"I used to fight for the king's country! I used to fight for the king's country!!" was what General Carter was thinking of at this moment.

But there is no way at all.

If you say, who can make these guys who have been redeemed from the system bow down? Then besides Egil, it's Aurora. In front of Aurora, the poor old general did not even have the right to say a word more.

"Okay, don't put on this sad face, but your king is polite. The offshore fleet you actually manage is still the strongest fleet in the entire kingdom. Aurora watched the old general weep so sadly. I also felt the need to comfort him a little. And he uttered such words.

Indeed, General Carter calculated a little: it is true that the Baltic Sea was almost the territory of the Norman kingdom before. At this moment, Egil took advantage of the turmoil in Europe to take Pomerania and the Deland Peninsula without mercy. In this way, unless the teacher loses his land or the other party goes on an expedition. Otherwise, there will hardly be any more enemies in the Baltic. Therefore, the Baltic Fleet is the smallest and least appreciated.

And the North Sea Fleet, just a little better than the Baltic Fleet. Because what needs to be faced is that most of the time it is just France and Burgundy, which do not pay attention to the navy. So the scale won't be too much. Even in terms of status, it may not be as good as the Baltic Fleet. After all, the Baltic trade circle is perfect. Merchant ships crisscross. Taxes are also generous...... Atlantic Fleet, but it's a chore. The actual role is not so much to fight the enemy as to explore. The main task is to find islands in the Atlantic Ocean that can be lived and colonized. And try to find what Egil said, the legendary New World, Atlantis. It's a life-and-death mission. Compared to the Atlantic, the Baltic Sea, the North Sea, all have become small ponds. And the Mediterranean is just a big bathtub. It's just a one-time mission. General Carter went out sixteen and came back only eight. Nearly half of them have become a meal of fish and shrimp. If you want to reach the New World, you don't have to have to die...... Therefore, the open sea fleet is indeed the most important.

By open sea, we mean the Mediterranean, the Black Sea, the Aegean Sea, the Adriatic Sea, and so on, where Egil does not have a coastal territory today. The population is dense, the land is rich, the products are numerous, and there are many strong enemies. At the same time, it is the focus of the next strategy of the Norman Kingdom. What's worse is that whether it is Byzantium, Venice, or the Ottoman and Barbary countries, these countries or organizations all have a different number of but quite effective navies.

Therefore, the commander-in-chief of the open sea fleet must be the most important of all the fleet commanders, the one who has the most control over the fleet and navy, and who is the most favored.

That is, the oldest General Carter.

“...... If that's the case, that's not bad......" General Carter thought for a moment, and his knighthood and official position went up. However, the administrative privileges have been slightly reduced. This is not something that is unacceptable. I was too fuss before.

"I'm very sorry, Your Highness Princess, the last general has just lost his temper. So General Carter was so sorry.

"Okay, it's good to know. Speaking of which, you can be regarded as an old courtier of the Norman kingdom. What to do and what not to do, I don't think you need to teach you. This is a handwritten letter from His Majesty to you, and your mission is here. ”

"Yes, Your Highness Princess. General Carter took the letter with both hands, and did not dare to open it here to read it. After putting it in his arms and putting it away, he slowly withdrew. I said hello to a few colleagues who were waiting outside, and then found a place where no one was around, opened the envelope, and read.

At this time, the new Norman lingua franca had not yet become widespread, and Egir spent months of taxes on the idea that education should start with children, and built a crude system of teaching in a dozen or so regions that the Norman kingdom could now control, including Pomerania, and the gradually settled peninsula of the Telands. It includes junior colleges (corresponding to elementary schools), intermediate colleges (corresponding to secondary schools), senior colleges (corresponding to high schools), and universities. Of course, these educational institutions today are fee-based. And the fee is not low. Citizens with an average income can support two or three children to attend a junior college. And then, then there was no then.

In addition, these educational institutions are set up in the cities, not even in the rural towns on the outskirts of the cities, let alone the Welsh jungle and the Scandinavian mountains.

In short, very specialized, very aristocratic. Education is not something that civilians can afford these days. It is enough to be able to read and break words a little, understand contracts, and not be sold.

That's it.

