. In the past, in naval battles, their own warships were usually damaged and could not continue. Fight, stay and sink the enemy's warship, but that is rarely successful, because your warship slows down after being damaged, and other people's warships are not soaked in water, and their speed is generally twice as fast as yours Twice as much, you want to die with others, and that person doesn't want to die with you, the other is that there are so many suicide ships, and they didn't think about going back when they came up.

What they have to do is to die with you. These people above are also prisoners of the Eastern Empire. Originally, they could not see the sun in prison. Now the Empire has given them such a chance, as long as they can be with others Maybe their family members will receive some rewards if they work hard? Anyway, I have been doing nothing in prison for the rest of my life. If I go out and work hard, I can still bring a lot of wealth to my family. Why don't I do it? According to the report of spies planted by Li Cong in the Eastern Empire, the Eastern Empire is vigorously developing this kind of suicide ship, which is like the kind of asymmetrical war on earth. Although I have a strong military strength here, they don’t follow suit at all. What people want in your head-to-head battle is this kind of suicide boat. You can’t do anything about them. If there are mines, you don’t need to be afraid of them for the time being, but there is no such thing in this society now.

"Master Cao, don't we have a solution to this problem? If the number of suicide ships really moves, it is really difficult for us to keep a distance from them and attack them. Moreover, you also When I mentioned the purpose of the suicide ship, the target is really too small. There are more than 100 soldiers on one of our ships. It seems that if you look around all the time, you may not be able to see it. Although the sea is vast, but this This kind of action is about coordination, if we find that the suicide ship will mess us up, it will cause a lot of confusion in the combat steps of the entire fleet." After Li Cong finished introducing the things here, a captain came down from the background and said , His words also represent the doubts of most captains. These people don't know how to deal with suicide ships? Obviously, they don't think the method of keeping a distance proposed by Li Cong is an effective method.

"You are very good at what you said. I have considered the problem you mentioned, but so far we have not had a very good way to deal with their suicide ships. First of all, I have not seen their suicide boats with my own eyes. Ships, even our armies have never fought against them. I don’t know what their combat speed is like? Everything was sent to us by our spies in front. Although the information they seized was accurate, most of them were not It's all after our analysis. We didn't see the actual situation with our own eyes, so I decided to send one of our squadrons over the past few days to see what's going on with them? Get first-hand war information in In war, only what you see with your own eyes is real, and the information conveyed by others can only be used as a reference. Information from intelligence agencies can help us a lot, but sometimes we believe too much that they will eat it too. Big loss."

From what Li Cong said to the captains below, they all nodded. Indeed, what Li Cong said is correct. If you don’t go to the battlefield to see it, you will definitely not be able to know some of their specific parameters based on your own guesses. Small-scale fleets can easily turn around and find out their details. It is indeed a good way. If the large-scale fleet rushes up at that time, their fleet alone will be a very large sea area, and a large number of suicide ships will rush over by then. The warships on the tail are out of tune, but the warships in the front in the middle, of course they can't run away because the warships behind are slow, so the loss will be too great, and then let the Eastern Empire see that their suicide ships are effective, they will definitely This thing will be built on a large scale. That's when Li Cong and the others have a headache. If the coastal area cannot put pressure on the Eastern Empire, the back battlefield will become bigger and several times stronger than it is now.

The captains outside heard that they had the opportunity to go out. They haven't gone to sea for a long time since Li Cong gave the order, and they are all huddled in their own ports. They have no choice but to investigate the enemy's situation clearly. Bringing his own fleet up is almost like dying. Li Tong thinks that the life of each of his crew members is very precious, and it is absolutely impossible for them to die. Li Cong calculated for them. An ordinary crew member needs about 500 silver to be trained, and a slightly more advanced officer needs thousands of taels of silver. Just like the captains in front of him, it is not enough to compare gold with their weight , I can afford to lose so much gold, but if I lose these people, I can't afford to lose. Seeing that these people have an appointment and want to fight with him, Li Cong signaled them to calm down.

