"General Berger, we can only give you half an hour, if you don't give the order for your navy to surrender after half an hour, then we will bombard the port of Civitavecchia, then you will become the second port to be destroyed by us after the port of Gibraltar, don't doubt our ability, you have already experienced the power of that kind of artillery just now, and 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 Zhao Jia's prisoners, and after seeing that this Great Song fleet was brought by Princess Agnes, Berger also lost the determination to resist, after all, nominally speaking, Princess Agnes's status is much higher than him, and he also knows that Princess Agnes is the true heir to the throne of the Holy Roman Empire, plus the strength of the other party is so strong, even if he gathers all the navies, I am afraid it will not be enough for the opponent's artillery bombardment, so he quickly made a wise choice.

"Your Royal Highness, please rest assured, Alec is my favorite son, and with him in your hands as a hostage, I will never dare to deceive you and Her Royal Highness the 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 back, and then ordered the Roman navy to lay down their arms and surrender, Zhao Jia also agreed, but Alec was left as a hostage.

Hearing Berger's assurance, Zhao Jia nodded immediately, and then let him go, he actually didn't want to believe Berger's assurance, but no matter how Berger chooses, there is no big difference for him, if the other party is really willing to surrender, it is best, if he is unwilling to surrender. It was nothing more than a waste of some cannonballs, and if Berger's men were killed in a battle, it would also be regarded as a disadvantage to all forces in the Holy Roman Empire, so as to facilitate future actions.

With Zhao Jia's consent, Berger immediately took the small boat provided by Zhao Jia back to the military port, as for his five-oared warship. Two big holes have been broken, and the oars on the top two layers can no longer be used, and it has also become Zhao Jia's trophy, so naturally they will not let Berger take it away.

After Berger left, Zhao Jia, Hu Yanqing and the others were all interested in visiting this half-damaged five-oared warship, after all, knowing oneself and knowing one's opponent can win a hundred battles, and it was the first time they saw the oar-seat warship, so they naturally wanted to understand its performance, and they must know that the speed of the oar-seat warship just now also frightened them.

"Alec. Your father has decided to surrender, so would you like to give us an introduction to the ship's capabilities? Zhao Jia smiled at Alek who was a hostage at this time.

Although Alec 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, but after calming down at this time, he was a little unconvinced, but at the same time he was afraid of Da Song's weapons, and he hesitated for a moment when he heard Zhao Jia's words before saying: "There is nothing to show you to the five-oared warship, but you have to tell me first." What was the name of the weapon you used to attack us, and why was it possible to hit us from such a distance? ”

Seeing Alec's unconvinced and somewhat frightened look. Zhao Jia couldn't help but be a little embarrassed, he was a few years older than Alec, but his mentality was much more mature than the other party, and he was not as knowledgeable as the other party, and said very generously at the moment: "The weapon we use is called artillery, which can hit an iron cannonball several miles away. As for the principle of it, it is a secret of my Great Song Dynasty, if your father and son behave well after surrendering to us, you will be able to access this information in the future. ”

Seeing that Zhao Jia was not angry, he also patiently answered his own questions. This made Alec also feel as if he was being respected, and he convinced himself from his heart at the moment, so he nodded and agreed: "Okay, since you are interested in this five-oared warship, then I will show you around!" ”

"The main force of our navy uses three-oared warships, like this five-oared warship is a warship we just built, originally to equip the army, in order to deal with the new warships of the Seljuk Turks, but I didn't expect that just after the successful trial, it was crippled by His Royal Highness the Prince......"

Alek walked to Zhao Jia and introduced the performance and characteristics of this five-oared warship, compared with the three-oared warship, although this five-oared warship sacrificed some speed, but it made the hull taller, although it could not be compared with the sail warship of the Great Song Dynasty, but it was also a rare big ship, and the ship was also equipped with a lot of weapons, such as a long ladder with an awl in front, which was usually erected on the ship, and was put down to nail the enemy's warship during the battle, so that it could fight a land battle at sea, There are many people on their boats, so it is natural that they will take advantage of it.

Of course, the combat idea of the five-oared warship is still stuck in the period of continuous warfare, although the ship is also equipped with long-range weapons such as ballistas and bows and arrows, but these weapons are only auxiliary, and the battleships of the Great Song Dynasty have taken long-range attacks as the main means of attack, and do not give the enemy a chance to approach at all, and it is precisely because of this that the five-oared warship has no power to fight back when facing the Great Song warship.

However, although the five-oared battleship is much smaller than the battleship of the Great Song Dynasty, the number of soldiers on board is not less than that of the Great Song Dynasty, because they need more soldiers to serve as paddlers and rowers, and what surprises Zhao Jia even more is that most of these paddlers are not Romans, and even in the lowest and most humid oars, the paddlers here are all prisoners, they are chained to the oars like dogs, and they are also on the seats for eating and urinating, because of the harsh environment and extremely poor food, These prisoners tend to die quickly on the oars, and then they are thrown overboard to be replaced with new prisoners.

Seeing this barbaric behavior of the Romans, Zhao Jia couldn't help frowning, although the Great Song Dynasty also has a very good background for prisoners, for example, some prisoners will also be exiled to work in mines, but although it is dangerous to be a miner, the usual living conditions can still be guaranteed, where is it like the Romans simply treat prisoners as animals, and even he found that some prisoners have become dementia because they have been imprisoned for too long, and they can't communicate with people normally at all, and they only have food and paddles in their minds.

Just when Zhao Jia was criticizing the terrible human rights situation in Rome in his mind, Berger's side finally responded, and the navy stationed in the port of Civitavecchia finally laid down its arms and surrendered to the Great Song fleet under his orders, so that Zhao Jia and they occupied an excellent port with almost no effort, which would also become a bridgehead for them to annex Europe. (To be continued.) )

PS: There's still something to do this morning.,It's only 2,000 words.,The chapter in the afternoon must be made up.。