Negotiations break down, and all that's left is the threat of war.' 『Ω Chinese』ΔNet.

Although the words have come to this point, many civil and military officials are eager to cut down the arrogant envoys of the Three Kingdoms, but the two countries are at war and do not kill the envoys, and the Ming Dynasty is not easy to embarrass the envoys of the Three Kingdoms.

Immediately, the envoys of the British, Spanish and Dutch countries were sent back to the post house, and they were sent out of Nanjing City tomorrow.

Back to the post house, the envoys of the Three Kingdoms also wanted to know more about the situation of the Ming Dynasty before leaving the Ming Dynasty, but unfortunately, their wishes could not be realized, and they were allowed to walk around the post house in a small range yesterday, and after turning their faces today, even the post house did not let them out.

Although the envoys of the Three Kingdoms were angry, they didn't have anything to do, because no one even paid attention to them when they protested, and the idea of wanting to know more about Daming before the envoys of the Three Kingdoms left was bankrupt.

The next day, the envoys of the Three Kingdoms were 'escorted' to the port of Nanjing, where they were transferred to the Ming ships and returned to their six warships that had stayed outside the waters of Nanjing.

Moreover, they were accompanied by six of their warships and were watched by several warships of the East China Sea Fleet as they left the Yangtze River and entered the East China Sea.

After entering the East China Sea, the warships of the Daming East China Sea Fleet did not leave, and would continue to monitor until the envoys of the British, Western and Dutch countries left the Strait of Malacca.

As the Strait of Malacca gets closer and closer, the envoys of the three countries are getting more and more anxious, and if they leave the Strait of Malacca, they will completely lose the opportunity to understand the specific situation of the Ming Dynasty.

In order to facilitate the discussion, the envoys of the three countries were all aboard a Dutch warship.

"These obstructive guys, I really want to sink them all!" The Spanish envoy glanced hatefully at the four Ming warships sailing nearly a thousand meters behind them.

From the beginning of Nanjing, these Ming warships have been monitoring them, once they have turned to other places, they will be warned by these Ming warships, so that they can only sail towards the Strait of Malacca, and they can't go anywhere else.

"They have four ships behind them, and we have six, and if we fire fire, we should have a better chance of winning!" The Dutch envoy also said.

"Now there is no one else in this sea except us and them, if we sink them here, no one will know about it in a short time!" The Spanish envoy said with a smirk.

The Spanish and Dutch envoys were more inclined to sink the four battleships that the Ming was trailing behind. The Spanish envoys were arrogant, while the Dutch were defeated by the Ming twice and lost hundreds of warships, and they always wanted to take revenge.

"No, I'm against it! My mission is to go back and report to our Queen, not to engage the Ming warship here! The British envoy objected.

Although the British envoy also thought that their six warships had a better chance of winning against the four Ming warships, he did not want to start a war with the Ming warships here, after all, even if they could sink the four Ming warships, they themselves would inevitably have a lot of losses, and if there were cannonballs to sink the battleship they were on, it would be difficult to predict what would happen.

"Humph, coward!" The Spanish envoy said with a foul face.

Because of the opposition of the British envoys, and the fact that they had only spoken verbally, and had not really made up their minds, the Spanish envoys and the Dutch envoys did not say such things anymore, and could only reluctantly continue to sail in the direction of the Strait of Malacca.

Rear seas.

What the envoys of the three kingdoms didn't know was that while they were discussing whether to sink the four Ming warships that were tracking and monitoring them, the generals of the East China Sea Fleet on the four Ming warships were also observing them with binoculars.

"Humph! It's almost Malacca, and these Yangyi didn't dare to move after all! The general of the East China Sea Fleet snorted coldly, put down the telescope in his hand and said.

The envoys of the Three Kingdoms thought that they could sink the four warships of the Ming Dynasty by relying on their six warships, but in fact, the four warships of the Ming Dynasty did not take their six warships seriously.

It seems that it was deliberate, dozens of warships in the East China Sea Fleet, but only four six warships were sent to monitor the envoys of the three countries, as if the purpose was to tempt the envoys of the three countries to mess around, so as to sink all six warships of the envoys of the three countries.

The Ming Dynasty does have the intention of fighting between the two countries without killing the envoys, but if the envoy dies and takes the initiative to fire the cannon first, it is another matter.

Since the Ming Dynasty and the Three Kingdoms are already destined to fight, the enemy's strength is reduced, and he has a better chance of winning.

Although the six warships of the Three Kingdoms are not many, they are also meat, and it is naturally best to be able to sink them.

Don't look at the Three Kingdoms warships there are six, which is one and a half times the Ming warships, but the power of the Ming warships is more than five times that of the Three Kingdoms warships, such a close distance, four Ming warships can sink six Three Kingdoms warships within three rounds of artillery bombardment, and this time is only enough for the Three Kingdoms warships to shoot one round of artillery bombardment at most.

Since the six warships of the three kingdoms did not dare to make a move in the end, the Ming warships were naturally embarrassed to do it, and the two sides still sailed in the direction of the Strait of Malacca one after the other.

