In the room on the third floor of the central castle, Zhang Yanling stood at the curved window and looked down at the battlefield below. Even though Zhang Yanling had long been used to life and death, the scene in front of him was shocking, and the muscles on his face beat slightly.
Below was a purgatory of flames. Countless Francois were swallowed up in the flames. Their hoarse or sharp screams were like the howls of countless undead rushing out of hell. It was chilling.
The number of Franco soldiers who were swallowed up by the fire on the four walls was more than 2,000. The flames of strong alcohol ignited a large number of wooden planks and ladders, and the fire continued to burn around the bottom of the wall. In the flames, there were a large number of twisted limbs.
A dark, terrifying corpse with an open mouth and staring eyes.
Hot smoke filled the sky, and the air was filled with a burning smell, just like the burning of corpses in the Port of Colombo not long ago. It was enough to make people unable to smell the smell of barbecue for a long time.
The muscles on Zhang Yanling's face twitched, and there was a chill in his heart. But he knew in his heart that all this was the inevitable result, and he could not show any weakness or compassion.
Conquest and expansion are inherently ruthless processes. Killing and bloodshed in this process are inevitable. It is impossible to complete conquest and expansion peacefully.
These killings and bloodshed are of course a crime. In the eyes of many people and in the history books of later generations, these will be the reasons to attack Zhang Yanling and the Ming Dynasty. However, Zhang Yanling chose to bear this sin.
He must do such a thing. Only in this way can he reverse the trend of history and seize the opportunities of history. He cannot cherish feathers, and cannot have illusions and weakness.
This world has never been a world of love and peaceful coexistence. The strong will always survive, and the weak will be oppressed or destroyed. Human beings will never love each other, safeguard the interests of their own country, strengthen their own strength, and protect their own ethnic groups.
You can't be too merciful.
Dignity is only on the edge of the blade, and truth is only within the range of the cannon. Civilization and military ethics complement each other. Among them, martial ethics are the guarantee of civilized governance and the barrier to maintain all order. Perhaps the future Ming Dynasty will be great to the people of other countries in the world.
Friendly, but that must be established
When the other party poses no threat to the Ming Dynasty, we must clearly see and respect this fact. Blind compassion and the heart of the Holy Mother will only harm ourselves in the end, lose the opportunity for the rise of the Ming Dynasty, and bring long-term prosperity to hundreds of millions of Ming Dynasty people.
The fate of falling behind and being bullied and massacred.
The Franco soldiers were running away and retreating frantically, and Cassie and the others had no idea of restraining or stopping them, because they were so frightened by the hellish scene in front of them that they no longer had any courage to think about attacking anymore.
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The Ming Dynasty defenders on the city wall also began to evacuate the wall in an orderly manner, because the flames and pungent smell made it impossible for them to stick to the wall. The scene in front of them also made them feel intense discomfort.
This was a strange battle. Not long after the battle started, both the enemy and ourselves on the battlefield disappeared, and the battle ended quickly.
Only the flames around the city wall were burning fiercely, and soon they slowly extinguished under the setting sun, leaving behind black corpses all over the ground, like sculptures with their souls solidified.
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As the sun sets in the west, the rays of light on the sea are dazzling and dazzling.
On the north side of the Gulf of Mannar, at the southern entrance of the narrow deep-water channel, dozens of Franco warships led by Alfonso are quickly arriving at the deep-water channel. Passing through this narrow channel, they will soon arrive at Guri Port
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In order to prevent the Ming Dynasty fleet from attacking Guri, Alfonso ordered people to sink a large number of obstacles on both sides of the deep-water channel that was only a dozen miles wide to block the channel, making the navigable channel only more than five miles wide.
.So, when the Franco warships wanted to pass here, they had to change from a closely coordinated formation. The Eastern Fleet changed into a long snake formation, with the two ships side by side, in order to pass through the narrow deep water channel.
The first two Franconian warships are the 'Courage' and the 'Gem'. These are two meritorious warships belonging to the Eastern Fleet. After the establishment of the Eastern Fleet, there were these two warships when they set out to venture to the East.
The silhouette of the ship.
