Daming Military Empire

Chapter 696 Heroes gather for a decisive battle against the West
The anti-Habsburg alliance is really crazy this time, completely disregarding domestic development, and almost all the young and strong laborers are drawn onto the battlefield, militaristic and extremely crazy.

The effect of this is still very obvious. Both Spain and Portugal of the Daming Habsburg Alliance were beaten badly, especially Portugal. Most of the land in the north was occupied by the Anti-Habsburg Alliance. If it was not for the support of the Ming Empire If they came so fast, they might not even be able to defend the capital, Lisbon.

Just as the anti-Habsburg alliance powers were attacking wildly in Spain and northern Portugal, Zheng Chenggong led the Ming Navy Guard Corps with [-] armored warships to appear in front of the Ming army's defensive positions at the mouth of the Guadiana River.

At this time, the anti-Habsburg alliance powers still don't know that Ming's trump card has come.

Along the way, some people from the anti-Habsburg alliance might have seen Daming's armored battleship, but they couldn't pass the news back.

Because along the way, Zheng Chenggong issued a blockade order. He ordered the Strait of Malacca to be blocked as soon as he passed the Strait of Malacca. He ordered the Eurasian Canal to be blocked as soon as he passed the Eurasian Canal. Do not unblock.

In this way, even if people from the anti-Habsburg alliance saw Ming’s ironclad battleship, they would not be able to quickly send the news back, because the sea route would be blocked at all, and they would have to travel by land through the Ottoman Empire and the Holy Roman Empire. In the absence of a train, I am afraid that one month is not enough time!
What Zheng Chenggong is doing now is to race against time. If he can launch an attack before the anti-Habsburg alliance powers receive the news, he will definitely win a big victory.

If the anti-Habsburg alliance powers receive the news before launching an attack, then we don't know what the situation is. It is very likely that the warships of the anti-Habsburg alliance will shrink back home in fright.

This time his luck was quite good, because the reason why the Anti-Habsburg Alliance attacked Spain and Portugal frantically was to force the joint fleet of the Habsburg Alliance of Ming Dynasty to fight with it.

After Zheng Chenggong had a little understanding of the current battle situation, he knew the intentions of the anti-Habsburg alliance powers. There is a way to heaven if you don't go, and there is no way to hell for you to break in.

I just don't know how to lure their joint fleet out, but this is a good thing, they directly forced them to come.

He is sure that as long as he leads the combined fleet to appear on the west coast of Portugal, the combined fleet of the anti-Habsburg alliance powers will definitely pounce.

Naturally, such a good situation couldn't be missed in vain, and he didn't care about taking a break. On the day he arrived at the defensive position at the mouth of the Guadiana River, he called a meeting with the commanders of all the fleets, arranged tactics, and prepared to attack.

At this moment, there are actually quite a few warships gathered at the mouth of the Guadiana River. There are more than [-] wooden super battleships alone, and the total number of iron-clad battleships is more than [-]. The combined fleet against the Habsburg powers is also indispensable.

The establishment of the Spanish and Portuguese navies was modeled after the Ming Empire, with a fleet of [-] super battleships, that is to say, apart from Zheng Chenggong, there were six generals attending the meeting.

On the side of the Ming Empire are Huang Long, the chief general of the Beiyang Navy, Zheng Zhihu, the chief general of the Nanyang Navy, and Zheng Xing, the chief general of the South China Sea Fleet;
On the Spanish and Portuguese sides, the veteran Oquendo brought two newly promoted admirals.

Zheng Chenggong didn't arrange too complicated tactics. Anyway, as long as the iron-clad battleship is on board, no matter how many wooden battleships the opponent has, they will be fake.

The key point of this battle is to hide the armored battleship first, and when the two sides confront each other, they will suddenly rush out and defeat the enemy in one fell swoop.

Therefore, what Zheng Chenggong sent was a simple plum blossom formation, with six fleets lined up on the periphery as petals, and armored warships hidden in the middle as stamens. The specific layout is:
The Nanyang Navy and the Beiyang Navy are located in the left front and right front of the combined fleet respectively;

The Portuguese Fleet and the South China Sea Fleet are on the left and right of the Combined Fleet respectively;

The two Spanish fleets are located in the left rear and right rear of the combined fleet respectively;

Once the combined fleet of the anti-Habsburg alliance powers rushed up, the iron-clad battleships in the middle immediately went up to meet them, and when the iron-clad battleships rushed into the enemy's formation, the wooden battleships behind them surrounded them to finish.

Naturally, there is nothing to explain such a simple tactic, he just made a little gesture, and the generals understood it.

Early the next morning, the combined fleets of the Ming Empire, Spain, and Portugal sailed out of the mouth of the Guadiana River in sequence, and formed a formation of plum blossoms on the Atlantic Ocean in the southeast corner of Portugal. After that, they headed north along the west coast of Portugal. Fight England.

After sailing at full speed for about half a day, the United Fleet had just passed the west of Lisbon, and densely packed warships appeared in front of it. Obviously, the United Fleet of the Anti-Habsburg Alliance Powers had long been ready to fight against the Daming Habsburg Alliance. The United Fleet battled.

At this time, the warships of both sides were lined up so densely that they could not see the edge at a glance. There were a total of more than [-] wooden super battleships and ironclad warships on the side of the Daming Habsburg Alliance, while the anti-Habsburg Alliance had more than [-] ships. In total, there are more than [-] wooden super battleships.

This can be said to be the largest naval battle in history. The number of warships invested by both sides exceeded a thousand. In terms of the number of warships, the Armada organized by Spain in the past may be comparable to a certain party, but it is counted as participating in the battle. The number of people, the number of artillery pieces, and even the displacement are absolutely unprecedented.

At this moment, Zheng Chenggong, Admiral of the Navy of the Ming Empire, was sitting high on the podium of the giant treasure ship Chenggong, with a calm expression and even a hint of a smile on his face.

Around him, twelve flag bearers holding flags of various colors stood upright, faintly lined up in a circle, watching all directions.

If you take a closer look, you will find that the Ming Empire is really proud. These twelve standard-bearers are actually wearing the latest military binoculars on their chests. You must know that these things are quite expensive nowadays. Hundreds of taels of silver, in the anti-Habsburg countries, only the commander of the fleet has it, and Daming even has a standard bearer!

Not only them, many flag bearers on the masts of battleships are equipped with the same telescope on their chests, there may not be hundreds of them!
There is a reason why Zheng Chenggong made such a big investment. After the standard-bearers who sent the order were equipped with binoculars, the speed of transmitting information was more than doubled.

No, the fleet of the anti-Habsburg alliance just appeared more than ten miles away, and the flag bearers on the outside just raised their binoculars and glanced at them, and then raised their flags in their hands. In the blink of an eye, the information spread to the inner circle .

The flag bearers next to Zheng Chenggong raised their binoculars to take a look. Soon, they all turned around and saluted:
"Report to the Generalissimo, about [-] enemy warships were found more than ten miles ahead of the left side of the fleet."

"Report to the Generalissimo, about [-] enemy warships were found more than ten miles to the left of the fleet."

"Report to the Generalissimo, about [-] enemy warships were found more than ten miles behind the left rear of the fleet."

(End of this chapter)