Daming Crazy Emperor

Chapter 854
Zheng Hongkui suddenly ordered the fleet to turn around and head east, which was beyond everyone's expectations.

Don't these guys want to run west and escape back to America?

The commanders of the countries of the anti-Habsburg alliance were a little dumbfounded.

However, it would take time for them to turn around and go east. Although the French fleet followed closely and needed to turn around with them, the fleets of other countries were not like this.

The fleets of some countries are still heading west by south, and the British fleet is just at the outermost edge of the east. They only need to deflect a little direction to intercept the eleven warships of the Daming Navy head-on.

Naturally, Hendrick would not miss such a good opportunity.

He saw the eleven warships of the Ming Empire sailing towards the oblique front of the British from a distance, and immediately said loudly: "Send the order to the British to turn the rudder to the south and intercept the fleet of the Ming Empire."

The commander of the British fleet actually discovered it a long time ago.

The problem is, he doesn't want to go up and get beaten!
Can have it!
It will be too late!

When Hendrick saw this, he kept ordering the British to hurry up, and sent a bunch of complaints for delaying the fighter plane.

Seeing this, the commander of the British fleet had no choice but to order the fleet to turn south and rush up.

Seeing this, Zheng Hongkui ordered calmly: "All the artillery on the left side are loaded with ammunition and ready to fire five rounds."

Come on, beat anyone who dares to rush forward!
Anyway, it's okay for us to take a few shots, can you bear it?

The commander of the British fleet has actually missed the opportunity with such a blot.

They are still five or six miles away from the fleet of the Daming Navy, and they have already started to pass in front of them, and they are about to run away.

At this distance, the main guns on the bow of the front row can still hit others.

Seeing this, the commander of the British fleet could only issue an order to reload the main guns on the bow of the front row and fire a round of volleys.

As a result, before they had time to fire, the Daming Navy fleet suddenly turned north, rushed to a distance of about five miles from them, and then turned eastward, followed by the continuous roar of artillery.

More than [-] shells roared down, and dozens of warships in the front row of the British fleet were instantly surrounded by jets of water, and the flying sawdust could be seen from miles away.

The British fleet commander was dumbfounded.

How could he have imagined that not only did the warships of the Ming Empire not run quickly, they even came up to them and fired a broadside salvo at them.

Big loss this time!
The soaring water column fell, and the battleships in the front row finally showed their devastated appearance.

The artillery of the Ming Empire was so accurate that the [-] or [-] warships in the front row were basically hit by dozens of shells, and many of them had already started to sink!

Seeing this, Hendrick was so angry that he almost ordered a salvo to the British as well.

These guys, dawdling, missed such a great opportunity, let alone being beaten up, you guys deserve it!
In this way, Zheng Hongkui led ten Aegis ships to the direction of the Strait of Gibraltar, and the combined fleet of the anti-Habsburg alliance could only chase after them.

However, they didn't dare to get too close, because the artillery at the stern of the ship was too far away. Once they got close to the range of ten miles, they would be hanged and beaten by them. Whoever goes up will suffer. They are not so stupid.

This pursuit and escape lasted for more than an hour, and the Strait of Gibraltar was finally in sight.

Zheng Hongkui raised his binoculars and glanced around, then nodded slightly.

Fortunately, the Spaniards still have self-knowledge, knowing that they are here to beat them.

Although their merchant ships drove in, more than a dozen warships stayed behind, blocking the narrowest part of the Strait of Gibraltar.

The terrain here is also quite suitable for blocking the enemy's fleet.

Because the narrowest part of the Strait of Gibraltar is less than thirty miles wide, and the Spaniards also built forts and forts on both sides of the north and south.

If the fleet of the anti-Habsburg alliance wants to rush through here, it will definitely be bombarded several times by the coastal defense artillery on both sides of the strait.

Coastal defense guns are not a joke. If a 24-pound coastal defense gun is installed, it will be more powerful than the Thor II cannon, and the wooden battleship will definitely sink with one blow.

Zheng Hongkui didn't panic anymore when he got here, and he directly ordered: "Show the semaphore and let the Spaniard's warship retreat. We will guard this opening."

The commander of the Spanish fleet was so moved that he almost cried when he saw the semaphore played by the Daming Fleet.

The ally of the Ming Empire really has nothing to say to them.

Of course, this is just the thinking of these low-level officers. The Spanish high-level officials all know that the Ming Empire will become their competitor sooner or later.

The King of Spain even dug a hole for Taichang directly in the Governor-General of Brazil.

The affairs between countries are really beyond the understanding of these low-level military officers, nor can they control them.

Zheng Hongkui was only following orders to protect his merchant ship.

Although the merchant ships have all entered the Strait of Gibraltar at this moment, it is not ruled out that the Anti-Habsburg Alliance will brave the fire of coastal defense guns to catch up through the Strait of Gibraltar. Merchant ships have to reach safe ports.

Naturally, Hendrick knew the terrain here, otherwise they would not have chosen to block other people's fleets outside the Strait of Gibraltar.

