In the East Ocean, a fleet that covered the sky and the sun sailed towards the east.

The battleship leading the way was a standard Ming-made six-A-class 1,500-material warship. Three huge masts soared into the sky, and the huge red crane-winged sails were waving. The top flag officer held the small flag and kept singing the flag.

On the relatively low stern staircase on the deck, General Fu Yuan glanced at the flag army wiping the cannons on the upper artillery deck, picked up the telescope and looked into the distance. White seabirds could be seen flying by in the sky, and they were not far from the island.

As the flagship, this Liujia ship has a three-layer artillery deck that carries 42 light and heavy generals, eight-part short-end rapid-fire Thousand-Kiln Franchise aircraft, and carries three hundred households of soldiers. Not to mention the upper bow and stern tower and the second floor main general cabin, the upper two floors are divided into twenty sailor cabins, each with double-layer square wooden box beds and small windows for ventilation, providing the flag army with sufficient rest cabins on the premise of saving unprecedented in the ship.

The wooden box that made up their beds was filled with neatly arranged square pots, which contained meat and a small amount of kimchi needed for the sailors' expedition. As for the rice and flour used for the main meal, they were placed on the baggage ship of the accompanying fleet.

It is the ship of Fu Yuan, the general general of the East Army Prefecture, and it is also the flagship of the East Army Fleet. The ship's name is Zitandian, and it is the name of the Die Niang Jewelry Box.

Fu Yuan did not forget that Die Niang's jewelry box rescued him from Gao Gong's prison, nor did he forget Die Niang's jewelry box let him pack his luggage and go north to Beiyang, becoming a famous general in Dongyang and North Asia.

Now he is going to cross the ocean with his jewelry box and fight against the barbarians on the other side of the world.

The Eastern Expedition Army led a huge fleet of six Chihai-class 1,000 ships, thirty five hundred shark ships, and thirty grain and horse ships, with a total of more than 8,000 troops and more than 1,300 artillery to France.

However, before going to France, he had to dock in Lisbon to shock Philippe.

The one who walked with him was Yang Ce, who was driving the general warship, who was also the direct successor of the Ming Dynasty's thought of strong and powerful ships. The fleet of Yang Ce, the pirate leader who was born in the Guangzhou Martial Arts Hall, also attached great importance to artillery. The pirate coalition that he flew the sail flag of the Ming Dynasty's Eastern Military Mansion had a large Spanish Garen ship, a thousand-material phoenix ship with sixteen armed phoenix guns, twenty-six armed merchant ships from European countries, and thirty-four blue flying shark ships from the headquarters of the Han Dynasty.

Their organization was not as reorganized as Fu Yuanzheng's Eastern Army. Some of Yang Ce's generals and officials brought more ships, some had few ships, some like artillery battles, and some like fire attacks, and some were keen on jumping and gang-to-board battles... Although Yang Ce attached great importance to artillery, he had no stable logistics base to arm the captured Fran machine cannons as a fleet. There were only sixteen Phoenix ships imitating General Zhenshuo, so his combat tactics were more flexible.

Yang Ce didn't have so many artillery artillery, and his tactics were not flexible and he had been bombarded on the battlefield according to the martial arts teachings.

The two fleets were not far apart at sea, looking at each other and sailing eastward at nearly the same speed. Their short-term purpose was Spain, but Yang Ce might dock in the Azores in the middle of the road to wait for further information after Li Dan returned to Spain.

No one wants to fight in the turbulent ocean.

The side that takes the near-shore defense first will obviously gain a more favorable position in the war.

What's more... Yang Ce and Shi He have other ideas.

A group of Ming pirates in the Han Dynasty always had obsession with Europa. In the past, they watched the Portuguese, the Spaniards entered the Nanyang region, and even massacred the city and destroyed the country. It was false to say that the idea of ​​driving them out in their minds was to defend their country, but expansion of power did not conflict with the expulsion of Euroi, but they did not have that opportunity.

Later, the Han Dynasty was founded, looking east to the Indian Ocean and west to Africa, and making waves on the sea unparalleled reputation, which reminded them of the crazy idea in their early years - entering Europa.

This war seemed to them as an opportunity.

When the fleet was not far from the Azores, Shi He's flagship suddenly approached the general's warship. The agile pirate king even pulled the sail rope and swung the boat onto the ship. He gathered with Yang Ce and whispered: "I thought about it for several days on the way. That archipelago is only a few days away from Gibraltar. Since we are going to land on the island, why not occupy two islands for the time being?"

Yang Ce narrowed his eyes and looked at Shi He, wondering what he was selling in his gourd, and asked, "What are you doing to occupy those two islands? It will also attract the Spanish fleet. Once General Fu leads his troops north to France, we alone can't defeat the Spanish fleet, which is too close to Spain."

"What are you afraid of? They don't know we are pirates."

Shi He said, his black face, who had been sharpened by the sea breeze for a long time, smiled, raised his hand and pointed to the flag hanging on the mast, and said, "We are the Daming Tianjun. For Spain, what's wrong with the Heavenly Army under the command of Marshal Chen occupying his two islands?"

Yang Ce lowered his head and thought for a while, turned his head and looked at the Fu Yuan fleet in the distance, which was difficult to distinguish with his naked eyes, and nodded involuntarily.

He then shook his head and said, "It is not a problem to occupy the island. There is no need to use force. As long as we go up, the Western barbarians on the island dare not say anything. If they want to say anything, let them shut up forever."

As he said that, Yang Ce clapped his hands and backs: "But why do you occupy these two islands? I haven't heard of any good things on the island."

Shi He pretended to be mysterious and shook his head, and then whispered: "You know that I have been in the east before. Two years ago, King Li Mao of Dan got a Mediterranean chart from the Ottoman merchant. I heard that many towns along the coast are prosperous and wealthy, and there are not many people."

"In recent years, the sea has been peaceful and the sea is calm. There are all merchants sailing. There are not many defenders in each city. With more than 70 warships and tens of thousands of soldiers, just enter Gibraltar..."

Shi He grabbed Yang Ce's hand and said, "You can grab a transparent view from east to west, Rome, Florence, Geneva, and Marseille. If Spain's coastal defense is insufficient, there will be Barcelona and Valencia, and then leave Gibraltar."

As he said that, Yang Ce felt the clenched arm being exerted and forced, and even his tone became a little heavier: "Replenish water and food in the Azores Islands, sailed west to Qilin Guard, and sold goods at Chen Shuai."

Yang Ce's thoughts collided with Shi He's words and fantasized in his mind, but then he shook his head and said, "It's easy to rob, but how to deal with the next thing, will Chen Shuai be willing to take the blame for you and me?"

"Shishou Chen is not afraid of the Western Barbarians. 50% and 40% of the profits are given to the Marshou Chen. Will he blame you and me? You and I will fight for the Marshou Chen and the Marshou Jin again in the future. What's more, when we enter Gibraltar, we can hang Spanish sails. Their big red forks are so easy to paint. They can even rob the Spanish sails with the Ottomans."

"The news should not be sent back to Gibraltar. Even if it is sent back, as long as Mr. Li nods, no one can stop us. Hang the Han flag and leave all the way. At worst, let Spain find us in the future. At least four big cities, grandpas can live happily in Changsheng for the rest of their lives!"

"Don't think about these things first. The reason is to win the next battle first." Yang Ce slowly pulled out Shi He's clenched arm and pressed: "I can talk about it later on when I enter Gibraltar."

Shi He hurriedly said, "No, then do you think these two islands are occupied? My own people cannot take up!"

"occupy!"
Chapter completed!