But their own fleet can't all be withdrawn, and if the other side finds that there are no pursuers behind, they will definitely be vigilant. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info So Hong Tao left three battleships to slowly chase after the enemy's ships in the general direction of the enemy's ships, and he took the remaining four battleships to the northeast, taking advantage of the strong crosswind, and staged a good scene of running at full speed in the dark night.

Hong Tao is not afraid of hitting islands and reefs, he has detailed charts and lunar ranges as coordinates, and he and Carl have passed by and explored this sea area for more than ten years, and everything is basically clear. Unless there is an island that has not been recorded in later generations, this possibility is basically non-existent. In addition, in this era, there were very few ships sailing dozens of kilometers away from the coastline, and there was no need to think about the problem of collisions.

After seven days of running for their lives, Hong Tao's fleet finally saw six armed cargo ships cruising near the North Cape of the Cantabrian Sea. Hong Tao did not immediately enter the blockade with the fleet, he chose to rest for a day at the northern end of the Cantabrian Sea, to relax the sailors who had been tired for several days, and then took nine ships north into the English Channel, guarding the southern end of the strait. As long as they found passing ships, whether they came out of the strait or were about to enter, they were all captured and handed over to armed cargo ships for unified care. Those who dare to resist will sink the matter with one shot.

At noon on the fourth day, the lookout of the cargo ship finally spotted two Flemish Hanseatic warships appearing from the southeast, and they were rushing towards the entrance of the strait with full sails with the wind down. Unfortunately, they could see the Saint-Lenain peak on the east side of the entrance to the strait, but they could never get in.

Four Virginia-class battleships suddenly emerged from the waves like ghosts, two clamped one, and in less than ten rounds of shelling, the two three-masted battleships with a displacement of nearly 400 tons were sent into the icy English Channel. Even if the people on the boat were very good in the water and held the plank, they would not have survived for more than three hours. The temperature of less than 10 degrees in the strait would kill them, 100% without exception.

Beginning with these two ships, for the next three days, Flemish Hanseatic warships appeared at the entrance to the strait, and then they were besieged by at least four warships.

In a one-on-one situation, none of the current sail battleships can beat the Virginia-class, and they can't run, and the two naval guns in the bow and stern that can turn 270 degrees make the Virginia-class battleships have firepower output whether they are leading or pursuing. If there were two or more enemies, the ship would have been wounded by one shot, and if it did not exceed five rounds of shelling, the ship would not be far from sinking to the bottom.

"There's one less flagship, will it really go around the North Sea?" After three more days of waiting, there was still no sign of the last Flemish Hanseatic battleship, and Karl was a little drumming in his heart.

"It's very unlikely, I think it chose to pass through the entrance to the strait at night, and the route it took was not central, it was drilled into it along the coastline. This shows that they also have a nautical chart system, but it is not so perfect because there is not enough time. This thing is in a hurry, and it is all about the number of voyages and the number of ships that collect data. Let's go, since this commander doesn't want to see me, let's go to his house. The ancients said that the monk couldn't run the temple if he could run, so we went to demolish his small temple! "Hong Tao and Karl have different ideas, if it is replaced by himself, the possibility of taking the Northern Sea Route is very small. Crossing the blockade line of the strait is no more difficult than taking the bad waters of the North Sea, and if you are familiar enough with the waters of the strait, the difficulty is even lower.

It is impossible to block the entire strait with just seven or eight sailing ships, and only those less experienced captains will choose to pass through here during the day, because they feel that it is dangerous to pass through the strait at night, and they cannot imagine that there may be enemy warships in front of them to intercept it. Obviously, the captain of the other party is a master of navigation, and his every move is very much like a graduate of a navigation school.

This made Hong Tao even more curious, he even canceled the time to rest, and immediately began to go north with the fleet. The enemy's nest is now roughly known, and some useful information has been obtained through the interrogation of the passengers and sailors of the detained ships.

For example, several merchant sailors from London had never seen a large shipyard in the Thames, while several other French merchants from Champagne said that they had seen huge shipyards in the port of Lübeck in the Duchy of Saxony, and they described it as the place where God made Noah's boat. As for Bruges in Flanders, there were no shipyards, and further north at the mouth of the Rhine, a new port was built, which was often anchored by huge three-masted galleons.

