None of the officers dared to laugh at Miro's "loss-making business" anymore, but Miro didn't care about the change in their attitude at all, and just said to himself, "Our enemy since ancient times is the clay figurines created by ourselves, although we have never seen those strange things, but the clay figurines can't enter the sea, even if they are endless and can be regenerated, they are just rampant on our western continent homeland, For us, who are able to build floating cities and huge fleets on the sea, they are not really much of a threat. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info.vd.”

The Medeno officers below were silent, and no one said anything to refute it, and Miro changed his words, "I think that the clay figures are not our greatest enemy now, and our biggest enemy should be the Senate." This argument caused an uproar, and the officers on the deck all looked at Miro in amazement, and even the fleet commander Kirkman couldn't help but look at him stunned at this time, "The Senate has only been here for half a year, and now it has such a powerful ship, although I haven't been able to see them use the strange-looking weapons on the ship, but judging by the guns they hold in their hands, the power must not be bad, and everyone should not forget," he said, pointing to the "Sea Power" at his feet and continued, " Six of our sharp-class warships raided the port of Dongfang on the eve of Nanban's approach to the port of Champa, and according to Colonel Ston's report at the time, his original mission was to blockade and occupy the port of Champang, but later because the port facilities of the port of Champa were completely destroyed, he had to switch to occupy the port of the Chinese. However, when they were still fourteen or fifteen nautical miles away from Vostyang Port, they were intercepted by the Chinese Coast Guard, note that the ship that intercepted them at that time claimed to be the Coast Guard, which means that the Chinese have classified at least fifteen nautical miles east of Vostok Port as their territorial waters, and any fleet entering will be intercepted by them. At that time, Ston did not pay attention to it because he only saw one ship, and as a result, a Sharp-class was sunk more than ten minutes later. His report at the time was that the shell fired from the Clipper hit below the waterline and exploded, and that there was no fire at the time of the fire. Then came the fire from an unknown number of muskets, which punched holes in many of the ship's boards. If I am not mistaken, the continuous-firing musket must be the kind of large weapon we had on the foredeck and the roof of the cabin of the Iron Clipper not long ago, and the cannon should be the metal tube in the stern. ”

"How can you fire so fine? Don't you have to blow up the chamber as soon as you hit it? "Yes, there seems to be a hollowed-out groove on the tube, and if you use it to fire, you won't be able to shoot it at all, right?"

"I'm not arguing with you about this," Miro waved his hand at the dissenting officers, "if it's not a cannon, why are there four or five people waiting around, and someone with a ruler?" It's okay if you don't believe it's a cannon, but please don't contradict me, before today, can you trust a single-barreled gun to shoot quickly and accurately? ”

There was a deathly silence on the deck again, and the officers all looked at each other, not knowing what to say, "Don't forget, Colonel Ston said that at that time Colonel Ston was talking about exploding under the waterline, which means that their shells can explode, and we can only shoot iron balls now, which is not comparable to those cannonballs that can explode." Now we have to face the biggest question, whether to go to war with the Senate or to retreat as soon as possible. ”

"What?" Several captains of the merchant fleet immediately jumped up, "War with them? If there is a war with them, then trade with the Senate will end completely, do you know how valuable the things of the Senate are? How much benefit can it bring to Medenor? ”

One of the captains jumped up and stood on the bulwark and shouted: "I'm a new ship that I only changed last month, and now I only have the money to go to the port of the East to buy goods, if there is a real war, then I can only die." ”

"Shut up!" Kirkman roared as well, pointing at the officer standing on the bulwark, "Get me down!" ”

Suddenly there was silence on the deck again, "I don't care what you think, if the Senate really becomes our enemy, then war with the Chinese is a matter of time, the only difference is whether we attack first or they attack first." If they really have the intention of seizing the world's sea supremacy, then they must be our enemies, and sooner or later. Don't forget the battle with Zheng He of the Wu Dynasty a hundred years ago, because we gathered all our ships and won that war. Only then will we have the right to control the sea for the next 100 years, so that the Wu Dynasty will not be allowed to enter the sea, and our merchant ships will be all over the world. Without the brave battles of those ancestors, would you have the glory you have today? Today, you can still trade with the enemies of the Maidno nation for some petty profits, what is the difference between what the people of the Wu Dynasty said and seeking the skin of the tiger? Kirkman's roar echoed across the deck, and even the sailors of the two ships next to him huddled to the bulwark to listen, and no one on the deck spoke anymore. Seeing that no one disagreed, Kirkman added, "We must report this matter to the Parliament, and then the Parliament will convene to decide." ”

"Speaking of which," Miro walked over to the table and placed the bullet casings he had picked up on Kirkman's table, "and something even more frightening, the ship that came today was clearly a surprise to him. For it was evident that the men on board had discovered our fleet and the sailors had been scrambling around for a while, indicating that they were not very defensive against us. But here's the problem, they must have discovered us before our patrol ships spotted them, which means that they really have the ability to know if there is a ship at a distance of more than ten nautical miles. ”

"Damn," Kirkman scolded a little irritated, "to know where we are more than ten nautical miles, and then to be able to take advantage of the wind and currents at will, to be able to shoot us with muskets that can be fired from a distance and in bursts, and maybe even to explode shells, if we really go to war with them, can we really have any hope of victory?" ”

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"Nope." Miro shrugged his shoulders and said, "Not at all, because I saw the most surprising thing today, remember when I used to say the flag during the test launch to tell you not to be nervous?" ”

The audience was completely captivated and almost all nodded in unison. "Their people don't need to play the flag at all, but use a square box and talk to it, and I can tell you for sure that they don't need to play the flag at all, just talk, and they can talk to the iron clipper at a long distance through a black square box."

