During this period of time, shipping in the coastal areas of the Eastern Empire cannot be said to have suffered a huge blow, but it was definitely very uncomfortable. Most of the fleets had contact with the fleet of the Cao Family Trading Company, and were either robbed or robbed.

The one who was robbed, or even the people and the boat were robbed. Li Cong was really helpless to do such a thing. When he came here, he also thought about not taking action on the people's property, but he can't think so much now.

The situation on the northern battlefield has been changing day by day. They can only cause 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 Eastern Empire's navy

A large-scale search has been prepared to find this mysterious pirate.

This time, the Eastern Empire sent one-third of its navy to more than a dozen cities on the southern coast. After Li Cong learned the news, he asked his men to gather all their fleets together. At this time, Li Cong wanted to follow Wu Zuoxi.

After talking about the matter, we have to go north to the northern battlefield. Now it seems that the southern sea area is more powerful than the northern battlefield. If you are accidentally surrounded by this fleet, the navy you have worked so hard to build will still be unstoppable.

It is really possible that there are no such things. These ships, artillery and so on are not worth anything. They are just transported from the earth at high speed. People over there can build these things at full power. The most important thing is the crew on these ships. They

After studying for a period of time, I have become very familiar with this thing. In the future, these will all be elite naval officers, and they can also help them train more crew members. So they absolutely cannot go back.

Li Cong decided to take personal command of this battle. Even though several admirals with good command abilities emerged from the navy, Li Cong also felt that he needed to do it by himself. Even if he was an advisor watching from the side, it would be good. At this time

Li Cong was a little bit thinking about the advanced equipment on the earth. If there were radar satellites and the like, he would definitely win this war without losing. But now he doesn't have those, but compared with the Eastern Empire's naval fleet, he has already

It is very inadequate. Look at the engines of their own fleet, and then look at the artillery and shells. Currently, the Eastern Empire's navy's main attack method is to rely on some ropes to surround people on the ship, or to directly knock over the ship.

.The attack weapons are some small weapons 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 are not fools. 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 many ships, they can only rely on fighting.

The loss left the other party behind. Although the Eastern Empire was rich, it was not to the point where it could throw money around. Just like their current warships, each of them cost about 30,000 silver or more. These silvers

It is definitely not a small number. One-third of their naval fleet is definitely not less. For the Eastern Empire, it is no problem to randomly withdraw 3,000 warships. Now there is such a huge fleet.

Waiting for Li Cong's fleet, both of them wanted to discover the other side quickly. Li Cong also wanted to concentrate his fleet and kill the other side at one go. The other side also thought the same way. It all depended on which of the two sides moved faster.

The number of the naval fleet assembled by the Eastern Empire is too huge. The number of people alone is 30 million, and there are even more ships. If all these ships are gathered and arranged on the sea, Li Cong's fleet will be like a

The little black dots are like sesame cakes. It may be said that sesame cakes are a bit underestimated. They are more than ten times magnified than this. No matter how powerful Li Cong is, if his fleet is surrounded by such a fleet, they will not be able to do it.

There is no chance of them escaping. Even if they try their best to keep you people here, you can tell from this point that the Eastern Empire is really bleeding this time. If they don’t arrest all these people,

They will definitely not give up. With this in mind, everyone must be more careful, and must not act recklessly. As before, they will attack everywhere unscrupulously. In the end, it may be you who fails.

In the two days after Li Cong entered the naval fleet, Li Cong discovered a very bad phenomenon, that is, the naval officers and naval soldiers in his hands all had a very proud mood. In their opinion,

The navy of the Eastern Empire cannot be considered a navy at all. If they want to fight head-on with them, one of their ships can definitely kill a dozen or even twenty of them? As long as you have enough cannonballs, as long as you have enough strength, you can

It's okay to just kill them all when they're done. Li Cong also took a look at it from the side. It's no wonder that they have been winning battles in the past few months and even dared to go out and provoke others with just one ship.

A fleet, in the end, they won. There was nothing they could do about it. The motor speed on their ship was too fast, and the artillery was too fierce. Even one ship could defeat their entire fleet. This is absolutely indisputable.

fact.

With such a powerful record, it’s not surprising that they think like this. What these people are thinking is, so what if the Eastern Empire has many naval ships and a large number of navy ships? We just need to keep a certain distance from them.

If we don't get to them, they won't pose any threat to us. During this period, we won't look for their land to rob. We will fight you in the sea, maintaining such a long distance. Unless you can fly over

, otherwise we can only be beaten passively. Even if we are surrounded, we can rely on our high speed to get over quickly. Of course, the encirclement cannot be too thick. If it is really too thick, they will too.

If you can't pretend, you should try your best to be careful not to be surrounded by them. This is the naval officer's belief that as long as he is not surrounded by them, there is basically nothing else to do, but Li Cong does not take it so seriously to fight at sea.

