Chongzhen Wiretapping System

Chapter 962
"How could there be the flag of the Portuguese royal family?" William couldn't figure it out.

According to his understanding, Portugal's colonies in America did not have members of their royal family.

On the contrary, Robert's mind was more flexible, and he immediately thought of something, and quickly replied: "Don't forget, King Joao IV also has a daughter who married far away to the Ming Dynasty. This is the royal flag of Portugal..."

Having said that, after a pause, he said in a decisive voice: "It's definitely that Catherine's, yes, it must be her. This is..."

While speaking, he turned his head to look at William, and saw that William was also looking at him. At this moment, he said the last sentence: "She led the Ming fleet back to Portugal for revenge!"

Now that William knew what the Portuguese flag represented, he naturally understood what Robert said must be right.

Having figured this out, he turned his head to look 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!"

A fleet of at least [-] ships is going to Europe, which is definitely a very important event, and the news must be sent back immediately!

Therefore, this "huge" fleet for the United Kingdom failed to do anything in the end, so it fled back to the United Kingdom with full sails.

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 warships is not that many.There are actually only about 1000 real warships, and there are about 500 remaining warships, which are actually Daming Fuchuan, which came from transport ships.

And in this fleet, there are more than a hundred Portuguese colonial warships, and the commander of the fleet is Anders.Of course, now that Catherine is here, she is the biggest, and Anders has to listen to her.

Seeing the British fleet run away, Catherine turned cold, her eyes were filled with anger, and after putting down the binoculars, she said to Zheng Zhilong: "We can't let them run away! Otherwise our whereabouts will be leaked!"

The Brits are also damned, and they are unshirkable responsibility for the destruction of Portugal. Catherine naturally hates them too.Seeing now, it was the meeting of enemies, of course they should die!

"If you can't catch up, just let them go." Zheng Zhilong did not accept Catherine's suggestion, but shook his head and said, "Our voyage will remain the same, and we will go directly to Lisbon!"

Catherine was very unhappy after hearing this, but there was nothing she could do about it.

After staying in the Ming Dynasty for so many years, she certainly knew that women are not allowed to participate in politics.As the prince's concubine, her status is of course high, but she has no decision-making power when it comes to foreign affairs.

Moreover, Emperor Chongzhen also told her that the fleet was commanded by Zheng Zhilong.The night before she left, the prince also repeatedly told her to listen to her father's words.

Under such circumstances, she had no choice but to do nothing.Even if she passed Zheng Zhilong's order, no one in the fleet would listen to her.Even Anders' side had received orders from Zheng Zhilong's side and dared not disobey them.At most, he wouldn't talk to Catherine so directly.

Just like that, this huge fleet, under the familiar guidance of the Portuguese warships, began to cross the Atlantic Ocean and head towards Lisbon.

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In London, England, Cromwell is quite satisfied with the current situation in Europe.To put it bluntly, Sweden fought this war well, which made European countries realize that the Ming Dynasty is really powerful.Judging from the current situation, there is hope for the second Paris Conference to be held again!

According to the news from Ottoman, the Ming army should have gained a firm foothold. Now some of the Ming army has begun to attack Egypt. This should be the prelude to a new round of Ming expansion, right?
He was delighted to hear about this matter.Not to mention that those places are all Ottoman territory, the Ming Dynasty fought Ottomans like a dog eats a dog, and they were happy whoever lost more.

Besides, the occurrence of this incident has also made those landlocked European countries nervous.This will inevitably hasten the convening of the League Conference.At that time, 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 his thinking, if the Ming army was about to wipe out Ottoman, the soldiers would attack the European countries soon. With such a 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 rushing in to tell him, "Robert and William are back?"

While talking, Robert and William both appeared at the door.

Cromwell was overjoyed to hear that, 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..."

Having said that, he couldn't continue, because he found that Robert and William's faces were very ugly.It can be seen from their expressions that things are definitely not going well.

