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Chapter 705 The Roman Fleet

The moon wanders alone in the black night sky, passing through wisps of faint dark clouds from time to time. Under the cold moonlight, the quietly flowing Nile River seems so quiet. It seems that it is another world, another world. But these are all illusions, and the enemy can come from any direction.

At the mouth of the Nile River, the dry season has not passed, and the waves reflect the moonlight at night. Under such a wonderful scenery, Sima Ji thought of the soldiers and horses in Cairo very disgraceful because he did not realize the danger in the water. Many people died at the mouth of crocodiles after taking a bath in the water. In this era, the Nile crocodiles in Egypt have not yet become extinct, and even crocodiles exist near Cairo. After all, not everyone is Zhou Chu and has the ability to eliminate the three evils.

In the coastal city of Alexandria, there was no crocodile, and soldiers of the army could go into the water to take a bath.

Sima Ji was strolling by the river and took advantage of the night to take a walk. The coldest time of the year had passed, and the hot god in Africa was reviving, which made him feel a little uncomfortable.

"It seems that the religious spirit is still inferior to the Roman legion, and I am a little disappointed." Although this is said, Sima Ji did not show a disappointment. Religious bonus cannot cure all diseases. The Yellow Turban Rebellion a hundred years ago, once the Han Dynasty unraveled the shackles of the gentry's high ranks, although the Yellow Turban Rebellion was not completely quelled, it did not pose a fatal threat to the Han Dynasty.

This thing is useful and it is useful, but it is useless if it is useless. Just like many things, there is actually no rule. When Hulagu beat the Caliph, the Arabs did not have the limelight that they had in a row to defeat Persia and Rome.

However, the defeated Crusaders still stabilized their position because they had a 10,000-man team of Jin troops to rely on. At this stage, it is not a complete defeat. "Where do you think the Roman fleet will land?"

If only one army came, Sima Ji felt that the other party looked down on him too much. The news of Christians who came to Egypt from all over the world was gathering in many places across the sea, and there must be one or several troops to move, but I don’t know where I am now.

Could it be that it would be impossible to hide from Persia? Diocletian would take such a great risk? In order to defeat the army that had always been unfamiliar, Rome would save face, but he chose to ignore the safety of the Roman Empire?

Sima Ji didn't know the answer, and the other generals and schools around him didn't know it, so Egypt was too unfamiliar to them, and the things that were inferred based on the map alone were very limited.

"I think it's better to be careful and let Murong Han come back." Sima Ji was not ready to make random guesses in front of the unknown, and used the previous routine to kill the chicken. As long as he was strong enough, no matter what direction he came from, he would defeat the other party.

"Let's listen to the King of Yan!" Tang Qiang and Zhou Rong looked at each other and agreed. They and the many soldiers in the army were raised by Sima Ji. Their thinking depends on what the King of Yan teaches. They are one with the King of Yan. Since they will not have any doubts about the King of Yan's decision, the result of education is that Sima Ji thinks that bullying the less is a skill, not a victory, and they naturally think so.

"But King Yan, you raised an army in Youzhou a few years ago. You relied on the canal to transport food and grass along the way. Alexandria confronted the seaside and there was also the Nile River estuary, which was a bit similar to the situation you faced on that day." Tang Qiang hesitated for a moment and said, "Roman is on an offensive now and we are defending. The Nile River is right next to us. It is so long and so close to the estuary. Once we are in a defensive position, it means there is no defense. As long as the Romans make more places to attack from the east and west, it is not a problem to break into the Nile River from the estuary. Once they really dare to do this, how can we deal with it?"

"If you said that this matter is actually very risky. If you use boats to carry soldiers to attack land, you dare not say that you are not sure of victory at all, but boats must be at a disadvantage." Sima Ji shook his head slightly. Until the early 20th century, the success rate of the battle examples of using fleets to attack the fortress was very pitiful, at least it would take until the battleship appeared.

"But what you said makes sense. We are not familiar with the place. How could we know if the Roman fleet is roaming the Mediterranean? I simply carried a lot of turbulent bombs. Fortunately, I encountered a Christian who was stabbed and had not used it yet." Sima Ji thought for a while and said, "I originally pulled the boats in Alexandria ashore and measured the distance to ignite the counter-landing. If the Nile River was also an attack point, I could still take care of it."

"The King of Yan is thoughtful, but he is too worried." Tang Qiang breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this and said sadly, "It's really hard to wait. No wonder the King of Yan used to take the initiative to attack others."

"There is no thoughtfulness, but I'm just doing too much trouble and fearing retribution. For Persia and Rome, and everyone who died under your sword along the way, you are executioners. We will not deliberately promote it, but you must know about this." Sima Ji said with his neck moving, "From the previous civil war, my king's talent is far inferior to the King of Changsha. He is a great man in this generation of royal family, but he was stabbed in the back and died at the hands of Sima Yue. Sometimes it is too open and upright, and it is not such a good thing. For these foreigners, it is better for us to be villains."

In the calm Mediterranean, a huge Roman fleet was moving forward. The Mediterranean was an inland sea for the Roman Empire, and everything here belonged to Rome. Because the geographical conditions of the city of Rome penetrated into the Mediterranean, it was very necessary to maintain a powerful fleet, and the Roman fleet also played an important role in defeating Carthage.

Galerius is now in this fleet. The Roman fleet essentially serves the Roman legion and does not pay special attention to naval warfare, because Rome does not have any opponents in the Mediterranean. The warships of this fleet have iron sheets on the outside of the springboard in front, with iron hooks on one end and ropes on the other end. When attacking, they use crossbows to project pliers out and use iron hooks to drag enemy ships to the side of the ship to fight. Because the pliers are covered with iron sheets, the enemy cannot cut off the springboards or cut the ropes behind. This weapon can exert the advantages of the powerful land combat strength of the Roman army.

Around this kind of warship were hundreds of three-pad warships, surrounded by them, filled with fully armed Roman legion soldiers.

"We will have one day to reach Egypt, and then it will be time to avenge our shame. Our enemies are very powerful, but for the glory of Rome, we must win." Galerius cheered loudly to the generals, "The other party came from afar and would never know the strength of our Roman fleet."
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