It's different from being on land. You can find support at any time on land. It's too difficult to find support at sea.

Regarding their thoughts, Li Cong felt that he must solve them before the decisive battle. If they don't solve it with them next month, they will suffer a big loss when they go to the battlefield with such thoughts. Li Cong summoned the weapons he had.

There are thousands of captains. These people become the core of a small team after they go to sea. As long as they don't panic, the entire ship will not panic. Nowadays, a ship generally has more than a hundred people. This captain seems to be

Their souls are the same. If they see that the captain is okay, his calm expression will make everyone feel that everything is okay. If he panics, then the ship is doomed. What Li Cong told them is, don't treat them like this.

The Eastern Empire has no way to deal with you. They must have their own way to assemble such a huge fleet. Li Cong listed a few things on the spot. I can adapt them. If you do this again, their fleet will also face

threats.

The thing is the same as what Li Cong said. The Eastern Empire has indeed cultivated a batch of new weapons. They are specially used to deal with Li Cong and his fleet in the South China Sea. These weapons can be said to be long-range attack weapons, although there is nothing new.

.But after testing, it is much more powerful than before. For example, they shipped crossbows from the Army. This thing can be launched at a distance of nearly two kilometers at sea. In the past, their attack distance was definitely not that far.

, if the crossbow arrow hits the warship, it will also cause some damage to the warship. Although it is made of wood on the outside and iron on the inside, if it hits, it will not bring much threat to them, but there will also be some losses.

And the most important thing is that there are huge numbers of them. If ten ships can deal with you, it will be enough, but you will be hit sometimes.

The other one is the so-called suicide boat composed of some prisoners from the Eastern Empire. This is also a very powerful weapon of the Eastern Empire. These suicide boats can carry about three or four people on them, and they are also very fast. Except for

There was nothing except the sails and some flammable things were placed there. Although the speed was still not as fast as the warships of the Cao Family Trading Company, it was still much faster than their original speed. Some of the flammable things they had bloomed on the ship would, once

If they catch up with the Cao Family Trading Company's big ship, they will ignite some things on the ship, and then rush up with their own speed, so that they can set the Cao Family Trading Company's warship on fire. Of course, these people they rush over will also definitely

They will not go back alive, so they are called suicide ships these days. The number of these suicide ships will definitely be very large, and their specific combat capabilities are not yet clear.

According to Li Cong's guess, if these suicide ships are to attack, the number will definitely not be less than a hundred. With more than a hundred suicide ships approaching, even if you have thousands of artillery on the ship, it is impossible to attack these suicide ships.

Hundreds of suicide ships have all been driven to the bottom of the sea. There will always be one or two fish that have missed the boat. If these fish that missed the boat rush over, they will cause heavy losses to you. The warships of the Cao Family Trading Company are also made of wood.

, as long as it is spotted, the entire ship may be burned to the ground, so what we need to wake up these naval officers now is to be absolutely careful not to be careless about these ships. The first thing to do when you see them going out is not

Instead of firing cannons at them, let your combined speed at least exceed theirs. Attack them while maintaining a certain distance. Don't let your speed slow down in order to increase the result.

The captains below were indeed a little frightened after listening to Li Cong's introduction. They did not expect that the Eastern Empire would produce such a powerful weapon in such a short period of time. They had all seen the crossbows.

He, they also know that the attack power against them is not very 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 ram the enemy's warships, but that is rarely successful, because your warships will slow down after being damaged, but other people's warships are not soaked in water, and their speed is usually twice as fast as yours.

If you want to die with others, you don't want to die with you. The other is that there are so many of these suicide boats that they don't even think about going back when they come up.

What they want to do is to come and die with you. These people above are also prisoners of the Eastern Empire. They will never see the light of day in prison. Now the Empire has given them such an opportunity. As long as they can fight with others.

If they work hard, their family members may receive some rewards? Anyway, I am in prison and have a mediocre life. If I go out and work hard, I can bring a lot of wealth to my family. Why not do such a thing?

?According to the spy report planted by Li Cong in the Eastern Empire. The Eastern Empire is vigorously developing this kind of suicide ship. This is like the kind of asymmetric war on the earth. We obviously have strong military strength here, but others don’t.

What people want in a head-on battle with you is this kind of suicide ship. You can do nothing to help 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 today's society.

"Master Cao, don't we have a solution to this problem? If the number of suicide ships really moves, it will be really difficult for us to keep a distance from them and attack them. Moreover, you just said

When I mentioned the purpose of the suicide ship, the target was too small. There were only more than a hundred soldiers on one of our ships, and we might not be able to see it if we looked around all the time. Although the sea was vast, but this

Type operations require coordination. If the suicide ship is discovered, we will be in a hurry, which will bring great confusion to the combat procedures of the entire fleet." After Li Cong introduced what was going on here, a captain stood up 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 that the method of keeping a distance that Li Cong came up with is an effective method.

