.Wen Fighting Ambassador Elifen came out of the Olive Hall, named Ottoman officer Zafan and two others. Beside him were several guards of the Sicily Kingdom. Although the Western palaces were not very strict, there were still some security considerations.

"Sir, the officer arrived at Ailie, and immediately stepped forward to meet him: "The latest news from Egypt is that the Portuguese fleet is emerging. They are trying to attack the Port of Sultan Abu. The officer told Cairo the news like a cannon. Ailie frowned and listened carefully, then said: "You mean that the Ming army has arrived at Abu Sultan Abu?"

"Yes, according to the agreement signed by His Majesty the Sultan and the Ming Dynasty, the Ming army has sent an army to station a two thousand troops in the Port of Abu Sultan in the Suez Province. The Portuguese raided Abu Sultan and happened to have a conflict with the Ming army. Their landing troops were severely damaged. However, the Portuguese fleet did not return, but rested on Pies Island on the north coast of Egypt and robbed many of our merchant ships."

Ailifeng was scheming in his heart and waved his hand: "You go back first."

"Yes." The officer saluted and then left the Sicily Palace under the custody of the palace guards.

Ailie stood on the tree-lined path outside the olive hall and thought for a while, and sneered that Egypt was conquered by the Ottoman Sultan two hundred years ago. It has always been an extension of the Ottoman Empire to Africa. Now it has divided some benefits to the Ming Dynasty and cut the provinces of Gaza and Suez to the Han people. In fact, it also has the idea of ​​becoming a hand-off manager. After all, the Ottomans, the enclave of Egypt, were willing to manage, and the riots were intensified. They simply gave the Ming Dynasty military support to the Ming Dynasty by giving away land from two provinces, so that the Ming Dynasty could help the Ottomans manage the security near Egypt. They had signed a secret agreement with the Ming Dynasty. The Ming Dynasty is now in a high reputation and probably wouldn't turn against each other. But now the Portuguese raided Egypt but did not return. Isn't this a search for a draw?

Ailie decided, and then turned back to the Olive Hall. The nobles of the Anti-Dutch Alliance in the Olive Hall were already a little drunk. At the moment of the happy event, everyone had a smile on their faces. Ailie walked straight to the King of Sicily, attached to his ears and whispered a few words. The King of Sicily was in a particularly good mood. After all, all countries attacked each other in Europe, while the Kingdom of Sicily wisely chose neutrality, which prevented the local war. Now that the victory of the Anti-Dutch Alliance is in sight, the King of Sicily stood on the side of the Anti-Dutch Alliance again with his relationship with the Anti-Dutch Alliance. He did not suffer any losses during the war, but the moment of sharing the cake is coming. Isn’t this because of his pound, the king of Sicily? Now after hearing Ailie’s words, the King of Sicily immediately became excited and shouted loudly: “Please be quiet.

Three days later, the huge joint fleet finally went out to sea. Since purchasing warships from the Ming Dynasty, all new ships have been to the Italian Peninsula of the Mediterranean, while sailors from various countries have sent sailors to come here to receive them. In the whole time, the Anti-Dutch Alliance has purchased 150 large new ships and more than 500 small and medium-sized warships from the Ming Dynasty. These warships have never experienced wars and are still new. This expedition is the first time the joint fleet goes out to sea to fight. The commander of the coalition forces, Saint John, watched with great enthusiasm as the fleet he carefully trained slowly sail off the coast. Naturally, he was inexplicably excited.

Rigg is a surname passed down from the name of religion. Count Rigg was originally a British naval officer. After the establishment of the anti-Dutch fleet, the British were good at naval warfare, especially after defeating the Invincible Fleet, the navy's military theory was even more leaps and bounds. Therefore, the commander of the joint fleet was naturally the British, and the commanders of the other countries were all deputy.

After calming down his excitement, Rigg began to order the first mate behind him: "The fleet is heading southeast, targeting Egypt,

Pies Island is located in the southeast of the Mediterranean Sea, thirty-nine miles from the Port of Abu Sultan in Egypt and fifty-four miles from Alexandria. Egypt's route into the Atlantic Ocean was passed by here. There were not many people here, especially after the Ottomans occupied it, most of the islanders here were Christians. Christians and Muslims hated each other for thousands of years and slaughtered each other. Pies Island was originally an exiled Greek survivor. Centuries ago, Greece was part of the Eastern Roman Empire centered on Constantinople. Eastern Rome resisted centuries of attacks from the East and the West, until the thugs, the nephew, Constantinople finally

After being captured, the Ottoman Empire gradually conquered the entire Greek. Most of the Greeks believed in Orthodox religion. At that time, the Ottoman Empire did not massacre Christians, but instead allowed the Greeks to believe in Christianity. However, after all, Audi was an empire composed of Islamic people. Muslim religion was still in the orthodox territory of the Ottoman orthodox. The empire did not use excessive means, but it built mosques in Greece, which made local Christians in Greece feel insulted. Therefore, religious conflicts continued, and the last part of the Greeks began to flee, and many people fled to Pies Island between Egypt, Turkey, and Greece to settle.

After more than a century ago, the Ottomans went south to capture Egypt and then controlled the island of Pies, the Greeks who had once avoided the Ottoman rule in Greece were thriving here, and they were immediately furious. They massacred the Greeks on Pies and stipulated that the island was a pagan island and no one was allowed to stay.

Now the Ottoman navy is no longer as bad as before. Its control over Pies Island is gradually weakening, and people have begun to settle on the island, but the number of people is not large. At this moment, on the beach to the west of the island, dozens of Portuguese warships of all sizes are stranded in shallow water. The landing Portuguese built simple thatched huts, set up tents, and created groups of bonfires, which seemed very free and comfortable under the tide.

