As for the reason why it was named American Gong, hehe, that's what it means!

Next, Emperor Chongzhen summoned all the remaining vassal kings of the country to Jingshi, and prepared to seal them all to the Americas, Australia and New Zealand.

At this time, Australia and New Zealand were really barren lands, and they were even more miserable than the American continent. But whoever makes them not highly conscious, they have to wait until the end to give up.

In the following days, Emperor Chongzhen began to worry about this matter, of course, people's livelihood problems are inevitable.

No matter how good the Ming Dynasty is, there have always been hurricanes, floods, and droughts every year. But if there were no disasters, there would never be serious consequences.

The Ming Dynasty is now thriving, and the yamen supervise and contain each other. There are those historical lessons in the early years of the Chongzhen Dynasty, and these courtiers that Emperor Chongzhen has been using now are still doing their best.

But that doesn't mean he won't care, spot checks are inevitable. If a problem is found, it should be dealt with.

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When Emperor Chongzhen was busy with these things, the pirates of various countries in the Americas on the European side also fled back to Europe. In this way, the news that the entire America was conquered by the Ming Dynasty, in addition to Spain, other countries slowly became known.

That's big news for the whole of Europe.

In the past, when Spain was strong, it could not clean up the pirates in the Americas. But now, after the Ming Kingdom conquered the Americas, they drove all the pirates back to Europe. This shows how powerful the navy of the Ming Kingdom is!

At this time, in England, Cromwell's title was Lord Protector, ruling over England, Scotland, and Ireland. And he dissolved the parliament again, further strengthening his rule, not a king is better than a king.

At this time, he was full of ambition. If it weren't for the fear that the senior officers under him would be dissatisfied, he would have had the opportunity to claim the throne directly. Because of this, he always wanted to do something to further enhance his prestige and consolidate his rule.

It was at this moment that he learned the news from the Americas.

"What?" Seeing Cromwell stand up suddenly, he looked at Robert in front of him in shock, and confirmed loudly, "You say that there are ironclad smoking warships in the fleet, rampage, and invincible?" ”

"Yes!" Robert, who had already escaped, recalled the three rampaging "monster battleships", so he couldn't help but be afraid, and hurriedly replied to Cromwell, "That ironclad battleship is really not something that any sail battleship can deal with!" ”

"yes, yes!" William on the side also hurriedly chimed in, "Even if its mast is broken, the speed is still faster than that of a sail battleship." If it weren't for us running away quickly, we wouldn't have been able to come back! ”

The two of them, on Cromwell's instructions, went to the American continent to be pirates, and were originally going to rob the Spanish treasure ship. As a result, I didn't expect to hit the iron plate of the Ming fleet and fled back in disgrace.

Cromwell listened, a little unimaginable. How do ironclad battleships make them faster than wood?

His instinct told him that the thing that was smoking was probably the key. If it's not useful, it's abnormal!

However, no matter how much he thought about it, he couldn't understand why the hull would run faster than the sail warship after the smoke came out.

Unable to understand this, he immediately ordered that his shipbuilders' chiefs be summoned to meet him. At the same time, he repeatedly confirmed the number of such ironclad smoking battleships.

Then, he said with some confusion: "After that battle, you haven't seen each other again?" And there were only three of them, and you escaped back? ”

One of the drawbacks of steam ironclad warships is that they require coal as fuel. In the past, it was simply impossible to store coal in major ports for replenishment. Therefore, the steam ironclad battleship has been docked on this side of the Pacific Ocean, and after repairing the mast, it still sails by wind power in peacetime. Steam power will only be used when coal is available in the eastern and western ports of the American continent.

Of course, there is another reason, that is, the steam engine has been used for a long time, and the parts are worn out, and they must be replaced and maintained. At present, there are no steam engine factories in the Americas. All the spare parts and spare steam engines had to be shipped from the Ming side.

As a result, steam ironclad warships basically sail on the power of the wind. As a result, the usual speed is not as fast as a real sail warship. The task of patrolling and clearing pirates is not for ironclad warships.

At this time, hearing Cromwell's question, Robert and William glanced at each other, and then Robert replied: "The Ming army has too many warships, and they also know that there are islands along the coast, sweeping back and forth, and we have nowhere to hide. As a last resort, I had to come back. ”

Another reason is that after the loss of the Spanish treasure ship, they also lost the motivation to exist in the Americas.

