The tall ships led by the Yongye Army are never dispatched in isolation. Each ship has its own attached warship.
Usually eight is used as the base number, with two reconnaissance ships at the front and rear, and two escort assault ships on each flank.
Then increase or decrease according to the tasks that need to be performed.
Since Sean was on board, an extra number of escorting assault warships (four ships) were dispatched this time.
Fleets of this caliber are basically traveling sideways on the Jacobs River.
Captain Pine didn't use any tactics at all. He just let the Gemini go at full speed and pressed forward with thunderous momentum.
The high-rise ships have poor resistance to wind, waves and impact, compared to the large ships of the Commons family.
The speed of the building ship is relatively slow, compared with the small charging speed ship.
Now they are facing a group of out-and-out motley crews. The only ones that can be called warships are the armed merchant ships robbed from the leader of the Yongye Army.
The Gemini is an unrivaled giant. With the added speed of going down the river, it enters the scene like a mountain.
"Get out of the way, get out of the way quickly, don't get hit by it."
"Damn it, it's too fast and too big to get out of the way. Let's all run for our lives!"
"Ahh..."
The water bandits who were besieging Panshi No. 1 let out desperate cries.
These water bandits can only be said to be daring and have average organizational skills. They were completely attracted by the Panshi No. 1, and they didn’t even let the basic sentry go. They only discovered it when the Gemini No. 1 appeared in their sight. Sooner or later, they discovered it.
Sanqiu.
The terrifying crashing sound is endless.
The bandit ships that were hit by the Gemini were either dismembered on the spot, or were directly pushed into the river by the Gemini.
The unique shape of the Gemini is like two ships side by side, giving it double collision angles and double attack surfaces.
"Damn it, it's the Gemini, another building ship led by the Yongye Army. Why are they here? How did you get the intelligence? Didn't you say that there won't be a second building ship in the short term?"
"How do I know what's going on? My intelligence report said that within a short period of time, there were no other military operations on the Yongye Army's side."
"What now?"
"What else can we do? Retreat, all retreat, we can't even take one building ship, let alone two."
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
"Ah ah ah, hell, another ship is coming, it's the Angie Beina, it's the Countess' Angie Beina, this is a trap, this is a trap, get out quickly, get out quickly!"
The Gemini had just entered the scene, and a fleet of ships also emerged from the lower reaches of the Jacob River. The leader was Countess Angie Beina's car, which blocked the entire waterway.
The water bandits suddenly turned into rats in a urn and were beaten no matter where they ran. In desperation, they all abandoned the ship and ran to the shore.
"Longbowmen prepare, release!"
"Prepare the rapid-firing crossbow, let go!"
"Prepare the ship-borne catapult, release it!"
"Prepare the blade thrower, let go!"
The bow strings trembled, and the sound of sharp arrows piercing the air was heard all the time.
Those water pirates who ran to the shore turned themselves into living targets.
The most powerful thing about the tall ships led by the Yongye Army was never their ramming ability, but the long-range attack weapons they carried.
There are rapid-fire ballistas in the short range, longbows and blade-throwing vehicles in the medium and long range, and ship-borne catapults in the long range. They are all within their strike range from ten meters to three hundred meters.
Panshi No. 1, which has been pretending to be cowardly, is now full of firepower and unstoppable, but its moving speed is quite slow. Judging from its waterline, it should be carrying a lot of heavy cargo.
In the blink of an eye, the pirates' boats were swept away.
Those water pirates who finally climbed ashore and escaped death found in despair that there were hospital knights armed to the teeth waiting for them on the shore, so they could only kneel down and surrender in despair.
Judging from the series of counterattacks just now, this is clearly a bandit trap set by the Yongye Army Leader and Countess Angie Beina.
Even if the Gemini had not happened to meet them at the right time, these water pirates would not have been able to escape the fate of being eaten in one bite.
The reason why these water pirates jumped into the trap obediently was because of the money and silk.
What was transported on the Yongye Army Leader Panshi No. 1 was the first war compensation payment delivered to the Yongye Army Leader by the Kingsley family - 15 million royal gold coins.
Such a huge sum of money dazzled the eyes of countless people, causing them to ignore the terror of the Yongye Army Leader.
As the Jacobs River resumes its flow for longer and longer, more and more people see the huge benefits contained in it, and everyone wants to make money in it.
Not only the lords and nobles, but also the wealthy locals, and even the large organization of the Holy Ether Church could no longer stand it any longer, and secretly built their own fleet of ships.
But many things seem simple, but are actually quite difficult to do.
The Yongye Army's ability to make money crazily from the Asia Minor plains relies not only on the strength of its ships and crossbows, but also on those unique commodities.
To a certain extent, the Regent Princess Sophia Liya has benefited from the Yongye Army Commander. As for Angie Beina, she is lucky enough. The Manyu Army Commandery is rich in hard currency - coal mines. This alone allows her to make a steady profit.
