2 The Grand Duke Rose suddenly stood up and looked at the attendant with some expectations and said, "Where are people, where are they?"

Grand Duke Qiangwei, who had been waiting for the news of the war, stood up and almost grabbed the attendant's collar and asked.

The attendant said with a trembling look on his face, "They...they are waiting for the Grand Duke in the hall now."

Grand Duke Rose took a step forward and walked towards the living room in the front yard.

Soon the footsteps of Grand Duke Rose came, and in the living room, a group of dirty Spanish generals showed a hint of shy expression on their faces. They lowered their heads and dared not look at Grand Duke Rose who was rushing to see.

Before entering the hall, Grand Duke Qiangwei heard loudly whispering: "Let me tell me how the battle is going on in this battle, what are the Ming fleets with insufficient logistics now? Have they been sunk..."

Walking into the hall, Grand Duke Rose's eyes fell on General Levi and others. Soon the excitement on Grand Duke Rose's face gradually disappeared. No matter how much Grand Duke Rose still has the ability to observe words and expressions. The generals present had their faces as if their parents had died. This was not the look they should have when they returned from a great victory.

"Did you say you lost again?"

Grand Duke Rose swept over General Levi and finally looked at the naval commander Si Dewen, whom he appointed.

"Si Dewen, come and tell me what happened?"

Si Dewen took a deep breath, with a little bitterness on his face, and slowly said under the gaze of Grand Duke Rose: "Everything went smoothly, although we paid a little price, we finally suppressed the Ming fleet by relying on our number. Just when we were about to sink all the Ming fleet in one go, we never thought that the Ming Dynasty sent a wave of reinforcements to arrive in time. Not only did we rescue the surrounded Ming fleet, but it also posed a great threat to us..."

"What did you say? Reinforcements? The Ming fleet actually has reinforcements, thousands of miles apart. Tell me that reinforcements are coming?"

Grand Duke Rose almost jumped up and pointed at Si Dewen and cursed. No wonder Grand Duke Rose Rose reacted so fiercely. Si Dewen couldn't imagine that under the circumstances thousands of miles apart, the Ming fleet, which was alone, had reinforcements.

Apart from lamenting that God is not open to his eyes, Grand Duke Rose really doesn’t know what to say.

Although the West has no such saying that people make things happen, God is the one who makes things happen, at this time, Grand Duke Rose can only sigh that man's calculation is not as good as God's calculation.

After a while, Grand Duke Rose, who had recovered, sat there and looked at the dejected generals below, and coughed lightly, "Forget it, this was an accident. No one expected that the other party would actually have reinforcements. Let's talk about these reinforcements now."

As he said that, Grand Duke Qiangwei looked at Si Dewen and General Levi.

At this moment, General Levi took the initiative to speak: "General Si Dewen is in the rear and commands the entire army. He may not be as clear as before about the situation of the Ming reinforcements, so why not let me tell you about it."

Grand Duke Qiang looked at Si Dewen, but did not refute when he saw Si Dewen, so he said to General Levi: "Let's talk about it, what's going on with the Ming reinforcements?"

A bit of solemn expression appeared in his expression, General Levi said to Qiangwei: "I hope the Grand Duke can send a letter to the country immediately, asking for troops to be transferred from the country. Otherwise, the Strait of Gibraltar will most likely be lost from us..."

"This is impossible, it's really ridiculous!"

When General Levi said that the Strait of Gibraltar might be broken by the Ming people, Grand Duke Rose's instinctive reaction was to not believe it.

Spain has a lot of fortifications in the Strait of Gibraltar, and more than 20,000 troops gathered here.

It can be said that even if the Ming Dynasty attacked the Strait of Gibraltar, it depends on whether the Ming Dynasty can break through the defense of the Spanish army.

But General Levi looked at Qiangwei and said, "If the Grand Duke knew how many reinforcements had come to the Ming Dynasty this time, I'm afraid he wouldn't have said that!"

A little stunned, Grand Duke Rose took a deep breath and looked at General Levi and said, "How many reinforcements can the Ming Dynasty send thousands of miles away?"

General Levi did not directly reply to Grand Duke Qiangwei, but instead said to Si Dewen: "General Si Dewen, according to the general's judgment, how many reinforcements have arrived in the Ming Dynasty this time?"

Si Dewen was in the rear, although he was not as clear as General Levi, he could roughly judge.

After pondering for a moment, Si Dewen slowly said: "In my judgment, there are no less than a hundred warships alone in the Ming Dynasty this time, plus hundreds of transport ships. To be honest, I really can't say how many reinforcements have been brought."

The Grand Duke Rose looked absent, and General Levi nodded at this moment and said, "General Si Dewen said it well. There are hundreds of warships alone, among which the new warships account for almost half. In addition, there are hundreds of transport ships. Although I am not very clear about how many transport ships are transporting infantrymen, even if there are only hundreds, they are tens of thousands of infantrymen."

