Chapter 69： Plan to buy a boat

Because he wants to participate in the naval war against Denmark, Marin has now stopped shipping 8 of the 15 warships and 15 250-class armed merchant ships in his hands, and has begun to invest in training to train naval warfare. Mainly, training artillery in naval battles. For this reason, these ships have to destroy a lot of ammunition every day, which is very expensive.

But these costs are worth it, as long as the Danish fleet can be eliminated, Marin can unite allies and force Denmark to bow his head and cede the land. Otherwise, as long as the Danish navy is still there, they will not bow their heads.

And, more importantly, once Denmark lost the navy, Marin ’s 20,000 army could cross the sea to board the island of Zealand and then besieged Copenhagen.

Only besieging Copenhagen, driving the Danish King Hans to a dead end, or even alive to capture the Danish King Hans, it is possible to force him to cede the land. Otherwise, just by occupying the Jutland Peninsula, the other party will not succumb.

Therefore, if you want to cut meat from Denmark, you must first solve the Danish fleet and then send troops to surround Copenhagen in order to achieve a fundamental victory. Otherwise, the Danish king Hans is certainly not willing to cede so much territory.

Moreover, legally speaking, whether it is the Principality of Schleswig, the Principality of Holstein, or the Uncle of Oldenburg, it is actually the territory of the Oldenburg family, and has nothing to do with the Kingdom of Denmark. Even if these territories are ceded, the Danish nobles will have no opinion. Because, this does not touch their interests.

As long as he seizes King Hans himself, he can force him to agree to cede the principalities of Schleswig and Holstein. As for Oldenburg, it does not belong to Hans. However, if you want to capture the Old Kingdom of Oldenburg, you also need Hans to admit it in writing. Otherwise, there will be great disputes in the future.

But Marin always felt that 23 warships were really not enough. After all, the fleet has to face hundreds of Danish warships. The 23 warships may be able to hit the Danish fleet, but it is difficult to destroy them. Because, if the other party runs away sincerely, 23 ships cannot be stopped.

However, the other ships in Marin's hands are basically similar to the Kirk sailboats used by the Hanseatic League and the Danes. They are all ancient ship types, which are only suitable for gang jump combat, not for the placement of artillery.

Is the Clark sailboat and Caravel sailboat used by the Spanish and Portuguese. Because of the new design concept, it is possible to install artillery.

Among them, the Clark sailing ship is a ship type suitable for naval battles, second only to the Galen ship, because of its spacious hull and its multi-layer deck. Not only that, because the ship is tall, Clarke sailboats are better than Kirk sailboats even in side-by-side battles.

It can be said that whether it is the Hanseatic League or Denmark, the ship type is actually outdated. Nowadays, bows and trebuchets are still the main weapons on the battleships of the Hanseatic League and Denmark. On the battleships of Spain and Portugal, artillery has become mainstream. Of course, at this stage, the guns on the ships of Spain and Portugal are mainly equipped with bronze guns later, which is the legendary "Fran machine gun". Moreover, the caliber of these artillery is not large, generally less than 10 pounds. The expedition ships of Columbus and Dagama were also equipped with artillery.

In the same period, Northern Europe still stayed at the level of side-by-side warfare. Even the Mediterranean overlord, Venice, is still at the level of side-by-side battles. It was only after the "Diu Sea War" in Indian waters in 1509, because the Portuguese gunboats defeated the enemy fleet far more than their own (including many of the paddle sailboats that Venice supported Egypt). Beginning to pay attention to the application of artillery on warships.

Of course, because of the appearance of Marin, the artillery will appear early in the naval battle. Then, the artillery will surely attract the attention of European countries in advance.

Marin felt that the 23 ships were not insured, so he needed more warships. However, the Kirk sailboat lags behind, and the Clark sailboat surpasses it.

It's too late to build a ship by myself now, because there are only three months. Therefore, Marin intends to buy the current ship for naval warfare.

In fact, Marin actually still has warships, that is, the five warships seized from West Friesland. The five warships, which belong to the French ship type, were also equipped with artillery. However, they are relatively small, only more than one hundred tons.