Sure enough, during the time he was speaking, Robert had already gotten closer, and heard him say with a very serious face: "The Ming army is calling, and we have encountered a huge Ming fleet, more than 2000 ships. Hanging the flag of the Portuguese royal family, he must be here for revenge!”

Cromwell gasped when he heard that, more than 2000 ships?

Naval battles between various European countries are basically naval battles with less than [-] ships.But this time, he sent as many warships as possible to the American continent, but there were only about two hundred ships.The reason for spending such a large amount of money is because of the coveted iron-clad smoking warships of the Ming Dynasty.

However, if the Ming army did not come, they would not come. There were more than 2000 ships. The financial and material resources of the Ming country are really unimaginable!
At this time, of course he remembered that there were two or three thousand warships of the Ming Dynasty in the Persian Gulf. There were so many warships of the Ming Dynasty, which really made Cromwell envious and frightened to death!
If it was in the past, knowing this time, he could deduce that the eastern empire was really rich, then he would be very happy and let the British East India Company send ships to the Far East.But now, that Far Eastern Empire has proved to be not only rich, but also extremely powerful, so he panicked!
If such a huge fleet of the Ming Dynasty came to attack Britain, although it would not destroy the country, at least the battle after landing would be hard to say, but the coastal ports would definitely be sealed off by the Ming army, which would be a great blow to Britain!

"When will the Ming fleet arrive?" Cromwell asked, wiping off his cold sweat.

He didn't ask if the Ming army would come to fight Britain, because there was no need to ask. If the Ming fleet came to Europe, it would definitely attack Spain first, or at least take the place where Portugal was originally.

"It should be on the way. If everything goes well, it will probably be a few days behind us!" Robert led the fleet and ran away immediately, without seeing the follow-up of the Ming fleet at all.But he can probably guess it, and that's why he said this.

After hearing this, Cromwell frowned and thought for a while and said: "Immediately send a clipper to Madrid to inform the unlucky Philip IV, and also send someone to Paris to inform Louis XIV, and hurry to inform Europe Other countries, tell them that if they don’t join forces, it will be too late when the Ming army arrives at their doorstep!”

After hearing this, Robert and William quickly agreed.The densely packed warships of the Ming Dynasty flashed through his mind, and his scalp was a little numb.At this time, they could finally understand how Max of the Persian Gulf Fleet felt when he saw the Ming 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.Accelerate the construction of coastal defense artillery, increase defense, and at the same time, be ready to withdraw into the inland at any time.

None of these things are easy.It involves money and the interests of many people, which is a bit of a headache!
After thinking about it for a while, Cromwell made a decision in his mind, and then he immediately moved.

In addition to the actual things to be done, he also made people publicize widely, saying that the Orientals from the Far East are more vicious than the Mongols back then, killing people without blinking an eye, eating people without spitting out their bones, and everything they have done No armor left, no blade of grass grows......

In short, they used all the negative words they could imagine to describe the Ming army, creating the greatest panic for the British towards the Ming.Describe the coming yellow peril as the end of Britain!
The reason why he did this was of course his intention.Although it will cause the British to panic to a certain extent, if he leads the British to survive this doomsday under such circumstances, then needless to say, he will be the king [-]% in the future!
Even if you can't bear it, or in the end, Britain suffered heavy losses, but that's the end of the day. In the end, under the leadership of Cromwell, you survived. No matter what, you will definitely be grateful. wrong!
This kind of trick has been used by many people, and it can really fool some people.First try to exaggerate as much as possible and give the people below a very bad expectation.Then, as long as this expectation is not met in the end, it is his credit!

Sure enough, after hearing such propaganda, the British completely panicked, and some people even committed suicide due to the pressure, so they decided to go first!

Others quickly fled to the inland and sold their houses along the coast. Suddenly, the real estate market plummeted.

Of course, Cromwell's affairs have been extremely smooth because of this. Whether it is overtime to recruit troops, or the arsenal to work overtime, or to build coastal defense artillery in major ports, in short, many people who were not happy before have supported it. Cromwell's decisions.

Britain, it's time for life and death again!

(End of this chapter)