Bobby, who was helping the Prince of Enrifang, smiled at the corners of his mouth, looked at the Ottoman warship in the distance, and pointed to the adjutant behind him: "Let the gunners prepare and knock all these planks into the sea." ”

The adjutant whistled, looking very relaxed, he was an experienced naval officer, and naturally understood that those Ottoman warships were vulnerable, I am afraid that even if they did not use artillery, they could directly drive the battleships to collide head-on, or they could sink them one by one, Bobby looked very relaxed, and turned back to convey the order.

"Boom one by one Portuguese battleships began to raise their sidesails, the dark battleship swirled on the sea, and then dozens of guns on the hull aimed at the Ottoman battleship that stumbled, the Ottoman battleship is obviously too backward, the main function before the construction more than a hundred years ago is not long-distance artillery attack, but to connect the enemy ship for short-range combat, I have to say that the Ottoman Navy's combat thinking is extremely backward, and even after ordering many new warships to the Ming Dynasty, the war department still likes to pick up the enemy ship and the enemy's short-range contact, And at this moment, the seven or eight Ottoman warships did not hesitate to pull their sails and rush towards the Portuguese fleet. It's just that the Portuguese obviously won't let them get their wish, after the cannon roared, waves hit the sea one after another, and several shells fell on the deck of the main Ottoman ship, only blowing out a hole, but there were no casualties, but a battleship on the side was smashed with a broken mast, and the sail that was originally full of wind fell down with a rattle, losing its power system, and the whole hull could only spin in place, and the mast tilted to the right

The hull also began to tilt.

The rumbling of artillery continued, and Admiral Bobby, who had little interest in ravaging the Ottomans, said to his adjutant, and then went back to the rest cabin.

For the Portuguese, the idea of naval warfare had undergone several changes, and now the Ottomans, who had long been a century behind, were like fish on the board.

After the bombardment, three Ottoman warships had already been damaged to varying degrees, and they were spinning around the sea, while the remaining lucky ones had already approached the "Mel Knight" in the front line of the Portuguese fleet.

The "Knight of Mel" is a regular Clarke-type sailing ship, ugly tonnage, with a large red frame printed with openwork on three large sails, and the Portuguese royal flag and Portuguese naval flag fluttering on the mainmast and foremast respectively. There are 2 concave guns, the old door of the pound gun, and the aiming gun is the door of the pound gun, many of which are rear-loading sub-mother guns, and it can be seen that even the smell of paint on the shipboard is so strong after the transformation of the shipyard. The soldiers on the Mel Knight first fired a volley of muskets at the incoming Ottomans, and then the battle officially began, and the brave Ottoman soldiers climbed the "Mel Knight" from either flicking the hook or taking advantage of the intersection of the two ships, and the Portuguese, who had already been prepared, were also ready and began to counterattack.

But soon, the Portuguese who were originally full of confidence immediately realized that these Ottomans were not very easy to deal with, especially those Ottomans who climbed onto the side of the ship The standard weapon of the Portuguese sailors was a front-loading musket, and some were also allowed to wear some knives, but they were short-handed, and they used front-loading muskets to meet the enemy, not only did they not have a loading time but also had a long range, and they were easy to hurt their own people. In fact, it stands to reason that the advanced warships of the Portuguese are impossible to get close to the old Ottoman warships, but they are too arrogant, and the performance and number of their own warships are far more than those of the Ottomans. But how did they know that in the arms ordered by the Ottomans from the Ming Dynasty, the fire sharp accounted for a great weight, and in the fire sharp, this small short mirror was also greatly favored by the Ottomans, and the Ottomans were not much interested in forming a queue for fire shooting, they either liked cavalry, or they were swarming to kill the past, yes, for close combat, short sharp is definitely an excellent choice, yes, the Ottomans have ordered more than 100,000 short commanders from the Ming Dynasty over the years, the same, They also showed that if the sailors used this kind of short system, the effect was good, so they also began to be installed, and they didn't expect it to really have an effect.

The Portuguese were disciplined, and after being caught off guard, they quickly assembled again, only by this time the three or four Ottoman warships had apparently recognized the Mel Knights, and they had approached each other to engage in battle.

The other Portuguese ships could not be shelled, they could only rely on the rescue, so that the Portuguese who had the advantage suddenly fell into a melee, and once fell into the disadvantage, fortunately, the Portuguese accounted for the majority after all, although the Ottomans took advantage of the weapons, but the discipline was much lower than the Portuguese soldiers, after a full hour of melee, they completely wiped out the Ottomans who boarded the Mel Knights, but the Portuguese also paid a great price, a full seven hundred people died, More than 600 people were wounded, accounting for almost one-fifth of the total military force.

