Now Hong Tao finally understood why they were going to challenge Carl, because Carl Fort was too intrusive and hindered their next plan. (?If Carl Fort was stuck in the middle, their ships would not be able to safely enter and exit the Mediterranean. In other words, if you want to keep your word in the Mediterranean, you must pull out the nail of Carl Fort. If you can take it for yourself, it would be even more perfect.

This strategic layout is also very similar to the habit of the Jinhe Kingdom. The latter said it is very similar to the habit of being the head of the navy. Using the navy as the main body to control the ocean does not require a city next to a city or a port next to a port to occupy it. It is enough to just select a key point in each sea area. Occupy this key point, and the warships coming out from here can radiate a range of hundreds of kilometers.

"I remember there was no castle here before, it should be newly built. Look, its church spire has not been completed yet. Can the Qizu cannon be so far?" As soon as the negotiations were over, Carl climbed up from the bottom cabin. Without even asking about the results of the negotiations, he took the telescope and prepared to act as a spectator. Now he snatched the role of staff.

"You can hit the target, but there is no accurate point. The Qizu cannon is not used to attack the city, and its shells will not have too high destructive power to the stone city wall. I will let you see how to attack the city later. Before that, I would just clear these ships. I wondered, after a day of shooting, they still don't know the power of the Qizu cannon, so they have to try again? Do they want to use their lives to consume my shells?"

This is the first time Carl has seen the actual combat of Qizu Cannon, but he has another weapon he has never seen, that is, the mortar. Qizu Cannon is not suitable for attacking too strong stone walls, but the mortar is different. Its shells may not be able to blow up those big stones, but they have enough lethality to the people behind and above the city walls. As long as the other party is willing to huddle in the city and get bombed, Hong Tao doesn't care about throwing more shells in, which is worth a few more money.

"Salt down! The bow of the ship is north, and the anchor is dropped!" But before attacking the shipyard and castle, Hong Tao had to deal with the sailboats that rushed along the river. Their fearless spirit was a bit annoying. Isn't this a waste of time to die? Since they are not afraid of death, then they should not be reluctant to kill them. They simply put the fleet in the middle of the river. The first five Virginia-class ships, the back two salmon-class ships equipped with Qizu cannons and two Virginia-class ships were arranged in two rows, and they got off the anchor and stood firm to shoot the target. As long as the opponent could rush over, they would win.

In the end, human courage was not as cruel as the artillery shells. After the anchor was dropped in the river where there were basically no surges, the accuracy of the Qizu cannon was second only to the test results placed on the ground of 6. Faced with those sailboats that could not turn at a high angle and could only move along the channel, the hit rate exceeded 50%, and two gunners even reached the level of perfect bullets.

Seeing their ships ruthlessly torn apart by their opponents with shells, some of the captains of Flanders Hanseatics and sailors were timid. They either turned around and drove towards the port or headed to the shore, stranded the ship on a relatively flat beach, and then jumped into the water to swim ashore.

Only a group of three-masted warships with red-backed white cross flags fought to death. They lined up the ships in columns and used the head ships to forcefully eat shells. When the head ship lost its navigation ability, the second ship then topped the head ship's position and rolled forward tenaciously, leaving at least ten ships' bodies on a one-kilometer-long route. The closer they got to Hong Tao's fleet, it was difficult to advance. In addition to facing the wind, due to angles, the ships behind the fleet would also be attacked by shells on both sides, and the meat shield tactics could not be maintained. But if the wind direction was appropriate and the ships were fast enough, they would likely break through Hong Tao's blockade line.

"Let the boats and rescue these people, including those who are not seriously injured." This group of brave sailors from Denmark won the respect of their opponents. Hong Tao ordered his fleet to put down the boats and rescue these sailors who were still fighting against the cold sea.

"Eric IV probably won't pay the ransom for these sailors." Carl was a little confused about Hong Tao's actions. He left so many English, French, German sailors and small nobles who did not save them, but wanted to save these Danish barbarian sailors. This was not in line with Hong Tao's personality of being jealous of money. Although the Danes converted to Christianity a hundred years ago and were kings of England, the European nobles who were slightly south still regarded them as a group of barbaric pirates.

"They are very valuable people themselves. I want to take them back and let them convert to the Sun God Cult and then be sailors for me!" Hong Tao is not short of money at all. Compared with gold, silver and treasures, he needs more people and useful people.

"You must be a devil, and have nothing to do with angels! You use fishermen on the island to attack the Mongols, and then use blacks and cannibals to fight the Europeans. Now you have to use the so-called Indians and Danes to deal with the Jinhe people. This is too despicable!" Carl understood what Hong Tao was going to do, and this was another move for him to return to the Jinhe Empire. Carl disliked Hong Tao's habit of using alien races to fight. He always felt that this was an immoral approach and more like a deception.

