587. Praying mantis catches cicadas

According to my plan, Drake was the first to leave Amsterdam after he recovered—I needed him to help me find someone who could really help us in our cause.

Drake was glad to go, as he was a British nobleman with his own duties and jobs, and he had to serve the country wholeheartedly.

But after this change, Drake has become disillusioned with the United Kingdom, especially the British royal family, so he chose to cooperate with me in full.

For such a superlative person, I am 10,000 assured. Woo-hee was worried before I let him go, and he reminded me of it.

In her understanding, none of these so-called high-level people have good things, and they all have bad stomachs, and letting him go like this is tantamount to letting the tiger return to the mountain, and she repeatedly persuaded me to think twice.

But I smiled and explained her view - people like Drake belong to the heroes.

Such a person, if you are an opponent and an enemy with him, then he will definitely spare no effort to deal with you, calculate you, and defeat you by all means.

But once you stand on the same line with him, especially if you become a partner with him, then he will faithfully fulfill his promise, and will never go back on it, or pass the buck.

I have this confidence, a very strong faith, and I believe that as long as it is what he promised me, it will be done, I have no doubt about it.

It's just that I still have a hidden worry in my heart, a hidden worry about Drake's situation.

But faintly, I have some hope that this hidden worry can become a reality.

This feeling is quite complicated, but it is inconvenient to explain it to others. I could only explain to the Nine Ghosts in private, and the Nine Ghosts understood what I meant, and immediately started to do it, so I returned to the station with peace of mind and commanded the fleet to make preparations.

What are the specific concerns? In fact, this is also an inference based on my knowledge of Elizabeth I and my deep understanding of her feelings.

This woman has relied on herself to support the country for a long time, and she has indeed lived a very hard life. What she can't tolerate the most in her heart is that someone doesn't understand her suffering and does things that are not good for her.

Or to put it more simply: "betrayal".

And what Drake did was the deepest betrayal of her.

Although it may take a certain amount of time for her to realize that she actually misunderstood Drake, by then the wood is already in the boat, and the rice is already in the cooking, and such a truth will only make her more angry.

And how do women choose in such a situation? As a ruler who has been in a high position for a long time, how could she allow the sand to be rubbed in her eyes? Revenge is bound to come!

As for the object of revenge, it may be me, but it is more likely that it is Drake!

Briefly analyze her mentality - what I can't get, you can't think of it!

So she's bound to make a move, and as for the target, nine out of nine will aim at Drake!

As for what I should do, I don't need to say more!

The sea breeze was cold, but it was already cool, and the one thing I was staring at the most was the upgrading of new equipment.

As for Drake, I'm not in a hurry—in other words, it's useless for me to be in a hurry, because the initiative seems to be in Elizabeth's hands.

But the reason why I say it seems is because I have actually buried a long line, waiting for the fish to jump up and bite the hook on its own!

Half a month has passed, and on this very night, there was a sudden knock on my door!

I sat up "Teng", listening to the footsteps and techniques, it must be the nine ghosts and political filial piety!

"Come in!" The Nine Ghosts immediately pushed the door in, and when he saw that I was already sitting on the edge of the bed, he whispered with some excitement: "Sir! Biting the hook! ”

"Humph!" I smiled lightly, and sure enough, it came! She really couldn't hold her breath!

So I whispered, "Tell me more!" ”

The Nine Ghosts closed the door gently, walked over to the chair in front of me and sat down, turned on the light, and whispered with excitement on his face, "Our sentinel ship has brought back news that Drake was discovered by the Scottish Guards when he was in contact with a good surveyor in Yorkshire. But both sides still exercised restraint, but later, the news was known to Elizabeth, and immediately began the pursuit of Drake! ”

"Oh!" I asked, "What about later?" ”

Nine Ghost Masataka smiled and said, "Exactly as you speculated, Drake relied on his familiarity with the waterways to escape from the port and began to flee under the pursuit of the Elizabethan fleet!" At present, we are forced to be helpless, and we don't want Elizabeth to find out our real stronghold, so we run all the way in the direction of Oslo! ”

"How many enemy ships are there?" I asked again.

"At least twenty medium warships!" The Nine Ghosts replied, "They are all new-style warships, and they are almost the same as our previous configurations!" ”

"Good!" I slammed the table: "As the saying goes, there is a way in heaven that you don't go, and there is no door to hell to break into!" Since the matter has really come, let's follow our plan and march with all our might! Rescue Drake! ”

"Understood!" The nine ghosts went excitedly. It's no wonder that he is excited, since he made a mistake last time and took the initiative to invite Ying to Xinda* Lu to support Mawei, the Nine Ghosts Zhengxiao has actually been in a very depressed state.

