"My God, why are the Ming people here, and what should we do?!""
The Ming people are here, they are coming with huge warships, we have no choice but to surrender, there is no other way!""
Yes, I heard that these Orientals are particularly ferocious and like to play with human dissection and make them die miserably!"
Therefore, on the day of the convening of the Congress, the palace hall was full of noisy discussions, and there was a panicked atmosphere, even Xu Qianxue was infected by this atmosphere, and there was a sense of depression that was about to suffocate.He began to worry that this time the Ming Kingdom would not completely destroy England.And will he be punished for betraying Daming.Moreover, Xu Qianxue couldn't help but start thinking about whether he should report his family background when the Ming army wanted to arrest him, and tell these people that his uncle was an important minister of the Ming Dynasty and a famous man in the world, Gu Yanwu, and his two younger brothers held important positions in the Ming Empire.Xu Qianxue kept pacing, and he was even thinking about how to keep his property in England after saving his life.These possessions naturally included a large number of slaves that he kept in England."
Ladies and gentlemen, you must already know the news that the Ming Kingdom from the east has sent an army across the North Sea to invade our British Empire!
It can be said that the British Empire has reached the most critical moment in history!
”"And the strength of the Ming Kingdom, everyone also knows very well, in the naval battle, we have no chance of winning, we can only give up London first, carry out strategic transfer, first transfer all kinds of important materials and populations to the interior, and wait for the Ming army to land, and then fight with it!"
At this time, after seeing Charles II's nod, James expounded his opinion."
Don't fight with it?
But my British Empire is not a country that is good at land warfare, we have always relied on the navy to protect our country, but now we are only allowed to fight with the Ming land war, so in this case, will we lose faster?!
”At this time, a member of parliament made a different opinion.James had to shout loudly: "Naval battle, we are not the opponent of the Ming Kingdom at all!"
Their navy fights in various seas around the world almost every year, and has rich experience in naval warfare, not to mention that its warships and artillery are not something we can afford. ”"Ladies and gentlemen!
In my opinion, as long as our navy has the determination to defend the country to the death, it will definitely be able to defeat the Ming army and protect our country, although the Ming country is strong, but it is impossible for him to send a large number of troops to my England, I am afraid that it is only a small army, and then use a large group of Dutch people to carry the banner of the Ming country to fill up!
The last time we went to fight the Netherlands, we found a large number of Ming army battle flags, and then mistakenly thought it was the Ming army, so we had to retreat, only to learn later that it was the Dutch people pretending, these damn Dutch people, have always been a group of people who are afraid of death and greedy for money, far less heroic than the people of my British Empire!
”"It can be seen that we don't need to be too afraid of the invading Ming army, we should believe that we can defeat these robbers, mainly Dutch, at sea!
There is no need to move to the interior and let our land and factories be occupied by these robbers!
”Shortly after James spoke, another expressed a different opinion."
That's right, we shouldn't show weakness at the beginning, but we should keep the robbers out of the country!
This is also the most beneficial way for the people!
”"Well, since it's mostly Dutch, there's nothing to be afraid of!"
Many MPs were still reluctant to abandon their fields and factories along the coast, and were therefore opposed to the proposal to abandon London and move their property to the interior."
I'm against it!
The Duke of York's proposal is undoubtedly wise, even if the Ming army that came to invade our British Empire is mainly Dutch, then we should deal with this invasion in the most reasonable way, not to say that we will not engage in naval warfare with them, but that after they have landed, we should take the opportunity to let our navy attack their navy, and make it impossible for them to go back!
”There are also pro-James lawmakers who are expressing different views.But in short, for a time, because more than 300 members of parliament were expressing their opinions, the resolution that led to the war was never passed.And the Ming army has already entered Worth Bay.The British navy stationed here did not receive any orders to prepare for war, so the reaction was very hasty, and some British warships did not have time to increase their shells, so they were shot first.The two Ming steam warships, the "Ji'an Hou" and the "Deqing Hou", rushed to the front, like two rapid vanguards, spitting thick smoke, chopping waves towards Kingsley Harbor, and the forward guns spat out tongues of fire without filling, and bombarded the English battleships that set sail in a hurry.The wooden sail battleships of the English Navy could not withstand such bombardment at all, and after a single shot, they were blown up by the shells of the Ming army, and they were scorched and burned.And it didn't take long for several British warships to completely lose the ability to sail.This was just an appetizer for the Ming army, to test the reality of the English Navy, so only two steam warships were sent.The flagship "King Ninghe" has not yet been dispatched.But the English Navy was clearly overwhelmed.Seeing this, Liu Zhaoji simply ordered an additional "Marquis of Yan'an" to go over, and ordered the fleet of Dutch mercenaries to follow, and then directly landed in Kingslin Harbor, so as to complete the strategy of entering Cambridge and then encircling London as soon as possible."
Damn it!
Where did these ironclad ships come from, why is there no news from London, what are the people who are engaged in intelligence doing, and why doesn't the king let us prepare in advance!
My God!
Could it be that London has already been captured, so the news can't get through?
Send someone to London and ask!
”Earl Kroger, the head of the English Navy stationed here, said very depressedly."
Oh no, Your Excellency the Earl, there is one more ironclad battleship at sea!"
After hearing this, Kroger hurriedly picked up the binoculars and looked at them, his face turned pale for a while, and said, "Who can tell me how to deal with this kind of battleship!"
”Rumble!
And after seeing another sail battleship hit and starting to sink into the sea, he had to decisively order: "All abandon ship and go ashore!"
We need to be on land, with our courage, to overcome them!
”As a result, the remaining three British battleships and five small battleships began to retreat on their own initiative, and then, all the remaining British officers and sailors of Worth Bay returned to shore, then lined up in array, raised flintlock muskets, and prepared to wait for the Ming army to come ashore.It didn't take long for a battle flag to emerge from the horizon in the British army's field of vision.However, it was not the Han people of the Ming Kingdom who raised the battle flag, but a Dutch mercenary, and these Dutch mercenaries naturally had to take on the role of cannon fodder to rush to the front, otherwise, there was no need for the Ming Dynasty to take them to play.