Daming Military Empire

Chapter 637

The battle clouds are thick and the storm is coming. A world-class war is about to start. The Ming Empire, the core of the Ming Habsburg Alliance, has dispatched the No. [-] figure of the Empire. Admiral Zheng Chenggong led the three strongest fleets of the Ming Navy. And the three elite legions of the army came to the European continent, what about the preparations for the anti-Habsburg alliance?

Naturally, the anti-Habsburg alliance had been prepared for a long time. In fact, the anti-Habsburg alliance was ready to launch from the moment the Ming Empire forced Tsarist Russia to sign a contract with the anti-Habsburg alliance powers.

After the peace talks ended, the anti-Habsburg alliance powers were very angry. With their strength, in fact, they might not necessarily lose if they fight against the Ming Empire. However, most of them are navies. The Ming Empire, which is invincible in land battles, fought a land battle, it was pure head water!
The hard ones can only be soft, and they can only choose to be patient for the time being, so as to dispel the idea of ​​the Ming Empire continuing to advance westward by land.

However, forbearance does not mean surrender. On the contrary, they are very unconvinced. After preparing for so long and forbearance for so long, in the end they were slapped in the face by the Ming Empire. No one can swallow this breath. So, soon, They met in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, to discuss a comprehensive counteroffensive.

This time, it is no longer some small people, but big figures in power from various countries.

From France came the Duke Richelieu, the prime minister;

From England comes the Earl of Trafford, the king's favorite;

The one from Sweden is the Cabinet Prime Minister, Count Kofez Ulfert;
The one from Denmark is Count Axel Uxenschener, Prime Minister of the Cabinet;
Even Tsarist Russian Prime Minister Rozov came to make soy sauce.

Most of these people have suffered from Richelieu. However, in recent years, Richelieu has changed his strategy and proposed a method of division of labor and cooperation, which has made the navies of various countries have achieved amazing development. Therefore, everyone still listened to Richelieu. According to the suggestion, prepare to attack with all your strength and catch the Daming Habsburg Alliance by surprise.

Of course, except for Tsarist Russia, this time Rozov was really killed by Richelieu, and he almost lost the position of prime minister. It would be a dream to ask him to send troops. Besides, Tsarist Russia can’t mobilize any troops now. Part of the troops were transferred to the front line of Wushan to prevent the Ming Empire from tearing up the contract and continuing to advance westward.

Under such circumstances, why did the anti-Habsburg alliance dare to attack with all its strength and start a war with the Daming Habsburg alliance?

At this time, I have to talk about the naval strength of the anti-Habsburg alliance. Richelieu is indeed a great statesman. The method of division of labor and cooperation has greatly increased the production of super battleships of the anti-Habsburg alliance!
During this period, the European powers each had their own strengths, but it was difficult for a single country to mass-produce steam-powered super battleships.

Like the Netherlands, their shipbuilding ability is very strong, even stronger than that of Ming Dynasty, but their ability to build steam boilers and artillery is not very strong. With a population of over one million, there are more than 5000 ocean-going merchant ships and countless shipyards. They are busy with shipbuilding and business alone, and there are no people in other industries.

Like the UK, they are the most powerful in making steam boilers, and they are also good at casting artillery, but the shipbuilding industry has not yet developed. Super battleships can be built, but they can't build a few ships a year. It takes time to build docks and waterways, and it takes time to train shipbuilders.

Like France, they have the strongest ability to build artillery, and they are not bad at building steam boilers, but their shipbuilding industry is very poor, and they can hardly build super battleships.

Like Denmark, their shipbuilding ability should be second only to the Netherlands, but the problem is that they can neither build steam boilers nor the latest artillery. What's the use of just building a super battleship shell.

Not to mention Sweden, they are basically developing the army, the navy has just started, and they can't build anything, but they are rich in resources. The iron ore and timber needed to build super battleships are the largest reserves in the entire alliance.

According to the past, each country should do its own thing. It is estimated that after a few decades of development, it will be the same as the situation in later generations. The UK will be the first to develop, because they have neither technology nor people, but only time.

It should be followed by France, because they have a large number of people, but their technology is only lacking, and they can still catch up slowly.

As for Denmark and Sweden, it is basically useless, because they have not yet mastered steam power.

The Netherlands is basically out of play, because their population is too small to afford injuries.

However, at this time, they can't do their own things, because the Ming Empire is too strong. If they do their own things, they will be cleaned up by the Ming Empire sooner or later. At this time, Richelieu stepped forward and proposed a division of labor among countries. cooperation program.

To put it simply, the Netherlands and Denmark are responsible for manufacturing the hull, Britain and France are responsible for providing steam power systems and artillery, and Sweden is responsible for providing raw materials. Each country evaluates the value of the things provided and allocates super battleships according to the total value provided.

In the face of the strong rise of the Ming Empire, all countries have no other choice but to accept this way of building blocks, each country provides some things, and finally build a super battleship with steam power.

Now, it’s terrible, the energy that the five major powers exploded even scared them. In less than two years, they actually built nearly a thousand super battleships, plus the old sails from the Netherlands and the United Kingdom. The steam-powered battleships transformed from battleships, the number of super battleships in the entire anti-Habsburg alliance has reached a terrifying [-] or so!
Now, Britain and the Netherlands each have more than 300 super battleships, which are considered to be the strongest at sea, followed by France, which has almost 300 super battleships. Denmark and Sweden are the worst, but the two countries together have more than [-] super battleships.

The naval strength displayed by Ming Dynasty in front of the big powers is less than a thousand super battleships in total, and Tsarist Russia also found out that there are two fleets with nearly [-] super battleships stranded in the Ob River Basin, that is to say, This winter, the total number of super battleships Da Ming can use is only five or six hundred!
Of course, this is not the case, but the powers of the anti-Habsburg alliance thought so

And Richelieu did not know where to get a few military books of Ming Dynasty, and asked someone to translate them into French. After studying them carefully, he found a seemingly perfect tactic of encircling the spot and attacking reinforcements.

Although it is a toddler in Handan, the tactic of encircling the spot and attacking aid is indeed very suitable for the current situation.

As soon as such an "advanced" tactic was brought up, the big powers became even more impatient. They believed that whether it was Spain, Portugal, or the Ming Empire, they would all fall into the trap and annihilate the main naval force of the Habsburg Alliance of the Ming Dynasty in one fell swoop. , then the sea is not their world!
At this time, obtaining maritime hegemony is tantamount to acquiring all overseas colonies.

Therefore, the great powers sent troops without hesitation, and Spain and Portugal were also fooled without hesitation. Now that the fleet of the Ming Empire has also arrived, they are waiting there in ambushes from all sides. Will Zheng Chenggong be fooled?
(End of this chapter)