Cape City is now quite prosperous, and the northern shore of the Yuqiao River, tenant farms and small sugar cane plantations are full of life, with wheat seedlings and young sugarcane leaves fluttering in the wind, and the windmills of a dozen or so small mills not far away, allowing farmers to grind pre-stored wheat into flour and put it in their pockets to be delivered to warehouses full of air-dried meat and fish. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

The trading wharf is no longer the original local fishing ground, pitiful on the edge of Cape Mountain, but directly occupies most of the foot of the seaside cliff, and the breakwater is also linked to the city wall of the fortress fortifications, so that the six-meter-high and five-meter-wide city wall directly enters the sea, forming a building similar to the breakwater is also a city wall.

At the brick and wood dock, the galleon was retracted and docked in its place, while four or five dhows were docked next to it, gently undulating with the slight fluctuations of the sea.

But just by looking at the fact that there are still many empty seats in the trading dock, we know that the current fleet of twenty Levi sloops is not the slightest difficulty in docking in. In fact, this kind of city-level trading dock can accommodate fifty or sixty merchant ships, and even large trading docks, hundreds of merchant ships dock without the slightest problem.

After all, the trading port handles a very large amount of goods every day, and the merchant ships in the port need more, if it is a prosperous trading port, it is still in a strategic location, and even the port built is larger, which can meet the docking of hundreds of merchant ships at the same time, but also meet the docking of a fleet composed of ocean-going warships.

At present, although there are not a large number of foreign merchant ships in Cape City, the offshore defense fleet composed of twenty dhows has also just made use of the original merchant ship dock, and as long as there is an enemy invasion, it can go out to meet it at any time!

How can they not feel honored by the fact that the citizens of Spain, who have lived through the weakest of their time, and now a large number of buildings have appeared out of thin air, which is the reward given to them by God and the affirmation of their development?

The so-called pirates, or the natives of this world, are just a group of low-level civilizations that can be defeated at any time, their ancestors, hundreds of people can crush the Inca Empire of hundreds of thousands of people, and now their troops and citizens have reached 20,000 people, even if they belong to a small force on the land of Europe, how can they be afraid of those humble and primitive enemies, this is impossible, they will not have the slightest fear!

On the city walls, the town militia was still in a team of ten, carrying their own flintlock pistols on patrol, but they had withdrawn from the front-line combat sequence, and in their place were the ten Spanish privates who were recuperating and training in the barracks.

But even if these urban militias, which have fallen behind, have withdrawn from the first-line combat sequence and are only used as second-line garrisons, they are still excellent marksmen, as long as those enemies are still in the feudal era, and the combat mode dominated by cold weapons, they are advanced representatives.

The flintlock salvo was still deadly, and at least there were no creatures that could resist the powerful lead bullets that had been blown up by the explosion of gunpowder.

Even if it is a strong scale armor, or a tight chain mail, at a distance of 100 meters, it will be easily pierced by the lead bullet the thickness of the thumb, causing irreparable fatal damage to the person, even if it is saved, it will not live long because of lead poisoning, which can almost be called a vicious attack.

This is an incomparable advantage for the bow and crossbow, and in war there is no so-called viciousness and trickery, only the victors and the vanquished, simple and crisp.

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On Haijiao Mountain, the original lighthouse is still functioning, but the three town militiamen at the top are not still chatting boredly as usual, but look at the direction of the open sea with a grim expression.

In the telescope, dozens of warships are slowly pressing over, and the sails raised are like white fences, covering a small area of the sea, and the skull symbolizing the pirate on the sail is quite clear, undoubtedly indicating its identity, that is, the murderous pirate!

The information was quickly transmitted, and the entire Cape City had already taken action, and they had already been prepared, because since they had offended the so-called Crash Bay pirates, they knew that this moment would definitely come.

In front of the lighthouse, in the artillery position above the cliff, eight 24-pounder howitzers were replaced yesterday, replacing the original 24-pounder light cannons, and equipped with a large number of flowering shells and incendiary bombs, as the main output firepower of the shore defense.

