The Rise of Ming Dynasty 1646

Chapter 797 Patience and Wisdom

"Your Excellency, Your Majesty, is a bit alarmist." Nero smiled dryly, "As far as I know, a small fleet of your East India Company in the Far East has controlled the seas of the Ming Dynasty for 50 to [-] years..."

Trump shook his head slightly, "Things will always change." He pointed to the two third-tier battleships on the west sea with the flag of "Axe-wielding Seabird", "Decades ago, the Spanish fleet was still in the Atlantic Ocean. Look at them, they don’t even dare to use their own royal family’s flag to join the war. By the way, what is that flag?”

As a qualified French nobleman, Nero glanced at the badges of the major families by heart, and immediately continued: "It's the family badge of Count Favila of Cordoba. Philip IV is worried that the Ming Dynasty will gain the upper hand. As a result, Spain was retaliated, so Count Favilla joined the war in his own name."

"Spanish people are cowards." Tromp snorted coldly.He is qualified to say that, the Spanish fleet of more than 70 warships was defeated by him with more than ten ships.

He sighed again, "Well, if Philip IV can send half of his fleet, no, only a third, we can celebrate the victory in advance almost now."

Nero glanced and muttered, "The Portuguese are worse than him, they didn't even send a warship."

Portugal is the first European country that has been rubbed on the ground by Zhu Linming, and has seen the majestic appearance of the Daming Navy, so although it is driven by huge commercial interests, it supports He, France and other countries to go to war against Daming, but it has never Dare to directly participate in the war, but only provided some military expenses and information.

The captain of the Bradrod stepped forward, saluted Tromp, and spoke quickly.

Nero couldn't understand the Helan language at a glance, but he saw the clue from the serious expression of the Helan people, and hurriedly asked the fleet commander, "Have you discovered the fleet of the Orientals?"

"Yes." Tromp first ordered a few words to his deputy, looked at the distant sea and said, "The Spaniards sent news that nearly [-] nautical miles south and west, the main force of the Ming Kingdom's fleet is there."

"Then," Nero glanced at a royal nobleman representing the king of France, who was only familiar with naval battles, but pretended to be calm, "Are we going to fight?"

"No," Trump turned and returned to the helm without turning his head. "What is needed most now is patience. The Easterners have come from far away, and there must not be much supplies on board. They are the ones who are in a hurry. We need Take advantage of this and choose the most favorable time to launch a general attack."

"Indeed." The French followed quickly, admiring the legendary commander of Helan in his heart.

This is the sea area of ​​the Europeans, and various scouting ships from Spain, Portugal, and France are everywhere, and the Ming people have no possibility of launching a surprise attack.As long as the United Fleet always occupies a dominant position, the Ming Fleet will not dare to fight rashly, and may eventually retreat due to the exhaustion of fresh water.

At that time, the United Fleet will be able to chase after them and continue to attack!Thinking of this, he felt more and more that defeating the Ming Kingdom was a sure thing, and with the victory in this naval battle, his reputation in the country would also be prominent for a while, and that little widow Juana would most likely be able to hook her up...

In the next few days, two huge fleets circled around the Strait of Gibraltar.

The sea conditions in the Atlantic Ocean are far more complicated than those in the Pacific Ocean. Not only do you need to compete for the wind, but you must also compete for the ocean currents.When the sea breeze is weak, the thrust of the ocean current is even stronger than the wind.

At the same time, the weather on the Atlantic Ocean is unpredictable. Many times you occupy a favorable position and are just about to launch a general offensive. Suddenly there is a thunder in the sky and heavy rain pours down.

Fortunately, the Daming ocean caravan has been traveling between Europe and Asia in the past few years, and has accumulated a lot of hydrological information, so the Daming Navy can easily navigate this water area.

Tromp appeared to be extremely patient. On several occasions, the joint fleets of Japan and France had occupied good positions, but he still felt unsatisfied and did not launch an attack.

He firmly believed that the warships of the Ming Dynasty must be in a state of hell, and sailors who died of sepsis were thrown into the sea every day.There is also food that is difficult to swallow, fresh water supply with a very small quota, and everyone from the officers to the crew has a look of lovelessness...

After six days of playing cat and mouse, a rainstorm hit without warning, the sky was dark, and the waves were so large that smaller boats dared not go out to sea.

After the weather calmed down, information from various places was sent to the Bradrod one after another. Commander He Lan was surprised to find that he had lost the trace of the Eastern Fleet.

Two days later, a Spanish patrol ship finally found the Ming fleet, but the location made Trump frown greatly—the enemy had sailed past the west side of Lisbon yesterday evening, that is to say, more than 200 nautical miles north of them place.

"What do they want to do?"

Trump and several officers were sitting around the chart, contemplating deeply, when someone rushed in through the door of the conference room with a bang and shouted, "I heard that the enemy is heading north?!"

"Yes." Trump frowned and turned his head.

"Quick! Catch up!" Nero continued to shout.

"Calm down, you always tell me why?"

The Frenchman took out a few pieces of paper from his pocket and spread them out, "This is the information just sent by Paris. Several spies colluding with the Orientals were caught in the port of La Rochelle. They are setting up lights in important places such as port fortresses and warehouses. They also set up a floating lighthouse outside the harbor..."

Trump and his men looked at each other and immediately understood, "Who are they going to mark!"

"That's right!" Nero said anxiously, "The intelligence officer thinks that the Easterners are coming to attack La Rochelle! Hurry up, we must catch up and block them!"

The Port of La Rochelle is the most important port in western France. It is only more than 100 miles away from the important city of Bordeaux. It is responsible for most of the maritime trade between France and the United Kingdom, Northern Europe, and North and South America.

Not to mention that if it is attacked here, it will greatly harm the French economy, but the thousands of merchant ships hiding in the port—because the Eastern Fleet is circling the Atlantic Ocean, most merchants choose to temporarily close their businesses and wait for the end of the war. Almost all the ships stop at the port of La Rochelle - if they are destroyed by warships of the Ming Dynasty, France's maritime trade may not be able to slow down for several years.

Cold sweat oozes from Trump's forehead, these orientals are too cunning!
The fleets of the two sides had been entangled before, even if they sailed to La Rochelle, they did not dare to attack at will, because they could attack from the rear at any time.

However, the previous storm gave the Easterners a chance, and they went north without hesitation, thus winning two full days to attack the port!
　Because there is a double monthly ticket activity recently, Tianhaishan is here to beg for a monthly ticket!If there are more than 10 monthly tickets today, I will add a new chapter, please help my brothers!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)