"BOSS, these Swedish musketeers with high eyes are stimulated by you like this, I'm afraid that the next time anyone who wants to get close to the bridge will be torn to pieces by them!" Max said with a grin as he looked at Barron's back as he went out.

"Max, do you think I'm provoking them?" Xu Mo said in a deep voice with an expressionless face, "Originally, I thought that these musketeers would be a sharp weapon against the Temple of the Gods, but now it seems that even if you lead them, these people are still a pile of useless garbage. If they make another mistake, I'll let them disembark at the next port! ”

"BOSS, you are too harsh on them, you can't use the eyes of modern special forces to ask for musketeers in this era!" Max reluctantly argued.

"Well, maybe I'm wrong!" Xu Mo glanced at Max lightly, "The German special forces are the NO.1 of the Earth's anti-terrorist forces, but for you, an ordinary school officer, it is indeed too strict to train these ordinary musketeers like this." ”

"BOSS, don't bring this, you can't wrap me in!" Max shrugged his shoulders with a smile.

"No, how could it be!" Xu Mo smiled and waved his hand, "You haven't been with these Swedish boys for a few days, and you still don't know each other. When we get to Amsterdam, I'll let Blakeney take them, after all, he's a regular officer in this era, and he should be able to hold this sludge up the wall! ”

"Okay, then I'll go out first!" Max exited the captain's room with an innocent expression. It's just that as soon as he came out of the captain's room, his face darkened, he knew that Xu Mo was using the radical method, but as a soldier, he still ate this set.

It was true that Blakeney was born as a regular officer, but it would be too humiliating for a German lieutenant colonel to let a medieval naval officer take the place of an army instructor.

"Boom!" Max gritted his teeth and clenched his fists, "I'm really not a special forces instructor, but I've at least seen the training tutorials of those guys in GSG9." ”

……

"Wow!" The waves slammed on the Vasa, and were held back into the sea by the sturdy hull, crashing against the next wave and splashing, rippling in circles.

Xu Mo leaned on the side of the boat, raised his head and silently stared at the bright moon in the night sky, lifted the wine bottle in his hand, and poured a sip of rum on his head. The spicy liquor slid down the throat, dispelling the chill of the sea breeze.

"Admiral, why don't you come into the cabin and have a drink with everyone! Belch! The scarlet-cheeked Iron Rite Train staggered up from the hatch and opened its mouth to burp.

"Hehe, there must always be someone on duty on the deck, and it is enough to have your first mate below!" Xu Mo smiled and raised the wine bottle.

"Alas, my Admiral, you don't have to worry about me." Tie Lilie leaned onto the side of the ship and shook the wine bottle in his hand, "Actually, everyone understands that the victory during the day is only due to you alone, and you give everyone a reward just to unite the whole ship's sailors. As for this celebration? I guess it's just for me! ”

"Why do you say that?" Xu Mo turned his head and looked at the calm sea.

"You're worried that an old sailor like Frango will not be convinced by my role as first mate, so I will lead this celebration to win everyone over, aren't you?" Tie Lilie grinned and said, "Don't worry, Frango and I have known each other since we were on the Hell God, and I know his mind very well!" ”

"Oh?" Xu Mo blinked and looked at this elegant young man in surprise.

"How could an old pirate who is always begging for a living at sea really not understand the role of a knowledgeable navigator on a warship!" Tie Lilie raised his head and took a sip of wine, looked at the bright moon in the sky and exclaimed softly, "The moon is so round tonight!" ”

"And what was he thinking?" Xu Mo frowned slightly.

"Frango is just fighting for Christina, and by the way, let's test whether you, the new Admiral of Sweden, are worthy of the title of the Triumvirate of Vestelos!" Tie Lilie retracted his gaze, turned his head and smiled, "The sailors on the Vasa are basically old sailors drawn from the Hell God and the Vestelos, everyone has already seen the two admirals Hedram and Gerhardt, and now they all want to see the last giant of Vestelos is capable of!" ”

"Haha!" Xu Mo raised his head and laughed, "Then you think I'm a giant, and I'm qualified!" ”

"Hehe, you don't know how to steer, you can't navigate, you don't predict the weather at sea, you don't even know the type of enemy ship. When it comes to sailing, you're a noob. Tie Lilie squeezed his eyes and teased, and when Xu Mo was slightly disappointed, he turned back and said with a smile, "However, I personally feel that you will be a good admiral!" ”

"Thank you, Tie Lilie!" Xu Mo breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile, "By the way, just now you talked about the ship type, can you introduce to me what ship types are there in the current maritime powers!" ”

"Of course, my Admiral!" Tie Lilie put his arm on the side of the ship, muttered for a while, and then said, "Your knowledge of ships is too poor, and it would be too cumbersome to introduce them to you one by one. And with the combat effectiveness of the Vasa, only a few warships can compete with it. I will briefly describe the new types of warships in the Mediterranean that can compete with the battleship Vasa. ”

A century and a half before the age of sea power, the Italian navigator Christopher Columbus, believing that the earth was round, began to sail westward across the Atlantic Ocean with the financial support of the King of Spain, intending to find a new route to the eastern kingdom. However, when he saw a vast land, people all over the world were surprised to find that on the other side of the Atlantic, there was another new continent that was inaccessible to the people.

