Chapter 686： Show 1 invincible battleship

In fact, Marin concealed his power before, in order not to scare Henry VII. Only when Henry VII was not frightened by the Marin army did he have the courage to desperately fight with the French. Otherwise, Henry VII estimated that the courage to fight desperately with the French was lost when he learned that there were 20,000 or 30,000 troops of Marin in the north ...

Because Marin concealed his strength, Henry VII had sufficient self-confidence. According to the information provided by Marin, the French were ruthlessly calculated and the French navy was completely destroyed.

As many birds as possible, good bows hide; cunning rabbits die, run dogs to cook (will this cause disgust for dog lovers? Ancient people seem to like dog meat very much) ... Now, the French fleet no longer exists, and Marin has It doesn't matter if the ships of England are not destroyed.

Therefore, Marin decided to pull out the main battleship he hid and the 250-class armed merchant ship to protect the food logistics base. If the English ships do n’t come, it ’s okay. If they dare to come, they will sink ....

Anyway, the cunning rabbit (French navy) is dead, it does n’t matter if these running dogs (England ships) stay ...

When he heard that Marin only sent 10 warships to protect Grimsby, the grain transportation port, Edward couldn't help but say:

"Duke Marin, are there too few warships? There are more than a hundred warships in Henry's hand. Can your ten warships be blocked?"

Marlin suddenly laughed:

"Your Majesty, you haven't seen my battleship, it has 500 tons ..." Mo, Marin suddenly remembered, Edward didn't understand what is called ton ... After a pause, Marin changed the saying:

"That's one of my warships, which is more than double the size of the ordinary big warships in England ..." Well, the big warships in England are generally more than 200 tons (no way, now the mainstream of Europe is at this level, a few years ago Dagama was only looking for an Indian flagship of more than 100 tons). Marin had to compare this way so that Edward could have an intuitive understanding.

"However, doubling is useless ... 10 ships are equivalent to 20 ships ..." Edward said after thinking about it.

Marlin was speechless-this kid did a good job of mathematics in elementary school, but did the ships compare so much? Moreover, his elementary school mathematics made Marin temporarily unable to find a reason to refute, so he was depressed ...

Suddenly, Malin suffered a second illness and decided to prove it to Edward ...

As a result, the large army camp was temporarily moved to Grimsby Port. On the one hand, Marin commanded his soldiers to build a temporary long bridge wharf to facilitate the arrival of ships from Newcastle and local warships. On the other hand, let Edward also look at his battleship and how good it is ...

Of course, Marin is not really a secondary disease attack. In fact, he also means to show off force.

Edward had already exposed the idea of ​​wanting to eat solitary food. Marin feared that Edward could not see the situation clearly and thought that the English navy was invincible. In this way, Edward may be able to renounce the fiefs and knighthood that he originally promised to distribute to Marin.

So, taking advantage of this opportunity, Marin decided to show Edward the turtle a powerful invincible warship of the Grand Duchy of the North Sea ... Only by frightening this turtle would he not dare to give up his fiefs and titles, even small ones. The marriage contract between Caesar and Princess Margaret ...

Edward was also crying and laughing at Marin's sulky behavior that "had to let you see my best toy". However, now that the main force of the British army has been eliminated, Henry VII can no longer find another army. Therefore, Edward was not in a hurry to go south. Just by the way, admire the so-called "Niubi Battleship" that Marin blows to heaven and earth ...

To be honest, Edward really has the idea of ​​"the fleet of the Kingdom of Britain is invincible". Although I haven't thought about ousting Marin's award, I am somewhat self-inflated. If Henry VII was eliminated, and then the big ship owners were brought in with knighthood and interests, Edward would really have the idea of ​​"only one at sea". Moreover, Edward is not worried about being able to win over those big ship owners. Because, as long as he defeated and killed Henry VII on land, he could control their home port. After all, these ships have to depend on the port. If they do not depend on themselves, would they go to sea to become pirates? Therefore, Edward has no doubt that he will become the king of the maritime power ...

It was in the usual conversation that Marin saw Edward's inflated idea, so he decided to show his super warship temporarily.

For a 500-ton battleship, after a few decades, P is not counted. Because, after decades, the main force is a thousand-ton class warship. However, at this time in the early 16th century, it was definitely a Big Mac. Moreover, because the ship is full of artillery, the salvo is absolutely shocking ...

