A month's repair time passed in the blink of an eye, and the East Friesian fleet, the Hamburg fleet, and the Lübeck fleet were all ready to annihilate the Danish fleet in World War I. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

So, the three fleets, each assembled in their respective ports, prepared to go as far as Copenhagen to destroy the remaining 80s of Danish warships.

At Emden Military Harbor, Fleet Commander-in-Chief Kidd led 8 warships, 14 armed merchant ships, and 17 gun-armed Clark galleons as they set sail.

On the pier, the military band played "The Conquest of the Ocean" adapted from "Conquest of Paradise", and the sailors sang along with the leader, singing loudly in Latin:

"Ideals make us strong

Break through the darkness

Ideals make us strong

Never give up hope

You can see it through your tears

Twinkling starlight

Through wind and rain

Follow the light of life"

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Then, the church leader led the group and sang it aloud in German and English-like Frisian.

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

Columbus, who came to see him off, also sang in unison with the sailors, and tears had already flowed all over his face. Because, he knows, this song is clearly praising his feat of discovering the wild continent and exploring India.

On this expedition, Kidd did not take Columbus with him. Because, Kidd knew that Columbus had another important business, and he could not be damaged in a naval battle. Otherwise, it would ruin Marin's plan.

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

In the outer port of Hamburg, Cuxhamn, the East Friesian fleet was warmly welcomed. Rolf, commander of the Hamburg fleet, joined the East Friesian fleet directly with 100 ships ready to go.

Originally, Hamburg had only 90 ships and lost 19 ships in naval battles. However, because more than 80 Danish ships were captured at once, and the East Friesian fleet did not ask for a share of the profits. 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 warfare, Hamburg would have even wanted to gather more warships.

For this destruction of the Danish fleet, the Hamburgers were very confident. Because, last time 120 Danish warships were annihilated, are you afraid of his remaining 80? Moreover, this time, Hamburg had not only 100 ships, but also 110 ships from Lübeck and 39 ships from East Friesland. 249 warships fought 80 ships, three against one, and there was no possibility of invincibility.

Therefore, the port of Cux, crowded with people, many Hamburgers came to bid farewell to the fleet and looked forward to the total annihilation of the Danish navy by the combined fleet.

Because, over the years, the Danes have found too many faults for the Hanseatic League. Moreover, no Hanseatic city is a match for Denmark. And if they were to unite, the Hamburg fleet, the second strongest fleet in the alliance, would not be able to break through the Danish waters to join the fleet of the boss Lübeck.

Just like in the last naval battle, when they heard that the Hamburg fleet was going to join the Lübeck fleet, the Danes would have tried to stop it. Moreover, most of them will treat the Hamburg fleet as a soft persimmon and pinch it first......

Fortunately, in the last naval battle, the East Friesian fleet appeared obscenely behind the flank of the Danish fleet, and with terrifying heavy artillery, it sank a number of Danish warships, forcing the Danish fleet to surrender.

In fact, the last time the naval battle ended so quickly, it was also a fluke. Had it not been for the fact that Alkinson, the commander of the Danish fleet, had not been killed, the morale of the Danes would not have collapsed. Even if it is defeated, it will break the teeth of the combined fleet.

Unfortunately, Alkinson's unlucky man was killed with a musket. As soon as he died, the captains and sailors of the Danish fleet were immediately left without a master. As soon as I saw that someone took the lead in hoisting the white flag, they all followed suit.

If Alkinson hadn't been brain-dead, he would have had to fight hard with the East Friesian fleet, and the naval battle would not have ended so quickly. In fact, if the Danish fleet had all rushed into the Hamburg fleet and fought with the Hamburg ships, the East Friesian fleet might have thrown a mouse. Because, if you are not careful, you may injure the Hamburg fleet.

However, Alkinson doesn't understand. He had never fought a naval battle with a fleet whose main weapon was artillery, and he was obviously tired of taking some of his warships to get close to the East Friesian fleet full of heavy artillery......

In order to test the new tactics in this naval battle, the Hamburgers also moved the eight expensive 18-pounder bronze cannons they had ordered from Marin last time to the warship, and tested the naval battle in which they used naval guns to shoot and hit enemy ships.

Seeing what the Hamburgers were doing, Kidd couldn't help but laugh. Because he knew very well that the naval guns on the East Friesian warships, except for the 17 Clark ships bought from Spain, were equipped with bronze cannons sold by the Spaniards, and the other self-produced warships were all cast iron cannons. It's just that the clever Earl painted the exterior of the cannon with copper paint, making it look like a copper cannon. However, the cost of the two is simply a world of difference.

In fact, Kidd didn't know that because Marin instructed the craftsmen of the Second Cannon Foundry to use the "Rodman Inner Membrane Cooling Method", the success rate of the 18-pounder guns in the Second Foundry has increased from less than 20% to more than 80%, which is more than four times higher and saves a lot of costs.

In this era, the price of copper and iron in Europe reached 1 to 10. But in fact, the cost price of iron in East Freesland, where blast furnaces and coking coal are used, is less than one-twentieth of that of copper, which is half the market price.

So, the cost of an 18-pounder bronze cannon in Hamburg is enough to cast 20 cast-iron guns in East Friesland. And a 250-level armed merchant ship can only equip a total of 20 guns. That is, the cost of equipping an 18-pounder gun for the Hamburgers, the East Frisians could equip a boat.

Of course, Kidd couldn't say it, and Marin had strictly ordered it to be kept secret. As an ally, Kidd also enthusiastically sent a group of experienced artillerymen to the warships in Hamburg to direct the Hamburg artillery on how to use the 18-pounder guns in naval battles, much to the great joy of the Hamburgers.

However, when the artillerymen were selected to go to the Hamburg warship, Kidd deliberately selected gunners with a door on his mouth, so as not to expose the core military secret that "the guns of the East Friesian ships were all cast iron......

In a friendly atmosphere, 39 ships from East Friesland and 100 from Hamburg slowly left Hamburg's Cuxhaven and headed for Danish waters......

At the same time, the port of Lübeck on the Baltic coast, where 110 warships of the Lübeck people, were also ready to go north, intending to join the Allied fleet in the Øresund Strait, and then attack the military port of Copenhagen, the capital of Denmark, in an effort to destroy the last home of the Danish navy......