The City of Manhattan's 'faith' plan is going well.

It's just that Zhao Hongyu doesn't know anything about it now.

Now, he has arrived in the port of Lisbon in Portugal on the 'Sea King' for rest.

From Manhattan to Lisbon, Portugal, Zhao Hongyu and they only spent a total of 13 days. It is three times faster than the time taken by ocean-going ships in this era.

Emma didn't react much to this, because she didn't have a concept of that in her head.

And the genetic people are even more not, because the Sea King is equipped with propellers, so it is normal to be faster.

Only Sara and the captain of the Sea King, the former captive Chelsea, were incredulous about it.

This is simply beyond their cognition, subverting a concept of this era.

You must understand that during the thirteen-day voyage, there was another day that Zhao Hongyu ordered to stop.

If that day is not counted, it means that the entire voyage took only twelve days.

That's too fast, isn't it?

That's what Sala and Chelsea were blown by.

It took only 12 days to cross the Atlantic from the Americas to Portugal.

Zhao Hongyu: They may not feel much.

But as Chelsea and Sala who live in this era, the two feel different.

As a simple example, a shorter voyage allows you to run more ships, and the more you trade, the more money you make.

And that's just the economic aspect, not the military one.

Zhao Hongyu controlled Quebec in his hands, and the French gave up after thinking about it, isn't it because the luck is not convenient.

But if they can also reach the Americas in twelve days, then Zhao Hongyu will have to pay some price if he wants to occupy Quebec.

Of course, another reason for this is that Manhattan is very close to Quebec, and the French can't let Quebec go out. They were not as advantageous as the Song Empire. The Atlantic is too troublesome.

Outside the port of Lisbon, a pilot ship from Lisbon slowly approaches, with the management officials of the port of Lisbon on board.

When the Sea King appeared in this area, it attracted the attention and amazement of the passing ships.

It's just too big.

They had never seen a warship so big, so fierce, and so many guns.

A full 108 guns, three times more than the largest number of battleship guns of this era.

These people even wondered what they would be bombed into if they fought against such a warship.

There are also some who decide. You also have to own such a ship to ensure your safety at sea.

It's a pity that what they don't know is that with their current skills, it will take at least 100 years to build such a battleship.

Of course, because of the appearance of Zhao Hongyu's little butterfly, this time may be shortened. But no matter what, now Zhao Hongyu's shipbuilding skills are leading.

There is no doubt about that.

Lisbon, located at the southwestern tip of Portugal, is a busy maritime trading port.

At sea outside the harbor. English ships and Swedish ships and French ships came and went.

And the most frequent occurrence is the Spanish ship.

As the ships passed by the Sea King, the sailors and the ships on board would come to the deck and look at the battleship with their heads tilted and their mouths grown.

Yes. The size and tonnage of the Sea King were not only larger than the sea ships of this era, but even his height was not small.

This gave Zhao Hongyu an advantage, if he met the enemy, then it was impossible for the enemy to engage in a cross-border battle.

Because the Sea King is too high. It's not realistic for the other party to climb up.

You must know that in this era, there are so many tactics at sea.

Long-range shooting. Melee engagement.

The British liked long-range shooting, while the Spaniards preferred close combat.

The Dutch and Swedes were learning the tactics of the British, while the French and other nations were refining the tactics of the Spaniards.

Strictly speaking, the Spanish broadside battle was outdated.

With the development of science and technology and the increase in the range of artillery, naval artillery warfare is the mainstream.

It's just that the Spaniards are still indulging in the glory of the past, and they don't want to make progress and always think that they are still the bosses.

It was precisely this kind of thinking that allowed Spain, the former maritime empire, to slowly decline, until it was finally reduced to a second-rate country in Europe.

"Your Highness, there are many ships nearby. I observed that there was basically no match for the Sea King. When those ships came and went to observe Zhao Hongyu and them, Zhao Hongyu and they were also observing these ships.

It's just that everyone pays attention to something different.

Wang Shan and Zhao Hongyu and Emma and Sara stood on the deck, the speed of the Sea King had slowed down, and they had to wait for the guide ship to bring them into the harbor to arrange berths.

A ship as large as the Sovereign on the Sea is estimated to be able to occupy the berths of three ships at a time.

In the eyes of others, it was like a mobile fortress on the sea.

Because the port is not far away, it can already be seen with the naked eye.

