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After passing the Cape of Good Hope, the fleet headed north to Côte d'Ivoire, commonly known as the Ivory Coast or the Gold Coast, which is a famous slave trading point.

European ships brought industrial products and weapons, which were exchanged for black slaves from local tribes. The slaves were then sold to farmers in the Americas, where they were exchanged for agricultural products and gold, and then shipped back to Europe for sale.

This is the famous triangle trade.

Huge profits can be obtained at almost no cost.

Today in Côte d'Ivoire, the black slave trade is still prosperous, but Dahua has not participated in it because Dahua does not like these uneducated and difficult-to-communicate labor force.

Moreover, Dahua has no shortage of labor force.

In comparison, India's labor force is much easier to use than these black people.

After arriving in the waters of Cote d'Ivoire, Dahua's fleet encountered a merchant ship from Europe.

"God, what is that?"

As a captain, you should be most familiar with ships.

However, after Jack saw Dahua's fleet, he was not sure for a moment that those were ships.

It was just too much, too big, too fast.

"Damn it, turn around and avoid them."

Seeing the captain stunned, the deputy shouted quickly.

He didn't want to get involved in Dahua's fleet, lest he be smashed to pieces.

The sailors who woke up quickly adjusted the angle of the sail and paddled manually to change the route and avoid Dahua's fleet.

When Dahua's fleet passed by them, Jack once again felt his insignificance.

Dahua's aircraft carrier and the Yanhuang battleship both made him feel suffocated.

Especially those black main guns on the Yanhuang.

Looking at those main guns, I felt like a knife was on my neck.

Your own life depends entirely on the other person's thoughts.

The Chinese army was not bored enough to fire cannons at a merchant ship. They stopped outside the port and went in one after another to replenish fuel, food and fresh water.

Dahua's port in Cote d'Ivoire is not large enough to accommodate too many ships at one time, so it has to take turns to replenish it.

The fleet parked outside the port soon attracted the attention of Europeans in Cote d'Ivoire.

They boarded the ship one after another and went to the place where the Dahua fleet stayed, watching from a distance.

"Tsk, tsk, tsk, what kind of ship is that? It's too big."

A captain looked through the telescope and sighed.

He saw the Feijian aircraft carrier and the Yanhuang battleship. These two ships shocked him greatly.

"The one with a lot of artillery should be a Dahua battleship. I don't know about the other one. But you can tell by looking at its head that this is by no means a simple thing."

said another businessman.

Battleship, as the Chinese call it, mainly refers to the kind of battleship with many artillery pieces on board that provides the main firepower in naval battles.

This was the information he got from newspapers. As for the aircraft carrier, few people in Dahua knew about it, and they Europeans were even less clear about it.

"They are all armored ships. God knows how much it costs to build these armored ships. The Chinese are really rich."

"There is no question of money. Even if our king is willing to spend this money, do you think they can build such a big ship?"

"It looks like those two big ships must have at least tens of thousands of tons. It's incredible."

.......

These are the emotions of the curious and melon-eating people.

For some people who are more sensitive to current affairs and politics, there is no such leisurely elegance at this time.

"This is Dahua's warship. It's terrible, it's terrible."

muttered a businessman.

Dahua's warship appears here, obviously not for tourism.

In addition, some time ago, European newspapers were also publicizing the conflicts between Dahua and the European Union in the Americas. Europeans also know that the EU and Dahua are in conflict.

Therefore, the intention of the Dahua warship appearing here has become easy to guess.

"It's over. Are you planning to attack Europe? What should we do?"

"Quick, send someone back to report the news."

"Reporting a message? Is it still too late? Or, is it useful to report a message?"

.......

The Chinese did not expel them and allowed them to visit because they did not care about leaking secrets or reporting the news.

So what if they successfully report the news? Is it possible that they can still work overtime and create a large number of warships that can compete overnight?

After two days of repairs in Cote d'Ivoire and completion of supplies, Dahua's fleet headed straight for Gibraltar.

By this time, EU troops had been besieging Ceuta for several days.

The EU has long known that Dahua's fleet has gone to sea, so it knows that this day will come sooner or later.

Although all EU countries are very scared, at this point, they have no fear and can only deal with it head-on.

Therefore, they estimated that the Chinese army was about to arrive, and launched an attack on Ceuta, hoping to prevent Dahua's fleet from having a foothold.

However, the development of things was not as they wished.

In the EU's plan, a surprise attack was launched to capture Ceuta within three days.

Then build enough fortifications in Ceuta, or burn down the revisions. In short, we cannot leave Dahua as a supply depot and foothold.

However, the moment the Dahua fleet set off, Ceuta received a telegram from Nanjing.

The telegram asked them to prepare for defense early and to hold on to Ceuta.

Although Dahua's fleet is invincible at sea, it cannot float on the sea forever. A port is still very important.

While Dahua was giving instructions, he was also secretly sending more troops to Ceuta.

Five thousand troops from Pakistan had already been sent to Suez by ship. They boarded the ship in Port Said and quietly arrived in Ceuta.

When the European Union launched an attack on Ceuta, Dahua's garrison in Ceuta had reached 7,000 people.

It is not difficult for seven thousand people to hold on to small Ceuta with the help of fortifications.

At the beginning, the EU only gathered 50,000 people because they underestimated the enemy.

In their opinion, fifty thousand versus two thousand is enough.

However, they never expected that Ceuta already had more than 7,000 Chinese troops.

It's not impossible for 50,000 people to attack a place garrisoned by 7,000 people, it just takes longer.

The Chinese fleet is about to arrive, and the EU obviously cannot afford to delay it.

Once Dahua's fleet arrives, their maritime supply lines will probably be cut off.

Therefore, in order to capture Ceuta before the arrival of the Dahua fleet, the EU continued to increase its troops in Ceuta.

The first batch of reinforcements was 20,000, and 30,000 were still being mobilized.

In order to take Ceuta, the EU has assembled a hundred thousand troops.

Facing the offensive of a hundred thousand troops, Chen Luo, the governor of Ceuta, could not help but frown.

You know, these 100,000 troops are not just cats and dogs, they are an army equipped with modern weapons.