This continent is rich in resources, and compared to the wealth possessed by the natives, their armed forces are so weak, and their weapons are so backward. As a result, European adventurers began to go to sea to plunder wealth and land on this continent, and the vigorous Age of Discovery began.

But compared to the mild, windy Mediterranean, the vast Atlantic Ocean is too treacherous, and the sea voyage is long. Only the huge, heavily armed ships of the sea could cross the Atlantic and reach the new land of gold.

Under these circumstances, Spain, which was the first to acquire new routes through Columbus, abandoned the Hanseatic Kirk and Latin galleons that were widely used in the Mediterranean and began to build large carracles. With its tall bow and stern, numerous cabins and a large carrying capacity, the Carrack is an excellent ocean-going vessel despite its tendency to shake in the wind and waves.

However, after almost a century of glory for the Carrak sailboat, it finally received a huge blow in a sea battle. The Carrak galleon, which had a huge carrying capacity and was capable of carrying a large number of sailors, was replaced by a more modern naval warfare model. This battle of national fortune between Spain and England ended with the total destruction of the Spanish Armada.

The Carrack was also replaced by an improved galleon, a modified galleon with a lowered bow and stern, nimble steering and a large number of guns. After this naval battle, navigators from all over the world finally realized that modern naval warfare would evolve from traditional broadside warfare to artillery warfare. Fast and nimble ships will become the main ship type in naval warfare, while bulky warships will become live targets for opponents.

Since then, the major European powers have begun to immerse themselves in the development of new warships. Everyone understands that whichever country can win on the seas will gain an advantage in the course of plundering the New World, and will have more wealth to use to strengthen its national power, and then be ahead of the others.

Among these countries, the first to taste the sweetness of the new ship type was England, which defeated the Invincible Armada. Immediately after the success of the improved Galen, England developed larger and stronger ocean-going battleships based on this ship type, and the Hell God was one of their first battleships.

Following the Hell God, England built a number of battleships one after another, among which the battleship "Maritime Sovereignty" of England's first privateer's fleet and the battleship "Victory" of the second privateer's fleet were the best of these battleships.

France, another sea power, also had its own battleships. "Awe" with a displacement of 1200 tons, "Valmy" with 60 guns. Spain, which was already in decline, also learned the lesson of the destruction of the Armada and built battleships such as the "Trinidad" and the "Santa Anna".

Interestingly, the Ottoman Empire in the eastern Mediterranean did not build a Galen-shaped ocean-going battleship, but instead built a multi-masted Arab galley based on the old Latin galleys. This kind of oar-sail dual-purpose boat has a shallow draft, a wide hull, and mostly uses a spinnaker. The speed of the explosion was fast at short distances, the curved guns with large-caliber short barrels were armed, and there were many armed sailors on board.

At long range, they use their curved guns to strike the enemy, and at medium and close range, they use the agility and burst speed of their dhows to get close to enemy ships and engage in broadside battles to determine victory or defeat at sea. In the rough North Sea and Atlantic, this type of ship is not suitable for long voyages and can easily be overturned by the waves. But in the Mediterranean, where there are few winds and waves and many coastal harbors, this type of ship has exerted bizarre combat effectiveness, which is not inferior to battleships at all.

In addition to these two new ships, the Venetian shipbuilder Francesco Bresen built a Calaisse battleship. Calais is the most extreme row of oars, with many oarsmen rowing an oar, and the boat is extremely heavy, but the main power is still the sail, high broadboard, and deep draft.

Each of the bow and stern towers has a large cylindrical double-decker cannon turret, which is generally equipped with 20 heavy guns and more than 30 light guns. In order to protect the many oarsmen, the ship's side was draped with iron armor to form a triangular cone, like the reactive armor of modern tanks, so it was also known as the Venetian ironclad gunboat.

The Venetian ironclad gunboats were very slow, and the main power was still sails, and the oars were only used in battle when they needed to burst at speed. It is generally loaded with more than 400 armed sailors, and the main combat positions are in the bow and stern turrets, as well as the aisle where the oarsmen are located.

In general, the battleship was the most comprehensive ocean-going warship, while the multi-masted Arab galleys and Venetian gunboats were only suitable for fighting in the Mediterranean, and they were also very combat-ready warships. In addition, Denmark, the major German states, and Sweden also developed a number of North Sea dhows, while the Netherlands and Portugal, which were more mercantile powers, placed more emphasis on Flemish sailing boats.

Of course, in the distant eastern countries, there are also ships such as the Treasure Ship, the Treasure Ship, and the Ironclad Tsukataku Ship of Toei. However, although these ship types are suitable for the ocean, they lag behind Western warships in artillery, and can be said to be unsuitable for modern artillery warfare.

"I didn't expect that there are so many wonderful sailing ships on the ocean, I really hope that I will have the opportunity to meet these sea dragons in the future!" Listening to Tie Lilie's narration, Xu Mo was amazed with feeling.

"Haha, I found you!" Just as the two of them were pouring wine into the bottle, a happy voice came from behind them, "Admiral Alfred, it's time to fulfill your promise!" ”