The sea breeze in the North Sea mixed with the sea water hits the face, salty and wet and full of greasiness.

A battle has quietly begun on the sea far away from the island.

On the one hand, the fleet under Yang Ce was attacked by the past sea beggars and today's combined fleet of the six provinces of the Netherlands.

However, the cause was not that Tang Xianzu, who was far away in London, imagined that the Netherlands declared war on the Ming Dynasty, but because Yang Ce's flagship, who was yachting near the coast of England, was the Flying General.

The Flying General is a good ship, the best ship that Yang Ce has grabbed in his nearly ten years of pirate career. It was formerly the main battleship of the Spanish Gibraltar fleet and was a standard Spanish sailing ship.

It is huge in shape, slow in movement, low and flat deck, wide body and large belly. This kind of ship is only available in Spain in Europe.

A fleet of more than ten main ships of similar bloodlines and more than twenty armed merchant ships swaying in the waters between England, France and the Low Countries will undoubtedly be worrying.

No one can recognize what the huge Ming character on the sail is, and this fleet often has another fleet that does indeed fly the Spanish cross flag to go out to sea to defend the near sea and plunder merchant ships from various countries without distinction.

Among them, the one who is most worried about this is naturally the alliance of the six northern provinces in the Netherlands, namely the Netherlands.

In order to confront them, the Netherlands also sent a fleet to protect the near sea and investigate the situation. The distance between the two sides was very close, and friction was inevitable, especially after the assassination of the Silent William.

After a fire broke out, several Dutch armed merchant ships met a small Han fleet and fought several times in three days. In the end, a lucky ship was disconnected due to a broken mast and was eventually sunk.

The news came back to Dover's port, and the furious Yang Ce gathered his Han army under his command and sent warships to pull up his troops.

Because the port's supplies were not yet collected, the entire army could not be launched, and more than 4,000 people were organized, and they took seven Great Garens, including the flying general, and sixteen various warships, roaring into the turbulent North Sea and pursuing the Netherlands fleet.

His target was not only the Netherlands fleet, but also all merchant ships flying the Dutch tricolor flag. They snatch one when they see one, and sank and crash if they can't get it. In short, the enemy will pay the price.

They had been floating on the sea for more than half a month, fighting every day, hijacking ships and destroying ships, and never found any trace of the Dutch naval fleet.

Yang Ce had thought of killing the port in Amsterdam directly, but after approaching, he only saw that the port was very cautious. After thinking about it, he thought it was difficult to get benefits, so he sent three boats to shore and looted two fishing villages near the beach and continued to make waves on the sea.

He had only one purpose, to defeat the enemy fleet at sea.

Otherwise, once the enemy's fleets overseas return will lock their men inside and outside the port to attack.

The turning point of the matter occurred on the early morning of the 18th day when Yang Ce went out to sea.

It was just dawn. On the way from the Netherlands to Denmark, Yang Ce, who was bumping at the sea and sleeping in the middle of the night, received a report from his watchman. They met the Dutch Navy, which was escorting the merchant ship.

The merchant ships returning to the ship carried huge wood that could be seen at a glance, which was obviously extremely important to the Netherlands. Their escort fleet formed a battle formation as soon as they discovered the Yang Ce fleet, trying to intercept the unknown fleet in a mighty manner.

It is indeed a battle formation, but this battle formation is more funny to Yang Ce.

There were forty or fifty ships of all sizes and large ships, and even if Yang Ce climbed onto the mast and held a telescope, he couldn't count how many enemies there were... Some ships were too small and might not even have cannons; some ships were not small, but the formation they formed was two horizontal lines.

He couldn't see clearly when he was blocked from behind.

All I know is that this is the Dutch fleet.

The mixed fleet of Han and Western Han Dynasty had only twenty-three warships, and they did not have the advantage in terms of force or number, so it was still too late to avoid them.

However, the enemy's horizontal team gave Yang Ce great confidence and confidence in winning.

Twenty-three warships gradually divided into two columns at sea, with sails scrambling toward the Dutch fleet at a faster speed.

At this time, even a fool could see that he was not good. The Dutch Fleet, which was hit by the big squadron, also adjusted its sails and rushed to the first time Yang Ce's fleet entered the range, and then opened the fire of the bow of the squadron.

It looks scary.

But the actual effect... To be honest, Yang Ce knew why the Netherlands fought against Spain, with 25,000 versus 17,000 killing 10,000 enemies and 12 enemies.

The stone-shooting cannon fired a huge stone bomb, which fell between the two fleets without being in front of the village and behind the ground. The shells fired by the forged cannon hit the direction of the Hanxi Combined Fleet in a huge manner, and fell into the sea and splashed waves that could be as high as the bow.

Except for the pirates in Han countries who control the ridicule of various countries, they get nothing.

The two sides were getting closer and closer, and the organization of the enemy fleet became clearer and clearer for Yang Ce who was standing at the top holding a sail rope on the mast of the Flying General. There were few large ships and many small boats, and there were also horizontal formations. It seemed that he wanted to cross over directly to jump the gang to win.

This tactic is old Spain.

The sail rope wrapped around Yang Ce's arm twice. Yang Ce, wearing a high-top bowl, put away his telescope, untied his wine bag from his waist and poured it into his mouth. He lowered his head and called out the sailor he knew on the deck. He threw the wine pot down, pulled out his waist knife and pointed it diagonally to the right.

The subordinates' wine bags did not catch the deck, but the military orders were understood very clearly. For a moment, the barefoot men on the deck with bare backs fluttered flags and shouted one after another: "Turn right!"

The strong wine in his mouth was like a knife squeezing his throat, and Yang Ce breathed a long sigh at the enemy fleet that was slowly approaching the sea.

This battle happened at the right time. The merchant ships he discovered were obviously ships returning from the northern islands. The Spanish Legion told him that the Netherlands' handicraft industry was very strong and could be made of anything, but the raw materials were lacking.

As long as they can be blocked, the Netherlands will not be able to do anything.

If the wood is transported back to Amsterdam, perhaps in a few months, there will be a fleet of small ships.

But if he intercepted the wood, maybe in Puzhou where Yigelan... Yang Ce knew that there was a shipyard in Puzhou, which was from the Tudor royal navy in the past, but now belongs to the Ming army.

Perhaps in Puzhou, the boatman could build one or two large ships for him.

Even if he built it for one year or two years, he needed a big ship, which was bigger than the flying general.

But today - Yang Ce turned his gaze to his bow, the four heavy and huge stone-shooting cannons.

They have been on the Flying General's roster for a long time and have never been sold. In order to be symmetrical with them, the Flying General's stern also specially used the stern to load the baggage.
Chapter completed!