The guiding ideology of naval warfare between Britain and France is too different, and it is not unreasonable for the French to be defeated repeatedly in naval battles. It can only be said that the French were too upright in naval battles, and they thought they were on land. The British, on the other hand, are much more cunning and cunning.

Seize the upper hand, then outflank the enemy ships with the advantage of a tailwind. When approaching, using the powerful firepower of the side to strike at enemy ships is the consistent naval warfare thinking of the British. It was this correct guiding ideology of naval warfare that enabled Britain to defeat the French navy repeatedly. Moreover, later also defeated the Spanish Armada.

But in the eyes of the French, this tactic of avoiding a head-on collision is very obscene and seriously inconsistent with chivalry. Therefore, the upright French navy was inevitably beaten by the obscene British.

Speaking of the current naval tactics of England, one person has to be mentioned - King Edward III. Edward III was a genius military strategist king. The famous English longbowmen, who beat the French to the brim, were promoted by Edward III in England. Prior to this, the British had longbowmen, but they were few in number. Seeing that the longbowmen were restrained by the French cavalry, Edward III simply promoted it throughout the country and ordered the whole population to shoot arrows. As a result, in the early days of the Hundred Years' War, the British pressed the French army to fight and beat the French to the point that they could not take care of themselves. Later, it was only after the French had artillery that could fight the longbowmen, as well as a new type of plate armor that could withstand the longbowmen's fire, that the tide of the war was finally turned around.

This, of course, was Edward III's achievement in the Army. Another of his achievements was in the area of naval warfare. At the time, England was not a maritime power. Because the island of Britain is big enough, it's more like a small piece of land. So, at that time, the Kingdom of England was actually a small land country that was isolated overseas and had been fighting with Scotland all day long. At that time, the greatest hobby of the English was to tear and tear with the Scots near Hadrian's Wall......

The advent of Edward III changed the landscape of the Kingdom of England. Because, Edward III's mother was Isabella of France, the only daughter of King Philip IV of France. Philip IV's three sons became kings of France, but none of them had heirs. Therefore, as the son of Princess Isabella, Edward III is entitled to inherit the throne of France. However, the French aristocracy did not approve of Edward III, an Englishman, as the king of France, so they chose Philip VI, the cousin of Philip IV. After that, because of the French throne, Britain and France completely turned their faces, which led to the Hundred Years' War. Before that, although there was friction between Britain and France, there was no deep hatred......

In the beginning, Edward III hired many Kirk galleons from the Hanseatic League to transport British troops across the English Channel to the European continent. Because, at that time, there were no big ships in England......

As a result, Edward III saw the most advanced Kirk sailing ship at that time, and decided to make it the main ship type of England in the future.

Of course, it doesn't stop there. Edward III, who was a talented military man, also made improvements to the Kirk galleon, which he ordered to be raised in the stern. In this way, in naval battles, it is advantageous to take advantage. Because, there were a lot of longbowmen in England. Standing on the heightened stern, the longbowmen's range is bonus. Condescendingly, absolutely shoot to suppress the opponent.

Therefore, the ships of England, all Kirk galleons with a raised stern, were more suitable for this traditional naval battle than the ships of the French.

At each passing pass, the English archers struck hard at the French soldiers and sailors on the decks of the French warships from the stern. Moreover, some rockets, which even ignited the sails of the French ships. However, because of the small number of rocket wins, the fire was quickly extinguished by French sailors.

But in any case, Wallace's obscene fighting tactics made the French suffer a lot. The British fleet had already turned back several times, and the French had not been able to do anything with them......

Moreover, it is not that the French do not know the benefits of seizing the upper hand, but that they cannot go and seize the upper hand. Because, behind them, are hundreds of transport ships. Once out of the way and let the British ships rush into the convoy of transports, the losses would be great. For example, if some ships carrying war horses sink one, dozens of war horses and a large amount of supplies sink into the sea. The guns were more expensive, because the guns were all made of copper, and now that the price of copper in Europe was so expensive, Louis XII had to die of distress to sink a ship full of copper cannons......

Therefore, even though they knew that the British should not be allowed to seize the upper hand, the French fleet did not dare to rush up and fight with the British fleet, but could only honestly protect the convoy......