This result made Bobby furious, and he vowed to clean up the entire Anzhou Department of Port Abu Sudan. After all, the negligence of Strike Six in such a dominant situation led to heavy casualties, and if he did not retaliate against the Ottomans, his military career would probably be over. ，

The sea calmed down again, and the whole harbor was filled with the merchant ships that had cowered in the harbor, except for the Portuguese warships, and Admiral Bobby calmed his anger and began to order the bombardment of Abu Sultan.

"Boom," Smoke Filled the Smoke The fortifications along the coast were all covered by artillery fire, and there were artillery in those fortifications, but they were all products of a hundred years ago, and the range was insufficient to return fire, and the soldiers along the Ottoman coast began to collapse after being blown to pieces. The entire Port of Abu Sudan was in a panic.

"Your Excellency, the Ottomans have retreated back to the residential area." The adjutant hurriedly reported.

There were not many buildings along the shores of Port Abu Sultan other than piers and fortifications, and the real prosperity was in the port city, which was a mile away from the pier, to which the Ottomans had withdrawn, and it was impossible for the Portuguese artillery to reach the city now.

Admiral Bobby was completely surrounded by humiliation, and by a momentary negligence, the Ottoman soldiers who had been scurrying had inflicted heavy losses on the Portuguese fleet, and in Europe, the main ones that could dominate the sea were the Netherlands. Although the Portuguese suffered a crushing defeat in the Battle of the Armada and the Portuguese Empire also fell, the strength of the sea was obvious, and he said angrily: "First blow up the docks and those pagan merchant ships, and then land and take the port."

According to Bobby's estimates, the strength of the Ottomans in the entire Egyptian region is only 20,000, although Port Abu Sultan is an important port, the real garrison should not be more than 3,000 soldiers, and the Ottoman navy of 2,000 people has been completely wiped out Now the strength of the entire Abu Sultan should be about 1,000, and he plans to return the color.

The bombardment continued, Admiral Bobby returned to Prince Enrique's command cabin, in order to carry out this Egyptian plan, Portugal almost handed over the most powerful Prince Enrique to Admiral Bobby's hands This battleship is 700 tons, five large sails, carrying rear-loading sons and mothers, eleven 24-pounder guns, 19 guns, 41 shoulder guns, 4-pounder guns, 52 even the most advanced battleship of the Dutch, I'm afraid it's just that, that's why the Portuguese named it Prince Enrique, Prince Enrique is one of the most talked about figures in the Dutch, having once transformed a small European country into a world hegemon.

Portugal was originally split off as a dowry for the princesses of the Kingdom of Castile, and its name is a literal Latin word meaning "warm port". The land is poor, the product is limited, and the only thing to rely on is its "warm port". Portugal's land borders are all bordered by the powerful country of Spain, and there is hardly any room for expansion. By the time of the century, its population had reached about Tian Wan, and their only way out was to go to the sea, and it was this Prince Enrique, also known as Prince Henry, who was the first to realize this.

Prince Enrique was born in the year of the thug, his father was King João I of Portugal, and the young Prince Henry participated in the battle against the North African city of Ceuta with his father, playing an important role in the battle and showing extraordinary courage. Fortunately, however, the young prince, who might have become a land hero and rode the battlefield against the Muslims, did not end up devoting himself to a career on land, but to a career in seafaring that the great men of the time disdained.

In the business of thugs, few people from the general aristocracy set foot in it. At that time, sea ships were very small, generally carrying tens of tons to more than 100 tons, carrying dozens of people. The crew lived in low cabins, in which it was not even possible to stand upright. The kitchen equipment is rudimentary, and the food is often half-cooked. Fresh water is served in small wooden barrels, which quickly deteriorates, sticky, and is full of the tempting smell of rotten wood and iron. As soon as they were offshore, they did not have vegetables to eat, and often caused the crew to die of scurvy. Frequent shipwrecks aside, poor sanitation alone has resulted in a large number of seafarers dying from various diseases. At the time, it was common for seafarers to die for touch. In such a situation, it is difficult for people with normal lives to be interested in sailing, and it is often unemployed vagrants, thieves, criminals, and so on who become seafarers.

It is hard to imagine why Prince Henry, who had no shortage of food, clothing, and a noble position, could make a great career on land, devote himself to seafaring. But after he returned from Ceuta, he became fascinated by sailing. He was well aware that the only way to spread his career was to the sea, and the greatest purpose of his voyage was to find the country of the legendary Christian "John of Prest" in the East, so as to flank the Muslims of North Africa. In addition, the information that Portugal learned at that time about the gold trade in Timbuktu in West Africa also aroused the interest of Prince Henry, and according to his assistant Diego Gomez, it was this information that made Prince Henry want to visit him from the sea! Side.

