Because of communication problems, Egir did not know at this moment that the Norman Offshore Fleet, on which he had high hopes, had used his force five days earlier, on December 19, to completely intimidate the Holy See.

It was noon, and after receiving Egil's order half a month earlier, a total of 320 warships of the Norman Offshore Fleet slowly sailed out of the harbor, and a total of 20,000 navies all set sail, under the command of Marshal Carter, and sailed at full speed towards the open sea of the Holy See. After half a month, they arrived at the open sea, and then lined up in two horizontal lines in the dock area outside the city of Rome.

More than 300 warships, including 50 newly developed, currently the most advanced, elite warships equipped with many naval weapons: modified sail warships. This kind of warship adopts a three-masted and three-sail layout, and through the reasonable layout of the sails, the ship can move in the direction it wants to go through any wind direction most of the time~ Coupled with the extensive use of sextants and compasses, the Norman fleet maneuvering ability is more powerful than the fleets of other countries.

And this large, gross tonnage of 800 tons of large battleship, on its double deck, densely covered with a total of twenty ballistas, the cabin of the ship loaded with heavenly flame canisters, gunpowder canisters, and a large number of arrows for long-range attacks.

Although this kind of battleship is not as large in size as a heavy ballista battleship. But in fact, the mobility and attack power are more than the former. It is a Lord-class battleship belonging to medieval naval warfare. And this kind of warship has a strong hull, which is very suitable for ocean voyages, in fact, it is now active in the Atlantic, according to Egil, all the way to the west, in search of the legendary lost civilization Atlantis, the Atlantic fleet, those who are either forced to be helpless, or ambitious, or have their heads in the water, are used by the captains of expedition ships, of course, their ships are not very armed, there are not so many oil, heavenly fire and gunpowder, but replaced with cured meat, pickles and wine.

Therefore, thanks to Egil's unremitting efforts, perhaps the legendary Age of Discovery will come early, of course, at this moment, France is too busy to take care of Spain, Spain has not yet been unified, Portugal is a third-rate weak country, and the Netherlands has not even appeared. Britain and the Norman Empire had merged. Therefore, this so-called Age of Discovery, which belongs to the Normans, definitely belongs to the Normans, and there is no suspense at all.

Leaving these things aside for the time being, let's just say that the Norman Offshore Fleet of 300 warships blockaded the Roman harbor.

The battleships lined up. The white sè phoenix heraldic pattern on the sail is waving in the wind, and the navy winged half-phoenix flag flutters high on the bow of the ship. Seeing such a large number of warships blocking his door.

The officials of the Papal States, who were in charge of the port at the time, were half frightened. And the ships that were moored in the port, loaded with goods and ready to leave the port, were also extremely scared for a while.

How did the Normans start in the first place?

O pirates! Even now, when the Norman Empire is so prosperous, the Norman pirates are still active, although in the North Sea, the sea of Bōra has disappeared. But in the Mediterranean, some Norman pirate groups are gradually growing and competing for business with Barbary counterparts. And there are few signs that behind these pirates is the entire vast Norman naval organization, which is the official of the Norman Empire.

These pirates with official backgrounds bought second-hand warships eliminated by the Norman Empire at cost price, and the hands of the Norman Empire plundered around with the Norman Empire's plunder certificate, because they were considered Norman supernumeraries, so the principle of handing over half of the loot did not apply, and they only needed to hand over a quarter of the proceeds. Therefore, many Norman men who did not want to join the Norman army and were bound by others rushed into this very wealthy business, and traveled all over the world to plunder in all directions.

As a result, the Norman pirates gradually became famous in the Mediterranean Sea. These pirates are notoriously unrecognizable, except for the Norman merchant ships that dare not rob, the rest of the Catholic, Orthodox, and heretical pagans, all dare to rob, so they have many enemies.

But because of the Norman men, the Nordic race dared to fight, and the strong support of the Norman Empire behind it was second-hand, the ballista battleships that the main fleet had long been out of use.

But compared to the regular navies of other countries, it is still superior. As a result, some small pirate groups were exterminated. However, several large Norman pirate groups are getting stronger and stronger, and even their reputation is vaguely overshadowing that of the Barbary pirate king Hayreddin, who has not made a move for a long time.

