Lord of Ming Dynasty

The times are developing, the new Kingdom of China is advancing, and the new Qin State is lingering on the land of Venezuela and South America. The British and the French are still fighting. Now it is only the Dutch who were stabbed by the British first. Will the second be? The French, I don't know, maybe the New China Kingdom or the New Qin Kingdom.

However, the new Qin State has fallen, and it is difficult to get up. Europe is now weakened by the war between the British and the French, and it is also going downhill.

Chapter 840, The Rising New China

Although the New China Kingdom only has 100 warships now, they have [-] main battleships, [-] cruisers, [-] frigates, and more than [-] destroyers. In terms of the advanced nature of warships, they beat the navy of any country of.

The Dutch withdrew, and the British and French continued to fight.

The British, the French, and the Dutch were all injured in this sea battle. The strength of the navy was greatly reduced again, and the number of warships was reduced to [-] to [-]. The Portuguese with [-] ships and the new Qin State with [-] ships are powerful.

Because of the encumbrance of the French, there are not many warships in the New Qin Kingdom, just [-] ships, and now there are thousands of warships in the whole of Europe, the whole of the West, and the New China Kingdom, which is the leader.

In the past five years, the French have successively rented, purchased, and exchanged 200 warships from the New China Kingdom. In addition to the more than [-] warships that captured the French returned by the New China Kingdom, the French have acquired about two hundred warships from New China. One hundred and one hundred warships gave almost all the treasures, jewels, gold, silver, and territory they snatched from the British, Americans, and Indians to the New China Kingdom.

Today, the Kingdom of New China owns the continent of Louisiana, which was taken from the Spaniards by the original French bordering on the Spanish Mexican colony, and has also obtained the export port on the west coast of the Pacific Ocean in North America.It can be said that from then on, the Gulf of Mexico in the Caribbean Sea will soon become the inner bay of the New China Kingdom.

But the British didn't care about that. They had already sent [-] warships to attack the Azov Islands before they could decide the outcome with the French.

The Azores were the focus of the Dutch defense.

Previously, because the British focused on dealing with the French, the Dutch helped the French to guard the colony. Now the Dutch have recalled most of their warships, and some of them have returned to the mainland to defend their homeland. Most of the warships gathered here to protect the important commercial transit of the Dutch. station, but the route was attacked by British pirates. After the French fleet cleaned up the pirates, the Dutch breathed a sigh of relief, but the British suddenly turned their guns and blocked the coastal ports of the Dutch mainland, where most of the warships were pressed.

It can be said that of the more than 1000 warships of the Dutch, more than 500 went to the colonies, more than 600 were defending the homeland, and more than 900 warships were in the Azov Islands. However, after several losses, the Dutch lost a total of [-] warships. Although they are all low-level warships, the quality of their own warships is not high. The warships they built are all models from a few years ago. Businessmen always don't see far away, so they have no patience for research and development. The Dutch are no longer what they used to be The bravery, the five Anglo-Dutch wars have broken their backbones.

In the history of the Anglo-Dutch sea battle, after the Dutch veteran defeated the British for the last time, he had no backbone to fight anymore, and then Britain and France fought for hegemony. Spain has long been abandoned in the long river of history, and the Portuguese sea coachman has long since become a sea veteran. Ladies, the Dutch should have succumbed decades ago. Because of the New Qin Kingdom and the New Huaxia Kingdom, they have survived until now. Now, the Dutch are really afraid.

The result of being afraid is that the army will be defeated like a mountain. Hearing the news of the enemy, he is already three points before the battle. Of course, the result is not good.

Nine hundred warships faced six hundred British warships, two-thirds of the Dutch's force, but five times the fighting power of the Dutch. Although the Dutch had shore artillery to help the fleeing Dutch fleet block the British, the British People are not afraid of losses, so they want to take down the power of the Dutch, and the Dutch are completely defeated.

Six hundred warships were either captured, or fled to the colonies, or were sunk, or rushed to the port of the New China Kingdom, of which [-] warships were sunk by the British at sea.

It was a brutal naval battle.

Before the war, no one would have thought that the Dutch would be so decadent. They were still showing off behind the French. Their tenacity and courage in fighting the British for decades in the Caribbean colonies made everyone, including many Dutch, think that they could defeat the British. People, at least can maintain a fragile peace, but reality slapped the Dutch.

