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At this time, after the Battle of Frisia, the Empire did not engage in any military confrontation with the Visigothic Republic.

Despite the fact that both sides are already in a de facto state of war. However, in reality, there are only a handful of acts of war between the two sides -

At least on land, yes.

As for the sea, even if the Imperial Navy does not attack the overseas colonies of the Visigoths, there are still overseas trade routes or something, the Britons will not be polite.

Rather than let those evil bastards Breton take all these benefits, it is better to let the empire swallow them, so that there is no war in the Old World itself.

In the overseas colonies, as well as on the maritime trade routes, the overseas colonial forces of the Empire, as well as the fleets of the Empire, armed merchant ships were naturally in fierce confrontation with the colonies, colonial governments, colonial armies, fleets and merchant ships of the Visigothic Republic.

And of course, in the case of such a fierce confrontation, it is definitely not the empire that loses in the end.

Although, after the revolution, the Visigothic Republic erupted with great enthusiasm, as well as with great war potential.

However, the Navy and the Army are not the same thing.

Ten years of the Army, a hundred years of the Navy.

At least in this era, the technical level of the Navy is much higher than that of the Army, and much more.

In the case of the Army, if you want a soldier to train well for three or five months, and then throw it on the battlefield and use it.

However, in the case of the navy, technology is needed.

Whether you're at the helm of the sails, lookout, or damage management all require technology. Maneuvering artillery on the surface of the sea requires skill, looking at the stars, recognizing the star puller, using a sextant, and watching charts requires skill......

Even wiping the deck requires a lot of skill.

All in all, it is by no means easy to get a complete navy.

Therefore, the navy needs to be accumulated, naval talents need to be accumulated, naval officers, sergeants, and seamen all need to be accumulated. In addition to the warships of the navy, all kinds of supplies, artillery, canvas, cables, wood, paint, copper, iron, etc...... All of this requires constant updating, upgrading, and so on.

Prior to this, the Visigothic Kingdom, the predecessor of the Visigothic Republic, was more or less a rising naval power.

When this country is at its most powerful, it is also robbing colonies overseas and conducting seafaring trade in various ways.

It's only in the last few decades that it's not working.

However, even in recent decades, the Visigothic Royal Navy has maintained a certain size and standard. Whether it's training or fighting, whether it's supplies or salary, salary, etc., it's very good.

It is also for this reason that the Visigothic navy was almost entirely royalist.

It is precisely because the Visigothic navy is all royalists that they were naturally affected in the Revolution, and they naturally belong to the **** naval captains and admirals, and they naturally need to sleep well under the guillotine. Let them understand that opposing the great revolution is the worst thing in the world.

And those who were royalist naval soldiers, officers or something. Pick some of the most heinous ones and cut them together. They're all such scum anyway, and it's right to cut them. And after that, because all these evil guys are unreliable. So let's just let them all retire from the army.

If you don't let them out of the army, do you want them to stay on the ship? Maybe I'll give you a *** riot sometime. Then he snatched the ship and ran to those *** monarchies. When the time comes, everyone won't be able to cry.

Right.

That's it, the Visigothic navy was hit from top to bottom, the kind that almost collapsed.

After the revolution, the ruling government had its own ideas about the navy and something. They sent officers on the ships they thought were loyal, reliable, politically competent, and would never betray the great revolution. Then they appointed the captains of the ships with whom they were associated, and as for the crews, they chose the bitter and reliable fishermen as sailors and sailors—those who were accustomed to drifting at sea in the first place, and they regarded them as scum and the reserve of scum, which was absolutely unreliable.

That way, they have peace of mind. I think that in this way, I will be able to firmly control this navy in my own hands.

It's just a pity, it's just a good wish.

Those who don't have any sailing experience, and some of them even get seasick. In addition, they are all laymen who do not know naval warfare. These guys make up the Admirals and the Officer Corps. Plus a bunch of guys who ride small fishing boats and all sorts of guys. The combat effectiveness of the navy composed of these people is naturally conceivable.

More importantly, despite all the great military victories, the economic policies that were conducive to the development of capitalism, the plundering of the noble clergy, and the reparations received from the defeated countries, the economy of the Visigothic Republic was still unsatisfactory.