After most of the day, the envoys of the three countries entered the Strait of Malacca with a strong unwillingness, and finally withdrew from the sea area controlled by the Ming Dynasty. The four Ming warships also returned immediately.

The next day, the city of Nanjing.

"Calculate the time, if there are no accidents, the envoys of the three countries of Britain, West and the Netherlands should have already left the Strait of Malacca, and a sea battle is inevitable!" Zhu Ci said that he had already felt the clouds of an unprecedented sea battle enveloping Daming.

"Your Majesty, Europe is thousands of miles away from the Ming Dynasty, this time and again, if the Three Kingdoms want to gather enough warships to come to the Ming Dynasty, it will take at least a year, I believe that with the strength of the Ming Dynasty, no matter how many warships the Three Kingdoms come, they can not be afraid!" Li Yan said.

As the Ming Assistant, the specific strength of the Ming Navy, Li Yan has an estimate in his heart, and Li Yan also understands the performance of the warships of European countries, and the warships of the two sides are actually not a level of strength at all, so Li Yan's self-confidence is not false at all.

In fact, it is also that the three countries do not really understand the strength of the Ming Navy, or they don't know what kind of combat power a single Shenwei-class battleship of the Ming Dynasty is, after all, the ships that have fought with the Shenwei-class battleships of the Ming Dynasty have sunk, so that European countries may be able to detect the possible number of Ming warships, but they cannot predict the strength of the entire fleet of the Ming Dynasty, otherwise the envoys of the three countries would not dare to be so arrogant, and if the negotiation fails, they will open their mouths and say that they want to go to war.

"Don't be careless, such a sea battle is enough to be related to the national fortune of the Ming Dynasty, I can't tolerate the slightest possible defeat, I must win 100%!" Zhu Ci said solemnly.

Although I also believe in the strength of the two major fleets of the Ming Dynasty, and I am confident that European countries will not be able to get the number of warships with the strength of the two major fleets of the Ming Dynasty, but everything is uncertain, and the warships of European countries coming from the mainland this time may be their latest and most powerful warships, which may not be the same as the European warships that the Ming Dynasty has encountered around the Ming Dynasty in recent years.

The Netherlands, in particular, has been able to become the European sea coachman and dominate the world for many years. Eight years ago, they were defeated twice by the Ming Dynasty, hundreds of warships were sunk, they endured for eight years, and this time they followed the British and Western countries to declare war on the Ming Dynasty.

"In this way, pass on my will, the major shipyards will continue to build warships, and replenish enough 100 Shenwei-class warships for the East China Sea Fleet and the South China Sea Fleet!" Zhu Ci thought about it for a while and then made an order.

At present, each fleet of the two major fleets has only more than 70 Shenwei-class warships, and if they are supplemented by 100 ships, the two major fleets will be 200 Shenwei-class warships, and according to the shooting of Shenwei cannons, the firepower of 200 Shenwei-class battleships can be compared to nearly 1,000 European warships with ordinary red-coated cannons, and they will definitely be able to win 100 percent.

As for more warships, it's not that Daming can't build them, it's just that Zhu Ci doesn't want to build them.

The steam engine has been out for several years, the train has been full of Daming running, and the Daming shipyard has already been assisted by the Academy of Science and Technology, constantly experimenting with the application of steam engine technology on the ship, once successful, Daming can enter the era of ironclad ships, when all the wooden warships will be eliminated, and now such technology has an eyebrow, perhaps, after this sea battle, Daming will be able to open the era of ironclad ships. This is also the reason why Zhu Ci is reluctant to build more wooden Shenwei-class warships at this time, two hundred, enough!

Zhu Cijiao's holy decree soon spread to the Ministry of Industry and the major shipyards, and the major shipyards immediately continued to build Shenwei-class warships in accordance with Zhu Cijiao's holy decree, replenishing the scale of the two major fleets to 200 ships.

On the other hand, the more advanced technology for the mass manufacture of rifled guns matured two years ago, and more than half a million rifled guns have been produced, which is almost enough to replace all regular armies.

The rifled gun is the second generation of rifles of the Ming Dynasty, which has the advantage of being more accurate than the old rifles and having a longer range.

In terms of machine guns, it has also been developed to the second generation, the second generation of machine guns will be lighter and more flexible, and it used to require two soldiers to carry the machine gun forward to attack, but now, one soldier can do it.

However, in terms of artillery, the 90-millimeter caliber field cannon is enough to crush the world, and even if the Firearms Bureau has developed a better cannon, it does not need to be updated immediately. After all, the combat effectiveness of the 6th Army of the Ming Dynasty is already strong enough, and it doesn't make much difference whether it is stronger or not, so let's make progress slowly.

In addition, the old rifles and machine guns that were replaced were not ordered to be stored in the warehouse, but were given to the garrison troops in various places to increase the garrison strength, especially the Southeast Asian generation had just been incorporated into the Ming Dynasty, and some hidden resistance forces were still hiding in the dense forest, and they had not been completely eliminated, and the strength of the garrison army needed to be strengthened.

After the arrangement, the Ming Dynasty continued to develop in an orderly manner, continuing to digest the newly occupied territory, and the clouds of the sea battle did not bring much urgency to the Ming Dynasty.

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