Daming Crazy Emperor

Chapter 1040 Cromwell
The Thames Estuary was still an undeveloped harbor, and the Earl of Stratford was called again.

However, this time it was not the Duke of Richelieu who called everyone to discuss major issues, and it was not Dutch warships and sailboats that were docked in the bay.

The Earl of Strafford looked at the neatly arranged [-] ironclad warships, and couldn't help but be puzzled.

What the hell are these guys doing?

Soon, an iron-clad warship came to greet them, and a long staircase was lowered from it, directly reaching their deck, and Prince Hendrick just climbed up the stairs!

This guy is really not afraid of falling into the sea.

The Earl of Stratford stepped forward to greet him, and then he couldn't help but ask, "What's the matter with you?"

Prince Hendrick said solemnly: "Duke Richelieu saw that you have not done anything, so he specially asked us to come over and ask when your fleet will be dispatched."

Strafford said calmly: "Didn't it be agreed at the beginning, when there is a fight in the east, we will fight again.

At this moment, Wallenstein seems to be still in Poland and the United Kingdom of Lithuania. Why should we go first? "

If you continue to grind like this, you still play a fart!

Prince Hendrick snorted coldly in his heart, but on the surface he pretended to be puzzled and said: "Haven't the troops of the Persian Empire already started attacking Kandahar?

The troops of the Ottoman Empire have also reached the west bank of the Ural River.

As for Wallenstein, they don't have enough tents, and it is really impossible to attack Siberia at this moment.

However, Tsarist Russia has already gone to explore the way, and I believe that as soon as the ice and snow melt next month, Wallenstein will attack.

We can't push it back and forth, after all, the resources of the Ming Empire are quite rich.

They have already noticed that we are going to do it, and they will definitely build weapons and warships like crazy. The longer the delay, the worse it will be for us.

Now that there is a fight on the Eastern Front, the attention of the Ming Empire must have been attracted, why don't you take action? "

The Earl of Stratford said angrily: "Why don't you do it?
Is this another trick of the Duke of Richelieu?

If you don't go up, let us go first, what's the point? "

Unexpectedly, Prince Hendrick said confidently: "Haven't we already dispatched?

If it wasn't for running over to inform you, we'd probably have arrived in South America by now.

The Duke of Richelieu just asked General Oquendo and I to take these [-] warships to South America for a test first, to attract the attention of the Ming Empire.

In this way, the Ming Empire will definitely transfer its warships to South America, and you can seize this opportunity to plunder North America.

This time we are just testing. When the warships of the Ming Empire are attracted to North America by you, we will take all the ordinary warships and sailing ships together and go to South America to grab some resources.

Think about it, if we take turns on both sides, will the warships of the Ming Empire be lured by us to run at both ends?

When people come, we run, and when they leave, we go up again.

In this way, everyone will not be in danger, so what are you worried about? "

real or fake?

If that's the case, there's really no danger.

The distance between North America and South America is not a little far. If the warships of the Ming Empire were attracted to South America, they would have no problem going ashore and looting for ten days.

The question is, will they really take these [-] ironclad warships to South America.

If people just came here to lie to them, turned around and went back, wouldn't they go to North America to attract firepower for others!

The Earl of Strafford thought for a while, and then asked, "Are you really going to South America?"

Prince Hendrick nodded without hesitation, "Of course it is true."

The Earl of Stratford immediately said, "How about I go see you off?"

All right, these warships of yours were called here temporarily by us, and they must have not prepared enough fresh water and food.

We have prepared fresh water and food for more than a month.

If you want to follow us to see, then go and see how far you can follow.

Prince Hendrick said without hesitation: "Okay, then thank you Earl for sending me off."

After speaking, he waved his hand and climbed back directly along the ladder.

Soon, three hundred ironclad warships set off in a neat queue, and the Earl of Stratford naturally followed with a few warships without hesitation.

He did this for three or four days, until the Spanish fleet crossed the English Channel, bypassed the Bay of Biscay, away from the coasts of Portugal and Spain, and headed straight for the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, then he ordered people to flag and start returning.

However, the three hundred ironclad warships had just left their sight, and the Earl of Strafford immediately raised the flag and ordered several other warships to come closer.

After several captains in charge of commanding the warship boarded the deck of the flagship through hook locks, he solemnly confessed: "Go to the Spanish port in the north of the Strait of Gibraltar to replenish, and then stay there for three days to see if these ironclad warships will Run back secretly.

If these armored warships haven't run back in three days, you should report back to London immediately. "

He thought he was quite cautious, but he didn't know that the Duke of Richelieu had already figured out that he would come.

Therefore, it is impossible for the three hundred ironclad warships to return within three days, and they may not even return within 30 days!
For such a long time, can the British hold their breath?

The Earl of Stratford reported to the King of England as soon as he returned to London, advising Charles I to prepare the fleet for plunder in North America.