In this case, it is already very difficult for the Republic to assemble the largest army forces in the world and keep the army's war machine running.

Not to mention, to maintain a navy or something.

So, all kinds of artillery, metal, wood, canvas...... All kinds of supplies and stuff are tilted in the direction of the army, and as for the navy, they hardly get any funds. It's very hard, so hard that people want to sigh.

That's it, such a navy, rubbish to the extreme, behaved extremely badly in several battles with the Britons.

It is even said that the detachment of the Britons people, several frigates, dared to fight with the capital ships of the opposing side. Anyway, if you're lucky, the other party might kill yourself, hit the rocks, or go into a whirlpool or something.

Even if the other party is lucky and doesn't die. Just look at the way the other party drove the boat wobbly. You can easily escape.

In this way, after a series of battles, almost all the naval warships that the kingdom had worked hard to accumulate were defeated at the hands of the republic. Heavy losses. Completely lost the right to control the sea......

This is true at home, not to mention what it will be like overseas.

Russian Gothic Empire, Kingdom of Briton.

Even the kingdom of Asturias, which is currently declining, and the kingdom of Frisia, which should theoretically be considered dead, etc., almost everyone can bully them.

The Visigoths were not many colonies in the first place, and they were divided in the shortest possible time.

Louisiana, a colony in the northern part of the New World, was annexed by the Empire's Neo-Gothic colony as well as the northern colony of Briton. In the south, Guiana was swallowed up by the Empire, Britun and Asturias.

In the East, the Far East opened up various trading bases, as well as its influence on various countries in Southeast Asia, and its commercial relations. It was also carved up.

In this way, although on the battlefield of the New World, the Visigothic Republic is still advancing vigorously and is very powerful. However, the Republic was defeated in terms of overseas colonies and overseas trade. There is no possibility of a turnaround.

It is precisely because of this reason that there are no external imports of various resources, so the people's livelihood in the Visigothic Republic, as well as the abundance of materials in the Visigothic Republic, have decreased a lot.

Their grain trade was interrupted due to hostilities with the world's largest grain producer, the Russian Gothic Empire. The Empire would rather use the grain to make wine, or use the grain as fodder and eat more meat, rather than let the enemies of the Empire eat it.

This has led to a spike in food prices in the Visigothic Republic, along with an increasing increase in the prices of agricultural products -

Although they have now conquered Frisia, the most famous pastoral country in the Old World.

However, because of the war, a large number of pastures in Friscia went out of business. Those cows, and beef cattle or something. Both male and female, adult or underage, were all captured, killed, and eaten by the Visigothic army—of course, by the Briton army and the Russian Gothic Imperial army.

Therefore, despite the defeat of Frisia, it will still take a long time to restore agricultural production.

Other than that, it's still for the sake of food and agriculture.

Fighting almost day and night, few of the fragmented regions of the Ostrogothic Empire achieved food self-sufficiency. Almost all of them, to a greater or lesser extent, had a grain trade with the Empire.

Through the Danube, through the Elbe, the Rhine and various artificial canals. Imperial ships loaded with grain made it possible for the people of these regions to survive -

In fact, in addition to the normal grain trade, free food under the banner of humanitarianism and buying people's hearts under the banner of nationalism is also among them. The hungry people everywhere rightfully enjoyed the free gifts of their future great emperors.

However, after the arrival of the Visigoths, all this changed. The empire interrupted the trade in these grains.

In fact, even if the empire didn't want to be interrupted, the Visigoths didn't want to give money or trade privileges to supply the empire. Of course, they will never let the Empire's humanitarian relief materials enter to buy people's hearts and intervene in the revolution.

...... As for the Visigoths themselves, after beating the local tyrants and dividing the fields, there was some grain...... Even the Visigoths themselves did not have enough food to feed the Visigoths' army. How can you take it out and give it to these guys who occupy the area? Is.

In this way, the Visigoths occupied the area. To a greater or lesser extent, there was a famine.

After beating the nobles and priests who were pressed on top of their heads, the peasants found out with great sorrow. They still don't have enough to eat.

Even, I can't eat enough than before.

This resentment was rightly placed on the Visigoths. (To be continued.) )