Flowering bombs can one-sidedly kill and injure the personnel on the deck of the enemy's ship, while incendiary bombs directly act on the wooden deck, as long as one incendiary bomb hits, it is estimated that a battleship must quickly evacuate the battlefield to extinguish the fire, otherwise the entire ship will be burned, and the consequences will be a little embarrassing.

Especially for these professional gunners, set the trajectory and landing point in advance, and cover a sea area with a salvo of eight artillery incendiary bombs, as long as they can capture a battleship, it is earned, no matter how bad it is, it is also a threat to the enemy!

"Woo-woo-woo-"

The sound of trumpets had already appeared on the city walls, and in the towers of the fortress fortifications on the western coast, many town militiamen had quickly appeared with flintlock muskets and entered their pre-designated positions.

In each tower of the city wall, there are two patrols of the town militia, and the size of twenty people can quickly enter the city wall to fortify in advance in an emergency, because just after they enter the defensive position, in the military administration area, a large group of town militia has been assembled, and is running on the smooth brick and stone roads in the city.

In another half an hour, they would appear at various points on the wall, manipulating the 7-pounder and 12-pounder guns in the gun emplacements on the wall, and striking at the enemy who dared to approach.

On the city road, Levi was galloping forward on horseback, followed by Chief Minister Green, and was heading towards the howitzer position on Cape Hill, which was currently the highest point on the entire East Coast, which was not only convenient for command, but also for observing the situation on the entire battlefield.

However, the current western city wall, Wilmot has also arrived quickly, as the Minister of War, he is responsible for all the garrison of the city wall, especially the west wall closest to the sea, and the north city wall near the Yuqiao River, which is the top priority of defense.

With the quickly retracted anchor and the raised sails, the entire huge armed merchant ship slowly left the port, and at the same time opened all the gun windows on both sides of the ship, and finally slowly pushed out the guns of one door after another.

All the dhow warships were already gathered around the docks of Cape City, and the twenty warships had also quickly assembled with the flag signal that appeared on Cape Mountain, whether it was the periphery of the sea area or the warships docked in the port, they were all on standby outside the breakwater, as if they were quietly waiting for the pirate fleet, waiting for the arrangement of fate.

"It's definitely not about surrendering, it's about showing you what real fear is!"

Hall stood at the bow of the ship, took a deep breath, his face was grim, the last time he let this group of pirate warships know what the power of a gunboat is, then now, he has the confidence to severely damage this group of pirate warships outside the port!

The observer on the mainmast has passed down the information, the pirate warships in front of them are twenty-six large warships and thirty-one small warships, and it seems that the combination of light and heavy warships seems to be because last time, only large warships suffered a big loss, and now they want to use more flexible and fast small warships to make up for this.

"However, you still want to compare your agility with a dhow?" The smile on the corner of his mouth showed a little disdain, and Hall also turned his head to look behind him, stretched out his hand and said loudly: "Wave the flag and signal all the warships to prepare to seize the position!" ”

If the group of pirate warships came directly towards them, then these dhow warships were directly outside the port, lined up to form the top of the T-shaped formation, then after pouring their own artillery fire, the artillery fire from the city wall and the cape mountain could also be directly supported, after all, as a shore defense gun, it is easy to shoot at a large target such as a warship on the sea!

"More than fifty warships?"

On Haijiao Mountain, Levi was already standing on the seaside cliff, next to the eight 24-pounder howitzers, the muzzles of the black hole were slightly facing the sky, as long as Levi nodded, then these eight large-caliber guns could envelop a sea area outside Cape Mountain with a curved trajectory, releasing a signal of death.

But Levi did not order the howitzer to fire, but frowned slightly, the more than fifty pirate warships were indeed overwhelming, quite visually impactful.

"Recruit the galleons of Galen, nine."

