"My God, why do the Ming people come here? What should we do?"

"The Ming people are here, and they are here with huge warships. We have no choice but to surrender, and there is no other way!"

"Yes, I heard that these Orientals are particularly cruel and like to play with human anatomy, causing them to die in pain!"

Therefore, on the day of convening the parliament, there were noisy discussions everywhere in the palace hall, and there was a panic atmosphere. Even Xu Qianxue was infected by this atmosphere and felt a sense of depression that was about to suffocate.

He began to worry whether Ming Dynasty would completely destroy England this time.

And will I be punished for betraying the Ming Dynasty?

Moreover, Xu Qianxue couldn't help but start thinking whether he should report his family background when the Ming army was about to arrest him and tell these people that his uncle was an important minister of the Ming Dynasty's Chief of the Ming Dynasty and a famous scholar Gu Yanwu, and his two younger brothers held important positions in the Ming Empire.

Xu Qianxue kept paced, and he was even thinking about how to save his property in England after saving his life.

These properties naturally included a large number of slaves he had raised in England.

"Everyone, I believe you already know that the Ming Kingdom from the East has sent troops across the North Sea and invaded my British Empire! It can be said that my British Empire has reached the most critical moment in history!"

"When we are very clear about the strength of the Ming Dynasty. When we have no chance of winning in naval battles, we can only give up London first and carry out strategic transfers, first transfer all kinds of important materials and population to the mainland, and then fight with them after the Ming army lands!"

James expressed his opinion after seeing Charles II nodding at this time.

"Don't fight against it? But my British Empire is not a country good at land warfare. We have always relied on to protect our country with the navy, but now we only let us fight against Ming. In this way, will we lose faster?!"

At this time, a member of parliament made different opinions.

James had to shout loudly: "Naval War, we are no match for Ming Dynasty at all! Their navy fights in all waters around the world almost every year, and has rich experience in naval combat. Moreover, their warships and artillery are not something we can bear. Isn't it a lesson for the last time to defeat the Netherlands?!"

"Everyone! In my opinion, as long as our navy has the determination to defend the country to the death, we will definitely defeat the Ming army and protect our country. Although the Ming country is strong, it is impossible for him to send a large number of troops to our English. I am afraid it is just a small army, and then a large group of Dutch people were used to charge the Ming country's flag! We have not been fooled by this. The last time we went to fight the Netherlands, we found a large number of Ming army battle flags, and then mistakenly thought it was the Ming army, so we had to retreat. Later we found out that it was the Dutch people who were pretending to be the Dutch people. These damn Dutch people have always been a group of people who were afraid of death and greedy for money, and are far less heroic than those of my British Empire!"

"It can be seen that we do not need to be too afraid of the Ming army to invade. We should believe that we can defeat these robbers mainly from the Netherlands at sea! There is no need to transfer to the mainland, so that our land and factories are occupied by these robbers!"

Shortly after James said that, another person expressed a different opinion.

"Yes, we should not show weakness from the beginning, but should block the robbers from the country! This is also the most beneficial way for the people!"

"Well said, since it's mainly the Netherlands, there's nothing to be afraid of!"

Many MPs are still unwilling to give up their fields and factories along the coast, so they all opposed the proposal to abandon London and transfer their property to the mainland.

"I object! The Duke of York's proposal is undoubtedly wise. Even if the Ming army that came to invade my British Empire was mainly the Netherlands, we should respond to this invasion in the most reasonable way, not to say that we would not engage in naval battles with it, but should they take the opportunity to let our navy attack their navy and make it impossible for them to go back!"

There are also lawmakers who support James in expressing different opinions.

But in short, for a time, because more than 300 members of parliament expressed their respective opinions, the decision to deal with the war was not passed.

And the Ming army had already arrived in Wash Bay.

The British Navy stationed here did not receive any orders for war preparation, so it responded very hasty. Some British warships were shot first before they could add shells.

Two Ming steam warships, the "Jian Hou" and the "Deqing Hou", rushed in the front, like two vanguards, spitting thick smoke and slashing waves towards Kingsley Port, and the muzzles in front were spitting out flames without filling, bombing a round of shells at the British warship that set sail in a hurry.

The British Navy's wooden sail battleship could not withstand such bombardment at all. After being shot, the Ming army's shells were blown away, making wood chips fly, charred and burned.

Not long after, several British warships completely lost their ability to sail.

This is just an appetizer for the Ming army. It is just a test of the reality of the British Navy, so only two steam warships were sent.

The flagship "Ninghe King" has not yet been launched.

But the English Navy was obviously unable to withstand it.

Seeing this, Liu Zhaoji simply ordered the dispatch of an additional "Yan'an Hou" and ordered the Dutch mercenaries to follow him, and then land directly from Kingsling Port to complete the strategy of occupying Cambridge and then surrounding London.

"Damn it! Where did these armored ships come out? Why is there no news in London? What did the people who are in charge of intelligence do for food? Why didn't the king ask us to prepare in advance! My God! Is London already captured, so the news can't be heard? Send someone to London to ask!"

Earl Kroger, the leader of the English navy stationed here, spoke in depression.

"Not good, Lord Earl, there is an additional armored warship on the sea!"

After hearing this, Kroger quickly picked up the telescope and looked at it. His face turned pale for a moment, and said, "Can anyone tell me how to deal with such a warship!"

boom!

And after seeing another sail battleship being hit and began to sink into the sea, he had to decisively order: "All abandon ships and land! We need to defeat them on land with our courage!"

So the remaining three British battleships and five small battleships began to take the initiative to retreat. Then, all the remaining British naval officers and soldiers from Wash Bay returned to the shore, then lined up their arrays, raised their flintlocks, and prepared to wait for the Ming army to get ashore.

Not long after, a Ming-word battle flag emerged from the horizon in the British army's vision.
Chapter completed!