Lord of Ming Dynasty

On land, thanks to Sky Shadow's help, the Spaniards turned defeat into victory, and gained the upper hand and initiative. The British sent people again to discuss reconciliation and redeem the captives.

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Captain Portman and Phillips were invited to the port where the Spaniards were. They had been here before. It was their port and it is now occupied by the Spaniards. Before the Spaniards, it was occupied by the Chinese Empire, but the tribes in the Bengal region And the clan, and those Indians caused a lot of trouble to the Chinese Empire, they only need to stir up a little spark, and the Chinese Empire will have to retreat.

Now the arrival of Spain and the Indian soldiers they led have completely cleaned up the place. Almost [-]% of the population either fled or were slaughtered by both sides. And tribes, clan populations, their control here will drop to a freezing point.

It will be easy for the Spaniards to take control here, just do what they did before.

Walking into this Gothic building in the 30s, Portman and Captain Phillips looked at the skylight in a corner of the building with great interest, where it was bombed by British cannons. Some time ago, [-] people in the UK The army attacked here, facing the port guarded by only [-] troops, [-] Indians and [-] British fought very easily. If the Spaniards had not supported them with naval guns in the end, [-] Spanish regular soldiers landed and stormed the British flank. For the line of defense, the Spaniards still don't know if they can withstand the [-] troops led by Tianying to attack from behind and cut off the retreat of the British. In the end, the British retreated from the sea, and the Indians were defeated and all fled.

Major General Montero, the commander of the Spanish fleet, was arguing with the members of the House of Representatives at this time. Faced with such a situation, Major General Montero meant to take advantage of the situation to attack and drive the British out of India. With a thick red neck, he shouted: "Impossible, we can't defeat the British, we can accept it as soon as it is good, we can buy this place with money, and use it as a port in the Far East, a place to stay, we should engage with the British It’s a good relationship, otherwise we wouldn’t be able to stand here.”

Major General Montero was so angry that he won the battle with great difficulty and immediately gained a firm foothold here. Why did he beg others in a low voice? What kind of brains is this person?

He slammed the door and went out. The major general stood up. The member shook his head and said in a low voice: "This is the territory of the British. We took it from them. No matter what, we owe them. The UK is not something we can afford. Look at that Chinese man, those who are arrogant are not good people, and they don’t know what to plan? Here, if we can’t get together with the British, then we will definitely suffer in the future, and the British will be the ones who will see the joke , It doesn’t matter if they lose a palm-sized area, they are mainly afraid of losing face.”

The major general of the army is not in a hurry. He was in a hurry before, but now he is not in a hurry. The land war has been won. The white hair on his hair was pulled out yesterday. No one can tell when he wears a hood. There were more than 700 people, including more than 700 people who were injured, but only 300 people died, and dozens of people were captured. As for the mercenaries, only 800 people were left to move. It has nothing to do with him, it's the councilor's business.

He was thinking about where to send these people. Of course, most of them were to guard the port. The port was their main defense target. In order for the fleet to have a foothold in the Far East, the army could not move at all, and mercenaries were sent. Go after the stragglers, catch the fleeing Bengalis and Indians, even some British deserters.

As for what to do in the future, that is something that the fleet commander and congressmen are worried about, and it is not something that he is worried about. He just cooperates with them.

The congressman muttered to himself for a long time, seeing that the major general of the army did not open his mouth, and he was very bored. He was worried that this impulsive major general Montero, the commander of the fleet, could no longer fight. The loss of at least 1000 Spanish soldiers is a big trouble, and the injured more than [-] people are also a big trouble. The damaged warships, sunk merchant ships, and captured merchant ships and warships must also be explained to the Spanish king's royal family.

Fortunately, there are hundreds of thousands of Indian captives, thousands of British captives, and dozens of British officers. Even if the British don’t redeem themselves for Indians or ordinary British soldiers, the officers still have to redeem themselves, otherwise even the governor can’t do it. to their queen.

