"Why is there the flag of the Portuguese royal family?" William couldn't understand.
According to his understanding, Portugal’s colonies in America did not have anyone from their royal family.
However, Robert's mind was more flexible, and he immediately thought of something, and quickly replied: "Don't forget, Joao IV also had a daughter, who was married to the Ming Dynasty. This Portuguese king's flag..."
At this point, he paused and said in a decisive voice: "It's definitely that Catherine, yes, it must be her. This is..."
As he spoke, he turned to look at William, and saw that William was also looking at him. At this time, he said the last words: "She led the Ming Dynasty fleet back to Portugal for revenge!"
Now that William knew what the Portuguese flag represented, he naturally understood that what Robert said must be right.
After understanding this, he turned his head and looked at the huge fleet in the distance, took a breath and said: "Shit, this daughter is really worth marrying!"
No matter which European country João IV marries his daughter to, it is impossible for him to get such a huge fleet to avenge him!
Robert immediately nodded in agreement, and then immediately ordered: "Let's go back to England!"
It is definitely a very important matter for a fleet of at least 2,000 ships to go to Europe. This news must be sent back immediately!
As a result, this "huge" fleet for Britain did not accomplish anything in the end, so it filled up its sails and fled back to Britain.
The news they brought back was actually both right and wrong.
There is Catherine in this fleet, and it is true that she wants to return to Portugal for revenge. But the number of battleships is not that many. There are actually only about a thousand real warships, and the remaining warships, about fifteen hundred, are actually Ming Fu ships, which are transport ships.
And in this fleet, there are about a hundred Portuguese colonial warships, and the fleet commander is Anders. Of course, now that Catherine is here, she is the biggest, and Anders has to listen to her.
Seeing the British fleet running away, Catherine's face was cold and her eyes were filled with anger. After putting down the telescope, she said to Zheng Zhilong: "We can't let them run away! Otherwise our whereabouts will be leaked!"
The British deserved to die, and they were unshirkable responsible for the destruction of Portugal. Catherine naturally hated them. Now I see that it was enemies meeting each other, and of course I wanted them to die!
"If you can't catch up, just let them go." Zheng Zhilong did not accept Catherine's suggestion and shook his head and said, "Our voyage remains unchanged and we will go directly to Lisbon!"
Catherine was very unhappy after hearing this, but there was nothing she could do about it.
Having stayed in the Ming Dynasty for so many years, of course she already knew that women were not allowed to participate in politics. As the crown prince's concubine, her status is of course high, but she has no decision-making power in foreign affairs.
Moreover, Emperor Chongzhen also told her that the fleet was commanded by Zheng Zhilong. The night before she left, the prince repeatedly told her to listen to her father.
Under all these circumstances, she had no choice but to do anything. Even if she gave orders beyond Zheng Zhilong, no one in the fleet would listen to her. Even Anders received orders from Zheng Zhilong and did not dare to disobey them. At most, he would not speak to Catherine so directly.
Just like that, this huge fleet, led by the familiar Portuguese warships, began to cross the Atlantic Ocean and headed for Lisbon.
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In London, England, Cromwell is quite satisfied with the current situation in Europe. Frankly speaking, Sweden fought well in this war, which made all European countries realize that the Ming Dynasty was really powerful. Judging from the current situation, there is hope that the second Paris Conference will be held!
According to the news from the Ottomans, the Ming army should have completely established a foothold. Now some Ming troops have begun to attack Egypt. This should be the prelude to a new round of expansion of the Ming Dynasty, right?
He was happy to hear about this. Not to mention that those places were all Ottoman territory. When the Ming Dynasty attacked the Ottomans, it was dog eat dog. They were happy whoever suffered more losses.
Besides, the occurrence of this incident has also made those landlocked European countries become nervous. This will inevitably speed up the convening of alliance meetings. By then, everyone will feel the pressure, and the alliance meeting will inevitably go much smoother.
"It would be great if the Ming army put more pressure on Europe!" Cromwell couldn't help but sigh when he thought of this.
According to what he thought, if the Ming army was about to destroy the Ottomans, their troops would soon attack the European countries. With such great pressure, he dared to assert that the alliance meeting would definitely go smoothly.
Just as he was thinking about this, he heard a guard hurrying in to report to him: "Robert and William are back?"
While they were talking, Robert and William both appeared at the door.
Cromwell was overjoyed and came back so soon?
