The Rise of the European Emperor

Seeing that the tactic of throwing torches and burning ships that he designed had been cracked, Wallace was very depressed. . шщш.㈦㈨ⅹS.сом update very fast. The French threw the torches back, nearly setting the British ship on fire. As a last resort, the British had no choice but to stop this already ineffective tactic.

However, there was a lot of suet on board, and it was wasted when not needed. So, Wallace had an idea - he ordered his men to pour suet oil on the chains that the French hooked on the English ship... The messenger under his command raised his voice and began to give orders loudly...

Sure enough, the iron chain poured with suet is extremely slippery. French sailors desperately climbed the chains, but when they approached the British ship, they suddenly slipped... Many French sailors accidentally fell into the water...

Then, the French offensive suddenly stalled...

However, this approach did not work. Because, the experienced and experienced judges made the French sailors wrap their palms with sackcloth, and their ability to resist oily slips was greatly improved. However, although they climbed over the chain, the French sailors felt slippery after taking the machete again. When some French sailors and English sailors were slashing, they were knocked hard by the opponent, and the machete accidentally dropped...

Of course, this is only part of the situation. Moreover, after the French hooked the British ships with multiple chains, they would make the accompanying French ships lean on them hard. When the distance between the two ships is very close, there is no need to climb the chain at all, but jump directly, which is the legendary jumping boat gang...

The British ship that was hooked by the French ship was inconvenient to move, and could only watch other French warships approach. Then, the French sailors jumped over like frogs...

Wallace's flagship was in the middle of the English warships and had not yet been double-teamed by the French. But as the battle became more 'fierce', sooner or later Wallace's ship would have the French jump on it.

In fact, the advantage of 70 French warships against 54 English warships was good, but not particularly obvious. In order to resist for a while, and being surrounded by the French, Wallace surrounded the fleet. Therefore, only the outer ships were besieged by the French.

This is a tortoise formation that lacks attack power. But Wallace's original intention was not to fight against the French, but to delay time. And, because he couldn't give way, he couldn't use the conventional tactics of gaining the upper hand and then ramming the enemy ship. Because, to fight against the wind, it is necessary to move the air on the road. If one was not good, they gave way to the French fleet. Therefore, he could only form a tortoise formation in front of the French fleet and work hard with the opponent.

Moreover, according to the agreement, reinforcements should arrive at dusk. It's already past three o'clock in the afternoon, and as long as you hold on for another hour or two, the task will be completed. Therefore, Wallace put his flagship in the middle, in fact, to protect himself. After all, if he completes the task, he can become a baron. And if you die in battle, you won't be able to enjoy this wealth.

The French want to destroy all warships,

It takes several hours. And Wallace just wanted to hold on for two or three hours, he didn't need to hold on to the end. Therefore, he resorted to the turtle tactics, making the outer warships and the enemy desperately.

The English sailors under his sinister intentions did not know, and even if they did, they would not say anything. After all, in this day and age, isn't it just right for civilian soldiers to fight to the death to defend noble masters?

Of course, Wallace is not a mediocrity, but also has two brushes. He found that when the English fleet was double-teamed by the French, only the outer warships of the English fleet would fight closely with the French. The English warships in the circle did not fight.

"No, this is too 'wasted'!"

So, Wallace ordered - let the English sailors in the inner circle connect the English warships in the outer circle through ropes. Then, jump on the friendly warship in the outer ring and put the battlefield on the outer ring ship...

After receiving the order, the English warships compressed the space again, and some of the ships were almost close to each other. As a result, the sailors on the warships in the inner circle came to the outer English warships through ropes, or jumped directly to help...

The French had just relied on their numerical superiority to defeat the British sailors on several English warships in the outer circle. However, in a blink of an eye, the enemy came back with additional troops. So, the fight continues...

Relying on a steady stream of sailors from the inner circle, the British sailors succeeded in driving the French back. But the price was staggering - the deck was full of corpses, English and French...

In fact, Wallace's tactic of gathering all the warships together was a foolish move. If you encounter Huaxia's naval commanders, you will definitely get on the fire ship without hesitation.

At this time, the English warships shrunk into a ball and were very close to each other. This situation is somewhat similar to the serial ships of Cao Jun in the Battle of Chibi. If you encounter the Fire Fleet, there is absolutely no escape from the end of death.

However, the Europeans do not know why, and the fireboat tactics have not appeared. It was not until 1633 that the Dutch fleet was burned down by Zheng Zhilong in the Far East, that the Dutch learned this wretched tactic. Then, in 1639, Dutch Admiral Marton Tropp, using the Eastern Fireboat tactics obtained from the Dutch East India Company, burned dozens of large Spanish warships in one fell swoop and won the "Battle of Downs". Moreover, it finally won the independence of the Netherlands.

As long as you have read "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" and see Wallace posing this kind of turtle formation, you must be ready to go to the fireboat happily. Then, the English fleet must be defeated. But the French are more rigid than the English, and have some knightly dogmatism. How can they know the fireboat tactics? Not to mention fireboats, even rockets are less prepared. Therefore, Wallace's fleet met the French who were idiots in naval warfare, and it was not in any danger.

Seeing the French army being beaten back, the French commander-in-chief, Count Valgerie, was very annoyed. However, seeing the British tactics of supporting the outer circle of ships with the inner circle of sailors, he was helpless. After all, the opponent used a local advantage tactics, which made the French feel a little bit tricky.

But soon, Valgeri thought of a countermeasure-you use the sailors of the inner ships to support the outer ships, and my French fleet can follow suit...

So, Count Valgerie let the French warships in the outer layer go against the ships in the inner circle that were alongside the British fleet. Then, learn from the British, and send sailors from other ships to the inner circle ships that are in contact with the British. In this way, the French will not fall behind in numbers. Even, because the French are already more numerous, they have an advantage in numbers...

At this time, the main British and French fleets formed a group, next to each other. The ships were crowded together, and the British and French sailors on the ships, by means of jumping boats and climbing ropes, leaned towards the ships that were in contact with each other between Britain and France, and fought bloody battles on the decks of ships outside England.

One group of people rushed up and was cut over, and the other group continued to climb up... Such a tactic of fueling made the deck of the English warship in the outer circle become a Shura field. The deck was full of corpses, and the deck was stained with blood, as if it had been painted red. And the miserable howls of the sailors in the middle of the knife also resounded through the battlefield...

The British and French sailors, all red-eyed, rushed forward and fought with each other. Even, in the end, in order to make enough space to fight the enemy, they kicked the corpses of their comrades from the deck into the sea to free up space to fight the enemy...

On the poop in the inner circle of the English fleet, Wallace walked around anxiously, occasionally looking at a large "pocket watch" (or more appropriately called a pocket clock) on the side. The casualties of the British army are getting bigger and bigger. If the battle continues like this, the British army with a small number of people will definitely not escape the doom of defeat. Now, Wallace can only pray that the reinforcement fleet arrives on the battlefield soon. Otherwise, he will die...