Calculated in this way, a ransom can also minimize Spain's losses this time, and then it needs to spend a sum of money to redeem this port in the UK or the entire Bangladesh area, but he thinks it is right to have a port. People are not what he wants, and he will not spend a penny for them. This place is too poor and too messy. Even if there are people to take care of them, there will be constant troubles in the future, and the input and output will not be proportional.

Now those people are almost killed, and they are useless. Even if they are used as cheap labor, they can’t do anything. The port has been destroyed after two battles. The construction cost is still quite a lot. You can't let sailors and soldiers do it, can you?

If the British don't want those Indians, it would be a very good labor force.

He said to the aide-de-camp beside him: "Go and invite the British, I want to talk to them."

The aide-de-camp saluted and walked out. After a while, the Englishmen Portman and Phillips walked in. The two sides took off their hats to salute, and then sat on both sides of the long negotiating table.

Several people exchanged pleasantries for a while, and Portman couldn't hold back anymore. He loudly reprimanded the Spaniards for being shameless and attacking the British colonies, and vowed to let the British declare war on the Kingdom of Spain.

The congressman smiled and dealt with the other party very patiently. Sometimes he even stood up and slapped the table to argue with the other party. The two sides exchanged each other, and each sentence became more intense and louder. It seems that negotiation is also a kind of physical work. , while tearing the thick robes with their hands, the two people exuded the body heat brought by the fierce debate, while their eyeballs rolled rapidly, their mouths were still arguing without giving in, thinking of countless words in their minds, and finally, Two Army officers moved to adjourn the meeting.

The pointless quarrel ended in embarrassment because they failed to discuss any feasible way to ease the war that broke out between the two countries over the colonial struggle.

And outside, on the sea, the British fleet has arrived along the coastline, hiding in a harbor, with many masts, a huge hull, and sails pulling the wind. His mouth was open, ready to deal with emergencies at any time.

During this period of time, two more British warships arrived. The hulls of the ships were quite large, and they had steam paddle wheels and sails. There was faint blue smoke rising from the smoke chamber. It seemed that the steam engine hadn't started, and it was on fire.

This warship weighs [-] tons.

The front artillery has also been replaced with the heavy turret artillery of the Huaxia Empire, but the turrets are open, while the turrets of the Huaxia Empire are semi-closed, and some are fully closed. The artillery has a 32-pound caliber and a muzzle with a hundred As much as a millimeter, there is a groove under the turret, and there is a copper round-headed shell in it. It seems that the British have not stolen the technology of the Chinese Empire in the past two years, at least learned the technology of the Chinese Empire, and started to develop it themselves.

The turret is semi-rotating, and the turntable can only turn about 130 degrees. The speed is not fast, and it is heavy and laborious, but it is also a very big improvement.

The overall ship is just an iron skin and wood hull, iron skeleton, and the main beam of the keel is made of giant wood wrapped with iron hoops. Compared with the Spanish or other warships that still use wooden keels, this is already quite an improvement.

There is also such a heavy cannon behind the hull. The other cannons are still similar to those of the Spaniards. They are hidden in the hull and can be fired by opening the gun door.

Rear Admiral Gibbs was very happy. Looking at these two new British warships, he was full of confidence. They have two warships of more than 2000 tons and five warships of more than 1000 tons. Adding these two, there are nine ships. , the others are sail warships covered with iron sheets, most of which have a tonnage of more than 1000 tons, which is relatively backward.

The arrival of these two warships this time also brought them some new technologies, the overall modified paddle wheel and small steam engine, and the other seven ships have been modified, which can give some assistance when the sailing warship sails. With these boosts, they are more flexible than the Spanish warships during the battle.

There are a total of 23 warships, which is much less than the 35 Spanish warships, but they are confident in defeating those backward Spanish iron-clad and iron-framed sailing warships. For them, they may also try to challenge China. Imperial fleet.

