The setting sun was as blood as dyed the sea red, and Claire looked solemnly in the distance.

In his opinion, these two East Asian countries are destined to be naturally hostile because they both have the ambition to dominate East Asia, but there is only one overlord in the same region.

When he makes a choice between two, he is ready to take revenge from the other side.

"Your Highness, I have no offensive plan yet, because when I have not confirmed whether you can come to ask for help, I can only defend with all my strength."

"So, now you can consider it. Are you going to let us face the Japanese pirates alone?" Xiao Ming frowned. He was unwilling to sacrifice for the Dutch in vain, and most importantly, Claire understood the combat effectiveness of these Japanese.

Claire smiled bitterly. The King of Qi was not that easy to deal with. He could not have thought of sending out soldiers, but now it seems impossible.

After pondering for a moment, he said, "With the strength of our fleet, these pirates on the sea are not our opponents, so we can land on the White Sandou Beach, ten miles away from the White Sandou Beach, and then attack from the White Sandou Beach to the Michira Castle."

While the two were talking, Claire led Xiao Ming to a map. This is the map of the Ryukyu Island, which marked the data on the various colonial areas, the number of residents, crops and other data on the Ryukyu Island.

Then, Claire picked up a quill and drew the location and attack route of the White Sand Gull Beach on the map.

"Michira Castle is condescending, easy to defend and difficult to attack. There is a large area of ​​open land around the castle, which is very suitable for artillery shooting on the castle." Claire said.

Xiao Ming frowned, "Since Michira Castle is so easy to defend and difficult to attack, how did the Japanese pirates occupy this castle so easily."

"The collapse of an empire usually comes from the inside, and so is a solid fortress, and we made a foolish mistake of relying too much on the Japanese to help us manage the Michira Castle."

After pausing, Claire continued, "But thankfully, the artillery on Michira Castle is still decades-old, and there are not many."

"What about the specific range?" Xiao Ming spoke in a torture tone.

The Dutch now uses cast iron cannons and equips flintlock rifles. This shows no difference in equipment on the surface, but if he takes out the data, he can make a comparison.

Claire had the same idea as Xiao Ming at this time, so he said: "There are 120 artillery on all sides of the bastion, each with thirty artillery on each side. The range of these artillery is about one thousand meters. I wonder if His Highness's artillery can suppress these artillery on the city."

"You really bring me a big trouble."

Xiao Ming was a little dissatisfied. He rashly attacked such a bastion and would probably smash all ten thousand Qingzhou soldiers here.

"I'm sorry, so I don't recommend attacking the bastion directly. Instead, we must first cut off the support of the Japanese pirates and force the Japanese pirates in the bastion to leave the city to fight. After all, the food in the Michira Castle is only enough for the Japanese pirates to eat for a month." Claire finally explained.

This news made Xiao Ming breathe a lightly. Originally, Michira Castle was not so difficult to attack, but now tens of thousands of Japanese pirates gathered in it and turned into a fortress. However, at the same time, so many Japanese pirates gathered in it, which also accelerated the consumption of food in the castle.

"If so, besieging the city is the most appropriate way at present." Xiao Ming said in contemplation.

Claire nodded, "With our strength, we cannot complete the siege of Michira Castle, but with His Highness's soldiers, this plan will be easy to implement."

The two hit it off. In order to reduce casualties, it was worth waiting for the last month, Xiao Ming and Claire both agreed with this.

After discussing this matter, the two of them left the Chief Office. Lu Fei and Luo Xin were waiting outside the door at this time. When they saw Xiao Ming coming out, Lu Fei said, "Your Highness, can we compete with the Dutch in weapons?"

Just now, when Claire said that the artillery decades ago had a range of 1,000 meters, Xiao Ming was a little suspicious. He was thinking of verifying whether the equipment in the Netherlands has been upgraded, so he nodded and said to Claire tactfully: "Earl Claire, our generals are very similar to competing with you. I wonder if you can satisfy their wishes?"

"Of course, I'm also seeing Your Highness's army so that we can trust each other when we fight together." Claire also wanted to explore.

"Hahaha, then let's go and have a look together."

After that, Xiao Ming and Claire arrived at the military camp of Gerlandzha together, where there was a training ground for the Dutch army. After that, Claire and Xiao Ming each selected one hundred soldiers and two groups of artillery from each other's army.

"Your Highness, should you start first, or should we start first?" Claire was very confident in his army. Although the cannons on Michira Castle were old, he brought a batch of brand new weapons after he arrived in Ryukyu.

These weapons cannot be said to be the most advanced in Europe, but at least they are the main equipment currently in the Netherlands.

"Our Great Chongqing Kingdom has always been to let guests recognize them first." Xiao Ming said a double sentence, one was to let Claire come first, and the other was to remind Claire that even if they occupied the city of Gelanzha, they were still guests.

Moreover, after taking Michira this time, these Qingzhou soldiers will be temporarily stationed here to fulfill the contractual regulations until the Marines come to replace them.

Nodding, Claire signaled the officer to show the power of the flintlock rifle. At this time, under the command of the Dutch officer, a hundred Dutch musketeers skillfully took out the ammunition wrapped in paper shells and started loading. After the loading was completed, they fired at the target about 150 meters in the training ground.

As a result of a gunshot, many targets 150 meters away were hit.

"Is this the maximum range?" Xiao Ming asked.

Claire nodded, "Yes, the precise range of the flintlock is within ninety meters, and it is all due to luck outside ninety meters, but it can still kill the enemy within the range."

This result made a stone fall into the ground in Xiao Ming's heart. It seems that the limitations of the flintlock rifle cannot be broken so easily.

Just when he was glad, Claire changed the subject and said, "But we have a more advanced gun, which must have surprised His Highness."

After Claire finished speaking, he waved his hand, and a pair of twelve soldiers came over, and he continued: "The range of guns in these soldiers can reach about four hundred meters."

Xiao Ming and Lu Fei looked at each other with surprise. It seemed that as he had guessed, the rifled rifle had already been equipped with a small amount of equipment in the European army.
Chapter completed!