Chapter 1673: The Catastrophe of Annihilation (1)
As soon as the French fleet ran back to Le Lavre, General Bernard sent a messenger to Amsterdam to urgently ask for help, and it was too late to even ask King Louis XIV, the English fleet had already been broken up, even if those battleships that had suffered heavy losses could be repaired, it would be at least half a month later, at this time, the British could not be counted, and the only thing that could be counted on was the Dutch.
"Please King Frederick, King of the Netherlands, immediately send the main Dutch fleet to aid the French fleet, we must send troops immediately, we will agree to any conditions, and even we can directly promise the Dutch that once the war is over, the Kingdom of France will take over an alliance with the Kingdom of the Netherlands to deal with the English together! Invite the Dutch to send troops anyway! ”
Bernard is already in a hurry to get out of his body, even with the help of the Le Ravel battery group, it is definitely not easy to fight against such a huge fleet of the Ming army!
Fortunately, from Le Ravel to Amsterdam, it was not very far, but it was only a few hundred miles away, and it was only a day or two away by warship, and the envoy came to Amsterdam, and went straight to the Dutch king Frederick, asking Frederick to send a warship.
Almost at the same time as the envoy arrived in Amsterdam, the envoys of King Louis XIV of France and King Felipe IV of Spain also rushed to Amsterdam to send a message to Frederick to warn him.
Before Frederick could react from the shock, Bernard's emissary, Simão, arrived in Amsterdam and asked to see Frederick.
"Your Majesty, the Ming fleet has defeated the English fleet in the English Channel in one fell swoop, and now it has arrived in Le Lavre and launched an attack on our French fleet.
Simão said urgently.
"Mr. Simang, is this Ming fleet really as powerful as you say?"
Frederick still didn't believe it, how could it be that there were more than three hundred large and small warships, even if it was a completely victorious Dutch fleet, it was only at this level, when did the Ming fleet have such a strong strength? It has even surpassed the Dutch fleet, and the combined fleet is besieging the South Seas, how did this Ming fleet come to the Western Ocean?
Simon said astringently: "It's true, Your Majesty, if the strength of the Ming fleet is not strong, how can it be possible to defeat the two hundred warships of the main fleet of England in less than a few hours?" When our French fleet arrived, the number of warships in the English fleet was less than 100, and many of them were in the midst of a raging fire, but the hateful thing is that we were kind enough to rescue the English navy, they actually betrayed their promises, and fled when the Ming fleet attacked us, Your Majesty, as long as your country is willing to send troops to aid us, we will fight side by side with your country in the future, whether it is the Ming Empire or the English Empire, we will stand on the same front with your country! ”
Frederick frowned deeply, three hundred warships, there were more than three hundred warships during the victory of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, and the self-confident combat power was not weaker than the fleet of the Ming Empire, but now on the expedition, the Kingdom of the Netherlands dispatched more than a hundred warships in one go, and the strength has weakened a lot, and it is absolutely impossible to have three hundred warships now, if the Ming Empire defeats the French fleet, and then the Ming Empire will definitely move eastward and force Amsterdam, and then the Dutch fleet can resist the attack of the Ming fleet alone, but it is difficult to say, This battle, whether for the sake of alliance relations or for self-preservation, must be fought!
"Simao, I will immediately order our Dutch fleet to send troops to the aid of Le Lavre, and of course, please also convey to General Bernard and King Louis XIV, asking them to keep your promise and stand on the same front with the Kingdom of the Netherlands in the future!"
Frederick muttered.
"This is natural, this is natural!"
Simão said hurriedly.
Frederick looked at the Admiralty Yasús and said, "Duke of Arsus, this time please personally lead the fleet to the expedition, be sure to save the French fleet, assist the French fleet in repelling the Ming fleet, the two fleets work together to protect the coast of France-Holland, and must not let the troops of the Ming Empire land, otherwise, our losses will be too great......
"This, Your Majesty, are you really going to send troops?"
The Duke of Arsus hesitated.
"At this point, do we have a choice?"
Frederick said in a deep voice: "Don't forget, we are the initiators of the Western Combined Fleet, the Ming Empire wants revenge, the spearhead will naturally be aimed at our Dutch Kingdom, we can't avoid it, this war is absolutely unavoidable, at this time, we must stand with the Kingdom of France, not only our two countries, but also the Kingdom of Spain to deal with it together, to ensure that the European continent does not receive the invasion of the Ming Empire, as for the British Isles, let them die......"
Frederick's calculation was very shrewd, that is, to unite the other two countries of the European continent to jointly fight against the Ming Empire, and then drive the army of the Ming Empire to the British Isles, as for whether the English Empire can hold its own territory, it is up to fate, anyway, the dead friends do not die poorly, the English Empire suffered a heavy blow, just to give the Dutch a clear European one of the biggest rivals!
The Duke of Yasus, who got the will, led the main force of the Dutch fleet to go out and kill Le Lavre, but when he arrived at Le Lavre, the military port of Le Lavre had fallen, leaving the French fleet still struggling, and was beaten miserably by the Ming fleet.
As soon as the Dutch fleet arrived, it launched a fierce attack on the Ming fleet, forcing the Ming fleet to adjust its formation to resist the attack of the Dutch fleet.
Bernard looked around his fleet, it was too miserable, more than half of the casualties, not only the fleet was more than half of the casualties, but even Le Ravre fell, and now some kingdoms suffered......
The most important thing is that the Ming Empire even carried a huge army, at least 50,000 elite troops, far exceeding the French Empire, and now this army has landed, and the French Kingdom is facing a catastrophe of annihilation!