London, June 22, 1667.

London, which is still in ruins, can occasionally hear the sound of artillery in the distance, it is the sound of cannon from the Thames, it is the Dutch warships shelling, shelling in the heart of England, in the last few days, the Dutch fleet that has broken into the Thames, broken into the heart of England, is attacking the British, the Dutch artillery is roaring, and the smoke is filled.

And England ...... Almost powerless!

June in London is the best time of the year, the sky is cloudless and sunny, at this time, for those of London's magnates, they often choose to spend the summer in the suburbs, because summer means that the smell of the sky, means that the city will be covered with stench, means that flies and mosquitoes are rampant.

Summer vacation should have been everyone's choice, but in the summer of 1667, London's magnates did the opposite, and many of them returned to London, enduring the stench and mosquitoes, not just because of the debates in Parliament, but because it was the safest time in London.

At least in London, there will be a lot of army protection.

Tens of thousands of British troops are massed in London!

Even in the city, Zheng Mingyi could see British soldiers armed with spears and arquebuses, and in some places they even built forts to guard against the Dutch attack.

"They were terrified!"

When he was walking around the city and seeing those Englishmen, Zheng Mingyi secretly thought to himself. Even, when he found out that he had walked to the palace, he couldn't help but be shocked. From time to time there were people coming and going in and out of the palace, and in the palace, the army, which was not trusted by the British king, also built forts and cannons there.

The British were frightened.

Standing on the side of the road, looking at the people entering and leaving the palace, Zheng Mingyi's heart once again had such a thought, and the newspaper seller on the side of the road shouted loudly as he walked at that time.

"Look, look at the Dutch raid on Port Medway, 8 warships of the Navy were destroyed in the fire......"

The shouts of the newspaper sellers made Zheng Ming look at the people entering the palace, especially when he saw the carriage with the coat of arms of the Duke of Albimar entering the palace, and he couldn't help but think in his heart - now, how will George Munch, the commander of the English navy, explain to Charles II?

If it was in the Ming Dynasty, after such a fiasco, there might be only one waiting for the commander - suicide or killing.

For half an hour, for half an hour, Charles II, who sat in a chair, had his father Charles I, who had been executed by Cromwell and had been forced into exile, had landed in Dover and returned to London to become King of England seven years earlier, after Parliament had declared the restoration of the monarchy. At the outset of his reign he compromised with a powerful parliament and prudently exercised his limited royal power.

At this time, the King of England looked at George Munch as if he wanted to get an answer with his own eyes, and only after a long time did he speak.

"How can you get them to hit here, and also capture your flagship, the Royal Charlie! ”

As he uttered this, Charles II, who appeared to be calm on the surface, suppressed his anger at the war, which did not mean what he wanted, because the rival parliament of navy and commerce had put pressure on the king to go to war against the Netherlands, but he himself had little interest.

Although the navy was strong under Cromwell, the fact that the Dutch were now raiding the heart of England and causing heavy naval losses due to the plague in England, the Great Fire of London, and the miserliness of Parliament only made the British people disappointed with the king.

"How can this be?"

Charles II looked at George Munch.

"Why the silence?"

George Munch remained silent, his face so ugly that he didn't know how to answer.

"Why? You can't stop them, even if it's against their attack, losing a couple of warships, there's no problem. Isn't there a big difference between being burned by the enemy in vain and losing a few ships in a naval battle? ”

George Munch remained silent, his expression extremely painful, and he had lost almost all of his warships, all of which had been burned down by the Dutch.

Compared to his pain, King Charles II was probably angry.

"I don't know what happened to make them all the way down the Thames, and even shelled London, my God, do you want them to take London?"

"Your Majesty, this is impossible."

George Munch barely spoke.

"There's no way they're going to break into the Thames either! Tell me, how did they get in? ”

In the face of the king's anger, George Munch sensibly chose to remain silent.

"Tell me what we should do now to stop the Dutch!"

"I don't know."

"I don't know, then I'll tell you now!"

Angry Charles II exclaimed,

"There's no way, they can even break into London if they want to, and rob everything here, if there's anything worth their hands on!"

The king's wrath could be felt even outside the door, and when Hyde, as the chief minister, heard the king's wrath, he went into the room, looked at the Duke of Albimar sitting at the table, and walked forward to salute his majesty with an angry face.