The Dutch really became the Flying Dutchman.

Of the [-] warships, except for dozens of warships that fled to the New China Kingdom and asked for asylum with injuries, the other warships were either sunk or captured, and the ports were destroyed, but most of the small ports and some distant ports were Taking advantage of the prestige of victory, the British gave an order, and the Dutch surrendered.

After several tosses, the remaining warships returned by the Dutch diverted back to the mainland of the Netherlands. About 130 of the main battleships in the Netherlands did not dare to go to battle. The [-] frigates and destroyers that came back could only stay in the port and watch. Watching the British outside, there are only a hundred warships showing off their might, intercepting merchant ships entering the port.

This tossing took half a month. The news of the Dutch defeat spread to Europe, to the French, and then to North America. The French fleet, which was confronting about 200 warships of the British in North America, had [-] warships. The people were surprised. After several reinforcements, the French still maintained the scale of [-] ships, while the British dragged the French fleet from [-] warships. After so many days of losses, more than [-] ships were reinforced from the colonies. The warships that had shrunk back to the decisive battle, as well as dozens of warships that had been reinforced from the mainland, had been fought for half a month, and they still had [-] warships, and the French still had [-] warships.

But on the whole, the French have reached their limit. Although the British have also reached their limit, they have captured French warships and Dutch warships to supplement them.

The French couldn't allocate extra troops to rescue the Dutch. Although they had received the news a long time ago, they could only keep taking back the colonial warships. Then there was one victory, which was the one that chased the British to kill their colonies and sweep up the pirates. Most of the fleet was wiped out, and the British resistance fleet in the colonies was routed.

In fact, the British did not lose much in the decisive battle, but in the colonies, they also lost a lot in the battle with the French. Up to now, the British have lost [-] warships.

Except for the [-] warships on the mainland that cannot be moved, the British actually only have [-] warships left, and the French have only [-] warships.

The two fight for quantity, quality, and the speed of escaping from the colony to assemble, and whoever catches the enemy's single fleet in the Atlantic Ocean first, and then either rely on quality, combat effectiveness, luck, and fight to the death. The French above Because they were prepared, and most of the warships were scattered in the colonies, they had an advantage in numbers. Although there were times when a small fleet was captured and left alone, they still won the victory, but in the decisive battle and the battle of being ambushed, they did not The loss is not small.

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It seems that in history, judging from Zhang Siyuan's meager historical knowledge, the French did some things to kill themselves this time.

During this period of history, the French and the British played tricks to death. Since Emperor Louis XIV of the French brought the French out of the poor and weak quagmire for decades, the French economy has grown by leaps and bounds, and the income from colonial interests has continued to flow into the country. The pockets of the French royal family, and then turned into various luxurious decorations, as well as royal ceremonies, as well as the Royal Guards, as well as various enterprises and various manors controlled by the royal family. Of course, the French will not be so short-sighted. A lot has been invested in art, science, education, as well as the army and navy, so that the status and strength of the French can be comprehensively improved, and the status of the French European overlord can continue to be maintained.

In the past few years, the French have mainly invested in the navy, expanded the security of the colonies, and reorganized their sea power, but they defeated the British twice, which made the French very angry. In order to maintain a navy, the French lost a lot In the North American colonies, the navy they exchanged was still unable to defeat the British. This was because their own navy was weak in combat effectiveness, and they were divided and disintegrated by the British, as well as their strategic thinking mistakes, which made them completely passive. In terms of conspiracy, the French were really Can't play the UK.

For example, the French do not have many solid allies now, while the British often have a few younger brothers. Even if these younger brothers do not fight, they only support the British financially and materially, as well as spiritually and commercially. It is much better to build a few more naval warships.

Now the British have the Spaniards, the Portuguese, and the submissive Dutch at their disposal. In addition, they also communicate with other European countries, such as Poland, Sweden and other great empires that are still in decline. They have more friends than the French A lot, although the French also trade with the above-mentioned countries, are also fighting in the colonies, and cooperate from time to time, but they are not like the British, who can mobilize the resources of these countries to cooperate with them with a little money.

Because of this disastrous defeat, the French lost more than 4000 warships. They already had more than 3000 warships before, and they urgently purchased and leased many warships from the New China Kingdom. There were more than 2000 warships in total. In this way, they lost 2000 One battleship caused the British to lose more than [-] warships, which is not a bad fight.

