.” Holding on to the sinking flagship ship, Count Rig felt a heavy sadness in his heart, as soon as the alliance fleet went to sea, it suffered heavy losses, and the warships purchased by the countries of the anti-Dutch alliance had all been destroyed, and he, the supreme commander of the alliance fleet, had come to an end, a huge battleship was converted into 130,000 taels of silver, a large battleship was converted into 70,000 taels of silver, and a medium-sized supply ship was 23,000 taels, and the fleet that had spent tens of millions of taels of silver to borrow from the Daming Royal Bank was destroyed in one fell swoop.

"Earl, come ashore, the Princess Mary is sinking. One by one, the sailors jumped off the deck, the hull was more tilted, the mast was broken, and there were shocking holes in the hull in many places, under the influx of the sea, sinking was only a matter of time, the flagship was like this, and the other ships were no better, some captains had already ordered to land, the intact battleships began to lower the landing boats to land on the shore, the guns were still whistling and stirring up a burst of waves, the Dutch and Portuguese fleets began to tighten their formation, approaching the coast, and the first mate of the flagship hurriedly found Count Rig, Warn him to abandon the ship immediately.

"No, go ahead, as the commander, I should be responsible for this major mistake." Duke Rig didn't know where to get his courage, and his eyes looked at the first mate firmly.

"Your Excellency, we still have hope, please log in with me." The first mate pleaded incoherently, but Rig was a respectable commander, and in terms of character, he adhered to the composure and humility characteristic of the British Shinshi, and he got along well with the first mate, so that the first mate was still unwilling to abandon him in such an emergency.

"Is there any hope?" Count Rig's face was miserable, and he said with a trembling mouth: "I'm afraid I can't see it."

The hull of the ship shook violently, Count Rig staggered, the first mate quickly supported him, and shouted: "Yes, there is hope, although the battleship is damaged, but our soldiers are still alive, on the island of Pierce, we still have thousands of marines, some captains have ordered the landing to carry the materials to the beach, we have no battleship, but we still have countless loyal soldiers, with enough food for us to hold on, as well as artillery and muskets, the Portuguese can resist us for half a month, Can't we? Your Excellency, I tell you with great confidence that we have not failed, setbacks are not failures, and that you should dust off your buttocks, stand up calmly, and lead us through this

Guns landed on the deck and exploded, and in the midst of the battle, countless people jumped into the sea on the battered battleships, while the fleet, which was lucky enough not to suffer damage, went crazy into the shallow waters, forced the landing, and carried supplies to the beachhead as much as possible. Count Rig's eyes lit up, and then dimmed again: "The reason why those Portuguese can hold on is because they still have hope, they still have a large fleet on their homeland, and we" Count Rig's voice choked: "What do we have left, without this fleet, we don't even have a merchant ship going to sea, do we live on this isolated island for the rest of our lives?" ”

The first mate is a simple Scottish man, and Scotland has a very long history as part of the British Isles. Later, due to the death of Queen Margaret, Scotland lost the legitimate royal heir, and the domestic nobles quarreled over the king. King Edward I of England appointed Valleo as King of Scotland as the arbiter, but in fact he manipulated it.

But Valeo and the Scottish aristocracy were not content to be ashamed of their status and rose up against England. Edward I led an army into Scotland, forced Valleo to retreat, became King of Scotland, and sent English troops to garrison Scotland for a long time. What made the Scots even more angry was that he also brought back the "Scen Stone", a symbol of Scottish royal power, as a trophy.

Since then, the hatred between England and Scotland has continued, and in the following hundreds of years, the two kingdoms of the same British Isles have continued to unify and divide, and the hatred has continued to be innumerable, but for the first mate to the earl of England, he has great respect for him, and he shouted: "No, we still have strength, don't forget, the Great Ming Sailors are coming, they are probably past the Cape of Good Hope."

Count Rig seemed to catch something, and suddenly cheered up: "That's right, we still have hope."

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The naval battle lasted for half a day, more than 30 Dutch and Portuguese warships were sunk, more than 191 were seriously damaged, this time the Portuguese and Dutch did their best to mobilize almost all the forces that could be mobilized, including one hundred and twenty-one large ships, three hundred and forty-two medium warships, and countless other small ships, the ships that sank and damaged this time were more than two hundred, almost losing 30% of the strength of the Dutch and Portuguese fleets, but the results were very fruitful, and the entire alliance fleet was almost completely annihilated, and since then, In addition to the Daming Naval Division on the ocean, there is no fleet that can threaten Hezhuya, which provides the cornerstone for the two countries to challenge the Ming Dynasty in the next step.

