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The city of Le Havre was founded in 1517 as "City Francico", named after King François I of France, who ordered the construction of the city, and was later renamed "Grace Le Havre", meaning "Port of Grace", and "Le Havre" means port or dock.

The geographical location of Le Havre is very important, it is the estuary of the Seine, bordering the English Channel, two hundred kilometers from Paris, and is the maritime gateway to the capital Paris.

Due to its geographical factors and its own favorable conditions, it soon became the number one port in France, and it was also the port of call for the French expeditionary force from afar.

On June 5, 1549, after eight days of sailing and two days of repairs, the total size of the fleet reached more than 150 ships and more than 5,000 men, and it can be said that the French army at this time was much stronger than the English army.

A number of civilian dhows requisitioned from France, as well as dhows and brigs brought by the Venetians from the Mediterranean, made up the bulk of the French army.

And the real main force in the army comes from the Galen ship, such a behemoth.

When Spain established a colony in the Americas, it was necessary to carry large quantities of cargo and soldiers across the Atlantic, and the main seagoing ships of the time, the Naya and Caravel, were no longer up to the task.

So the Spaniards combined the advantages of these two types of ships and invented the Galen ship, because the Galen ship can not only be used as a combat ship in wartime, but also as a cargo ship in peacetime, it can be said that it is more than one stone! Therefore, in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, it became the mainstream of Western ships.

Galen ships generally have 4 masts, with two front masts hanging railing sails and two rear masts hanging spinnakers. The standard length is 46 meters - 55 meters, displacement 300-1000 tons.

As the fleet of the expedition to Edinburgh, the French army had about ten 800-ton Galen ships, and three main warships of more than 1,000 tons, namely the 1,300-ton 'Rose', the 1,000-ton 'Sea Princess', and the largest 1,500-ton 'Hunter', which were the main forces of the decisive battle.

As for why the Venetians had a small tonnage of sea ships, it was not because the Venetians could not build ships, but because it was unnecessary, and the hiring expenses of the French could only be worth so much, and this was the weight of the Venetian Parliament's view of the face of the French king.

Wearing a white shirt inside, a blue cloak on the outside, a monocular around his waist, and a black gilt and chic navy hat on his head, the commander of the navy, Reinado. Ferdy seemed to be in good spirits.

From this day onwards, he was to wage a naval war with the English, and it was the first time that the Venetians had fought a war with a country outside the Mediterranean.

Due to the need to face the invasion of the Ottoman Empire, the Venetian merchants generally did not let the navy leave the Mediterranean, and who knows if the Ottomans would take the opportunity to sneak attack.

Therefore, even though Venice already has more than 3,000 ships and more than 30,000 sailors, he still has not led a navy out of the Mediterranean, which is a rare experience.

As for the difference between the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean, Reinado immediately felt it after entering the Atlantic.

If the Mediterranean is a calm middle-aged person, except for the temper tantrums from time to time, the rest of the time is calm.

And the Mediterranean Sea is like a teenager's eldest child, emotionally unstable, big waves are a family meal, and any typhoon is also patronized from time to time, and the danger level is much higher.

Therefore, at this time, Reinado was still a little uncomfortable in the face of such an unfamiliar sea, and what worried him even more was that the Kirk and Karak ships brought from the Mediterranean Sea were sailing ships, and the sailors could not adapt to the wind in the Atlantic Ocean for a while.

Fortunately, according to his observations, the sailors are currently well adapted to the Atlantic and can fight.

So, at his command, more than a hundred and fifty ships put on sail and, under the agitation of the sea breeze, slowly headed for Edinburgh.

At this time, the commander of the navy, Major James, was not idle at this time, and at his request, Edward, in his name and Mary, asked the Scottish navy and civilian ships to join the English navy to resist the French fleet from afar.

With the encouragement of James IV and James V, Scotland expanded its navy to 38 ships of all kinds, the largest of which was 1,500 tons.

But now everything has become history, and the current Scottish Navy has more than 30 ships of various types, but most of them are backward Kirk ships, and the largest scale has only reached 800 tons, at most as auxiliaries.

Major James doesn't count any of these, and the more strength he has at this time, the more he has the certainty of victory.

Moreover, under Edward's command and Major James's persuasion, about 20 merchant ships from the Scottish people and 50 merchant ships from England joined the battle.

Therefore, at present, the English navy has expanded dramatically, and the number of ships of various types has reached more than 130, which is comparable to that of the French.

Unlike the Venetians, who were mostly galleys, most of the ships in England were sail ships, that is, the wind was the main thing, the sails were supplementary, and the maneuverability was stronger.

Since most of them were wind-powered warships, the total number of soldiers in England also climbed to more than 3,000 people, almost twice as many people, but the number of direct combatants was about the same.

After all this, on the 6th of June, Major James was relieved, and with his fleet, he came to the agreed place, and waited quietly in front of the port of Edinburgh, ready to come to a naval decisive battle with the French.

Of course, there is a reason for changing the turtle shrinkage plan made in the early stage.

After calculations and reconnaissance of the information, most of the Galen ships of the French expeditionary fleet that came from afar were not modified, that is, the ramming angle in front of the ship was changed to cannons.

Moreover, I don't know if the Venetians fought a lot with the Ottoman Empire, and the firepower on its ships was not strong, and it was more adept at ship landing operations, that is, direct collisions and attacks between ships.

As a result, the superiority in the artillery of the English Navy was much greater.

After thinking for a while, Major James suddenly saw a large fleet slowly appear on the horizon like dark clouds, which gave people a strong sense of oppression.

"Tell the captains, get ready, the Venetian is coming!" After saying a word to the herald beside him, James saw a small black dot running over.

A closer look showed a French flag cruiser in the distance.