The British now have only 800 warships, and their remaining warships are more than [-].

In terms of quality, both of them are already good, and the rest are the real main force. However, because of the previous fierce fighting, neither of the two companies has invested their final strength. The French retreated wisely and did not fight the British. The main force of the two families are all looking after the nursing home, so don't they want to be local?The French were not afraid, they blocked the sea and the land, and the Mediterranean Sea behind the Strait of Gibraltar, which the British could not penetrate, but the British could not do it.

The British can only show off their might in the Atlantic.

Although the Navy of the Kingdom of New China had some concerns about this situation, it did not participate too heavily. It still defended its homeland and overseas territories back-to-back with the French.

The difference is that as the New China Kingdom stopped disrupting the situation in Europe, the arrival of the China Empire made them more and more closely connected with the China Empire. Since the fleet of the China Empire visited the New China Kingdom, the New China Kingdom sent a team with them A small fleet went to visit, and then sent a caravan composed of domestic maritime trade merchants to follow the visit. After returning, the trade volume between the two countries increased significantly.

The Chinese Empire's caravan passed through the Panama Canal, and then was escorted by the New Dingyangzhou Fleet of the New China Kingdom. They gathered through the colonies of the New China Kingdom on the Caribbean Sea and passed through the Spanish colonial ports. Because of the signing of a trade treaty, the Spaniards really did not The caravans of the Chinese Empire who dared to attack the escort of the New China Kingdom. At the same time, the caravans of the Chinese Empire could also trade in the port of the Spanish, and then go up, or pass through the Cuban Strait, trade along the coast of Cuba, or detour to the Dutch Colonial trade, and then reach the original North American Gulf of Mexico colony of the French newly taken over by the New China Kingdom, trade here, or abandon the ship and land, under the protection of the Han mercenaries of the New China Kingdom, reach Georgia and then trade here, and and The fleet reunited in the Atlantic Ocean, or turned around to trade on the Dutch's Grand Bahama Island, or bypassed the British's North American colony, and went to Xindingzhou, the mainland of the New China Kingdom, to trade.

After the trade, the goods from the New China Kingdom were collected, and under the protection of the New China Kingdom’s local squadron, they passed through the Atlantic Ocean near the Azores Islands, arrived at Morocco, the African overseas territory of the New China Kingdom, entered the Strait of Gibraltar, and traded in New West , circle around the Mediterranean Sea, go to Eastern European countries or trade with the Austro-Hungarian Empire, trade with the Ottoman Empire, and then return to the Central Asian territory of the Chinese Empire by land, and the ship will return to the African coast, or sail along the African coast to trade back to the Indian Ocean, Cross the Indian Ocean to enter the Pacific Ocean, the vast backyard of the Huaxia Empire, or return to Xindingyang Prefecture with the ship after passing through the Strait of Gibraltar, pass through the Panama Canal, and return to the Hawaiian territory of the Huaxia Empire.

After resting for a while, the four-month or eight-month, one-year trade itinerary will be completed and return to the mainland of the Chinese Empire.

The caravan is relatively large, so after a one-year voyage, they travel all over the western countries and can earn a lot of money when they go back.

However, there are obviously more caravans returning to the Chinese Empire this time, and they are divided into several parts. Some of them go to Africa and go back through the Indian Ocean, and some go back to the Caribbean and go back to Panama.

A caravan of fifteen small merchant ships with a tonnage of about 1750 tons is sailing on the coast of South America returning to Panama from the New Qin State. They are escorted by three old New Qin State [-] ships from the New Qin State. The destroyer in [-] only had a speed of fifteen knots, not even as fast as the merchant ship itself. The merchant ship has a small hull, but it also adopted the improved configuration of the new Qin State warship, widened the hull, and reached a speed of seventeen and a half knots .

In order for the escorting warships to keep up with the entire caravan and sail at a speed of [-] knots, it is said that this is the inland sea of ​​the Caribbean Sea, and many nearby islands are allies. There have been no naval battles for several years, and there are also Spanish colonies that carry out peaceful civil maritime trade. At the same time, there are also Caribbean colony islands that the New China Kingdom received from the Spaniards and the Dutch in a peace treaty, or purchased by selling warships. Territory, there should be no danger.

