Lord of Ming Dynasty

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Now the Ottoman Empire is still fighting with the Russians because of the land of the Caspian Sea for thousands of years. Without the support of the New Kingdom, they cannot defeat the Russians or the people of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. The New Kingdom will give a stick to a sweet date. At least weapons and equipment and some materials, as well as trade, give them great discounts, and trade with them, so that they can obtain many commodities in the New Kingdom, which are commodities that cannot be bought in the whole of Europe, and the New Kingdom then sells them Commodities are profitable, and they need commodities to live, and the two are very compatible.

This will also bring the trade of the New Kingdom to another level.

Therefore, the New Kingdom was able to recover quickly after the sea battle, and quickly replaced new warships. Although the new warships were still on the berth, the old warships and injured warships still assumed the coastal defense of the kingdom and defended what they had laid down. various territories.

But such warships, neither the British nor the French can even think of possessing and surpassing them. Their current domestic situation is also in turmoil, because they have failed in naval battles. Although they still have strength, they cannot shake the foundation of the new kingdom. Therefore, they have been blamed by many. The nobles and councilors were attacked and blamed. All in all, it was very difficult. Now they could only follow the trend, watch the recovery of the New Kingdom, and strengthen their own recovery speed amidst the chaos.

And those damaged warships are also undergoing comprehensive repairs, not just being able to operate. One-third of the artillery that can fire on them is good, so they dare to send them out to perform missions. Now they all have to be replaced. Only in a state of combat effectiveness.

After this operation, at least two hundred warships will be assembled, all of which are main battleships. Of course, they are the main battleships of the coastal defense fleet. The coastal defense fleet is more needed than the main fleet at this moment, because they can finally protect the coastline and fight against the enemy at sea. Fighting, every fleet of the coastal defense fleet is more powerful than the main fleet of the Dutch, and slightly inferior to the fleets of the French and the British. After all, those warships are outdated or the new warships are not equipped enough.

Chapter 2329 There Are Always Some Surprises

Cheng Gang and Tong Tong became new partners, and Yuan Xiaodao also accepted a group of new staff officers.

Wang Weiyun looked at Madagascar, which had already been occupied. The fleet had been resting here for several months. It fought a battle with the British fleet before, and the damage was not small. The British put a lot of warships here. They were added one after another after the first battle, but they were familiar with the hydrological conditions here.

However, the countries below are full of robbers, which cannot be compared. Their glory and halo, their strength has disappeared in the two British and French wars against the colonies, and in the expulsion of the New Kingdom, but Zhang Siyuan of the New Kingdom Never dare to underestimate the threat of this new country composed of mobs from Western countries.

In addition, there are Spanish colonies in Central America, which are embedded in the land of the New Kingdom from North America to South America like a stinky piece of shit, and in South America, the colonies of the Spanish, French, and other countries in the West still exist, It cannot be said that the New Kingdom is the only one.

Now the New Kingdom doesn’t want to look for any sense of presence in the West anymore, so they shifted their strategic focus back to the empire, wanting to return to the blood of the Chinese Empire, the leadership of the Chinese Empire, and only in this way can the Han people overseas Become a country similar to the descendants of the Han people around China, forgetting their ancestors, becoming a running dog of Western countries, and desperately fighting the empire.

Inheritance and culture have been separated from the mainland of the empire, and everything is false. After so many years of inheritance and education for the Han people, Zhang Siyuan and the others discovered that the environment has the greatest impact on them. Being close to the West, coupled with the failure and vacillation of the new Qin Dynasty, made People in the New Kingdom actually tended to think of themselves as Westerners rather than Han Chinese in the Eastern Empire.

In short, Zhang Siyuan of the New Kingdom realized that he still needs to become an imperial man so that these people can be united under one banner and become a Han Chinese group. At the same time, he also needs to go back to save the empire again and continue the empire's 200-year dynastic history.

It is a very difficult and careful job to find a way to go back, safely connect with the empire, let the Han people of the New Kingdom accept the empire, and let the empire accept the Han people of the New Kingdom who have fled for more than 100 years.

Infiltrating into Central Asia is the first step, the second part is to open up the road from the Mediterranean to the Red Sea, and then to develop the canal, so that the canal in later generations will appear between the West and the East in advance.

