Chapter 1842： Fort and full

In fact, this level of retaliation is also more serious. After all, for Rui Silva, the leader of the Silva Baron is his real home. The Azores is just a place where he works, and he is only a passenger in the Azores.

The old nest was attacked by people, not to mention the question of how much money was lost, but the foundation was moved, which is definitely a major event. And this lesson can definitely make the dizzy Rui Silva sober.

For a baron, it is absolutely terrible for his hometown to be remembered by a foreign monarch. This shows that he may not be safe anymore.

It stands to reason that it is very bad rules to engage in such things, and it is very disgraceful. But the problem is that Rui Silva first pretended to be a pirate and attacked the North Sea transport ship first. Malin used this method to warn the other party. Rui Silva did not dare to stand up and blame Malin. Because, if this matter is made public, he will be unlucky first. After all, maybe a lot of nobles have done this to pretend to be pirates, but they must never get it on the table ...

Of course, Marin doesn't really care about Rui Silva's ideas. What he really cares about is the position expressed by the Portuguese upper class in this incident. Obviously, the Kingdom of Portugal somewhat despised the North Sea Kingdom and conned and acquiesced in the behavior of Rui Silva.

This is Marin's most unbearable. If it were not for fear of future conflicts with France, coupled with the unsuccessful annexation and digestion of England, Marin intends to severely teach Portugal a meal.

But things are prioritized, and the conflict with Portugal is far less important than the confrontation with the French. Therefore, Marin now has a headache, how to warn the Portuguese, while not expanding things. After all, if you go to war with Portugal, the annexation of England will be postponed indefinitely.

"No matter, prepare for the battle first! Without hurting the other party, it is estimated that they will not really value the strength of Beihai ..." Marin rubbed his head and could only decide in this way.

However, in order to prevent Portugal from fainting and attacking the North Sea country, Marin still made multiple preparations. For example, at several military ports such as Emden Port, construction of fortifications began.

Since they all helped the Ming Dynasty repair the fort, there was no reason not to repair it at home. Moreover, Marin intends to repair with great fanfare and show it to the Portuguese. The purpose, of course, is to dispel the Portuguese's idea of ​​"expedition to the North Sea".

Do n’t laugh, do n’t think it ’s a joke, but it might happen. Originally, Spain felt that it had been offended by England, so it sent the "Invincible Fleet" to England. Despite the tragic ending, before the expedition, the Spaniard was confident.

By the same token, Portugal is now full of confidence. As the first European country to launch a voyage, Portugal is very confident in maritime power. Therefore, it is not ruled out that they may be confused and make the wrong decision. Therefore, Marin needs to "splash some cold water" on them.

For example, Marin announced the construction of two forts guarding the mouth of the Ames River at Emden Port, the most important foreign trade port in the North Sea. The specific location is on a "sharp corner" 10 kilometers west of Emden. On the other side is the port of Delfzell in the Groningen region of West Frisia. These two places face each other across the river and are a relatively narrow place at the mouth of the Ames. If the fort is built in two places, it will be able to protect Emden Port to a great extent.

Unlike the Ming Dynasty turret on the Humen side, this is not equipped with a 12-pound Napoleonic cannon, but with a Hongyi cannon that is more powerful than the Napoleonic cannon.

The Napoleonic artillery shell was only 12 pounds, while the Hongyi artillery shell was 18 pounds, which was more powerful. At a 10 degree angle of fire, the Napoleon cannon has a range of about 1900 meters. The Hongyi cannon, with the use of high-purity and more scientifically formulated powdered gunpowder, has a range of 3,000 meters. In the Qing Dynasty, people were stupid, and they lost the Ming Dynasty granule gunpowder. The gunpowder ratio did not have British science. Therefore, the powerful Hongyi cannon had an effective range of only about 500 meters.

In fact, when Zuo Zongtang went westward, he dug up the flowering bombs of the Ming Dynasty and sighed. But Manchu's backwardness was actually made by themselves. In order to fool the Han people, the rulers deliberately brag about the invincible bow horse. But the problem lies here. At the end of the flurry, the rulers of the Manqing Qing Dynasty actually believed in themselves ... For example, Chief Qianlong was obviously fooled by his own people, and he really believed that "the people are invincible." Then, the muskets presented by the British ambassador, without looking at them, were thrown into Neiku ...

In short, this is a farce. Kang Mazi has long discovered the power of firearms and the threat to the Manchus. Therefore, the layout is deliberately exaggerated, and the "bow horse is invincible" is overstated, and the role of firearms is deliberately ignored to scare the Han people. However, because the propaganda was too devoted, the poor Kangxi grandson Qianlong Chief was also given to Huyou ... Then, the entire Qing Dynasty believed this gossip until it was awakened by the British ... Because of the suppression and disregard of firearms Even the granular gunpowder and flower bombs that appeared in the Ming Dynasty failed to pass down ...

But the Beihai Kingdom is different from the Qing Dynasty. As soon as Marin came up, he directly promoted the best proportion of gunpowder that was popular in later generations, and also produced granular gunpowder. In addition, the purification of saltpeter and sulfur is also strictly controlled to improve quality. Even charcoal, also chose the most suitable fir charcoal ~ www.novelhall.com ~ so that the quality of gunpowder reached the level of the British army in the 19th century.

Therefore, the Hongyi Cannon of the Beihai Kingdom can hit 3000 meters away. At this distance, the lethality of the shells is very strong. Of course, at a distance of 3000 meters, do not think about aiming. Even more than one kilometer is more difficult to aim at. After all, it is a smoothbore cannon. The iron ball shells start to roll up and down over a certain distance, making it difficult to hit the target.

But it does not matter, because of these two forts, each fort will be equipped with at least 50 Hongyi cannons. The two positions add up to a total of hundreds of cannons. Hundreds of Hongyi artillery fired together, even if the hit rate was not high, there was always one shell that could cover the enemy ship. With the thickness of the side of the Portuguese warships of this era, basically an 18-pound shell can be effective ...

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The behavior of Malin repairing the fort has indeed attracted the attention of all countries. However, everyone analyzed it and found no one who threatened the Beihai country's repair turret. It ’s no wonder that England, which has the ability to threaten the North Sea, is an ally of the North Sea; France has no ability to threaten the North Sea from the sea; Spain is also an ally of the North Sea; Portugal ... Everyone has n’t noticed that Portugal and the North Sea have turned signs ...

Therefore, after analysing each country's ministers, it is generally believed that Marin is full ...