What Edward Howard didn't know was that on the French warship at this time, the French fleet commanded Pregent Biddus, also looked at the direction of Plymouth in the north with longing, full of confidence, hoping to achieve a great cause.

You should know that France is the largest country in Western Europe, and it is definitely the largest in Western Europe in terms of population and area. Moreover, France's farming area is the largest in Western Europe. In this farming era, some people have fields, and they are cattle.

France, whose cavalry is extremely powerful, is even more terrifying to all Western European countries, and it is almost invincible on land (provided that Bidus does not know about Marin's geek). The Italian War also allowed Bidus to see the power of the French.

Although France failed to conquer Italy twice, Bidus believed that the first time France failed because of the plague. The second time was because of inadequate adaptation to Spanish musket tactics. However, in terms of population and war potential, France was still dominant. What's more, the French began to install muskets in the army, and the Spaniards' advantage would gradually be offset. In the end, France was the winner. When France annexed Italy, even some parts of Italy would have the best strength.

If it could help France defeat the English fleet and create history, the French would never treat him badly. A hereditary title and a good fiefdom would not be able to escape. If France annexes Italy, it would be a back cover in its hometown Italy and return home in glory. It would be very happy to think about it...

But these are all prerequisites to defeat the English fleet. I just hope that the English are underestimating the enemy enough to not send too many warships. Otherwise, even if they are advanced in tactics, they will have to flee. After all, too many ants can kill the elephant.

Slowly, the fleets of both sides were approaching each other. The other's mast first appeared in the eyes of the sailors who were observing at the top of the mast. Then, the hull...

After seeing the French warship, the English sailor in charge of looking at the whistle almost burst into laughter. He shouted happily downwards:

"Mr. Edward, there are indeed only 6 ships opposite! Moreover, they are all very low-board sailboats!"

"What? Freeboard is very low?" Edward Howard stood up from his seat in surprise.

"Confirm, the freeboard is very low!" the sailor replied loudly.

"That's great, God bless England! In this battle, the Frenchman is about to be beaten and cry again!" Edward Howard laughed happily, and was full of ambition for a moment.

Why? Because low freeboard means that in the battle of the Jetty Gang, it is easy for the opponent to jump onto the deck. Conversely, the freeboard is lower than the opponent's warship, and the difficulty of the sailors to climb onto the opponent's warship is also greatly increased.

Therefore, for the English sailors who are used to jumping ships to chop, the French warship with low freeboard is almost the fat that is sent to their mouths...

Even Edward Howard himself is a master who jumped into the ship to chop people, and he liked to take the lead in jumping into the ship to chop enemies. Although he was from the noble Howard family, he had no future because he was a child of a side branch. Therefore, he also practiced martial arts since childhood and slowly rose from the grassroots level. Of course, the so-called grassroots here refers to grassroots officers, not ordinary sailors. After all, he was a member of the Howard family, and he started as an officer, and he had no problem. Just like the later Duke of Wellington, he was also a lieutenant, that is, the deputy company commander. Later, he went to the Indian Colonial Army and directly donated a major...

But being able to become the commander of the English naval army is not enough to have a good background. Otherwise, it would not be Edward, a subordinate branch of the Howard family, but a direct nobleman. Therefore, his ability cannot be ignored.

However, due to his knowledge, this big brother with the same name as the king only knew to bring a group of fierce English sailors (pirates), and waved his blade and slashed at the devils... No, it was the Frenchman who chopped them up...

As for tactics? Oh, I still know that it is the traditional way to seize the upper hand and siege and kill French warships. Since it is a siege and kill, we naturally need to have more warships and more fierce sailors...

There is nothing wrong with this in itself, and it is not a mistake in this era. But the problem is that he met Mr. Bidusi, who has epoch-making and vulgar tactics.

Mr. Bidusi's tactics, in the words of later generations, are kites flying. This move has been tried and done in the game. As long as it is vulgar and has a slutty position, no matter how powerful the monster is, it will be given. Unfortunately, Mr. Edward Howard, who is as brave as Fengxian, is the monster who was kiteed this time...

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Opposite, after seeing the full picture of the English fleet, Pregent Bidus smiled:

"I knew that the English would underestimate the enemy, and this battle was stable!"

There are only 12 warships on the opposite side, which looks like a lot, but there are still a lot fewer than usual when they are dispatched forty or fifty warships. If forty or fifty British warships really come and there is another fan-shaped encirclement, no matter how good Bidus' tactics are, he will have to flee in panic.