No compensation, he will be a rich man in the future.
Those who blindly invested because they saw benefits suddenly discovered that they held the ship and there were not so many valuable commodities for them to transport. If they only relied on the local specialties from different territories, if they were not careful, they would lose all their pants.
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Commodity exchange is based on the premise of having different commodities. The output in the Asia Minor Plains is basically the same, and the benefits contained therein are pitifully low.
The interest alliance formed by the Yongye Army Leader, the Regent Princess and the Countess is like an airtight steel plate, preventing anyone from getting involved in their trade.
At least until there is a lot of wealth in the products in their hands, they will not give up their current monopoly advantage.
When many people were desperate, they set their sights on the tripartite alliance that was making huge profits on the Jacob River, turned into water pirates, and started business without capital.
The tripartite alliance has joined forces to wipe out one crop after another, but they are like leeks in summer, one crop after another crop appears, and each wave is more cunning and insidious than the last.
Recently, another group of water bandits appeared, and they used guerrilla tactics of splitting and combining with them.
If the tripartite alliance launched a large-scale encirclement and suppression, they would immediately break into pieces and disappear without a trace.
When they relax a little, they appear like ghosts, disturbing them deeply.
You can only commit a thief in a thousand days, but there is no way to prevent a thief in a thousand days.
Even the leader of the Yongye Army, who is known for his organizational standardization, has suffered a lot one after another, let alone the other two parties.
The biggest among them is undoubtedly Angie Beina.
Not only is she the weakest among the tripartite alliance, she also has the most ports and is the most threatened and harassed by these water pirates.
Naturally, he hates these water pirates the most. As long as there is an opportunity, he will spare no effort to destroy them and prevent them from becoming powerful and turning around to attack his own port.
This time, the plan to use Panshi No. 1 to transport the Kingsley family's war ransom as bait and lay traps to exterminate the water pirates was not the work of the military staff of the Yongye Army, but was proposed by Angie Beina on her own initiative.
This combat plan was naturally approved by Sean personally, but compared to the many combat plans of the Yong Ye Army Leader, it was too inconspicuous.
After determining the feasibility of it, they approved the allocation for implementation. I believe that the military staff of the Military Staff Department will not take too big a risk with a huge sum of money such as 15 million royal gold coins, and will do it extremely carefully.
Unexpectedly, because I adjusted my itinerary, I would accidentally bump into it.
Knowing that Sean was on the Gemini, the Angie Beina took the initiative to come closer, and Angie Beina, dressed in military uniform, jumped on the Gemini.
The tailor-made scales set off his petite body with uneven textures. You can tell at a glance that it was made by the leader of the Yongye Army, because they are the only ones who consider beauty while pursuing defense.
The snow-white cloak is inlaid with a huge red cross.
The small arm shield and one-handed sword are more like decorations than weapons, and they also have the red cross symbol on them.
Now the red cross has become Angie Beina's exclusive symbol.
At first, Sean, like others, thought that Angie Beina joined the Red Cross and the Knights Hospitallers simply to accumulate political capital, which would help her gain a foothold in the Manyu Army.
As time went by, Sean discovered that she was serious about this matter. She really agreed with the Red Cross concept that Sean accidentally mentioned, and she did so.
Angie Beina only used part of the funds obtained from the Jacob Jiang trade line to develop herself, and the remaining part was used for medical charity, and she worked tirelessly to build charity hospitals in the Byron Alliance. This proportion was quite large.
Large, at least more than 30%.
Perhaps she still has certain utilitarian purposes, but the number of people who benefit from her is indeed increasing.
This is admirable.
If Angie Beina can keep doing this, she will live up to the name Red Cross.
"What a coincidence!" Angie Beina smiled like a flower.
"It's really a coincidence." Sean also smiled and said, "It seems that these water rats have been annoying you a lot recently!"
"These water rats are becoming more and more cunning. If we don't use this method, there is no way to lure them out. The knights and ships in my hands are limited, and simple defense is a bit stretched. If they continue to develop, they will probably
Attacking my port, the ballista on your ship seems to be a little different!" Before she could say a few words, Angie Beina's eyes began to swivel around, obviously aiming at the newly installed ballista on the Gemini.
New blade throwing vehicle.
In the few waves of attacks just now, the blade-throwing vehicle performed very well.
When killing people, they spin the triangle at high speed and throw the blade, just like a sickle cutting wheat.
When attacking a warship, it is like a saw, cutting it into pieces. The destructive power is definitely not comparable to that of an ordinary ballista.
The two of them are old acquaintances and know each other's character very well.
Before Angie Beina could speak, Sean took the initiative and said: "One hundred thousand royal gold coins for one car, no matter the price."
Angie Beina's eyes lit up, and she said with great generosity: "Twenty cars first, when can they be delivered?"
