Since Columbus discovered the New World, we have had a more detailed understanding before. The main reason is that Spain relied on its very powerful maritime military power to occupy a vast area in the Americas and enslaved a large number of indigenous people with backward technological levels. These indigenous people

They worked day and night, silently contributing to the good life of the Spanish people, and suffered sudden death from overwork. In the end, Spain used this method to plunder a large amount of wealth, and even developed its colonial power into Europe and Asia.

, Africa and the four continents of the United States.

At this period, Britain was actually in the stage of capitalist development. We have done a lot of analysis on the concept of capitalism before, so we will not understand it here. And we also said before that British capitalism also wants to

Sheep were raised in other places, and this influence was still very large. Therefore, the British capitalists urgently needed a large amount of raw materials and wealth. They also began to actively implement colonial policies and then expand outward. But this

At that time, Spain was the maritime hegemon, so this greatly hindered Britain's external expansion, and the conflicts between the two countries became increasingly acute.

In order to compete with Spain for maritime hegemony, Queen Elizabeth of England took various measures to speed up the construction of the navy. In fact, we have gone through a series of analyzes of this strategy before, mainly because capitalism has brought more wealth to the top leaders of the country.

, that is, money, so at this time the country's top officials also began to despise the existence of the people, which caused British farmers to become cheap labor. Those who were unwilling to work as cheap labor would be killed by the top officials. And the top officials in the UK are currently

After using capitalism to gain wealth, it first rapidly expanded its naval power. At the same time, Britain also used pirates to rob Spain of the wealth it had plundered from various places. From here, it is not difficult to see that the British high-level officials at this time were connected with pirates.

I believe that all of us must have seen the very classic movie "Pirates of the Caribbean" before. One of the plots is that the British royal family met with the pirates, and even conspired with the pirates, and even gave the pirates a certificate for legal plunder. In fact, this matter

It has really happened in human history, and it is not a random fabrication in movies. Therefore, because of its strong financial resources, the UK can quickly develop its naval power, and it has connections with pirates. It has been using pirates as a

The forces of the Spanish fleet are plundering the wealth looted from other places by the Spanish fleet. This is an indirect threat to Spain's monopoly on maritime trade. Because this kind of plunder is not a simple act of piracy, it is a large-scale plunder, and it is extremely formal.

A group of pirates, even the cannons on these pirate ships, and even the boats may have been provided by the UK. In this case, do you still think this is a joke?

So the Spaniards are not fools, they fully understand that this is the fault of the British, so the Spaniards are extremely angry about this, and then with the ulterior motive of invading Britain, they want to put Mary, Queen of Scots, on the throne of England.

In March 1587, Elizabeth ordered the execution of Mary. At this time, Britain was still harassing the Spanish fleet at sea. This, coupled with Mary's death, made the Spanish King Philip II extremely angry.

During this time, he ordered the Duke of Donia, Spain, to be the commander-in-chief, and led a super-large fleet consisting of about 130 warships, more than 30,000 people, and 2,431 artillery pieces to expedition to England. At this time, everyone can

You have to understand that this is no longer the previous kind of throwing stones at each other from the ship, or launching rockets, or even the most serious thing is direct collision! Now these are all artillery. What is artillery? In fact, it is a cannon. This thing is very powerful.

, and how should I put it? In fact, it is not difficult for us to see from this that the traditional naval battles in the past have completely changed during this period. Before, it may have been the advantage of the number of opponents, or other advantages, but now it is

It all relies on the advantages of cannons after the development of science and technology.

So this is more than 2,400 artillery pieces. Is this a joke? This 10,000 artillery fire is definitely a devastating sight. After receiving the intelligence, the British were not afraid at all, but were very actively preparing for war.

.Because Britain was a capitalist country at this time, so it was very rich and had no shortage of cheap labor. Therefore, its naval power was also very powerful. After all, if Britain dared to offend Spain, the maritime overlord, they must have their own points.

Confident.

At this time, Elizabeth of England ordered Howard as commander-in-chief and Drake as deputy, and also made corresponding improvements to the hulls, shipbuildings, hulls, forts, and artillery of their own British ships. At this time, the hulls of the British fleet

It is short and narrow, with a low center, small target, high flexibility and high speed. There are also a large number of artillery loaded on the ship, and its range is farther than the heavy artillery on the Spanish ship.

