421 Sudden fleet
Xiao Lotian has also practiced since he crossed, I saw him swaying in the wind as if he was drunk, and Long Ye rushed up like crazy on the deck, and he was about to drag him, but he didn't expect Xiao Lotian to shake three or four times and grab a cable tightly, and he was safe again.
Call...... Xiao Lotian let out a sigh of relief, his back was soaked with this fright, and he swore that he would never play with height like this in his life. But before the sweat on his back could evaporate naturally, when he raised his eyes, a cold sweat came down again.
"Damn, this still doesn't let people live......" Xiao Letian cried when he spoke, and he pointed to the distance, "Look, there's another fleet, it looks like it's still a warship......
At this time, the merchant ships were located in the gap between the two warships, and people could finally see the situation in the sea on the starboard side of the French army.
Before, Xiao Lotian had personally experienced the difference in volume between warships and civilian ships, and once the sails of the heavy cruiser were opened, a huge shadow was cast on the entire sea, covering Xiao Lotian and them all.
The towering aft building weighs down on people's heads like a mountain, and the huge sails block the daylight, making everyone feel small. At that time, there was a real feeling as if the world was obscured by battleships.
It was under this psychological pressure that everyone's attention was on the spot, and none of them were paying attention to the entire sea at all.
Xiao Lotian stumbled like this, although he almost had an accident, but he also used guò to make his feelings jump out of the depression at once, it was precisely because of such a dispersion of feelings, coupled with the gap exposed when the French warship was misplaced, that he suddenly discovered the weird.
In the northwest direction of the sea, a faint black line is moving rapidly here, although Xiao Letian has never been a sailor or sailor, but he also knows that it is impossible for whales to travel in a group, except for the battleship, there can be such a fierce murderous aura.
Could it be that it is not enough for the French to send three warships to hunt me down, but also to send ten or eight more to torture the corpses?
The sailors who heard Xiao Letian's shout ordered them to climb up the mast, but the sails of the cruiser were so high that even if the lookout stood at the top, their line of sight could not penetrate it.
And now the third cruiser had moved to the starboard side of the battleship, and the observation that had just crossed the two ships would last only three or four minutes.
At this time, people stopped shouting slogans, and the scolding war stopped, even if there was no shouting from Xiao Letian, everyone felt the strange atmosphere of the French fleet.
"The French are separating from us? What is the situation? Do you think 50 meters is too close, and it is not possible to fire at gunfire? Do you have to take turns firing from a distance of several hundred meters, and use us as a target to practice aiming?"
"Close your crow's mouth, you look up and take a good look, fools know that the attention of the French is on the starboard side, and it is not directed at us at all...... Lao Tzu also served in the navy back then, and he was very sensitive to murderous aura on the battlefield......"
Time passed minute by minute, and in a strange atmosphere, the third cruiser also surpassed the merchant ship, and everyone's eyes suddenly opened up, and the situation on the sea was clear at a glance.
"Oh God... It's the fleet...... A fleet came from the northwest...... It's too far away for me to see...... But the scale must not be small...... It's so shocking that such a black shadow can be pulled out so far away......"
The Portuguese merchant ships and the fishing boats were jubilant, "Long live...... Thank God...... "Everyone saw it, and if they were so sabre-rattling and murderous at the French, these warships would not be their allies."
Xiao Letian clutched the cable tightly with both hands, and he had already guessed the answer with a slight turn in his mind, this is the North Sea of Europe, this is the gateway to the North Atlantic, and there is only one fleet that is so arrogant to dominate here.
"Brothers, put your uniforms in order and put on your best posture...... On the opposite side came the British Navy, the most powerful armed ...... in the human world in this era."
"We ...... A group of weak troops from East Asia who are just starting out are going to see the majesty of the world's strongest force head-on today...... Puff up your chest for me, don't embarrass me......"
"Oh...... It's the British... The Royal Navy ......" There was a low shout on the deck, and all the eastern officers stood up, their eyes staring at the west one by one, everyone was excited, even Xiao Hexin, who was injured in the leg, struggled to stand up with his crutches.
Soldiers are always sensitive to strength, as the top elite of Chinese soldiers in this era, Xiao Letian's new army is not not full of curiosity about the world's strongest army, they all have all kinds of questions in their hearts, but in the final analysis.
"What does this powerful fleet that can fight invincible opponents all over the world and build an empire on which the sun never sets?"
Yes, even Xiao Letian is very curious, the lead ink in the history books, as well as the old pictures, can't support Xiao Letian to build a powerful fleet in his mind.