Li Cong has calculated who to take out or not to take out. It doesn't mean that if you stand up and yell and yell loudly, I have to listen to you. If that is the case, it is estimated that all these people now They would all start yelling. After seeing Li Tong's gesture, these people sat down one by one. They also knew that their performance just now was sometimes at their usual level, and that they were an officer and an excellent navy. Officer, such a thing is similar to a shrew in the market. Li Cong is also very satisfied with what he can't do when he sees their performance. At least for now, they are the only disciplined army on this continent. Well, the other armies are also considered disciplined. They are not at their level in this aspect. They were also very dissatisfied with the goose training method at the beginning. Now it seems that each of them thinks it is still good.

What we need to talk about in combat at sea is a coordinated combat force. Li Tong’s army can only train for a week at most for things like goosesteps, but these people are different. They need two to three weeks to train these things. . It is to strengthen their sense of community and abandon all individual heroism. It does not mean that it is much better not to develop this kind of individual heroism. In a real war, it is much better to fight together than individual heroism. It is much stronger than the ability given to the team. After this period of training, especially when they have become a training method like a squad, they also feel a sense of collective honor. Especially in the smallest class, they all feel that the squad leader and the deputy squad leader have given them some correct guidance. It is certain that they will also become the squad leader and deputy squad leader after they leave this fleet in the near future up.

"I plan to take only ten warships out for this operation, and the rest will continue to stay in the port for training? Just after Li Tong finished speaking, it was as if a pot was blown up. There are thousands of warships here, and you only brought ten of them. The warships are out, and we have more than 900 remaining captains. What are you doing here? We are still training. Our recent training time has not been short. We are all training in the same way as before, and there is no training at all. New tactics, of course Li Tong also knows their difficulties, he trained them, trained them into a pack of wolves, they will go out and bite people, but they are all wolves who treat them as dogs and let them go In their own home, this is a very difficult time for them, but now they can't let go of their ropes and tell them to go out to die. The hunter episode over there has polished their hunting grounds. Complaining that Li Cong just turned a blind eye.

It's not that I don't think about them. It's that these people have no way to make myself think about it, and I have no way to solve this problem. It's better to ignore them. The captains of the ten warships selected by Li Cong are all happy at this time. Get it done, yelling that you promise to complete the task. Li Cong nodded. These guys were actually randomly selected by himself, and he didn’t want some so-called elites. Didn’t he say it just now? Some of the captains who were sitting were not convinced at this time, they stood up and said angrily, how could they tell him where to go? His 125 ships are far worse than the warships he gave me. How many warships can he destroy every time I go out? How many warships can I destroy every time when I go out? Go or not let me go. "This is what a captain is complaining about, and what he said may be true. However, Li Tong didn't think too much about what he said, glanced at him and just nodded.

That guy's thinking is also very simple. The thorn in the army usually attracts the attention of their superiors. He just wanted to be the thorn. Unfortunately, it became the thorn. He successfully attracted Li Cong's attention. But Li Cong just didn't give him this chance. Li didn't even think about it when he was young, so he went out directly, leaving the store managers dumbfounded. Of course, the ten selected captains have all become besieged at this time. They all want to take advantage of Li Cong's breath and sneak out quickly, and now only these people are left to quickly surround them. When these ten people go out, their clothes will be scratched Yes, look at the expressions on their faces, although they are in pain, but they are just happy, because I was selected and I will follow their boss to go out to fight, and I don’t need to hide in this place. As for the danger that will happen in the future, None of them worried.

From the day they started serving in the navy, they never thought about how long their lives could last. Although they could keep their lives longer if they were careful, they also knew that it would be possible to make a living at sea without knowing when. Lost their own lives, these things don't need anyone to tell them, they are very clear about this matter every time they set sail, so after a long time, they don't take their lives so seriously On the contrary, they all have very high hopes for victory in wars. They hope that they can be in wars like the deep forest every day, because they have always won battles in the past, and their losses can be said to be minimal. , the losses are all on the enemy's side, and there is no loss at all on your own side? Of course, I hope to go out to fight in my heart. Although there will be danger this time, they are not afraid and will not retreat.

