The Rise of the European Emperor

The one-month repair time has passed in a blink of an eye, and the East Frisian Fleet, the Hamburg Fleet and the Lübeck Fleet are all ready to wipe out the Danish fleet in World War I.

As a result, the three fleets assembled at their respective ports and prepared to go to Copenhagen to destroy the remaining 80s warships in Denmark.

At the naval port of Emden, the commander-in-chief of the fleet, Kidd, led 8 warships, 14 armed merchant ships and 17 Clark sailing ships equipped with artillery, ready to sail.

On the pier, the military band played in unison "Conquering the Ocean" adapted from "Conquering Paradise", and the sailors followed and sang in unison in Latin:

"Ideal makes us strong

Break through the barriers of darkness

Ideals make us strong

never give up hope

see through tears

twinkling star

through wind and rain

Follow the light of life"

...

Then, the lead singer from the church took everyone and sang aloud in German and English-like Frisian.

In the majestic music, the sailors are full of blood, and their eyes are full of determination and hope...

Columbus, who came to see him off, also sang in unison with the sailors, tears already streaming down his face. Because, he knew, this song clearly praised his feat of discovering the wild continent and exploring India.

On this expedition, Kidd did not take Columbus with him. Because, Kidd knew, Columbus had other important things to do and couldn't be damaged in naval battles. Otherwise, it will sabotage Marin's plan.

It happened that after a month of training, those sailors and gunners were also familiar with the performance of the 17 Clark sailboats bought from Spain. And Kidd himself also knew how to command these Clark sailboats. So, he left Columbus behind and took the fleet to join the Hamburg fleet.

At Cuxhaven, Hamburg's outer port, the East Frisian fleet received a warm welcome. Rolf, the commander of the Hamburg Fleet, joined the East Frisian Fleet directly with 100 warships ready to go.

Originally, Hamburg had only 90 warships, and 19 were lost in naval battles. However, because more than 80 Danish warships were captured at once, and the East Frisian fleet did not ask for a profit. Therefore, Hamburg selected a batch from the Danish warships and added them to the fleet, making up 100 warships. If it weren't for the lack of sailors familiar with naval battles, Hamburg would even want to gather more warships.

The Hamburgers were very confident about the elimination of the Danish fleet this time. Because, last time 120 Danish warships were wiped out, still afraid of his remaining 80? And, this time, not only did Hamburg have 100 warships, but also 110 warships from Lübeck and 39 warships from East Friesland. 249 warships against 80, three against one, there is absolutely no possibility of invincibility.

Therefore, Cuxhaven was full of people, and many people from Hamburg came to see the fleet off, expecting the combined fleet to wipe out the Danish navy.

Because the Danes have made too many troubles for the Hanseatic League over the years. Moreover, any Hanseatic city is no match for Denmark. If they wanted to unite, the Hamburg fleet, the second strongest in the alliance, could not break through the Danish waters to join the fleet of the boss Lubeck.

Just like the last naval battle, I heard that the Hamburg Fleet was going to join the Lübeck Fleet, and the Danes would definitely stop it. Moreover, most of them will treat the hamburger fleet as a soft persimmon, and pinch it first...

Fortunately, in the last naval battle, the East Frisian fleet appeared obscenely behind the Danish fleet, and used terrifying heavy artillery to sink many Danish warships, forcing the Danish fleet to surrender.

In fact, it was a fluke that the last naval battle ended so quickly. The morale of the Danes would not have collapsed had it not been for the accidental death of Alkinson, the commander of the Danish fleet. Even if they were defeated, the combined fleet would be broken.

It's a pity that the unfortunate Alkinson was shot with a musket.

As soon as he died, the captain and sailors of the Danish fleet were lost. As soon as someone took the lead in hanging the white flag, they all followed suit.

If it wasn't for Alkinson's brain, he had to fight with the East Frisian fleet, and the naval battle would not have ended so quickly. In fact, if the Danish fleet had all rushed into the Hamburg fleet at that time, and fought with the Hamburgers' warships, the East Frisian fleet might have been thrown at the mouse. Because, if the fire is not careful, the Hamburg fleet may be injured.

But Alkinson doesn't understand. He has never fought a naval battle with a fleet that uses artillery as its main weapon, so rashly bringing some warships to approach the East Frisian fleet full of heavy artillery, he is obviously tired of living...

In order to test new tactics in this naval battle, the Hamburgers also moved the expensive 8 18-pound bronze guns they ordered from Marin last time to the warship, and used naval guns to shoot and Strike enemy ships.

Seeing what the Hamburgers did, Kidd resisted laughing. Because he knew very well that the guns on the East Frisian warships, except for the 17 Clark ships bought from Spain that were equipped with bronze guns sold by the Spaniards, all other self-produced warships were cast iron guns. It's just that the smart Count has painted the exterior of the artillery with bronze paint, making it look like a bronze cannon. However, the cost of the two is simply worlds apart.

In fact, Kidd didn't know, because Marin instructed the craftsmen of the Second Cannon Foundry to use the "Rodman Inner Film Cooling Method", so that the success rate of the 18-pounder gun of the Second Cannon Foundry has never been less than two. It has increased to more than 80%, a full increase of more than four times, and also saved a lot of costs.

In this era, the price ratio of copper and iron in Europe reached 1 to 10. This is still the case when the price of iron in Europe is very high. But in fact, in East Friesland, where blast furnaces and coking coal are used, the cost of iron is less than one-twentieth of copper, and half of the market price.

Therefore, for the cost of an 18-pound bronze gun for a Hamburger, East Friesland can cast 20 cast iron. A 250-level armed merchant ship can only be equipped with a total of 20 doors. That is to say, the cost of a Hamburger to equip an 18-pounder gun can be equipped with a boat by an East Frisian.

Of course, Kidd couldn't say it, which Marin had ordered to keep secret. As an ally, Kidd also enthusiastically dispatched a group of experienced artillerymen to the warships in Hamburg to instruct the Hamburg artillerymen how to use 18-pound heavy artillery in naval battles, which made the people of Hamburg extremely happy.

However, when sending artillerymen to the Hamburg warship, Kidd deliberately chose the gunner with a door on his mouth, so as not to expose the core military secret of "East Frisian naval guns are all cast iron"...

In a friendly atmosphere, 39 warships of East Frisian and 100 warships of Hamburg slowly left the Cuxhaven in Hamburg and sailed towards the Danish waters...

At the same time, the port of Lübeck on the coast of the Baltic Sea, the 110 warships of the Lübeck people are also ready to go north, planning to join forces with the Allied fleet in the Oresund, and then attack the naval port of Copenhagen, the capital of Denmark, and strive to destroy the Danish Navy. The last home...