"This, this, could it be that the Norman pirates have come to attack the port?!" For a time the whole port was in danger, and the Italians wept in fear at the thought of being sacked by the barbaric Normans, and even having no money with them. At the same time, the shipowners and nobles begged the officials of the Papal States in charge of Mankura to send a fleet to meet the enemy.

However, the official complained and looked around, the so-called naval commander of the Holy See was curled up in a corner and pretending to be his grandson, hoping that this idiot would save himself. And even at this moment, a super-first-class admiral suddenly appears here, I'm afraid it won't change anything. The total number of warships in the whole port is only twenty, and most of them are small oars and single-decker ships, and even so, the crew is not satisfied, and few people leave the port, and the hundreds of sailors are arrogant and luxurious at the docks, whether they can go out to sea to fight are two words, even if they can go out, then what are they going out for? Hundreds of big ships in the harbor go out to die?!

Of course, this official would not be able to say such a thing in any way. After all, the implication is too great. He could only hope that the people would calm down, and sent someone to report urgently to the nearest army garrison of the Holy See that the pirates would get off the ship and rob if they wanted to rob, and the pirates were popular at sea, and they were naturally strong in battle on the sea, but on land they would be weakened a little.

Although there seem to be a lot of enemies, as long as they can block the attack of the opponent's first bō, then they can contact a new army of 10,000 people farther away. When the time comes, tens of thousands of elite troops will be able to make them walk around without food......

This guy has a good idea, and his thinking is right, if this one is really a pirate, then I'm afraid he can really get this credit. However, unfortunately, this time it was a little different from what he imagined. Soon, someone came running over, saying that the ship on the opposite side put down a few small boats, and the guy who came down from above raised this unknown cylinder and shouted to the other side, saying that they were the Norman Navy's offshore fleet, and they were here for naval exercises, and temporarily used the waters in front of the port to do drills, and asked them not to be afraid, and if they wanted to see it, they could also take a boat closer to visit.

At first, the merchant captains were skeptical.

But after a while, not far from the port, the huge fleet had no intention of landing, so some of them dared to see the excitement, so they took the boat and went out to sea.

Seeing that some people have made such a move, many others have been encouraged to go out to sea in boats, but they dare not come closer, and they are all surrounded from afar.

Marshal Carter saw that there were enough onlookers who did not know the truth, so he gave an order, and as soon as the black flag was fluttered on the flagship, dozens of the fastest fast sailing ships immediately rang out to sea, and only after these battleships had left the fleet some distance did the onlookers see that their tails were towing another battleship with ropes.

These towed warships were second-hand warships captured by the former Norman Offshore Fleet, in order to completely control the surroundings of Malta Island and take the initiative to attack and suppress pirates. For these warships with different specifications and tattered and tattered, it is natural to look down on them.

Therefore, on this mission, General Carter dragged some ships that had barely returned to the sea and used them as target ships. At the same time, General Carter made a mistake by placing a portion of the sulfur ignited by Rongnasa on these target ships before the "exercise."

These battleships, which were about to be tragic, were towed by clippers and placed on the surface of the sea not far from the fleet. After that, the clipper returned to the team. Immediately afterward, in the middle of the Offshore Fleet, the four-deck, castle-like giant warship waved the flag, and the whole fleet turned its bow as if it had been instructed, and the fleet of three hundred and twenty ships was divided into eight squadrons, each with forty ships, which was a mixture of modified sail warships, fast sailing ships, and improved ballista warships.

The scorpion crossbows, ballistas, and catapult crossbows with the Heavenly Flame Canister as ammunition on these forty warships added up to more than two hundred. One by one, they aimed at the pile of pitiful second-hand warships in front of them, who were about to suffer inhumane treatment.

Immediately afterwards, on the large modified sail battleship, the red sè Ling flag landed at once, and the three hundred and twenty battleships that had been loaded suddenly roared! Large crossbows smeared with Heavenly Fire, iron cannons loaded with black powder, and canisters of fire oil loaded with Heavenly Flames were shot out almost at the same time, either arcing or breaking straight through the air. Because of the Normans' ballistics experience, as well as the profession of the navy, and the fact that they were shooting stationary target ships, at least half of this round of attacks hit the target, and the fire burned, the powder canister exploded, and the ballista pierced and ignited the flammable materials on the battleship. Immediately after, under the astonished gaze of a group of Italians, the terrifying fire turned red half of the sea!。