It should also be mentioned here that Prince Henry was the successor to the Knights of Avis of Portugal, which consisted of remnants of the Templar Order, which owned large estates in Portugal. This later became the material basis for his voyage career.

Prince Henry had been preparing expeditions to the Northwest of Africa since the beginning of his life, and he had personally participated in the improvement of seafaring ships and had networked a large number of seafaring talents from Italy, and founded a nautical school in Sagres to teach navigation, astronomy, geography and other knowledge. He also built a harbor and a dock in nearby Lagos, built a sea-going ship, and took out the income of the cavalry regiment for a year, and equipped several expeditions to carry out extensive sailing expeditions throughout Northwest Africa. From then on, Portugal's seafaring career began in a planned way.

Old years, Zako and Tehra are now Madeira. In the year of the thug's wounds, Gundaya met blacks for the first time at Cape Bojador and the Portuguese entered "black Africa" for the first time.

The thug Prince Henry took part in the third campaign to conquer North Africa, in which the Portuguese suffered a crushing defeat and his brother Prince Fernando was captured.

After the defeat of this campaign, Prince Henry concentrated more on the sea.

The inscription Negroes were sold into slavery. Thus began the centuries-long slave trade. Black slaves became the first lucrative "business" of the Portuguese in Africa, from which Prince Henry drew his mother's year, and Prince Henry established the first pound of Europeans in Black Africa on the island of Benz, and the colonial stronghold later became the center of the slave trade.

In the year of the thug, Prince Henry took part in the last campaign to conquer North Africa, capturing Alcasse, west of Ceuta. This trip was also his last voyage by boat. The furthest of his life was only four voyages to North Africa, but his career earned him the historic title of "Henry the Navigator".

Prince Henry lived his life as simple as an ascetic and lived in the seafaring center of Sagresh for a long time

He did not receive much support from the Lisbon court and was arguably ostracized by his prestige. But it can be said that the seafaring business of the whole of Portugal began with Prince Henry, and it can also be said that the great geography of the whole of Europe began with Prince Henry.

Prince Henry spent a great deal of money, material, and manpower on his voyages, but in fact he did not get much in real terms during his lifetime. But he saw this cause and devoted his whole life to it, laying the foundation for later generations to become a rich and powerful maritime empire in one fell swoop.

In the age of geography, those who drove leaky wrecked ships, ate moldy food, and even maggots and rats, drank spoiled and stinky water, had no charts, and had to rely on God to determine their course, and left home for years to see the vague outline of a new coast. It is precisely because of these that a century later, a Portuguese empire arose, after a series of colonial expansions, extending from the mainland territory of Pututo to the south into the Atlantic Ocean, 3 The archipelago of Madeira, Cape Verde and Yar Islands all flew over the Portuguese flag, which was the bridgehead for Portugal to establish its empire. Sailing south from the three archipelagos is Brazil.

Heading south from the west coast of Africa, circumnavigating the Cape of Good Hope, sailing along the east coast of Africa for a while across the Arabian Sea to India, from Goa to Malacca, the lifeline of the Portuguese Empire's eastern route. From Malacca, you can go northeast to Macau and Japan, and to the east you can enter the Spice Islands. The Portuguese texts of Chi Ji refer to all the strongholds between Mozambique and Hormuz to Macau and Ternate in the Spice Islands as the "State of India", the Portuguese overseas territories in the East.

Soon, Portugal was annexed by Spain, and the Portuguese fleet was incorporated into the Armada to participate in the war against the British, the war ended in defeat, after that, although the Portuguese Xunya gained independence, but because the Spaniards buried a large number of warships, and because of independence and several wars with Spain, soon weakened.

Because of this, the Portuguese and the Spaniards were next to each other, but they were the most hated countries during this period, and the Prince Enrique was almost the last hope of the entire Portuguese Empire, but if this fleet was defeated, I am afraid that it would be a great blow to the Portuguese.

However, Bobby was not discouraged, after all, the contrast between the two sides was still huge, and the Portuguese had the advantage, and he did not realize that there was any danger in that port city.

After the bombardment was over, Bobby ordered the landing, and the 3,000 Portuguese soldiers began to lower their landing craft, paddle their oars, and head to the ruins of the coast.

Prince Enrique is indeed a bull man, I deliberately turned over the historical materials about him, this guy should be regarded as the beginning of the age of sailing, of course, it is not inevitable that his sailing tactics have many greed.

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