It was still late at night in the satellite town.
In the Castellan Residence, Ouyang Shuo smiled and said, "The Tiger Leopard Cavalry fought a beautiful victory. It's time to get serious on the main battlefield tomorrow. Wen He, immediately contact the spies in Labate City. We'll act on time tomorrow morning. "
"Yes, Sir!"
Jia Xu turned and left. The most crucial day of the national war had finally arrived.
…
Just as Ouyang Shuo was about to deliver a fatal blow to Labate City, an unusual conversation was taking place in the underground world below the satellite town.
Previously, when the Moroccan players had evacuated the satellite town, some adventurers who were still deep in the underground world had not been able to evacuate in time and had stayed in the underground world.
When the expeditionary army had settled in the satellite town, they did not dare to come out even if they wanted to.
Those who could enter the depths of the underground world were all elites among the adventurers. The conversation was between an elite team of the Golden Mercenary Corps, which was in charge of pioneering the underground world for the guild.
The members of the team had already learned about the annihilation of the Moroccan army from the forum.
This made them extremely furious.
"Captain, shouldn't we do something?" The one who spoke was a young man dressed as an archer. His eyes shone with intelligence.
The captain was a warrior with a rough face. He said, "What do you think, Tita?"
Tita rolled his eyes and said coldly, "Captain, do you still remember the group of Demonic Duckbill Beasts we encountered the day before yesterday?"
"Of course, those monsters were really scary. If we hadn't run away in time, we would have died there," the captain replied casually. He only reacted after that, and his eyes widened as he asked, "You're not thinking of doing something to them, are you? Are you crazy?"
"Why not?" Tita did not care. "Captain, think about it. If we can lure those monsters to the surface, it will definitely be a big problem for the enemy. There are tens of thousands of quasi-spiritual beasts."
"How can we lure them with our strength?"
Although the captain was somewhat tempted, he could not guess Tita's thoughts.
Tita heard this and laughed. "Captain, did you notice that when we passed by the group of Demonic Duckbill Beasts that day, the Duckbill Beast King was laying eggs. If we steal the egg and throw it into the satellite town, the monsters will definitely riot. "
"Moreover," Tita's eyes flashed with greed as he said, "I can tell that the nest of the monsters is hiding treasures. Once we lure all the monsters away, won't all the treasures be ours?! In that case, not only would we be able to take revenge, but we would also be able to obtain the treasure, killing two birds with one stone. "
Hearing this, the team leader nodded. He then frowned and said, "Your idea is good, but the eggs laid by the Beast King must be placed in the depths of the nest, heavily guarded. If we could really steal the egg, we wouldn't have to waste so much effort. "
Tita smiled and suddenly took out an item from his storage pouch. "Look, what is this?"
"Invisibility Charm?!" the captain exclaimed. "You actually have such a rare item?"
Tita smiled and said, "I obtained it by chance."
The captain was overjoyed. He patted Tita's shoulder hard and smiled. "With this treasure, it's possible. If we can really lure those monsters to the surface, you'll have done a great job. You can choose three of the treasures in the nest first. "
Tita smiled and said, "Then what are we waiting for? Let's go now. It's better to be early than late."
"Let's go!"
The elite team packed their bags and disappeared into the underground cave.
21st of May, sunny.
Early in the morning, the sky was just beginning to brighten. The red sun had not completely risen from the depths of the Atlantic Ocean. Almost stepping on the afterglow of the red sun, the Spanish Invincible Fleet smoothly passed through the Strait of Gibraltar.
The fleet sailing on the sea did not notice at all that there were wooden boxes floating in the sea in front of them.
The commander of the Invincible Fleet was not Casillas, but his general, who was also one of the greatest historical generals of the heyday of Spain, Duke Alejandro Farnese of Parma.
Alexandre Farnese was the son of Ottavio, Duke of Parma in Italy. His mother was the illegitimate daughter of the Holy Roman Emperor and King Carlos I of Spain, Marguerite de Palma, governor of the Netherlands. When he was young, he was sent as a hostage to the court of his uncle, King Philip II of Spain. He grew up with another illegitimate son of Carlos I of Spain, Don Juan, who was two years younger than him.
In 1571, Alejandro Farnese served as Don Juan's adjutant and defeated the Ottoman Navy in the Battle of Lepanto. The following year, he returned to the territory of Parma. After that, he went to the Netherlands to suppress the outbreak of the Netherlands Revolution. In 1578, he participated in the Battle of Genbloo and defeated the Dutch rebels.
In October of the same year, the viceroy of the Netherlands Don Juan died of illness on the outskirts of Genbloo, and Alejandro Farnese succeeded Don Juan as the viceroy of the Netherlands.
Unlike the previous two viceroys of the Netherlands, Duke Alvaro, who blindly suppressed and Don Juan strongly advocated appeasement, Alejandro Farnese suppressed the Utrecht Alliance led by the Prince of Orange while reconciling with the Catholic majority in the south.
