Lord of Ming Dynasty

After refitting the remaining merchant ships, he withdrew his army from Japan's China Island to Jeju Island, handed over the defense of China Island to Kong Youxing, and completely withdrew from the war between the Chinese Kingdom and the Japanese.

The remaining five [-]-ton warships and the refitted thirty [-]-ton warships and other warships withdrew to the Ryukyu Kingdom to defend the mainland.

The Ryukyu Kingdom is now weak again.

It can be said that the battle fought by the three princes this time was quite tragic, and the losses were quite heavy. Although Zhang Qiang's Japanese strategy suffered a loss, and the defense of China Island was weakened by half, but compared to their losses, the loss of the Ryukyu Kingdom That is the most important thing, Zhang Qiang thought, the third prince must have fallen into deep self-blame now, because the Huaxia Army sent out a plan to help the Huaxia Army attack Japan by occupying Jeju Island instead of directly transporting troops to Japan Island. Condemnation and dissatisfaction, not only has the relationship with the Huaxia Army been ruined, but he has also suffered heavy losses.

Not only did they lose their population, but they also lost nearly half of their elite troops. Their remaining troops can only defend Jeju Island and the mainland. The navy cannot face the attacks of other kingdoms with warships and warships, such as Zheng Chenggong and the others. Kingdom of Australia.

Of course, it is impossible for the Kingdom of Australia to attack them. The distance is more than ten thousand miles. It takes half a year to attack them once. In a few months, they may not be able to meet their fleet when they come. That is to say, for a labor expedition, the Kingdom of Australia will have to operate for a year, and they cannot stay here for a long time and cannot replenish supplies.

Although the Huaxia Kingdom does business with the Australia Kingdom, apart from business, Zhang Qiang will not let the Zheng family have the opportunity to get involved in the nearby territory, even if they board it to rest for a while, they can only let the caravans and a small number of ships dock for transactions. It has to be under the supervision of the Huaxia Army Navy throughout the whole process.

The current situation is quite clear. The Great Jin Kingdom has perished. The Huaxia Army needs the monk Kexi to fight Wu Sangui in the north. Although the Qing Dynasty has obtained Shanxi Prefecture and a large area of ​​grassland land, they also suffered heavy losses and their troops cannot continue. During the war, he had to rebuild the Shanxi prefecture that was destroyed by the flames of war. Because of such exploits in destroying the country, Oboi was recalled to Yanjing, promoted and raised his salary, and began his domineering era in the Qing army.

In terms of military merits in the Qing Dynasty, no one can match him, at least no one can match him in the boyhood of Emperor Kangxi in this era.

Duolong suffered a disastrous defeat. Although he fled back, he had to be a man with his tail between his legs. Suo'etu took away his military power to defend the Huaxia Kingdom in Hebei Prefecture. Nalan Mingzhu started his career as a civil servant. The height in the future is not an important person now, but it has begun to become outstanding just like Suo'etu.

The Ryukyu Kingdom secretly wounded and wept secretly.

The development of Xinlu Mansion entered the fast lane, and the Siguo Mansion began to become stable, just like the previous Xinlu Mansion, defense plus development.

Kong Youxing gained control of China Island, Chen Bing 30 was full of interest in facing the remnants of the Japanese who had been repeatedly attacked. When Kong Sizhen met, the general there was replaced by brother Zhu who had just returned from the front line, and the staff officer of the general staff who had just studied for a few days took up his post again and took over.

Chapter 792 The Zheng Family Defeated the Dutch

After adjusting some generals and troops in the military, Xiao Fei and Xuanyuan Longfei's corps began to violently attack Shang Kexi's and Wu Sangui's troops.

Wei Wuji is in charge of all these, Zhang Qiang just checks the information and progress every day, and then he mainly focuses on the South China Sea.

Zheng Chenggong sent his son Zheng Zhi to be in charge of the Palawan Island base. Fifty merchant ships, fifty warships, and ten warships came in advance, bringing 1 regular army troops, and soon the Palawan Island It was taken, and a battle was fought for it with the Dutch fleet.

Although the Dutch fleet has a small tonnage and fast speed, the number is limited. Eight warships, five of which are 180 tons, are all Karak sailing ships, and two of 580 tons are Caravel ships, and a 180-ton British Galen Facing them is a group of five [-]-ton warships that were decommissioned by the Huaxia Kingdom and sold to Zheng Chenggong, eight escorting [-]-ton warships, five [-]-ton warships, and a [-]-ton patrol ship. .