"Not a spell?" Amu immediately asked, "We also have teleportation and teleportation techniques that can be used to convey information and orders. ”

"But it can't transmit instant commands, and there's a distance limit. Some time ago, the information sent by the spies of Dongfang Port was sent to us first, and then it was sent to Donghai City through the teleportation technique. All those who had the ability to receive telecommunications along the way received it, and the time was very slow, it took half an hour to transmit a single page of information, which was simply useless for our military operations at sea. "They only need to speak, and the other side can hear it immediately, although I don't know how far away, but the speed of teleportation far exceeds our teleportation skills." And our teleportation spell also consumes the caster's energy when it comes to using it, only three to five times a day, but I think their microphone box can go on and on. ”

"Well, they can still send battle orders out at any time without passing through the flag, wouldn't we have even less chance of winning?" Kirkman couldn't help but cough, and the fact that it was hitting him step by step made him a little unable to sit still. "You say we can't win against them, why should we prepare to fight them?"

"Although there is no chance of victory, but to seize the sea power," Miro said, his feet paused twice on the deck of the Sea Power, "is what we must do, since the Senate will become our enemy sooner or later, it is better to fight late than early, and it is better to fight small than to fight, if we do not attack while the Senate has not yet developed, wait until they develop, even if it is when they are relieved, we are no longer their opponents." ”

"Alas......" There was a sigh from the deck, and all the officers were sad at this time, as a maritime race that had dominated the sea for hundreds of years, they were suddenly told that they would be eliminated from the sea in the future, and they were all a little disheartened.

At this time, an officer suddenly asked, "By the way, Commander, I want to ask the Kingdom Library if the information obtained from the spying has been organized?" Have we read it with Yaning's university scholars? These strange abilities of the Chinese will certainly not fall from the sky. ”

"Yes," chimed in, "since we've spied on their important information, there should be a way to counter them, right?" Don't let them keep you pressed! This is just the beginning, just stepping on our rhythm, if we wait until later, then will it be? ”

Even the captain who was standing on the bulwark just now and shouting agreed at this time, "That's right, we can't sit still, the sea control is ours, we must protect it, Commander, you give the order!" We will carry it out. ”

Kirkman remained silent, just thinking about something, and after a while, he walked from behind his desk to the main mast in the center of the venue, and said to the Medenor officers present, "This is a difficult choice, it is possible that no matter what choice we make, we may eventually lose the normal battle for sea power, but even so, we must show them our swords, dare to draw our swords, dare to challenge!" A hundred years ago, our ancestors drove hundreds of ships of different sizes, braved the storm, braved the artillery fire and fought fiercely with the Zheng He fleet of the Wu Dynasty, in fact, our strength was not as strong as the Zheng He fleet, but the ancestors used their loyalty to the nation to finally defeat the Zheng He fleet, and only then did we have the glory of the sea in the next hundred years. He said and turned to the other side of the venue, "We may be facing a powerful enemy now, but they have just appeared, and their strength must not be as strong as our current fleet, if we give up the sea control because we are afraid of the Chinese's ships and artillery, then our ancestors who died on the sea a hundred years ago will not be blind and unable to enter the kingdom of heaven." Therefore, I will ask the parliament for war, but if the council does approve it, then when we fight the Chinese fleet, I hope that everyone will bravely move forward and fight side by side with me! ”

"Yes!" "Yes! Nothing to be afraid of! "That's it, the big deal is death, what are you afraid of? When you die, go to heaven with joy! "That's right! It's glory to be able to go to heaven, it's not a big deal! ”

"But we can't just go to war with them." Miro interrupted everyone's free play with a startling remark again. "We need to do more."

"What's the matter?" Kirkman couldn't help but squint his eyes, "You might as well say it." ”

"First of all, we have to prepare 150,000 taels of silver and provide them to the people of Annan, and at the same time, through the descendants of the Li clan to control the government of Annan, and transfer troops to attack Dongfang Port, at least explore the truth first, and know how strong Dongfang Port is." Miro smiled and said, "We can urge Annan to send 50,000 to 60,000 people to attack Dongfang Port, which can effectively disrupt the development progress of the Chinese and slow them down." At the same time, we must begin to intercept the material channels to the Oriental Port, and purchase silver through materials when the Eastern Port is scarce, so as to completely interrupt the financial route of the Chinese, and at the same time grab more funds for us. At the same time, we can also order more iron parts from the Chinese, so that they can make muskets at a slower pace. At the same time, we also have to send a large number of ships into the Oriental Port, secretly draw a map of the Oriental Port, and prepare for the attack. ”

"Then you also go and prepare, and also go to the Oriental Port to have a look, your eyes are very powerful, you can see things that most people can't see, if you run in person, you will see more things than us." Kirkman said to Miro, "I want you to be able to go all the way yourself." ”

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"No problem," Miro smiled and patted lightly on his chest, "I also planned to go to Oriental Port once, and this exchange with the Chinese, I also made an appointment with the elder of the special investigation team, and I will go to his side to have a look." ”

"yes, okay." Kirkman nodded and said, "Then this is the end of today's meeting, the officers go back to their respective ships, and they are not allowed to fight when they get off the ship, and whoever fights will get out of the fleet for me!" Today, I lost face in front of the Chinese and threw myself to my grandmother's house! ”