Chapter 484

Clare looked at the distance with a solemn look.

In his view, the two East Asian countries are destined to be naturally hostile, because they both have the ambition to dominate East Asia, but there can only be one overlord in the same region.

When he makes a choice, he is ready to take revenge from the other side.

"Your Highness, I don't have any attack plan yet, because I can only defend with all my strength when I'm not sure whether you can come for help."

"Well, now you can think about it. Are you going to let us face the Japanese pirates alone?" Xiao Ming frowned. He didn't want to sacrifice for the Dutch, and the most important thing was that Claire understood the fighting power of the Japanese.

Claire gave a wry smile. The king of Qi was not so easy to deal with. He didn't want to send out soldiers, but now it seems impossible.

After pondering for a while, he said: "with the strength of our fleet, these pirates at sea are not our opponents, so we can land on the white sand gull beach ten miles away from the castle of michila, and then attack the castle of michila from the white sand gull beach."

While they were talking, Claire led Xiao Ming to a map of Ryukyu Island, which indicated the colonial areas, the number of residents, the crops and other data of Ryukyu Island.

Then, Claire picked up the quill pen and drew the location and attack route of white sand gull beach on the map.

"Mikira castle is high, easy to defend and difficult to attack. There are large open areas around the castle, which is very suitable for the artillery shooting on the bastion." Said Claire.

Xiao Ming frowned. "Since it's so easy to defend and hard to attack, how can the Japanese invaders occupy this castle so easily?"

"The collapse of an empire usually comes from within, and so does a strong fortress. We made a stupid mistake of relying too much on the Japanese to help us manage michila castle."

After a pause, Clare continued: "fortunately, the guns on the castle are still decades old, and there are not many."

"What's the specific range?" Xiao Ming has a tone of torture.

The Dutch now use cast iron cannons and are equipped with flint guns. On the surface, there is no difference in equipment, but with the data, he can make a comparison.

At this time, Claire and Xiao Ming had the same idea, so he said: "there are 120 guns on all sides of the fortress, 30 guns on each side. The range of these guns is about one kilometer. I don't know if your Highness's guns can suppress the guns at the head of the city."

"You are really a big trouble for the king."

Xiao Ming is a little discontented. If he attacks such a fortress rashly, he may smash all the ten thousand Qingzhou soldiers here.

"I'm sorry, so I don't suggest attacking the fortress directly. First of all, we should cut off the support of the Japanese pirates and force the Japanese pirates in the fortress out of the city to fight. After all, the food in michila castle is only enough for the Japanese pirates to eat for a month." Claire finally explained.

Xiao Ming was relieved by the news. Originally, michila castle was not so difficult to attack, but now tens of thousands of Japanese pirates gathered in it and became a fortress. At the same time, so many Japanese pirates gathered in it, which also accelerated the food consumption in the castle.

"If so, siege is the most appropriate way at present." Xiao Ming pondered.

Clare nodded. "We can't finish the siege of michila castle with our troops, but with your Highness's soldiers, this plan will be easy to implement."

They hit it off. In order to reduce casualties, it's worth waiting for a month. Xiao Ming and Claire agree with this.

After discussing the matter, they left the office of the chief executive. Lu Fei and Luo Xin were waiting outside the door. Seeing Xiao Ming coming out, Lu Fei said, "Your Highness, can we compete with the Dutch on weapons?"

Just now, when Clare said that the gun had a range of one kilometer decades ago, Xiao Ming had some doubts. He was trying to verify whether the equipment in Holland has been upgraded. So he nodded and said to Clare tactfully, "count Clare, our generals are very similar to you. I don't know if you can meet their wishes?"

"Of course, I'm also seeing your Highness's army, so that we can trust each other when we fight together." Claire also wants to explore.

"Ha ha ha, let's go and have a look."

Having said that, Xiao Ming and Claire went to the barracks in the city of geranque, where there was a training ground for the Dutch army. Later, Claire and Xiao Ming selected 100 soldiers and two groups of artillery from each other's army.

"Your Highness, do you start first, or do we start first?" Clare is confident in his army. Although the artillery on michila castle is old, he brought a new batch of weapons after he arrived in Ryukyu.

These weapons can not be said to be the most advanced in Europe, but at least they are the main equipment in the Netherlands.

"We in Dayu always let the guests know first." Xiao Ming's words are puny, one is to let Claire come first, and the other is to remind Claire that even if they occupy the city of geranque, they are still guests.Moreover, after winning michila this time, these Qingzhou soldiers will temporarily stay here to fulfill the contract regulations until the Marines come to replace them.

With a nod, Claire motioned to the officer to show the power of the flint gun. At this time, under the command of the Dutch officer, a hundred Dutch Musketeers skillfully took out the ammunition wrapped in the paper shell and began to load. After loading, they fired at the target about 150 meters away from the training ground.

With a burst of gunfire, targets 150 meters away were hit a lot.

"Is this the maximum range?" Xiao Ming asked.

Clare nodded. "Yes, the precision range of the flint gun is within 90 meters, and 90 meters away depends on luck, but it can kill the enemy within the range."

This result makes a stone fall to the ground in Xiao Ming's heart. It seems that the limitation of flint gun can not be easily broken.

When he was lucky, Claire said, "but we have a more advanced gun, which will surprise your highness."

Clare said, waved, a pair of twelve soldiers came, he continued: "these soldiers have guns with a range of about 400 meters."

Xiao Ming and Lu Fei look at each other with surprise. It seems that as he guessed, rifles have been equipped in a small number of European armies.

But he's not lagging behind. Rifles are now in production, and with the advent of steam engines, production of rifles will become easy.

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