It's just that although the naval battle was a complete victory, at this moment the commander of the Dutch fleet Paul, made a difficulty, victory is victory, and the enemy's fleet was almost completely buried at the bottom of the sea, but the personnel of the alliance fleet did not suffer a large core A total of more than 50,000 people landed on the island of Pies, and. Also rescued a large 262 ashore, these people are always a threat to the Dutch and Portuguese, you know, these naval personnel are all the anti-Dutch alliance spent a lot of effort to train, keep them, in the future, those anti-countries order a batch of warships to the Ming Dynasty, sooner or later it is a great threat, but how to catch them all? Paul was troubled.

It was impossible to storm the island, and with at least 20,000 French army personnel, 5,000 Spanish troops, plus sailors and gunners, how could the Portuguese and Dutch, who were not good at land warfare, attack the beach? To put it mildly, even if the Dutch and Portuguese on the ship attacked together, I am afraid that they would not be anyone's opponents.

But the indiscriminate bombardment near the coast did not work, and the same problems encountered by the previous coalition fleet, the Dutch and the Portuguese fought with the coalition fleet in the coastal waters, I don't know how many ships were blown up and sunk here, these ships were buried to the bottom of the sea, but it is equivalent to forming a barrier in the coastal area, a group of wooden reefs, if you want to reach the coast, I am afraid you have to clean up the garbage at sea first, at that time the coalition fleet cleaned up the wreckage of several warships It took half a month, And this time, hundreds of large and small ships sank in the waters near Pierce Island, which is definitely the largest ship cemetery in history, and so many wrecks to be cleaned up, I am afraid it will not be possible in a few months.

Did Paul really get into trouble and retreat? I'm afraid not, the island of Pierce is close to the Ottoman territory. Once they retreated, they could calmly withdraw, and now was the best time to destroy the enemy's living forces, and if they missed this opportunity, in a few years, they would be armed again and become a stumbling block to the Dutch and the Portuguese.

So, I had to persevere, and Paul gave the order to clean up the wreckage of the shipwreck off the coast, which may last a long time, but Paul was still determined to eliminate this group of military personnel at sea at all costs.

And the soldiers of the alliance fleet on the shore also regrouped, they lost their warships, fortunately, when the landing operation, the alliance fleet had already transported a large number of supplies ashore, so that although the navy could not do it, it could also be called a considerable sea force, with these more than 50,000 people, I am afraid that even if the Netherlands attacked the country, the soldiers on the shore were not afraid.

The world makes people, the original cleaning of the wreckage of the offshore shipwreck of the Union fleet is now a turtle in the urn, and the Dutch, the Portuguese have taken over their task, the salvage work will last for a long time, according to the Count of Rig on the shore, it is impossible to clear it in a few months, but the thousands of Portuguese troops led by Admiral Bobby are unlucky, in fact, everything was originally expected by Bobby, but what he didn't expect was that the defeated Alliance ship thought that it was surviving and landed on land, and his Portuguese army. It had long been surrounded by the marines who had landed earlier on several peaks, barely relying on the dangerous mountain terrain to defend, and the Portuguese army could not get out, and the fleet in the open sea could not enter, so it was equivalent to being trapped here.

What made Bobby even more depressed was that there was not enough food on the mountain, and there was not much food left over from him, and in a few days, no matter how brave the Portuguese army was stationed on the mountain, without food, he would not be able to resist hungry.

The defeated Allied fleet was annoyed and angry, and naturally poured its anger on the Portuguese troops on these hills, and they organized several large-scale offensives, treating those Portuguese troops with a pound. Killing one, without a trace of mercy, after the offensive of the past few days, Bobby really couldn't resist, he thought he had done his duty, so he decided to surrender to the Alliance fleet down the mountain.

The alliance fleet is not allowed, continue to attack the mountain, they are determined to let these Portuguese soldiers avenge the death of their comrades, there is not much food on the mountain, Bobby has no other way but to sit and wait to die, it is ridiculous to say, obviously he stands on the peak of the mountain and can see the flag of the Portuguese Navy fluttering in the sky on the sea, obviously they beat the alliance fleet to a pound, sloppy, obviously they are only a few miles away from the fleet at sea, but there is no way to do it, Bobby understands, It was impossible for the fleet on the sea to storm the beach, but to clean up the wreckage of the wreckage little by little, and not to think of cleaning up the offshore sea in two months, by that time, he and his soldiers would have already become dry bones.

The French and Spanish armies under the mountain are crazy, the hatred has been sown a long time ago, and now there is a new hatred, I don't know how many comrades-in-arms and partners in the fleet are dead in the sea, and the Portuguese and Dutch at sea can't fight, can't the Portuguese army on this mountain still be twisted? Charging towards the top of the mountain again and again, work. Under the fierce offensive, the Portuguese army, which was short of food and ammunition, was defeated and retreated, and after a few days, it was forced to the peak, the French army launched a general attack, and the Spanish army also echoed on the side, and finally attacked the mountain, killing all the Portuguese troops.

