I am rich in martial arts, but choose culture to win

But at the same time, these wars around 2020 are technically milestones in low-level warfare.

In several wars, without exception, the shadow of drones appeared.

The emergence of drones on these low-level battlefields has almost become a decisive force to turn things around.

For example, although Azerbaijan, which inherited the double mantle of Luluo and Hongluo at the same time, in fact, the army still did not show outstanding military quality in this war, and even appeared weak in several advances.

However, a large number of drones imported from Turkey wiped out Armenia's defense deployment in a devastating manner, making a war that was supposed to be evenly matched to one side, and finally regained a large piece of disputed territory through the alliance under the city.

Of course, Zhu Fugui didn't have the ability to get a drone for military use. Even if such a thing was sold, it would consume an astronomical amount of cultural value.

But what about civilian drones?

With more than a dozen catties of explosives attached, can it be used as a cruise missile within visual range?

If it is combined with a gunboat, isn't it a beggar version of an aircraft carrier?

The gunboat is not even needed, but the gunboat is used as a frigate, and the large-tonnage transport ship is used as a mothership. The integrated fleet may be more powerful.

This kind of idea made Zhu Fugui feel very interesting, and even planned related exercises.

Just as Zhu Fugui was climbing up and down, studying the warship and chasing the cat Daju, the watchman suddenly blew his whistle.

Wang Zhonghuang looked at the semaphore, and quickly said to Zhu Fugui: "Your Majesty, there is another ship coming from afar!"

Chapter 147 The Chief Culprit Who Hindered the Great Ming’s Scientific Research

The ship that appeared in the New Bohai Bay this time was the Zhu Chenggong, which went out to conduct scientific investigations (in Japanese) on whales and walruses.

It was a few days later than the expected return date.

However, considering that the mission of Zhu Chenggong's trip was to go to Kodiak Island to catch walruses, it is not surprising that there is a time error.

But when it appeared on the port, it still made everyone gasp.

……

Zhu Chenggong is an ocean-going steam wooden hull ship with a displacement of about 1000 tons, one main gun and a small number of auxiliary guns.

His predecessor was an armed merchant ship operating Far East trade in the United States.

The Zhu Chenggong's ability to survive the bombardment of the Changzhou Fan and retreat calmly is enough to show that it is a merchant ship with a certain combat effectiveness.

However, at this time, the Zhu Chenggong was injured in many places, the splint and the side of the ship were seriously damaged, and half of the Qinglong spit water flag on the flagpole was torn off, and it was scorched black.

"Did you encounter pirates?"

This was the first thought in Zhu Fugui's mind.

Fortunately, as the ship docked, more than 100 naval officers and soldiers stepped off from the Zhu Chenggong.

Except for two sailors who were unconscious due to serious injuries and were immediately sent to Xinjin Hospital for first aid, the other soldiers were all fine.

Moreover, there are more than 340 Kodiak walrus carcasses piled up on the cabin and deck, indicating that the mission of this trip has been completed.

The total weight of these fat and strong behemoths is estimated to exceed 250 tons.

Although these walruses could not be sold to future generations due to the deterrence of the Animal Protection Law and the fines for excessive cultural value, they could provide Daming with a large amount of meat, ivory, lubricating oil, soap, candles, leather and other supplies.

In this era, it is conservatively estimated that there are 40 to [-] of these extremely endangered big guys on Kodiak Island alone, so there is no need to worry about their population reproduction.

Zhu Fugui paid more attention to the injuries of the officers and soldiers and the reasons for their injuries.

Zheng Baoguo, the captain of the Zhu Chenggong, was also injured. His arms were suspended in front of his chest by gauze, and his eyes seemed to be swollen from being attacked by something.

But he's in good spirits.

He took a shivering native woman and went forward to report the situation to Zhu Fugui.

Zhu Fugui noticed that this woman was more like a Chinese than an average Indian, except that her face was slightly larger, her appearance was still upright, and her skin was fair.

If you really want to describe her, she is more like a fair-skinned Mongolian woman.