During his eight years as viceroy of the Netherlands, he made outstanding military achievements and recovered ten of the seventeen rebellious provinces in the south. His territory formed today's Belgium. In 1586, he inherited the title of Duke of Parma.
Duke Alvaro's defection to Shanhai City undoubtedly made the Spanish royal family quite indignant. It was under such circumstances that Alejandro Farnese took the initiative to serve Casillas and rebuild the Spanish Invincible Fleet.
Therefore, the battle between the Invincible Fleet and the Mediterranean Fleet could also be called a fateful battle.
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The flagship of the Invincible Fleet, the Prince of Asturias.
Casillas stood at the front of the deck, looked at the calm sea, and said to Alejandro Farnese, "General, will the Mediterranean Fleet set up an ambush nearby?"
The Strait of Gibraltar was the narrowest on both sides. Once the Spanish Invincible Fleet entered the Atlantic Ocean, it was difficult to say whether the Mediterranean Fleet of the Great Xia Dynasty could find the whereabouts of the Invincible Fleet, let alone set up an ambush.
Therefore, this was the best place for the Mediterranean Fleet to ambush.
"There is such a possibility, cough cough ~ ~"
Alejandro Farnese, who appeared in the wilderness, was only thirty-five years old, but his health was not good. In history, Alejandro Farnese died in Asra at the end of 1592 because of a serious illness, coupled with the fact that the war was not going well and the monarch was suspicious.
Alejandro Farnese turned around and said, "Guards!"
"Yes!"
"Pass down the order, all ships enter a state of war and remain vigilant at all times."
"Yes!"
At the thought of the upcoming battle, Casillas was a little excited. At this moment, battleships came from both sides of the strait, and at the same time, golden flags fluttered in the wind.
"It's the Mediterranean Fleet of the Great Xia Dynasty!" Casillas recognized it at once.
Alejandro Farnese heard this, took out his binoculars and observed carefully. He saw that this time, only the third and fourth formations of the Mediterranean Fleet were attacking, a total of more than a hundred main battleships.
"Aren't they a little too confident?" Alejandro Farnese frowned. It was crazy enough to fight against the full Spanish Invincible Fleet with the strength of two large formations.
"General Alvaro, what are you planning?"
Alejandro Farnese was cautious in using troops, but he could not see through this senior's tactics.
"Who cares what they're planning. Since the Mediterranean Fleet dares to come, let's make it a one-way trip." Casillas looked excited and said with a smile, "The other two formations of the Mediterranean Fleet must still be delayed in Rabat, the capital of Morocco, and can't make it back for a while. Alvaro has been ordered to intercept us again. This time, I'm afraid he'll have to do it even if he doesn't want to. "Casillas immediately came up with such an explanation.
Alejandro Farnese listened and said noncommittally, "Let's hope so."
At this moment, an unforeseen event happened.
Suddenly, a series of explosions came from the bottom of the sea. "Boom! Boom! Boom! "
The strange thing was that the explosions almost all came from the bottom of the battleship, and most of them were at the bow. What was even more strange was that the closer they got to the front of the fleet, the more intense the explosions.
In an instant, more than twenty battleships were damaged and could not move. What was chilling was that the explosions were still going on and did not seem to have any intention of stopping.
"What's going on?"
Casillas' expression changed drastically. The explosions were still going on, and there were even explosions under the flagship.
"Go and check and see what's going on!" Casillas almost roared as he gave the order, showing that his mind was in a mess.
The panicked Casillas did not notice that Alejandro Farnese's expression had become extremely solemn as he muttered to himself, "Mine, could this be the legendary mine?"
Alejandro Farnese's guess was quickly confirmed. What was laid out in the surrounding sea was indeed a mine, and could even be called the ancestor of the mine.
"Quick, order the fleet to stop advancing!" Alejandro Farnese ordered.
A mine is an explosive weapon laid in the water. It can be detonated by the mechanical collision of ships or by other non-contact factors, such as magnetism, noise, water pressure, etc., and is used to damage enemy ships or hinder their activities.
Because of the characteristics of cheap, powerful, easy to lay, difficult to find and sweep, and flexible, mines became a weapon often used in asymmetric warfare.
Generally speaking, the cost of removing a mine was ten to two hundred times that of laying it.
When mentioning the mine, people's first reaction was that it should be a modern weapon, but in fact, it was not. The mine was actually the most ancient underwater weapon, and its hometown was in ancient China.
The mine was first invented by the Chinese. In 1549 AD, the "underwater mine" made by the Ming Dynasty could be called the world's first mine. The mine used a wooden box as the mine shell, putty glued the seam, and the rope below was connected to an anchor. The depth was controlled, and it was fired manually. It was more than two hundred years earlier than the West made and used the mine.
The Ming Dynasty improved the mine again and called it the "underwater dragon cannon."
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