"War is a game for despicable people, honest, kind, and sacred people all over the body, who plays this kind of thing? Raise the anchor and let the cargo ship clear a route suddenly. Let's see what powerful characters are in the castle!" Seeing that the sun had set in the west, Hong Tao didn't want to slowly procrastinate. Before dark, he had to clean up the enemy's maritime power so that he could spend the night on the ship with confidence. Now he still had the last goal, the shipyard and the dozen sailboats that had escaped.

After passing the massacre on the river, Flanders Hanseatic ships no longer dared to rush up. Now no one would suspect that the enemy's cannons were indeed irresistible if those naval generals were going to evacuate. Everyone was evacuating from the castle on the shore. When Hong Tao's fleet came to the waters near the shipyard, it was empty. There were two half-built three-masted sailboats on the platform, alone supported by wooden shelves, but unfortunately they never had the chance to get into the water.

"Now it's your turn to come and get the ships that can be taken away here first. I'll compensate me for some of my military expenses. By the way, I'll bring some more people here. Maybe there's more things to take in the castle." This time, Hong Tao did not order to destroy those sailboats. Several of them were very new. It seems that they had only been used for a year, and they were still new ships. The enemy left in a hurry again, most of the ships were good, and some were not even tied up sails. All the destroyers were both waste shells and waste things. It's better to use them as spoils, and some of them were given to Carl to enrich the oil fleet, and some sails returned to Sun City to act as transport ships and whaling ships.

"Do I go back with me too? I can't show up here, and you don't need my advice." Carl no longer has any interest in the subsequent siege battle. Since Hong Tao said it was easy, it must be easy. He no longer wants to watch Hong Tao lead a group of aliens to massacre people here, especially those nobles. Many of them know him, and some can be counted as acquaintances.

"What's wrong, you can't bear it anymore? I can understand. If I go back to the Song Dynasty and see someone doing this, I can't bear it. After all, I look exactly the same as the Song people. It's hard to say that I'm not a Song people. But you can't leave yet. I might use the things in your mind. With you, I can at least figure out who you are fighting with. This is not the end, it's just a starting point, and my goals are Lübeck and Riga." Hong Tao can understand Carl's mood, but this time he can only continue to feel uncomfortable. Since he doesn't understand German, Carl is still useful, and at least he can be used as an interpreter for himself.

"Okay, then I'll arrange for the manned ship first. Their big ship is really good. Can you send me two more? I'll put it in Fort Mia to teach the Jones family to whales." What could barely interest Carl was the dozens of big ships on the water, and then he naturally thought of Fort Mia. He, as a king, had become a heart-wrenching problem.

"You can do it. All the new ships belong to your oil transport fleet. I will pick the rest for me. I will take them back to Sun City to be a whaling ship and a transport ship." Seeing that Carl sacrificed himself as a bait, Hong Tao generously gave all the good ships to Carl. In fact, these ships had to serve Sun City and the entire alliance in the end. The larger the oil transport fleet, the more beneficial it is to the Spring Alliance. Not only can it transport oil, but there are so many slaves.

After Carl left, Hong Tao began to arrange camping. This night must be spent here. Not only the fleet cannot leave, but also the 200 6th Army cannot board the ship. Their camp is in the shipyard. The wood piled up here can be used as building materials and bunkers. The tall gantry crane and the two unbuilt sailboats are the excellent commanding heights of the watchmen and snipers. A few observation posts are set up on the periphery to make a great military camp.

Even if the enemy breaks through, they cannot form formation in such a complex environment. It happens to be the living targets of the 6th Army soldiers who are holding hunting rifles and hiding behind the bunker. They will die as much as they come, not to mention that there are fleets anchored hundreds of meters in front of the shipyard as fire support. One shore and the other surveillance, which is perfect. The people from the Flanders Hanseatics are really stupid. They did not burn these facilities when they evacuated, and they left them for themselves in vain. From this point, it can be seen that they are still confident in the 6th War, reluctant to destroy their belongings, and plan to wait for their troops to withdraw and reuse them.

This is the advantage of leading the war to other countries' lands. Everything can be abandoned and it will not be distressed if it is burned. However, the invaded party is not so relaxed. Not only do they have to think about how to defend the enemy, they also have to calculate in minutes what to do after the war. If they can destroy less, they will destroy less. If they can keep more, they will keep more. After all, after defeating the enemy, they will have to live on this land. There is actually not much difference between smashing them all and defeating the war.
Chapter completed!