Wei Yuanchao was appointed as the commander-in-chief of this operation, but he is old and can only command at home. The specific person in charge is Wang Weiyun, and Wang Weiyun still needs to lead the fleet deep into the Indian Ocean, so Zhang Siyuan can only send the following officers to explore first. the way.

Yuan Xiaodao, an army officer who had a similar promotion experience like him, was appointed as the commander of the advance team. Under the escort of the Xinxizhou Fleet, he led the Marine Corps and the Army Advance Team on a transport ship with weapons and equipment and food And trade goods and materials, went to the Middle East desert, Egypt in the era of chief tribes.

Some supplies and troops, warships and transports were shared with the personnel from Xinxizhou who had come out of Central Asia and who were currently in the ports of the Ottoman Empire.

The last time the Ottoman Empire participated in the battle with the New Kingdom, the New Kingdom punished the Ottoman Empire and blocked the entry and exit of the Ottoman Empire's commercial and trade fleets at the mouth of the Mediterranean Sea and the Strait of Gibraltar.

Although the Ottoman Empire begged for mercy, the New Kingdom originally gave them some forgiveness, but this time the New Kingdom would not let them go so easily.

The fleet blockaded and forced their navy to surrender. The fleet encircled and suppressed the naval personnel and warships of the rebellious Ottoman Empire, and then the marines searched for those pirate ships and personnel hiding on the shore who had attacked the New Kingdom.

The Ottoman Empire has nothing to do with such a powerful new kingdom. They have blocked their sea, they really can't fight, they can't even resist, and they can only accept the conditions of the new kingdom.

This will also bring the trade of the New Kingdom to another level.

The enemy will never be allowed to break through the coastline and reach the shore to bombard villages and shore artillery facilities on the coast.

"Fire,"

The main battleship had four turrets, and twelve artillery guns fired in one direction in turn. The three enemy destroyers that were outflanking were immediately enveloped in twelve nearly lost shells of 250 [-]mm artillery.

Although it missed, a near-miss bomb exploded 13 meters away from the enemy destroyer, causing a huge wave as high as 30 meters high. The shrapnel from the explosion flew to the destroyer, blowing up at least a dozen people and hitting a double-linked enemy ship at the same time. The base of the turret, this base immediately lost the function of rotation, the artillery was stuck in front of the chimney and the turrets of the secondary guns on both sides, and at the same time swept the mounts of the two 120mm secondary guns.

Chapter 2330 Indian Tribe

Cheng Gang's people were attacked by Indians, and the Indians' attacks made Cheng Gang very annoyed. The Indians who attacked were the tribes of Indians living in the mountains who did not obey the rule of the Americans.

The British and French merchants are basically connected throughout the entire European territory. At the same time, they can go to Africa through the Mediterranean Sea, and go around the Pacific Ocean to South America through the ocean. In short, the Westerners themselves are a complete closed trade circle. Sometimes they really don’t need new What is in the kingdom does not need to earn any money from the new kingdom. At the same time, in order to prevent the coins of the new kingdom from invading them, they also carried out currency value reforms.

British pounds, gold marks, and other banknotes have appeared in this era. At the same time, those rough eagles, Spanish gold coins, and gold coins from various countries have gradually withdrawn from circulation. The Dutch, as always, started their banking development. Banking of all kinds spread all over Europe, and wherever Westerners arrived.

Although their cost of goods and trade will increase exponentially in this way, it doesn't matter. Prices have risen a lot over the years. Westerners have become accustomed to such commodity prices and prices, and are accustomed to such cumbersome conversions.

But the New Kingdom can’t. Although they have a large territory, their actual products are not as rich as Westerners. They need the endless creativity of Westerners and the products produced by different cultures. Compared with the actual habits of Westerners, Easterners Obviously, I prefer to transform things on the basis of the original material. The lack of technology and creativity is of course also related to the social atmosphere.

In short, the blockade needs to be lifted, and of course not all at once. Some waterways and strategic locations are still not allowed to navigate by British or Western warships, but merchant ships are allowed to navigate.

Warships are not allowed to pass at all, even old-style warships are not allowed to pass. Anyway, with trade, warships that can threaten a certain territory of the New Kingdom are not allowed to sail. Their transfers are all aimed at the New Kingdom.