Because Bidus' tactics require circles and to the side of the enemy ship, and then use the lizard monster cannon on the bow to fire a 50-pound stone ball shell, smashing the weak side of the enemy ship to break the side of the leak and sinking it.

If there are not many enemy ships and are not surrounded by fan shapes, and there is enough space to maneuver, you will be more confident. If there are all enemy ships around and there is no mobile space, the kite tactics will be impossible to start.

Fortunately, General Edward Howard was very proud and only dispatched 12 warships, giving the French Calais ships a space for maneuvering.

In fact, Edward was helpless. Because he received the information, he had no time to recruit more warships. Therefore, he could only temporarily recruit large armed merchant ships in the port from Plymouth Military Port.

Going to other ports to recruit warships is not impossible, but will miss the opportunity to fight. After all, the French have already laid a large number of turrets outside the Port of Brest. When they cannot forcibly attack Brest, every opportunity for enemy ships to "be killed" is very precious. In addition, their super confidence in their own strength has made Edward Howard recruit 12 warships and come. Moreover, he was afraid that he would bring too many ships, so that the French would turn around and run away after seeing them.

This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! Little do you know that the French tactics are to run away no matter how many people you have, so his calculations are redundant...

"Here's here!" The French naval officers around Pregent Bidus were excited. Pregent Bidus himself looked light and looked calm on the surface, but in fact he was sweating in his palms.

This is a truth he summarized after years of commanding naval warfare. In the current war, as the head coach, even if he is so nervous, he must pretend to be calm, so that his subordinates mistakenly think that he is very sure...

After feeling almost done, Pregent Biddus ordered loudly:

"Relax the lizard cannon is ready to shoot!"

He used Italian language, and the Italian sailors, who had half of the people on the ship, understood immediately. The other half of the French also received instructions under the loud voice of the translators. Later, these instructions were passed to the five Calais ships beside them by loud "command officials"...

Why did these lizard monster guns cover the veil first? It was not to mislead the Italian merchant who conveyed intelligence to the British in Brest Port. In order to confuse the British, Pregent Bidus' six Calais ships were only trained in normal kite tactics when they went out to sea to train. In Brest Bay, traditional jetty gangs were trained to chop to confuse the British.

Now, the British warships have basically entered the range, so there is no need to cover them. Moreover, the lizard monster cannons on the bows of the six ships have actually completed the loading of gunpowder and stone bullets, and are waiting to be launched. The cover cloth was covered before, which was both for covering and for rain and moisture protection.

"As soon as I ordered, the paddlers started to do their best! Sail to the northeast, and then concentrate on shooting the front-most British ship!"

Suddenly, the oarsmen on the ship who were still resting and accumulating energy all stood in front of the huge wooden oars and began to row hard. The six Italian captains who had been following Piddus also directed the ships to sail northeast according to the usual training content, so as to circle the side of the British warship sailing south...

They are always skilled in this trick. After all, in the past few months, in addition to cultivating half of the French sailors on the ship, they have practiced this tactic on the sea.

Therefore, after the order was issued, the six Calais ships all burst out with powerful maneuver power, and suddenly increased their speed from about 3 knots to 7 knots.

On the opposite side, British commander Edward Howard was first startled by his opponent's sudden speedup. But after seeing the direction of their maneuver, he felt relieved...

"Ha, I thought they were going to run away with their tails. Unexpectedly, they dared to move to the side of us! The order was to let the Mary Rose take a boat and rush towards the enemy ship, and I want to cut off a few French guys myself!" Edward Howard took off his silk robe that symbolized the status of a nobleman and only wore a sailor suit that was conducive to fighting. Mainly, this was conducive to jumping into the boat gang and chopping people. If he was wearing a robe, it was very inconvenient to jump into the boat gang and might trip him up.

The Mary Rose is also his ship in this naval battle and the flagship of the English fleet. Although this ship was also recruited, it is actually a merchant ship of the Howard family. Usually this ship will be responsible for the freight between Plymouth and Dublin and make profits. But once the war begins, it will become Edward Howard's command ship. The sailors on the ship are also servants of the Howard family, all of whom are loyal, and most of them are veteran swordsmen, with strong combat power.

But Edward Howard didn't know that it was because he wanted to cut off a few French people with his own hands, which cost him a huge price, and England a huge price...
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