A week later, 500-ton battleship formations such as Marin finally arrived. Marin ’s army also built a dozen temporary bridges in Grimsby for the mooring of these ships.

Then, with a proud look, Marin pulled Edward, who was already dumbfounded, and boarded the battleship to visit ...

"I have never seen such a mighty warship!" Before ascending to the deck, Edward was shocked by the huge and mighty appearance of these warships.

In fact, Marin himself was shocked by the huge "Constitution" model he was given by his classmates when he was celebrating his birthday. Then he became hooked on the sail ship. These warships are basically designed and manufactured by Marin according to the memory commanding craftsmen. Although the tonnage is 4 times smaller than the "Constitutional Number", on the whole, there is still the shadow of the "Constitutional Number".

Looking at the expression of Edward's earthen buns that was shocked, Marin felt very sad ...

And what shocked Edward was still behind—Edward did not see the 40 heavy guns on board before ascending the deck. Because, it is not in a fighting state now, the window of the lower artillery deck is not open. The upper artillery, covered with canvas for protection from the wind and rain ...

After Marin boarded the deck, he ordered the crew to uncover the canvas and open the gun door on the lower deck ...

"This ... this ..." Edward was so surprised that he couldn't say anything.

He certainly knew the artillery. At the beginning of the hundred-year war between Britain and France, the British army was defeated by the French artillery.

Originally, Edward thought that the French could put hundreds of artillery pieces in a World War even if they were very local. But he didn't expect that there would be 40 artillery pieces on top of a battleship in Marin. If 10 ships are not 400 ...

This is not the most important thing. The most important thing is that the size of these artillery pieces is much larger than those of the bronze guns that Edward saw in France ... Moreover, they are all shiny gold guns ... How much copper is needed The material was cast ... Edward was shocked ...

In fact, the so-called "copper guns" he saw were all fake. These artillery pieces are actually cast from low to medium carbon steel with poorly controlled carbon content. Moreover, an old English blacksmith in Sussex County named Old John helped Marin cast ...

However, Marin did not want people to know that he had mastered the technique of casting large iron cannons. Therefore, before showing it to Hamburg and Lübeck people, Marin thought of a way to apply a layer of "gold paint" to the surface of the iron cannon, pretending to be a "copper gun" ...

The so-called gold paint is tin sulfide. Tin sulfide looks a lot like the color of gold. And those cheaters or those who pretend to be local tyrants like to use tin sulfide "gold powder" as paint, so that some buildings or utensils can glitter with gold ...

The production of tin sulfide is also very simple, just find an alchemist, buy some tin from the UK, and buy some sulfur from Italy. "Trumpet" came out ...

Marin made the color of the "gold powder" paint darker, and painted it on the surface of the steel gun, it looked like a copper gun. Moreover, when visiting the guests, the muzzle is blocked, and no one can see the iron in the muzzle ...

In this way, others want to engage in a naval arms race with Marin-okay, if you have money, first cast a few bronze heavy guns to show me ... the copper price is so expensive, casting a ship of 18 pound guns, the average The princes went bankrupt ... How does this engage in an arms race with Marin? So ~ www.novelhall.com ~ this layer of gold paint is misleading. Without anyone's knowledge, the use of tons of copper casting cannons, Marin using steel casting cannons, the cost difference is too great ... The guns used by several warships were built. If all the copper is used, generally European countries have to go bankrupt. ...

Turtle Edward was really bluffed. Seeing so many heavy copper cannons weighing two or three thousand pounds (over one ton), he could only express the word "service" on his face ...

What made him even more convinced was that—in order to scare him, Marin took him to the sea to "test the gun" ...

When 20 heavy artillery roared and fired an 18-pound iron ball shell, the entire hull was shaking. If it wasn't for Marin, Edward almost fell on the deck ...

"This ... this ... the firepower is too powerful ..." Edward could already imagine the terrible scene of the "thin-skinned" English merchant ships being smashed by the shells when facing these warships ...

Seeing that Edward was really scared, Marin nodded in satisfaction. Now that the goal has been reached, there is no need to continue bombardment. After all, gunpowder and shells also cost money. Marin waved his hand and the battleship returned to the pier ...

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