Some senior officers of the navy also blocked Li Tong at the intersection, Mr. Cao, are you thinking about this matter carefully? The number of ten warships is really too small. We usually have 20 to 30 warships when we take the time to attack an enemy city. But ten warships really can't do much? If you really rely on these ten warships to go out, once you are surrounded by the enemy, you will lose your chance of escape. They are also very worried about Li Cong's safety. These people are all people who have taken genetic medicine. What if Li Tong really shows up? The problem is that they themselves will never survive, and they also hope that Li Cong will go out with a large army. Li Cong smiled and didn't say anything? Looking at these people, he knew what they were thinking? It's good to worry about yourself, he made the biggest mistake by taking a large army out.

Now this time is different from before, isn't it? You have to know that in the past, you beat the governor because we were familiar with our enemies and their attack methods, you all went there, but now they have new varieties, we are not clear, although our intelligence department provided Some information, but I also said it at the conference just now. If you don’t see and hear something with your own eyes, you can’t take it seriously. Since we are going to test the combat effectiveness of others, why do we bring a large fleet of our own? Then our test is meaningless? So you don't want to come to see me, I just take these troops out, you should think about things on the bright side, maybe I will come back with ten warships intact, Li Cong said He took his adjutant away and left a few senior naval officers to look at each other. The boss's mind is really strong, and these militants are not as courageous as him.

In the Eastern Empire, the Jia family and the Linghu family are waiting for news here. The news that the Linghu family got is some parameters of these suicide ships, but the suicide ships are listed as the top secret of the Eastern Empire. Responsible, Linghu got very limited news when he returned home, and Linghu wanted to help Li Cong very much after he came back. The strength of their Linghu family on the southern coast can be said to be basically gone, so the more damage those people's forces have done, the more useful they will be. The news he gave so far is very correct. Today he also arrived at a port in the sea. He hopes to see the suicide ship with his own eyes. The heir of the Linghu family wants to see that this kind of suicide ship naturally has his own strength. Although this is the top secret, it can be opened to him.

Now what is the relationship between the royal family of the Eastern Empire and the Linghu family? On the surface, what should be done must be done. The young master of the Linghu family wants to see what the top secret of the empire is. They and the imperial family were originally a family. Although most of the news is unknown to the common people, many high-level officials already know it. This is also the result of Li Cong's release of the news. I feel that they have to do some self-protection means. If there is no self-protection means, once the court takes action against them, they will lose it. They can disappear from the territory of the Eastern Empire. Now because they have to meet with the thunder and lightning With such a huge pressure on them, neither the Linghu family nor the imperial court took any action. Once the pressure disappears, the two of them may turn against each other. Internal wars are often more intense than external ones. We all know that is very clear.

"Master Linghu, this is the suicide boat we are developing now. At present, about 500,000 such suicide boats have been manufactured in the southern coastal area, and we have recruited more than 10 million people in our cells. , these people are willing to take on these ships and fight to the death for those pirates, now I dare say that as long as those pirates come, they will never come back," the head of the navy in the southern coastal area said to Linghu, although this kid Linghu There is no official position in the imperial court, but where is the power of others? In the Southern Empire, such things are very common. Although there is no official position, status is still required there. Linghu frowned when he heard his introduction Wrinkled, the naval officer thought that his introduction was not detailed, but in fact Linghu was worried about Li Cong.

"Don't make it sound so good, and you have built it on such a large scale without actual combat. If these things don't work for those pirates, your losses this time will be really big. If you lose money, you will lose money." It’s okay, our empire can afford to lose, the most important thing is to calculate the time. If these things you created during this time are of no use, how should we face the pirates? Now the transportation along the southern coast of the empire has been cut off Nearly one-third of the time, the connection between major cities can no longer be transported by sea. We are different from the other three empires. They all have their own transportation network on land, but because we rely too much on Because of these sea transportation, our land transportation network is basically in an undeveloped state." Linghu didn't give this guy any good looks. This guy is also said to be sweaty.

"Returning to Master Linghu, we have rarely found those pirates recently. We feel that they have also noticed our new weapons here, so we will not come out for the time being. We have already made plans for these people's attacks. The battle plan. It will definitely make them come and go." Even when this guy talks to Master Linghu, he is very secretive. What is their battle plan? Although Linghu wanted to know very much at this time, he couldn't go on like this. With his identity, he should only pay attention to some general directions. Small things like this, such as the battle plan against the enemy, are all military affairs. There is no need for him to ask this question himself. Everyone believed that he would not betray the Eastern Empire, but once the news leaked out, everyone who knew the news would be implicated, and he would definitely not do it himself.

