Even Pregent Bidus himself didn't know what a brilliant victory he had in this naval battle. Originally, he just thought he had won a big victory, but a few days later, after learning that the British Navy commander Edward Howard and Henry Boll, the highest-ranking Navy, broke the scene, the whole of France fell into a carnival.
Francois I personally ordered the celebrations throughout Paris, lifting the curfew for three days, so that the Parisians could have a good time. Then, in these three days, the sales of alcohol in taverns of Paris increased by five times as much as usual. Even the young ladies in Paris' special service areas had a business three times better than usual.
As for Pregent Bidus, the greatest hero, François was rewarded with great mercy. Although he only gave the baron, his fief was generously given to the two barons.
But Bidus only accepted one baron leader. As for another baron leader, Bidus said--it should be sealed in his hometown after France annexes Italy...
This flattery was extremely helpful to both François I and the French nobles, because it was implying that France's annexation of Italy was a foregone conclusion.
After rushing back to Paris and being enfeoffed, Biddus immediately returned to the Brest military port, and then, taking advantage of the morale of his soldiers, continued to attack England.
This time, they took the initiative to attack Plymouth Harbor, and sank three English merchant ships on the periphery of the port. Edward Howard, the younger brother of Plymouth Harbor, was so scared that he immediately indented all the ships into the interior of the Tyma River.
Because of the threat of the British Koufeilin's long cannon (Red Barbarian cannon) along the coast, Bidus did not dare to go deep into the Tama River. After all, although his six Calais ships were strong in fire, they were thin and could not resist the bombardment of the 18-pound cannon.
Therefore, after harassing the Plymouth military port, he continued to lead his fleet eastward and attacked Hastings, New Romney, Hayes, Dover and Sandwich, which belonged to the Five Harbor Alliance. In these five ports, the Calais fleet of Biddus sank a total of 16 English Kirk sailboats.
However, when attacking the newly-established military port of Southampton, he encountered a tough guy. When the Calais fleet tried to enter Southampton Bay through the Sorent Strait between the Isle of Wight and the British Isle, he was hit by a fort built by Marin on the Isle of Wight. Two ships were injured...
The Isle of Wight is Marin's fief, and Southampton is also indirectly controlled by Marin and is Marin's territory. In order to ensure the safety of Southampton Bay, Marin had already built a fort at both the east and west ends of the Isle of Wight, focusing on the 18-pound Koufeilin long cannon.
The effective range of the Red Cannon is already more than 500 meters. After the Beihai Kingdom improved the granular gunpowder, the range was even longer. In addition, the turret was built on the cliff, and the altitude increased, the range was even longer.
The two Calais ships were hit 3 kilometers away. At this time, the shells were already insufficient. Otherwise, the two ships would not be sunk, but they would have been killed on the spot.
Seeing that the situation was wrong, Bidus took the fleet out of the Sorent Strait and returned to Brest Harbor to repair the ship.
Although he was unfavorable to return in the middle, the results of Bidus achieved were extremely brilliant. At least, this is true for France. You should know that since the Hundred Years' War between Britain and France, France has been playing the role of being beaten at sea. Sometimes there are small victories and they are immediately defeated.
Bidus' tactics made England, a traditional maritime powerhouse, helpless and unable to crack it. He was beaten so hard that he dared not fight back. How could he not make France's "weak naval country" excited?
At this time, the French nobles had already shouted the slogan "Treat the Strait of Lamanche and destroy England"...
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The opposite of the French is the great fear of the English. The English, who once proud of the navy, found in fear that they had no choice but to use the French tactics. If the French had not only come in the weak winds and the English Channel was strong all year round, the French would have to hold them and beat them up every day. If the French developed more Calais ships, the English would have ended up tragic...
Indeed, after the great victory, François I established the policy of building more Calais ships by himself, intending to build 100 Calais ships, and then completely control the English Channel, and prepare to cross-sea combat and annex England.
However, it takes a long time to build so many ships, and ten or eight years only starts. Moreover, it takes many years to train so many qualified Calais sailors. Therefore, this can only be a long-term plan. But François I could afford to wait because he was only 22 years old and 32 years old in 10 years. He was very young and the most lacking was time.
Then, the entire French government and the people were looking forward to the question of how to divide the land after annexing England...
At this time, England, from Edward VI to ordinary sailors, was in panic. In an anxious manner, someone asked - why not, go and ask for help from the Great Dark Marin of the North Sea...
Edward VI was silent. He didn't know that he would seek help from Marin. But he was unwilling. Because he had already relied on Marin on land. If he also relied on Marin at sea, wouldn't Marin easily control the entire Kingdom of England? At that time, it would be a matter of time before he was undermined.
You know, the reason why Edward VI was relieved to let Marin intervene in England was because he was confident that England's navy could suppress the North Sea. Once there was a change, he could use the navy to block the North Sea and use Marin's two 10,000 troops left in England.
But if Marin reached into the English Navy and took control of it, he, the king, would not be able to sleep...
England is different from the European continent, where there has long been a tradition of regicide. Edward V, Richard III, and recently Henry VII were all cut by opponents. If Marin controlled the English Navy and easily transported the elite of the North Sea Kingdom to London, chopping itself would be as easy as cutting melons and vegetables.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content behind! Faced with Edward VI's hesitation, Foreign Minister Howard, who is William Howard, and Edward Howard's brother, seemed to guess Edward's thoughts:
"Your Majesty, are you worried that Grand Duke Marin is too powerful in England?"
Edward hesitated and nodded.
William Howard smiled and said:
Chapter completed!