Chapter 2285: The backbone of the Knights of Malta

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The Knights of Malta is a purely military organization with rigid external lines. The knights live in castles and barracks. In other words, visiting them is not a good choice.

But the knights’ diplomatic affairs must be open, treating the enemies of Christ as cold as a winter breeze, and receiving the faithful like a spring breeze.

Therefore, in 1623, after de Paul took office as the head of the head, he built the San Antonio Palace as the head of the head. It is surrounded by a neat and complex garden with densely planted oranges and ponds. With all kinds of fish shipped from Sicily.

With a beautiful environment, and then invite a chef from Rome, you can make visitors feel at home on a deserted island.

Compared to the castles and palaces on the European continent, the San Antonio Palace is slightly weaker, but the corridors are still very beautiful, especially when the sun sets.

This palace has received many visitors, but today there are evil guests.

Looking out from the palace to the sea, the sea is full of pagan ships, and it looks like more than a hundred ships!

Not only many, but also very large, many of them are battleships with blastholes all over the place, and there are other large ships that are comparable to battleships, and there are quite a few.

On the head of the city of Valletta, the red-bottomed white octagonal cross flag of the Knights was flying, but it could not give the knights courage.

Once upon a time, the Knights of Malta fought against a generation of heroes in the Middle East, Saladin, who was defeated in Rhode Island, Baotou Sultan Suleiman I. The knights left Rhode with the drum of victory, and Baotou paid their respects!

But now, where will the white knight who can save the Knights of Malta be?

In 1565, in order to avenge Rhode Island, Suleiman I attacked the island of Malta. Half of the knights of the Knights of Malta died in battle. At the moment of the crisis, reinforcements came from Spain, and Baotou had to clear the siege.

After six years, Baotou thought that the navy was almost developed, and once again sent a fleet to attack the island of Malta. This time they were defeated even worse. After Lepanto was defeated by Christians led by the Spanish Invincible Fleet, the Knights of Malta were safe. Through the days, until today the pagan fleet from the east arrives.

The opponent's strength is terrifying, more than Baotou, the Maltese Knights are no opponents at sea.

This time, I'm afraid there is no Spanish fleet!

The head of the head Nicholas II Cortona is burly, handsome, and speaks loudly and powerfully. At this moment, his face is calm, but his heart is fluctuating.

With the exchanges between the East and the West, the influx of Chinese goods and Chinese flags fluttered in Constantinople, forcing Bai Pi to look east.

This look is really incredible!

This is a country with a heritage that can be traced back to the time of the birth of Christ. Baipi regards the two Chinas as a great empire with a long history. When Christ was born, they were there, when the Romans fell, they were still there, when Richard They were there when Emperor Mann ruled Western Europe... This is an admirable ancient civilization. It is the most powerful and wealthy country in the world. There is gold everywhere, and ordinary people there live better than rich Europeans. Life is better!

As the commander of the Knights of Malta, Nicholas II Cortona was very knowledgeable. What made him puzzled was that since the Chinese were so rich, why did they come to attack Europe and rob him? This barren land?

The island of Malta is surrounded by mountains, mainly coral limestone highlands. The terrain is high and steep, with many cliffs, caves and valleys. There are neither large plains where crops can be grown nor minerals.

In such places where the birds cannot reach, the Chinese actually come to **** it. It is almost the rich who snatched all the beggars' dog sticks!

Nicholas II Cortona turned his head and looked at the other knights in the room. They were De Hazard, De Vinicius, De Rodrigo, and Lucas Vazquez, all of whom were loyal to Knight of Christ!

"Gather all the people in the city of Valletta, where we will fight the enemies of Christ to the death and reenact the history of the battle of Rhodes!" Nicholas II Cortona waved his arms, clenched his fists, and said firmly.

Battle of Rhode Island!

The Knights of Malta defeated the pagan Baotou with one enemy ten on Rhode Island.

The glory of the ancestors is not to be desecrated, and the historical honor of the knights prevents the knights from surrendering, but to fight to the end.

The Eastern pagans who came here knew this too well, and they didn't send anyone to persuade them to surrender!

The knights in the room smashed their chests with fists, greeted the chief, and then filed out.

With the hurried bell ringing, the heroes of the Knights, wearing their armors, went up to the wall of Valletta. Along with them were the people of the city and nearby villages. They were all staunch believers of Christ. Definitely will not succumb to heretics.

For the defense of Valletta City, the knights still have a bit of capital.

Since the Knights of Malta settled on the island of Malta, in order to fight against the fierce Baotou, they built a strong castle on the island. They invited famous architects and craftsmen from the mainland to design and transform Valletta. , Trying to make its construction as solid as gold soup.

The defensive system of Valletta was based on the design of the bastion, which was particularly popular at the time. This bastion was mainly to construct the four sides of the city wall into a "concave shape" so that there were no defensive corners. No matter from which direction the enemy attacked, it Both are exposed on at least two defensive surfaces, allowing the defenders on the wall to conduct cross-attacks, especially when they were equipped with muskets, which undoubtedly can cause damage to the attacking enemy in at least two and three directions.

In order to avoid artillery attacks ~www.wuxiaspot.com~, the designer lowered the height of the city wall and thickened it to prevent artillery bombardment. In addition, a large number of gun shooting holes and city defense gun platforms were added to the city wall. There is a moat wall, and there is a moat ditch between the wall and the wall. In addition to strengthening the protection of the city wall, these measures can also prevent the enemy's artillery from advancing too close to the city wall.

With an excellent city defense design, the Knights of Malta did not hesitate to spend their money on building walls with large blocks of rocks, which are extremely strong, and the shells hit it only to knock off a layer of skin.

Although the number of knights on the island was very small at that time, with the continuous reinforcement and transformation of the castle over the years, they were fully prepared to fight the East to the death.

Everywhere on the city wall are defenders who are waiting in battle. They are busy carrying supplies for the city.

"Our colleagues in armor and crosses seem to be ready to fight back!" Cheng Yu, who was sitting on the deck of the battleship, put down his telescope and said to the Marine Lieutenant General Chen Qiao next to him.

Chen Qiao nodded knowingly. That's right, the polite knights of the Knights of Malta and the South China Navy are all pirates!