"Hahahaha!" Seeing that the first battle was so successful, the invading pirate ships were defeated in one fell swoop, and the oared warship "Indomitable Tournest" was full of jubilation, "But there is a bad breath!" These dogs! ”

"Stop!" Francis, who was in the bow of the ship, again ordered, "Archers, crossbowmen in place!" Fishnet ready! ”

"Stop!" The boatswain in the cabin repeated the captain's order, and the men in charge of the pedals could finally rest, and the huge wheels turned half a circle with inertia before stopping.

"Archers and crossbowmen are in place!" The captain of the crossbow on the deck replied loudly that a few men had been displaced from their positions by the violent ramming of the ship, and that they had all returned to their positions, their crossbows raised, ready to fire at a possible counterattack by the pirates.

"The nets are ready!" Hearing this reply from two fisherman-turned-netmen, Francis ordered: "The fishing operation begins!" ”

The two netters threw their nets high into the air, and they were very skilled in casting them, and the nets, which had been like rags in their hands, opened up in a circle as soon as they reached the air, and covered the pirates who had been arrogant a moment before, ready to rob the merchant ships of Turnest and take the slaves of the Turnestes.

When the first "fish" were dragged to the deck of the "Indomitable Tournest" covered in blood, several steel knives flashing with cold light were immediately put on their necks, and Francis, the captain of the Tournest Fire Brigade and the chief of the Navy and captain of the "Indomitable Tournest", looked at them condescendingly and announced to them-

"Gone are the days when robbers could sail the coast of Tournest with two ships!"

He announced to the pirates. His helmet had been removed, and his blonde hair shone wildly in the sun. Like a victorious lion, behind him. It's the blazing coast of Turnest. He knew that behind each beacon, there was an armed village, and the militia were organizing to defend their hometown, but this time, the robbers were met with a head-on attack before they could break in!

"Defend yourself from the enemy!" This is a strategic goal set by the Great Demon King himself, although some Song history researchers claim that the strong walls and clear fields are not efficient enough. Like some officers in the Song Dynasty, it is the best defensive strategy in military to let the enemy in, burn, kill, and plunder, and then set up an ambush and siege on the right terrain when they are tired of cutting the people, but Luo Yi thinks that the strategy not used by the ancient Romans or the American army is ...... It is more reliable for her to learn from the strategies of those historical winners, and besides, she is different from those clever Song Dynasty officers - she feels that the loss of the common people is also her own loss, and she cannot only consider the casualties of the soldiers.

For the coastal map of Ernest, the realization of this strategic goal was inevitably through the construction of a strong navy. In this case, the oar-screwed warship "Indomitable Turnest" was given priority, and the design of this ship was inspired by the movie "Tragedy on the Nile" that Luo Yi had seen. The scene of the tragedy in the movie is a paddle boat (paddle steamer). Although the movie is about a steamboat, it is not difficult to modify it when there is a human drive device such as a treadmill in the country.

And what Luo Yi didn't know was that the human-powered paddle boat was another invention in ancient China, in ancient China. It is called the "wheel boat", and according to records, it first appeared in the Jin Dynasty. At its peak in the Song Dynasty, the largest wheel boat had twenty-four wheels. It is said that it can carry thousands of soldiers, "flying the wind and waves." Swift as a sail seat".

Of course, she also had other inventions applied to warships, such as the stern rudder, which was another invention introduced to the West by China, and the Chinese-style waterfowl-shaped streamlined hull, which was different from the fish-shaped hulls of the previous Neustria and other countries, because the ship was half in the water and half in the air, so the waterfowl-shaped ships were faster than the fish-shaped ships in the water, which made her paddle boats, although wide, able to be nimble and swift at sea, and beat pirates.

In naval warfare in this era, there were no more than two methods used: ramming and close combat.

The Indomitable Turnest has a steel "ramming angle" in the bow, a device used to crash enemy ships from ancient Egypt and used until the American Civil War. When two rival warships meet at sea, they will try to ram each other at the same angle as knights use their spears, and when the ships are close enough, the archers on board will shoot arrows at each other, and if they get closer, the warriors will find a way to board the enemy's ships and turn the naval battle into a land battle.

The Indomitable Turnest was also equipped with archers and crossbowmen as ranged attack units, as well as soldiers ready for melee combat, and one of the reasons why the Great Demon finally accepted Francis as captain was that he at least didn't need anyone else to protect him if the enemy boarded the ship, but this time the enemy fled in despair, and there was no need to use the bow and crossbow to suppress the enemy's resistance.

Not to mention, this kind of fighting method of bumper boats at sea is quite suitable for Francis, and it just so happens that there is no wind on this day, and he doesn't have to bother to operate the pile of new things that the Great Demon King gave him (unlike the oars that you know how to get started at a glance, those are things that all sailors can't figure out and the Great Demon King can't demonstrate), and he just got on the ...... The effect was unexpectedly good, and the pirates of the three ships were all frightened by the appearance of the "Indomitable Tournest" without sails and oars, but they were stupid to move forward with waves, not to mention counterattacking, and even escaped with weak legs, one by one became the results of his first battle, allowing him to complete the achievement of "beating children" (although these children were full of beards and bloody hands).

The knight, who had completed the achievement of beating the children, happily turned around the bow of the ship, "Huh? "No, the fishing boats around ...... "Change the flag!" Sue them and we've won! ”

The excitement of the first battle was too much, and everyone on the ship forgot to change the flag, and at this time the red flag on the ship was still hoisted to meet the enemy, but fortunately, the enemy was already soaked in the water, and this delay for a while did not hinder anything.

Three blue flags were raised, and the surrounding fishing boats also removed the red flags and replaced them with blue flags after seeing them, and even more daring fishermen drove boats to watch the fishing operations, "This is so fat." "Look at this, the big gold earrings on the ears, do you say this is pure gold? I think one has to weigh two As. "I can't stop watching." "Look at his yellow teeth, how long has it been since he brushed his teeth? I bet on a year. "I'll bet for two years." "Look, you see how beautiful this box is, it's silver-clad, what's in it?" "Wait, this is the Navy's prey." "I know, I'll catch it up first and see if it's illegal......" (To be continued......)

PS: The background is pumped again......