Heart of Empire Chapter 485: The threat of the ocean

The situation cannot be opened on land. Before the coalition forces officially started a war with the army of the Kingdom of Schindler, they stagnated at the border and could not advance an inch. There were even disagreements and even quarrels among the coalition forces. Next, they decided to open the situation from another place.

The place they chose was the ocean.

The Duchy of Florence and the Kingdom of Pudori are both coastal countries. These two countries are very similar in many ways. For example, most of the terrain in these two countries is dominated by plains, the terrain is flat, and the land is relatively 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 material products are very dependent on imports.

At the same time, these two countries lived on the Southern Cross Plain at the same time, separated by the Central Mountain Range to the north, Schindler located on the edge of the Eastern Wasteland to the east, and Golden Bay to the west.

The commercial road to the north is not easy to travel, and the east is a barren land—at least in the past, it was a barren land. From the west to the south, although there are other countries with rich products, they are all separated by the ocean.

Under this geographical environment, the very developed maritime trade between these two countries was born.

Until now, ocean trade has become the most important pillar of these two countries. Whether it is in the Southern Cross Sea or in the Golden Bay, there are many sailing ships holding the flag of Florence's Viola and Pudri's Bauhinia flag, sailing on the vast ocean.

They have huge interests at sea, and in order to protect these interests, they must have a powerful navy.

Compared to their armies, the sea fleet is the most powerful part of these two countries.

In other words, the navy is the foundation of the two countries, Florence and Pudri. If the navies of the two countries that are connected with each other are united, even the mighty Holy Prome New Empire will have to stay away.

And the navy of the Kingdom of Schindler...

It's not that Dane doesn't pay attention to the development of the navy. On the contrary, he knows that although his country is not as dependent on the sea as the Florentines and Pudori people, the sea is also an important lifeline for him. Even if there is hostility with the two countries, and the trade activities with them are almost static, but now, the route from Shire Continent to Ghost Knife Port and then to Shawan Port is still thriving.

The agricultural plan in Oasis County, with the joint efforts of mages and druids, has already achieved initial results. But despite this, Schindler still has a long way to go to achieve self-sufficiency in food production. The large farm plan in Oasis County must be expanded by at least two to three times before it can barely maintain; and if you want to have a certain reserve for war, then this number will continue to increase.

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

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

After the feud with the Principality of Florence, the border food trade from the land has been cut off. Now, the ocean is an important place that maintains Schindler's lifeline. Dane's kingdom relies heavily on trade with the Shire from the sea.

Under such a situation, the Florentines and the Pudri finally got their brains out, and they sent a combined fleet to attack Schindler from the sea!

How could Dane not know how important the lifeline at sea is to his kingdom? And to protect this lifeline, there must be a strong navy!

The problem is that the navy is not as easy to build as the army. Although, in the past two years, Dane has invested a lot of money in this area, and has invested a lot of money, but in this regard, there is still a huge gap between the Kingdom of Schindler and the other two traditional maritime powers. .

Warships are not ordinary merchant ships or sailing ships. The construction of warships requires a solid construction foundation, 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 make up the gap with his opponents. .

Not to mention, the construction of a battleship weighing several thousand tons is not a matter of one day. Time is something that money cannot buy.

In these years, Schindler's National Navy Fleet has worked hard, and there are only ten truly qualified warships. Among them, only three warships have a tonnage of more than 10,000 tons. There are only these three ships, and they were not built by the shipyards in Shawan Port and Comilla Island. The shipyard owned by Dane itself does not have the ability to build such a huge warship.

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

Dain has worked very hard to expand his sea power, but the current national navy fleet is not a big problem to deal with ordinary pirates, but it can deal with Florence and Pudry at sea. Attacking ~IndoMTL.com~ is a little tricky.

Don't talk about dealing with Pudry and Florence's joint fleet. These two countries have come up with one alone, and their sea fleets are not something Schindler can compete with!

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In mid-August, not long after the border war on land subsided, the United Fleet had already begun to show its power.

The two allied countries first declared war on the Kingdom of Schindler at the same time, and then the Duchy of Florence and the Kingdom of Pudri issued a warning to all ships passing through the Southern Cross Sea, declaring that the Southern Cross Sea has entered In the state of war, any ship departing from the seaport of the Kingdom of Schindler, or whose goal is to lead to the Kingdom of Schindler, will enter the attack target of the United Fleet.

This announcement directly aroused the dissatisfaction of the Shire people. The Shire United Chamber of Commerce has a lot of trade with the Kingdom of Hindler. Although the declaration of the United Fleet is aimed at Hindler, it is obvious that the Shire will also be greatly affected.

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

There is nothing to say about the merchant ship flying the Schindler flag, either surrender or sink. Shire's ships were treated a little better—but only a little better.

The Shire ships were driven back. Merchant ships that are far away from the harbor will be ordered not to proceed towards Schindler and Comilla; if they get closer, they will be bombarded with warnings; Sink directly.

The two countries finally showed their sharpest fangs to Schindler!

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