The shipping industry on the mainland has always been developed in history. The waterway of the Morro River is the most important factor, and countless flat-bottomed sailing boats sail on the Morro River, and the sight of thousands of boats racing the river is a major feature of the mainland.

Unlike the Morro River, due to the complexity of the sea conditions, few fleets have always chosen to ship by sea, and there are also reasons for the Magic Empire.

A thousand years ago, the advanced magicians of the Magic Empire often experimented with super magic on the Long Sea, and the crazy magic elements broke out unscrupulously in the sky above the Long Sea, so many areas of the Long Sea became a forbidden area for life. Ships that stray into it by mistake will be torn to shreds by tyrannical magical elements.

Therefore, it is not easy to find a suitable route for navigation in the Long Sea, which leads to the extremely underdeveloped transportation of the Long Sea.

Without sea freight, there is no benefit. Without interests, the nobles of various countries would not attach importance to the development of the navy.

In the case of Desik and San Jose, the two countries that occupy all the coasts of the Long Sea, both countries have long maintained a medium-sized naval force to protect their shipping routes: Desik's Long Sea Army, commanded by the Eastern General, has about 100 single-deck paddle clippers, and San Jose, which is also dominated by single-paddle clippers and has a naval base in Minaihir Harbor in Nanhai County, near Cape Island.

The navies of the two sides rarely fought, except for occasional friction when patrolling the mouth of the Morro River, throwing flints and arrows at each other, and the average soldier could not even break his hair at such a low hit rate.

Therefore, there has always been a saying in various countries that being a navy is the best choice, and of course the navy in San Jose will be more comfortable.

The surface of the Changhai Sea is unpredictable, and in the depths of the Changhai Sea, there are probably rough waves. However, in the southeast of San Jose, Changhai is unusually docile and obedient. The sun-drenched waters are as calm as mirrors, the deep blue waters soothe the beach, and from time to time fish leap out of the water, bringing up a string of water droplets.

In the depths of the sea, there is a large island, the court resort of San Jose, "Cape Island". And in the sea near Cape Island, there are the clippers of the Royal Navy of San Jose.

The single-deck paddle clippers, both in San Jose and Deswick, are the main battleships. This kind of ship is about 50 grams long and 15 grams wide. There is a mainmast above the keel, and a sail is tied to the mast. When sailing at sea, the sails can be powered by the wind, and when there is no wind, they rely on two rows of oars on either side of the boat.

There is a row on the left and right of the oars, with twenty-five oars in each row. Fifty oarsmen paddling at the same time can provide a sailing speed of one hundred and eighty miles per day. With the sails, you can basically swim in the long sea, provided that you don't touch the forbidden area where those magic elements are raging.

On ships, the bow of the ship is generally made of a metal angle of attack, and the bow is also equipped with a crossbow, and on both sides of the hull, there are also several smaller crossbows that can fire crossbow arrows with the thickness of an arm. In addition, the upper deck is usually equipped with small trebuchets that can throw sharp stone projectiles, iron bullets and flint (Note 1) to attack enemy sails and personnel.

Above the main mast of the clipper, it is equipped with a mechanism called the "Raven". It is a plank bridge suspended from a long pole with a spike at the top, which can be unfolded to hook enemy ships. Through this plank bridge, the soldiers on the ship can quickly board the opposing ship and fight in close combat.

Each clipper ship typically had 80 sailors who would be responsible for paddling, controlling the sails, and steering, as well as 200 regular combat personnel, divided into crossbowmen, axemen, and manipulators (Note 2). Of course, sailors can also carry knives when necessary.

Normally, there will be a captain in command of the whole ship, the first mate in charge of the navigation, and several officers in coordination. And whether it is San Jose or Desik, the number of their naval army has always remained at around 20,000 and a hundred ships.

In Minethiel Harbor in South Sea County, San Jose, watching naval drills in the distance from the beach was a favorite pastime for many aristocrats. How fascinating it is to see those behemoth-like warships, lined up in a neat queue to show off their might on the sea.

Because there were few battles at sea, for many years, the cabinet ministers of the San Jose Council of the Imperial Council were quite vocal about the presence of the navy. They thought that even if the Royal Navy should be retained, 20,000 men would be too much, and that the entire standing army of San Jose was only about 400,000 men.

As a result, the Navy's military spending is being cut every year, and the lost personnel are rarely replenished. Of course, the people in the navy are not stupid, and all these years in order to survive better, the residents of the coast of San Jose have laughed at "the navy has become fishermen"!

Taking advantage of their innate advantages, these Royal Navy members went to sea to fish when they had nothing to do. The Changhai Sea is rich in products, and every time they go to sea, they use several warships to drag huge trawl nets back and forth, and they can bring a whole boat of fish and shrimp down a few nets. Except for a small amount left for their own consumption, most of it was transferred to merchants along the coast.

Sometimes, they would sail to the Marshall Islands, deep in the long sea, to exchange the daily necessities and islanders on the shore for the expensive East Pearl Islands.

