Although this fleet has only about 30 warships, there are nearly 400 transport ships, forming this huge fleet, which is the Ming Expeditionary Fleet for the expedition to France. net

After more than a month of sailing, the Daming Expeditionary Fleet finally arrived in the waters near the European Big 6.

The commander of the expeditionary force was Yan Yingyuan, and after knowing that he had reached the sea area near the big 6 in Europe, according to the predetermined strategy, Yan Yingyuan ordered the expeditionary fleet to enter the English Channel directly, board the 6 from the south bank of the English Channel, and attack France.

Along the way, he began to encounter some merchant ships from various European countries, but as long as these merchant ships did not get in the way, the warships of the Ming Expeditionary Force fleet would not attack these merchant ships.

"Oh my God, where did this fleet come from, and who are they!" A merchant ship said in shock.

The people on the merchant ship steered the merchant ship to avoid the Daming Expeditionary Fleet, and at the same time kept scanning the ships of the Daming Expeditionary Fleet with binoculars, wanting to see the identity of the Daming Expeditionary Fleet!

"Hiss---, steel battleship! This is by no means our European fleet! Seeing the huge ironclad ships scattered around the fleet, a person on a merchant ship said with a trembling voice.

The news between European countries is very circulating, basically the general situation of each country, European merchants basically know, and there is no ironclad ship in Europe that can be built, all as soon as they see ironclad ships, the European merchants on these merchant ships immediately The fleet in front of them must be extraterritorial.

And in this world, the country with warships built of steel, the people on the merchant ships only know one, and that is the Ming Empire in the Far East!

"They are the fleet of the Ming Empire! Has the Ming Empire invaded our European Big 6 again? After a while, the captain of the merchant ship clearly saw the golden dragon flags hanging on the ships of the Ming Dynasty, and immediately determined the 'identity' of the Ming Expeditionary Force fleet, and at the same time, he could clearly see the fear in the eyes of the captain of the merchant ship.

"Quick! Plus turn to sail and avoid these devils! The captain of the merchant ship roared in horror.

The sailors of the merchant ships also fought with fear to control the merchant ships and try to escape from this sea.

At the same time, they felt a breath of death.

Last time, the Ming Dynasty 96 battleships went on an expedition to Europe and shelled the coastal ports and cities of various countries, bringing a huge disaster to Europe, and countless people died in this disaster.

The captain of this merchant ship was also the captain of a merchant ship in a Dutch port, and when the 96 battleships of the Ming Dynasty bombarded the coastal ports of the Netherlands, the merchant ship he was on was sunk, and if he had not died, he would have died in the sea in the port.

Now, seeing the devil-like Ming fleet again, how could he not be frightened and fearful.

This European merchant ship escaped as quickly as possible, until it escaped tens of thousands of meters away, and even the shadow of the Ming Expeditionary Force fleet could no longer be seen, and the people on this merchant ship breathed a sigh of relief and felt that life was finally back in their hands.

The main reason is that the disaster brought by the Ming fleet last time was too great, not only sinking all the merchant ships of European countries encountered along the way, but also destroying the coastal ports and cities of various countries, and severely damaging various coastal countries.

If this time the Ming fleet was as bloody as the last time, their merchant ship would definitely not be able to escape, and now that they have escaped, the Ming warship did not sink them, which naturally makes them extremely happy.

As the English Channel got closer and closer, more and more merchant ships from various countries encountered the fleet of the Ming Expeditionary Force, and all the merchant ships of all countries were almost in the same situation as the merchant ship just now, fleeing frantically in boundless fear.

Fortunately, this time the Ming Dynasty was only targeting France, and in the case that it was impossible to distinguish that the merchant ship was from France and that merchant ship was from other countries, as long as they did not take the initiative to block the way, none of the Ming warships would sink them.

With the escape of merchant ships from various countries, the news that the Ming fleet had once again landed in Europe began to spread to European countries at a very fast speed.

Soon, the Ming Expeditionary Force fleet sailed into the English Channel.

"Haha, after sailing like this, I finally saw the French barbarian warship!" The commander of the Ming Navy who led the escort warships is called Huang Haitao, a new generation of admirals trained by Shen Jing, the commander of the East China Sea Fleet, and is now the admiral of the Ming American Fleet, maybe when Shen Jing really retreats, he will take over the position of Shen Jing as the commander of the East China Sea Fleet and become the new commander of the East China Sea Fleet.

After sailing for more than a month and not fighting a naval battle for several years, Huang Haitao was full of excitement when he saw the French warship.

The French fleet encountered only seventeen warships, in terms of quantity, it can be regarded as a large-scale fleet, but they are all wooden warships, and the combat effectiveness of the Daming steel battleships is more than a dozen of them.

Even the four Ming steel battleships escorting the front of the expeditionary fleet were enough to completely destroy the French fleet of seventeen warships that encountered it.

"Prepare to open fire and sink these French barbarian warships!"

With Huang Haitao's order, the cannons on the five battleships sailing in front quickly took aim.

"Fire!"

"Boom! Rumble! Boom ----"

The powerful 250 mm caliber main gun shells exploded huge pillars of sea water on the sea, and the two French battleships were shot, and they were immediately blown up with sawdust flying, and the flames covered most of the hull, and a large number of French naval soldiers on the battleships were blown over and thrown into the sea.

"Boom! Rumble! Boom ----"

The Ming battleships continued to fire, and one French battleship after another was hit, and in the blink of an eye, three French battleships were sunk and five French battleships were heavily damaged.

The combat effectiveness of the Daming steel battleship is still terrifying, like a nightmare.

Yes, at this moment, the commander of the French fleet who happened to be met by the Ming Expeditionary Force fleet in front of him widened his eyes with great fear, and he deeply felt that he was experiencing a terrifying nightmare.

"Bang! Boom! Boom! "Huge pillars of sea water exploded under the shells, and the flagship of the commander of the French fleet was shaking, in danger of sinking at any moment.

The distance between the two fleets is at least six thousand meters, and the cannons of the Ming battleships can reach the French battleships, but the cannons on the French battleships cannot attack the Ming warships at such a long distance anyway.

It was an asymmetrical massacre, a nightmare that spread within the French fleet.

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