However, the Courage and the Gem are now old ships, and the captains are not the officers who followed Almeida on expeditions in the past, but two officers newly promoted by Alfonso.
The reason why these two ships took the lead was naturally a deliberate arrangement by Alfonso. Intelligence learned that when the armored warships of the Ming Dynasty Armada appeared outside the port of Goa, they were found to be missing two armored warships. Then Guri
The port was attacked again. Alfonso had reason to believe that the other two armored warships of the Armada were the main force attacking Guri Port. They might be cruising outside Guri Port.
It is dangerous to pass through the narrow deep-water channel. Sending these two old ships to take the lead can test the enemy situation on the other side of the channel. If they are attacked, the loss of the Courage and the Gem will not be a big deal. Those two ships are not the main force.
Even if the warships were sunk, they had accomplished their mission and exposed the enemy's position.
If these two ships can discover the enemy's situation and entangle the opponent, it will give subsequent warships a chance to pass quickly. The Ming army has two iron-clad warships. As long as multiple warships of one's own side participate in the battle through the channel, they can quickly gain the upper hand.
, expel or sink the opponent.
Of course, the best case scenario is to pass through the deep-water channel between the islands without incident. Then the fleet can arrive at Guri Port before midnight today. That is the best result.
Alfonso stood on the deck of the flagship of the Ocean Flower and looked towards the sea. The two warships in front had arrived at the deep water channel between the two islands. The setting sun was shining at the moment, the visibility was very good, and ten people could already be seen.
The shadows of a series of islands on either side a few miles away.
On the other side of the narrow channel of the island is a light blue sea. Since it has entered an area densely populated with islands, the seawater depth in many places is only two or three meters, so the color of the seawater in the area where the ship sails is obviously different from the surrounding area.
The difference shows a dark blue color. This seems to be the scope of the marked waterway.
The sea surface on the left is of different shades, showing mottled colors of light blue or dark blue. Under the setting sun, it appears a very peculiar and strange landscape. To put it nicely, it is dotted on the light blue curtain.
dark blue agate. To put it bluntly, the sea surface here is like a scary face covered with psoriasis and scars.
The Courage and the Gem met and quickly passed through the narrow channel. The distance was actually not long, and the narrowest area was less than three miles. According to the speed of the ship, they could cross it in half the time and enter the other side.
Open sea.
The officers and soldiers on the two ships were nervously watching the sea ahead. On the one hand, they were preventing them from straying into shallow waters and hitting rocks or being stranded. On the other hand, they were also on guard against enemy forces that might appear at any time. Because Commander-in-Chief Alfonso had warned them.
, Ming Dynasty armored ships are likely to cruise in this area, so be extra careful.
In the tense atmosphere, the two ships quickly passed more than half of the distance, and were already less than a mile away from the exit of the narrow channel. Moreover, the soldiers on guard on the mast did not issue any warning, and they did not notice anything unusual.
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed that the enemy was not blocking us here.
At this moment, the soldiers on the mast of the Gem on the east side suddenly saw something white starting to reflect under the setting sun in the woods on the side of the island not far away.
It was a rising giant sail. The rapidly rising giant sail swayed in the setting sun, reflecting the setting sun's light so dazzlingly that it was captured instantly.
"There is a boat, behind the woods on the side of the small island to the east, three miles away..." The soldiers on the mast immediately issued a warning.
"There is a ship behind the north reef on the west side of the island, three miles away." Almost at the same time, the French spy on the mast of the HMS Spirit also issued a warning.
The two ships became tense instantly. Amidst shouting and running, two huge black warships sailed out from the hiding areas on the east and west sides, like two doors slowly closing, lying across the waterway ahead.
The two ships cut out horizontally, without even adjusting the shooting angle, because the gun holes on their sides were facing the channel. Dozens of black hole holes had already been opened, and the muzzles of the guns had been exposed.
"Prepare to fight, prepare to fight. Don't get closer, don't get closer." When the officers of the two Franco robot warships shouted orders, they heard a series of roars echoing across the sea.
The two Ming Dynasty armored warships, Yansui and Ningxia, which were ambushed here, finally waited for their enemies and launched an attack.