The funniest thing is that when the Royal Navy did this, there was no room for the pirates who had been living on smuggling for a living.

And when it comes to piracy, this became the only real combat opportunity for the Royal Navy in San Jose. Unfortunately, the pirates were too incompetent, and their small sailing ships were no match for the Royal Navy's single-layer paddle clippers.

As a result, the San Jose Navy has become the envy of everyone, but as an army, they are really untrained and unorganized, and they just maintain a certain size.

Compared to the Royal Navy of San Jose, which survived in the long sea to the southeast, the survival key of the Desik Navy in the north was much worse.

Due to the climate, the northern long sea is frozen for half of the year. At this time, the Long Sea will become a large ice field, the Desik warships will be frozen, and all the Desik navy will have to huddle in their naval camp and wait for the cold winter to pass.

When winter turns to spring, the Changhai is unsealed, and the Desik navy, which has been bored all winter, will sail out to sea under the leadership of General Dongfang. Also single-deck paddle clippers, the Desiks had fifty more marines per ship than the San Jose Royal Navy.

This is a special point of the Desik Navy, these marines will play a role in the gang jump. The two countries have a slight disagreement on the tactics of naval warfare.

The Royal Navy of San Jose was accustomed to long-range crossbow and catapult attacks, mainly burning sails and killing and injuring sailors, while the Desik liked to ram and jump in gangs.

The small difference in operational thinking clearly reflects the difference in the spiritual connotations of the two peoples.

The Long Sea near Desik was not very docile in other periods, except for the ice, so the Desik navy, which trained in the waves, was indeed more skilled than the San Jose navy, which is why they dared to fight the San Jose warship closely.

Of course, this kind of battle has become more and more rare for hundreds of years, especially in the last hundred years. The navy began to gradually become a kind of chicken rib service, and it was even rumored that in the war between Desik and the Shang Alliance, when there was a shortage of troops, the base camp was replenished from the Changhai Navy.

Of course, the navy sometimes has other functions, such as entering the waterways of the Morro River to suppress bandits. Like the pirates, this is a group of outlaws who rob and board ships on the water, and they target the busy trade routes on the Morro River. Sometimes, when Desik or San Jose couldn't take it anymore, they would unite and send warships into the Morro River to fight the bandits.

Compared to the small boats of the bandits, whether it was the ships of the San Jose or the Desiks, they were behemoths, and the battles were often one-sided, and the soldiers on both sides were generally not able to lift their spirits, and sometimes even the friction between the two sides caused more losses than the bandits.

San Jose, Nanhai County, a hill not far from the port of Minethiel.

Looking at the Royal Navy warship of San Jose that had just left the port in the distance, the woman in black showed a mysterious smile. The attendant beside him asked puzzledly, "My lord, what are you?"

"It's nothing," the woman in black didn't say much, "according to the agreement, how long will it take for them to arrive?"

The entourage looked at the direction of the red sun, "It should be soon." The San Jose battleship has already left the port, the blockade has been lifted (Note 3), and the ship of the Eastern Protector ~ should be arriving soon. ”

Before he could finish speaking, a large flock of hovering waterfowl appeared in the distance, and the mainmast of a three-masted ship was exposed, it was a multi-layered ship, with multi-faceted sails on three masts, and it was extremely fast. This kind of ship is a new popular sea ship in recent years, and it is very popular with offshore maritime merchants, and it has a huge transportation volume.

A few years ago, De Sik had proposed a trade agreement to San Jose, wanting to import a large amount of grain from San Jose, hoping to use such a three-masted ship to form a grain fleet, but this agreement was finally rejected by the San Jose Imperial Council, and the matter was closed.

"My lord, it's the 'Hei Dongzhu' (Note 4) of the Oriental Protector~, they declared it in the name of a merchant ship, and they should dock at Minahir Port soon, shall we go over?"

The woman in black nodded, "Well, today's work is done, let's go back to the city, the next task is to trouble Blake and them, let's go!"

Under the sea and sky, a huge sailing ship is gradually sailing into the port of Minahir, and in the distance, the red sun is rising.

Note 1: These are all common weapons used in naval warfare, stone and iron bullets are fired with trebuchets, and flint is fired with bows and arrows.

Note 2: Manipulators are a branch of the navy that specializes in controlling offensive weapons on ships, such as crossbows, trebuchets, etc. This branch of the armed forces is more technical, and it is not something that ordinary soldiers can serve, and it belongs to the relatively senior branches of the navy, and the proportion of officers is very high.

Note 3: The Port of Minethil is an dual-use port south of San Jose. When the military in the port travels, in order to prevent accidents, the two sides of the port must be blocked, and civilian ships are not allowed to enter and leave at will. The blockade can be lifted only after the warship has sailed away.

Note 4: Here is a nod to "Black Pea."

L", Black Pearl, all Pirates of the Caribbean fans, don't hit small fish ~ hug your head and run away ~