After hearing this, Cromwell asked in surprise: "Are there really so many warships in the Ming Kingdom?" ”

"By my honor, it's definitely a lot." When Robert heard this, he immediately swore, "At least more than a thousand!" ”

Although William did not speak, he nodded his head in agreement.

When Cromwell heard this, he immediately frowned and said suspiciously, "Is this too much?" ”

Hearing this, Robert hesitated, but finally spoke: "Actually, the Ming Kingdom is a big country, with more than a thousand ships, and it is not surprising for them to have so many warships!" ”

"No, the warships of the Ming Kingdom are still in the Indian Ocean!" When Cromwell heard this, he explained to them, "The Ming fleet has been in a stalemate with us and the combined fleet of the Netherlands, and there are far more outnumbered than us. But I haven't heard of any ironclad smoking battleships over there! ”

Is this a two-front war? When Robert heard this, he muttered something in his heart, and then asked, "Anyway, there shouldn't be more than a thousand ships on the other side of the Indian Ocean, right?" ”

"Not really!" Cromwell shook his head and replied, "At most there are about three hundred!" ”

Speaking of this, he paused and then said: "Max sent a letter from his side, saying that for the benefit of Persia, I sent more fleets over from my side, and now I don't know what the situation is?" ”

After a pause, he remembered something, and added with a little worry: "Recently, I heard that the army has captured Persia and is still fighting with the Ottomans. If that were the case, we would be in vain on the Persian side! ”

Hearing this, Robert was about to speak, when suddenly, there was a sound of hurried footsteps outside the hall, and then, a palace guard appeared there, with a panicked face as he approached quickly, and shouted: "Oh no, the Indian Ocean Fleet is completely destroyed!" ”

As soon as we talked about the Indian Ocean Fleet, bad news came.

This surprised Cromwell, who hurriedly confirmed: "What, the whole army is annihilated? ”

Fighting a war at sea, if you want to annihilate the whole army, it is really not so easy.

On the American side, the reason why the Spanish fleet was finally wiped out was because it was flanked by the two huge fleets of the Ming Kingdom, and there were ironclad warships to disrupt the situation, which greatly surprised the Spanish governor. However, the pirates at that time fled, and did not let them escape.

"Yes, annihilation! So he fled back to the two sailors, and they were coming. When the palace guard answered, he saw behind him, and several more court guards helped two ragged men in.

Seeing this, Cromwell didn't care about Robert and the others at all, and immediately hurried over to meet them, and confirmed with a stern face: "How could the whole army be wiped out?" What about Max? Also, how about the Dutch fleet......"

He asked several questions in one breath, and it was obvious that he was a little flustered at this time.

One of the two sailors who had escaped was in a better spirit, a younger one, and replied to Cromwell: "Not only our British but also the Dutch fleet has been wiped out." The fleet of the Ming Kingdom is like locusts, dense, and the sea is full of ah......"

When Robert and William, who came with "......", heard this, they couldn't help but look at each other and were speechless.

Isn't this too much of a Ming country, even if the country is big, where are so many warships and sailors?

“…… At that time, it just happened to block our combined fleet, and the dense fleet, at least two or three thousand, could not fight at all! When the young sailor said this, his face suddenly showed a look of horror, "There is also a smoking ironclad battleship, like a shark breaking into a school of fish, it is very fierce, and we have no power to fight back......

Hearing this, Cromwell couldn't help but turn his head to look at Robert and William, his face extremely grim. The ironclad smoking battleship appeared not only in the Americas, but also in the Persian Gulf. It can be seen that it is likely to appear in Europe in the future!

And more importantly, if you think about it with your toes, you can know that as time goes by, there will definitely be more and more of that kind of ironclad smoking battleship. In this way, no matter which country in Europe can be the enemy of the fleet?

Not knowing what the weakness of this kind of warship is, it only adds to the fear in their hearts.

“…… The fleet was completely destroyed, and when I saw the flagship, it was broken by the monster, and if it was not captured, it must have been fed to the fish. "The two of us escaped by land, and after a great deal of hardship, we met a British ship in the Mediterranean, and we were able to come back alive." ”

When I said this, I thought back to the hardships along the way, and the fear on my face couldn't be suppressed.

Cromwell didn't care about him, but was thinking about what to do next.

Even in his previous military career, he had always been a civilian. But now when facing the behemoth of the Ming Kingdom, especially the so many fleets of the Ming Kingdom, as well as more advanced warships, this made him feel a chill from the bottom of his heart.

He asked himself, if the Ming fleet came over in the future, would he be able to resist it?