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Chapter 933 Middle East Strategy (addition for September 9 monthly pass)

In the lens of the telescope, the ports, and even non-port stops, are all Ming ships.The blessing boats he is familiar with, steam paddle steamer warships, etc. are all here.

What shocked him the most and made his scalp tingle was that there were already countless Ming soldiers wearing red uniforms on the shore, but there were still an unknown number of Ming soldiers getting off the ship.

There are still many steam ironclad warships cruising on the outer sea surface of the docked port.There are a few of them, as far as Kui Yi can see, they are all giant-level warships.

Don't say that Bandar Abbas has been captured by the Ming army at this time. Even if there is no contribution, the fleet composed of Kuiyi, the most powerful sailing warship, will be of no use if it arrives in Bandar Abbas first to assist in the defense. It's like throwing a big stone into the sea.

At this time, Kui Yi also realized why, after the dense cannon sounded for a while, it quickly fell silent, but there was no reason for the ship to escape to report to him!
With such a huge fleet of the Ming Dynasty, as well as warships flying at ordinary speeds on the sea, warships that are really rampant, warships with super fast firing speeds, and so on, once there is a battle, what chance is there to escape!

At this time, for some reason, Kuiyi's mind suddenly flashed the scene when they Europeans easily colonized the local indigenous people along the coastline of Africa!

That's right, the scene in front of us is so similar to how they bullied the African natives back then!
Only this time, the roles have changed. The army of the Ming Empire is the side that is arrogant, and those Europeans, the Persian Empire and Oman are the side that is being bullied!

In addition to being shocked, Kui Yi's heart was full of bitterness.

He can be regarded as the European who has the deepest feeling for the strength of the Ming Empire.At this moment, looking at the powerful army of Ming Dynasty in front of him, including the warships of Ming Dynasty, he understood better than anyone else that no country in this world could stand against the Empire of Ming Dynasty!
At this moment, he suddenly regretted it very much. Why didn't he persuade him well at the beginning, maybe he could become a vassal state of Ming Dynasty?
But now, he is the enemy of the Ming Empire. In the days to come, I don't know how sad it will be!

After recovering from the shock, he found that the iron-clad steam warships of the Ming Dynasty, which were not afraid of bombardment, had quickly surrounded them.

Therefore, Kui Yi immediately activated the talent he had cultivated. Apart from anything else, the 36 plan is the best plan, and the best plan is to escape first.

The warships of the Ming Dynasty are so powerful that they really don't need any tactics, just go on a rampage. To fight this kind of warships is a fool's brain!

This is the narrow entrance and exit of the Persian Gulf, and the warships of the Ming Dynasty are lined up, obviously not wanting them to escape the open sea.

Except that Kui Yi led the Dutch fleet to stay away from the Ming warships, some British warships tried to bypass the interception of the Ming warships and fled to the open sea.

Because they knew that if they fled to the Persian Gulf, it would be a dead end, and there would be no way to escape in the end; only by fleeing to the open sea would there be a possibility of escape!
However, they quickly discovered in despair that the warships that were chasing by the Ming Kingdom came batch after batch. Even if they lost their lives, the Ming Kingdom's warships that escaped the first batch of interceptions could not escape the follow-up interception of them. Ming warships.

It's as if this side of the Persian Gulf is not far away from Daming, but in the inner sea of ​​the Ming Empire.

There is no way, the Ming Dynasty Navy has too many ships!

Not to mention the progress of steelmaking technology, but also Liu Weichao's guidance, it is easy to obtain large-scale steel mines. It can be said that the cost of the Ming warship is far lower than that of Europeans such as Kui Yi.

At this time, the Ming Dynasty is rich and the people are strong. As long as Emperor Chongzhen formulates a national strategy to support the navy, the ships of the Ming Dynasty can only be launched into the water like dumplings!
The navy that attacked the Persian Gulf this time was not only Zheng Zhibao's, but also Yang Zhan's and Zeng Ying's.Among them, the warships of Zeng Ying's navy are the most advanced.

The steam iron-clad warship that surprised Kui was a real iron-clad warship built by Tianjin Shipyard.

But Zeng Ying knew that in a few years, his steam ironclad battleship would be outdated again. Of course, this was not a comparison with European countries, but Daming himself.

When he set off from the Tianjin Shipyard, he had already heard that according to the emperor's order, he had already begun to re-develop a new type of warship with an internal combustion engine instead of a steam engine.

It seems that Heavenly Court knew about Emperor Taizu's apparition to help Daming, not only did not blame him, but gave him support.

In addition, the navy captain Zheng Zhilong is already forming the American Navy, and will bring the Indians brought by Zheng Zhibao from South America to kill them back.It is estimated that at this moment, we have to leave!

Standing on what Kui Yi thought was a giant warship, Zeng Ying led the steam ironclad warship to hunt down the Xiyi warship that fled into the Persian Gulf, thinking about these things.

