The Rise of the European Emperor

Although Wallace was a Scottish shipowner, Wallace, who was only 19 years old at the time, entered the English navy since 1485 when the family lined up correctly. -79 Novel Network - Although I usually run for transportation, I only entered the naval sequence to participate in the war during the war, but after 20 years, the 39-year-old Sir Wallace is also very familiar with naval warfare.

The French's idea of ​​naval warfare is a frontal collision of hard bridges and hard horses, which is completely the maritime version of the knight's charge. But the problem is - the speed of the land knight is faster than that of the infantry, and it can hit the enemy line. But at sea, your ship is not faster than others, how can you guarantee that it will collide with the enemy ship?

The English were much older, and under Wallace's command, 54 large English ships were scattered. Moreover, all rushing to the west first, instead of facing the French fleet in the south...

Why is this? Because the British want to "grab the wind"...

The so-called "strong wind" means to seize the upper wind. The ships of this era are all sailboats, which mainly rely on the wind to drive the ships. When the wind is down, the speed is naturally faster.

At the same time, after occupying the upper wind, the sailboat can not only run faster, but also be conducive to 'shooting'. Of course, the so-called 'shooting' at this time does not refer to the 'shooting' of artillery, but the 'shooting' of bows and arrows. Bows and arrows fly slower and are more affected by wind. Therefore, seizing the upper hand is very beneficial to long-range strikes against the enemy.

The 54 main warships, under the eyes of the French, first folded to the west, and then, by the west wind, rushed to the southeast...

"No, transport fleet!"

The French commander-in-chief Valgery, who originally commanded more than 100 main warships and wanted to confront the British fleet, was surprised when he saw the direction of the main English fleet. Because the direction of England's main warships is exactly where the French medium-sized transport ships are most concentrated... There, those Kirk sailboats are loaded with horses, artillery and other baggage, which is very important...

Then Count Valgeri ordered loudly:

"Turn the rudder to the left! Backward! The back team becomes the front team! Be sure to stop the English pirates!"

Afterwards, the messengers on the ship shouted and sang folk songs to convey the order of Count Valgeri...

It took a long time for the order to reach the last French warship. The French fleet then began to swerve awkwardly to the rear and sail south, intending to stop the British ships rushing towards the convoy.

At this time, the transport fleet was also somewhat panicked. Seeing that the main force of the British warships rushed towards the group of transport ships, the personnel on the French transport ships were a little panicked. However, in the vast sea, they did not dare to run around. After all, it is too far from mainland France. Even if he wanted to retreat and escape, it was too late.

The front is closer to the land of England,

However, Sir Wallace arranged the remaining forty or so small and medium-sized warships in the northeast direction, and looked at the transport ships eagerly. If any ship dares to force its way to the land of England, it will go up and fight...

These transport ships lacked guard protection, because the French put most of their soldiers on the 100 ships. And those transport ships lack combat power. Therefore, even if they encounter those small and medium-sized English warships, these transport ships may not be able to beat them.

The French commander-in-chief, General Valgery, seemed to have thought of this, so he sent 20 warships to attack the formation of small and medium-sized warships in England to open a passage. After all, the main purpose of the French was to cross the sea for the fleet, not to fight at sea.

It is a pity that those small and medium-sized English warships are all light and flexible boats. Facing the rushing French main battleship, he was not in a hurry at all. Under the command of the commanders, these small and medium-sized English warships took advantage of the advantage of "small ships and turned around", and the 20 French warships circled the sea. But no matter how they went around, those small and medium-sized English warships did not give way to the land of England. Because, Sir Wallace once gave an order - never allow a French transport ship to dock, otherwise the captain will military law...

As a last resort, the captains of these small and medium-sized English warships took advantage of the flexibility of small and medium-sized ships and circled the French warships on the sea, but they refused to give way.

The French warships also complained a lot. These 20 ships were large ships of two or three hundred tons, and it was much more difficult to turn around than those small English ships. So, playing in circles with England's boats is really not what they are good at. Therefore, no matter how they rushed, they couldn't catch the English boats and couldn't solve their opponents by gang battle.

In desperation, the French captains had to order the crossbowmen on board to use crossbows to 'shoot' the English sailors on the circling English boats.

When sailing at sea, the stability of the ship is too poor. Those French crossbowmen clearly aimed at the Englishmen on the passing English boat, but as the boat swayed left and right, they all hit the ground...

When it comes to long-range attacks, who are the English afraid of? So, sailors on the English warships who were good at 'shooting' arrows took out English longbows and arrows and began to fight back...

It is very difficult to 'accurately' aim at the enemy and 'shoot' on a ship that is tossing left and right. Therefore, the English people are very pragmatic and do not "precisely" aim and "shoot" the shot, but follow the feeling. Anyway, it is enough to shoot arrows on the deck of the French warship, not to mention aiming and not aiming. The only requirement is to be fast to form a dense rain of arrows...

This trick really worked. Compared with the French crossbowmen's flat 'shoot' aiming, this kind of quick 'shoot' shot of the "shoot" and "natural" nature, although the hit rate was not high, was better than the dense rain of arrows. There are already many people on the deck of the French warships. In the face of the dense rain of arrows, except for those knights who wear plate armor, those sailors who don't wear plate armor have suffered...

"Ah, I'm shot!" A sailor who was 'manipulating' the sail was unfortunately 'shot' by the arrows of English sailors and fell from the mast.

The French commander hurriedly sent soldiers to rescue, but more than one or two sailors were hit by arrows. Many sailors and French soldiers who did not wear full plate armor suffered. The difference is which part of the body is hit by the arrow...

If the arrow hits the vital part, it's over. If the arrow is hit in the general area, pull out the arrow and bandage it, maybe it will be better. However, with the level of treatment of the French army in this era, even the cloth used to bandage the wounds of the soldiers was black and was pulled at random. Whether the arrow hit can survive in the end, really only depends on the will of God...

There are also unlucky people in England who have been hit by the French army's crossbow arrows. After all, although the French army is not very good at using crossbow arrows on ships, they are lucky and can always catch some unlucky people. But in general, the British casualties were much less than the French...

Here the small boats and the French warships are entangled, and the main warships there are not ambiguous...

When the 80 main ships of the French fleet stood in front of the French transport fleet, under the command of Sir Wallace, the British army suddenly turned the rudder and no longer directly attacked the French transport fleet, but turned to the northeast...

In fact, this was just Wallace's way of evading the main force of the French fleet, but Valgeri, the French commander, was horrified. Because, to the northeast, there are 20 French warships fighting against English boats...

As a result, General Valgeri immediately put down the small speedboats from the boat and asked them to rush to the northeast, so that the 20 French warships were withdrawn, so as not to be surrounded and annihilated by the 54 warships of the main British army.

But in fact, Sir Wallace had no intention of besieging the 20 French warships that had left the formation. When "passing by" with the main French fleet, thousands of arrows were fired on the side of the main British battleship, attacking the French army in a 'wave' and taking away many French sailors and soldiers.

But then, when he saw that the French warships were going to rush up to take over the battle, Wallace took 54 main British warships and ran away...

These ships turned the rudder again, headed northwest, and then went to seize the upper wind... In short, Wallace's strategy was - to fight to the end, never to face...