On the Great Eastern Ocean, the fleet that obscured the sky and the sun sailed eastward.

The first battleship is a standard Ming Liujia-class 1,500 warship, with three huge masts rising into the sky, and the huge red crane winged sails on it are spreading, and the flag officer at the top keeps waving the flag with a small flag.

On the relatively low stern of the deck, the chief officer Fu Yuan glanced at the flag soldiers who were wiping the artillery on the upper artillery deck, and looked into the distance with a telescope, and the sky could already see white seabirds flying by, and they were not far from the island.

This flagship Rokjia ship has three layers of artillery decks loaded with 42 light and heavy Zhenshuo generals, eight short-mouth rapid-fire jack Franc aircraft, carrying 300 soldiers, not counting the upper bow and stern and the second floor of the main general's cabin, the upper two floors are divided into 20 sailor cabins, each equipped with double-layer square wooden box beds and small windows for ventilation, saving the unprecedented premise of the ship to provide enough rest cabins for the flag army.

The wooden crates that made up their beds were filled with neatly arranged square clay pots, which contained meat and a small amount of kimchi for the sailors' expeditions, and rice and noodles for the main meal were placed on the baggage ships of the accompanying fleet.

It is the ship of Fu Yuan, the chief officer of the Eastern Military Government, and the flagship of the Eastern Fleet.

Fu Yuan didn't forget that Dieniang's jewelry box rescued him from the prison of the high arch, and he didn't forget that Dieniang's jewelry box made him pack up and go north to Beiyang, becoming a famous chief military officer in Oriental North Asia.

Now he's going to cross the ocean with a jewelry box to fight the barbarians on the other side of the world.

The Eastern Army led a huge fleet of six Chihai-class 1,000 ships, 30 500 shark ships, and 30 grain and horse ships, with a strong fleet of more than 8,000 soldiers and more than 1,300 artillery pieces, to France.

However, before going to France, he had to stop in Lisbon to deter Philip.

Accompanied by him is Yang Ce, who piloted the flying warship, is also the direct inheritor of the Ming Dynasty's strong artillery ideology, and the fleet of Yang Ce, the pirate leader who was born in the Guangzhou Prefecture, also attaches great importance to artillery, and the pirate coalition army he hoisted the sail flag of the Ming Oriental Military Mansion has a large Spanish Galen ship General Fei, 16 armored phoenix ships armed with phoenix cannons, 26 armed merchant ships of European countries and 34 blue flying shark ships of the headquarters of the Han Kingdom.

Their establishment is not as organized as Fu Yuan's Eastern Army, and many generals under Yang Ce's command have more ships and fewer ships, some like artillery battles, some like fire attacks, and some are keen to jump gangs to take over the war...... Although Yang Ce attached great importance to artillery, he did not have a stable logistics base to arm the captured Fran cannons for the fleet, and there were only sixteen Phoenix ships that copied General Zhenshuo, so the combat tactics were more flexible.

Yang Ce didn't have so many artillery, his tactics were not flexible, and he was all bombarded on the battle line according to the martial arts teaching, and he didn't know how many times he had died.

The two fleets were separated by a short distance at sea, looking at each other and sailing eastward at nearly the same speed, both of which were for Spain for the short term, although Yang Ce might dock in the Azores in the middle of the route to wait for further information after Li Dan returned to Spain.

No one wants to fight on a rough ocean.

The side that preemptively seizes coastal defenses will obviously be in a better position in the war.

Let alone...... Yang Ce and Shi He had different ideas.

In the past, they watched the Portuguese and Spaniards enter the Nanyang region, and even slaughtered the city and destroyed the country at one point.

Later, the Han Kingdom was established, looking at the Indian Ocean in the east and Africa in the west, and the prestige of making waves on the sea was unmatched for a while, and it reminded them of the crazy idea in the early years - to enter Europa.

The war was an opportunity for them.

When the fleet was not far from the Azores, Shi He's flagship suddenly approached the flying warship, and the sturdy pirate king directly dragged the sail rope onto the ship, and got together with Yang Ce and whispered: "I thought about it for several days on the way, that archipelago is only a few days away from Gibraltar, since we are going to land on the island, why not occupy two islands for the time being?" ”

Yang Ce squinted at Shi He, not knowing what kind of medicine he was selling in his gourd, and asked, "What are you doing on those two islands?" It will also attract the Spanish fleet, once the general army leads the army north to France, we alone will not be able to defeat the Spanish fleet, it will be too close to Spain. ”

"What are you afraid of, they don't know we're pirates."

Shi He said, the black face that had been sharpened by the sea breeze for a long time smiled, raised his hand and pointed to the flag hanging on the mast, and said: "We are the Great Tomorrow Army, for Spain, what is wrong with the Heavenly Army under the command of Chen Dashuai occupying his two islands?" ”

Yang Ce lowered his head and thought about it, turned his head to look at Fu Yuan's fleet, which was difficult to distinguish with the naked eye on the sea in the distance, and nodded involuntarily.

Then he shook his head and said: "Occupying the island is not a problem, there is no need to use force, as long as we go up, Xiyi on the island will not dare to say anything, what they want to say, let them shut up forever." ”

As he spoke, Yang Ce clapped the back of his palms: "But what are you doing on these two islands, I haven't heard of any good things on the islands." ”

Shi He pretended to shake his head mysteriously, and then whispered: "You also know, I have been in the east before, the year before last, the Dan King Li Mao got a Mediterranean sea chart from the Ottoman merchants, I heard that many towns along the coast are prosperous and wealthy, and there are not many people. ”

"In recent years, Theo-Austria has negotiated peace, the sea is calm, the sailors are all merchants, and there are not many defenders in each city, with more than 70 warships and tens of thousands of soldiers from you and me, as long as you enter Gibraltar......"

Shi He grabbed Yang Ce's hand and said: "You can grab a pass from east to west, Rome, Florence, Genoia, Marseille, if Spain's coastal defense is insufficient, there are also Barcelona and Valencia, and then leave from Gibraltar." ”

Saying that, Yang Ce felt the force of the arm being clutched, and even his tone was a little heavier: "Replenish water and food in the Azores, sail all the way west to Qilinwei, and sell goods at Chen Shuai." ”

Yang Ce's thoughts collided and fantasized in his mind with Shi He's words, but then he shook his head and said, "It's easy to rob, but how to deal with the aftermath of the next thing, will Chen Shuai be willing to carry this black cauldron for you and me?" ”

"Chen Shuai is not afraid of Xiyi, fifty percent or forty percent of the war profits are dedicated to Chen Shuai, will he still blame you and me? It's hard to see if you and I will fight with Xiyi again for Chen Shuai in the future, not to mention that we can hang Spanish sails when we enter Gibraltar, how easy their big red forks are to paint, and they can even grab the Ottomans with Spanish sails. ”

"Return to Gibraltar, the news should not have come back yet, even if it comes back, as long as Master Li nods, no one can stop us, hang back the Han flag and leave all the way, it's a big deal to let Spain find us in the future, at least four big cities, grandpas can live happily for a lifetime!"

"Don't think about this yet, it's only right to win the next battle first." Yang Ce slowly pulled out the arm that Shi He was holding, and pressed it: "The matter of entering Gibraltar can be talked about afterwards." ”

Shi He hurriedly said: "Don't, then you say that if you don't occupy these two islands, my own people can't occupy them!" ”

"Occupy!"

Yang Ce gritted his teeth and said, "Let's take it first." ”