The British sent the "Queen Elizabeth" to North America, which of course put great pressure on the Americans, but on the other hand, it also greatly weakened their power in Europe.

And this situation immediately brought about a change.

On the very day that Nelson's fleet attacked Savannah, a French fleet appeared outside Cardiff Harbor. This was a formidable fleet that included the battleships "Anbrado" and "Caesar". After the "Queen Elizabeth" left for North America, for the time being, there were no warships of the same class in the British Navy.

However, the Royal Navy summoned up the courage and sent a small fleet of two armoured cruisers close to the French fleet and asked the French in flag language about their origins.

"What did they ask us for?" On the bridge of the Imperador, Admiral Trevier said sarcastically, "Tell them that we are sailing freely." On the sea, we go wherever we want. It's their business! ”

So the French fleet was only three nautical miles from the port of Cardiff, set up a battle line, lined up the artillery formation, and practiced the tactics of shelling the port.

Then the French fleet turned around and left Cardiff, crossed the St. George's Strait, and swaggered towards Liverpool. Naturally, the fleets of the British Navy came from far and wide, following the French fleet and watching the French sail freely.

The French fleet continued unheedingly at a speed of about six knots until it reached the port of Liverpool, where it sailed freely and proudly, then left Liverpool, sailed east, and then sailed freely outside Dublin.

In the process, more and more British warships followed them. From the beginning of only two armored cruisers, by now, almost the entire British Navy has gathered.

With more and more British warships behind them, the French began to feel the pressure as well.

"Alright, it's time for us to get out of here. Otherwise, people will really have bad intentions. Admiral Tréville spoke. The Irish Sea is a relatively closed and limited area. If the British really transferred all the remaining naval fleets here, maybe they would have taken advantage of Li Yong's favorable terrain here and spelled out the idea of this French fleet.

So Admiral Treville looked at the British fleets that were following his own fleet, and then at the movements of the British fleets observed by spies near the various British ports. (This information was first sent back to France by carrier pigeons, and then the fleet was notified by radio which was still under secrecy) and the order was given to leave the Irish Sea, after estimating the possible movement of the British.

At the command of Marshal Tréville, the fleet turned southward, and rapidly accelerated to sixteen knots, the highest speed that the Imperator and Caesar could reach.

As the French fleet accelerated, the British fleet, which followed them, began to diverge. With the exception of the latest cruisers, the rest of the warships could not keep up at once.

The French fleet was at full speed and galloped south. This move took the British by surprise. Because the British did have the idea of taking advantage of the arrival of the most important ships of the French fleet in this relatively closed sea, and to concentrate their forces to kill it. Of course, the idea has not yet received enough support in the government. But this is indeed one of the possible options. But this move of the French made this possibility impossible all of a sudden.

Before the British fleet had concentrated on the Irish Sea, the French fleet crossed St. George's Strait again, returned to the Atlantic, and then turned westward, heading for the western coast of Ireland.

At this time, even those armored cruisers of the British could not keep up with the speed of the French fleet. The French fleet quickly shook off the British fleet and appeared in the sea near County Clare. Carroll Harbour here is the largest port under the control of the Irish Independence Army. However, the British had been deploying a detachment of four armoured cruisers to Galway and using this fleet to blockade Carroll Harbor.

Now, the British army has begun to launch a counterattack in Ireland, and Ireland is in dire need of more supplies.

Several merchant ships loaded with much-needed supplies for the Irish had reached the waters near Port Carroll, but they could not break through the British naval interception on their own to bring these vital supplies ashore.

Now the French fleet had joined the merchant ships and was heading directly for the port of Carroll.

Today there are two British cruisers "holding a presence" outside Port Carroll. Suddenly, they noticed a large column of smoke in the sky. Then a group of murderous French battleships appeared in the field of view of these two cruisers.

As soon as the commander of these two cruisers, Colonel McDeford, saw the posture on the opposite side, he knew that it would be very difficult to stop them today. Because neither the number nor the quality of the ships on the opposite side can fight against these two cruisers in his hands.

But he still commanded two cruisers to meet them, and shouted to the other side with a high-powered horn imported from France: "You are about to enter British territorial waters, turn away immediately!" But the French hung a "D flag" on the top of the mast. The British knew that in the French flag system, the D flag means: "The steering gear of our ship is out of order, pay attention to avoidance." ”

To put it more clearly, the more real intention of hanging the D flag is to plan to play bumper boats. As long as the D flag is hoisted, it can directly ram and try to stop the British warship. That means: "If you don't get out of the way of Lao Tzu, Lao Tzu will kill you!" ”

To say that this hand is also a common means in the competition for the ocean in later generations. In later generations, there was a modern Biansai poem that said:

Today, the sky is sunny and the waves are high, and the D flag is fluttering on the mast of the lead ship.

The command is to avoid the barbarians quickly, and Lao Tzu doesn't care about the collision.

This is what is described.

It was said that the French warships all flew the D flag one by one, and they collided directly with the two British cruisers.

If the British had been sober, they should have been able to determine quickly that they had no chance of winning in this bumper boat game. But the British did not dare to open fire, nor did they dare to really play bumper boats with those warships of the French fleet, after all, as long as you look at it, you will know that this must not be fun.

But the royal navy has never been in the habit of turning in front of the enemy. So they could only guard the shipping lane, and continue to shout: "You are about to violate the territorial waters of the United Kingdom, please turn to ...... at once." Please turn to ...... immediately"

Then there was a loud "Boom!" ”