Daming Military Empire

Chapter 631 Who can rely on, only Daming

The sea wind is majestic and chilly, and the Red Sea in December is quite cold. At this time, the Ming army garrison at the entrance of the Eurasian Canal is already densely packed. It was full of warships of the Ming army, and the clouds of war were shrouded in darkness. The passing merchant ships seemed to be trembling.

In a bastion on the north bank of the canal, Li Mingfu, commander of the Wuwei Army, was waiting anxiously in a small telegraph room with Portuguese Prime Minister Shivela and Spanish Admiral Oquendo.

Shivela's face has long since lost the high-spirited look he had when he was the prime minister of the cabinet, and Ocundo has also lost the high-spirited look he had when he led the Armada to pull up the Nordic iron chain. Did not recover from the raid of the anti-Habsburg coalition.

This sudden attack really stunned both countries. At the beginning, they all received the news that the colony was attacked. As mentioned earlier, the French and Dutch coalition forces were attacking the Gold Coast of Portugal, while the British, Danish, The Swedish Triple Alliance is attacking the Viceroyate of Portugal, Brazil, Spain, the Viceroy of Peru, and the Viceroy of New Spain.

The warships and troops used by the five countries are not many. France and the Netherlands only used 100 to [-] super battleships, and the United Kingdom, Denmark, and Sweden only used more than [-] super battleships. They were able to fight, so they didn't notify the Ming Empire, but sent troops directly after greeting each other.

Spain and Portugal are basically self-sufficient in guns and guns after receiving the machine tool assistance from the Ming Empire, but the super battleships have not exploded much. But building a super battleship is not that simple.

First of all, they have to build special docks and shipways, so that super battleships can be produced. It is definitely not possible to use the original docks and shipways, regardless of their size, height or supporting facilities;
Then, they have to manufacture steam boilers, piston transmissions and impellers. These things are not as simple as they can be made. Of course, they can also choose to buy them from Daming, but both countries chose to make them by themselves. This is the basis for dominating the sea in the future, and they all want to master it by themselves.

Finally, they must also have a considerable number of skilled technicians. These are even more urgent and can only be cultivated slowly.

In short, it is very time-consuming to produce super battleships from scratch. Although Portugal and Spain have been investing desperately in the past few years, they have not produced many battleships. There are only more than 50 ships, Spain can have more, but the total number is less than [-] ships, not as many as the fleet of Ming Dynasty.

Although their strength is not worth mentioning compared to Ming Dynasty, the strength displayed by the anti-Habsburg alliance at the beginning is even more not worth mentioning, so they sent troops rashly.

As can be imagined, they were all ambushed halfway and suffered heavy losses.

More than 50 Portuguese super battleships were besieged by [-] French and Dutch super battleships, and in the end more than a dozen super battleships escaped.

More than 100 Spanish super battleships were besieged by a total of more than 300 super battleships from Britain, Denmark, and Sweden. In the end, less than [-] super battleships escaped.

Fortunately, they were all besieged on the vast sea. If they were besieged in that harbor, they would all be wiped out!

This battle almost crippled the Portuguese and Spanish navies, and their remaining super battleships are not enough to fight against the Habsburg powers. Of course, they still have many ordinary warships, but since the ships After its appearance, super battleships have become the mainstream, and sailing warships are a dish in front of flexible super battleships.

At this time, they finally knew that they had been fooled. Who else could rely on them now? It took a long time to send Admiral Ocundo, who had dealt with the Ming Empire, so it was Shivira who rushed to the Eurasian Canal first although he made a detour halfway, but Oquindo came a step late.

They were also lucky. Although the Ming Empire hadn't built the Eurasian Railway to the Eurasian Canal, the telegraph line just happened to come here. Otherwise, they would have to travel to South Asia to spread the news to the capital of the Ming Dynasty.

At this moment, Li Mingfu has already sent the distress messages from Portugal and Spain to the imperial palace in the capital. It depends on what the emperor said. Shivela and Oquendo looked at the telegraph as if they were looking at a straw. If His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Empire is unwilling to send troops to support them, then they will be finished.

Although His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Empire is known to be kind to the allies, but after all, this is a war involving tens or even millions of people, the casualties must not be small, and the silver taels consumed are beyond calculation. The Ming Empire has no This is an obligation to help them regain the colony. Will His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Empire agree to such a thankless task?

In fact, Zhu Cijiong replied without thinking about how long it took, but Shivela and Oquendo were both in a state of high tension, and it felt like a day and a year.

Finally, the telegraph bell rang again, and the capital called back. The two correspondents immediately concentrated their writing brushes and memorized the telegram code.

Although Shivela is a master, he still hasn't figured out the principle of this telegram. Why does this little bell ring by itself?How can this ringing sound represent so many words?He is puzzled!
Although the principle of the telegraph is not very complicated, it is difficult to understand if no one explains it carefully and you have to think for yourself. These correspondents do not understand it very well. They only know how to send and receive the telegram. As for the binary code representing Most of them have memorized the meaning of , and if they can't remember it, they just need to look up the codebook.

They have all been specially trained, and their movements are very nimble. As soon as the ringtone ended, they began to translate the code into words. There are not many words they can't remember. After flipping through the code book a few times, they quickly The telegram was translated.

The two checked it and quickly handed over a better written one to Li Mingfu who was beside him. Li Mingfu read it carefully and handed it to Shi Weila who was waiting next to him.

This telegram is exactly what Zhu Cijiong said at the end:

Please report the damage to the navy from Spain and Portugal, and at the same time find a way to find out the specific situation of the enemy. In addition, the emperor's decree: Ming's reinforcements will arrive at the Eurasian Canal soon.

Seeing the last sentence, Shi Weila couldn't help but burst into tears and said: "I knew that the emperor would not leave this humble minister behind."

When Li Mingfu heard this, he couldn't help but roll his eyes, what is this all about!

(End of this chapter)