war!

Sometimes it comes a little unexpectedly.

At least for the English, they never thought that the war would start in this way. Even before that, Cromwell was thinking about how to "eliminate misunderstandings". But everything that followed completely blinded his dog's eyes.

The Ming fleet actually reached the inland river and burned London. How did they burn?

unimportant.

It is important that this matter be resolved as soon as possible.

And what is even more annoying?

After the Ming fleet set off a fire, it insisted on not leaving. Instead, it continued to stay in the Chatham Dock area, which seemed to be fighting with England there.

Who can tolerate it? If you become familiar with it, you can't bear it.

After meeting with Wang Yuelin, the angry Cromwell immediately ordered the mobilization of the army and launched an attack on the Ming people.

While the army was gathering, Major General John Lambert had led several trusted subordinates to a position less than a mile from the fort.

This ambitious man who used the excuse of "the Duke of the Nation should be the one with virtue" to force the palace to seize power from Richard Cromwell, of course, did not show his ambition. After all, the Duke of the Nation is still alive now, and his ambition has not been revealed.

“It’s really hard to deal with!”

Putting down the telescope in his hand, Robert said.

"The Hierness Fort is a solid fortress, and it is really difficult to defeat it!"

"But it's impossible not to fight. General, only by capturing the fort can we force the Chinese fleet to withdraw from London."

Major General Sbel raised the whip in his hand and said.

"Otherwise, we don't have the artillery suitable to attack them at all!"

This is the most interesting thing!

The Thames River is not wide, but only a few hundred meters, but even these few hundred meters are an insurmountable obstacle for the army. If you want to attack warships, you must have heavy artillery. But the problem is that the New Model Army does not have heavy artillery at all, because they do not have this demand at all, or they have defeated the enemy before they cast heavy artillery, and then... Britain, which is not planning to expand on the mainland on the mainland, naturally does not need to cast heavy artillery siege heavy artillery. Even if there are some heavy artillery in the fortress on the coast, there is no hurry to transport it now.

In addition, Cromwell was eager to drive the Chinese out, so he rushed to fight.

Alas! The God of War, such an angry God of War... is really unimaginable!

"Yes."

Colonel Bloom said loudly,

"It is true, but the only thing that makes people thank you is that there are not many Chinese people in the fort, probably less than four hundred. They come from afar and have very limited troops. The only thing that makes people worry is their fleet. Their fleet forms a mutual support situation with the fort on the river. If we attack the fort, we will definitely be bombarded by the fleet..."

"So, it depends on Chad Dean's."

"What can he? A fleet commander who has lost all his warships?"

Chad Dean was the commander of England's fleet. He is indeed a bare commander now. The Ming army set the fire at Chatham dock and burned the warship that Cromwell had saved for many years in an instant.

Without these ships, Chad Dean naturally became the commander of the bare hands.

However, despite losing all the warships, Chad Dean was not discouraged. After receiving the order, he immediately set about preparing.

Back then, when there was still a fire in London, he summoned all ships on various docks in London, and merchant ships and sailors were all recruited. In fact, this was also the norm after the war between the navies of various countries in this era. After all, no European country would maintain a standing army in this year.

"Gentlemen, each of you has lost a lot of wealth in this fire, and our enemies still occupy the surface of the lower Thames, and now you are the only maritime power in England, and I hope you can join me in repelling them!"

As the commander of the navy, Dean has a clear understanding of the current situation. He knows very well that the English Navy, which has lost its warship, is impossible to defeat the Chinese fleet. With a clear mind, his only idea is to drive the Chinese out of the Thames instead of defeating them.

Looking at the captains who were recruited, his expression was quite helpless, and Dean pointed his finger at London on the shore.

"Look at this, this is our London! London in England!"

On the shore, London, the capital of England, has become unrecognizable, and countless establishments have been transformed into coke. Even Westminster Abbey was burned out in the fire.

Above the city, there was still a thick smoke. Some ships and buildings were floating on the river channel under the push of the river. Large areas of garbage covered the water, and charred corpses floated on the river.

This is their London...

Seeing anger appearing on everyone's faces, Chad Dean knew his purpose had been achieved and immediately shouted.

"Okay, gentlemen, let's work together, for England! for London!"

For England!

For London!

Not for the Republic or Cromwell, but for their England, under the instigation of Chad Dean, hundreds of ships of varying sizes formed a fleet of hundreds of ships of varying sizes and sailed towards the lower reaches of the Thames, most of which were single and crisp sailboats of only about thirty feet in length. Looking at this vast posture, it seemed that on the birthday of the Queen of the Twenty-first century, even the sloop yachts were read together, which was to pull them over to make up the numbers...

"English!"

Almost as this "magnificent fleet" rushed out of the smoke shrouded in London, the lookout hands on the top of the mast of the Ming flagship discovered them and immediately issued a warning of hoarseness. All the officers and soldiers on the deck were nervous.

The ship immediately sounded a rapid combat readiness alarm. Before the officers could order, the officers and soldiers pushed the naval guns into place and loaded shells, and the Marines even picked up muskets.

From the beginning, the English had the advantage. Not to mention the smooth sailing, the fleet had no chance to adjust its course on the narrow Thames.

Because he had no bargaining chips in his hand, Dean divided the entire "main fleet" into two parts, including 17 armed merchant ships worth hundreds of tons as the main force, and he himself personally directed these warships to fight directly with the opponent's main force, as if he was planning to wipe out the opponent at all costs.

But what is Dean's real killer weapon?

It was not the negotiations between these armed forces, but the boats that had an absolute advantage in quantity. Those temporary recruitment may not be as powerful as warships in firepower, but not in the narrow rivers, they are more flexible, and their mission is to set fire, find appropriate opportunities, and siege the Chinese warships.

Although the firepower of the armed merchant ships was very weak, the English warships opened fire first at 400 yards away, thus opening the prelude to this "water war".

Faced with the counterattack of the English, the Ming fleet was not polite. Under the command of the officers, the gunners launched shellings on the English warships. Compared to England, it was like a tickling ships. The shelling of the Ming heavy "wine bottle cannon" was earth-shaking, and each shelling was almost devastating to the English.

The violent explosion of heavy shells could even blow up the bow when they hit the hull. However, in just one encounter, several British warships turned into bonfires on the river, burning on the river.

However, despite this, the British offense did not weaken, and the English sailors endured the fierce artillery fire and continued to attack forward.

On the battlefield filled with smoke, and the rising smoke from the burning warships, the entire Thames River was shrouded in rolling smoke, and for a moment, it was impossible to see the surrounding environment clearly.

At this moment, the lookouts suddenly found that they had died in the smoke. As soon as they appeared, the lookouts shouted loudly.
Chapter completed!