Admiral Bobby took several officers to climb the mountain on the island with enthusiasm under the guidance of the locals and stopped to watch the terrain of the island. Yesterday, Bobby received a secret letter from Portugal, and he was relieved. At least the Portuguese authorities did not blame him. I believe that the failure of this war would not finally put him in the threat of military trial. Moreover, the admiral departments of Portugal and the Netherlands also formulated a careful combat plan, aiming to eliminate all the anti-Dutch alliances before the Ming navy arrived. The plans did come out of the masters! It can be said that the two rings of heaven were tied together.

On the day of receiving the secret letter, Bobby ordered all warships to be driven into shallow waters and to try to beach the huge warships near the beach. In addition, all the artillery on the ship was moved around the island, allowing people to excavate fortifications and build the entire Pies Island into a solid fortress.

What Bobby had to do was wait. According to the instructions in the secret letter, the Portuguese fleet expeditioning to Egypt has now become an extremely tempting bait on the island of Pies. It is the hinterland of the Mediterranean, not far from Egypt, Turkey, and Greece. All three areas belong to the territory of the Ottoman Empire. However, the Ottoman Empire's naval strength was weak and vulnerable. Therefore, Bobby was not worried that the Ottoman Empire would be attacked by two continental powers on land and still had time to send a fleet to counterattack Pies. The only force to attack Pies was the anti-Trump alliance fleet located in Italy.

"May God guarantee that those damn joint fleets will come quickly. Under the blowing of the mountain wind, General Bobby cursed. He spent so much effort. According to the secret letter from the Netherlands and Portugal's Navy, it was to tempt those joint fleets. The anti-Dutch alliance fleet has been shrinking from the Italian peninsula since its establishment and never dared to step out of the Italian waters. The Netherlands and the Portuguese Island Yamen have actually had a headache. If they can lure them out and annihilate them in one fell swoop, wouldn't it be a great opportunity now? As long as Bobby can lure the anti-Dutch alliance fleet to Pies Island, then the main fleet of the Netherlands and the Portuguese Goa followed behind. The so-called mantis stalks the cicada oriole in the back of the Westerners may still understand it.

"Tell me my order." Bobby suddenly opened his throat and said to the officer behind him: "Sink all the warships and let them block the bay."

"Genius." The officers behind Bobby were moved, and many people even thought they had heard it wrong. A naval colonel hurriedly said, "What did you just say?"

"I said," Bobby made great determination when he issued this order. If the Anti-Dutch Alliance fleet really came, such a huge fleet would not be able to withstand by his seven or eight large warships and several small and medium warships. He must buy time and hold on the spot. Since that is the case, he must ensure the safety of Pies Island, sink the warships, and block the way into the island bay. In this way, he can delay the landing of the Anti-Dutch Alliance fleet. Only by holding on for one more day can the implementation of the strategy be hoped: "Sink all warships."

The officers heard it clearly, but their faces were just more shocked. The lifeline of the navy was warships. Without warships, what were these naval officers? Moreover, here is an isolated island on the belly of the Ottoman, and in front of them is Ottoman territory. If the warships are lost, will they trap them on this isolated island? The colonel who asked earlier said: "Genius, I do not think this is a good suggestion. I hope you will take back what you said. Even if you do not, as a Portuguese naval officer, I have the right to not comply with this order."

Bobby's face was gloomy. To be honest, this fleet was not much stronger than the Navy in Portugal, but he had been a commander of this fleet for several years. He felt uncomfortable in his heart. He could naturally understand the thoughts of these officers. Sinking the warships was tantamount to asking the cavalry to kill their war horses and let the infantry destroy their muskets. The army was made of people, and it was also made of weapons. Weapons and people, and these two things were missing whatever they were, and they could not be called an army, and the weapons of the navy were warships,

However, Admiral Bobby did not intend to tell the secret letter from the Netherlands and Portugal. This secret letter was printed with top secrets. The meaning of the Admiralty was naturally to hope that the fewer people knew, the fewer they knew. This would be an extremely bold military operation and a great adventure. If it was leaked, then the Dutch and Portuguese fleet would probably suffer the heaviest price. Bobby took a deep breath: "Since that's the case, then Colonel Kentev, you have been dismissed. After the war, I will accuse you of despising your superiors, not obeying orders, and attempting to incite you."

Bobby's voice was very harsh, and he suddenly shocked the other officers who were planning to protest with the colonel. The colonel also competed: "Whatever you do, if you destroy the warship, it is a crime."

"Guard," Bobby raised his voice.

The guards at the foot of the mountain did not know what happened, and hurried over with a rifle. Bobby pointed to the colonel and said, "Please lock him up, take all his posts, and his deputy will take over his duties."

"Yes, Lord General." The guards were frightened and anxious. In fact, they had never seen the Lord General so angry, nor did they see the Lord General treating a colonel officer like this. They did not dare to detain the colonel, but just swallowed and said to the colonel with a little unconfident. "Your Excellency, please cooperate with us,"

The colonel sneered and left with great pride.

When the other officers saw this scene, they all bit their lower lip, were in a dilemma, and they could not make any moves, but the general's order,"

"Didn't you hear my orders clearly? I said, go back to your job immediately and order your soldiers to move all the materials and funds to the shore, and "sink all the warships."

"Yes" Yes, Your Excellency General." The officers answered in unison. They were so scared that they were really scared. Not only did the general's order make them panic, but the colonel's fate just now made them panic. However, although they responded, no one turned back to the mountain and returned to their ship. Who dared to execute such orders?

"George," can you tell me the reason why you must sink the warship? If you say it, we are willing to serve you." The Major General who asked about it was much calmer than the angry colonel just now. For a reason, everyone is waiting for the General to tell the reason.
Chapter completed!