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Chapter 1622 Goodbye Knights

A large sailing ship from the Mediterranean appeared in Portsmouth. This large sailing ship was flying an octagonal cross flag that is rare in the Atlantic Ocean.

"That's... a ship of the Knights of Malta? Haven't they always been active only in the Mediterranean Sea?" The naval soldiers in Portsmouth Harbor noticed the sailing ship entering the port.

The sailboat docked, and dozens of knights in red coats with white octagonal crosses came down from the deck.

"Grand Commander, we have finally found the British Navy's garrison, and now our Knights of the Hospital may be able to escape."

"Find the group of people who fought side by side with us back then, we need their help."

Dozens of knights from the Knights of the Hospital contacted the Royal Navy officers in the harbor for the first time, asking to see Sun Xu, the commander who destroyed the Ottoman fleet in the Mediterranean.

The officers of the Fourth Fleet were somewhat surprised when they heard that the Knights Hospitaller of the Mediterranean Island of Malta was looking for their commander.

They did fight alongside the Royal Fleet, the Knights Hospitaller of the Island of Malta in the Mediterranean a few years ago, and defeated the Imperial Fleet of the Ottoman Turks.However, in recent years, Chinese merchants have never entered the dangerous Mediterranean market. They are only active along the Atlantic coast and have not seen the Fourth Fleet in the Mediterranean for several years.

"Our officers are currently in the city of London. If you need to see them, you can go there. It shouldn't take long." The officer of the Fourth Fleet said to them.

Because of Chu Yun's arrival, almost all the officers of the Fourth Fleet moved to the city of London.

"London City? Speaking of which, we haven't been to London City yet, why don't we go there in a carriage." Dozens of knights from the Knights Hospitaller insisted on going to London City to find the senior officers of the Fourth Fleet. They didn't know this The boss behind the scenes of the senior officer has arrived here.

"Hannah left our island of Malta for several years, I don't know if she is still alive." A middle-aged knight said.

This group of knights left a group of people at the port, and the leader took several knights in two carriages to the most populous city in Europe.

There is a temporary military camp on the outskirts of the city of London. These knights from the Mediterranean saw many black-haired and yellow-skinned soldiers patrolling outside the camp.

"They seem to be soldiers from Eastern China. Why are there so many soldiers stationed outside London?" The knight on the carriage was puzzled.

They even suspected that they had come to the wrong place. Isn't this a city of the English?How could there be so many soldiers from the East?
The doubtful knights came to the city of London and found the officers of the Fourth Fleet who were in the city at this time.

"You are the Grand Master of the Knights Hospitaller of Malta. We have also cooperated in the Mediterranean." Sun Xu saw the visitors, one of whom was Castella, the Grand Master of the Knights Hospitaller.

This person once led the shallow water gunboat to help when the Fourth Fleet attacked Algiers, and provided help in conquering Algiers where the Barbary pirates were stationed.

Sun Xu, Ruan Youjin, Ruan Youyi and others were familiar with him. When they saw the members of the Knights Hospitaller again at this time, they couldn't help feeling nostalgic. They invited them to the teahouse to reminisce about the old days when they fought against the Barbary pirates and the fleet of the Ottoman Turkish Empire. things.

"I didn't expect that a few years would pass in the blink of an eye. I still remember the defeat of the Ottoman fleet in the Tunis Strait, and the looting of Algiers, Cairo and other places. You may not know what happened later." Grandmaster Castella put down his teacup and said with a sigh.

"What happened later?" The officers of the Fourth Fleet really didn't know what happened after they ransacked the Mediterranean Sea.

At the beginning, they plundered wealth worth millions of taels of silver from pirates and Egypt, and patted their asses away. Anyway, the Ottoman Empire did not have the strength to leave the Mediterranean region, so the Fourth Fleet ignored the follow-up matters of the Ottoman Empire.

At this moment, when they heard that the Grand Commander Castella, who was still in the Mediterranean Sea, mentioned the follow-up of the Mediterranean War, they couldn't help but become interested.

"The grand vizier who commanded the imperial fleet in the Tunis Strait was executed by the emperor to appease the grievances of the Turkish nobles after the defeat. Now Egypt is divided into two parts. Cairo and Alexandria are controlled by Venetian merchants. They used a lot of money to win over a group of Egyptians. The Mamluk nobles consolidated their control in Egypt. There are also some Mamluk nobles who are still loyal to the Ottoman Empire and joined forces with the Egyptian Pasha to try to retake Cairo." Castella said.

"The Venetian merchants really took advantage of the contradictions among the Mamluk nobles to fight against the mighty Ottoman Empire."

The officers of the Fourth Fleet guessed that when the Venetians proposed to carve up Egypt, they used the local nobles in Egypt. Otherwise, with a population of only a few 10 people in Venice, it would be impossible to fight against the Ottoman Empire with a population of 3000 million.

"The emperor of the Ottoman Empire was furious, but he was still fighting fiercely with the Persian emperor and sent 10 troops to surround Baghdad in the Persian Empire. He had no energy to retaliate. Persia was originally bullied by the Ottoman Empire. Later, the English captain brought Western firearms technology over there. , and helped Abbas the Great in Persia to build a powerful musket and artillery force that could compete with the Ottoman Empire. It is a pity that after Abbas the Great, his successors were incompetent and not at all a match for the Ottoman Emperor.”

"Now that the Ottoman emperor has defeated the Persians, he has turned his head to deal with the forces that once attacked Egypt, intending to retaliate against our previous actions. The entire Mediterranean is within the range of the Ottoman army. Venetian spies are in Constantine Dingbao heard the order of the Ottoman Emperor to prepare for the various provinces. The Ottoman Emperor intends to march westward next year to attack the Venetian island of Crete and our island of Malta. Our numbers and ships are insufficient, and we need a Only an external force can help us defeat the Ottoman emperor."

"In the past, Spain and the Papal State helped us stop the offensive of the Ottoman Empire, but now Spain has lost in the battle with France and is unable to support us. So I came here from a long distance, hoping to get your assistance. We believe that with your strength ability, able to defeat the offensive of the Ottoman Empire." Castella explained that they came to England to seek assistance.

Sun Xu was a little surprised when he heard about their intentions: "Our military leader is currently in London. We need to ask him for instructions before we can decide whether to go to the Mediterranean Sea to help you."

(End of this chapter)