There were a total of twenty warships. The two sides met at sea. The Dutch were obviously looking for trouble and went to war directly.

The two sides began to bombard each other with a distance of 600 meters. Nearly a hundred rounds of shells failed to hit each other. If you want to hit each other in a sea of ​​solid ammunition, you can only try your luck in the undulating waves. Now there is no fire control system. , There is not even a simple optical sight, and the quantity can only be used to ensure the quality, and the solid bullets of both sides will definitely not be able to hit the opponent at a distance of 600 meters.

The two sides approached each other. At a distance of 500 meters, because the Zheng family's fleet had too many ships and the formation of the fleet was too dense, the enemy's blind cat hit a dead mouse and hit one shot, which directly caused a thousand ships to die. One of the back masts of the ton warship was broken, which was too lucky.

The Dutch cheered happily.

The reason why they were able to be hit was really because the Dutch boats were small. Under the same sailing power, they were more flexible and faster, and the latest ships equipped by the Zheng family were also the ships of the Huaxia Kingdom 15 years ago. It is relatively old. After years of use, the strength of the hull has undergone fundamental changes and has become fragile, resulting in slow maneuverability and slow speed. In order to take care of the speed of several thousand-ton warships, other flexible small warships and others When forming a formation, you have to slow down, otherwise it will not be able to protect it, and you will not be able to form a battle line. Relying on the artillery on the thousand-ton battleship to cover the enemy with firepower, reaching the maximum density.

In order to take care of the oldness of these ships, when each ship was actually delivered, the Huaxia Navy dismantled some of the old artillery. There were not as many artillery as before, and many artillery positions were actually empty. The artillery on the other remaining gun positions should be re-proportioned so that the artillery can take care of the structure of these ships, so that a single salvo will not cause a certain part of the entire ship to be damaged.

It is equal to these warships, the warships have actually been reduced, just like when a certain country in later generations bought weapons from Lao Mei and Lao Su, these weapons were actually not their advanced weapons, even if they were advanced weapons, It can't be the original one, you have to keep some too advanced things for your own use, and what you give to the buyer is a simplified version that has been castrated.

In this regard, the Huaxia Kingdom is not like this, but the ship is too old, so they discussed with the Zheng family to remove some cannons and redistribute the cannon weight ratio of the ship.

The battle is still going on, and the Zheng family's ships have the advantage in numbers. Maybe they don't have much experience in advanced naval battles, but they still suppress the enemy with fierce artillery fire. When the distance between the two sides reached 480 meters, an attack from The volley of thousand-ton warships, 160 artillery pieces, and three solid bullets hit a 20-ton sailboat of Karak, a Dutchman. The sailboat was beaten into a panic, spinning in place, the canvas was smashed, and one sail fell off. , hit five or six sailors manipulating the sailboat cables, an [-]-pounder cannon was knocked out of the cabin, and fell into the water from the other side. Three gunners fell into the water with it, and the other personnel lost more than [-] people.

When approaching 450 meters, the two sides began to shoot directly. In the rumbling artillery fire, a 180-ton caravel ship of the Dutch was hit. The mast collapsed immediately, and the deck was in a mess.

The wounded thousand-ton warship following behind immediately seized the opportunity and fired a volley at it. Immediately, nearly fifteen shells hit the ship, and the sound of a piece of wood cracking came. Before the Dutch sailor could react, They dived, and the whole ship fell apart.

390 meters, although the ships of both sides were constantly being hit by each other, the Dutch ships suffered even more heavy losses because of their small hulls. After an hour and a half, both sides distanced themselves and ran towards the outside of the gunpowder smoke. The area where the two sides fought was filled with smoke, and no one could see the other.

The Dutch tried to get close to the Zheng family's fleet, while the Zheng family's fleet opened a distance and bombarded them with artillery. In two hours, the 580-ton Dutch ship was sunk. In two and a half hours, the two sides fought at thirty The seas at sea were tangled and engaged, and three of the Dutch ships were wrecked and two were wounded.

He started to prepare to escape, but three of the Zheng family's ships were injured, the others were slightly injured, and one was seriously injured, that is, the thousand-ton warship with one mast missing. He was hit by at least fifteen shells by the enemy.

The hull was severely damaged, and its speed had dropped to the point where it was walking slowly.

Two 180-ton Dutch warships besieged it, but were wounded by three 180-ton ships from the side and had to turn around and flee. At this time, the [-]-ton Zheng family patrol boat used its speed to catch up with them, only In ten minutes, they were sunk.