Because the Norman lingua franca education has just begun, the next generation who receive such an education is still a runny little kid. So Egil's letter is actually in duplicate as well. A copy of the new Norman lingua franca, on the side of the old Norwegian. In addition to its formal function, it can also be used as a reading and writing textbook. Very cost-effective.

You ask Egir why he knows the new Norman language, just kidding, his own country's language, his own king's unrecognized. Such a king would simply die decisively. Therefore, spending tens of thousands of bonds to exchange for a new Norman proficiency (level 12) is not a big deal.

Of course, reading and writing textbooks or something, you can do it when you have nothing to do, and the most important task for General Carter now is to read it carefully. Carefully comprehend the spirit of His Majesty King Egil. After that, go on a mission.

Actually, it's very simple, the task or something. It was for General Carter to quickly bring all the reorganized offshore fleets with him. From there, from the Baltic Sea, head south into the Dnieper River and continue south into the Black Sea. After that, stormed Constantinople.

Halfway through the letter, General Carter was almost scared to death. Storming Constantinople? With such a small number of troops as the Open Sea Fleet? Isn't this looking for death?

Of course, Egil would never let his army die in vain. Actually, Egil just wanted General Carter to make a gesture like that. Let those damn Greeks know it's awesome. General Carter only had to make a slight feint on Constantinople for two or three days to let the Greeks know that this world was not what they wanted. In this way, it would be good to publicize the reputation of the Normans. This also benefits Egil's next steps.

Next, General Carter could leave Constantinople and cross the Dardanelles into the Mediterranean. Of course, the burning, killing and looting of the territory of the Eastern Roman Empire along the way was also indispensable.

Eventually, the fleet bypassed the two Sicilies and anchored in Genoa, as the Empire did not have any ports in the entire Mediterranean, and only Genoa, an ally, could provide limited assistance.

However, Egil did not die. Rather, it said: "If you can, you can choose one of the islands of Cyprus, Rhodes, Heraklion, the Aegean Islands, Malta, etc., seize it, and transform it into a naval base."

This order also made General Carter tangled up for a while. Cyprus is still the territory of the Kingdom of Jerusalem. It's really hard to start. And Rhodes, Heraklion, the Aegean Sea, these are the territory of Eastern Rome. But they were heavily guarded. It's really not easy to take it back...... So Malta...... This territory of more than 300 square kilometers and a total of five small islands is quite suitable, and it is located in the middle of the Mediterranean. The location is very good. There are many natural harbors, and there are no strong defenders. Well, that's it.

So General Carter made up his mind to rest in his own house, and in the afternoon he went to the Royal Council to ask Her Royal Highness the Regent for military orders, and then went to Oslo without stopping to collect his fleet.

Two days later, the port of Oslo.

In the past few months, eight new and old shipyards in the port of Oslo have been working day and night to build warships in three consecutive shifts, and at the same time using new technology to manufacture and upgrade, so that the offshore fleet first has the latest armed warships, and in the bow and side flanks of the ship, five heavy ballistae with heavy scorpion crossbows, three masts, three sails and two decks, a displacement of 800 tons, a crew of 120 and 40 sailors. The material reserves are enough for half a year of continuous sailing. It is a professional, powerful, and invincible heavy battleship that can be called invincible in the era of cold weapons in the Middle Ages.

It's just a pity that the total number of such heavy warships is only five. Three of them have already been taken as flagships by the Baltic Fleet, the North Sea Fleet, and the Atlantic Fleet. Only two were left for the open sea fleet.

In addition, the most numerous are the ballista warships with the strongest common surname, the most complete and the shortest manufacturing process after many improvements. In total, the Offshore Fleet was armed with eighty-two improved ballista warships.

In addition to such main battle ships, the fleet was armed with forty trough transports. The cabins of these transports are very wide below the waterline. Able to hold more supplies or troops. In fact, that's their mission. Each trough carrier carries large quantities of grain, fresh water, pickles and cured meats. In addition to this, there were two hundred heavily armed Vikings.

In total, the entire fleet consisted of one hundred and twenty-three ships, more than ten thousand sailors, sailors and slaves. Fully armed and super combative. On the canvases of all the battleships, a huge new Norman script was written in black dye: "Own the sea". And this fleet is destined to cause a storm of death in the Mediterranean......

(To be continued)