Although Henry VIII's royal fleet wiped out and captured some of the ships of the King of France's fleet, the main fleet of the crossing remained intact in the harbor of Le Havre. And, of course, dozens of ships loaded with artillery, including the two flagships of the commander-in-chief of the fleet, Marshal de France and Admiral Claude de Anebor.

The dozens of sergeants of the fleet guarding the fishing village of St. Vaasraoug never dreamed that the king fleet of the English would really sail outside this remote fishing village to shell the ships. After the shelling lasted for nearly two hours, the French ships that had not been loaded with artillery to return fire sank and sank. By 9 p.m., England's royal fleet had largely wiped out a dozen or so ships anchored near the fishing village.

This time, the remnants of the sergeants evacuated from Bavler, plus the sergeants stationed in the small fishing village, did not choose to flee again. They knew that it would take 3 to 4 days to reach Le Havre from the small fishing village and reported the two incursions to the fleet. In addition, they were well aware that on their way to Le Havre, the English fleet might have arrived at Le Havre to begin an attack on the king's fleet.

As a result, the two French sergeants were stationed in the small fishing village and prepared to resist the invasion of the English fleet to the death. However, how can the sergeants who basically use cold weapons be the opponents of shipborne artillery. By the time the ship-based sergeants of the English fleet landed, most of the French sergeants who had stubbornly resisted the invaders had been killed or wounded. At this point, the news of the English invasion of France still did not get out.

At this time, the commander-in-chief of the French fleet remained in Paris and often participated in the salons favored by the French aristocracy. War was approaching, and the commander-in-chief, marshal and admiral, was still enjoying the aristocratic life in Paris, two days away? There is a certain reason for this.

For King Francis I of France gave orders to the marshal that the fleet and tens of thousands of sergeants must be assembled by July. Therefore, it was perfectly fine for the marshal and admiral of France to attend the salons of the nobles in his spare time. At the salon, the marshal spoke to the costumed noblemen and women who were present, saying that he could immediately lead the mighty French fleet across the English Channel to the Isle of Wight, and then occupy the military port of LinkedIn Grantsmouth. As long as he occupied the military port, he had no fear that the king of England would not come to him to sue for peace.

The vast majority of the French nobles, who knew nothing about maritime affairs, were attracted by the marshal's words, and tried their best to praise the marshal and hope that the marshal would lead the fleet to the outside of London, as the Danes had done. Then a group of English nobles, led by King Henry VIII, was forced to make a request to the marshal for peace negotiations.

Of course, the Field Marshal also took into account the fact that the King's fleet of England would fight valiantly against his fleet. However, the marshal quickly put this idea behind him, knowing full well that the King's fleet of England numbered less than one-sixth of his fleet, and that the few large ships loaded with guns were used as flagships. As for the rest of the ships, apart from a dozen or so ordinary Clark warships, only a few galleys remained. Can such a fleet defeat its own fleet?

And since the field marshal is best at ground warfare, the marshal tries to free himself as much as possible from the strange and disgusting affairs of the sea. While toasting with the nobles of the city of Paris, he did not think at all about the naval affairs of his fleet. Now that the King's deadline is almost two months away, why not take advantage of this time to spend every day in Paris happily?

In this way, the commander-in-chief, who led hundreds of ships and tens of thousands of soldiers of the landing force, reveled in his dreams. And the enemy he was about to face had already struck ahead of time.

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The two king's fleets, led by two male nobles, rested and restocked in the port of Pavler, and in the fishing village of St. Vaasraouge, respectively. The assault on the port of Le Havre in France began in earnest in the afternoon of the second day after the break. At this time, the English Channel did not yet have the usual summer variability, so the King's fleet could break into the sea outside the port of Le Havre in calm conditions.

Approaching sunset in the afternoon, Viscount Lyle ordered a detachment led by two flagships to begin an artillery bombardment of the ships of Dustrancy in the port of Le Havre. Because the King's fleet was still using large Clark ships, some of Baroness Ripley's naval tactics were not useful. During the shelling, Lady Ripley could only stay quietly at the lookout of the sub-flagship.

The sudden bombardment left the French unprepared, and the vast majority of the ships did not have enough sailors to flee the harbor in the harbor. Even if there were lucky ships that could force their way out of the encirclement line of the British fleet, there were no soccer gunners on the ships who could operate the guns to return fire.

In addition, some large ships that can participate in broadside battles are not equipped with a corresponding number of ship-based sergeants to participate in broadside battles. Of course, there was still a long time before the official start of the war, and most of the shipboard sergeants stayed in their camps on land in the harbor. Under these circumstances, it was almost impossible for a French warship to get close to the British fleet for broadside combat.

Shelling, shelling, shelling! A fleet led by the Viscount of Lyell and the Duke of Richmond sailed freely in the waters off the port of Le Havre when they spotted a large French warship and bombarded it violently. Many times before the fleet has completely sunk a ship, another medium ship comes into view. So, the fleet turned its guns on medium ships.

By 10 o'clock in the afternoon, the French fleet moored in the harbor had been reduced to a pile of broken copper. Tens of thousands of ship-based sergeants stood on the shore, eager to seek revenge on the English, but there was no way to get close to the Englishmen at sea. And when some of the commanders of the detachment went crazy to find a ship equipped with guns and ship-based sergeants, they could not find anything.

Viscount Lyle, excited, ordered all the ships in the fleet to shoot out all the projectiles and dump them all on the passively beaten French warships until they sank them. When more than half of the ships of the French fleet had been severely damaged, the fleet of the King of England actually shot out all the artillery projectiles.