In November, Hong Tao once again inspected the fleet and army soldiers preparing for the expedition in Sun City. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info seven Virginia-class battleships, two Salmon-class ships equipped with Qizu guns, and two Salmon-class ships that continued to use front armor plate guns, a total of eleven battleships formed the expeditionary fleet.

In addition, 200 army soldiers with five 60-millimeter mortars also boarded the armed cargo ship, and they were to play the role of marines, who would be the main force when it was time to go ashore to attack the fortification, and the shortage would be made up by sailors with shotguns. But there is one thing, neither the army nor the sailors have any war horses to ride. The shipping capacity of Sun City is insufficient, and there are not so many large sea ships to carry war horses to Europe together.

With a record of 20 enemies and 600 at the bottom, Hong Tao was very confident in naval battles. What's wrong with fewer ships, at most ten dozen and one hundred again, the relative number comparison has been reduced. Moreover, this naval battle does not need to protect any shore targets, it is completely light, and you can fight as you want without any worries. Even if the enemy has another 600 warships, Hong Tao is not afraid, can't he run away if he can't beat it? The enemy advances and we retreat, the enemy is tired and disturbed, and dragging the enemy alive and dragging the enemy to death is Hong Tao's only tactic. Virginia-class battleships and Qizu guns are also excellent options for executing this rogue tactic.

The ancients said that plans can't keep up with changes. Hong Tao calculated the process and the ending, but did not calculate the beginning. To put it simply, he forgot that the long-distance capabilities of Indian sailors and the Indian Army were not Marines. Although they have also been trained at sea, the offshore and pelagic environments are completely different, and the North Atlantic route in winter and other distant-sea routes are two completely different environments.

From Cité Soleil, it took fifteen days to sail to Fort Mia, and the sea route was fairly normal. However, after eleven days of departure from Myaburg, Hong Tao had to take the fleet back to Myafort to rest and recuperate against the crosswind. The ship could only withstand the strong winds and waves of the North Atlantic, but the people on board could not bear it, especially the army carried by the cargo ship, and there was a large-scale severe seasickness. In this era of lack of medical treatment, seasickness is too serious and can kill people.

What to do? No way! The human body can only gradually adapt to it through a relatively low degree of seasickness. In order to adjust the state of the soldiers, Hong Tao had to lead the fleet east from Fort Mia to Prince Edward Island, where he and Swann had explored, and set up an improvised dock and supply depot there. Supplies were delivered from Fort Mia, and a month-long training session in high sea conditions began.

If you're not seasick, then let you get dizzy every once in a while, and take the fleet to the south of Newfoundland Island to enjoy the bitter cold wind of the North Atlantic. It's called bad governance! Not only did we have to cure the seasickness of these Indian soldiers, but we also had to let them stop shivering in blankets as soon as they arrived at high latitudes, and change their habits of life in the tropics.

Spring Festival, a traditional festival of the Chinese, was brought to the North American continent by Hong Tao and changed to the birthday of the sun god. As for why the sun was born in winter, there is no need to explain at all, Hong Tao said that it must be.

After spending the Spring Festival on Prince Edward Island with the local indigenous Indians, who mainly consumed reindeer meat, Hong Tao's expeditionary fleet once again embarked on a journey eastward. This time Hong Tao made up his mind, even if the soldiers vomited all their bitter gall, they had to sail to the Leeward Islands in one go, and there would be no army without it, as long as the sailors did not fall in a large area, they had to hold on.

This month's high-intensity evil treatment effect is still quite good, seasickness is not cured, should be dizzy or dizzy, but the degree has decreased a lot. As long as you can eat and not vomit out, the body's resistance will not be greatly reduced, and you will be able to live. Hong Tao's requirements are not high, as long as most of the soldiers can survive to the supply depot in the Leeward Islands alive, and cultivate for half a month, he will be a good man again.

More than 6,000 kilometers, fortunately most of the time it was a crosswind, and the expeditionary fleet successfully arrived at the supply depot in the Leeward Islands twenty days later. The casualties were not significant, only seven soldiers were laid to rest in the sea due to wounded and sick. This kind of loss was normal in the days of sail warships, and usually the whaling ships of Sun City went out for two months, and they did not dare to guarantee the return of all beards and tails.

"Oh God, you're back! Those damned pirates actually ran in front of my fortress to demonstrate, if you don't drive them away, I won't dare to go to the port of Tripoli to load goods, just Baron Jiang is here to stay, I don't worry. After arranging the rest of the fleet, Hong Tao himself came to Fort Karl on an armed cargo ship. When I met Carl, it was like seeing a relative, with a face full of grievances and unwillingness. He, the sea lord who has been wreaking havoc in the Strait of Gibraltar for more than a decade, is now also tasting the taste of not being able to go to sea with peace of mind.