For him, the gap between warships and artillery has already made it meaningless for him to command specific tactics, and he just chased them directly.

After confirming that no Xiyi warship fled to the open sea, Zeng Ying turned to look at Bandar Abbas.

At this time, the army that came ashore has completely occupied Bandar Abbas, and the cavalry army is marching into the distance.According to Li Zhongcheng's deployment, he wanted to attack the capital of the Persian Empire as quickly as possible.

In order to achieve this goal, the enemy will be killed in person without leaving any prisoners.

In this regard, the army generals in the military council, such as Tian Jianxiu, Yuan Zongdi and others couldn't figure it out.

Because even if the prisoners are kept, the cavalry will not be delayed for long, after all, the follow-up infantry will follow up in time.You know, this is free labor, wouldn't it be a pity not to take prisoners!

But Zeng Ying just came from China, contacted domestic news, he knew something about why Li Zhongcheng gave such an order.

Because when he was in the country, he had already heard that the imperial court was going to move some people to Persia, and there were even rumors that they should get a wife!In addition, as long as they have the blood of the Ming Dynasty, they can be allowed to recognize their ancestors and return to their native land if certain conditions are met.

People outside may not know that the imperial court is already doing identity verification. In the future, there will be differences between the mainland of the Ming Dynasty, the vassal states of the Ming Dynasty, and the overseas territories of the Ming Dynasty.

The best treatment is of course local.The second is the overseas provinces, which can also enjoy most of the benefits of Ming Dynasty.As for the vassal state, that is the matter of the vassal state, and has nothing to do with the suzerain state.

From the summarization of these news, Zeng Ying knew that Persian men must not keep too many, otherwise, how could they get a wife?
The imperial court attached more importance to Persia than to other overseas territories directly under Dhaka.As for why this happened, Zeng Ying couldn't figure it out.

He didn't know, Li Yan, as the most senior official of Daming in the Middle East, naturally knew about it.

Even if he can't figure it out, why are the things buried in the places in the Middle East where birds don't shit, so good?
However, this does not prevent him from working hard to plan for the long-term stability of Daming to occupy this place and manage it to become a part of Daming.

Soon, he received a report from his subordinates that the navy of the Oman Empire was still in the wiped out Persian naval alliance.

So, there is a ready-made excuse.Li Yan immediately dispatched a fleet to land in the Oman Empire and start a war of annihilation.

The troops he brought this time were not just to destroy a Persian Empire, but to conquer the entire Middle East and become the largest province of Ming Dynasty.

As for the red lady who came with him, she was preparing to liberate Persian women and let them integrate into Ming culture.

Li Yan's temporary governor's office is located in Bandar Abbas.He didn't worry about military affairs, the generals from all walks of life would naturally complete their tasks, he was mainly busy with the coordination of logistics supplies, and the plan to rebuild the Ming government at all levels in Persia.

The local officials, teachers, etc. sent from the country all want him, the highest military and political officer, to sign the order.

A few days later, the navy was the first to pay off.It is said that after the Netherlands and the Western Yi fled into the Persian Gulf, most of them abandoned their ships and went ashore to flee for their lives, but did not catch up.

Some of them tried to go upstream and fled into the inland, but they were chased and destroyed by the steam warship of Ming Dynasty, and there were no prisoners.

Li Yan didn't care about this, and started to prepare for the military force, and went upstream from the Persian Gulf to bloom more, and swept the entire Middle East at the fastest speed.

I have to say, there are a lot of things, and he is too busy to go around.

However, to say how much pressure there is, there is no such thing.

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Contrary to Li Yan, the Persian Emperor Abbas II led an army to the east to fight the Ming army.

Although the army has more troops than the Ming army, and already has rifled flintlock guns that are comparable to the firearms of the Ming Dynasty, he still has a lot of pressure.

His most trusted prime minister, according to the original history, died of illness within a year or two.At this point, the body is already dead.

Generally speaking, the best arrangement is for Abbas II to conquest in person, and his prime minister stays in the capital, just to be able to recuperate.

However, the war with the Ming Empire will determine the fate of the Persian Empire.His prime minister was worried that he was young and impatient, so he insisted on following.

No, he saw Abbas II's preoccupation, so he encouraged him and said: "Don't worry, Your Majesty, this is our Persian war. We are familiar with the terrain. As long as we have patience and choose the right time, if we want to annihilate the invading Ming army is not difficult!"

As he said that, he gave a bunch of reasons, which made Abbas II finally have some confidence, which made his prime minister also heave a sigh of relief.

Otherwise, even the emperor is preoccupied. The morale of this army is too low, and the battle may be defeated before the battle is fought.

After the army arrived, Abbas II adopted a strategy of avoiding and not fighting. He told his subordinates: "The Ming army's firearms are powerful. If you wait until it rains to attack again, the Ming army's firearms will not be able to exert much power. We The number is several times that of theirs, and victory belongs to Persia!"

(End of this chapter)