While Zhu Heyu was planning his "Europa" plan, in the Aegean Sea, the birthplace of European civilization, it was completely shrouded in war.

Since the surprise attack on the Turkish Navy, while hiring ships as much as possible, Zheng Sen began to implement his maritime attack plan.

The so-called maritime attack is actually plundering, an attack on Turkish ships. This kind of attack is to sink or capture their ships and plunder the cargo on the ships.

Doing such a "buying" is simply Zheng Sen's old business. After all, his father was a famous pirate back then, and he could be said to be able to do such things. What's more, Zheng Sen's command also had a group of well-trained troops and more than a dozen ships with heavy bombardment guns. Not only that, they also had a privilege of being the arrogance of the Ming Dynasty.

After attacking the Turkish fleet, Zheng Sen brutally designated the waters north of Chania and Cyprus as a "no sailing zone". He even sent envoys to various countries and told them that any merchant ship entering this waters without the permission of the Ming Dynasty would be regarded as an enemy ship, and the Ming fleet would be treated in accordance with the rules of war.

The world was in an uproar for a moment.

Rare!

Even Turks are not so arrogant.

The question is, who will challenge the rules of the game set by the Ming Dynasty?

There are also really, those merchants in the Mediterranean have always been "good guys who have milk but are mothers". Moreover, they have always been old friends of the Ottoman Empire, playing the role of "sea coachman" for the empire, transporting various commodities to and from various coastal provinces of the empire.

In the past few months, these merchant ships have been the prey of the Ming Navy. Whether it is a Turkish merchant ship or not, as long as it appears in that area of ​​sea, it is regarded as an enemy ship. The ship will be confiscated and the crew will be captured. Of course, more importantly, the cargo on the ship will be auctioned, and the captain and sailors can share one-third of it.

When carrying out the blockade mission, the fleet's attitude was enthusiastic. Although there were not many warships in the Mediterranean, with more than a dozen fast cruisers, the Ming Dynasty's warships had successfully controlled the entire sea area.

However, even so, many Turkish merchant ships sailed along the coast to avoid the Ming fleet. For this reason, Zheng Sen ordered the fleet to attack the port freely and the warships arrived outside the sea, not to rob ships or siege the city. Their only purpose of combat was "destruction"!

Yes, destruction!

It is to destroy the port. What they are destroying is not the port fortresses, but to destroy the port and the merchant ships anchored in the port.

In short, it is to weaken the power of the Ottoman as much as possible. After all, the decisive battle between the Ming Dynasty and the Ottoman is approaching. Whether to win at sea or on land is still uncertain, even if it is not yet determined, in this case, if Zheng Sen wants his plan to be approved, he must use his record to convince the prince. He must weaken the power of the Ottoman as much as possible and eliminate any potential maritime threats in the future decisive battle.

Therefore, attacking enemy ships became one of Zheng Sen's main tasks. As the war approached, this task became increasingly urgent.

Destroy the enemy's business and sink the enemy's ships.

It is the simplest principle of naval warfare in this era.

"Use rockets to set fire to enemy ships in the bay!"

When he put down the telescope, Zheng Sen ordered coldly.

In front of him, the city was burning and the port was red with flames. After a round of shelling several miles apart, the port was basically completely destroyed. For the Turks, what was even more deadly was that even heavy artillery over 50 pounds could not pose any threat to the fleet ten miles away. They could only be beaten.

Staring at the fire in the port, Zheng Sen's eyes were cold, his brows were locked, and he stared at the burned ships in the port. He had only one thought in his mind what the Turks were doing?

Zheng Sen, who was commanding the fleet along the Turks' coastline, bombarding and setting fires, was waiting for the Turks to come out of their port.

However, the Turks seemed to be suspicious and ignored the Ming Dynasty's attack on port cities and the blockade and attack on maritime routes.

Although the Ming army has brutally attacked the Turkish ports for a period of time, the Ottoman Navy seemed to have disappeared, hiding in the ports and merchant ships that were targeted by the Ming army.

For Zheng Sen, this is obviously not in line with his plan.

"If you don't come out, why did I completely clean up you on the sea?"

Compared to attacking the port, Zheng Sen hoped to deal with the Turkish fleet at sea. After Chania severely damaged the Turkish fleet, the Turks gathered hundreds of other ships and formed a larger fleet. They have been hiding in the Black Sea for training.

For Zheng Sen, this Turkish fleet was the biggest obstacle to his implementation of the "sea decisive victory". How to lead them out of the Black Sea and then completely deal with the other party became Zheng Sen's inevitable choice.

"Yunze, you said, why are the Turks unwilling to come out to fight?"

"It should be because I don't have the confidence!"

After thinking about it, Li Qingwu said.

"In fact, our warships have had several encounters with them. They suffered a great loss every time. In the final analysis, it is because the power of large-caliber bombardment is too great. Ordinary warships, especially those transformed by merchant ships, are simply vulnerable in front of bombardment artillery. Their unwillingness to come out should have a lot to do with this."

It seemed as if to prove the words of Li Qingwu, the naval admiral, there was another "boom" sound. A shell flew from the fleet and hit the side of a Turkish merchant ship without any bias, and a bed-sized gap was blown out. Although this gun failed to sink it, it hurt it severely. After a few more guns, even the wooden ship would sink into the sea.

"Admiral Lee, you said, how can you attract them from the turtle shells in the Bosphorus."

Looking at the sea from the telescope, Zheng Sen knew that his thoughts were shattered again. With the protection of the Bosphorus, the Turkish Navy did not need to worry about the Ming army's attack at all. But that fleet was indeed a lingering threat to him!

"Then attack the place where he will be saved!"

"You mean..."

After glanced at the sea of ​​fire in the port, Zheng Sen decisively issued an order.
Chapter completed!