Count Rig finally breathed a sigh of relief, as the first mate said, they are not hopeless, although this island is not big, it can barely hold on for a few months, and these months may not be the situation in this Europe will change, the Portuguese, the Dutch may not know the date of the arrival of the Great Ming Sailor, but Count Rig knows that the Great Ming Sailor is coming, the Great Ming Sailor appears in the ocean, and the other thing is to find the Dutch fleet to fight a decisive battle, and there :, three. The time has come to turn over, although the anti-Dutch alliance has lost the alliance fleet, but the Dutch and the Portuguese people don't have a good time, the anti-Dutch alliance lost the fleet and may still be able to resist, but once the Dutch alliance loses the fleet, then the battle will be over. ，，

On the vast blue ocean, the continuous warships puffed out their sails, the sun and the moon composed of black characters dyed on the sails, indescribably solemn and solemn, the sailors on the deck were lazily basking in the sun, and the sailors were pulling the cables or turning the rudder, they had sailed for a whole month and a half, passing through the Strait of Malacca and continuing westward to the Cape of Good Hope and then heading north, I don't know how many storms and rains had been experienced along the way, as sailors, hardships were not afraid, but this month did not rely on the mainland, and the loneliness on the journey was boring, On this battleship that is more than 100 zhang long and more than 10 zhang wide, it is really dull to hide hundreds of thousands of people to rest, sail and practice, but the most painful thing is the sailors on the new type of steam ironclad battleship, although this kind of coal-burning battleship is fast enough. It is much more stable than a wooden battleship, but the strange smell of oil and carbon makes the sailors unbearable, mainly because they were not used to it before, and now these sailors are driven ducks on the shelf, and it is really unbearable to vomit and diarrhea along the way, so that when the officers of other ships scare the soldiers, they always say that they will send him to the ironclad ship if they are not honest, and often those who are frightened do not dare to give in anymore.

When the fleet arrived at the port of Gibraltar, the Spanish garrison on the port originally thought that the Dutch fleet had raided, and for a time the whole port was jumping, and the local garrison officer immediately ordered to prepare to meet the enemy, but when he saw that the fleet on the sea was slightly different from the Dutch fleet that usually attacked the major ports of Spain, the Gibraltar garrison officer was also confused, and threw himself through the binoculars, and he saw that the sail of the leaf was not a unique European symbol, but a special symbol. The structure of the hull is also somewhat different from that of the Dutch, but quite similar to the battleship purchased by the Spaniards from the Ming Dynasty.

"Could it be the sailor of the Ming Dynasty? The Gibraltar garrison was shocked, and he naturally received a notice that the Great Ming Naval Division would soon arrive in European waters, but he still did not dare to confirm it, and did not make any provocative moves until the huge fleet reached a distance of several nautical miles. Instead, a small boat was sent slowly towards the harbor, and the garrison officer realized that his instincts were right.

"Who's in charge here?" The one who arrived at the shore was an Oriental, but he spoke fluent Spanish, and his military uniform was different from Ou Yuan's. The garrison officer confirmed his guess, and came out with some excitement: "I am, I am Major Ecas, may I ask what you call it?" Friends from afar

"My name is Wu Chen, and I have come to pick up at the order of the Governor of the Navy, our fleet has been at sea for a month and a half, and we urgently need to replenish fresh water and food, and anchor for a few days."

"There's no problem with that.

Major Eccas almost jumped up in excitement, a month ago, he had seen a huge Dutch and Portuguese fleet passing through the Strait of Gibraltar, and he realized the seriousness of the problem at that time, because the Strait of Gibraltar was the only entrance and exit from the West to the Mediterranean, what were the Dutch and Portuguese doing in the Mediterranean? He immediately informed the Spanish authorities of the matter, and then the whole of Spain fell into deep concern, because before that, their allied fleet had also left the port and went to the island of Pies, but what was the purpose of this huge fleet of Dutch and Portuguese entering the Mediterranean, which had to worry the Spanish authorities, but they had no naval strength, and could not stop this fleet from passing through the Strait of Gibraltar, and could only hope in God.

"Your Excellency, I will provide you with all services, I am afraid that the Port of Gibraltar will not be able to provide you with so many provisions, but I will immediately respond to the government, I believe that they will soon send a batch of supplies over, we are friends." Major Aikas said with excitement, the Ming fleet is coming, I'm afraid you can go out to Pierce Island in a few days, the Mediterranean Sea seems to be a pocket of today's life, the Dutch and Portuguese fleets have entered, if you want to get out, I'm afraid it will take a lot of effort, Colonel Pierce glanced at the battleships in the strait with no end in sight and thought: "What a huge fleet this is, even the Dutch and the Portuguese together can't compare with them, God forbid, fortunately they are friends of Spain." ”

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I'm sorry, it's late, there is thunder here today, and there is a power outage, hey, our ghost place has been cut off every time there is thunder since the thunder broke a substation seven or eight years ago, and there is no way to live this day.

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