Chapter 256 Destroy the King's Landing Fleet
On a sentry ship near the sea, the veteran rowed his oars desperately, watching from a distance that he was about to arrive at the Junlin Military Port, slowly breathing a sigh of relief.
"Shake quickly! Enter the port, steer, and prepare..." While commanding several naval companions around him, he asked the sentry to enter the military camp to the port as quickly as possible, while looking up and observing.
Soon, he found something wrong.
In front of him, the King's Landing Fleet in the military port seemed to be busy, and even the bells of urgent gathering came from the military port.
"Huh? Why are these dog gods moving so fast? Did other sentry ships return to the port to report the enemy's attack?" The veteran hesitated.
He looked at a thin paddler beside him in confusion, "Did you see the other sentry ships patrolling Blackwater Bay return today?"
The thin sailor tilted the oars, with a confused expression on his face, and he panted and replied: "No, we discovered the enemy ship at the first time. This is because you have a good look and you will judge the inappropriateness of the giant ship at the first time. Otherwise, we would have to stay in Blackwater Bay for a while before we could return after confirmation."
"What's going on?"
"Maybe the Coast Post was informed to the Fleet Commander one step ahead of us?"
Maybe, the veteran breathed a sigh of relief. This was a good thing. However, the friendly forces seemed to have begun to prepare for the battle. It seemed meaningless to row in a hurry and exhaust himself halfway.
Everyone put down the oars. They rowed too fast just now and had not seen where the huge three-masted warship behind had sailed.
Under normal circumstances, it should be gone. After all, they had rowed their lives just now, and a fleet reconnaissance ship that was about to start a war would not sail too fast because they needed to pass on reconnaissance information to the fleet behind them, and they must keep each other within the visible range of the flag.
The inexperienced soldiers thought so, and the veteran thought so. They stood up from the wardrobe and prepared to look up at how long it would take for the fleets that dared to attack King Land to arrive.
As soon as they got up, they turned their heads to look, and soon their necks seemed to have been imposed by someone, and they did not move.
On the sea surface of Heishui Bay, hundreds of unified three-masted sail warships were sailing forward in the shape of finished fonts. The tall ship towers and huge sails that could not be seen at first sight, and I don’t know when they had sailed into the bay.
Not only were they shocked, but the attention of countless fishing boats and merchant ships living by the sea in the bay was also shocked by the sudden appearance of this fleet.
Everyone was stunned by the sudden appearance of the scene.
Raise the anchor, pull the sail, turn the rudder, and then avoid it with a life-long escape. The outer port of Heishui Bay became busy in a mess of chaos.
It has to be said that in the face of danger, human potential is infinite.
After a short while, the civil warships that were originally crowded with routes completely disappeared into the lively Hei Shui Bay.
The wind and waves were stable, and a wide battlefield was spontaneously opened up.
A maritime war is about to begin.
The Gripen Fleet did not give the King's Landing Fleet that had just rushed out of the military port. After the entire fleet sailed into the Blackwater Bay, Jack commanded the front-line warships with his horn and flag to command the front-line warships to launch a charge.
The King's warships were of various sizes, but they had an absolute advantage in scale. Although the assembly time was rushed, in less than half an hour, they still took the lead in setting up the first blockade of fifty warships.
More King's Landing warships are still trapped in the not-wide waterways of the military port, and are blocked in the unfreezing deep water bay of the King's Landing warship, and are sailing out with several efforts.
Jack looked at the King's Landing Fleet slowly moving forward in the distance with expressionless expression. The other party almost only hung a pair of auxiliary sails, which made the fleet's forward speed slow down.
This is to maintain the distance between fleets and try to be as meticulous as possible, which is a common naval battle defensive strategy.
Although the main ship ran very slowly, they released many small paddle boats and quickly approached the Gripen fleet.
"Mr. Jack, many urn ships were brought to the ship, with tinder oil and firewood tied to it, and seemed to plan to get close to the fleet to burn fire and delay our attack."
Adman, the deputy commander of the Gripen Fleet, broke into the fleet command room and came to Jack and reported.
Jack's face was silent, without any excitement or tension as before the war. The Gripen Fleet fought against Stannis Baratheon's Dragonstone Island Fleet outside the old city and achieved a brilliant victory. He had great confidence in the fleet he commanded.
"This is a sign of their guilt. It seems that they are still far from ready for our arrival. If you want to delay time, then send them on the way sooner." Jack expressed his feelings coldly.
Then he called on the fleet commander Cole and began to issue combat deployments.
"Order, the Charge leads ten warships in front of the fleet to hang sails and sail at full speed, clearing obstacles along the way as soon as possible, and then directly attacking the opponent's unstable front fleet."
"Are you required to take the board, Commander-in-Chief?"
"Of course, go and issue it quickly and let them launch the attack."
"Abide by the commander!"
Cole solemnly agreed, then quickly wrote the order on a thick stack of parchment paper, and finally picked up the parchment from the table and threw it to the adjutant behind him.
In a short while, the flag bearer and horn hand on the mast of the Baigang command ship would use various flags and horns to combine different voices to issue corresponding instructions to the huge Gripen fleet.
Of course, if the order is too complicated, you can directly put down the manual paddle boat and take it on your own.
The commander's deputy had just taken away a piece of parchment with the order written on it and left the command room. The heavy voice of commander Jack came from the room.
"Order the fleet to hang double sails on both sides of the high-speed double-speed double-team on both sides, use the Forward Ship as the command ship on the left, and let the Wind Chaser hang the command flag on the right. After arriving at the battlefield, the fleets on both sides lower the auxiliary sails and maneuver with the main sail and tail sails, so that their distant firepower can be paid attention to. After the "Charge" and "Breakthrough" are connected to the local fleet, rockets and firebolts can still be used."
"As for orders, let's convey it."
Soon, after a rapid and low horn sound, the fleet commander Jack saw more than a dozen warships of the Gripen fleet starting to leave the sequence from the front formation and accelerate forward.
"Commander, do you need all the main forces of the fleet to press forward?" Ademan, the adjutant of the fleet commanding officer, looked at the fleet leaving ahead, and advanced in a row, asking in time.
The command of the fleet is a complex project.
As the commander-in-chief of the fleet, Jack is the only command hub. All commands must be highly unified so that they will not be confused when the naval battle begins.
"Not needed yet, but Deputy Commander Ademan, you can arrange the ships of the main fleet to prepare for sail lifting. When the breakthrough warships and warships on both sides disrupt the opponent's position, it's not too late for us to set out again."
"However, if you only send thirty warships, it will be difficult to quickly defeat the opponent's first line of defense. Once the front is in a deadlock, all the garrisons of Junlin Military Port will leave the port, and it will probably be very difficult to fight."
The deputy's doubts are within a reasonable range. Indeed, if the fleet is directly pressed, the opponent's first line of defense can be easily torn apart as soon as possible. At that time, the remaining fleet of the opponent cannot leave the military port, and the naval battle will be sure to win.
However, in the face of doubts, Commander-in-Chief Jack just smiled slightly, took out a piece of parchment from his arms, and handed it to him quietly.
"Look, the letters sent from King's Land yesterday were written by our Lord. In addition to ordering our fleet to sweep the Black Coast and seize control of the sea east of King's Landing, there is another way to annihilate all King's Landing Navy."
Deputy Commander Ademan held the parchment in his hand, glanced at it, and quickly raised his chest and greeted a standard naval salute.
"I should die. Since it is the strategic requirement of Lord Lord, I have no doubt about it."
Chapter completed!