This woman was obviously frightened by the new environment, but she seemed to trust Zheng Baoguo very much and held his arm firmly.

During Zheng Baoguo's report, Zhu Fugui finally understood what happened.

Daming's first scientific expedition mission near the Arctic Circle went very smoothly at the beginning.

Zhu Chenggong arrived at Kodiak Island in the Gulf of Alaska in 14 days at a speed of about 4 knots per hour.

Here, the navy officers and soldiers saw such a magnificent and majestic ecological landscape near the Arctic Circle for the first time.

On the coast, large herds of walruses are bathing in the winter sun.

Several giant bears of the same size are hunting, looking for old or lonely female walruses and their cubs to prey on.

Whether it was a Kodiak brown bear or a walrus, the Henry 1860's light pellets were not strong enough for a one-shot kill.

Especially the giant male seals, whose skin is more than ten centimeters thick to resist the cold water.

But these slow-moving behemoths are easy targets for heavy crossbows and steel spears.

If it was a cute harp seal, the officers and soldiers might hesitate to start, but the walrus is really ugly and lost in appearance.

The Daming Navy conducted in-depth scientific research on them without any psychological burden.

However, at this moment, another group of uninvited guests appeared on the island...

……

"To put it simply, you met the Raksha devil's whaling team and fought with them? Then this woman is an aboriginal woman who escaped from Kodiak Island?" Zhu Fugui hugged the orange cat, Said with a serious face.

"Long live, it's because of my incompetence in handling affairs and not taking into account the overall situation of the whole country..."

Zheng Baoguo said with trepidation, "But the Raksha devils are indeed not human. They not only enslaved the local people, but also attacked our Daming Navy. Fortunately, the officers and soldiers are brave, and thanks to the great blessings of Long Live, Zhu Chenggong survived his life and sent the precious food , oh no, precious scientific research materials have been brought back to Daming..."

"Confused!"

Zhu Fugui stood up abruptly, but his face was distorted due to his foot injury.

This made Zheng Baogui even more regretful.

Yes, things are tough these days.

I, Ming Cracking America, already have the behemoth Citigroup as an enemy, so how can I start a frontier provocation and fight back against Rakshasa?

How can the still young Fourth Ming Empire fight against these two enemies at the same time!

At this moment, Zheng Baoguo had already thought of apologizing with death.

However, Zhu Fugui jumped up in anger and gently helped Zheng Baoguo up.

"Zheng Aiqing, you have to remember that Daming's interests always come first, and in this battle, are those walruses who can best represent Daming's interests?"

Zhu Fugui raised his head sadly, looked at the sailors, and said loudly, "No, Daming's greatest wealth is you guys! As long as you can go home safely, a few walruses are nothing!"

"So, Zheng Aiqing, if you encounter such a situation in the future, you must throw the walrus into the sea, reduce the weight of the ship, and get rid of the enemy's entanglement at full speed!"

Zhu Fugui patted Zheng Baoguo vigorously, and then he straightened the ribbons for each sailor himself.

I don't know who took the lead, and soon there was a choked "Long live" sound on the pier.

……

In the first naval battle of the Daming Navy, the opponent was the Russians, which Zhu Fugui never expected.

Zhu Fugui can guess what good things the Russians did in Alaska without looking up the information.

It is nothing more than the story of Jiangdong 64 villages staged ahead of time.

The woman with the Mongol face was Aleut.

The Aleuts are a branch of the Eskimos, the Inuit people.

Compared with the Indians, the Inuit came to America later, only about 3000 years ago.

According to the development trajectory of later generations, the Aleuts were basically extinct in the 21st century.

The Russians contributed, the Americans contributed, and the Japanese also contributed.

Because in the Pacific battlefield of World War II, the Japanese army once captured the Aleutian Islands.

This was the only time the Japanese invaded the continental United States.

Just like the old Ryukyu people on Ryukyu Island, the Aleutians suffered heavy casualties in the repeated seizure of the island and bombing by Japan and the United States.

