Chapter 1024: Gather the 4th Legion South

Kong Tai halted the air for half the weather:

"Uh ... hey ..."

Then, because of the excessive force, I put a fart-"Poof" ...

"It's boring!" Kong Tai, who was awake from the fantasy, caught up with Liu Laogen and ordered:

"Remember to tell the craftsman who made copper nails to make the nail cap bigger!"

The nail cap is the part of the nail that receives the thump, and the nail cap is made larger. In fact, it is similar to the later pushpin. The reason why Kong Tai commanded this was because he suddenly thought that since he could protect the bottom of the ship from maggots by wrapping the iron sheet. So why not make the nail cap bigger and nail more copper nails to the bottom of the ship? There are too many nails, and the nail caps are big enough. Doesn't it seem to be covered with a layer of copper?

To be honest, Kong Tai's idea can not be wrong, but it is too wasteful. Because, in order to cover the bottom of the ship with a copper sheet of the size of each nail cap, it is too wasteful to get a nail. If the copper skin is directly wrapped, only a few copper nails are needed for a copper skin. But this reason Confucius didn't understand for a while, he didn't react until two small speedboats were built and he saw the bottom of the nailed ship ...

Later, for this matter, he was scolded by Marin-with this spare money, it is better to buy some copper nails and send it back to the country to cast cannons! How expensive is copper? If you want to wrap the bottom of the ship, let's say, nickel iron skin and nickel iron nails can be sent in China ...

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Regarding how to build the two small speedboats, Karu's plan was to remove the old shipboard from the tens of tons of Japanese boat and use it as the bottom wood of the newly built speedboat. As for the wood inside the hull, use the newly cut wood on the island and dry it.

This is because the Japanese boat has a displacement of tens of tons, and the wood on one Japanese boat is not enough to build two speedboats with a displacement of 30 to 40 tons.

Therefore, using the old Japanese shipboard for the bottom part of the ship that needs to be resistant to seawater corrosion can play the role of old materials. As for the inside of the hull, there is no need to contact with the sea water, it does not matter if it is resistant to corrosion or corrosion, just use fresh dried materials.

For the newly harvested wood on the island, Karoo chose camphor wood. Because Karu smelled the smell of camphor wood and realized that the smell could repelling insects, and according to the old villagers in Jigong Village, camphor wood soaked in the water for a long time was not bad. These two attributes, but shipbuilding is very important.

Later, Kong Tai also planned to use the backstage island to build ships, all using camphor wood. As a result, Marin rejected it. Because, in Marin's opinion, the use of camphor wood to extract camphor **** is more important than shipbuilding. Shipbuilding can be replaced with the same excellent local wood from Taiwan island, such as cedar, and camphor extraction cannot be replaced by other trees. Camphor is the most important passivating agent for making smokeless gunpowder, and it can also be used to repel insects. The effect is very large. It is a waste to build ships.

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Of course, at this time, Marin, who was far away in Europe, had no knowledge of what happened in the Far East. He is still waiting for the return of Amerigo's fleet. Only after obtaining a stable and mature nautical route map, he dare to lead the fleet to the sea and head to the Daming Empire. After all, he is a passerby without fake, but he has not opened an invincible plug-in. You have to hang up in case of disaster, or be cautious.

However, according to current progress, it will take at least six months for Amerigo to arrive in Panama, which is what it will look like next spring. And Marin is going to the Ming Dynasty, it is estimated that it is later, maybe it will have to wait until the second half of the year. Because, to go to the Daming Empire, Marin had to lead the fleet to bypass the entire South America, and after arriving in Panama, he could go westward again and cross the Pacific.

Moreover, for safety reasons, it is best to avoid the summer and autumn typhoon seasons in the Western Pacific. In the event of a typhoon, even an entire fleet is in vain. If it is a general storm, one ship is killed, the other ship can still rescue it. In the event of a typhoon, that is, the entire team was KO ...

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In addition, as far as the current time period is concerned, Marin ’s biggest concern is not the affairs of the Far East, but Edward ’s coronation as King of Scotland.

Why? Because as a party, Marin must participate in Edward's coronation ceremony. The problem is, because of security concerns, Edward now has to wait for the northern army to return home before escorting him north to Edinburgh. This time, it will take a few months. After all, the army marches as much as 30 kilometers per day (slower when encountering mountain roads). The distance between London and Edinburgh is six or seven hundred kilometers, this one time ... Marin can't wait ...

After all, Marin will go south to attack the Republic of Siena in November. How can he wait for Edward slowly?

As for the 5,000 soldiers and horses in London, they cannot **** Edward to the north. Because London, as the base camp of Edward, cannot be tolerated, and cannot fail to defend the army for a day.

However, Marin really can't wait, Siena's war has long been discussed. For the safety of the army, he also needs to go south to sit in town. Therefore, Marin intends to persuade Edward to go to Edinburgh to be crowned earlier. Even, the Pope ’s concession, Marin intends to help it as soon as possible.

