God Three Group Chat: Three Kingdoms

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As Cecislian regained support of his body and reassembled his adaptive cycle, a slight smile appeared on his face the moment the cycle succeeded.

Given his advanced age and the deep-seated problems that were difficult to reverse, the fact that he was able to achieve this moment proves that the path he took was the right one.

Thinking of this, Cecissian suddenly realized his physical condition, sighed, and then glanced at Kapil.

Under that gaze, Capil hesitated for a moment before gritting his teeth and stepping forward to take command of the entire fleet from Cecissian.

Commanding this familiar adaptive cycle fleet.

"Don't hesitate, don't worry, and don't overthink it. Mobilize the fleet's strength and prioritize attacking the Han Empire's steel warships." Cecissian looked at the changes in Kapil's expression, raised his arm, which he felt was somewhat heavy, and placed it on Kapil's shoulder. He said gently, "I will command, and you will execute. Whatever the future holds, I will take responsibility."

Upon hearing this, Kapil immediately stopped pondering the reasons and instead did as Cecissarian instructed.

However, with the reconstruction of the Kushan Navy's naval circulation system, the strength of both fleets changed instantly.

The Han Empire's navy, which originally relied on its superior ships and weapons, was instantly put at a disadvantage when it was unable to immediately implement the adaptive cycle of its structure.

The once powerful and formidable vector projectiles, now striking the Kushan naval group's defenses under their own loop, were like throwing an egg against a rock, struggling to even penetrate the defenses.

The enemy's forces have a cyclical increase, while our own forces do not. The resulting disparity demonstrates the strength of the adaptive cyclical system.

"Execute the backup plan!" Moncomb, who noticed this scene, had an extremely gloomy face, but still quickly issued the order.

The current position of the Han Empire's navy, and the negative effects of the adaptive cycle's collapse, make it impossible for him to recreate the adaptive cycle system in a short period of time.

This has created a huge gap between the navies of the Han Empire and the Kushan Empire.

However, Moncomb, who had anticipated this, had already planned a solution long before Cecislian's adaptive loop was re-established.

This plan is fraught with danger, but it is the only option available—boarding operation!
The scorching and boiling methods that adaptive cycles can bring are simply beyond the capabilities of conventional ships. Even steel warships would be sunk sooner or later in the face of such methods.

As for escaping, that's even more impossible.

With the support of adaptive loops, the entire fleet's capabilities will be greatly enhanced, and this enhancement will come from all aspects.

Without countermeasures, trying to outrun such an enemy force is simply a pipe dream.

It was precisely because they couldn't escape that they turned around and fought back, which gave them a glimmer of hope.

The adaptive loop system is indeed very powerful, enabling the fleet to unleash terrifying strength, but it does not include the soldiers on the fleet.

The primary target of the cycle's amplification is the entire fleet's output power, enabling extraordinary feats through sheer force. However, the Kushan naval soldiers aboard the warships receive no benefit from this immense output power.

“The enemy ships are more than half full, so their troop strength should be roughly the same. Our army will execute a boarding maneuver…” Sun Ce looked at the existing battlefield, his words full of serious assessment.

In the previous battles, the Kushan navy lost about 40% of its fleet, while the Han Empire lost 50%.

Proportionally, the Han Empire had a higher number of troops, but in terms of actual numbers, the Han Empire, relying on various schemes and calculations, did have the upper hand.

But as Meng Kangbu said, the Han Empire's fleet nowadays, apart from bravely attacking by boarding tactics, would be courting death with any other means.

Even boarding maneuvers, when faced with a huge disparity in troop strength, are merely a relatively safer option to avoid certain defeat.

"I'm sorry!" Faced with Sun Ce's words, Meng Kangbu could only shake his head slightly and offer a simple apology. As for anything more, he couldn't do that.

Based on his understanding of the Kushan navy, the Kushan navy that set out this time had more than a thousand ships, and the corresponding number of people would be more than 220,000. Roughly estimating, the enemy force was about 250,000.

Even with a fleet reduced by about 40%, there are still over 150,000 sailors. Excluding those necessary to maintain the ships, the number of people who can coordinate combat operations would not be less than 100,000.

The Han Empire's northern fleet, which he led, consisted of only a little over a hundred ships and a force of 80,000 men, and now more than half of its ships had been lost.

The situation is slightly better in that there are still quite a few personnel capable of carrying out combat.

Because of this backup plan, most of the Northern Navy's wooden warships were only fully staffed with ship operators and combat personnel to maximize the warships' combat capabilities, while all other personnel were eliminated.

The absence of logistics personnel is a major taboo in long-term ocean operations, but for the Han Empire Navy, which focuses on coastal defense, it is not a problem; on the contrary, it is an option that can reduce casualties.

Meanwhile, the personnel and main forces that actually carried out boarding operations were mostly on steel warships.

On the one hand, the steel warships themselves are large enough to accommodate a large number of people, effectively ensuring the collective nature of boarding operations, and they are highly defensive, making it easier to protect these soldiers and prevent them from perishing with the ship sinking.

On the other hand, steel warships are attractive enough to draw attention, especially during boarding operations, which further amplifies this attraction.

By boarding and eliminating the soldiers on the warships, one can obtain the corresponding ships. Isn't that tempting enough?
Killing the soldiers on the steel warship would grant him the warship itself. Even if he were in their shoes, Moncombu honestly admitted that it would be difficult to resist such an astonishing temptation.

Taking advantage of this psychology, it would be perfectly fine to focus the main force of the boarding operation on the steel warships.

"It's alright, things have come to this point, now it's up to us!" Sun Ce patted Meng Kangbu on the shoulder without hesitation, then looked at the approaching Kushan navy ships, kicked them with his foot, reached out and grabbed them, and a long spear instantly appeared in his hand.

"Fellow soldiers!" Sun Ce raised his spear high, addressing the soldiers who had rushed out of the ship's cabin upon hearing the command, and roared with heroic spirit, "Follow me and fight!" (End of Chapter)