Frandick. Tang, rear admiral of the Portuguese navy, commander of the Ming Empire and the Dongying colonial fleet, that is, the head of the soldiers translated by the Ming General Interpretation Institute.

At this time, the Ming army did not have the term commander, so the interpreter generally translated the commander as the head of the army, as for why it was not translated as a general or a general soldier or something like that, it probably looked down on these "barbarians", so they deliberately belittled them.

Frandic was an experienced colonial officer, he joined the Portuguese colonial army at the age of 20, and in the battle to conquer the South American colonies, he repeatedly made meritorious achievements, step by step, from a second lieutenant to a major general, it can be said that he has the most colonial experience among the senior Portuguese officers.

It was precisely because of this that he was transferred to replace Godinho, that is, Betulu, who was captured by the Ming army in the Battle of Xicaowan, as the commander of the Ming Empire and the Dongying colonial fleet.

The Ming Empire and Dongying are both large countries in the Far East, with populations far exceeding those of Europe, and if they can turn this place into a colony, then Portugal will be a well-deserved world hegemon.

Originally, the rise of the Age of Discovery was because Marco Polo exaggerated the wealth of the Far Eastern Empire in his travelogue, which made the European countries snoop, so they would desperately look for a sea route to the East.

It's a pity that the Ming Empire is not only rich, but also powerful, Portugal sent a fleet to invade twice and finally returned defeated, and the Ming Empire also implemented a strict sea ban in order to prevent invasion, so that they wanted to use economic means to infiltrate without a chance, and then they could go to Dongying to make up their minds.

After he arrived in Dongying this time, he happened to hear that the empire had begun to sell goods to Dongying again, and Wang Zhi, the leader of the fleet in charge of the transaction, happened to have a relationship with him, so he asked Wang Zhi to understand the situation and asked to meet with the southeastern governor of the Ming Empire.

His thoughts were a little different from Yang Cong's guess, Yang Cong believed that they couldn't do it by force, so they would think about slowly implementing economic colonization through negotiation, but he thought that he might not be able to do the Ming Imperial Navy, because at this time he had three new battleships and five junk ships under his hands.

You must know that at the beginning, there were only two new battleships and three junk ships under Godinho's hands, and everyone dared to start a war with the Ming Imperial Navy, so why would he not dare.

He believes that the Ming Imperial Navy can be a little stronger than Godinho's fleet, and the warships under his command are almost twice as large as Godinho, and if he really fights, his chances of winning are still relatively large.

Of course, if the Ming Empire can be brought to its knees through negotiations, he will not be hard, after all, the Ming Empire is not a backward indigenous country, the people are originally the overlords of the Far East, and their strength is still relatively strong.

In short, this is not a good opportunity to start a war, they do not have the strength to crush the Ming Empire's navy, so he wants to force the Ming Empire to open a port by force first, wait for them to earn more money, add more warships, and then take the Ming Empire in one fell swoop.

This is their usual trick, at the beginning, Brazil, the Mughal Empire, the Ottoman Empire and other countries are much larger than their Portugal, if they come hard from the beginning, they can at most lose with others.

However, through economic and other means, it is not the same to slowly penetrate and continue to encroach, their strength will become stronger and stronger, and the opponent can only be left far behind them.

At this time, Brazil had almost been completely occupied by them, the Mughal Empire had also been robbed of a large territory, and the Ottoman Empire had been defeated by them several times in naval battles, and they had become an out-and-out maritime hegemon.

The most common tactics used by colonizers to deal with indigenous powers are to gain a foothold through various methods, slowly implement economic invasions, and then use the money earned to continuously expand their own strength, and finally defeat the indigenous power and colonize it.

Historically, the Mughal Empire was also relatively powerful, both in terms of population and territorial area, which was comparable to the entire European continent, and in the end, the Mughal Empire was slowly worn to death by the colonizers in this way.

Frandick firmly believes that as long as they are given enough time to develop, the Ming Empire will eventually be trampled under their feet, and at this time, the most important thing is to force the Ming Empire to open treaty ports, you know, the things of the Ming Empire are all sought-after goods in Europe, as long as they can be shipped back, the profit can be at least twenty or thirty times!

So, will the southeastern governor of the Ming Empire agree to meet and negotiate with him?

After he made a general acquisition of Dongying, he set out to set out with anticipation.

He hadn't been to Wang Zhi's lair, he only knew that Wang Zhi's lair was on an island off the coast of the Ming Empire, and he really didn't know exactly where it was.

However, it doesn't matter, Dongying has to be a guide at this time, just ask a guide who has been there.

In this way, he led more than a dozen warships, under the guidance of the guide, and went straight to Wang Zhi's lair.

Originally, he thought that the fleet under his command was majestic enough, but after approaching Putuo Island, he realized how outrageous his ideas were.

Buying cakes, the west of Putuo Island is almost full of warships of the Ming Empire, and the number is at least more than 300 ships, although it shows that the empire does not have a new type of battleship like them that are loaded with artillery on both sides, but the combat effectiveness of the people does not seem to be weak at all, because he has seen traces of artillery on many sailing boats, if it is purely compared to the number of artillery, they are afraid that there are not as many people as the Ming Empire.

What's going on here?

The Portuguese military's record of the Ming Empire's navy did not have so many artillery, according to the record, the Ming Empire relied on a large number of ships, engaged in crowd tactics, swarmed up, boarded ships, and fought hand-to-hand.

Question: He obviously saw that many warships of the Ming Empire had artillery on them, and some of them had more than one or two on them.

Could it be that these cannons are all fake?

To be honest, he was already a little hairy in his heart at this moment, no matter whether the artillery of the Ming Empire was real or not, just with the number of warships, it would be difficult for him to win.

It is true that he has three new battleships under his command, but it takes time to reload the shells, if people rush up and surround them desperately, they will be able to fire two rounds of shells at most, and how many battleships can be sunk by two rounds of shells, and then he will not have to be overwhelmed by the terrifying sea tactics of the Ming Empire!

Frandick was observing the warships of the Daming Naval Division, and Yang Cong was also observing the warships of the Portuguese Navy.

It's a pity that there is no telescope at this time, and Yang Cong can only see a rough appearance.

However, even if you just look at the appearance, it's scary enough, good guys, people's main battleships are really full of artillery on both sides, that number, I'm afraid there are hundreds, if there are more than ten such ships, and dozens of small warships, I'm afraid that more than 300 warships under my command may not be able to do it, what is the concept of more than ten such warships, the shells are like rain, who can withstand it.

When Portugal and the Ottoman Empire started the war, there were eighteen new battleships, fifty or sixty junk ships, and all the warships added up to less than a hundred, while the Ottoman Empire had nearly 2,000 large and small warships, and as a result, the Ottoman Empire lost once and lost once, and it couldn't do anything at all.

There is no way, the firepower of the battleships is too fierce, once it reaches a certain number, it is not something that can be defeated by the tactics of the sea of people, because the firepower of others is too fierce, and even if you have more warships, you may not be able to break through the firepower blockade of others.

Fortunately, this Portuguese fleet only has a total of three main warships, and the number of artillery is not very large, so there is no firepower blockade at all, and more than 300 warships on their side are rushing up, and it is still very simple to clean up this Portuguese fleet.