"I remember you haven't been so happy to see me for years, should I thank Flanders Hansea? They helped me try out your nature, using people facing forward instead of people facing backwards! For Carl's performance, Hong Tao is very disdainful. Since Mia and little Philip returned to Europe, Carl has been preoccupied with his family. Later, with the territory of Fort Mia, he simply didn't show up much. If it weren't for this incident, it would be difficult for me to see him.

"I'm a king, and of course I'm short on time, to transport oil to Cité Soleil and slaves to Fort Mia. I'll take you to Myaburg another day, it's no longer a small fishing village! I have taken the island north of the estuary, and I am going to go north with Jones's father in a while to kill one of the tribes that are entrenched upstream! Hahaha...... I like the feeling of being a king, why are you so unhappy to be an emperor in the first place? Karl Cai no matter how Hong Tao said it, the emperor will always be justified in his mouth, and it is a waste of time to quarrel with him.

"You can give up this plan, I happened to pass by Fort Mia with the fleet this time, and I helped you get rid of the tribes upstream, and then let Jones pay me a batch of grain as payment, and let your stupid son call me dad for a few days." When Hong Tao stayed in Myaburg, he really helped Carl clean up the surrounding indigenous forces, and it didn't take much effort, it was just training. Of course, the food is not less deceived by Jones, and it can't be worked in vain.

"Give me back the food! That's what I saved little by little! Carl didn't care much about who his son called Daddy, but when he heard that Hong Tao had taken the food from Miaburg, he jumped up and grabbed Hong Tao's neck and shook it vigorously. It is no wonder that Karl is anxious that if a new settlement wants to develop and grow, two things are the most important, one is food and the other is population, and food is the main condition that determines the number of people.

"I didn't take your food in vain, I did my part. And I also left Jones a new crop that yielded more than any other grain, and you don't lose money! Hong Tao quietly broke one of Carl's hands with his thumb, and gathered all his strength, intending to give the redbeard an over-the-shoulder throw. I haven't tossed him so much in years, and my hands are a little itchy.

"Stop, stop! Don't do it! We're not young anymore, you're going to break me! It's a pity that Hong Tao's little trick didn't succeed, the two of them are too familiar, especially after being thrown countless times, always guarding against some of Hong Tao's actions has become Carl's instinctive reaction.

"I need some light rum, and your cousin's doctor is still there to support me, right? Get the hospital ready, the war will soon begin. "I can't take advantage of it, Hong Tao feels very boring, so let's just get down to business.

"The hospital is in the dining room of my castle, your young lady Baron is so generous, why didn't she vacate the dining room of the Baronial Castle!" At the mention of the hospital, Carl first looked left and right, but did not see Jiang Zhuyi's figure, and then began to complain.

"What are you doing with a woman, and you don't come back much here, so it's not a bad thing to let her take advantage of it. By the way, what about her? ”

"She went to Eagle Castle for Aya's wedding, and she left last month. Your lover is such an eagle-like woman, what do you guess she has plans other than to attend the wedding? As soon as Jiang Zhuyi was mentioned, Carl's tone was very complicated, both disgusted and a little admired.

"Eagle Castle! Which Eagle Fort? It can't be the Eagle Fort on the edge of the Ahr River on the north side of the mountain, right? Hong Tao heard a somewhat familiar name again, and if the Eagle Castle that Carl was talking about was really the Eagle Castle he had been to in his later life, the matter would be a bit of a big deal.

There are many castles or monasteries called Eagle Castle in Europe, and Europeans in the Middle Ages, like Hong Tao, are very weak in the talent for naming names, and like to name people, places, and animals, which is the most trouble-free and does not need to use their brains to ponder. And they are also very shameless, casually build a broken house on a dirt bag that is not as high as a telephone pole, and dare to say that it is the home of the eagle, which is also very similar to Hong Tao.

But there is one of the most authentic and famous eagle castles in Europe, and it is really tall because it was built in the mountains of Switzerland. In addition to being tall, this Eagle Castle is also the birthplace of a family that can make European tremors by stomping their feet. This family has produced many famous European emperors, ruling the largest empire in Europe for hundreds of years, and the bloodline has spread to almost every European royal family. If the European royal families and royal families of later generations do not carry a little bit of the blood of this family, they will definitely be fake. It is the guardian of the double-headed eagle, the Habsburgs, the royal family of the Austro-Hungarian Empire! Another name for Eagle Fort is Habsburg.

Of course, these great achievements are all after the Middle Ages, and the Habsburgs have never heard of them anywhere at present. After all, he is also the master who has walked around Europe, and has been on an equal footing with the emperor and king in and out, and he has never heard of this name for so many years, and he doesn't know how Jiang Zhuyi thought of marrying Aya to such a potential stock family.

(To be continued.) )