"How can there be a flag of the Portuguese royal family?" William couldn't figure it out.

As far as he knew, the Portuguese colonies in the Americas did not have any members of their royal family.

However, Robert's brain was a little more flexible, and he immediately thought of something, and hurriedly replied: "Don't forget, João IV also has a daughter who married far away to the Ming Kingdom. This royal flag of Portugal ......"

At this point, he paused, and then said in a categorical voice, "Definitely that Catherine's, yes, definitely her." It's ......"

As he spoke, he turned his head to look at William, and saw that William happened to be looking at him as well, and at this time, he said his last sentence: "She led the Ming fleet back to Portugal for revenge!" ”

Now that William knew what the Portuguese flag represented, he naturally understood that what Robert said must be right.

Thinking of this, he turned his head to look at the huge fleet in the distance, and gasped and said, "Shit, this daughter is really worth marrying!" ”

No matter which European country João IV married his daughter, it was impossible for him to avenge him with such a large fleet!

Robert immediately nodded in agreement, and then immediately ordered: "Go, go back to England!" ”

At least two thousand or more fleets are going to Europe, which is definitely a very important matter, and the news must be transmitted back immediately!

So, this fleet, which was "huge" for the British, finally did nothing, so it pulled its sails and fled back to England.

The news they brought back was both right and wrong.

There was Catherine in this fleet, and it was true that she wanted to return to Portugal for revenge. But the number of battleships was not so much. In fact, there are only about 1,000 real warships, and there are about 1,500 warships left, which are actually Damingfu ships, which are transport ships.

And in this fleet, there were also more than a hundred warships of the Portuguese colonies, and the commander of the fleet was Anders. Of course, now that Catherine is here, she is the biggest, and Anders has to listen to her.

Seeing that the British fleet had run away, Catherine had a cold face, anger in her eyes, and after putting down the binoculars, she said to Zheng Zhilong: "Can't let them run!" Otherwise our whereabouts will be revealed! ”

The British also deserve to die, and they are inescapable of taking responsibility for the destruction of Portugal, and Catherine naturally hates them to death. Now that I see it, it's enemies meeting each other, and of course they want to die!

"If you can't catch up, just let them go." Zheng Zhilong didn't accept Catherine's suggestion, shook his head and said, "Our flight will not change, let's go directly to Lisbon!" ”

Catherine was very upset when she heard this, but she was helpless.

has been in the Ming Dynasty for so many years, of course, she already knows that women are not allowed to interfere in politics. As the concubine of the crown prince, of course, her status is high, but in foreign affairs, she has no decision-making power.

And Emperor Chongzhen also explained to her, the fleet was commanded by Zheng Zhilong. The night before she left, the prince repeatedly told her that she must listen to her father.

In this way, she had no choice but to do anything. Even if she crossed Zheng Zhilong's order, no one in the fleet would listen to her. Even Anders's side received an order from Zheng Zhilong's side and didn't dare to disobey it. At most, I wouldn't talk to Catherine so directly.

In this way, this huge fleet, led by the Portuguese warships, began to cross the Atlantic Ocean and head towards Lisbon.

……………………

In London, England, Cromwell is quite satisfied with the current situation in Europe. bluntly said that Sweden fought well in this war, so that all European countries realized that the Ming country was really strong. Judging from the current situation, there is hope for the second Paris Conference to be held again!

The news from the Ottoman side that the Ming army should have completely gained a foothold, and now that a part of the Ming army has begun to attack Egypt, this should be the prelude to a new round of expansion of the Ming Kingdom, right?

He likes to hear about this. Let's not mention that those places are all Ottoman territory, the Ming Kingdom fought the Ottomans, it was dog eat dog, and whoever lost a little more they were happy.

Besides, the occurrence of this incident also made those landlocked European countries start to be nervous. This will inevitably speed up the convening of the conference of the alliance. When the time comes, everyone feels the pressure, and the alliance meeting will inevitably go a lot smoother.

"It would be nice if the Ming army put more pressure on Europe!" Cromwell couldn't help but sigh when he thought of this.

According to his thoughts, if the Ming army was about to destroy the Ottomans, the troops would soon really attack the side of the European countries, and with such a great pressure, he dared to assert that the alliance meeting would definitely go very smoothly.

He was thinking about this when he heard a guard rush in and say to him, "Robert and William, are they back?" ”

As he spoke, Robert and William both appeared at the door.

Cromwell was overjoyed to hear that he was back so soon?

