Because he wanted to participate in the naval battle against Denmark, now, Marin's eight warships and 15 level 250 armed merchant ships all stopped transporting goods and began to engage in training and train naval battles. The main reason is to train artillery bombardment in naval battles. For this reason, these ships have to knock out a lot of ammunition every day, which is very expensive.

But these expenses are worth it. As long as the Danish fleet can be eliminated, Marin will be able to unite his allies to force Denmark to bow his head and ced the land. Otherwise, as long as the Danish navy is still there, they will not bow their heads.

Moreover, more importantly, once Denmark loses its navy, Marin's 20,000 troops can cross the sea and board the island of Zeland, and then siege Copenhagen.

Only by besieging Copenhagen, forcing the Denmark King Hans to a dead end, or even capturing the Denmark King Hans alive, can he be forced to cede the land. Otherwise, the other party would not surrender just by occupying the Jutland Peninsula.

Therefore, if you want to cut off your flesh from Denmark, you must first deal with the Danish fleet and then send troops to surround Copenhagen in order to achieve fundamental victory. Otherwise, Denmark King Hans would definitely not be willing to cede so much territory.

Moreover, legally speaking, whether it is the Principality of Schleswig, the Principality of Holstein, or the Berthal of Oldenburg, they are actually territories belonging to the Oldenburg family and have nothing to do with the Kingdom of Denmark. Even if these territories are ceded, the Danish nobles will not have any objection, because this does not touch their interests.

As long as you capture the Danish king Hans himself, you can force him to agree to ced the Principality of Schleswig and Holstein. As for the Oldenburg State, it does not belong to Hans. However, if you want to seize the Oldenburg State, it also requires Hans to admit it in writing. Otherwise, there will be a big dispute in the future.

But Marin always felt that 23 warships were not enough. After all, what the fleet had to face was hundreds of Denmark warships. 23 warships might be able to severely damage the Danish fleet, but it would be difficult to annihilate them. Because if the other party escaped sincerely, just 23 ships would not be able to stop them.

However, the other ships in Marin's hand were basically similar to Kirk sailing ships used by the Hanseatic League and the Danes. They were all ancient ship types, only suitable for jumping ships to fight, and not for setting up artillery.

However, the Clark sailing ships and Calaville sailing ships used by the Spanish and Portuguese can be equipped with artillery because of the new design concept.

Among them, Clark Sailing is a suitable ship for naval combat because of its spacious hull and multi-layer decks. Not only that, because the ship is tall, even in platoon battles, Clark Sailing is better than Kirk Sailing.

It can be said that whether it is the Hanseatic League or Denmark, the warship types are actually out of date. Now, on the Hanseatic League and Denmark's warships, bows and trenchers are still the main weapons. On the Spanish and Portuguese warships, artillery has become the mainstream. Of course, at present, the artillery on the Spanish and Portuguese ships are mainly equipped with bronze cannons, which is the legendary "Franchise cannon". Moreover, these cannons have not been large in caliber, and are generally rarely more than 10 pounds. Columbus and Dagama's expedition ships are also equipped with artillery.

Nordic Europe at the same time was still at the level of platoon warfare. Even the Mediterranean overlord Venice, currently at the level of platoon warfare. Only after the "Diu Battle" occurred in the Indian waters in 1509, because the Portuguese gunships defeated the enemy fleet that far exceeded their own (including many galleys supported by Venice to Egypt), Europeans began to generally attach importance to the use of artillery on warships.

Of course, because of the appearance of Marin, the time traveler, the artillery will appear in naval battles in advance. Then, the artillery will definitely attract the attention of European countries in advance.

Marin felt that 23 ships were not very safe, so he needed more warships. However, Kirk sailing was behind, and Clark sailing was far ahead.

It is too late to build a ship by yourself now, because it is only three months. Therefore, Marin plans to buy a pre-sale ship for naval warfare.

In fact, Marin actually had warships in his hands, that is, the five warships seized from West Friesland. The five warships belonged to French ships and were also equipped with artillery. However, they were all relatively small, only more than one hundred tons.

After thinking about it, Marin decided to incorporate the four small warships into the fleet and fight Denmark together. But this was not enough, so Marin sent people to go south to Spain, intending to buy the ready-made Clark ship.

There are many such ships in Spain, and Marin has a good relationship with Spain. As long as you give enough money, you can not only buy a ship, but also have all the artillery.

As for sailors, Marin is not short of gunners, and gunners are enough. Nowadays, gunners on the ship are full. In fact, half of the gunners are not used in naval battles. Because during naval battles, only one side of the cannon can be fired. Therefore, the other half of the cannons are generally idle. Therefore, half of the gunners do not need to be full on half of the warships, but half of the gunners are enough.

But Marin's 23 warships were full of gunners. If they bought the Clark Sailboat, they could actually even out half of the gunners to the newly purchased ships. The artillery on the Clark Sailboat has half the caliber. The reason is very simple - because the copper cannons are too expensive. The cost of building heavy cannons is too high, because the copper price is too expensive. Therefore, small-caliber guns are popular on warships in Spain and Portugal. It's not that they can't make large ones, but that large-caliber copper cannons consume too much copper. Moreover, gunpowder is not cheap... The consumption of large-caliber guns is even more amazing...

The gunners and heavy artillery on the warships under Marin can be controlled easily, and light artillery is naturally easier to control. Therefore, Marin does not lack gunners.

To this end, Marin specially sent people south to Spain to purchase 17 Clark sailboats for naval battles with Denmark. By then, the total number of Marin's warships will reach 40, which can be regarded as a force that can determine the outcome.

As for the size of the ship, Marin is not picky. As long as the tonnage is more than 100 tons, it is better to have more than 200 tons. Moreover, it is bought with artillery. By the way, a large number of artillery and shells must be purchased in Spain. In this way, after buying it, Marin's sailors can adapt and put it into use.

In fact, Columbus was very familiar with Clark sailing. Because he had used Clark sailing to explore America before. Moreover, Columbus was also proficient in how to fight with Clark sailing.

Therefore, Marin planned that after the arrival of these 17 Clark warships, they would all be handed over to Columbus for command, and cooperate with the current fleet commander Kidd to launch an attack on the Danish fleet...

Because time was tight, Marin directly sent people to go south to Spain to buy relevant ships. As for gold coins, he was also quickly sent to Spain.

The negotiators responsible for purchasing ships will ride horses to Spain by land, put on makeup, and pass through France. If one person and three horses by land, it is much faster than that by sea. After this group of people arrive in Spain, they will start negotiations first and be responsible for selecting the ship to be purchased. After they have agreed, the sea ship that delivers gold and silver will almost arrive in Spain. At that time, Spanish sailors can be hired to drive the purchased ship north to East Friesland, and then handed over to Columbus and the sailors he led.

After a brief adaptation, we can almost join the war...

In fact, the main battle force this time was actually the original 23 warships. Because the guns on those ships had large caliber and strong firepower. The 17 Clark sailboats led by Columbus were only auxiliary, and the main purpose was to prevent Danish warships from escaping. Once discovered, intercepting them, and trying not to escape a Danish warship.

When the naval battle with Denmark ended, this fleet of Clark sailing ships will go south to the Mediterranean and hide in Lampedusa Island, ready to ship 5,000 soldiers from the island to Rome at any time. The ships sent to Lampedusa Island were mainly Kirk sailing ships, because they were a Nordic general type and were too conspicuous in the Mediterranean Sea, and Marin planned to exchange them all for them.
Chapter completed!