Now that we are talking about Drake, let us all understand a little bit. Drake is not actually a British navy, he is a pirate, and he is also a pirate king! Let us really understand a little bit. Drake actually used to be

A slave seller, that is to say, he was a slave trader, but he finally discovered that robbing at sea could actually make money faster than selling slaves, so he joined the ranks of pirates. And because

Drake is bold and careful, so Drake quickly made a name for himself in the pirate world and became a privately sponsored pirate by Elizabeth I of England. This was a big deal. Elizabeth would provide for Drake.

Cannons and ships, even supplies to the crew, and gave him a certificate for legal robbery. Is this a joke? So Drake is absolutely confident at sea and robs wantonly, and after each robbery, 100% of it will be

Ten trophies were all used to honor the queen, that is, to Elizabeth.

In other words, Drake, the pirate, holds a legal robbery certificate, and he also has a very powerful British backing. The British high-level officials will tell Drake when and where the Spanish ships are passing by, and they can also

It can be roughly predicted how much wealth there is on the ship, so we modern people today think that Drake is the pirate king of the sea. In fact, it is better to say that he is the leader of the Queen of England's private pirate group, so Drake's pirate group is

It’s getting bigger and bigger. Okay, let’s learn about Drake Pirate King here first, and then continue our previous topic.

We have mentioned before that the British side is not afraid of the Spanish fleet equipped with more than 2,000 artillery pieces. Moreover, the pirate king Drake is still his deputy. Drake is the pirate king. He has been engaged in robbery and war, that is, naval battles.

Therefore, Drake's naval battle experience is definitely much richer than that of ordinary naval commanders.

By mid-July, a fortress-like Spanish battleship was crowded with infantry. At this time, Spain wanted to take advantage of the numerical advantage of their infantry and use traditional tactics, and then ram the opponent's battleship and use iron hooks to hook it.

They captured them, and then the infantry boarded the British ships to engage in hand-to-hand combat. This was just like the tactics used during the Roman Empire. However, this kind of tactics was obviously far behind in the face of modern artillery, and it was not a level opponent at all. Another one

Even we have clearly pointed out before that the cannons on British battleships have a farther range than the heavy guns on Spanish battleships. This is really not a joke, this is actually a fatal place.

Therefore, the British fleet is now fast and flexible, waiting for opportunities to attack, always staying outside the range of Spanish artillery, and taking advantage of the long range of their British artillery to continuously attack the Spanish fleet. This is consuming the opponent's ammunition and causing the Spanish fleet to attack.

The Spanish fleet was always on alert. When the Spanish fleet arrived near Galai, Netherlands, it did not receive the Duke of Parr's ships, nor the supplies of personnel and ammunition that they had planned.

In the early morning of July 29, the eight old British ships were filled with sulfur, firewood and other flammable materials, and the hulls were also covered with tar. After being lit, the eight old ships sailed down the wind like eight fire dragons.

down, and then galloped away towards the Spanish fleet. In the tranquility of dawn, the Spanish sentries discovered several tongues of flames rushing towards them, and immediately raised the alarm. Suddenly the entire Spanish fleet was in chaos, and some wooden

The hull of the ship had been ignited by the fire. The Duke of Sidonia hurriedly ordered the ships to cut off the anchor ropes, thinking of waiting for the fire ship to pass by and occupy the anchorage again. But the panicked Spaniards were already in chaos at this time, and they

They just tried to escape, causing the ships to collide with each other. Some Spanish navy even took great action, even against their own people. The ships with their anchor ropes cut off could only drift northeast along the coast with the wind. Cido

Seeing this, Nia had no choice but to order the flagship Saint Horse to weigh anchor and chase the drifting ship.

But at this time, Drake, Hawkins and others continued to pursue the Spanish fleet at full speed. The British navy began to attack the Spanish fleet. Countless cannons were fired. Many Spanish ships were hit and set on fire. But at this time, the Spanish

It was still difficult for the heavy artillery in the fleet to attack the British fleet, which resulted in their Spanish heavy artillery and infantry being unable to play their role. The British relied on their short hulls and flexibility to bombard the Spanish fleet even more fiercely.

The British fleet cleverly cooperated and coordinated with each other, which caused the Spanish fleet that had dispersed to become even more chaotic. This fierce battle lasted for nearly a day. The British fleet suffered minimal losses, while the Spanish fleet suffered

The ship suffered very serious damage, the ships were beaten to pieces, the flagship was sunk, and more than thirty ships were lost. Another sixteen ships became trophies of the British army. The remaining wounded and disabled ships were in Sidonie.
Chapter completed!