Daming Military Empire

Chapter 388 The Year of the Great War
The 13th year of Chongzheng is destined to be a year of war, because Emperor Zhu Cijiong of the Ming Dynasty plans to occupy the Mughal Empire in this year, expel the anti-Habsburg alliance powers, and dominate the entire Far East!
And it was not Zheng Zhilong, the governor of Nanyang of the Ming Empire who was in Xingcheng Port, nor Hou Shilu, the commander of the First Legion of the Expeditionary Force of the Ming Empire in Mysore, but the commander of the North Sea Fleet of the Ming Dynasty in Northern Europe who sounded the horn of this war. Admiral Yang Geng.

On the first day of the first lunar month, the North Sea Fleet of the Ming Empire, which had stayed in the port of Dunkirk for more than ten days, suddenly set sail, arranged its formation, left the port, and sailed towards the Strait of Dover, followed by hundreds of Spanish warships.

The generals of various countries in the Temporary Command of the De Panna Coalition Army received the report from the spies. Instead of panicking, they breathed a sigh of relief. They have been closely watching the movement of Dunkirk Port. It seems that the fleet of the Ming Empire is not here to help Spain recover. Holland, but to help Spain build a bastion!

According to the spy report, the number of the Ming Empire's army is scary, but they didn't bring any weapons. All they held were shovels and shovels. When they arrived at Dunkirk Port, they didn't organize any military operations, but directly Bastions were built around the port.

The speed at which they repaired the bastion was quite astonishing, and it was completed in five days. The number of artillery equipped in the bastion was also quite astonishing. Each bastion was equipped with at least three or four hundred artillery pieces.

However, after repairing the bastion, they went directly back to the battleship. They seemed to celebrate wildly for a few days, and then they set sail!
Based on this information, the generals of various countries have come to a conclusion that the fleet of the Ming Empire was built to help Spain build the bastion. Now that the bastion is completed, they will naturally return. As for the four new bastions that appeared in Dunkirk, all countries The generals all snorted, Dunkirk is such a big place, Spain can defend it if they like, and see how long they can defend, the military expenditure can drag them to death.

It seemed that the fleet of the Ming Empire was really going to return home. Under the escort of the Spanish fleet, they headed west along the coast without any sign of stopping.

However, in the early morning of the next day, just after dawn, a huge fleet suddenly appeared on the sea outside the port of Calais, and then, without any warning, countless Portuguese soldiers and soldiers of the Ming Empire poured out of the ship like a tide. , looking at it makes people feel hairy.

Calais still has no troops at this time. Most of the French troops have been transferred to the western French border, and the rest are also stationed near Paris. There are no troops at all in a small place like Calais. Spain has made it clear that it is going to attack. Holland, what's there to guard about Calais!

When the Portuguese soldiers rushed into the city of Calais unscrupulously, the French local officials who had just crawled out of the bed went mad collectively.

"Are you sick?"

"Do you know where this is?"

"Are you all out of your mind?"

The Portuguese soldiers didn’t know if they didn’t understand French at all or what. No matter who they were, as long as they dared to go up and point fingers, they would be beaten violently when they were caught.

When King Louis XIII of France received the news, it was already three days later that the Ming Empire actually united with Portugal to occupy Calais!Crazy, don't you know how powerful France is?Is this trying to provoke a world war!
This kind of naked aggression is naturally intolerable. After Louis XIII learned about the specific situation, he immediately decided to send troops to take back Calais. What a joke, only 30 troops and [-] migrant workers came to invade France. The [-] to [-] coalition forces of the West and the Holy Roman Empire were all laid down by him. With such a small army, they are courting death!

He immediately assembled an army of [-] troops stationed near Paris, and he was ready to send troops as soon as he was encouraged. However, the news from Calais made him dumbfounded. The Ming Empire directly built four bastions around the port of Calais, and the construction was completed in five days. Yes, and each bastion has hundreds of artillery pieces!

With 5 troops, attacking the bastion guarded by 2 people, and there are four connected bastions, it is simply seeking death. What should we do? Should we use the power of the whole country to recover Calais?

That’s a disease. Maybe before Calais was defeated, the Spanish army on the western French border defeated Paris. If the military is not enough, then we can only send texts. Louis XIII finally decided to send an envoy to talk about it. Persuading people to leave is naturally the best, if you can't persuade them to leave, then think of a way.

The Triple Alliance is determined to build a Nordic iron chain, and the French special envoy will not persuade them to leave, but the leading generals of Portugal and the Ming Empire are very polite, they just push back and forth politely, Didn't do anything drastic.

The general of the Ming Empire said, I was only ordered to build the bunker, so it is useless for you to talk to me!
The Portuguese general said that we were only ordered to help. If Spain said to withdraw, we would withdraw. If they did not say to withdraw, we would withdraw. When we go back, His Majesty the King will deal with me!

After pushing and pushing like this for a few days, the Ming Empire really withdrew, including its people and warships, and there were only [-] Portuguese troops stationed in Calais.

Now the French special envoy is getting excited, pestering the Portuguese general to force mushrooms every day, he really hopes to persuade the 2 people in Portugal to leave!
Not to mention, there were quite a lot of weird things like this in Oulu back then. It was rare for the great powers to fight to the death with all their strength. All of them, but France is doomed to be disappointed this time. The Ming Empire and Portugal have put in so much effort and transported so many people here. Wouldn’t it be sick if you persuaded them to leave with a few words!

Even the North Sea Fleet of the Ming Empire didn't really leave. They encountered a small Spanish fleet on the way. When the two sides met, they returned their carbine guns and returned to the Strait of Dover. However, they didn't return this time. Instead of Calais, head straight for the port of Dover on the opposite bank of Calais.

Another 2 horses rushed into the city of Dover recklessly, and all the slurs were beaten violently, and then the labor force of the Ming Empire went crazy to repair the bunker. Five days later, Dover Four bastions have also been erected on all sides of the port!
Now, Britain, France, and even the Netherlands, Sweden, and Denmark felt that something was wrong, and Spain, Portugal, and the Ming Empire were fine. They couldn't have spent so much effort just to occupy two small ports.

Sure enough, as soon as the Dover bastion was repaired, the fleet of the Ming Empire withdrew, but the Spanish Armada ran out from Dunkirk. Instead of going to the North Sea, they ran between Calais and Dover. Cruising back and forth in time, any passing ships, not one will be kept, all will be detained!

Spain dared to block the Strait of Dover, and now the anti-Habsburg alliance powers were all angry, and all kinds of abuse, threats, and intimidation were used, but Spain completely ignored it.

Philip IV seemed to have regained the domineering power of the king of the earth. He didn't take the threat of the five major powers of the anti-Habsburg alliance into his eyes at all.If you don't agree with me, come and bite me!
(End of this chapter)