"It was the domain of the Earl of Nassau, and their family was powerful in the Lower Rhine. The current lord should be Henry, everyone calls him Rich Henry, you should have seen him in Karlburg, how could he be involved in this! "Hong Tao is a living map of the sea, Carl is a jack of all trades on the European continent, and he probably knows where the fiefdom of any family is. This is not easy, there are dozens of large and small kingdoms and principalities in the Kingdom of Germany alone, and there are even more territories directly under the emperor and the emperor.

"Damn, Nassau, the founding emperor of the Netherlands!" Hong Tao felt that as soon as he was deeply involved in European affairs, it was like taking a vivid European medieval history lesson, and many famous families in later generations jumped out one by one.

This Nassau family should be the family that established the Kingdom of the Netherlands in later generations, as for why another Orange was added, it is estimated that it is a marriage, many European aristocratic families have adopted the method of marriage to continue the family inheritance due to the withering of heirs, much like a company merger. From this point of view, many of the customs in the commercial sphere of Europe also originated from the customs of these nobles.

"The Prince of Orange is a French nobleman, they are in the south, not here." Karl corrected Hong Tao's statement.

"Who knows, let's go meet this acquaintance." Hong Tao was so annoyed by the kinship between the medieval European aristocracy, the royal family, and the royal family that he would rather study mathematics than study the bloodline of the European aristocracy, which was too chaotic and couldn't be sorted out at all. The Henry, Earl of Nassau, whom Carl was talking about, had no impression of him at all. In the balls and drinking parties that Jiang Zhuyi held in Karlburg, there were often four or five Henry, six or seven Williams, seven or eight Louis, and more than a dozen Charlies, and he was not their own father, so he really couldn't tell who was who.

Leading the victorious fleet, swaggering through the English Channel, encountering British and French merchant ships will not avoid the route, everywhere he goes, chickens and dogs jump. This feeling made Hong Tao a little out of time, thinking that these two countries were not also this virtue in China's coastal waters back then, and they were no different from them. Come to think of it, why should it be different, the conqueror should be this way.

In order to make the face of the conqueror clearer, Hong Tao deliberately commanded the fleet to go around the Thames, on the one hand, to see if there were Flemish Hanseatic warships hidden here, and on the other hand, to give Henry III some warning. Tell him not to think that if he hides behind and doesn't show up, he won't know his relationship with Flanders Hansea.

For this king, Hong Tao has no good feelings. Not because he offended himself, but mainly because he had a very fucked son, the long-legged Edward I. When I watched "Braveheart" back then, Hong Tao hated the king of England to death, such a beautiful French princess, she actually became his daughter-in-law, she was immortal!

In the thirteenth century, the city of London was not as majestic as Naples, let alone as majestic as Hot\Naia, and the weather here was always overcast, which made the city even more lifeless. The English were not at all brave enough to suddenly appear at the gates of their own capital, and not a single ship dared to rush up to stop them, but most of them fled to the shore, and the alarm bells in the churches along the Thames rang out.

"The efficiency of their evacuation is top-notch, is this waiting for the enemy to come ashore and then luring the enemy deeper?" Hong Tao did not find the battleship of the Flemish Hanseatic army, not even a cargo ship, and was very disappointed, and did not even have an excuse to open fire.

"It should be, Henry was scared by the Vikings and the Danes, and he still had a castle to defend on land, and naval battles were not his liking." Karl also didn't like England, and he didn't even think that the island nation should be counted in Europe.

"It's really interesting, the English are not good at naval warfare, this Nima is evil!" It's not the first time Hong Tao has heard this kind of statement, and William once said it. At this time, the English were still seafaring blind, which was a great contrast with the British Empire, which was a great contrast with the British Empire, which had warships running all over the world in later generations.

In the middle of March 1253, Hong Tao's fleet came to a comprehensive inspection in the ports of England and the Kingdom of France near the English Channel, and all the port cities with names and surnames had to enter the harbor to search, and those who were not allowed to enter were consulted with them with cannons, and the shells were still very reasonable, so they all agreed. Unfortunately, the harvest was not too large, and only three brigs flying the Flemish Hanseatic flag were caught.

Adhering to the spirit that even if a fly is small, it is also meat, and the enemy earns a point for every loss, these three merchant ships transporting wool were confiscated by Hong Tao for war crimes, and the receipts were issued in a particularly domineering manner, with a sentence written in Chinese and Aladdin: Punish you in the name of the sun god, mortal, tremble. The inscription reads: UN Security Council!

This thing is not only incomprehensible to those French merchants, but Carl is confused, it is obviously a matter of competing for maritime interests, how can it become a divine war when it is said.

(To be continued.) )