However, Count Valgery is not a fool. He knew very well that if this continued attrition, the French fleet would be exhausted sooner or later......

"How can we solve the dilemma at hand?" Count Valgery pondered in distress.

He glanced at the more than 40 small English ships in the northeast that were ready to intercept the French transports, and suddenly thought of something......

"yes, I should have thought of it a long time ago......," Count Valgery patted his head.

He found that although the main fleet of England and the French fleet were hiding from cats, they just refused to face it head-on. However, the more than 40 small and medium-sized warships of England have refused to leave the northeast direction, just to prevent the French fleet from breaking through and landing in England......

Therefore, Count Walgery judged that the greatest task of the English fleet in front of him was to prevent the French fleet from landing in England......

The 54 ships of England, which were the main force, might fight, but the more than 40 small and medium-sized ships refused to give up the route to the northeast. Therefore, Count Valgery finally decided to take these forty small and medium-sized English warships......

Since they would not give way, they would certainly not run away. Sending 20 ships over before was indeed a little less. Moreover, the previous 20 French warships were too concentrated and easily overwhelmed by the nimble English ships.

And this time, the Earl of Walgarry decided to send 50 main warships to attack the more than 40 small and medium-sized warships of England that refused to give way.

Moreover, Count Walgery changed his tactics - he divided the 50 warships into two groups, and outflanked the English about forty small and medium-sized warships. No matter how flexible those small and medium-sized warships are, if they refuse to give way, as long as they outflank them left and right, they will definitely be able to inflict heavy damage......

As long as the small and medium-sized English ships were defeated, the route to Port Hastings was completely opened. As long as the convoy was driven over, the French army's task of crossing the sea was completed......

As for the 54 ships of England led by Wallace, Count Walgery decided to leave 50 ships to stop them and prevent them from attacking the convoy. Although 50 warships may not be able to defeat the British main fleet with 54 warships, it will take a long time for the British to defeat these 50 French main warships. This time was enough for another 50 warships to clean out the more than 40 small and medium-sized warships of England. Even if it can't be destroyed, it's enough to disperse the opponent and open the way for the convoy......

When the triumphant Sir Wallace was directing a new round of fighting, he saw the change of formation of the French fleet on the stern, and his face suddenly turned pale......

"It's over, the French have found our weakness!"

His mission was to stop the French fleet, so the previous fight was actually to attract the attention of the French fleet. If you encounter a stupid commander, you may continue to circle with Wallace's fleet until reinforcements arrive......

But now the French obviously realized that this was not a solution, so now the French were ruthless, planning to clear the boats that stood in the way first, which was considered to be the fate of the British......

As soon as the French eliminated or routed those small ships, the way forward for the French convoy was wide open. At that time, Wallace's mission was a complete failure......

Wallace could not accept defeat, because if he did, all of England could fall. When the time comes, he will not talk about the baronial dream, and the family may also end with the defeat of Henry VII. Therefore, for the sake of the family's future, Wallace made a ruthless ......

Sir Wallace laughed miserably, drew his knight's sword, and ordered in a loud voice:

"Brothers, the time has come to fight hard!"

After a pause, Wallace continued:

"We must hold back the French fleet until reinforcements arrive! Everyone, I will fight to the death with you, and I will not take half a step back! ”

"Fight to the death!"

"Fight to the death!"

The seasoned sailors on the ship responded loudly with their scimitars, and as they had been fighting for their lives on the sea all year round, they had long been ready to die at any time......

Subsequently, 54 main ships of the British army, under the command of Wallace, temporarily turned around and rushed straight to the northeast, intending to fight with the 50 main French ships that went to outflank those small and medium-sized English ships.

And Count Valgery, the commander of the French army, who originally took the remaining 50 warships to protect the transport fleet, showed a victorious smile and said:

"They couldn't take it anymore! Let's go, let's go to the decisive battle with 50 of our ships! When it comes to head-to-head battles, our French warriors have never been afraid of anyone! ”

Then, the remaining 50 main French warships, which were originally protecting the transport fleet, also moved to the northeast, and a decisive battle at sea was about to break out......