Chongzhen Wiretapping System

Chapter 953
As for the reason why the name is American, hehe, that's what it means!

Next, Emperor Chongzhen summoned all the remaining vassal kings in the country to the capital, planning to seal them all to America, Australia and New Zealand.

Australia and New Zealand at this time are really barren lands, even more miserable than the American continent.But whoever made them low-minded, they had to wait until the end before going to the feudal clan.

In the days that followed, Emperor Chongzhen began to worry about this matter. Of course, people's livelihood issues were inevitable.

No matter how big Ming is, there are always hurricanes, floods, and droughts every year.But if there is no man-made disaster, it will definitely not cause serious consequences.

Daming is now thriving, and the yamen supervise each other.With the historical lessons of the early years of the Chongzhen Dynasty, the courtiers that Emperor Chongzhen has been using now are still doing their best.

But that doesn't mean he won't take care of it, spot checks are inevitable.If a problem is found, it should be dealt with.

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While Emperor Chongzhen was busy with these things, the pirates from various countries in America also fled back to Europe.In this way, the news that the entire America was captured by Ming was gradually known to other countries besides Spain.

This is really big news for the whole of Europe.

When Spain was strong in the past, the pirates in the Americas could not be cleaned up.But now, after the Ming Dynasty conquered America, they drove all the pirates back to Europe.This shows how powerful the navy of the Ming Dynasty is!
At this time, in Britain, Cromwell's title was Lord Protector, who ruled over England, Scotland and Ireland.And he dissolved parliament again, further strengthening his rule, not king more than king.

At this time, he was full of ambitions.If it weren't for the fear that his senior officers would be dissatisfied, he would have had the chance to become king directly.For this reason, he always wanted to do something to further enhance his prestige and consolidate his rule.

At this moment, he knew the news from America.

"What?" Cromwell stood up suddenly, looked at Robert in front of him in shock, and confirmed loudly, "You mean that there are iron-clad and smoking warships in the Chinese fleet, rampant and invincible?"

"Yes!" Robert, who had fled back, recalled the three rampant "monster warships", and couldn't help feeling afraid, and quickly replied to Cromwell, "That iron-clad battleship is really beyond the reach of any sailing warship! "

"Yes, yes!" William on the side also quickly echoed, "Even if its mast is broken, it will still be faster than the sailing warship. If we didn't see the opportunity and escape quickly, we wouldn't be able to come back. Already!"

The two of them were instructed by Cromwell to go to the American continent to become pirates, originally planning to rob the Spanish treasure ship.Unexpectedly, he hit the iron plate of the Ming fleet and fled back in despair.

Cromwell listened, a little hard to imagine.How on earth is the armored warship made so that it can be made faster than wood?
Intuition told him that the smoking thing might be the key.If it doesn't work, it's abnormal!

However, no matter how much he thought about it, he couldn't figure out why the ship ran faster than the sailing warship after the smoke was emitted from the hull?
Unable to understand, he immediately ordered that the head of the shipbuilder under him come to see him.At the same time, he repeatedly confirmed the number of iron-clad smoking warships.

After that, he said with some doubts: "After that battle, you haven't seen it again? And there are only three ships in total, and you fled back?"

One disadvantage of the steam armored warship is that it needs coal as fuel.In the past, it was simply impossible to store coal in the major ports for replenishment.Therefore, the steam ironclad battleship has been docked on the Pacific side, and after repairing the mast, it usually sails by wind.Steam power will not be used until the coal reserves in the east and west ports of the American continent are available.

Of course, there is another reason, that is, the steam engine has been used for a long time, and the parts are worn out, so they must be replaced and maintained.At present, there is no steam engine factory in America.All parts and spare steam engines had to be transported from Daming.

Therefore, steam ironclad battleships basically rely on wind power to sail.As a result, the usual speed is not as good as that of a real sailing warship.The task of patrolling and cleaning up pirates is no longer performed by ironclad warships.

At this time, hearing Cromwell's question, Robert and William glanced at each other, and then Robert replied: "The Ming army has too many warships, and we also know that there are islands all over the coast. There is a place to hide. As a last resort, I can only come back."

Another reason is that without the Spanish treasure ship, they also lost the motivation to exist in the Americas.

After hearing this, Cromwell asked in surprise, "There are really so many warships in the Ming Dynasty?"

"I swear on my reputation, there are definitely a lot." Robert swore immediately after hearing this, "There are at least more than 1000 ships!"