Just to take a look at this 'look', Xiao Letian is worth being wronged.
"In 1588, in the port of Calais, France, you fought against the Spanish Armada with a weak victory, and a fierce victory completely ended Spain's domination of the sea......"
"In 1665, Rostoft, the Holland at the peak of his sea, gave the English fleet a blow to the head, and since then he has given up the construction of a large navy and completely become a coachman who makes money at sea......"
"In 1798, at Cape Abouquil, 11 French warships were destroyed and more than 5,000 French troops were killed and wounded, which also directly contributed to the emergence of the Second Anti-French Alliance......
"In 1805, Trafalgar, this classic naval battle of the Age of Sails, is simply the most classic battle in the history of the British Royal Navy, which can no longer be described by the word brilliant, this is simply a miracle...... Napoleon united Spain, and almost all the naval forces of the two countries were assembled, but under the command of the legendary naval commander Nelson, the combined fleet did not even have the slightest chance of victory......"
Xiao Letian's blood burned all over his body, and he kept muttering to himself, "I finally want to see your true face, to be honest, I am not cruel to you British, although you burned down the Old Summer Palace six years ago...... But the strong do not deserve to be hated, and the only use of the strong is to follow the past, learn from him and eventually surpass him......"
"I, Xiao Letian, am not a weak person, so I will not fall into the pitiful crying of the weak, I want to stare at you like a wolf, learn every one of your strengths, learn every one of your advantages...... Until one day, we will also fight a classic Battle of Trafalgar in the Pacific, but then the loser will not be China......"
Just when Xiao Lotian was clenching his fists, the three French cruisers had also adjusted their attitudes, the bow of the ship was facing the southwest direction, and the starboard side of the cruiser was facing the enemy, and they were all ready for battle.
The captain who had just been invincible now had a solemn face, and if you looked closely, you could see that their fists were trembling slightly.
These senior naval officers knew better than Xiao Lotian in their hearts that no other country could put on such a posture here in the North Sea except for the British.
"Damn the British, what are they doing at this time? Are our intelligence agents stupid pigs? Why haven't you found any information about the British movement? Damn it......"
The officers could only curse in their hearts, and after venting their feelings, they had to continue to command the fleet, "Lookout, I don't know if the identity of the fleet has been ascertained......?" Damn, what kind of fleet is this?"
Well, it seems that the captain is still looking forward to a miracle, although he was shocked to know the identity of this fleet, but in his subconscious, he didn't want it to be just a group of merchant ships going to the sea.
The bitter sea breeze of the North Sea gave the battleship plenty of power, and it was only fifteen minutes before the lookout on the cruiser had already brought bad news.
"Report...... Be...... It's British...... It is the British Royal Navy...... Three battleships, five heavy cruisers...... Damn, the flagship, I know, the flagship of the North Sea Fleet...... The Monarch..."
With a bang, the captain smashed his fist into the hardwood railing, and blood suddenly oozed from the bone joints "Damn, damn, damn British...... They're here again, and they must be coming for these Chinese...... Send a flag message and ask them about their intentions......"
The flag-bearer waved his arms and sent a message to the British fleet, but the arrogant Royal Navy didn't even bother to take care of it, and eight powerful warships lined up and rampaged.
Now everyone on Xiao Letian's side has looked stupid, and the temporary appearance of the British has brought endless variables to the situation, and everyone dare not speak out when it is not clear whether they are friends or enemies.
There is only one exception, that is Xiao Letian, he knows very well in his heart that this group of Britons is definitely here to trouble the French, and the lesson he gave to Count Doubi in geopolitics cannot be useless.
Closer and closer, the French sailors could now see the carvings on the bow of the British battleship, the battleship with three firing decks pressed down like a mountain, and the heavy cruisers looked like dwarfs compared to him.
The psychological pressure that the French had just given Xiao Lotian was now untouched and the British had returned it, and when the distance between the two fleets had approached three hundred meters, the proud British replied to the Frenchman's inquiry.
The lookout quickly translated, and the young sailors stammered "British...... British warships are about to be gifted...... Sending the Prime Minister of the East out of Europe...... The Monarch is about to prepare a salute for firing...... Please don't get me wrong...... Please exercise restraint ......"
"Huh?" The three French battleships were completely speechless, and the one in front of them was beyond their comprehension, and no one could understand it, how could the British support Xiao Letian?
"Oh God... Are the British crazy? Have they forgotten that six years ago, the city of Beijing that we had captured together? When did they become good friends with Chinese...... Damn, shit, shit..."
The French went completely mad.
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