The Rise of the European Emperor

The classic shape of "Captain Jack" and the funny lines left a deep impression on the Portuguese sailors. These legends later spread in Portugal and became legends. However, the Portuguese sailors are still in shock right now, and they have to return to the Portuguese mainland first.

At the same time, the Beihai State also began intense preparations for war. This time, "Captain Jack" was sent out, although it was to make up for the loss of his own family. However, God knows what the overconfident Portuguese will do. Showing off their power at sea all the year round has made Portugal forget that they are just a small country, and their self-confidence has inflated.

Therefore, Marin once again began to promote the two powerful forts at the mouth of the Ems River, promoting them as "invincible". At the same time, the 20 500-ton warships of the Beihai Kingdom made their public appearance at the mouth of the Ems River for the first time, which caused a huge sensation.

"My God, I always thought that there were only 10 warships in the North Sea country, but I didn't expect that there were 20!" Some foreign businessmen who came to the North Sea country to do business in Emden Port exclaimed. Of course, many of them are spies.

However, in this era, other countries did not have any professional spies. The spies among these businessmen are actually part-time and not professional. They are usually businessmen, and then secretly hired by the host country to inquire about the intelligence of the target country. Therefore, they are not professional spies, but just businessmen who scoop up news by the way.

A spy of this level is naturally not good enough in front of the full-time spies of the North Sea country. Therefore, what they can find out is generally what Marin wants them to know. Or, news that cannot be concealed.

But, in this day and age, more could not be asked for. After all, it is already very good for people to think of using businessmen who are doing business abroad as spies. In this era, truly professional spies are generally subordinate to the army. In other words, it was simply an army spy, not a full-time spy. However, military spies rarely go abroad to disguise themselves as civilians to inquire about news. Unless, a war is about to break out in that area.

Apart from the Beihai Kingdom, probably only the Ming Dynasty in this era had a professional spy—Jin Yiwei. However, because Jin Yiwei has privileges, he acts a bit high-profile and domineering, but loses the forbearing side of a spy.

Moreover, Jinyiwei is also part of the military establishment, and most of its members are illiterate soldiers. Their usual method of inquiring information is to directly recruit helpers and obtain information from the "inquiry" in the market, instead of going out personally like 007 Get intel.

Therefore, although Jinyiwei is more advanced than the intelligence organizations of other countries at the same time, it still cannot escape the shackles of the times. Because there are not many educated people among the members, the professional level is actually the same. Of course, there are also secret espionage masters in Jin Yiwei, who are very smart, but very few.

The spies of the North Sea country are different from the spies of this era. The spies of the North Sea country are all trained by the school, and they are all educated spies. Moreover, he has received very professional reconnaissance, counter-reconnaissance, and modern espionage methods such as torture, shorthand, disguise and makeup. Even, being able to master multiple foreign languages ​​belongs to the top talents. If it weren't for the importance of intelligence work, it would be more than enough for these spies to become local officials.

In addition to the 20 main battleships, Marin also let 20 250-level armed merchant ships act together with the main battleships, showing a huge fleet of 40 battleship formations as a deterrent.

In order to demonstrate force, Marin let this huge fleet sway a few times at the mouth of the Ems River. Then, leaving the mouth of the Ems again,

Went to Antwerp in the Netherlands for a "goodwill visit".

Why is the fleet going to Antwerp? Because Antwerp is the main distribution center for the Portuguese to sell Indian spices in Northwest Europe, there are many local Portuguese merchants. Similarly, there are many Portuguese businessmen who work part-time as spies.

Marin let the fleet run to Antwerp, clearly deliberately showing the Portuguese businessmen who were part-time spies, so that they could pass the news back to Portugal.

At the same time, Marin also let the fleet buy up private saltpeter in Antwerp, making a posture of preparing for war. In short, all these preparations are telling the Portuguese-I am ready to fight!

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At the same time, the 20 Basilisk Cannons purchased from Venice also arrived. After the arrival of the goods, the North Sea State Emden Shipyard refitted 20 250-class armed merchant ships, and installed a 7,000-pound basilisk gun on the bow as the main gun. At the same time, various reinforcements were made to the hull, and oars were added to the side of the ship to convert the ship into a sailboat. Among them, five modified Class 250 armed merchant ships were equipped with a row of single-cylinder diesel engines, enabling them to maneuver without wind.

In fact, Marin originally wanted to install a row of single-cylinder diesel engines on all 20 ships. It's a pity that the manufacturing level of single-cylinder diesel engines in Beihai is too bad. In addition to the original 10 12-horsepower single-cylinder diesel engines, only 30 qualified and durable 12-horsepower single-cylinder diesel engines were produced in a few months.

No way, limited by the level of technology, the single-cylinder diesel engines in Beihai are all handmade, which is time-consuming and labor-intensive, and the defective rate is very high. As a result, of the more than 160 new single-cylinder diesel engines built, only 30 were durable enough to be used for a long time. Others are either unqualified at the beginning, or they are always broken after running for a period of time and cannot be used for a long time.

But these are not problems, at least Marin has seen progress. At the very beginning, the craftsmen of Beihai State produced more than 100 units, and only 10 units were qualified. Today, 30 of the more than 160 units are qualified, which is already a great improvement. It is foreseeable that within a few years, the craftsmen of Beihai will improve more and more, and then the yield of single-cylinder diesel engines will further increase. When there are a few masters like "level 8 technicians", the output and quality of diesel engines will be guaranteed in the future.

Subsequently, five "Dover ships" with diesel power were tested at sea for naval combat. The test results show that placing the artillery on the bow and shooting from the front has more advantages than side guns. Among them, the biggest advantage is that if the bow gun is bombarded head-on, the left and right swing of the ship will have little effect on its shooting.

The broadside guns were poorly aimed when the ship was rocking from side to side. Because, a little change in the shooting angle will lead to a big change in shooting accuracy.

However, if the bow gun is arranged on the central axis and fired flat, it will be less affected by the left and right swings of the ship.

However, the basilisk guns in Venice were not flat-firing guns, but curved-firing short-barreled mortars. Although the angle has been adjusted as low as possible, the firing angle of the mortar is still more than 10 degrees. Therefore, the shaking of the hull still has a little influence on its shooting. It's just that it has a much smaller impact than the broadside gun.

Moreover, the gunners of the North Sea State are not vegetarians. They will choose to fire at the moment when the hull is most upright, trying to minimize the impact of sea conditions.

The test results of these five "Dover ships" were very good. In order to observe the actual combat effects, Malin specially bought two Caravel sailboats whose lifespan was about to expire as target ships, and let the five Dover ships bombard them vigorously. Then, because of the powerful shells, and the sides of warships in this era have not been strengthened, the two caravel sailing ships were quickly sunk...

Seeing such a good effect, Marin also greatly increased his confidence, and ordered the full production of single-cylinder diesel engines, so that the diesel-powered Dover ship would be larger and more lethal.

However, the row of diesel engines behind the "Dover Boat" is too cool, and it is inevitable to attract coveted. Moreover, if the single-cylinder diesel engine is exposed outside and is unfortunately hit by enemy shells, it is also easy to break.

Therefore, Marin thought of a way - someone repaired a large shed cover with iron plates at the stern, and wrapped all the 8 single-cylinder diesel engines at the stern. In this way, with the cover of the iron shed, the 8 single-cylinder diesel engines at the stern can not only keep secret from the outside world, but also resist the threat of enemy shells. In this era when the caliber of artillery in other countries was not large, the iron shed was enough to withstand the bombardment of other countries' shells...

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