So, he quickly looked at Robert and said: "How's it going? Did it go well? Did you capture the armored and smoking battleship, or did you find out..."
At this point, he couldn't go on because he found that Robert and William's faces were very ugly. You can tell from their expressions that things are definitely not going well.
Sure enough, while he was speaking, Robert had already come closer and heard him say with a very serious face: "The Ming army is coming. We encountered a huge Ming fleet, more than two thousand ships." , flying the Portuguese royal flag, must be here for revenge!”
Cromwell took a breath of cold air. More than two thousand ships?
Naval battles between various European countries are basically naval battles of less than 100 ships. But this time, he sent as many warships as possible to the American continent, but only about two hundred ships. The reason why he spent such a large amount of money was because he coveted the Ming Dynasty's iron-clad, smoking battleships.
However, the Ming army did not come, and it turned out to be more than two thousand ships. The financial and material resources of the Ming Dynasty were really unimaginable!
At this time, of course he remembered that there were two to three thousand Ming warships in the Persian Gulf. Together, there were so many warships, which really made Cromwell jealous to death, and at the same time, he was scared to death!
If in the past, at this time, he could infer that the empire in the east was really rich, then he would definitely be very happy and would let the British East India Company send ships to the Far East. But now, that Far Eastern Empire has proven to be not only rich, but also extremely powerful, so he is panicking!
If such a huge Ming fleet came to attack Britain, although it would not destroy the country, at least it is hard to say what the fighting would be like after landing, but the coastal ports would definitely be blocked by the Ming army, which would be a huge blow to Britain!
"When will the Ming fleet arrive?" Cromwell asked, wiping away his cold sweat.
He did not ask whether the Ming army would come to attack Britain, because there was no need to ask. If the Ming fleet came to Europe, it would definitely attack Spain first, or at least capture the original Portuguese territory first.
"It should be on the way already. If everything goes well, it will probably be just a few days behind us!" Robert immediately led the fleet and ran away without seeing the follow-up of the Ming fleet. But he could probably guess it, so he said this.
After hearing this, Cromwell frowned and thought for a while and then said: "Immediately send a clipper to Madrid to inform the unfortunate Philip IV, and also send people to Paris to inform Louis XIV, and quickly inform Europe Other countries, tell them that if they don’t unite, it will be too late by the time the Ming army reaches their doorstep!”
Robert and William listened and quickly agreed. The densely packed Ming warships flashed through my mind, and my scalp felt a little numb. At this time, they could finally understand the feelings of Max of the Persian Gulf Fleet when he saw the Ming Kingdom Fleet.
As soon as the two of them left, Cromwell began to think about his own affairs.
All major ports in the UK must be on alert. Speed up the construction of coastal defense artillery to increase defense, and at the same time be prepared to withdraw inland at any time.
None of these things are easy. It involves money and the interests of many people, so it’s a bit of a headache!
Cromwell thought about this for a while, and then he made a decision in his heart, and then he immediately took action.
In addition to what he actually wanted to do, he also asked people to widely publicize that the Orientals from the Far East were more ferocious than the original Mongols. They killed people without blinking an eye and ate people without spitting out their bones. No armor is left, no blade of grass grows...
In short, all the negative words they could imagine were used to describe the Ming army, creating the greatest fear among the British for the Ming Dynasty. Describing the coming Yellow Peril as the end of Britain!
Of course he had his own intentions in doing this. Although it will cause panic in the British to a certain extent, if he leads the British to endure this doomsday in this situation, it goes without saying that he will be the king 100% in the future!
Even if you can't bear it, or in the end, the British losses will be very heavy, but it will be the end of the world. As a result, under the leadership of Cromwell, you still survived. No matter what, you will definitely be grateful. wrong!
This kind of trick has been used by many people, and it is very capable of deceiving some people. First, try to exaggerate as much as possible to give the people below a very bad expectation. Then, as long as this expectation is not met in the end, it is his credit!
As expected, after hearing such propaganda, the British panicked completely, and some even committed suicide because they couldn't bear the pressure and acted first!
Others quickly fled inland and sold their coastal houses. Suddenly, the real estate market plummeted.
Of course, Cromwell's affairs went extremely smoothly because of this. Whether he was working overtime to recruit troops, working overtime in the arsenal, or building coastal defense guns at major ports, in short, many people who were not happy before came to support him. Cromwell's decisions.
Britain, it's time for life and death again!
