After seeing the hateful faces of these guys, Salo swallowed back the words that had reminded them to pay attention to Adjani, in his opinion, these guys are really hateful, and they will bring their own bad luck when the time comes. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Naturally, these faction leaders would not know, and because of their little caution, they lost the only chance to be reminded. waited until he finally suffered a lot at the hands of Adjani before he regretted it.

Time is like water, in the blink of an eye, ten years have passed, in the past ten years, Shi Jinshui's New Carthage has developed from a small faction with a population of only a few thousand to a faction with a population of more than 100,000, and the army in his hands has also expanded to more than 10,000 people. In addition to the growth of the population and the number of troops, Shi Jinshui has not relaxed in the climb of the technology tree, after ten years of development, he finally made a mature artillery that can be used in actual combat. Therefore, the new warships manufactured later were all equipped with this new weapon, and dozens of super-large caliber coastal defense guns were also installed on Crescent Island, and even the army was equipped with its own field artillery. In addition, in the 100 steel-making technology, it is also more and more sophisticated, and the quality of the weapons and armor produced far exceeds the previous batch.

However, what made Shi Jinshui most happy was that with the help of Salo, he finally obtained a horse farm in the Mediterranean region and had a stable source of horses, which allowed him to carry out the iron cavalry plan he had abandoned before, and now among the more than 10,000 troops under his command, there were 5,000 cavalry, of which 2,500 were armored cavalry armed with bows and sabers, and the other 2,500 were heavy lancers armed with rifles and heavy javelins.

In order to give his five thousand iron horses a space to show, Shi Jinshui has been working hard for this for the past ten years, and his plan is to first capture a coastal city in the killing country, and then transport the iron cavalry in his hand to the navy.

But that barbarian queen Adjani is really not an easy guy to deal with, Shi Jinshui has tried many times in the past ten years, but he has not succeeded in capturing a city on the other side. This is not only because Adjani is indeed extremely well guarded against her territory, but also related to the lack of troops on Shi Jinshui's side. After all, although he has more than 10,000 troops on his side, he can kill the country but a powerful empire that can pull out more than 100,000 troops at once ten years ago, and under Adjani's governance over the years, this big empire has not only not declined, but has become more and more prosperous, Shi Jinshui estimates that the total number of troops in the hands of the other party should be more than 500,000.

During this period, Shi Jinshui also thought about letting other factions support him with some troops, but none of the leaders of those factions believed that the peace-loving barbarian queen Adjani would have any bad intentions for them, and at the same time did not believe that Xiang Tian would be reborn after eighteen years, so in the end, Shi Jinshui could only do it alone, although Salo also wanted to bring troops over to help, but he was constantly harassed and dragged back by the impure neighbors, and finally ended up with a weak result.

This time, after equipping all the warships with the powerful new weapon of artillery, Shi Jinshui was ready to try again, and he felt that with the help of artillery, the god of war, it should be able to help him close some gaps in strength.

"The main warships on the killing side are about one hundred and fifty, and there are only forty-five on my side, which is still too far behind in terms of quantity! I hope that these newly developed naval guns can exert the power I expect! Looking at the huge naval fleet docked in the harbor, Shi Jinshui muttered softly to himself.

Although the main fleet on this side has not yet set off, a small fleet as the vanguard has already approached the sea area near the killing country first. It was a small fleet of five Jiaolong-class warships. There are basically only three types of new warships built in New Carthage, one is the Jiaolong-class battleship with a hull length of about 15 meters, which is only equipped with six small naval guns of 100 mm caliber, which has extremely fast speed, and is most suitable for reconnaissance. The second type is the Qiulong-class battleship with a hull length of about 30 meters, and the defense of this kind of battleship is extremely strong, because Shi Jinshui has specially thickened the hull and covered it with a layer of steel plate on the outermost. Ordinary bows and crossbows could not hurt a single cent of such a ship, and even those ballistas and catapults were not powerful enough to break through their powerful defenses if they were too far away. In terms of firepower, this kind of battleship is equipped with a full 20 20 mm guns, and when fired in a salvo, the power is extremely terrifying. The last type is a True Dragon-class battleship with a hull length of 100 meters. So far, Shi Jinshui has only built one of this kind of battleship, which was used as his own flagship, and was named the Mizunami by him. In terms of defense, this True Dragon-class battleship is only slightly higher than the Dragon-class, but in terms of firepower, it is not a level at all, on this Hydraide, a full fifty thirty mm caliber heavy naval guns are installed, and only one salvo can completely blast the walls of a big city into pieces.

