Lord of Ming Dynasty

While Zhang Qiang was busy building his new fleet, Du Ge was also busy. Now he has developed a regular army of 1000 Han Chinese, [-] regular troops of Siamese natives, and a team of [-] Thai-Western mercenaries. A naval fleet composed of a hundred warships, this naval fleet belongs to the King of Siam in name, but actually belongs to him, and he controls the fleet.

This fleet has five [-]-ton warships of the Huaxia Army eight years ago. They were some of the warships of the Huaxia Kingdom Navy mobilized through his right when he left, and two [-]-ton warships Huaxia Army navy warships, seven [-]-ton naval warships, eleven [-]-ton naval warships, five [-]-ton naval warships, and other small naval warships were not transferred, but had thirty Merchant ships refitted by the Dafu Ship. These merchant ships have now been converted into armed merchant ships. The modification was carried out by the Dutch.

The sailors are equipped by the British, and the gunners are equipped by the Dutch. The original navy officers and soldiers were killed because they did not want to leave the country. The current structure is that the apprentices under the British and Dutch are all following him. The Han Chinese sailors and official Han children who came from treason, and there are a small number of Siamese official children.

Among these people, the Han gradually took control of the fleet. The captain was either a Han or a British, the first mate was either a Han or a Dutch, the helmsman was a Han, the second officer was a Han, the lookout was a Han, the gunner was a Han, and the boatswain was a Han. However, the Taixi people are only equivalent to the status of technicians. Although they also control part of the power, the real power is in the hands of the traitorous Han officials and generals headed by Du Ge from the Kingdom of China.

In addition to the ships of the Chinese Kingdom, there are also the British 180-ton galleons, the Dutch caravels 150-ton ships, the Spanish [-]-ton galleons, and the Portuguese carracks. There are more than [-] ships in total.

It’s not that Du Ge doesn’t want to counterattack other states of the Huaxia Kingdom in Southeast Asia as soon as possible, but he has no confidence, because he built a huge kingdom from scratch, and even Zhang Qiang has been running it for 20 years. He worked hard to border Myanmar and Laos in Siam We built a territory in a place far away from India, and built a port in a place completely different from India, with the land of Siam in between.

Siam has a small population, but its ambitions are not small. The reason why he watched him do this without stopping it was because he tied up those officials with interests, and the pressure from the Dutch and the British made them dare not ask too much, but he also I dare not expand the stall at once, because there is not enough population to control the territory. If the stall is enlarged, it will all contribute to Siam.

In this way, he trained [-] regular troops for Siam, all of whom are firearms soldiers. Although they are now under his command, there are many officials and children of Siam among them, and those people are time bombs.

If things go wrong, you will blow yourself up, and it will be cheaper for Siam. There are many Han people in Siam, but most of them are Han people from Fujian and Guangdong. Many Han people came from the Ming Dynasty. Concentric with the Kingdom of Siam, many Han families here hope that the Kingdom of Siam will be strong, and they do not want the Chinese Kingdom of the Han people to be strong. The population and soldiers of the Han people brought by Du Ge are two factions with them, just like Daming just now When the country was subjugated, even though many people served as officials of the Qing Dynasty, they still thought of the Han Chinese Daming in their hearts.

Such an advantage allowed Du Ge to unite people's hearts, but it won't last long. The longer these people will get out of his control, the more they will become Siamese with Han faces assimilated by Siam.

To make these Siamese feel pressured, Du Ge had to use some strength to frighten them, and the navy that attacked the Huaxia Kingdom was the strength he had to use.

Thinking of this, he said to the generals beside him: "Let the sailors set out to harass the sailors of the Huaxia Kingdom."

So a huge fleet set off, with as many as 180 warships. Siam provided fifteen 30-ton warships purchased from the British. The British sent two third-class battleships to follow, and the Netherlands The Japanese sent ten [-]-ton caravel ships to follow, and more than [-] Siamese merchant ships followed to deliver supplies.

Their goal was the Fifth Fleet stationed in Saigon. Of course, they didn't know that the Fifth Fleet had actually grown stronger.

When dispatching the fleet, he consulted with King Zheng Xin of Siam, Englishman Thame, and Dutchman Ike.