"Your Majesty, we have one more choice."

In a palace on the outskirts of London, Xiong Cilu, as a secret envoy, walked a little adrift, and for no other reason - the British had reached the point of exhaustion.

Perhaps, no British official has been approached with him now, but one thing is for sure that soon, seemingly broken negotiations, will reopen, and the British will have to make concessions.

“…… The Dutch fleet captured the Silnes battery and captured a large amount of military supplies, including gunpowder, timber, masts, and asphalt. The British, who had just woken up from a big dream, hurriedly stopped the defense, but soon the Dutch fleet crushed the resistance commanded by George Munch......"

Zheng Mingyi, who has been collecting information from the outside world for the past two days, truthfully reported to Xiong Cilu the information he had, although this information was published in the newspaper, and now in the UK, who doesn't know these things?

"Why didn't the British even react?"

Xiong Cixu asked curiously.

"In the first place, the British sailed between the mouth of the Medway and Chatham, and set up a large chain of 800 yards long and weighing 14.5 tons of cross-river iron chain, with which the British thought that they could be lost, and no one could have imagined that the Dutch fleet would dare to penetrate deep into the enemy's belly and lead the flames of war to the British home. It is said that war is a big gamble, and it is safe to say that this sneak attack by the Dutch is undoubtedly a real big gamble. ”

Nodding in agreement, Xiong Ci asked Zheng Mingyi to continue.

"In order to stop the Dutch fleet from continuing to advance, on 22 June the British scuttled seven ships in the narrow section of the Medway River, hoping to buy time for their own counterattack. However, the British shipwreck did not work, and de Leut soon led his fleet around the shipwreck area, and in the process, the Dutch attacked ships and destroyed the British barrage chains on the Medway River. ”

Listening to Zheng Mingyi's report, Xiong Cixu said with some excitement.

"It seems that this Leut, it seems, can indeed be called a famous admiral of the European navy, bold and careful, seemingly lucky, I am afraid that it is not so simple in fact."

"Intelligence is not important, since Leut entered the Thames, he has not made any mistakes, but the British themselves continue to make mistakes, if it is not bad, the Dutch should have planted a large number of spies, so that they can have enough intelligence to ensure that the fleet enters the Thames River and the operation is smooth."

Zheng Mingyi's tone was very affirmative, as a naval officer, he knew the importance of intelligence, which was a lesson that every naval officer had to take, and even the first lesson of those naval teenagers was not to learn navigation, but to learn intelligence.

"Early yesterday morning, the Dutch fleet arrived at the British Navy's base at Chatham and immediately engaged in an artillery duel with the British Epnoll battery. Due to the long period of peace, most of the artillery on the British batteries were in disrepair and had limited power. What's worse is that most of the shells that the British army transported to the battery in a hurry did not match the caliber of the artillery, and the British coastal defense artillery with a low level of combat readiness was naturally no match for the Dutch army, and soon the Dutch fleet suppressed the fire of the British battery. ”

Shaking his head and lamenting the incompetence of the British coastal defense artillery, Zheng Mingyi also seemed to understand why the Governor's Office of the Five Armed Forces would require the coastal defense artillery to conduct drills several times a year, and also conduct anti-sneak attack drills from time to time.

After dumbing down the British batteries, de Reuth commanded the fleet to attack the British ships anchored in the harbor. For a while, the Chatham base was full of smoke and flames, and the huge British battleship became a lamb on the chopping block of the Dutch army, and soon 8 British battleships were buried under the guns and arson ships of the Dutch ships. Not only that, but the Dutch fleet towed the British Naval Commander George Munch's flagship "Royal Charles" back to the Dutch ...... as a trophy"

The Dutch won!

England fiasco!

There was no doubt, after Zheng Mingyi's report, Xiong Cilu just paced silently, he walked forward slowly, occasionally he would look into the distance, to the British soldiers in the distance.

"Now the whole of London is in fear, and even though the Dutch fleet has left, fear still hovers in everyone's mind."

"That's not a bad thing! At least for us......"

Xiong Cilu said affirmatively, with a hint of a smile on his face.

"Get ready to negotiate! Now they have no choice! ”