Therefore, around the queen of the sea, you can see a lot of offshore seagulls flying back and forth.

Emma seemed very excited, the little girl came out this time to feel very new about everything, and seeing anything could make her happy for a long time.

"If it's okay to deal with two ships at once, if it's more, I guess it's a little difficult for the Sea King." , Zhao Hongyu responded to Wang Shan.

In Zhao Hongyu's view, it is right that the Sea King has an advantage.

But it's nothing more than a lot of artillery and a larger tonnage.

One-on-one, victory is no surprise. A pair is fine, but a few more ships won't necessarily win.

After all, the Sea King has not yet gone beyond a framework of this era.

The wooden hull and skeleton of the ship, which limited its defense.

The opponent's artillery can also penetrate the hull of the Sovereign and inflict wounds.

For Zhao Hongyu, only an iron ship can completely defeat the warships of this era.

However, Wang Shan's opinion was different from that of His Royal Highness, and he said to Zhao Hongyu: "Your Highness, your thoughts are a little pessimistic. I don't think so, you know, our artillery has a long range, and the range of sea ship artillery in this era is too short. Therefore, even if we are fighting against five or six sea ships, we will face more than 90% of the time. ”

Wang Shan's words made Zhao Hong a little unbelievable, he didn't know that his Sea King was so powerful.

"Don't talk nonsense, do you have a basis for this assessment?"

Zhao Hongyu looked at Wang Shan very seriously and said to him.

Wang Shan nodded: "Of course I have a basis, you must know that I am an official in charge of the intelligence department." He had a very stinky expression. My intelligence unit is in the port of Manhattan and constantly observes the passing of European ships. Anyway, there are so many kinds of ocean-going ships in Europe now, British Galen ships, open-sea dnauns, Dutch commercial and war dual-use, and Spanish galleons. And the sailors of this era did not have a strong sense of secrecy, so it was easy for us to obtain information about these ships. ”

Yes, the intelligence department in charge of Wang Shan has a detailed record of the European ship models in this era, as well as the functions and weapons configuration of these ships, as well as the speed and so on.

As he himself said, since the Europeans are not very secretive at the moment, it is still very easy for him to obtain this information.

It is precisely because of this that Wang Shan will clearly know how strong the ships used in Europe are now.

In general, the guns of these ships, as a rule, were of the kind of twelve-pounder guns.

The reason is simple, to consider the bearing capacity of the hull when the gun is fired.

It's not that the larger the caliber of the guns on the ship, the better.

And because of technical reasons, the range of these guns is not very long.

This is also one of the reasons why in this era, broadside battles will often occur.

The naval battles of this era were not like those of later generations, which were fought dozens or even hundreds of nautical miles apart.

All sorts of aircraft long-range artillery salvos, hitting that called a hilarious.

In the sea in the middle of the XVII century, the average hostile ships were very close to each other.

The effective range of artillery is within one nautical mile, beyond which it is up to God to hit the enemy.

But the Sea King is different because the Sea King has a very strong hull and has a lot of endurance.

Therefore, the guns of the Sea King are all twenty-four pounder guns.

In addition to the improvement of modern technology, the guns of the Sea King fired at a long distance.

Four nautical miles!

That's four times the distance compared to an ordinary sea ship.

It can be said that if the Sea King fights the enemy, as long as it maintains this distance, then it can press the enemy to fight. The other side has no power to fight back at all, because they are not comparable to the Sea King in terms of speed, and they are not comparable to the Sea King in terms of the range of artillery.

After listening to Wang Shan's story, Zhao Hongyu's heart is bottom-up.

"Aha, according to what you said, we don't need to panic even if we encounter an enemy."

He smiled and said to Wang Shan.

Wang Shan nodded: "Of course, we don't have to worry about ten warships." With speed alone, we can shake them off and kill them with artillery. ”

For the Sea King, Wang Shan has a strong confidence.

"Your Highness, 108 guns is not a joke. A salvo of more than 50 shells at a time is definitely capable of hitting the enemy. A smile appeared on Wang Shan's face. Didn't you notice that the ships were flanked by a maximum of twelve guns, which seemed to me to be a weak explosion. ”

As he spoke, Wang Shan raised his hand and pointed to a Galen ship that was sailing not far in front of them, and this English Galen ship had only twelve muzzles on its side, as Wang Shan had said...... (To be continued.) )