Du Ge said to them: "If we want to deal with the threat of the Huaxia Kingdom, we must do this. We will continue to provoke them and threaten them so that they cannot develop with peace of mind. Everyone, look at Japan, look at Zheng Chenggong's treasure island, look at The Kingdom of Lu, as well as the Kingdom of Jin, which was just destroyed, and the Kingdom of Huaxia are advancing their strategy little by little, so that you will not be at peace, and let other people help them attack the enemy, while they are slowly developing in the country.

Now they have a larger population of Han Chinese, 8000 million people, and they continue to move those who have not been naturalized, as well as those who oppose them, to the surrounding war-torn small countries, using those people as cannon fodder , to destroy you, are you just waiting to be eliminated? "

Zheng Dao: "No, they have already wiped out Siam, the Donghu Dynasty, and the Annan Dynasty. Maybe they will be us next, so I will allow you to do this in our country. Otherwise, you will not be able to survive. Our Soldiers and horses will tear you apart and feed them to elephants."

The Englishman Thame glanced contemptuously at King Zheng Xin of Siam. This native is too arrogant. His strength is not comparable to that of Du Ge and the others. Even if the British sent an army of 2000 people, they could kill them. The dynasty, if they still need their market, the British Empire will not give them a good face. The Mughal dynasty has been destroyed by him and the Dutch. Now those countries are as docile as dogs, and they have to rely on them live.

The Dutch Ike didn't listen to them, but said: "Our country sent us a fleet. We were almost disabled by the Zheng family last time. This time, we will send this fleet behind your fleet." Go to attack the Zheng family, I heard that the Zheng family also bought [-] retired navy warships from the Huaxia Army, this time we will completely kill them and avenge our warships."

Du Ge was interested in the Dutch warships, "How many warships did you come this time? What kind of warships are they, are they amazing?"

Ike said: "A total of eighteen ships, eight fifth-class warships, three-masted, 680-ton warships, three six-hundred-ton four-masted warships, two [-]-ton five-masted warships, and five square-sailed [-]-ton warships , these eighteen ships alone can wipe out hundreds of their warships."

The British Tim did not respond. He looked down on these warships of the Dutch. They are all old warships. Although they are warships, they have abandoned their cargo capacity and are specially used for fighting. Unfortunately, the British were after the Spanish Armada, not their old stuff.

Chapter 799 Challenge the Chinese Navy 2

Where they were discussing, Zhang Qiang already knew about it, but he didn't care about it. The new naval warship has entered the final assembly stage. He would go to see where he has time. Of course, not all of them, but the nearest Jinling Shipbuilding He didn't run to the factory or Hangzhou.

Two of the new 48 warships are undergoing final inspection and will be ready to go to sea soon. After going to sea, after a day or two of weapons installation and adjustment, they can go to sea for testing, and the same is true for other seagoing ships.

The gap is only one week. Finally, after the end of this month, 48 new ships, 36 780-ton warships, and twelve clipper frigates will all enter service. This time only the shortest sea trial will be carried out. There is no need for testing, because the new warship has been tested for several months, and basically all the problems have been found out and solved.

These 48 Zhang Qiang are going to be deployed to the Third Fleet, mainly in the direction of Treasure Island. Where can I go to Manila or block the routes from Japan to other places? With these 48 new warships, it is more expensive than thousands of warships. Advantageous, coupled with the compensation of other warships, the range of activities of the navy will be expanded, and the range of patrols will also be expanded, making the sea area safer.

The ships of the Third Fleet will be mobilized partly to the Fifth Fleet, the First Fleet, to replenish the ships lost in the two fleets.

The third prince of the First Fleet's defense area has become arrogant again since he bought more than 300 warships from the Navy of the Kingdom of China, because all the ships in the First Fleet are only [-] ships, and they are almost equal to the first A fleet of naval ships.

With these navy ships, Hong Tianpao immediately went to trouble the Daqingshui Division. The Daqingshui Division, which had suffered heavy losses, was blocked in the port and did not dare to come out. The bombardment of the expanded naval fleet can be regarded as the third prince's intention. He led the naval fleet to the Japanese islands and bombarded the coastal towns of Japan, making the Japanese dare not gather ships and troops along the coast. This indirectly helped Kong sexually controls China Island.

Japan is now blocked on the island and can't do anything anymore. It is almost beaten back to its original state. It lacks food and clothing. It can only obtain food and other supplies through the trade between Hokkaido and Goguryeo. It can be said to be extremely pitiful. .

In other words, there is basically no threat to the Huaxia Kingdom along the northeast coast.