"What you said, Chief, is very good. This is the problem you mentioned. I have also considered it. But so far, we don't have a very good way to deal with these suicide boats. First of all, I have never seen these suicide boats with my own eyes.

Ships, even our troops have never fought against them. We don’t know what their combat effectiveness and speed are like. Everything was called to us by our spies at the front. Although the information they captured is accurate, most of it is not accurate.

They are all analyzed by us. We have not seen the actual situation with our own eyes, so I decided to send one of our squadrons over in the past few days to see what is going on with them? Get first-hand war information in

In a war, only what you see with your own eyes is real. The news conveyed by others can only be used as a reference. The information from the intelligence department can help us a lot, but sometimes we believe too much that they will also eat it.

Big loss."

The captains below all nodded at what Li Cong said. 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 just by relying on your own guesses.

A small fleet can easily turn around and find out their details. This is indeed a good way. If a large fleet rushes up by then, their fleet alone will cover a very large sea area.

At that time, a large number of suicide ships rushed over. The warships on the tail were out of tune, but of course the warships in front of the one in the middle couldn't escape due to the slowness of the warships behind them. The losses would be too great, and then

Let the Eastern Empire see that their suicide ship is effective. They will definitely build this thing on a large scale. That will be when Li Cong and the others have a headache. If the coastal areas cannot put pressure on the Eastern Empire, the battlefield behind them will become

It would be several times bigger and stronger than it is now.

The captains outside heard that they could go out when they had the opportunity. They had not gone to sea for a long time since Li Cong issued the order. They were all huddled in their own ports. They had no choice but to investigate the enemy's situation clearly.

Taking his own fleet up there would be almost like risking death. Li Tong believed that the lives of each of his crew members were very precious, and it was absolutely impossible to risk death. Li Cong calculated it for them. Now, for everyone

An ordinary crew member needs about 500 silver to train, and a slightly more advanced officer needs more than a thousand taels of silver. Just like the captains in front of him, if he equates gold with their weight, he feels that it is not enough.

, I can afford to lose so much gold, but if I lose these people, I can't afford the loss. Seeing that these people have an appointment and want to follow him to fight, Li Cong signaled them to calm down.

Li Cong has already calculated who to take out or who not to take out. It doesn't mean that if you stand up and scream as loud as you want, I have to listen to you. If that is the case, it is estimated that all these people will

They all started shouting. After seeing Li Tong's gesture, these people sat down one by one. They also knew that their performance just now was at their usual level. They were an officer and an excellent navy.

Officers, things like that are similar to those of street shrews. Li Cong was very satisfied with their performance when he saw what he couldn't do. At least for now, they are the only disciplined force on this continent.

, other armies can be considered to be disciplined, but they are not at their level in this aspect. At the beginning, they were very dissatisfied with the goose-stepping training method, but now it seems that everyone thinks it is pretty good.

Maritime operations, in particular, are all about coordinated combat capabilities. Li Tong's army can train for a week at most for things like going forward, but these people are different. They need two to three weeks to train these things.

, it is to ask them to enhance their sense of collectiveness and abandon all individual heroism. This does not mean that they do not develop this kind of individual heroism. In a real war, coordinated fighting is much better than individual heroism. They also recognize their own personal abilities in the beginning.

Much stronger than the ability given to the team. After this period of training, especially when they changed to a squad-based training method, they also felt a sense of collective honor, especially in the smallest class.

.They all feel that the squad leader and deputy squad leader have given them some correct guidance. It is certain that in the near future they will become squad leaders and deputy squad leaders after leaving this fleet.

"I am going to only take ten warships out for this operation. The rest of the people will continue to stay in the port for training? Li Tong just finished speaking and it felt like a pot exploded. There are thousands of warships here and you are only taking ten.

When the warships go out, what are the more than 900 captains of our remaining ships doing here? We are still training. Our recent training time has been quite long. We are training according to some of the previous methods. There is no training at all.

New tactics, of course Li Tong also knows their inner difficulties, he trained them, trained them into a pack of wolves, they will go out to bite people, but they are just wolves and raised as dogs.

In their own homes, this is a very difficult life for them, but now they cannot let go of their ropes and ask them to go out and die. The hunters over there have polished their hunting grounds. For their

Li Cong immediately turned a blind eye when he complained.

It's not that I don't consider their ideas, it's that these people have no way to make me think about it, and I don't have a way to solve this matter. It's better to ignore them. The captains of the ten warships selected by Li Cong were all cheerful at this time.

He started working, shouting loudly that he promised to complete the task. Li Cong nodded. In fact, these guys were randomly selected by himself. He didn't want some so-called elites. Didn't he say that just now? You are all.
To be continued...