With a bang, Grand Duke Rose slapped the table, suddenly stood up and looked at the generals, and said in a deep voice: "Is what General Levi and General Si Dewen said true?"

The generals looked at me, and I looked at you, and nodded slowly.

Grand Duke Qiang Wei, who was sitting down, had a gloomy face and cursed in his mouth. Needless to say, Grand Duke Qiang Wei was cursing the reinforcements of the Ming Dynasty.

General Levi didn't care about Grand Duke Rose's mood at this moment, and said with some urgency: "Please send someone to the capital quickly and ask His Majesty the King and the Cabinet to dispatch troops, otherwise the Strait of Gibraltar will be in danger!"

The next day, a red sun slowly surfaced on the sea, and a new day began.

In the Strait of Gibraltar, in the harbor, above the watchtower, several soldiers were monitoring the movements on the sea surface. Suddenly, a soldier shouted: "Look, there is something happening."

Soon, the Qianli Miles Miles in the hands of several soldiers aimed at the black dots in the distance. In the Qianli Miles Miles Miles, black dots appeared on the sea surface. Based on their experience, it was almost instantly possible that the black dots in the Qianli Miles Miles Miles Miles Miles were simply ships approaching.

The alarm ring sounded, and soon the alarm ring sounded throughout the port. General Si Dewen was responsible for the defense of the port on weekdays.

Not long ago, he withdrew his troops in a mess, and it was a blessing that the previous defeat had nothing to do with Si Dewen. Otherwise, Si Dewen would have to be responsible for that failure.

Because of General Levi's warning, and Si Dewen himself also judged that after the Ming fleet gathered reinforcements, it was very likely that it would launch an offensive against the port recently.

After all, the Ming fleet did not attack the port before, because the fleet was insufficient logistics. Now the logistics is no longer a problem. Could it be that the Ming fleet will still put the ports and not attack?

Anyway, if he put himself in his shoes, he would definitely launch a crazy offensive against the port with great victory.

Since it was expected, Si Dewen did not panic after learning the police, but instead made arrangements in an orderly manner.

On the one hand, he sent someone to Tongbing Qiangwei, and made arrangements according to the daily warnings.

The soldiers were stationed in the forts built on both sides of the strait, and their muzzles were aimed at the sea outside the port.

At the same time, the army of infantry stationed several miles away from the port will also arrive at the port as soon as it receives the news, and then guard the port to prevent the Ming ships from approaching the port for landing war.

It was just a cup of tea. Si Dewen, who had climbed the watchtower, could clearly see through the Qianli Mile Mile, the ships were heading towards them on the sea like arrows leaving the strings.

It was precisely because of the clear view of the fleet coming towards the port that Si Dewen's face looked extremely solemn.

Even though he was mentally prepared, Si Dewen was extremely shocked when he saw so many ships coming towards the port as if they were overwhelming.

More than a hundred ships spread on the sea surface. As they got closer, an invisible pressure naturally came to their faces.

He had already seen the strength of the Ming fleet during the battle, especially the terrifying momentum under the saturation of firepower in the Ming fleet. Si Dewen was now in his heart when he saw the Ming ships one by one.

At this moment, a burst of rapid footsteps came, and several generals quickly walked up to the watchtower.

The watchtower was not big, but it was enough to accommodate a few people. General Levi held the Qianli Mile Mile in his hand and looked at the ship getting closer and closer, with a serious expression: "It seems that the Ming Dynasty is not good at this time."

Needless to General Levi, a fool can see that the Ming fleet is not well-known.

The sound of whimpering horns came, and teams of Portuguese soldiers were entering positions all over the port in an orderly manner.

At the same time, one ship after another also raised sails and sailed out of the port and headed towards the Ming fleet.

The pride of the Spanish naval fleet made them unable to bear the result of being blocked in the port. They would rather sink outside the port than stay in the port and be bombarded into pieces.

Of course, there is no other choice. Anyway, the result is the same. Since that is the case, why do you have to die in the port cowardly?

With a loud bang, a ship led by the leader fired the first fire, splashing a column of water on the water surface.

Seeing this scene, General Levi couldn't help but sigh: "Sure enough, the Ming fleet, which received logistics support, would not abandon its own advantages and choose to fight with us in close combat. After all, the Ming fleet was not in sufficient logistics before, so we were given the opportunity to bombard us in close combat."

The Ming fleet was like a tiger descending a mountain, and the dozens of new warships led by them were even more fierce and frighteningly powerful.

The firepower of dozens of new warships alone is almost comparable to the firepower that can be output by a whole fleet and hundreds of ships in the previous period.

The shells fell like heavy rain. It is conceivable that under such circumstances, the Spanish fleet that rushed out of the port to fight was just a blink of an eye. Several warships were hit, either directly sunk or ignited a fire.

Seeing this situation, Si Dewen couldn't help but punch the railing of the watchtower and said angrily: "Damn it, if you have the ability, come and fight!"