Especially under the realistic conditions of peace between the British and the Spaniards, he has been extremely angry in the new continent!

Later, after joining forces with me, we happened to encounter the dreadnought fleet that the British suppressed us, and the Nine Ghosts Masataka really broke his heart in order to preserve our strength.

Later, although we managed to defuse the crisis and rescue our ally Drake, he, like me, always had Elizabeth in mind about the woman's backhand!

But this time, he couldn't believe that Elizabeth actually started to act according to the routine I designed, and brazenly stretched out her claws at Drake, who had made great contributions to his country!

Although Drake is indeed deliberately and suspicious of going to the UK to recruit talents, it is not illegal - as a civilian who has resigned from his official position, it is okay if the law does not explicitly stipulate it, and we must stand on the moral high ground.

Especially now, the British sent a new fleet several times more than Drake, and in such a situation, I reached out to help, not only to help my friend, but also to show my ability, which is a double win!

There is a deeper reason - if Elizabeth does not accept my dissuasion and insists on tearing up her face with me, then I can take this opportunity to start implementing some of my own plans and ideas.

Under the arrangement of the Nine Ghosts, the ten modified warships had been prepared, and we left the port overnight and headed straight for Oslo!

The journey was smooth sailing, and by the time it was dark, the fleet had reached the west side of the Oslo Fjord, south of Oslo!

Just as we were approaching the fjord rush, we suddenly heard the loud shout of the lookout overhead: "Enemy situation has been found ahead!" A large number of enemy ships are exchanging fire with our Sixth Fleet! ”

The Sixth Fleet is the code name I gave to Drake's fleet. My own fleet is the First Fleet, Adicon's is the Second Fleet, Mavi's is the Third Fleet, Rodriguez's is the fourth, Nanyang's No Regrets is the fifth, and Drake's fleet is not the sixth?

I didn't expect to find out so quickly! I took the stage to look out, and saw that Drake's ships were not lacking, but most of them were wounded. Now they were actively dodging under the shelling of the British fleet, occasionally returning fire, but also in the open space in front of the opposing fleet.

It's a gesture that says I don't want to be your enemy. But it is also a warning, full of implications that if you do not stop, you will be severely retaliated!

"Send the letter! Contact! I shouted to the Nine Ghosts: "Tell the British fleet to immediately stop the attack on our fleet and bear the compensation for the corresponding losses, otherwise we will take effective measures to resolutely defend our legitimate rights and interests!" ”

The Nine Ghosts Zhengxiao immediately took the order and went, and he was in a hurry.

How could the arrogant British respond to such a banner? Not to mention the fact that, judging by the current situation, my fleet consisted of ten medium-sized ships, Drake's five, and the British's fleet reached about twenty-three!

Among them are two large English Galens!

In such a contrast of forces, the British could not have touched our warnings in any way, and could only laugh at us in their hearts for not being able to do anything!

But who cares? All I want is for them to look down on me in their hearts! From the bottom of my soul, I feel that I am just a paper tiger, and I did it myself, and you, the Ming Dynasty, can help me and me?

As it turned out, I had once again accurately grasped the mood of the commander of the British fleet, and he did not disappoint me by sending a large army straight in my direction to meet him, even to the point of being so arrogant that he did not even have a reply to the maritime convention!

After all, according to the rules, if you don't return when you see a flag at sea, you can be approached by the side that you can treat the attacker in front of you as a pirate and fight back without responsibility!

It's drowsy when you meet a pillow! These Brits are so powerful!

And Drake, who was quite sophisticated, made a big loop, and drove quickly in my direction.

At the same time, he raised the banner, confirmed his identity, and showed me the existing strength!

"Five warships, one seriously wounded, four lightly wounded. Please support quickly! Please support quickly! ”

It's an acquaintance! So I ordered again: "Destroy and sink the British fleet with all your might, and leave it alive to go out and deliver the letter!" ”

After I was given such an order with deep contempt, my inferior number battle group rushed towards the enemy in front of me without hesitation!

Enemies several times larger than themselves!

On the one hand, our courage comes from the fact that I am very touched and excited by my newcomer!

On the other hand, it comes from our technology.

Ten years of sharpening a sword, it's time to pull it out and slip it away! Let's fight!