For the Linghu family, they have less time at this time. Linghu has only gathered 20% of the entire family now, and the remaining 80% is not in his own hands, but Linghu is more fortunate. Yes, 50% of them are willing to fight against the court like him. Only the remaining 50% think that the relationship between them in the court can be maintained for such a long time. The dreaming mind of these people makes Linghu feel very strange. Now that this situation has come, people are already sharpening their swords. , You even put your face up here, why did you ask someone to chop you off with a knife? There is really no way to talk about these people, they are simply unreasonable, Linghu must help Li Cong. Helping Li Cong is helping oneself, and the power of the royal family of the Eastern Empire must be greatly reduced.

He didn't get the battle plan of the suicide ship, so he didn't know how to help Li Cong at this time? Suddenly she saw thousands of suicide ships in the harbor. It would be great if he could give Li Cong a message. His fleet only needs to come here for an assault. All these suicide ships were killed. At that time, the Eastern Empire would need some time to formulate a new battle plan. Li Cong Since then, it has been possible to continue to plunder some Shanghais on the southern coast of the Eastern Empire. Now the Eastern Empire has also changed its plan to board and travel. In the past, they were driven out with a few ships. The naval fleet is escorting them. Although the threat of encountering pirates has been reduced a lot, if Li Cong really wants to fight with them, these people can't make your naval fleet too weak.

After Linghu arrived in the Eastern Empire, for the sake of confidentiality, he did not make any contact with Li Cong. Even if he wanted to contact him, he would send some very cryptic messages. If this news was made public, Linghu himself might There is not even a place to die, not only the imperial court of the Eastern Empire wants to kill him, but also the people of the Linghu family will never let him go, so everything needs to be careful and careful, although the fat here is big, but the hunting Fox would not take the risk of giving the news here to Li Cong. Now he can only pray from the bottom of his heart, hoping that Li Cong will not let himself down. He feels that Li Cong is not a peaceful person. It is calm, but it only takes a few days. Li Cong will definitely bring his fleet over in a few days. God knows what will happen at that time.

Just when Linghu was thinking about Li Cong, Li Tong had already set off with his fleet. After eight hours of sailing, the ten warships found their first target in the sea. There are about 30 merchant ships in the province, and there are about 30 merchant ships in it, including six naval fleets. Li Cong didn't say anything when he saw them because they didn't have those so-called new weapons. , not to mention those suicide ships that gave Li Cong a headache. Afterwards, the warships immediately lined up these merchant ships to cooperate. Before Li Tong's warships fired, they immediately hoisted the white flag. What's the meaning? Later, they were robbed more by Li Cong's warships, and they learned how to be good. As long as the white flag warships were hoisted, they would not fire. They just came up to grab people's things. Now what they have to do is this job.

"I really didn't expect that our fleet can reach such a level now. They will automatically hang the white flag when they see our fleet. Well, yes, I like this better." Li Tong said cheerfully on the splint, he I really didn't expect his fleet to be able to do this now. This is a rather prestigious thing. The other captains on the ship also laughed. There are not many things like being able to show their face in front of their boss. See, they are all standing on the deck waiting for the opponents to come and surrender. The navy of the Eastern Empire is indeed frightened now. They have no intention of resisting at all. They understand that there are densely packed The protruding cannons can send them all to the sea to feed the fish within ten minutes, so they will never do useless resistance. That's fine, the last thing you want is those rich people.

They were the ones who lost the most after being robbed. Although they yelled on the ship to tell these sailors to set sail quickly and run quickly, but after they finished shouting, they found that those sailors looked at them like idiots. Is it stupid? We are setting sail now. I don’t know how many times faster they are than us. We mainly drive our boat out. It is estimated that in less than ten minutes, it will be torn apart by others or at least by you. The pieces are broken, you are going to die, don't drag us to die with you. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to Qidian (qn) to vote for recommendations and monthly tickets. Your support is my biggest motivation. Mobile phone users, please go to m.qn to read.) 9