Although he knew that Henry VII planned to defeat France, Marin did not know that Henry VII also planned to put Edward in England to fight. Therefore, Marin still sent a fleet according to the original plan to destroy the British warships on the Irish sea.
And Marin himself also began to set off and boarded the warship to Newcastle...
At present, the spring plowing has basically ended. Because of the sufficient oxen, the spring plowing of the North Sea Grand Duchy of China ended very early. If it were normal, Marin might have arranged people to go to the newly controlled West Friesland, Bremen and Jutland provinces to reclaim more land. But now, because of the attack on England, Marin has no time to take care of it.
While boarding the ship, a fleet sailed westward at the same time to attack the English ships on the Irish Sea...
When approaching the narrowest Strait of Calais between Britain and France, the fleet commander Kidd followed Marin's order and deliberately sailed against France. Moreover, there was no flag flying.
The French did not stop it, because the French Navy had long received news that a fleet from the German North Sea would pass here.
The British also discovered this fleet, but because the fleet was obviously leaning against the French side and there was no flag showing their identity, the British mistakenly thought that the fleet belonged to the French. After all, if it weren't for the French fleet, the French would definitely intercept it.
The fleet approached the French side and headed westward. After crossing the Normandy Peninsula, the fleet suddenly raised the flag collectively, raising the White Rose Battle Flag representing the York family.
Britain once experienced the Red and White Rose War for thirty years. The Red Rose is the symbol of the Lancaster family. The White Rose is the symbol of the York family.
In fact, Henry VII was not the direct line of the Lancaster family, but the Tudor family. It was only because the Lancaster family had no male direct line members that Henry VII, the foreign relative, became the leader of the Lancaster family.
After seizing the throne in 1485, Henry VII married Princess Elizabeth of the York family, integrated the Lancaster family and the York family, and used the red and white roses with white as the family emblem to show that the Lancaster family and the York family were merged into one.
However, Edward obviously did not think so. He believed that the York family was violently annexed by Henry VII. As the only direct male member of the York family, he was also the former crown prince (Richard III made Edward the crown prince after his son died), so it was necessary to revive the York family. Therefore, the banner of his army was all White Rose.
Kidd's fleet used the banner of White Rose, which obviously indicated that he wanted to serve Edward.
However, in the Tudor dynasty of Henry VII, the banner of white roses was definitely a rebellion and was a rebellion.
But strangely, after taking the White Rose banner, Kidd's fleet went smoothly. After waiting for a while, there were no English ships chasing them...
"It's true as the grandfather expected..." Kidd breathed a sigh of relief.
Before, Marin explained that when passing through the Channel Islands west of the Normandy Peninsula, he deliberately set up a white rose flag to stimulate the British. Because there was a British fleet in the Channel Islands. In this way, the British attitude could be tested.
If the British sent ships to chase Kidd and others with all their might, it would be difficult to make Marin's judgment wrong, and the naval battle in the Irish Sea might be more difficult. If the other party ignores it, it means that Henry VII is indeed preparing to ambush the French fleet. In this way, the British will definitely be very restrained at this time and will not encircle and annihilate his fleet. Even the naval battle in the Irish Sea will be very restrained...
As Marin expected, the British fleet in the Channel Islands was very restrained this time. After listening to his subordinates' reports that a fleet from France had fired the White Rose flag, the fleet commander Hunter laughed and said:
"Your Majesty is wise. The Frenchman really wants to attract us to chase this fleet... Well, I have to say it, otherwise it would be too fake..."
Then, more than a dozen small fishing boats were sent out of Guernsey and chased Kidd's fleet for a while. However, at this time, Kidd's fleet had 30 200-ton Clark sailboats, equipped with many bronze guns (for the sake of confidentiality, Marin did not use his own distinctive warships and armed merchant ships, but used the Clark sailboats that he had bought from Spain. Anyway, it was not surprising that the French used Spanish ship types. After all, France and Spain bordered, and there were more Clark sailboats in the southern Mediterranean coast of France). The pursuit of more than a dozen small fishing boats sent by Hunter seemed to be a death sentence... In fact, the fishing boats that were pretending to pursue this time were really fishing boats, and the boats were all ordinary fishermen... They were forced to chase Kidd's fleet... Even if they were eliminated, Commander Hunter would not feel sorry...
However, Kidd did not turn back and eliminate the other party, but continued to follow the "script" and first directed the fleet to turn north, turn to the coastal side of England, and then slowly headed west, walking and stopping, as if waiting for someone...
It seems that it is like a special purpose to incite the English Navy and lure the enemy to chase after him...
The English local troops on the coast sent the news to London...
"Haha, it's true! I actually want to lure us to chase and kill. I really want to transfer the main force of England's naval..."
Then, Henry VII issued an order:
"You go and send more slow boats to chase for a while, but deliberately fail to catch up..." Henry VII was also afraid that the other party would see his intention, so he planned to send some boats to chase him.
Anyway, the large English ships were probably bribed by the "French people" and went to sea. At this time, it was reasonable to send some small boats to chase them. This would reassure France even more.
So, the fleet led by Kidd, under the "escort" of a large group of small English boats, drove towards the Irish Sea in a mighty manner...
However, the large group of small boats seemed to be unable to catch up on purpose, and there were still small boats falling behind from time to time...
At this time, Kidd took out the "script" given by Marin, and according to the instructions of the "script", he distributed a Clark sailboat in time and sailed to the coast of France... The reason for this was to show it to the British - you see, we sent the ship to "return to China" to report the effect... It seems that it has really attracted many British ships to pursue it...
Seeing the "French Fleet" split a ship to "return to China to report the news", Wallace, the commander of the British Navy, did not divide the ship to intercept it, but laughed, showing a smile of success in his plan...
At this time, a strong wind happened to blow from the sea in the west. The small English boats sent to pursue seemed too small, and were swayed left and right by the strong west wind. Even a small fishing boat was blown over...
Suddenly, the British "fleet" was in a hurry... Wallace was in charge of leading the team and took this large group of small fishing boats to dock to shelter the wind... In this way, they had reason to stop chasing - you see, the strong wind was blowing, and the boat could not withstand it...
Chapter completed!