The 978th ??chapter expedition to Europe (thirteen)
Berger was talking to his son about the history of the multi-sized warship. However, he was surprised to see his son Yalik looking at his back with a dull look. He couldn't help but stop and turn his head to look behind him. As a result, he opened his mouth in shock at that time. He saw a row of extremely tall warships behind him were sailing towards them. Although the distance was still a bit far, just by visual inspection, he could see that compared with the other party, the five-sized warships under his feet were like the difference between children and adults.?
"Where did this warship come from?" Berger saw the extremely tall ships behind him. Although he was not very real, the ships raised high from the other side's ships, as well as the thick impact angles and narrow ship shapes, all showed that the other side must be warships rather than civilian ships. However, as far as he knew, the countries along the Mediterranean had no ability to build such a huge warship, and they were sailing warships, which was not a popular warship in the Mediterranean. However, the other side appeared in front of him so sincerely, which made Berger feel like he was dreaming for a moment.
"Father, don't worry about where the warship came from. The other party has entered the territorial waters of our Rome. This is already provoking our majesty. According to the regulations of the empire, we must perform the duties of the navy!" After awakening from the initial shock, Yalic suddenly said with a firm look on his face. No matter what, they are the proud navy of Rome, and no one is allowed to trample on the dignity of Rome!
Hearing his son's words, Berger immediately woke up and hurriedly sent an order to let the Alic sail with all his strength, wanting to arrive at the naval camp as soon as possible, and then organize naval soldiers to meet the enemy. Although the opponent's warship was very tall and seemed to be very difficult to mess with, their Roman navy was not allowed to be kneaded, so they had to wait until they were beaten to know everything.
At this time, the huge warships that suddenly appeared were nearly two miles away from Berger. In his opinion, with the degree of the five-sized warship, it should be easy to throw away the other side. After all, their sled warships exploded much faster than the other's sail warships, so they had enough time to escape.
Unfortunately, Berger made the wrong plan this time. Just as their warship turned the bow, the huge warship behind him suddenly roared like thunder. Then a huge water column exploded on the left surface of their warship. The splashed sea water hit the deck. Berger and his son were all hit. They almost shot them into the sea.
After finally waiting for Berger and his son to stabilize their bodies, before they could calm down from their horror, two more thunder sounds were heard behind them, and the nearby sea surface exploded again. Although they did not hit Berger and his warships these two times, they were much closer than the first time, especially the last time, they almost fell into the sea water next to the side of the ship.??Look?
Bergers and his son were once again soaked in the sea water, but at this time they finally realized from their horror and wiped the sea water on their faces. Then they shouted and asked the ship to dodge. Even if they were stupid, they knew that the huge sound just now must be the weapon of the huge warship behind them. And judging from the momentum it hit the sea, its power was absolutely imaginable. If they were hit, their warship would probably suffer great losses.
Although Berger's order was issued very quickly, his five-oard warship also responded quickly and began to turn to the right, but the attacks of the huge warship behind came faster. Before the five-oard warship completed its turn, he heard a few more thunder sounds behind him. As a result, although most of them fell into the sea, they still attacked the ship twice. As a result, Berger only felt the hull shock, and at the same time, two loud "booms" came, and the warship's degree slowed down suddenly, and the crew in the cabin below also screamed in pain. Later, Berger realized that his warship was hit by two shells at that time. One of them was in the ship and the other was in the middle, and just hit the cabin, causing the paddling crew to lose a lot of people, which made the sailing descend suddenly.
The warships of Bergers and his sons fell down, but the sailing warships behind them were chased, and the degree was not slow. In the blink of an eye, they had already chased behind the Five-Power Warship. Then two giant warships protruded from both sides and surrounded the Five-Power Warship. There was also a giant ship larger than other sailing warships to come to the front of the Five-Power Warship. The tall ship was almost hanging above the Five-Power Warship. If you want to see the people above, you can only look up, which made them feel very humiliated. Once upon a time, they were standing on the tall warships to despise the enemy, but they did not expect that the same situation would happen again in them.
The huge sailing warship that caught up with Berger and his son was naturally the Song Dynasty fleet led by Zhao Jia. After defeating the Almurabit dynasty's navy in the Strait of Gibraltar, they brutalized the Port of Gibraltar, causing heavy losses to the Almurabit dynasty. Then the Song Dynasty fleet left without any hesitation. In a short period of time, the Almurabit dynasty did not even know who was attacking it?
After entering the Mediterranean, Zhao Jia and his fleet sailed eastward. According to the original plan, the first stop of their trip was Rome, because it was the base camp of the Holy Church. As long as it was controlled, the pope could be appointed and removed at will, and then the pope was officially announced that Agnes was the emperor of the Holy Roman Empire. Although Zhao Jia was not very keen on the so-called pope, as the saying goes, follow the customs. In this area of Europe, the pope is still very authoritative. In order to establish Agnes' status as soon as possible, it is still very necessary to rely on the influence of the pope.??
It is precisely because of this that Zhao Jia and the others appeared outside the sea of Civitavecchia. What's more coincidental was that they actually met Berger and his son driving a five-oard warship. Although Zhao Jia and the others did not know Rome's oars warship, Agnes knew him. Of course, she didn't know that Berger and his son were on the boat. But Agnes knew that the five-oard warship was very rare, and the person who could ride must have an extraordinary identity. So at her suggestion, Zhao Jia attacked Berger and his son without saying anything. Sure enough, the other party suffered losses after a few shots, and now they are surrounded by them.