The only big threat is the third prince.

But Zhang Qiang knew that the strength of the third prince was not enough to fight against the Huaxia Kingdom.

To fight, the Huaxia Kingdom's garrison on their land, as well as the navy of the First Fleet cleaned him up every second.

Although the Navy of the First Fleet was gradually weakened due to the sale of ships to him, all the ships left by the First Fleet were big ships, and they were still new ships. Compared with their speed, the old look is much more maneuverable. What they got was only ships under 11 years old, and a few new ships were only old ships over seven years old.

What's more, the nearest [-] ships of the Yangtze River Naval Guard can help, nearly [-] ships of the Second Fleet can help, and there are [-] ships of the Third Fleet.

The Fourth Fleet still has more than 500 ships, and the Fifth Fleet has 380 ships plus 36 new ships.

If these more than 2000 ships surrounded his Ryukyu Kingdom and bombed several islands, his Ryukyu Kingdom would immediately become ruins.

The thing to worry about now is Spain. After Zheng Zhi told him, he sent someone to find out.

After Jin Qi mobilized the people of the Military Intelligence Department in Manila to conduct a thorough investigation, he found that the Spaniards had gone too far.

Zheng Zhi is now busy with saving the Han people in this place. He has contacted Hong Shiming and Hong Hongxiu many times, conducted a lot of business transactions with the two people, and helped them gain a firm foothold in Borneo. Two people now have 8000 people, and the other has an armed force of 5000 people. The strength of the first prince is not great, but there are only 1 ships and more than [-] Han people. The second prince has a large population, because he took two or three people with him when he left. Ten thousand Japanese people, twenty or thirty thousand Han people.

His power expanded as the Huaxia Kingdom handed over Japanese captives and civilians to him.

The fleet sent to occupy Koh Kong Island had already occupied it, and did not encounter much resistance. Zheng Keshuang came again and sent a group of personnel and soldiers. This time, there were [-] new soldiers and horses, which made him more manned.

Zheng Keshuang was surprised to see that he had so many ships. Zheng Zhi had to explain it, and sent Zheng Keshuang away with Zheng Keshuang's vigilant and puzzled eyes. Zheng Zhi immediately launched a counterattack against the Spaniards.

About 1 newly arrived soldiers, [-] Japanese soldiers, [-] Han soldiers, and [-] Nanyang indigenous soldiers landed on Luzon Island, and began to clean up the indigenous people on it to help the Han people break out of the siege.

About three hundred warships went to the outskirts of Manila in search of the Spanish fleet for a decisive battle.

There are only [-] boats left at home, while there are [-] boats on Koh Kong Island, mainly for setting up camps.

Unfortunately, they encountered the combined fleet of Siamese, Doug, British, and Dutch coming out of Siam.

Fifteen old armed merchant ships refitted from [-]-ton Fuchuan, and five [-]-ton warships were stunned when they encountered the vanguard ships of the huge fleet, and immediately turned and ran to Koh Kong Island.

The actions of this fleet were seen by Du Ge standing at the bow, and he said to Ike beside him, "Isn't that the Zheng family's fleet?"

Ike gritted his teeth and said, "Yes, I won't let them go this time. I'll let our fleet deal with them." Du Ge smiled and didn't speak.

The Englishman Tim didn't speak either, and it was inconvenient for them to intervene as the Dutch dealt with their own affairs.

Zheng Xin, the king of Siam, also came, but he was not on this boat.

Under the command of the semaphore, the thirty Dutch ships were quickly separated from the fleet, and quickly headed towards the fleeing Zheng family fleet.

The two sides chased at sea for two hours, and the huge Zheng family fleet on Koh Kong Island was finally overtaken by Dutch armed merchant ships and warships that were born in war.

The two sides opened fire on each other two miles apart.

Cannonballs fly around, but they don’t do any good, because they are too far away. It is a bit too difficult to hit the enemy 1000 meters away in the bumpy sea. It is a bit too difficult in the era of sailing warships, unless you are lucky or have experienced gunners and sailors. As well as the cooperation of the helmsman and the commanding captain, and the cooperation of the wind direction, it is obvious that they are not dominant now, and they cannot meet the conditions.

Ike issued an order for the high-altitude watchman to convey the order, "Don't fire, get closer, and shoot at the enemy at a distance of 300 meters. Isn't the distance of more than 300 meters a waste of shells?"