In the end, only a [-]-ton Dutch warship dragged its wounded body and staggered away.

The Zheng family's ships won a big victory. Although they seriously injured two ships, a thousand-ton warship and a three-hundred-ton warship, and the other warships were more or less hit by shells, they could still continue to fight. The Zheng family chased until the evening of the next day before they had to return because they were far away from their home territory.

This victory has increased the Zheng family's confidence in the Dutch. When the warships sent by the Dutch used to track them down, it annoyed them to death. Ships and battleships are not so advanced. They won the battle against the Dutch and completely wiped out almost a fleet of them. This made them cheer. They have nearly three hundred ships and eight hundred tons in their hands As well as thousand-ton battleships, there are nearly a thousand other warships and merchant ships, and this strength is enough to allow them to travel across the world.

It's just that these ships are a little older and slower. If they can introduce the warships and warships produced by the Huaxia Army in the past seven years, then the overall speed of their fleet will increase by one section.

Don't look at this section, if a single warship may not have an obvious advantage, but when fighting in formation, with the speed of this section, how many shells can they avoid, and how long can they use this speed to approach or circle the enemy Time, not being hit by the enemy, and having the ability to bombard the enemy, defeat the enemy, increase the chance of defeating the enemy, or run faster than the enemy when escaping, one section, with the current tactics, almost 90.00% escape success.

They bought nearly 20% of the old ships of Zhang Qiang's Huaxia Kingdom Navy that were more than 15 years old and less than [-] years old. The combat effectiveness of the Huaxia Army's navy has increased by at least [-]%. Although there are many fewer battleships, the force is more streamlined. Yes, the old and the weak were eliminated, leaving young and more elite troops, and many sailors were retired. How much has this huge navy of the Huaxia Kingdom reduced military expenditures, and how much financial expenditure has been reduced for the Huaxia Kingdom.

It can be said that the Ryukyu Kingdom of the third prince and the Zheng family, as well as the Xinlu Mansion and the Siguo Mansion, a total of four families, let the Huaxia Army's huge navy with nearly [-] ships lose half of its weight. Of course, this time will not be all at once. Yes, it took nearly three years to complete, and Zhang Qiang's goal was to use another two years to make the navy slim down and complete half of it, leaving [-] newest five-year-old warships and warships, and other warships. All of them were sold, and then these warships were gradually replaced in ten years with updated iron-skinned warships with steel skeletons inside and no iron skins on the outside, new warships with increased displacement, increased weight, and increased defense.

So before Zheng Keshuang brought people back to deliver the goods, his brother Zheng Zhi came to Zhang Qiang's palace and asked for an audience.

Of course Zhang Qiang wanted to see Zheng Chenggong's sons. Zheng Chenggong had a pivotal position in the history of later generations. Our country made him a national hero and recovered Taiwan. Then Shi Lang, who betrayed him, took over Zheng Chenggong's heroic achievements and recovered Taiwan. Treasure Island was given to the Manchus of the Qing Dynasty. To a certain extent, this person and his family have indeed made contributions to China.

But later, he was taken away by Lao Jiang, and he never repented. Baodao became the eternal pain in the hearts of all Chinese people.

But now Zhang Qiang has no time to discuss any historical achievements with them, and the other party said to Zhang Qiang straight to the point when they met: "Your Majesty, we hope to buy some more of your warships and warships. Australia is too far away from here. We only have five Ten warships and warships, this navy ship is completely unable to defend against the threat of the Taixi people.

You know, the Taixi people are not only the Dutch family, but also the Portuguese here, and the Spaniards not far from us. I heard that the Spaniards have been in a miserable situation in recent years. Their trade with the Chinese mainland is because of your non-cooperation. As a result, they can only smuggle some, but cannot open trade. The trade with the Japanese cannot continue due to your blockade of the Baodao Strait and the ocean and the war with Japan. At present, they can only do business with Siam and India. , Business profits are far from enough, they want to wage war on you, but they can't find an excuse, or they can't beat you and they have no way. "

Zheng Zhi said.

Zhang Qiang frowned, "You mean you can help us resist the Spanish attack? The Spaniards are going to fight us?"