Compared with the Ryukyu people with a large population base, the Aleuts with a population of only [-] people are basically GG.

Of course, a smaller part of them moved into the Soviet Union and Canada.

They are also the smallest minority among the nationalities of the Soviet Union.

Chapter 148

For this kind of East Asian nation with a total number of only a few thousand or tens of thousands, Zhu Fugui's attitude is still very welcome.

Of course, the premise is that they have to bring the ultimate power of their own land.

Although Pirates of Europa doesn't talk about martial arts, it is more or less useful to force this thing.

At least the Chinese also pay attention to a teacher who is famous when fighting a war.

Regardless of the good or bad, in the future history books, it can save some hair for the historians who are desperately trying to figure out how to figure out since ancient times.

That's right, Emperor Dewu Zhu Fugui set his sights on the land of the Aleuts again.

The location of Kodiak Island and the Aleutian Islands is too critical.

For any force that wants to control the North Pacific, this place is a must.

This is why the Japanese attacked the Aleutians in World War II.

Since the earth is spherical, any flat map is actually distorted.

The distortion rate of our common Mercator projection world map is particularly severe.

The Mercator projection world map itself is designed for ease of navigation, which causes it to care more about latitude and longitude accuracy than projection distortion.

Common navigation maps such as Baidu and Gaode belong to this category.

On such a map, regions near the poles are severely enlarged, while regions near the equator are greatly shrunk.

So on such a map, Russia, which is less than twice the size of China, looks four or five times the size of China.

China, on the other hand, looks as big as half of Africa, but in fact, Africa is much larger than Russia, with a full area of ​​more than 3000 million square kilometers.

What is even more exaggerated is that Greenland looks even bigger than the Australian mainland, which misleads many people.

Another example is that the area of ​​Japan is not as large as that of Yunnan Province, but it is completely invisible on the map.

All in all, because the earth is spherical, the shortest distance from Shanghai to Fengdu is actually not a straight line connecting the two points drawn on the map, but an arc that arches toward the north.

This arc happens to pass through Kodiak Island! (For the map, see the comments in this paragraph of the genuine chapter of the starting point)

Therefore, the reason why Zhu Fugui ordered Zhu Chenggong to go to Kodiak Island to conduct a scientific investigation and plan to establish the Daming Great Wall Arctic Scientific Research Station here next year was not aimlessly slandering the bodies of those walruses.

It is to establish a stable and reliable supply point for the large-scale transportation of population from the Far East in the future.

This is the core interest related to whether Daming can survive in North America, and it must not be backed down, even if the opponent is a vicious Maozi.

Fortunately, as far as Zhu Fugui knew, the Tsarist Russian government was already preparing to withdraw from Alaska at this time, and there were not many military forces in this area at all.

Moreover, because Tsarist Russia had just deceived Vladivostok from the Qing government and had no time to develop it, it did not form a reliable surface force in the Far East, and the Pacific Fleet was even less visible.

In other words, what the Daming Navy faced at most was only the private armed forces of Russian explorers.

Such an opponent has to be said to have come just right.

The Midi militia, the Tsarist Russian expedition team, these two groups of mobs were deliberately brushed on the east and west sides of Daming to level up the immature Daming navy and army.

This is not a coincidence, but the fact that the east coast of the Pacific Ocean is the last power vacancy in this era, which is enough for Da Ming to level up.

The distance from Fengdu to Kodiak Island is about 2000 kilometers, which is only half of the distance from Fengdu to New York.

And the distance on the ocean is much easier to overcome than the distance on land.

Rounding it up is approximately equal to Kodiak Island being just around Fengdu's mouth.

As the saying goes, if God does not take, you will be blamed instead. Zhu Fugui is determined to eliminate the Russian surface forces in Alaska and gain control of Kodiak Island and the Aleutian Islands.

However, whether it is the "Yangzhou" and "Zhenjiang" that came back from New York Harbor, or the severely damaged "Zhu Chenggong", the Daming Navy is very tired now.

Therefore, Zhu Fugui set his plan to seize Kodiak Island after the Spring Festival.