Da Ming started to ascend the throne

Chapter 1016 New Weapon Experimental Battle
Of course Charles I didn't know how badly he died in history.

Not only became the first king in England's history to be hanged by his own people, but also the first monarch in European history to be hanged.

He didn't even know that it was Emperor Ming's Opium War that made him live a few more years.

When he learned that the Ming Fleet was coming, he immediately held an emergency meeting.

"Your Majesty, I think it is necessary to arrest all the local Daming people in England, otherwise they may become the internal agents of Ming Dynasty to attack us."

"Yes, I agree with the suggestion of the Duke of Croix. When Ming withdraws, we will immediately turn their smoke house into our royal family's property. This is a profitable business."

"Hmph, you have a good idea. Da Ming has already declared war on us, and their fleet is even more aggressive. They still want to get their smoke house. Can you sink the warship of Da Ming with your mouth?"

……

All the top officials in the UK participated in this meeting, and most of them were extremely unfriendly to Daming.

But there was nothing they could do about being unfriendly. Daming was really a giant, and they couldn't shake him at all.

I saw the ministers talking non-stop, but none of them could come up with a countermeasure on how to deal with Daming.

Charles I shook his head helplessly and said:

"The Ming Fleet has arrived. It seems that they are here for the anti-smoking movement that broke out in our country. What should we do now?"

Foreign Secretary William said:

"Da Ming has always been kind to us. He helped us quell the civil strife a few years ago. It's best to send an envoy to explain it to Daming immediately. At worst, Ireland will be leased to the Ming garrison for free. This will be beneficial to both parties..."

The Minister of Foreign Affairs hadn't finished speaking, and the Secretary of the Navy of England immediately interrupted him:
"No, since Daming dares to threaten England, how can we surrender without firing a single shot? We have to fight them first. If we lose, we surrender. At least we won't let Daming underestimate England..."

"you……"

William looked at the Secretary of the Navy speechlessly, and was speechless for a while.

How powerful is the Ming Dynasty navy? Neither the Netherlands nor Spain, the most powerful in the world, are their opponents. What will England use to fight against them?

Prince James also said:

"I don't think England should surrender right away. We should use war instead of talking. Even if we can't win, we will fight with all our strength. Then we will negotiate with Daming. As long as they withdraw from England, we will protect Daming's smoking den in England from being attacked by rioters... "

Charles I pondered for a long time before saying:

"This king also doesn't want to see the Ming fleet surrender as soon as it arrives. This king ordered the Minister of the Navy, Charlton, to lead all the main British warships to fight against Ming. Once lost, immediately negotiate a truce, and then lease Ireland to Daming for free. Make an armistice!"

The foreign minister did not expect the king to make such a decision. He wanted to object, but seeing that there were not many people who supported him, William shook his head helplessly and did not say anything to stop him.

Portugal knew that its own strength could not compete with Ming Dynasty, and the United Fleet was defeated by the Ming Fleet several times.

So they decided to surrender directly to Ming Dynasty unconditionally. Even if several other countries came to ask for a joint fleet to fight against Ming Dynasty, Portugal decided not to cooperate.

The Portsmouth Naval Base in England is the largest naval base in England, but it was only a small military port in the seventeenth century. Compared with the later naval bases, it is a heaven and an underground.

At this time, the Ming Navy was approaching the northeast coast of Portsmouth, England.

Thirty kilometers away from the coast of Portsmouth, the Ming Navy fleet stopped advancing.

Zheng Chenggong immediately ordered the five small warships to continue sailing alone, and return to the fleet after completing their missions.

Not long after the arrival of the Ming Fleet, the sky gradually darkened, and Zheng Chenggong ordered the fleet to rest in formation.

In order to prevent the sneak attack of the English warships, they also set up battle formations at night.

On the morning of June 22, [-], Chongzhen, just after dawn, fifty warships of the Royal Navy of England set off from Portsmouth Naval Port.

These fifty warships were already all the main warships in England, and they rushed towards the Ming Fleet under the leadership of the Minister of the Navy Charlton.

The Ming fleet led by Zheng Chenggong also has [-] warships, including three armored warships, eight supply ships, fifteen transport warships, and the rest are sail warships.

In terms of the number of battleships that can actually fight, the Ming battleship is about the same as the British Royal warship.

In addition to the three armored battleships and twelve large warships in the Ming Fleet, the displacement of other sailing warships is similar to that of the English warships.

Zheng Chenggong stood on the deck of the flagship Hongwu iron-clad battleship, with such nervousness on his face.

As the captain of the Ming Navy, Zheng Chenggong has experienced many battles. Now facing the small English fleet, how could he behave like this!

Of course, the Minister of the Navy of England did not know what was going on in Zheng Chenggong's mind. He ordered the warships to quickly approach the Ming fleet, and then formed an array to engage in artillery battles with the Ming warships.

But when they were five kilometers away from the Ming Fleet, the warships of their fleet suddenly exploded.

"Rumble..."

The huge explosive force directly blasted a five-meter-long hole in the bottom of an English naval warship, and the warship quickly entered the water and sank.

"What's going on, did the ammunition depot on the battleship explode?"

The Minister of the Navy of England was shocked and hurriedly asked, but before he finished speaking, the fleet exploded again.

"Rumble..."

"Rumble..."

This explosion was not a warship, at least a dozen warships exploded.

The battle has not yet started, and the English Navy's warships have lost less than half, how can this battle be fought.

Charlton immediately felt that confronting Daming was the biggest mistake of his life.

"Quickly retreat..."

However, during the retreat of the English warships, five more warships exploded.

On the deck of the Hongwu battleship Zheng Chenggong, the tension on his face finally turned into a smile.

"Haha...Your Majesty is so wise! The new weapon is very powerful, and the mine experiment was very successful. The fleet was ordered to go around and intercept the English warships from both sides, and give them all to the governor!"

"Yes"

After Zheng Chenggong gave an order, the Ming fleet quickly approached the English warship from both wings.

It turned out that Zheng Chenggong was not nervous about fighting the English navy fleet, but he was worried about the failure of Ming's new weapon experiment.

Using the English navy fleet to experiment with new weapons and mines, probably only Ming can do it.

The five warships that left the team last night were ordered by Zheng Chenggong to lay mines.

After the English battleship came into range, the artillery on the Ming battleship fired violent shelling.

"Rumble..."

At that time, in the world, except for the iron-clad battleships of Ming Dynasty, the warships of other countries were all wooden warships. How could they block the bombardment of Ming Dynasty's flower bombs.

I saw that the English warships were shot one after another in the rumbling bombardment, and the bombed wooden warships flew horizontally...

After more than two hours of fighting, the English warships were all sunk.

Even the hardline England Admiralty Charlton sank into the sea along with their country's warships.

(End of this chapter)