Of course, this is just an angry word. As a qualified general, he naturally knows that as long as he can win, no matter what kind of means, a fool will give up his own advantages without using it.

As Spanish warships sailed out of the port, but just after they left the port, what was waiting for them was the Ming fleet, which had already spread its fangs.

One round of shells fell like a god of death. The closer the distance, the higher the hit rate. Even if the Spanish fleet counterattacked wildly, the Ming Dynasty's artillery fire was naturally more sharp, especially the destructive power of the flowering bullet was far greater than that of the solid bullet.

The Ming fleet sank a warship, and Spain must sink at least four. It’s not that the Spanish navy is not qualified enough, but the only thing is that the equipment gap between the two sides is quite large.

If the Spaniards changed their equipment from the Ming Dynasty, they would be afraid that their combat effectiveness would not be much worse.

Whenever a Spanish fleet rushed out of the port, it would be covered by a piece of artillery fire. Unless it was lucky enough, the warship had already turned into a sea of ​​fire after a round of artillery attacks, and it was already a fortune.

Through the Qianli Mirror, General Levi looked at each other with Si Dewen and others, and everyone showed despair.

It is probably unrealistic to use the fleet to block the Ming Dynasty's attack. If this continues, at most, there will probably not be many of the hundreds of ships in the entire Spanish fleet in half a day.

"The worst must be made, so I will go and ask the Grand Duke to order all the troops to be transferred, and to guard the straits and ports to the death."

As he said that, General Levi quickly stepped down from the watchtower and headed straight for Grand Duke Rose's residence.

A fierce naval battle was taking place outside the port. Although it was still several miles away from the port, the rumbling of cannons could be vaguely heard in the port, so at this moment, Grand Duke Qiang was listening to the report of his servants.

When General Levi arrived, Grand Duke Rose stood up and grabbed General Levi and said, "Levi, is the Ming fleet coming to attack the port?"

Levi nodded slightly and said, "Duke, the Ming Dynasty is coming in full force. We are worried that the fleet alone will not stop them for too long. We must mobilize troops to enter the port, just in case!"

Grand Duke Qiangwei immediately said, "I will send people to the port."

While speaking, Grand Duke Rose looked at General Levi and said solemnly: "Levi, tell me, with our current strength, can we fight back the Ming army, defend the port, and guard the Strait of Gibraltar?"

Levi showed a hint of embarrassment on his face when he heard this, and slowly shook his head at Grand Duke Rose in a ugly face.

Although Levi said nothing, his attitude showed everything. If Levi was sure, he would not shake his head and say nothing.

After understanding what Levi means, Grand Duke Rose couldn't help but punch the void and gritted his teeth and said, "If you can't defend it, you must guard it. What does the Strait of Gibraltar have to do to me in Spain? Even if I don't say it, you should know. Once you lose the Strait of Gibraltar, we will go to the military court at that time."

Lost the Strait of Gibraltar, which is the throat of the Mediterranean, has a great impact on Spain's naval power and on the economy.

Spain is known as a naval power and is hard to come by. Once it fails, even an important place like the Strait of Gibraltar has been occupied. What kind of face and reputation does Spain have?

Staring at General Levi, Grand Duke Rose suddenly said, "I will hand over all the command of the army to you. Levi, are you sure to defend the port for my Spanish Kingdom and the Strait of Gibraltar?"

General Levi stood solemnly and said suddenly: "Long live Spain!"

Holding the Grand Duke Rose's handwriting, General Levi strode away.

After General Levi left, Grand Duke Rose pondered and shouted: "Come here! Prepare the carriage quickly. I will go to bring reinforcements from His Majesty the King!"

With the order from Grand Duke Rose, and General Levi's reputation and prestige in the Spanish army, everyone naturally obeyed General Levi's orders. Soon General Levi transferred most of the infantry troops stationed outside the port, and then stationed in the port, setting up three lines of defense, ready to fight for a port with the Ming Dynasty.

The fire in the port was shocking. At this moment, a carriage, surrounded by a team of cavalry, left the port and left.

In the port, the ships of the Spanish fleet quickly sank outside the port one by one. It took only more than an hour to sink dozens of warships on the sea outside the port.

So many warships sank, and even many ships' hulls were piled up together, even exposed on the sea surface.

When the last warship slowly sank, the rumbling shelling finally stopped. When the port saw the entire Spanish fleet being wiped out, many people couldn't help but shed tears.

The fire in the port was shocking. At this moment, a carriage, surrounded by a team of cavalry, left the port and left.

In the port, the ships of the Spanish fleet quickly sank outside the port one by one. It took only more than an hour to sink dozens of warships on the sea outside the port.

So many warships sank, and even many ships' hulls were piled up together, even exposed on the sea surface.

When the last warship slowly sank, the rumbling shelling finally stopped. When the port saw the entire Spanish fleet being wiped out, many people couldn't help but shed tears.
Chapter completed!