At present, most of the fleets of the Chinese Empire are sail warships, covered with iron skin, a small part are iron skin and iron skeleton warships, and only a small part are newly equipped new steam warships. Each fleet is no more than a dozen ships. I heard that there are various problems. It is not impossible to succeed in the challenge. With the maturity of the British Navy and decades of maritime combat experience, Rear Admiral Gibbs feels that it is very possible to succeed in the challenge.

But that will have to wait until the Spanish warships who dare to challenge them are dealt with. Those thieves and robbers dare to invade the colonies of the British Empire, which will make them look good.

The sea wind on the sea became more and more bitter, the huge waves made the ship sway, the bell for dinner rang, the sailors got off their posts one after another, and then walked into the cabin, plates of liquid food were served, and then they were thrown away like a pile of shit. Throw it into a silver plate, of course not everyone has a silver plate, many people have wooden bowls or ceramic plates.

Except for some British sailors and officers, most of the sailors and soldiers are recruits, or Indians, from various states and tribes in India, they can't even sit on the table to eat, one by one carrying plates, come to the base warehouse Next to the hammock, or squatting, or standing, or sitting, leaning on the thick ribs of the cabin, grabbing the food on the plate with your hands and eating.

The officers first wrapped a white napkin, then used forks and spoons, drank delicious rum, wine, brandy, and laughed and ate a sumptuous dinner. There were not only beef but also pork chops, and grapes on the plate. Apples, and sandwiches, jam, and cream.

At the same time, the Spanish fleet was busy. The commander of the fleet, Rear Admiral Montero, was in the main cabin of the flagship, holding an oil and gas lamp, and carefully observing the chart. It was busy outside, some were furling the sails, some were carrying Ammunition, some are scrubbing the deck, while others are maintaining the cannons. Carriages are transporting vegetables, fruits, and various grains to the cabin on the pier, and the garbage cleaned out of the cabin is thrown into the sea. Ammunition was replenished into the cabin one by one.

The intelligence personnel of the Military Intelligence Department hid in the room at the port, looked at the busyness of the Spaniards through the window, and whispered, "Betto, has the information been leaked to the Spaniards?"

"Boss, it's revealed. We are very careful. The Spaniard's fleet commander is very careful. In the afternoon, he sent someone to pretend to be a merchant ship going to sea to check. The British are hiding in the harbor fifty miles away. If they set off tonight , At least set off at midnight, and at dawn, you can take advantage of the dawn to sneak attack on the British anchorage."

After finishing speaking, he said worriedly: "Boss, this is a bit bad. If the Spaniards clean up the last bit of the British family, the Spaniards will definitely make progress. If they seize India, we will be thankless. It is not good for the wolf to lead the tiger. It is best to make the British weaker, but not without the power to fight back. It will make the Spaniards suffer a big loss, but it can't hurt the root, otherwise the British's power may be wiped out at once. Get rid of the Spaniard, and our operation will be in vain."

The boss guys walked around, and from time to time, they opened the curtains to look at the Spanish fleet in the port outside. After tonight, maybe after tomorrow's day, if it's what they think, then these people don't know how many people there are. People can come back, and I don’t know how many of these ships can come back. It is estimated that most of them sank into the sea.

But this is not something he can stop, he has to let the Spaniards fight the British, and then it is best for the Spaniards to win and the British to lose a little, and then the Spaniards can stay here, and the British go back to accumulate strength or seek other Find a way to solve this matter, or admit the fact that the Spaniards are here, so that there will be a balance here. The Chinese Empire has planted a nail in the last Far East site of the Westerners. Both sides have to rely on the Chinese Empire. Of course, it is also possible to a certain extent that after a period of time, the two sides will unite again to make trouble for the Huaxia Empire, and the Huaxia Empire will make trouble for itself.

But this is a matter for the future. Now the Spaniards have to stay here. The British lost the place in Pakistan, lost the place in Afghanistan, lost Burma and the Naga Mountains. Although the ban on the sea is lifted, they can come from the sea. , but after all, from afar, the strength cannot be too great, and the Huaxia Empire can control them.

