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Chapter 1562

Since the Qin army landed in the desert and marched into Jerusalem more than ten days ago, Lielund, the chief general of the Roman naval army, has been hesitating. He suspected that the Qin army's landing operation was just smoke. However, the news a day ago changed his view. Two days ago, Alex's vanguard troops finally appeared on the edge of the desert and fought fiercely with the Roman defenders who arrived in advance. To everyone's expectations, the combat effectiveness of the rebels was completely different from that when they left Jerusalem. The 20,000 local guards were actually repelled head-on by the rebels of a considerable number. At the same time, the Roman scouts found that a large rebel troops were moving behind the rebels. Based on this, Lielund judged that the Qin army's action was not a feint, and immediately ordered the navy to attack in full swing.

"God of General, the patrol clutch said everything was normal!" A general rushed to Lielund to report.

Lielund nodded and asked, "How far is it from the Qin army's landing place?"

"More than thirty miles!"

"Send the order and slow down the speed of each fleet and form a combat formation!" "Yes!"

About two hours later, the sun was hanging high in the sky, and the sea was breeze and the waves were sparkling.

The Roman fleet saw a undulating coastline floating in the distance with waves, with many figures moving on the shore, and countless supplies were piled up not far from the coast, hundreds of Qin warships were hurriedly turning their heads towards the Roman fleet.

Seeing this scene, Lielund couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, because the scene in front of him was indeed the face that the landing place should have. "Send the order, the second fleet attacks the left wing, the third fleet attacks the right wing, and the rest follow me to attack the middle lane!"

Hundreds of Roman warships spread their wings like giant eagles and rushed towards the shore, and divided into three attack arrows. The vanguard of each arrow was a heavy crossbow warship, followed by a spitfire ship unique to the Roman naval army, and finally the main gunboats for naval battles. The Qin army's warships were not much smaller than those of the Romans, but many of them gave people a strange feeling, unnatural appearance and clumsy movements. However, apart from this, they were not much different from other warships.

The most powerful fortress of the Qin army stopped when it was still one and a half miles away from the enemy, turned around and spit out flames. The shells roared past the sea and fell into the Roman army. The water column soared into the sky, and the sound was deafening.

The Roman heavy gunboats stopped when they were nearly a mile away from the Qin army, turned their hull sideways, and began to shoot. The artillery on both sides roared, and the sky was like a meteor shower and the sea surface was like boiling boiling water. At the same time, other ships on both sides continued to approach each other quickly.

After a while, the light artillery warships, crossbow warships and Roman fire ships fought in a melee. The flames ejected by the Roman fire ships were extremely powerful, and they could instantly turn a Qin warship into a moving torch. It was not enough for the fire ships to be without weakness. Once it was hit by the shells, it would often explode with a bomb and no armor left. There was a strange phenomenon in this battle. Many of the Qin army's warships did not enter the battle, but instead acted in a prepared posture in the rear of the show. This attracted the attention of the Roman naval general Lielund, and for this reason he specially ordered some warships on the left and right wings to slowly launch the battle to prevent accidents.

The fierce naval battle lasted for about half an hour, and both sides paid a heavy price for it. The Roman army had lost more than 30 warships, including two heavy artillery warships. In addition, dozens of warships suffered varying degrees of damage; the Qin army's losses were no less than that of the Roman army, and even heavier. Fortunately, only one of the fortress warships, as the pillar of naval battle, suffered heavy damage.

At this moment, nearly two hundred Qin army warships, which were originally in preparation for war, were running towards the battlefield, not too fast, and the lines were uneven. Lielund couldn't help but feel a little strange, but he still ordered all the warships under his command to attack without hesitation.

The situation that happened immediately surprised all the Romans. The newly-joined naval warships of the Qin army that had joined the battle were completely vulnerable. They often fell into a shell and quickly overturned and sank. These warships of the Qin army never fought back.

Just as the Romans were surprised, a signal rocket representing an emergency suddenly rose in the southeast direction. Lielund and his surrounding generals did not react for a while when they saw this.

When Lielunde and others came to their senses, they suddenly saw a fleet of nearly 200 warships coming at full speed. Lielunde was shocked and subconsciously felt that he was trapped. At this time, the main force of the Roman fleet was still entangled by the Qin fleet in front of him and could not escape at all.

The sudden appearance of Qin warships surrounded Lielunde's Chinese fleet in a crescent shape. Then, raindrop-like artillery shells roared into the sea. Under the focal care, Drelender was instantly hit by seven huge solid artillery shells, three of which crossed the superstructure, three hit the sidewalk, and the other fell on the deck. Lielunde, who was observing the enemy on the deck, was seriously injured. The flagship was immediately in chaos, and the deputy general immediately ordered a retreat. The Chinese fleet, including the flagship, retreated to the north first, and the Qin army immediately besieged. The guns and arrows of the artillery shells and heavy crossbows fell like raindrops. The Chinese fleet struggled to resist, and ships continued to capsize and sink in the terrifying rain of bullets.

Seeing this, the main force of the Roman navy, who was fighting head-on, couldn't help but panic and was anxious to leave the battlefield, but was dragged tightly by the Qin fleet in front of him.

As the first warship left the battlefield without authorization, the entire Roman naval army was in chaos in an instant. The Qin army took advantage of the situation and rushed, and the Roman naval army was beaten to pieces and the armor was defeated. At this moment, nearly two hundred Qin warships that had previously besieged the Roman naval army suddenly returned. Two waves of Qin army attacked the already chaotic Roman naval army, and the Roman naval army was dazzled. The battle lasted for about half an hour, and the Roman naval army completely collapsed.

The Qin navy had been chasing for dozens of miles before returning. At this time, the sun had set, and the sea under the full moon was peaceful and quiet, but the air was still filled with a strong smell of smoke. In this battle, the Qin army used the tactic of luring the king into the trap to defeat the main force of the Roman navy, and destroyed more than 150 of its warships. The Roman navy was severely damaged, and the Qin army suffered a large loss, with more than 60 warships of various warships. However, as bait, Lyon's "warships" were basically all finished. These "warships" were not actually warships, but were modified from cargo ships and looked similar.

Gan Ning got off the warship, and Zhou Tai was standing on the shore.

Gan Ning laughed and said, "This battle is so satisfying!"

Zhou Tai smiled and frowned: "But our losses are not small!"

Gan Ning said indifferently: "This is inevitable! After all, the enemy is not made of paper! Youping, the enemy navy was severely damaged, and we can act according to the original plan!"

Zhou Tai nodded and smiled, "It's my turn this time!"

Gan Ning laughed, "Don't worry! I won't compete with you!"

The two looked at each other and laughed together.

That night, Zhou Tai led nearly 100,000 Alex's rebels on a cargo ship to head towards the coast of Jerusalem under the escort of a navy. At this time, the Roman navy was running towards its base in panic, and everyone was worried about whether the Qin army would catch up. As the chief general of the Roman navy, Lielund was unconscious, which made the entire Roman navy seem to have lost its backbone.
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