Marin then sent a speedboat to London to discuss the issue of moving northward with Edward. As for the main forces of England who have reached Edinburgh and joined the Fourth Army, Marin means to stand by on the spot. When Edward passes, the coronation is finished, and then **** Edward back to the country ...

For Marin to get through the Roman relationship as soon as possible, admitting his status as King of Scotland, Edward is naturally willing. To this end, he happily paid 200,000 gold coins of "event funds" to Marin, let him go to Rome as soon as possible "event activities".

But for Marin to urge him to go north as soon as possible, Edward is not very happy. He wrote back to Marin Road:

"I also want to go north as soon as possible, but the Pope's authorization has not yet been obtained and needs to be waited. In addition, how can I guarantee the safety of my northward travel?

Received a letter from Edward, Marin originally planned to send his fleet to protect Edward from the north. However, he suddenly moved-maybe, you can let the Holy See drag ...

If Edward wants to be crowned King of Scotland, he certainly needs the Pope ’s approval. With the Pope ’s approval and the authorization and appointment of a certain archbishop to crown Edward, Edward can become the legal King of Scotland.

But the problem is that if Julius II agreed too happily to admit King Edward of Scotland, he would greatly offend France and leave Louis XII shameless.

So, after careful calculation, this matter is really impatient. Moreover, Pope Julius II also needed a suitable excuse to agree that Edward became King of Scotland. Otherwise, Louis XII would definitely not do it. After all, Scotland is an ally of France for hundreds of years. Since 1295, France and Scotland have formed an "old alliance" specifically for England. There is no justifiable reason, Julius II is really not easy to speak casually.

Exactly, now that the Scottish War is over, the Fourth Army of Saqqara is empty. At this time, Saqqara had already handed over Edinburgh's defense to the 20,000 main forces of England led by Siwag.

"Perhaps, can the Fourth Army now be mobilized?" Marin thought.

After thinking over and over again, Marin decided to mobilize the Fourth Army and go south to Italy together to participate in the Siena War.

Of course, Marin's original plan remained the same-he would still lead 15,000 mountain infantry over the mountains and attack the city of Siena.

As for the Fourth Army, their role is to casually kill Siena from the main road. Of course, their role was not to attack Siena, but to rush to the city of Siena with supplies and axe.

This is an insurance measure to prevent the dangerous situation of the 15,000-strong army led by Marin who cannot be attacked for a long time, and it is absolutely impossible.

After all, Marin brought mountain infantry over the mountains and the number of compressed biscuits he carried was limited to a maximum of ten days. If Siena City cannot be beaten in more than ten days, these 15,000 people are estimated to be in chaos because of lack of food.

Marin felt that now that he had a successful career, he could not take such a big risk. If these 15,000 people are lost, the North Sea State will surely be seriously injured.

It happened that the Scottish War ended quickly and the Fourth Army had returned to Newcastle.

After thinking over and over again, Marin decided to mobilize the Fourth Army to participate in the war. Of course, their task is to carry sufficient supplies of food and grass, and land from the same coast of the Republic of Siena, and then drive from the main road to the city of Siena. More than ten days are enough for them to rush to Siena. Even at that time, the army led by Marin broke the grain, the Fourth Army was able to deliver the grain and grass in time.

Moreover, the Fourth Army ’s battalion can also transport heavy artillery to help siege ...

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This is not yet ~ www.wuxiaspot.com ~ The Fourth Army's expedition to Italy can also be nicknamed the "Newcastle Army of England", and also the name of the North Sea Kingdom's Fourth Army. In this way, as long as the city of Siena is captured, the merits of the Fourth Army can also be counted in the Kingdom of England.

At that time, Pope Julius II will be able to reward the Edward in the name of "England to send troops to help the war" and to eliminate the "heresy" Republic of Siena, for example, allowing him to crown the King of Scotland-who called him to contribute to the Holy See ? The Holy See will not let meritorious officials return empty-handed ...

In this way, Marin's attack on Siena was not only more stable, but the Fourth Army sent troops to give Pope Julius II a good reason to agree that Edward should be crowned King of Scotland ...

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Marin sent a speedboat to London, told Edward of this decision, and also revealed that he was going south to attack Siena.

Edward certainly supports things that will help him become king of Scotland. So, he wrote back to Marin, agreeing to Marin's move to mobilize the Fourth Army to Italy. But at the same time, Edward, who stole, said that the consumption of food and grass of the Fourth Army was borne by Marin ...

Upon receiving Edward's reply, Marin rolled his eyes after reading it-it seems that you have taken on the food and grass consumption of the Fourth Army ...

Subsequently, he mobilized the fleet and went to Newcastle to carry the Fourth Army to Italy. Of course, in order to avoid the Spanish leaking the news, the Fourth Army ’s transportation is carried out in batches. Moreover, when crossing the Strait of Gibraltar, it is necessary to pass through the middle of the night to prevent the Spanish navy from discovering it. Of course, Marin has sent spies to Spain with a large amount of gold and silver, bribing the commander of the Gibraltar fleet to let him "open one eye and close one eye" at that time ...

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