MTL - Heart of Empire-Chapter 485 Threat of the ocean

The situation could not be solved on land. Before the coalition forces officially started fighting with the troops of the Kingdom of Hindler, they were stranded at the border and could not enter. Even when the coalition forces had inconsistent opinions and even quarrels, they Decided to open the situation from another place.

The place they chose was the ocean.

The Principality of Florence and the Kingdom of Pudri are both sea-facing countries. These two countries are similar in many places. For example, in the two countries, most of the terrain is dominated by plains, the terrain is flat, and the land is also fertile and rich in output; for example, the production conditions of mineral resources and magic materials in these two countries Not very good, these raw materials are very dependent on imports.

At the same time, these two countries live on the Southern Cross Plains at the same time, separated by the Central Mountains to the north, Hindler, located on the eastern side of the wasteland to the east, and the Golden Bay to the west.

The commercial road in the north is not easy to go, and the east is a barren land-at least it was a barren land in the past. It goes west to south. Although there are other rich countries, they are all across the ocean.

In this geographical environment, these two countries have spawned highly developed maritime trade.

Until now, maritime trade has become the most important pillar of these two countries. Whether it is in the Southern Cross Sea or the Golden Bay, there are many sailboats carrying the flag of Purple Lily of Florence and the flag of Bauhinia of Puddhism, sailing in the vast ocean.

They have huge interests at sea. In order to protect these interests, they must have a strong navy.

Compared to their army, the maritime fleet is the most powerful place in these two countries.

In other words, the navy is the foundation of the two nations, Florence and Pudri. If two navies are united, if their navies are united, even the mighty new Holy Promi Empire, they must retreat.

And the Navy of the Kingdom of Hindler ...

Dain does not ignore the development of the navy. On the contrary, he knows that although his country does not rely on the ocean like the Florensa and the Pudri, the ocean is an important lifeline for him. Even with the two countries, the trade activities with them are almost static, but now, the route from the Shire mainland to Ghostblade Port and then to Shawan Port is still flourishing.

Oasis County's agricultural plan has achieved initial success with the joint efforts of the mage and the druids. But despite this, Schindler still has a long way to go to achieve self-sufficiency in food production. Oasis County's ranch plan needs to be expanded at least two to three times before it can be reluctantly maintained; if you want to have a certain reserve for war, this number will continue to increase.

This will not happen overnight. According to the joint estimates of Druid Master Fein and Eastlin, this time will take at least three years.

Therefore, as far as the current situation is concerned, the Kingdom of Hindler still has a large demand for food, which needs to be imported.

After the hostile relationship with the Principality of Florence, the food trade from the land border has been cut off, and now the ocean is an important place to maintain the lifeline of Schindler. Dyne's Kingdom relies heavily on trade with the Shire from the ocean.

In this situation, the Florensa and the Pudris finally got their heads off, and they sent a joint fleet to attack Hindler from the sea!

How could Dane not know how important lifeline at sea is to his kingdom? And to protect this lifeline, we must have a powerful navy!

The problem is that the Navy is not as easy to build as the Army. Although in the past two years, Dane has not invested less in this area, and has invested a lot of money, but in this regard, the Kingdom of Hindler still has a huge gap compared with the other two traditional maritime powers. .

Battleships are not ordinary merchant ships or sailing ships. The construction of warships requires a fairly deep foundation, and requires mature ship craftsmen, mature ship designers, and mature craftsmanship. These are all things that Schindler lacks. Even in the past two or three years, Dane has worked hard in this area, but there is still no way to bridge the gap with his opponent. .

Not to mention that the construction of a battleship with a weight of several thousand tons will not be overnight. Time is something that you can't get for money.

Over the years, Hindler's national naval fleet, fighting for the old, has only ten truly qualified warships. Among them, only three warships have a tonnage of more than 10,000 tons. There are also only three of them, not built by the shipyards of Shawan Port and Comilla Island. The shipbuilding factory owned by Dane does not have the ability to build such a huge warship.

These three 10,000-ton battleships were bought from the Shire.

Dane has been working very hard to expand his maritime power, but the current National Navy fleet to deal with ordinary pirates is not a big problem, but to deal with the attack of Florence and Pudri on the sea ~ www .novelbuddy.com ~ but some strong men are difficult.

Not to mention to deal with the joint fleet of Pudri and Florence, these two countries come up with one separately, and their maritime fleet is not something that Schindler can compete with!

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In mid-August, not long after the border war on land subsided, the United Fleet began to show its might.

The two countries allied first declared war on the Kingdom of Hindler at the same time, and then the Principality of Florence and the Kingdom of Pudri issued a warning to all ships passing by the Southern Cross, claiming that the Southern Cross had entered a state of war. In China, any ship departing from the seaport of the Kingdom of Hindler, or targeted to the Kingdom of Hindler, will enter the attack target of the United Fleet.

This announcement directly caused the dissatisfaction of the Shire people. There is a large amount of trade between the Shire United Chamber of Commerce and the Kingdom of Schindler. Although the declaration of the United Fleet is directed at Schindler, it is clear that the Shire will also be greatly affected.

The Shire United Chamber of Commerce protested against the two countries, but the joint fleet's actions were very decisive. They did not care about the Shire protests and fought directly at sea.

The merchant ship carrying the Hindler's flag had no choice but to surrender or sink. Shire's ships were treated a little better-but only a little better.

Shire ships were driven away. Merchant ships will be ordered to stay away from the harbour in the direction of Hindler and Comilla; if they are closer, they will be warned by fire; and if they are closer to the harbour, they will be Direct sinking.

The two countries finally revealed the sharpest tusks to Hindler!

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