Let them obediently do business in Huaxia, instead of looking for work all day long. If they are looking for work, the Huaxia Navy Fleet, which has not fought for more than ten years, is busy, and it is just time to test the combat effectiveness of the newly equipped Navy Fleet.

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In the middle of the night, the breeze gently pushes the waves to set up tiny waves, but there is a rushing sound. The sea is pitch black, and only a nearby ship can see the sea surface clearly through the faint light of the cabin. On the dark sea, the old man Led by the fishermen, relying on their familiarity, the entire fleet quietly sailed out of the port channel and turned to the British anchorage fifty nautical miles away.

The officials of the Military Intelligence Department in the port watched the battleship leave, and then waited for the final result of the Spanish fleet.

Victory, the British are completely defeated, the Spaniards gain power, and another opponent of the Chinese Empire will appear here in India. Although this is the Chinese Empire itself, the purpose is to confuse the British rule here and cause trouble for the British.

Failed, the Spaniards will go away in despair, they will not get any compensation, because they came here to find a foothold in the Far East, every piece of sea territory and every island of the Chinese Empire, even if they have ruled before For a century, it is not theirs now. They can't find any chance, or even if they have the opportunity to land in places where the Chinese navy's navy is weak, they dare not. The combat effectiveness of the Chinese navy is not comparable to them.

In the distance, Tianying and the others disbanded the Bangladeshi troops. Most of the troops were taken over by the Spanish major general. After the war was won, they had to take back the command of the troops, but there were less than [-] troops left in the end. Soldiers and horses, the battle has been won, and the recruited tribal fighters are going home, only some tribal fighters who have nowhere to go, and the soldiers recruited by the Spaniards remain.

This number of soldiers and horses is quite a lot here. With more than 2000 British troops, the British can control the entire India as big as China in later generations. The Spaniards still have more than 1000 regular soldiers and 700 mercenary soldiers. These people were scattered among more than 5000 native soldiers, enough to make this army an elite army, even more elite than the British.

There are more than 3000 British people, and more than 1000 people are stationed in various places. They cannot be dispatched, and more than 2000 people are scattered. Seven 800 people control 10,000+ Indian troops. The combat and control capabilities and organizational capabilities can be imagined.

The Spaniards only sent 5000 regular army soldiers and [-] mercenary soldiers, of which there were only a dozen regular army officers and dozens of mercenary officers. These people controlled more than [-] indigenous armed forces in Bangladesh. Said, almost equivalent to teaching the native troops hand in hand.

The Spaniards left 1000 mercenary soldiers and five officers in Dhaka, three regular army officers, and more than 2000 indigenous soldiers to control the area. They left more than 300 indigenous soldiers, more than [-] mercenary soldiers, and eight officers in the port. , ten regular army officers, one hundred regular army soldiers, and of course the troops guarding the wounded barracks. The wounded barracks are now overcrowded.

Nearly 800 seriously wounded indigenous soldiers, more than 500 wounded regular army soldiers, and more than 100 wounded mercenary soldiers were guarded by more than [-] Spanish regular army soldiers, dozens of mercenary soldiers, and [-] indigenous soldiers.

The remaining regular army officers and mercenary officers and soldiers, more than half of them are still patrolling various places, clearing up Indian deserters and rebellious indigenous tribes in Bengal, bringing back the wounded and the guns and materials they seized, gold and silver, specialties, Merchandise and more.

A small half of the troops boarded the battleships of the fleet and distributed them on the Spanish battleships. There were about a few hundred native soldiers, more than 100 mercenary soldiers, and all the regular soldiers except guarding the port, more than 1000 people.

Of course, so many soldiers have to guard against the ship's jumping gangs during naval battles, close hand to hand combat, now is the age of sail, everyone's ship is close to the ship, and when they seize the ship, they will shoot at close range, and then stab each other with knives and axes. Heads, teeth biting necks, these are still the mainstream. Although the British have pioneered long-distance artillery battles, the sea battles in the age of sails still inevitably involve the close combat of capturing enemy ships.

The Spanish fleet sailed into the darkness in neat ranks, heading for the enemy at six knots an hour.