It is worth mentioning that the commander of this reconnaissance fleet that was sent out in advance turned out to be Sallo's son Adams. This young man, who was just fourteen years old, was extremely weak about his sudden appointment to such an extremely important position, in his opinion, he was just a child, how could he afford such a heavy responsibility!

"Alas! Adams, you guy just lack self-confidence, you're the first in every exam and battle deduction test! Now you are much higher in theory than Uncle Harbuck and them. With this level, what is there not to do with being the commander of a reconnaissance fleet! ”

In the command room of a dragon-class battleship that is the flagship, a little girl with long fiery red hair and turquoise eyes is sitting on the main seat that should have been the commander of the fleet, enlightening Adams, the titular commander of the fleet.

"Fire Phoenix! It's easy for you to say, no matter how well I learn the theory, it's just on paper, how can I compare with Uncle Harbuck and other veterans of war! You must know that not everyone is as nervous as you, not afraid of the sky, not afraid of the earth! Adams, who had been pushed aside in the lieutenant position, looked up at the girl and said weakly.

"Humph! Cowardice! You deserve to be unproductive for the rest of your life! Uncle Shi Jinshui still wants me to marry you, he is really blind! Seeing that the other party was still lacking in confidence, Huo Feng was so angry that he raised his right hand and slapped it on the other party's head.

Don't look at the girl's thin body, but her hand strength is not small, and this time she directly beat Adams to the point of staggering, and almost fell off the chair. But even if he was beaten like this by the other party, he didn't dare to slow down and protest.

And the dozen or so young boys and girls standing around them were not surprised to see this kind of scene, in fact, each of them had basically been beaten by this little witch, but who called them the heart of King Shi Jinshui! Even if it is a big disaster, the other party will scold a few words at most, and he is reluctant to fight.

"Commander, a Greek merchant fleet has been spotted ahead, and it seems to be sailing in the same direction as our fleet." Just as Huo Feng wanted to continue to teach his unsuccessful senior, a guard suddenly entered the door to report such a news.

After retracting the raised palm, Huo Feng scolded angrily: "Damn Greeks, not only have they often spoken ill of my Uncle Shi Jinshui outside these years, but they have also been in contact with that Killing Country, they should have been notified by us that we were about to go to war with the Killing Country, and they actually dared to trade with the other party, which obviously didn't take our New Carthage seriously." ”

"Since they don't give us new Carthage face so much, then we don't have to be polite, let all the warships catch up at once, intercept this fleet, and teach those Greeks a lesson!"

After hearing Huofeng's order, the soldier hesitated for a moment, but still reminded the little princess: "Miss Huofeng, that fleet is escorted by three five-column battleships, and the remaining twelve armed merchant ships are also far larger in tonnage than our warships, and it seems that there will definitely be no fewer guards on it, so I'm afraid we won't be able to take them!" ”

"Damn! You guy, why are you saying it now, do you deliberately want to see me make a fool of myself! After listening to the soldier's words, Huo Feng not only did not thank the other party for the reminder, but was so angry that he directly picked up a teacup in front of him and smashed it at the other party.

In the face of the smashed teacup, the soldier didn't dare to dodge, because he knew that once he dodged, the other party would definitely hit him with something bigger, and in that case, it would be even worse.

Fortunately, the teacup was made of wood, and after the soldier was hit in the head, his skin was a little red, and he was not injured.