Chapter 648： A "sea battle" full of tacit understanding

After Captain Kidd led the fleet into the Irish Sea, he immediately changed his style and began to relentlessly search for British ships, and saw direct sinking. , Visit the latest chapter: ШШШ.79xs.СоМ.

But what made Kidd unexpected and also unexpected was that at this time there were almost no big warships on the Irish sea, only some dilapidated ones.

How to tell that it is a warship? Because the flag of St. George representing England and the battle flag of red and white roses representing the Tudor family were hung on the ship. The two flags are hoisted together, representing the Tudor royal family to dominate England ... Edward has not yet occupied England, so his army only hangs the white rose battle flag, not the St. George ’s cross flag representing England ...

But these two kinds of flags just hang on those big warships over 200 tons, but they hang on the dilapidated boats, how come they look so wrong ...

However, Kidd didn't care if the boats were real warships or not, but fired directly ...

Henry VII was originally a fan of "missing" and "confusing" his opponent, so he was also prepared to sink several ships. Therefore, the boats sent here are not only small, but also dilapidated, and many of the boats have basically reached the edge of falling apart ...

For these broken ships, the general method of disposal is direct dismemberment. Useful wood is left to continue shipbuilding (such as some internal wood, which is rarely corroded and worn, and can be recycled), and useless and broken wood boards are directly removed for firewood.

This time, in order to ‘mystify’ and ‘confuse’ the “French”, the ships that Henry VII put on the Irish sea were almost all old ships that were to be dismantled. Many of the keel parts of the ship have been eroded by maggots or termites, and they are about to fall apart ...

Generally speaking, this kind of ship will be eliminated only if the keel is damaged. Because if the other parts are broken, it's a big deal to change the board. However, the damage of the keel is very serious, and it is easy to fall apart during sailing and has to be disassembled.

Therefore, the old ships sent by Henry VII this time were basically broken ships whose keels were eroded. Even if Captain Kidd's fleet used the Spanish Clark sailboat this time, the artillery caliber is not large, but it is very easy to build merits when encountering such a fast-breaking ship ...

In a few days, dozens of "British warships" on the Irish Sea were sunk. Then, the British ships were less visible on the Irish Sea.

At this time, the Clark sailboat that originally "reported to France" also returned ...

Of course, the ship did not report to France, but went to the mouth of the Shannon River in the southwest of Ireland to guide a batch of cargo ships.

The cargo ships were arranged by Marin before and were ready to be used to transport Edward's soldiers. In order not to be noticed by the British, the ships first arrived in batches at the mouth of the Shannon River under Edward control in southwestern Ireland, where they stood by.

Today, the ship passes by and brings the 30 200-ton Kirk sailboats moored at the mouth of the Shannon River ...

Seeing that there were almost no British warships on the Irish Sea, Captain Kidd divided 10 warships and escorted the 30 Kirk sailboats north to prepare to transport Edward's army. Captain Kidd himself, with the remaining 20 warships, went to Plymouth Port on the Cornwall peninsula where the English "fleet" temporarily docked, deliberately provoking.

Since acting, it is necessary to perform a full set. Marin's script is-let Kidd and his fleet, pretending to be the French, deliberately seduce the British Navy to pursue. However, Wallace, the British commander who shrank in Plymouth Harbor, ignored it.

In fact, Wallace couldn't do it. Because the real fleet was hidden on the southeast coast. The fleet he brought, only a few ships really belong to the battle sequence. The other ships, all fishing boats and small merchant ships, were simply unbearable. Therefore, Wallace can only ignore Kidd's provocation.

At this time, Henry VII also committed large-scale tactical fraud. In order to let the French have the illusion of "successful", Henry VII specially found a lot of bigger fishing boats, forming a huge scale of hundreds of boats.

Then, this fleet flew from the southeast coast of England through the narrow Straits of Calais to the French.

The Strait of Calais is only 30 kilometers wide. The British fleet is travelling in the middle of the strait. Even if the French use the "meat" eye, they can see that the United Kingdom has indeed sent a large number of ships to the west ... Of course, the French can only use The flesh 'eyes looked, because they didn't have telescopes ...

After swaggering through the Straits of Calais, the "fleet" of hundreds of large fishing boats continued to go west in the middle of the English Channel ... It seems that this fleet really seems to support the Irish Sea battlefield of……

After listening to the report of the coastal garrison, Louis XII also concluded that this British fleet did indeed go after the fleet of the Grand Duchy of the North Sea. Although there are no big ships, so many medium-sized "warships" are enough for Marin's fleet to drink a pot ...

However, for Louis XII, Marin's fleet is not his business. Best of all, it was Marin ’s fleet and the British fleet that both suffered a loss. At that time, the French just came out to clean up the mess ...

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A few days later, the "fleet" arrived at Plymouth Harbor where the fleet led by Wallace docked. The captain of Kidd's provocative fleet outside Plymouth Harbor saw hundreds of ships coming to support, and was "frightened" to withdraw to the west of the Irish Sea ...

But the strange thing is that this "fleet" that came to the reinforcements was not pursued, but it was also docked in Plymouth Port, and then everyone on the ship disembarked and landed ...

Captain Kidd "has a heart in mind" because Marin's "script" tells him-this fleet may be fake. And the so-called "naval battle" between the two sides is also a strange naval battle full of tacit understanding ...

Unsure, Captain Kidd sent three ships to challenge him. As a result, the British simply ignored it. At this time, Captain Kidd was finally relieved-this fleet was indeed fake. Otherwise, it would have been chased down ...

Then, Captain Kidd only left four ships to monitor the British movements near the Cornwall Peninsula ~ www.novelhall.com ~ and himself, took the main force north and escorted Edward's army to transport ...

If there is a fan of the future generations who sees this strange naval battle, he will definitely scream-"Isn't this" fake ball "?"

That's right, it's really like playing fake football in later generations football. From beginning to end, Kidd's fleet sank a dozen small broken ships that were about to fall apart in the Irish Sea. Then, the fleets of both sides did not have any substantial battles at all. The 'clash' near the port of Plymouth is more like tempting and cheating each other ...

It's just that both sides are complacent-the British thought they deceived the "French", and Kidd knew that his side did deceive the British ...

Of course, it is not wrong for the British to think that they deceived the French. Because the real French were really "confusing" and "confusing" by the British's behavior. But in fact, Kidd's fleet is not French at all, but the Grand Duchy of Germany in the North Sea ...

Therefore, in this "sea battle" full of tacit anti-counterfeiting, both sides are very satisfied and both think they have cheated each other. Of course, one party really cheated the other party, while the other party "thought to have cheated the other party" ...