After thinking about it, Marin decided to put those four small warships into the fleet and go to fight Denmark together. But this was not enough, so Marin sent a man to go south to Spain directly, intending to buy a ready-made Clark ship.

There are many such ships in Spain, and Marin and Spain have good relations. As long as enough money is given, not only can the ship be bought, but the artillery can also be equipped.

As for the sailors, Marin is not lacking, and the gunner is enough. Now the gunners on board are full. In fact, half of the gunners are not used in naval battles. Because, in naval battles, only half of the artillery can shoot. Therefore, the other half of the artillery is generally idle. Therefore, on half of the ship, the gunner does not need to be full, but half the gunner is enough.

But Marlin's 23 warships were full of gunners. If you buy a Clark sailboat, you can actually get half of the gunners to go to those newly bought boats. The artillery on those Clark sailboats is half the caliber. The reason is very simple-because the copper gun is too expensive. The cost of making heavy artillery is too high because the price of copper is too expensive. Therefore, only small-caliber guns are popular on warships in Spain and Portugal. It's not that they can't make big ones, but that large-caliber copper guns consume too much copper. Moreover, gunpowder is not cheap ... large-caliber guns, the consumption of gunpowder is even more amazing ...

The gunner on the battleship under Marin can control the heavy artillery freely, and the light artillery is naturally easier to control. Therefore, Marin is not short of gunners.

To this end, Malin specially sent people to go south, Spain, to buy 17 Clark sailboats, used in the naval battle with Denmark. By that time, the total number of Marin's warships will reach 40, which can be regarded as a force enough to decide victory or defeat.

As for the size of the ship, Marin does not pick it, as long as the tonnage is above 100 tons, 200 tons is better. Moreover, it was bought with artillery. By the way, a large number of artillery and shells have to be purchased in Spain. In this way, after the purchase, let the sailors under Marin adapt to it and they can be put into use.

In fact, Columbus is very familiar with Clark sailing. Because, before he explored the Americas, he used Clark-type sailboats. Moreover, Columbus is also proficient in how to use Clark sailing.

Therefore, Marin intends that after the arrival of these 17 Clark-type warships, they will all be handed over to Columbus to command, and cooperate with the current fleet commander Kidd, to attack the Danish fleet ...

Because the time is very tight ~ www.novelhall.com ~ Marin sent someone quickly to go south and go to Spain to buy related ships. As for the gold coins, ships were quickly sent to Spain.

The negotiator in charge of buying the ship will go to Spain by land on horseback and pass through France after applying makeup. If you take one person by one horse and three horses by land, it is much faster than the sea. After arriving in Spain, these people directly negotiated and were responsible for selecting the ship to be purchased. When they had a good talk, the gold and silver ships had almost arrived in Spain. At that time, it was just right to hire a Spanish sailor to drive north on the ship he bought, arrived in East Friesland, and then handed over to Columbus and the sailors he led.

After a short adaptation, you can almost join the war ...

In fact, the main battle force this time is actually the original 23 warships. Because the caliber of the artillery on those ships is large enough and the firepower is fierce enough. The 17 Clark sailboats led by Columbus are only auxiliary, the main purpose is to prevent Danish warships from escaping. Once found, it intercepts and strives not to run away a Danish warship.

Wait until the end of the naval battle with Denmark, this fleet of Clark sailing ships will go south to the Mediterranean Sea and hide in Lampedusa, ready to ship 5,000 soldiers on the island to Rome. Previously, the ships sent to Lampedusa were mainly Kirk sailboats, because they were the universal ship type in Northern Europe, they were too prominent in the Mediterranean, and Marin planned to replace them all.

Furthermore, it would be more reasonable to switch to the Spanish Clark sailboat. After all, Sicily and Sardinia are Spanish territories. Spanish-style Clark ships appeared in the Italian waters, it is normal. If you fly the Spanish flag, you do n’t know it, but you think it ’s the Spanish fleet. In this way, when marching into Rome, it will not cause others to be vigilant and prepared because of the ship type ...