"General Berger, we can only give you half an hour. If you do not issue an order to surrender your navy in half an hour, then we will bombard the Port of Civitavecchia. At that time, you will become the second port to be destroyed by us after the Port of Gibraltar. Don't doubt our ability. You have already realized the power of the artillery just now. In addition, we have more powerful weapons. It is very easy for us to destroy a port. "Zhao Jia said to Berger with a faint smile.

Berger and his son became prisoners of Zhao Jia and the others. After seeing that this Song Dynasty fleet was brought by Princess Agnes, Berger also lost his determination to resist. After all, in name, Princess Agnes' status is much higher than that of him. In addition, he also knew that Princess Agnes was the real heir to the throne of the Holy Roman Empire. In addition, the opponent's strength was so strong that even if he gathered all the navy, it would probably not be enough for the other party's artillery bombardment, so he quickly made a wise choice.

"Prince, please rest assured. Yalic is my favorite son. With him as a hostage in your hands, I will never dare to deceive you and Your Princess!" Berger also said respectfully at this time. After knowing Zhao Jia's identity and seeing their strength, he chose to surrender very wisely, and hoped that Zhao Jia could let him go, and then ordered the Roman Navy to put down his weapons and surrender. Zhao Jia also agreed to this, but Yalic was left as a hostage.

Hearing Berger's promise, Zhao Jia nodded immediately and let him go. He actually didn't want to believe Berger's promise, but no matter how Berger chose, there was no big difference for him. It would be best if the other party was really willing to surrender. If he was unwilling to surrender, it would be just a waste of shells. Moreover, if he destroyed Berger's subordinates in one battle, it would be considered as a warning to all forces in the Holy Roman Empire to facilitate future actions.

With Zhao Jia's consent, Berger immediately took the small boat provided by Zhao Jia to the military port. As for his five-oard warship, two big holes had been broken, and the two-layer oars on it could no longer be used. Moreover, it has become the spoils of Zhao Jia and the others, so naturally Berger will not be taken away by him.

After Berger left, Zhao Jia, Hu Yanqing and others came to visit this five-oard warship that had been damaged by half. After all, only by knowing yourself and your enemy can you win every battle. This is the first time they have seen a paddle warship. Of course, they have to understand its performance. You must know that the degree of the paddle warship exploded just now also scared them.

"Yalik, your father has decided to surrender. So are you willing to introduce the performance of this warship for us?" Zhao Jia said to Yalik as a hostage with a smile.??

Although Yarik was also frightened by the weapons on Zhao Jia's ship just now, after all, he was only a young man of seventeen or eighteen years old. However, after calming down, he was a little dissatisfied. At the same time, he was afraid of the weapons of the Song Dynasty. He hesitated after hearing Zhao Jia's words, "It's nothing to take you to visit the Five-Powered Warship, but you have to tell me first. What's the name of the weapon you attacked us just now, and why can we hit us so far?"

Seeing Yalik being dissatisfied and a little afraid, Zhao Jia couldn't help but smile. He was a few years older than Yalik, but his mentality was much more mature than the other party, so he wouldn't have the same knowledge as the other party. He said generously: "The weapon we use is called artillery, which can hit an iron shell several miles away. The principle is the secret of my Song Dynasty. If you and your father and son surrender to us and perform well, you can get in touch with this information in the future."

Seeing that Zhao Jia was not angry, and answered his own questions patiently, Yalik also felt that he was respected. He also convinced himself from his heart, so he nodded and agreed: "Okay, since you are interested in this five-oard warship, I will take you to visit!"

"The main force of our navy is using three-ocket warships. Five-ocket warships like this are the warships we just built. They were originally intended to equip the army to deal with the new warships of the Seljuk Turks, but unexpectedly, they were killed by His Royal Highness the Prince as soon as the trial sailed successfully."

As he walked, Yalik introduced the performance and characteristics of this five-ocket warship to Zhao Jia and others. Compared with the three-ocket warship, this five-ocket warship sacrificed part of the hull, but it made the hull taller. Although it could not be compared with the sail warships of the Song Dynasty, it was also considered a rare big ship. Moreover, the ship was equipped with many weapons, such as a long ladder with awl in front, which was usually erected on the ship, and when fighting, it knocked down to nail the enemy warships tightly. In this way, a 6-battle battle can be fought. There are many large ships, so they naturally take advantage.

Of course, the combat ideas of the Five-Power Warship are still stuck in the string war period. Although the ship is equipped with long-range weapons such as crossbows and bows, these weapons are only auxiliary. However, the warships of the Song Dynasty have used long-range attacks as the main means of attack and do not give the enemy a chance to get closer. It is precisely because of this that the Five-Power Warships have no power to fight back when facing the Song Dynasty warships.

However, although the five-oard warship is much smaller than the Dasong warships, the number of soldiers carried on the ship is not less than that of the Dasong, because they need more soldiers to serve as pulp boaters. What surprised Zhao Jia even more was that most of these pulp hands were not Romans, and even in the bottom floor, which was the worst and most humid paddle seats, the pulp hands here were all prisoners. They were fixed on the pulp seats like dogs, and they were also in the seats for eating and defecation. Due to the harsh environment and extremely poor food, these prisoners often died on the pulp seats quickly, and then they were thrown into the sea to replace them with new prisoners.

Seeing the barbaric behavior of the Romans, Zhao Jia couldn't help frowning. Although the Song Dynasty was very familiar with prisoners, such as some prisoners were exiled to mines to work, although it was dangerous to be a miner, their daily living conditions could still be guaranteed. No matter how the Romans regarded prisoners as beasts, he even saw that some prisoners had become dementia because they had been detained for too long and could not communicate normally with people. They could only eat and paddle in their minds.

Just as Zhao Jia was criticizing Rome's bad human rights situation in his mind, Berger finally responded. The navy stationed in the port of Civitavecchia, under his command, finally put down his weapons and surrendered to the Song Dynasty fleet. In this way, Zhao Jia and the others occupied an excellent port without much effort, which would also become their bridgehead for annexation of Europe. (To be continued.)

ps: There is something going on this morning, I only wrote two thousand words, so I will definitely make up for the chapter in the afternoon.
Chapter completed!