Slowly exhaling, Levi's eyes closed slightly, the dialog box on the retina appeared quickly, and the energy value in his mind was also rapidly decreasing, but his choice was not over: "Recruit brigs, twenty!" ”

In his mind, a large number of golden armor cards were taking shape, but as Levi's mind turned into a data link quickly appeared under him, in the harbor of the trade dock, with the sea breeze whistling, a number of warships with different characteristics had also appeared on the dock parking space.

The mighty galleons of Galen, the proud armed merchant ships of the Spanish Empire, roamed the Atlantic Ocean and formed the once-famous golden fleet, with huge wealth, including 60 heavy naval guns, which no pirate dared to approach.

The 24 long-barreled guns can not only fire a salvo, but also carry infantry on the deck, as long as the two sides approach, the infantry on the deck will become the main force of hand-to-hand combat.

The Marine Corps, or the arms of the Navy in hand-to-hand combat, Li Wei has already made a choice, his mind is certain, and he said in a deep voice: "Recruitment, thirty queues of soldiers!" ”

The energy value, Li Wei has, the energy value of more than 100,000 can almost be said to be rich, even if these warships and infantry are recruited, for Li Wei, there are still more than 90,000 energy values, and even if he wants to, it is more than enough to continue to recruit a fleet of similar size!

But the difference is that the current fleet has swelled to ten Galen galleons, twenty brigs, and twenty sloops, a huge number of fifty warships.

It can be said that the current North Trumming Sea, Levi's fleet can be regarded as one of the strongest forces!

Ten galleons had 600 24-pounder guns, twenty brigs had 480 12-pounder guns, and twenty sloops had 320 9-pounder guns, for a total of 1,400 guns.

In the past, in Europe, even in the Spanish Armada, the number of artillery of a sea detachment was only so, not to mention that in this feudal era, most of the naval battles were still in the era of primitive broadside battles, deck battles, and hand-to-hand combat, so many artillery, so many gunboats, which can be called invincible.

"This is, my Armada!"

Levi exhaled slowly, his hand slowly waved forward, and a town militia holding the Spanish flag behind him immediately understood, slowly shaking the flag in his hand and commanding the flag.

All the newly recruited warships slowly sailed out of the dock, fifty warships had been lined up on both sides, all the sails were raised, the guns had already passed through the cannon window, and the muzzles of the black holes were also aimed at the pirate fleet that had slowly stopped moving in the direction due to the increase in the number of their own warships, and even began to turn around.

Yes, many of the warships in the pirate fleet had already discovered the huge number of warships that appeared outside the docks, and it seemed that they were not even smaller than the size of their own fleet.

The fleets in the naval battle attack each other, more cautious than the two army corps in the army, the magnificent sea, the undulating sea, are all factors that affect the victory rate, not to mention, these aggressive pirate fleets, there is no psychological preparation at all, to meet the preparation of a fleet of the same size as their own!

"Are they scared?"

Green's face was heavy, looking at the pirate fleet in the distance that was gradually stopping, as if it was watching, he couldn't help but let out a cold snort in his nose, and said in a deep voice: "But the current situation is no longer beyond their control. ”

"That's right." Levi also nodded in agreement, looking at the hesitant appearance of the group of pirate warships, but his face gradually became calm. Green is right, the current situation is no longer under the control of that group of pirates, because the current controller has become him, the invincible armada of Cape City!

"Tell Hall, get ready for battle."

Levi took a deep breath, turned his head to the town militia behind him who was holding the national flag and was about to wave the flag at any time, and ordered in a deep voice: "In ten minutes, if that group of pirates does not attack again, then the command authority will be fully delegated to Hall." After a pause, Levi also said categorically: "Command, destroy that pirate fleet!" ”

The town militia waved the national flag rapidly on Haijiao Mountain, waving two half-meter-long national flags back and forth, and in the fleet just outside the breakwater at the foot of the mountain, sailors with specialized knowledge of flag language were also interpreting.

"Is command delegated to me?"

The smile on Hall's lips grew higher and higher, no Admiralty, Supreme Commander of the Navy, could resist leading a large and powerful fleet and sinking all the enemy's fleets to win this victory, nor could he resist the temptation to wipe the enemy's fleet out of the sea!