Looking at the gradually retreating anti-Habsburg coalition fleet, Zheng Chenggong's face did not have the joy after the victory, although this time it pitted more than 200 of their super battleships, but this was not enough to reverse the strength of the two sides.

They still have thousands of super battleships left, if the three fleets under their command do not have any damage, they may barely be able to draw with them, but this time, the losses of the three fleets are not low, at least more than 100 warships have lost their combat effectiveness, and the gap in strength is still the same, with the current strength, they are still not their opponents.

Zheng Chenggong stood quietly on the command platform of the flagship, waiting for the three fleets to report the battle damage, and at the same time thinking about the next strategy.

The tactics of scaring the enemy and waiting for work were quite successful, and the strength of the anti-Habsburg coalition should have been almost completely exposed, and he judged that the total number of super battleships of the other side should be between 1,300 and 1,500.

That is to say, in addition to the more than 200 sunk this time, there should be 1,200 super battleships of the anti-Habsburg alliance, which is not much more than the super battleships owned by the Ming Navy, but in terms of combat power, it is slightly worse, because their naval guns are all front-loaded, and the rate of fire is a cut worse than that of the Ming naval guns.

If Daming can send five fleets over, it shouldn't be a problem to defeat the combined fleet of the anti-Habsburg alliance, but the problem is that Daming now has a total of six fleets, and one fleet guarding the Eurasian Canal and the Mediterranean Sea is absolutely immovable, and the rest are all turned over, and all the sea areas of Daming are playing empty city plans?

This is obviously unrealistic, in case the enemy sends a fleet to bypass the old road, that is, the Cape of Good Hope in southern Africa, the coastal ports of Daming will be unlucky.

Moreover, even if all five fleets fall, it is impossible to end the battle in a short time, because in the case of obviously not being able to fight, it is impossible for the enemy to gather all the warships to fight with you, and the most likely thing is to hide in a port with batteries and bastions and slowly grind with you.

After thinking about it, Zheng Chenggong couldn't think of a way to end this war quickly, and it was at this time that the three major fleets reported the battle losses one after another.

Don't look at the Ming army doesn't seem to have suffered any losses, in fact, the losses are not small, when they began to lure the enemy deep, there were more than a dozen battleships that were bombed and were basically scrapped, and the last wave of hard followers also scrapped more than 100 warships, you must know that the other side is thousands of warships, even if it is a sideside salvo, it is 40,000 or 50,000 shells, and it is already good to smash more than 100 ships.

These so-called scrapped warships are basically seriously damaged hulls and steam pipelines, and they cannot be repaired at all.

Zheng Chenggong thought for a while, and then ordered all the fleets to dismantle all the seriously damaged warships, all the useful things such as naval guns, boilers, propellers, etc., and transport them back to the Dongda Construction Shipyard, as for the rest, they could only be dismantled and burned as firewood.

After this battle, the remaining warships of the three major fleets of the Ming Dynasty were less than 500, but the strength of the anti-Habsburg alliance navy was finally exposed, and their losses were even greater, and the Ming did not suffer any losses.

Zheng Chenggong directly wrote a detailed report on the battle losses of both sides and his own strategic plan, and asked the speedboat to send it to the Ming army base in the Eurasian Canal, and sent it directly to the capital to give it to the emperor.

In his telegram, he also specially reminded the emperor that the enemy's more than 1,000 super battleships were all ships, and most of them were new!

That is to say, the shipbuilding capacity of the anti-Habsburg coalition powers is quite terrifying, almost five or six hundred super battleships can be built in a year, if you want to fight a protracted war, the shipbuilding capacity of the Ming Dynasty must also keep up, otherwise you can't fight the enemy with consumption.

As a commander-in-chief, you must not only be skilled in the art of war, command if you are determined, but also have a vision of the overall situation, if you only know how to focus on the battle itself, and ignore other aspects, it is very likely that you will lose everything.

Zheng Chenggong is undoubtedly a very good commander, not only commanding the battle is quite good, but also has a very comprehensive vision, if he only knows to urge Zhu Cijiong to mobilize warships here, mobilize men and horses, and fight with others, then, within two years, the Ming Empire will be consumed by the anti-Habsburg alliance.

Because, at this time, the Ming Dynasty can only produce 200 super battleships a year, while the five countries of the anti-Habsburg alliance can build at least 500 super battleships a year!

After Zhu Cijiong received the telegram from the front, he was also not happy, although Zheng Chenggong led the Ming Navy to win a big victory against the Habsburg Alliance, but this victory was not enough to change the situation of the war, and the two sides inevitably entered the stage of stalemate.

It's not that he thinks that the national strength of the Ming Dynasty is not comparable to the anti-Habsburg alliance powers, and now the Ming Dynasty has an advantage in both manpower and material resources, the main problem is that the European continent is too far away from the Ming Dynasty, although there are railways and ships to transfer materials, but the loss is also quite large.

Not to mention anything else, the loss of capacity occupied by the transshipment of materials alone is quite amazing, he built the Eurasian Railway was not for the transfer of grain, grass, baggage, weapons and ammunition, and the formation of the Ming Royal Shipping Company was not for the army to engage in logistics, the original two cash cows, now not only can not shake the money, but also have to be pasted upside down, the loss is simply incalculable!

Also, now that there are 600,000 Ming troops stationed on the European continent, according to Zheng Chenggong's meaning, at least two fleets will be sent over, plus the Ming troops stationed in the Eurasian Canal and the Mediterranean, that is a full million, and the consumption is huge, which is also amazing.

There are also the cost of shipbuilding, the cost of making weapons and ammunition, the casualty compensation of soldiers, etc., in this way, although the Ming Dynasty will not be dragged down in the short term, economic regression is inevitable, and it will take more than ten or twenty years, and it may be consumed to death!

This is definitely not possible, Zhu Cijiong's vision is wider than Zheng Chenggong's, this time Daming is helping Spain and Portugal regain the colonies, it is obviously wrong to let Daming bear all the war costs, they must also bear most of the war losses.

Zhu Cijiong carefully calculated the loss of the war, mainly grain and grass, weapons and ammunition, and the pension of the wounded and wounded soldiers.

First of all, grain and grass, this is the best thing to say, the Ming Empire is there to help you fight, it shouldn't be too much to share most of the grain and grass, he believes that as long as it does not exceed the bearing limit of Spain and Portugal, they will not object.

Then there is weapons and ammunition, this point asks them if they want to come, because their production is limited, Zhu Cijiong decided to help them set up an ammunition manufacturing workshop, and determine the scale according to the loss of the front line, and the equipment Daming can provide, as for materials and labor, I believe they are embarrassed to ask Daming.

In the end, it is the problem of compensation for the casualties of soldiers, Zhu Cijiong is ready to give them 400 super battleships on credit, let Spain and Portugal each form a fleet to join Zheng Chenggong, and help them build an assembly line with an annual output of 100 battleships, boilers, propellers, artillery and other major components of the Ming Empire, and let them build their own hulls, which not only saves the cost of shipbuilding, but also reduces the casualties of soldiers, Spain and Portugal can also enhance the strength of their own navies, they are all happy, Zhu Cijiong believes, They probably wouldn't have objected either.

PS: I recommend the new book "Zhen Nanming", which is also written at the end of the Ming Dynasty, and is the story of Zhu Cihong, the prince of the Chongzhen Dynasty, who restored the country in the Southern Ming Dynasty, which is very exciting, and I recommend it to everyone.