"You Rome are still using oars as power, and they make the ship so big. How many people have to row the boat?" Zhao Jia stood at the bow of the boat and looked at the five-oar warship below. He was also very surprised to ask Agnes next to him. Although he often discussed European affairs with Agnes, some aspects were not discussed. For example, he only now knew that the Roman warships were still using oars. Although oars also have many advantages, their biggest disadvantage is that they cannot last. It also made this warship extremely flawed and had no future at all, so it had long been abandoned by the Central Plains dynasty.
Seeing Zhao Jia so surprised, Agnes said with a look of course: "What's so strange about this? The Mediterranean is so big in total, and we don't have such a long coastline like the Song Dynasty, so we don't have much requirements for the endurance of warships. On the contrary, the oars and warships operate flexibly and have a fast explosion. They are naturally more suitable for me."
"Uh? That's the same." Zhao Jia couldn't help but be stunned when he heard this. He had never thought about this problem before, and he had just discovered that the Roman warship in front of him was indeed very fast. If they hadn't had long-range attack artillery, it would have been really difficult to stop them.
Next, Zhao Jia walked to the bow of the ship, then lowered his head to look at the Romans on the warship below. Among them, Berger and his son were protected by several loyal guards, and they were obviously important figures on the ship. At that moment, Zhao Jia whispered in the language of the Holy Roman Empire he learned: "Are you Roman navy?"
Seeing a black-eyed oriental man suddenly walked out of the bow of the tall warship, Berger was also stunned. He was even more surprised when he heard that the other party could even speak his own language, but these were not the point. He then stepped forward and asked loudly: "Who are you? Why did you appear here, and why did you attack our warship for no reason?"
Although he knew that the other party's strength was far above him, Berger also had the pride of being a soldier, so he bravely stood up and questioned him. However, before Zhao Jia could speak, Agnes, who was standing behind Zhao Jia, was stunned when he heard Berger's voice. He walked up to Zhao Jia. When he saw Berger and his son standing below, Agnes couldn't help but smiled in surprise and said, "It turns out that it is General Berger. I haven't seen you for a few years, and you don't seem to have changed much."
"Princess Aagnes!" When Berger saw that Agnes, who had escaped from Europe, appeared next to the Orientals on the sailing warship, he could not help but show a shocked expression. He never expected to see His Royal Highness the Princess at this moment, and he also returned with such a huge fleet.
"Huh? Agnes, do you know him?" Zhao Jia couldn't help but be surprised when she heard the conversation between Agnes and Berger. As far as he knew, Agnes rarely had any contact with government affairs when she was in Europe, and did not know much about some domestic ministers. So he was also very surprised that she could meet an acquaintance casually.
"When my father passed away, I escaped from Europe with the help of Mr. Dong. Thanks to General Berger's care, I helped us get a few boats, otherwise we would not be able to escape from Europe. So in this matter, I would like to thank General Berger!" When Agnes smiled and said the word "Thank you" in the back, she deliberately emphasized her tone, and her eyes looked at Berger with a little anger.
When Zhao Jia heard Agnes say this, he suddenly remembered that Agnes had told him about her escape from Europe. One of them was that in order to get a ship that left Europe, they bribed a naval general with their property. However, they did not expect that the naval general would be insatiable and actually asked them for a large amount of property, including many jewelry left by Henry IV to Agnes. In the end, he finally got the ship from the other party. It was estimated that the naval general was probably the Berger in front of him, otherwise Agnes would not be so angry.
Sure enough, when Berger heard Agnes mention her escape from Europe, he showed a rare embarrassment on his face, but he quickly reacted and said with a shameless face: "Princess, you are polite. When the princess was in trouble, Berger, as the minister of His Majesty the Emperor, naturally had to take care of the princess more. Later, because of this, he was once blamed by His Majesty Condra. Fortunately, the Pope pleaded for me, so he was exempted from punishment!"
Although Agnes didn't have much contact with Berger, he knew that he was lying, because Berger's family was all the pope's people, and his elder brother Condra could not move them at all, which made her even more annoyed. She was about to angrily denounce Berger's shamelessness, but Zhao Jia interrupted: "It turns out that my wife was able to escape from Europe because of General Berger's help, which was a misunderstanding just now!"
"You said that Your Highness the Princess is your wife? Who are you?" Berger couldn't help but be shocked when he heard that the young Oriental man was Agnes' husband. At that time, Agnes was the only princess in the Holy Roman Empire, and had attracted much attention since he was a child. Countless princes and nobles wanted to marry her and obtain the right to inherit the throne. However, she did not expect that she would marry an Oriental man after being in trouble. And judging from the other party's appearance, it seemed that he was the master of this fleet.
"Haha, I am indeed Agnes' husband. As for my identity, Agnes will tell you!" When Zhao Jia said this, he reached out to pinch Agnes' back of his hand and blinked at him.
Agnes and Zhao Jia have been married for several years, and they have already had a close relationship with each other. They now understand Zhao Jia's meaning. Thinking of the purpose of coming to Europe this time, she had to temporarily suppress the anger in her heart and smiled at Berger again: "General Berger, I believe you also know that there is a great country producing silk and porcelain in the far east. The people there live a rich life and strong military power. My husband is the son of the prince of that great country. This time he led a fleet to Europe from thousands of miles away, intending to help me seize the throne that should belong to me!"
As soon as Agnes finished speaking, Berger's face changed immediately. He had such speculation when he saw Agnes just now. However, when he heard her admit it in person, he was still shocked. He looked at Agnes in shock, and then swept over Zhao Jia beside her, as well as the huge warships beside them and around him. Thinking of the thunderous weapons of the warships just now, he felt even more chilling. At the same time, a thought flashed through his mind, that is, the Holy Roman Empire might be in chaos this time. (To be continued.)
ps: I have been busy for another day at the end of today. I only have time to write after dinner. I finally got a chapter out of it. I hope everyone can understand that if there is nothing to do tomorrow, I can resume normal updates.
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