No way, this opportunity is too good.

They don't want to take the lead, but if others do, they will definitely follow.

Because they are short of money.

Since they were defeated by the Ming Empire and the Habsburg Dynasty last time, not only did they lose all their overseas colonies, but they also had to pay indemnities and feed hundreds of thousands of troops. The money was flowing out!
Later, they took down the South African colony with the Netherlands, Sweden, and Denmark with great difficulty. As a result, they were driven back before the capital invested was recovered.

Britain is not a country that relies on hard work to get rich. They started by robbing and robbing the world, not only robbing the resources of the colonies, but also robbing the merchant ships of other European countries.

To put it bluntly, Britain made its fortune only after inventing the shameless law of privateering licenses. If they didn't rely on robbery, they would have no money or food.

Now that they have no colonies, they can't rob merchant ships from European countries. After a few years, the money they robbed before has already been spent.

If they don't grab some money and food, they won't be able to support these hundreds of thousands of troops!
And the Indian tribes in North America were very rich with the help of the Ming Empire, which is often described in the "Le Monde".

If they can rob once, they can at least get a year's worth of expenses, and if they can keep robbing, they will get rich.

After all, there's nothing quicker than a cash grab.

The Duke of Richelieu may be aware of this, so he is not worried that the British will not be fooled.

Charles I listened to the Earl of Stratford's suggestion, so he was naturally moved. After the two discussed it, they decided to send Cromwell to lead the fleet to North America for a try.

This Cromwell is actually not a close friend of Charles I. On the contrary, this guy is the most famous general in the British Parliament.

Originally, at this moment, the British Parliament and the royal family should have been in trouble.

If the original historical process is followed, the parliamentary army and the royal army should be fighting at this moment, and Charles I was even sent to the guillotine by Cromwell!

It was precisely because of the threat of the Ming Empire that the life of Charles I was saved.

At this moment, the United Kingdom is not the United Kingdom that is desperately snatching colonies in history.

In history, it was precisely because Britain opened up the North American colonies and gained a lot of benefits that conflicts broke out between the parliament composed of emerging nobles and the royal family.

Because everyone has huge interests to fight for.

It's different now, the UK is almost too poor to get rid of the pot, so what else is there to grab.

There is no huge interest to fight for, so naturally everyone will not work hard.

However, although the British civil war has not started at this moment, the relationship between the parliament and the royal family has already begun to become tense.

Cromwell, the general supported by the parliament, is the most troubled one. This guy has been trying to find a way to lead the army.

Okay.

You guys have a lot of fun, don't you?

You guys want to lead the army?
Then let you lead the fleet to North America to snatch it!
Anyway, everyone will share the money they got back, so don't try to keep it to yourself.

If you encounter the fleet of the Ming Empire and get beaten to the ground, I will punish you when you come back!

Cromwell really did not expect that Charles I would let him lead more than [-] warships and hundreds of thousands of troops to plunder North America.

It's not that he doesn't know how to rob, or that he has a high moral character and is unwilling to do such things as rob.

It can be said that the Yangsa people naturally have the genes of robbers. For them, robbery is an instinct like eating. Whenever there is an opportunity, they will grab it.

The point is, right now he is just a lieutenant general.

How could he have imagined that the land and water army commanded by a general would be handed over to him as a lieutenant general.

However, he was quite confident in himself.

He wasn't very afraid of the Ming Empire.

The vast sea, can't beat him, can't he still run?

This may be the so-called newborn calf is not afraid of tigers. Generally, generals who have never fought against the Ming Empire do not think that the Ming Empire is terrible.

Only those who were really fucked up by the Ming Empire will know how terrifying the Ming Empire is.

A few days later, the warships sent by the Earl of Strafford to monitor the Strait of Gibraltar rushed back. Naturally, they did not see the iron-clad warships returning.

Charles I thought it was an opportunity, so he immediately ordered Cromwell to lead the fleet to set off.

The famous protector of the country in British history may never have imagined that this first time leading an army of [-] and more than [-] warships became the last journey of his life!
In order to avoid the sight of the Ming Empire, he even chose the most northerly route, that is, instead of taking the English Channel, he set off from the St. George's Channel between England and Ireland.

Didn't he know that the Flying Dragon Warships of the Ming Empire had already spread all over the waters west of Europe, no matter which route he took, as long as he went to North America, he would definitely be spotted by the Flying Dragon Warships on tour.

The British fleet set off like this, and the Duke of Richelieu couldn't help being overjoyed when he received the news.

This time, the fleet of the Ming Empire will definitely be lured to North America, and they will develop if they go to South America to plunder.

The supplies of thousands of ships are enough for them to develop for several years.

Without Duke Goodman's internal support, Taichang might have fallen for his tricks.

It's a pity that Taichang already knew his tricks, and he was afraid that he would lose everything if he stole the chicken this time.

(End of this chapter)