Compared to the Yongye military leader who spends money everywhere, Angie Beina is truly wealthy. After all, she only needs to build the port city along the Jacob River.
The Yongye Army's demand for black coal mines is increasing with the rapid economic development, and the huge market of Valesta has been driven by them.
Anji Beina's coal mining business is now making huge profits and is booming. Even if she uses half of it to open and maintain a charity hospital, the remaining half will still be rich after she completes the construction of her own territory.
She is the richest one in the tripartite alliance.
"The fastest we have to wait is next spring and the ice period is over." Sean replied.
"Where are the warships? We agreed before that when the war in the Swamp of Despair calms down, you will bring out two more large ships and sell them to me. You won't forget it, will you?" Angie Beina looked eagerly.
Looking at Sean.
She has already tasted the benefits of building ships, and is a little disdainful of other warships.
If she had three large ships in her hands, no, even if there were only two, she wouldn't be tormented by a group of shady water rats.
"I'm afraid this will have to wait for a while." Sean smiled and consoled him, "Just hold on for a while, wait for another two years, and by then, you can have as many buildings as you want."
The Yongye Junling Shipyard has basically had no time to build new ships in the past six months, and its manpower and material resources have been concentrated on the large ships captured from the Commons family.
While repairing them, they analyzed them and prepared for the Eternal Night Army Leader to build his own large ship.
"So refreshing?" Angie Beina looked sideways. She was already ready to stalk her, but she didn't expect the other party to nod with great enthusiasm.
"I've told you before, it's not that we don't want to build more high-rise ships, and we have no grudge against money, so why don't we want to make money? It's just that we are limited by materials. No matter how many people we have, it will be useless. In another year or two
, there will be a large amount of wood that meets the standards, and then the ship will be launched faster." Sean explained patiently.
"If we don't have the building ships, we can always spare some of the assault ships, right? Let's get a hundred or ten ships to deal with the emergency." Angie Beina could only settle for the next best thing.
"The assault warship was seriously damaged in the confrontation with the Commons family's third fleet. The Despair Swamp is dominated by water, and we don't have enough ourselves." Sean spread his hands helplessly.
"Hell, am I going to have to endure two years of harassment from these water rats?" Angie Beina couldn't help but curse.
"However, we still have a large number of miniature warships made by the Crocodile tribe. These warships can carry eight or nine people, and their speed is only 70-80% of the assault warships. With a little modification, I think it should be enough to deal with these water rats.
." Sean added.
"You didn't tell me earlier." Angie Beina rolled her eyes at Sean angrily and said, "As long as there are ships that can be used, I don't have to be so passive. How many of these miniature warships can you provide? At what price?"
"Five,000 royal gold coins a ship, you can get as much as you want." Sean directly offered the lowest price.
"So cheap?" Angie Beina stared at Sean suspiciously, "You don't have any hidden ideas, do you?"
"You are too worried. We are allies. Even if I try to trick anyone, I can't trick you." Sean chuckled. "To be honest, those miniature warships are a bit useless and have a single purpose. Apart from charging on the beach and carrying cargo,
Nothing else is useful. If we keep it in our hands, we can only wait for it to rot. In your hands, at least we can chase water pirates and so on. By then, the waterways will be safe, which will be good for everyone."
"My love is to lend my hand to protect the waterway. That's what I said. These miniature warships should be given away for free." Angie Beina hit the snake and followed the pole.
"Brothers are still settling accounts. The price I gave is almost the price of wood. No matter how useless the miniature warship is, it is still a piece of good wood." Sean said helplessly.
"I'm kidding you, why are you in a hurry? Five thousand is five thousand. Bring me three hundred ships first, no, five hundred ships. Then I will destroy all the holes of the water rats first." At the end of the sentence.
When she said this sentence, Angie Beina was still gritting her teeth.
"If you need to say hello, we are very happy to help." Sean said sincerely.
Clearing the waterway is very beneficial to the Yong Ye military leader.
"Yes." Angie Beina changed the subject, "By the way, I haven't had time to congratulate you yet. Your wish has come true and you have successfully captured the Swamp of Despair. You are now the hottest upstart of the Byron Alliance and the future leader of the Byron Alliance.
The Ninth Grand Duke, the conceived partner of countless young ladies, come and talk about what it feels like now."
"Want to hear the truth or a lie?" Sean laughed.
"How do you tell the truth? How do you tell lies?" Angie Beina looked like a curious baby.
"The lie is, this is a completely irrelevant thing, I'm not qualified yet." Sean put on a modest look.
"What's the truth?" Angie Beina looked like she was expecting it.
"The truth is, I don't feel it." Sean changed his expression and said, "Being the ninth Archduke of the Byron Alliance will give me one more territory? Or will it make us stronger?
?If these are not available, what is the difference between a Grand Duke and a Baron?"