The coastal defense guns on both sides are really not a joke. Even if there are no warships blocking them, they will probably lose at least dozens of warships if they forcefully pass through.

It's even more serious now, the eleven warships of the Ming Empire have lined up in the middle, and there are more than ten Spanish warships behind them.

If they rushed up, they would have to suffer many shells from coastal defense artillery.

In this case, who wants to go?
He didn't even bother to issue an order.

Because he knew that even if he issued an order, it would be like farting, and no one would rush forward foolishly.

In this way, the two sides confronted each other in the Strait of Gibraltar.

Although the combined fleet of the anti-Habsburg alliance lost more than a hundred warships, there are still more than 900 ships left, which seems to be quite powerful.

Daming and Spain still had more than 20 warships. However, the eleven warships of Daming alone were already quite terrifying, and with the even more terrifying coastal defense guns, it would be courting death to rush up.

If no one goes up, they can only stare at each other.

However, after the two sides confronted each other for about two hours, Hendrick felt that he would definitely not be able to survive.

Because a bunch of paddle boats suddenly appeared behind the house.

Although these small boats have no combat effectiveness, they can transport food and fresh water!
In other words, people can continuously replenish food and fresh water, and they only carry food and fresh water for about ten days.

Moreover, it took them three days to get here from France, and they waited for nearly two days in the middle.

In this way, they only had food and fresh water for five days.

If you add the three days of the return journey, they can stare at others for two days at most.

Question, is it meaningful to stare at someone for two days?

Hendrick had no choice but to order that the United Fleet return, and return to France first.

This time he was so ashamed that he led thousands of warships from the United Fleet and chased the eleven warships of the Ming Empire for a long time. Not only did he not sink a single warship, but he lost hundreds of warships.

This record can make people laugh out loud.

The problem, this is not caused by his command mistakes, because people don't listen to his commands at all!
He can't carry this blame.

After the United Fleet returned to France, he immediately stepped up and ran to Paris to file a complaint with the Duke of Richelieu.

The Duke of Richelieu thought that this guy was here to announce the good news. When he saw Hendrick, he couldn't help asking: "How is it, how is the result?"

The result is quite brilliant!
Hendrick said angrily: "We didn't snatch a single merchant ship from Spain, nor did we sink a single warship from the Ming Empire, but our joint fleet was sunk by hundreds of warships."

Ah!
Duke Richelieu couldn't help being shocked: "What's going on, how many warships did the Ming Empire send to escort?"

Hendrick still said angrily: "The Ming Empire sent a total of eleven armored warships to escort them."

More than 1000 warships failed to win against eleven other warships, and more than 100 warships were killed by others!
How can this be?

Upon hearing this, Duke Richelieu couldn't help asking with a sullen face, "What's going on?"

Hendrik still said angrily: "You should find someone else to command a battle like this next time, I can't command these sick-brained guys at all.

In the beginning, we, the Dutch Navy, were singled out by others. We were sunk by others with more than 40 warships.

The French navy did a little bit of hard work. When they chased after them, they rushed to the forefront, but they also sank more than 30 warships.

The British navy is good. All the warships of the Ming Empire ran up to them, but they didn't board.

I threatened them for a long time before they rushed up reluctantly.

However, it was already too late. Not only did they rush up to stop the fleet of the Ming Empire, they were also killed by a broadside salvo of nearly thirty warships.

When we chased to the Strait of Gibraltar, the warships of the Ming Empire were lined up in a row and no one dared to go there.

This is the result.

Don't say I'm not good at commanding, I just can't command at all. "

Upon hearing this, the Duke of Richelieu couldn't help snorting coldly: "Come on, I'll go to Normandy with you to see what these people are thinking."

He was really pissed off.

Unexpectedly, he had carefully planned for so long, and the first battle was made like this by these guys with their own ulterior motives.

Normandy is not a port, but a large region in northern France.

There are several ports in this region, and the combined fleet of the Anti-Habsburg Alliance docks at several ports here.

After the Duke of Richelieu rushed to Normandy, he immediately called together the commanders of the fleets of various countries, and asked gloomyly: "Do you think that as long as you preserve your strength, you will be rewarded by your majesty the king after you go back?

After you go back, wait for the guillotine!
When is this, and you all still have ghosts?

How powerful is the Ming Empire?

what?
Eleven warships can fight against thousands of your warships.

If they come with thousands of warships, is it useless to give you [-] warships?
If any of you don't want to do it, just say, I will immediately ask your king to pull you back and chop you idiots.

What's the use of keeping your idiots?

Wait for the Ming Empire to come and wipe us out? "

Everyone knows the ability of this old fox. If you really want to kill them, you can definitely do it.

Several naval commanders begged for mercy.

The Duke of Richelieu didn't bother to talk anymore, so he said coldly, "Don't say I won't give you a chance. This is the last time. Next time, anyone who doesn't obey orders will die!"

After speaking, he turned around and left.

Several naval commanders were frightened by him, they were sweating profusely, and they didn't even dare to fart.

(End of this chapter)