But right here, three frigate-class warships flying the Dutch flag and two destroyers flying the British flag attacked the entire caravan. It is mainly occupied by people, so when danger occurs, it quickly accelerates to a speed of 10 knots, and escapes for [-] minutes before the enemy has time to intercept it.

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The escaped merchant ship passed through the not-too-open strait of the Caribbean Sea, and then rushed to the waters patrolled by the Kingdom of New China. After being closely pursued by the three Dutch warships, it was stopped by the three destroyers patrolling the New Dingyang Prefecture. The first destroyer was captured by the French, and the French destroyer was purchased from Xinqin, so the two parties actually used the same type of destroyer.

It's just that these destroyers are older than the destroyers of the New Qin State, about 740 years old. At that time, the destroyers were equivalent to the main battleships of the New Qin State, but now this kind of warship can only be used as a destroyer, and in the New Qin State The Huaxia Kingdom can't even enter the fleet, so it can only become a patrol ship of the Coast Guard for patrolling remote coasts for early warning and maritime disaster rescue.

So they are called frigates now, but the New Qin State, which is only ten years ahead of it, still uses this type of warship as a destroyer. This is also the helplessness of the New Qin State. Most of the warships they sold to the Dutch , In order to expand the number of warships, the Dutch were hungry and wanted all kinds of warships. This is why the Dutch have many more warships than the British, but the British still won the naval battle.

In this way, it is very easy for the Dutch warships to fight against these frigates. Although these warships also lost some people and were injured when they fought against the three new Qin warships, they still used them. In half an hour, the three naval frigates of the New China Kingdom, which were ten years behind them, were solved. By the time the two destroyers of the British who were chasing other merchant ships arrived, the battle was over, the merchant ships had already run away, and the warships had already left. Other frigates were called to come.

Half an hour when the British and the Dutch had just withdrawn from this sea area, the frigate squadron patrolling in other areas and a frigate squadron from Tripoli Island, ten ships, plus seven better models built in 760 The destroyers arrived, and they had fled near the port of one of the remaining Dutch islands in this place.

Eighteen frigates, seven destroyers, and ten frigates came to block the Dutch port, asking the Dutch for merchant ships and captured personnel, and at the same time asking the Dutch to hand over the murderer of the attack and make normal representations However, the Dutch were very barbaric and used coastal artillery to attack the fleet of the New China Kingdom, causing two more frigates to be sunk.

This time, the fun is great. The Kingdom of New China immediately opened fire and attacked. The fierce firepower of the ten frigates made the Dutch shore artillery on the island almost impossible to defend against. The frigates and destroyers maneuvered to intercept the escaped Dutch and British merchant ships. At the same time, they attacked the escaped enemy warships. The two sides fought around the island for three hours. The commander of the escort fleet of the New China Kingdom reported the incident by telegram, obtained the authorization to fire, and then sank the three escaped British ships. Destroyers, two frigates, ten merchant ships, the Dutch were sunk thirteen merchant ships, seven destroyers, two frigates, eighteen forts were destroyed at the same time, nine wharves were destroyed, and ten houses on the trestle were damaged. damage, more than [-] people were killed or injured.

This matter was quickly relayed by telegram, and then spread throughout the Atlantic coast, and spread to the inland countries of the Atlantic coast through wired telegrams. Three days later, the entire West knew about it.

The New Qin State also issued a statement that they had nothing to do with this matter, and condemned the New China Kingdom’s attack on the Dutch colonial port. They have obviously sided with the Dutch, which means that they also sided with the British. party.

The British condemned the New China Kingdom for provoking war and attacking the British fleet. The British will set up patrol areas in the Azores to intercept all passing merchant ships and warships of the New China Kingdom.

The entire Western world is buzzing with this lawsuit. No one knows that the New China Kingdom is now the most powerful maritime overlord. The British and the French, the second and third maritime overlords, have just experienced a losing-lose battle. The time-consuming and labor-intensive sea battle took three months and resulted in heavy losses. The French lost more than 4000 warships. Although they still retained the most powerful warships, the main fleet did not fight, but they also injured their shins. The British However, 70.00% of the warships were lost, and the local fleet was left undispatched. The other warships were destroyed in the naval battles with the Dutch and the French, especially the number of warships in their colonial fleet, which was almost completely destroyed. up.