Chapter 793 The Imagination of the Spanish Governor's Resignation Is Unsolvable

"No, the Spaniards started to attack the Han people there. They started to encourage the natives to attack, harass and rob the Han people of their wealth. The Han people there were treated unfairly, and many of them took their families with them. Some of them went to Nanyang, Hong Chengchou's eldest son and second son, and many others went to the Dutch territory and took refuge in some forces left by our Zheng family.

But there are still many people who endure the harassment of the natives. According to the information we got back, the Spaniards there don’t want to go on like this. They also want to speed up the robbing of the wealth of the Han people. Their governor is about to be transferred back to Spain. , so they can search for wealth vigorously, but the indigenous people obviously don't have much wealth for them to search for, and we Han people are the biggest owners of wealth there. "Zheng Zhi said that I won't talk about it here.

Zhang Qiang has already understood that it is such a bloody thing again. He has seen this kind of plot from countless time travels in later generations. Well, think about it with his eyes and thinking as a time traveler. It seems that the Spaniards should have done this in 1663. , Now it's 1666, and it's been delayed for a few years. It is estimated that the governor or something has long been impatient and wants to leave this ghost place as soon as possible.

The reason Zhang Qiang can also think of is that as mentioned earlier, the rise of the Huaxia Kingdom made the Spaniards cut off the trade here. Except for some Thai-Western colonies around and the Japanese Qing Dynasty, they had nowhere to find trade partners. After all, the East, Huaxia It is the biggest market for their trade. Without this market, they will not be able to make money. In order to maintain their huge trading fleet, to maintain their rule here, of course, the most important thing is to bring the money back to the damn governor. , They thought of searching for the wealth of the Han people.

Of course, it is impossible for the Han people to give them obediently, so they started to rob them. Every governor does this kind of thing, and this guy is going to do the same. As soon as he is about to leave office, he will slaughter the Chinese in the territory and steal the wealth. The governor of China will relax for a year or two, and then after the new Chinese come, they will train and make friends. When their wealth accumulates, they may start to persecute them during their term of office, but they will not make decisions. Means, when leaving office, there will be a clean robbery.

Being an official for thousands of miles is only for money. If you don’t get money, it’s meaningless to be an official. It’s better to be a businessman. A businessman is more free. If there are no officials who make things difficult, businessmen will rule the world. Isn’t that what Lao Mei is like For example, they really want to stop doing military business, but those old American arms dealers are forcing old Americans to fight every day, provoking this and that, fighting all day long, earning higher profits for those businessmen, and fighting for those politicians To make more achievements, sometimes it's not that their president doesn't love China, but that they have to stand on that position to humiliate and bully China fiercely. Once they step down, you can see that they have become good friends of China.

Of course, some people are against China from the bottom of their hearts, so there is nothing to say, um, let’s not talk about it, Zhang Qiang is always like this, the reincarnation of Wen Qing in later generations, that kind of thoughts linger in his mind every day, and he still manages it now For a huge Huaxia Kingdom, more things need to be done.

To be honest, Zhang Qiang doesn't like those rich people, but sometimes it's class interests, which can't be erased, even though what they do sometimes is really heartbreaking, squeezing workers with extremely low wages, and not taking the lives of workers And labor risks, throw it away after using it, and replace it with a lower cost one. Sometimes in order to reduce costs, they even deliberately fire the talents they have cultivated, and then replace them with someone with lower requirements and abilities, as long as they can make money , They don't care about any development.

As for these people in Nanyang, these rich people can be said to be even more shameless for profit. In the old days, they used everything to poach Daming's corner. Nostalgia, of course, it’s not that everyone doesn’t feel nostalgia. Some people still miss their hometown and ancestral land after making money, and they have also made contributions, but most people want to dig the wall like this.

What they do is to use outsiders to persecute their own people. Of course, sometimes they are right. Anyone who wants to share interests with them is an enemy. Before there is no unified national concept, there is no reasonable and fair In the face of competition, what they do is actually not a traitor to their class, it can only be regarded as defeating the enemy, because anyone who stops them is an enemy.

The point of talking a lot is to say that Zhang Qiang actually doesn’t have much sympathy for the Han Chinese in the Spanish-occupied colonies of Luzon, Manila, and so on. If they kill them, they will kill them. If they don’t resist, or if they don’t have the ability to resist, that’s their business. It's not about the Huaxia Kingdom. The Huaxia Kingdom is such a large territory that you can't handle your own affairs. Since you are going to take risks, you don't want to take the risk of failure. You want others to share the risk for you. The consequence of doing so is that you will be delayed The footsteps of the development of the Huaxia Kingdom.