So, he hurriedly looked at Robert and said, "How is it, is it going well?" Have you captured the ironclad smoking battleship, or inquired about ......"

At this point, he couldn't go on, because he found that Robert and William's faces were very ugly. You can tell from their expressions that things are definitely not going well.

Sure enough, while he was speaking, Robert had already come closer, and heard him say with a very grim face: "The Ming army is coming, and we have encountered a huge Ming fleet, more than 2,000 ships, flying the Portuguese royal flag, it must be here for revenge!" ”

Cromwell gasped when he heard this, more than two thousand?

Naval battles between various European countries were basically naval battles of less than 100 ships. And this time, he sent as many warships as possible to the American continent, and it was only about two hundred. The reason why he spent so much money was still coveting the Ming country's ironclad smoking battleship.

However, if the Ming army does not come, it will not come, and it will be more than 2,000 ships, and the financial and material resources of the Ming Kingdom are really unimaginable!

At this time, of course, he remembered that on the other side of the Persian Gulf, there were also two or three thousand Ming warships, and there were so many of them that Cromwell was really envious to death, and at the same time he was half scared to death!

If he had known that at this time, he could deduce that the empire in the East was really rich, then he would definitely be very happy and would have asked the British East India Company to send ships to the Far East. But now, that Far Eastern Empire has proven to be not only rich, but also extremely powerful, then he panics!

If such a huge Ming fleet came to attack the British, although it would not destroy the country, at least the war after going ashore was difficult to say, but the coastal ports would definitely be blocked by the Ming army, and the blow to Britain would be too great!

"When will the Ming fleet arrive?" Cromwell asked, wiping a cold sweat.

He didn't ask if the Ming army would come to fight Britain, because there was no need to ask, if the Ming fleet came to Europe, the first one would definitely be to fight Spain, at least the original Portuguese place would be captured first.

"It should already be on the way, if everything goes well, it is estimated that it will be a few days too late for us!" Robert immediately led the fleet away, and he didn't see the follow-up of the Ming fleet at all. But he could probably guess it, so he said it.

Cromwell listened, frowned and thought for a while, and then said: "Send a clipper ship to Madrid immediately to inform the unlucky Philip IV, and also send someone to Paris to inform Louis XIV, hurry up and inform the rest of Europe, tell them that if they don't unite, when the Ming army reaches the doorstep, it will be too late!" ”

Robert and William listened and hurriedly agreed. The dense Ming warships flashed in his mind, and his scalp was a little numb. At this time, they could finally understand the mood of Max of the Persian Gulf Fleet when he saw the Ming fleet.

As soon as the two of them left, Cromwell began to think about his side.

The major ports in the United Kingdom must be on guard. We should speed up the construction of coastal defense artillery and increase our defenses, and at the same time, we must also be prepared to withdraw inland at any time.

None of these things are easy. When it comes to money and the interests of many people, it's a bit of a headache!

Cromwell thought about it for a moment, and then he made a decision, and then he immediately moved.

In addition to the actual things to do, he also made people widely publicized, saying that the Orientals from the Far East were more ferocious than the original Mongols, killing people without blinking, eating people without spitting out bones, and leaving no armor and not a single inch of grass wherever they passed............

In short, all the negative words they can imagine are used to describe the Ming army and create the greatest panic of the British against the Ming Kingdom. Describing the coming Yellow Peril is the end of Britain!

The reason why he did this was, of course, for his own purposes. Although it will cause panic among the British to a certain extent, if he leads the LinkedIn people to carry the end of this time in this situation, it goes without saying that he will be the king 100% later!

Even if you can't bear it, or in the end, Britain has suffered very heavy losses, but it's the end of the world, and as a result, under his leadership Cromwell, you still survived, no matter what, you will definitely be grateful, right?

This kind of trick has been used by many people, and it can fool some people. First try to exaggerate as much as possible and give the people below a very bad expectation. Then, as long as that expectation is not met in the end, it is his credit!

Sure enough, after hearing such propaganda, the British were completely panicked, and some even committed suicide without being able to bear the pressure, so they went first!

Others fled inland and sold off their coastal houses, and all of a sudden, the real estate market plummeted.

Of course, Cromwell's affairs have also gone exceptionally smoothly, whether it is overtime to recruit soldiers, or to work overtime in arsenals, or to build shore defense artillery in major ports, in short, many unhappy people have supported Cromwell's decisions.

Britain, it's time for life and death again!