There are four British voyages to China:

Among them, there are three queen ships, they are the 'Dragon', 'Catherine', and 'Sun';

A schooner, the 'Anne'.

At this moment, these four sea ships are spreading their sails and slowly sailing away from the sea outside the trench mirror, leaving four long waves on the rolling sea

Behind the British fleet were more than 10 Portuguese patrol boats that had sent them out of the country.

The Portuguese monitored the British convoy all the way to the end of the patrol boat's range before turning back.

The flagship of the British fleet was the Dragon, a typical queen ship, the light Galen;

The standard length of this type of ship is 50 meters, the displacement is 500 tons, in order to be more suitable for long-range artillery battles and improve maneuverability, it has lowered the bow and stern superstructure;

This new type of Galen ship is significantly faster and more maneuverable than the Spanish Galen ship, and because she created it during the time of Queen Elizabeth of England, it is called the 'Queen Ship'.

More than a decade ago, it was this queen ship, the Mayflower, who carried 102 British Puritans to establish the first colony in North America, who are known as the ancestors of the Americans.

The Queen's ship was also used in the British Privateer Fleet.

The commander of the British fleet, Captain John? Captain Weddell was standing worriedly on the aft deck of the flagship Dragon, watching the Portuguese patrol boats drift away.

"Captain, are you worried about the cunning Iberians (1)?"

Captain Weddell didn't turn around, he knew who was coming—

It was Nathaniel, another central figure in the British fleet, the co-representative of the royal family and the caravan? Montney.

"Do you believe them?"

"Of course I don't believe them!" Nathaniel replied loudly and firmly.

Captain Weddell, who was always cautious, was taken aback. He jerked his head over and looked at Nathaniel. Whispered:

"Be careful, their representatives are still on board!"

"Ahh Nathaniel laughed.

"Captain. Are you too cautious, Thomas who is fluent in Portuguese in the caravan? Robinson was with him. ”

"Since you don't believe them, why did you agree to their terms?"

"The Iberians think they are using us, they are triumphant!"

"Don't you know that this is what we want!" Nathaniel said contemptuously;

At this moment, the queen ship of the 'Dragon' happened to meet the waves, and the deck shook for a while;

Nathaniel paused, waved his arms again, and continued:

"We don't have time! Captain! ”

"There are restless people in the country, and the king needs money!"

"The king needs a lot of money!"

"We've always wanted to establish trade with Ming, but they've always ignored us. Nor does it take us into account. ”②

"So I'm going to give them some color this time!"

"Of course, we must not be as stupid as the Dutch (3), this is just a conflict!"

"Remember, Captain, this is a conflict! By no means war! ”

"Yes, sir, you have succeeded in convincing me;" Captain Weddell nodded sincerely, and then honestly and cautiously reassured:

"We have 3 queen ships, 126 cannons;"

"This conflict is enough to attract the attention of the Ming people;"

"And I'll refrain from it. Don't let it escalate into war! ”

"Excellent! Captain, the glory of the king is with you! ”

The trench mirror and the sea of Pinghai City are very close to each other, only more than 50 li (100km);

The sea ship sailed directly out of the Zhujiang Estuary through Xiangjiang Island and Dapeng Bay from the sea outside the entrenchment, and you can see the only Pinghai City standing on the east peninsula of Echeng;

Whereas, the queen ship belongs to the lighter Galen ship. With a top speed of 10 knots and an average speed of 5 knots (9.26 km/h), the British fleet could reach Pinghai in just half a day!

The other side. Zhang Yanzhi is still in Lijiawan, the future Pinghai Port;

He didn't know that his enemy was attacking from the sea, and it seemed that this time he was going to carry the black pot for Da Ming.

Now. Zhang Yanzhi had no consciousness of carrying the black pot, he was giving a lecture on a small 100-ton cargo ship. This ship is the 'Small Cargo No. 1';

It should be noted that the "100 tons" of "100 tons of small cargo ship" here refers to: the maximum load of the ship is 100 tons, and the weight of the small cargo ship is only 40 tons.

The old man He and Miss Yan, who came over, did not get on the boat, they were stretching their necks on the shore to look here.

At sea, when the ship is small, the shaking is great, and people often have trouble standing on it.

If it weren't for Zhang Yanzhi drinking the first-level genetic medicine, it is estimated that he would not only be unstable now, but also seasick!

Zhang Yanzhi stood steadily in the bow cabin, looking at the full sailors standing on the cargo hold;

There were also 13 low-level officers in the cabin, including Yuan Xu, the chief flag of the navy, and Dongzi, the small banner, which was also crowded.

"Everybody's good! They all grew up by the sea! ”

"Such a bumpy ship is also like walking on the ground." Zhang Yanzhi finally spoke, and he praised.

"Take a break!" Then he gave the officers and men the order to take a break;

The officers and men had been standing on the ship for half an hour;

The ship was undulating with the waves, but everyone stood straight, not much worse than on the ground.

The quality of the naval personnel is very high, and Zhang Yanzhi does have the capital to be happy;

But, but, he knew that that was not enough!

At this moment, Zhang Yanzhi is very bottomless in his heart:

The navy is a technical service, but he and his navy do not understand naval warfare;

They had no experience in 17th-century naval warfare, such as 'gang hopping', 'fireship warfare', and 'gangster-melee warfare';

Moreover, the number of the Pinghai army is also small, and there is no capital to play the above 'flesh and blood grinding war';

Then, the only way out for the Pinghai Army is: 'artillery-kite warfare';

Zhang Yanzhi secretly made up his mind: next time he returns to modern times, he must get more artillery and artillery-related learning materials back;

"But! Your level is just to stand firm and not fall when you go out to sea to fish—"

(1) Iberians refer to the Spaniards and Portuguese in the Iberian Peninsula of Europe, who were contemptuously called the Portuguese 'Iberians' because of the merger of Spain and Portugal;

(2) Britain admired the Ming Dynasty for a long time, from Cabot's expedition in 1497 to 1637, in about a century and a half, the British tried to break into the Ming Dynasty dozens of times, but all failed!

Although they failed in every attempt, they always provided experience for them to continue to try to break into China - until 1840, when the Chinese and British crows were born. Piece of War.

(3) Dutch, referring to the Dutch, who were defeated at the Battle of Mingdu in 1633;

After that, the Ming Dynasty was wary of the Dutch and did not trade directly with it.

――(To be continued......)