Although William did not speak, he nodded in agreement from the side.

Cromwell frowned immediately after hearing this, and asked doubtfully, "Is this too much?"

Hearing this, Robert hesitated, and finally said: "Actually, the Ming Dynasty is a big country, with more than 1000 ships. It is not surprising for them to have so many warships!"

"No, the warships of the Ming Dynasty are still in the Indian Ocean!" Cromwell explained to them after hearing this, "The Ming Dynasty fleet has been in a stalemate with us and the combined fleet of the Netherlands, and the number is much larger than ours. But I haven’t heard of any iron-clad smoking warships over there!”

Is this a war on two fronts?After hearing this, Robert murmured in his heart, and then asked: "Anyway, there shouldn't be more than 1000 ships in the Indian Ocean, right?"

"Not really!" Cromwell shook his head and replied, "There are at most three hundred ships!"

Speaking of this, he paused and then said: "Max sent a letter saying that for the benefit of Persia, he asked me to send more fleets there. I don't know what's going on now?"

After a pause, thinking of something, he added with a little worry: "Recently, I heard that the Ming army has captured Persia and is still fighting with Ottomans. If this is the case, our efforts in Persia will be wasted!"

Hearing this, when Robert was about to speak, suddenly there was the sound of hurried footsteps outside the hall, and then a palace guard appeared there, approaching quickly with a panicked face, and shouting loudly: "It's not good, Indian Ocean The entire fleet is wiped out!"

As soon as we talked about the Indian Ocean Fleet, a bad news came.

This surprised Cromwell, and quickly confirmed: "What, the whole army was wiped out?"

It is not so easy to annihilate the entire army in a war at sea.

On the American side, the reason why the Spanish fleet was eventually annihilated was that it was attacked by two huge fleets of the Ming Dynasty, and there were ironclad warships disrupting the situation, which was beyond the expectations of the Spanish governor.However, when the pirates escaped, don't let them escape.

"Yes, the whole army was wiped out! Two sailors fled back and are coming." When the palace guard replied, he saw several palace guards supporting two ragged men behind him. Come in.

Seeing this, Cromwell didn't care about Robert and the others at all, and immediately rushed to meet them, and confirmed with a serious face: "How could the whole army be wiped out? Where is Max? Also, how about the Dutch fleet... "

He asked several questions in one breath, obviously, at this moment, he was a little flustered.

Among the two sailors who escaped back, one of the better spirited and younger ones replied to Cromwell, "Not only our British fleet, but also the Dutch fleet were wiped out together. The fleet of the Ming Dynasty is like Like locusts, densely packed, all over the sea..."

"..." After hearing this, Robert and William couldn't help but look at each other, speechless.

Isn't the Ming Dynasty too big? Even if the country is big, how can there be so many warships and sailors?

"...At that time, our United Fleet was just blocked inside. There were at least two or three thousand ships in that densely packed fleet, and there was no way to fight against it!" When the younger sailor said this, a look of terror suddenly appeared on his face. Se said, "There is also a smoking iron-clad battleship, like a shark breaking into a school of fish, it is very ferocious, and we are unable to fight back..."

Hearing this, Cromwell couldn't help turning his head to look at Robert and William, his expression extremely serious.The armored smoking battleship not only appeared in America, but also appeared in the Persian Gulf.It can be seen that it is likely to appear in Europe in the future!
And more importantly, if you think about it with your toes, you can know that as time goes by, there will definitely be more and more such iron-clad smoking warships.In this way, no matter which European country's fleet can be an enemy?

Not knowing what the weakness of this warship is, it adds to the fear in their hearts.

"...The entire fleet was wiped out. When I saw the flagship, I was smashed in the middle by that monster. If I hadn't been captured, I would have fed the fish." The young sailor was still saying, "The two of us fled back by land and went through all kinds of hardships. It was hard, but I met a British ship in the Mediterranean, and finally came back alive.”

When I said this, I couldn't suppress the look of fear on my face as I recalled the hardships along the way.

Cromwell ignored him, but was thinking about what to do next?
Even in his previous military career, he has always been a commoner who has fought hundreds of battles.But now when facing the behemoth of the Ming Dynasty, especially with so many fleets and more advanced warships in the Ming Dynasty, this made him feel chills from the bottom of his heart.

He asked himself, if the Ming fleet came over in the future, would he be able to resist it?
(End of this chapter)