The opening of trade allowed the New Kingdom to have many commodities from the West. At the same time, it used its own raw materials, such as wood, fruits, salt, hemp rope and linen from the New Qin Kingdom, and various weaving cloths, silk, brocade, etc. There are various other commodities such as industrial commodities, merchant ship parts, a strong navy, which gave birth to the development of a developed shipbuilding industry, and at the same time gave birth to the development of industry, and industrial products entered the western commodity market.

At the same time, all kinds of western materials are used as raw materials, such as dyes and grains, as well as various fish catches, silver, copper, and various mineral products. The New Kingdom needs a lot of mineral products to maintain its own industry. Many of their territories Mineral products cannot be obtained due to technical reasons, at least the current technology cannot mine those products that are deep in the mountains or buried deep in the ground.

It’s not that there are many products in the New Kingdom. It’s not that there are many raw materials that can’t be mined and made finely. They are not as good as Western products. Of course, there are many Western products that are not as good as the products of the Eastern Empire and the Han Kingdom in the West. For example, the gorgeousness and fineness of clothes, the cultivation of silk, and various silk products, ceramic products, tea and other commodities.

In short, with the release of the blockade of commodity trade and maritime trade, the trade volume between the New Kingdom and Western countries has surged, and many commodities have poured into the markets of both sides, which greatly enriched the commodities of both sides and increased the people and peace of both sides. The shortage of supplies needed by various countries has made it much easier for all countries.

Although the blockade has been released, allowing Western merchant ships to pass through the Atlantic Ocean, most areas are still tightly sealed. Patrol fleets emerge from the Atlantic Ocean from time to time. The number of warships in the entire New Kingdom is still huge, just to prevent Westerners from Counter-offensive, Britain and France did not stop the research and construction of warships.

The two are still building new warships and developing new warships. At the same time, in order to catch up with the footsteps of the New Kingdom, the number of their warships has increased by 50.00% in ten years. Incorporated into the colonial fleet, the new warships were incorporated into the new fleet and became the main fleet. Those older ships were incorporated into the coastal defense fleet just like the New Kingdom.

The number is still huge.It can be said that the number of warships of the two countries has actually surpassed that of the New Kingdom, but most of them are old-fashioned warships. Another reason is that most of the warships of the New Kingdom are retired, dismantled, and sold, and only the warships are kept. Only warships less than 20 years old and less than ten years old can be incorporated into the main fleet. Only warships that have passed the test and sea trials within five years and have served for more than two years can be incorporated into the ranks of the local main fleet.

In this way, the combat effectiveness of the fleet has been maintained, and at the same time, the cost of maintaining the navy has been reduced. The development of trade has increased income, but the income has been used for the development of the people's livelihood, and has not been used for the development of military power. The New Kingdom has entered a stage of healthy development, although There are still many regions and territories, and there are many small conflicts in many places on the sea. Small battles are being fought, but they cannot have any impact on the overall military expenditure.

Then all kinds of things came, and battles inevitably happened, and there were casualties every day. For the Marine Corps and a battalion of the Army with only 3000 people, it is necessary to build and guard the camps and docks, as well as build Docks and ports also need to protect water sources and supplies. They are simply too busy to do so. Casualties will inevitably occur. There will still be fleet support along the coast, but in the inland deserts and forests, we can only pray. up.

Zhang Yuan valued him as an old seaman very much, even though he was injured, he still met him in the ward and affirmed his heroic performance in this battle to defend the strait.

And I hope that he will continue to work hard, encourage him, and hope that he will become a pillar of the New Kingdom as soon as possible, and become an old and strong Huang Zhong.

The Huaxia Empire or the New Qin Kingdom, or the New Kingdom, used the imperial examination textbooks of the Han people’s previous dynasties for primary education, especially private schools, so that even after thousands of years, the Huaxia Han people still exist and the inheritance continues.

The people he raises are all loyal people, and Zhang Yuan also wants to be loyal to these people. Although he is not capable, he is already a high-level man after all, and he will need many people to assist him in the future.

"I believe in you, you performed well in this battle, so I suggest that you upgrade your formation to be the main formation among the one to ten formations, and this time, I think your formation should be strengthened, now all rely on Your formation supports it, let's upgrade it to a super formation of 58 ships." Zhang Yuan said kindly to Tang Kefeng.

Chapter 2331 The North American recovery war that came to an end

Cheng Gang's vanguard troops encountered the Indians and did not reach the battlefield, which made the battle to encircle the Americans somewhat regrettable. Some of the American troops rushed out through the gap and escaped the encirclement.