Nan Ming Sun Never Sets

Chapter 484

Nominally speaking, from Wang Kai, Commander-in-Chief of the Global Fleet, to Qian Erlang, Commander-in-Chief of the Ground Forces, to Liang Haisheng, the chief diplomatic envoy, all agree that the main reason for Ming's crusade against Spain was that Spain had massacred Chinese in Luzon, and Ming was determined to retaliate.But the fundamental reason is that Bai Mingxiu came with a system task, which is related to his system's promotion to the next era of civilization, the opening of a new technology tree and various benefits, so the performance of the Daming Global Fleet in Europe is bound to It is necessary to show its powerful strength and deter Europeans.

In order to achieve this, it is not enough for the army to conquer Madrid and force the Spanish Habsburg Dynasty to sign a treaty with Ming Dynasty. Bai Mingxiu has to make more reinforcements, lead the Ming Navy fleet to defeat the Spanish Navy, and establish the influence of the Ming Navy and even the Ming Dynasty. Presence in the Mediterranean region and Europe.

Furthermore, from a practical point of view, the Ming Navy really needs decent actual combat to hone itself.

Bai Mingxiu has always been worried about the Ming army that is too powerful, that is, the excessively high technical gap will gradually make the Ming army lazy and neglect tasks. There is no need to work hard and seriously.

So no matter when, regardless of the army or navy, Bai Mingxiu is strictly demanding the Ming army, demanding himself with high standards, and creating difficult conditions for himself, and at the same time seriously facing every war.

When the Ming Navy fleet left Lisbon for the Mediterranean Sea, Bai Mingxiu convened a meeting with the captains, political commissars, and main officers of each ship. This pre-war mobilization was to shake everyone's nerves, so that everyone could calm down and deal with it well.

The Portuguese Navy and the British Navy originally wanted to participate, but their ships could not keep up with the Ming Navy, so they were directly rejected by Bai Mingxiu.However, some naval officers in the alliance were fortunate enough to come to Ming's ships to observe the actions of the Ming's navy.

Bai Mingxiu did not deliberately hide anything from his European naval colleagues. It was okay for them to see some things because they could not imitate them at all.All European naval officers and other visitors were arranged aboard the battleship Saihai.Compared with many other ships that Bai Mingxiu recruited directly from the system, this iron-clad ship Xihai was actually built in the shipyard of Daming by the shipbuilders of Daming.

After boarding this warship, the Europeans seemed to have entered a treasure mountain, and they couldn't wait to have a look around. Some people even wanted to dig something down somewhere, take it back for research, or at least do nothing. Collection.However, the Ming Dynasty Navy stated that when they disembarked, their belongings would be inspected to prevent any unpleasant situations, which was considered to have stopped these people's crazy thoughts.

The officers of the European navy looked on the deck in fascination as the sailors were maintaining the several 305mm naval guns. The barrels of the huge naval guns hardly needed to be performed, and their existence was enough to demonstrate their power. .Although this battleship does not have dozens or even hundreds of cannons like the sailing warships of these countries, no one doubts that any ship will be finished if it is bombarded by such heavy artillery, and there is no need to use it. What about those 12-pound, 24-pound smoothbore guns.

General Van Gent of the Dutch Navy watched the soldiers maintaining the cannons almost without blinking his eyes. Remember what he saw, maybe it will be of use to the Dutch Navy in the future.

He deeply doubts whether the Dutch Navy will be able to have such terrifying warships like the Ming Navy in a short period of time. He is so envious of the Ming Navy. With only 32 warships in this fleet, he believes that the entire European sea area will be like a stream. Just as quietly under Mingren's feet.

British Admiral Thomas Teideman also came up and said: "What a magnificent weapon!"

Van Gent said: "It's just a pity that this weapon does not belong to you British."

The two looked at each other with unfriendly expressions. If it hadn't been for the war against Spain by Ming Dynasty, the second Anglo-Dutch war would actually break out between England and the Netherlands.A major trigger of the Second Anglo-Dutch War was that the British seized the Dutch colonies, including New Amsterdam.However, as soon as Daming appeared, he directly demanded the land of New Netherland. Britain had no choice but to agree to hand it over. As a result, although the two sides disliked each other, they had to temporarily stop and deal with Daming wholeheartedly.

At this time, the Dutch navy was stronger than the British navy that had just become the "Royal Navy", but this power was nothing in front of the Ming Navy.

Thomas Tidelman was born in a merchant family. He smiled and said to Van Gent: "General, we are now in an alliance. Moreover, the Portuguese have already received a batch of weapons provided by Ming, and we will all There is a chance. We are in the midst of a great change of the times, and anyone who moves slowly must be punished."

Van Gent was silent for a while, and said: "From a certain point of view, the appearance of Ming Dynasty in Europe is a good thing for our European countries. While we are busy seizing colonies all over the world and trying to monopolize maritime trade, a man bigger than us More countries have woken us up. It's time to stop stupid disputes between countries and think about how to survive in this new era."

Tidelman smiled and said to Van Gent: "Britain will survive. We know the principle of balance and we have our own way of survival, but for Spain, I am not sure about this."

When the two said this, suddenly the sailors on the deck began to run violently, and the officers shouted in a language they could not understand, as if there was an emergency.

The two hurriedly asked what was going on with the translator.

The translator replied: "The frigate we sent out has discovered the Spanish naval fleet near the Strait of Gibraltar, and we are about to start a war!"

Both Van Gent and Tidelman became excited.

"I can finally witness this scene, the majesty of this powerful fleet on the sea."

They are somewhat excited, but also have doubts and fears. If the battle is too easy, then they will also live in the shadow of such a powerful fleet.For many years, they have claimed to be civilized and God's chosen people, but the current situation clearly shows it.

The best and most powerful civilization in the world is not them.

(End of this chapter)