In October 1653, the "Zheng He No. 1" to Yangon returned to the triumphant voyage, although this fleet demonstrated the strength of the Chinese State, but along the way, it was friendly and peaceful to show goodwill with Southeast Asian countries, the fleet's voyage for the journey to Southeast Asian countries after the high mountains, laid a good foundation, was a successful sea trial.

In Cam Ranh Bay, there were already eight steam engine battleships moored in the harbor, they were "Zheng He No. 1", "Zheng He No. 2", "Wuchang No. 8", "Wuchang No. 9", "Wuchang No. 10", "Wuchang No. 16", "Wuchang No. 17", and "Wuchang No. 18".

At present, Huaxia Kingdom has six Zhenghe-class giant battleships and eighteen Wuchang-class large battleships.

Gao Junshan has already issued an edict to the major shipyards across the country to suspend the manufacture of Zheng He-class giant battleships, and the current six Zhenghe-class battleships can completely defend the maritime frontiers of the Chinese State, whether it is the North Sea, the East China Sea, or the vast South China Sea, and they are no longer afraid of provocation and invasion by any country.

The task of the shipyard is mainly to manufacture huge steam engine passenger ships and cargo ships, at least large ships of more than 8,000 tons, Gao Junshan is waiting for the launch of these large ships, with the technology of manufacturing Zheng He-class giant battleships, it should not be a problem to manufacture 8,000 to 10,000 tons of steam engine passenger ships and cargo ships.

Gao Junshan's purpose in needing these ocean-going ships is very clear, that is, to cross the Bering Strait and go to the Americas, where there are Indians, and the Indians are also of the yellow race, and Gao Junshan intends to take them into our tribe as well.

At this time, the Bering Strait did not have a name, Gao Junshan had heard that the Bering Strait was named after a person from a Western country before crossing, this person was probably also a navigator, Gao Junshan is not very clear, Gao Junshan still according to the history of later generations, this sea area was named Bering Strait.

Gao Junshan has a lot to do when he travels to the Americas, first of all, Huaxia must have the strength to sail, for the time being, it is not a problem for Zheng He-class and Wuchang-class battleships to sail to the Americas, but going to the Americas is not a military occupation, mainly immigrants, those places can not be robbed by the British, there should be someone in Huaxia to enclose land, so there needs to be a huge ship to transport personnel and materials.

Gao Junshan has long had this plan, to divide part of the Americas into my Chinese territory, and there is no need for too many places, just to bring Alaska over, and if you occupy too many places, it will be very difficult to manage them in the future, and as for the rest of the Americas, you can take them as colonies, or adopt the situation of co-management with other countries to govern them.

Gao Junshan believes that as long as there is the existence of our Han nation, there will be nothing to do in the Americas.

The plan is good, but to realize this plan, it still needs to be done step by step, besides, there is still an island country to be solved, next year (1654) is the first year of the First Sino-Japanese War, whether to carry out a First Sino-Japanese War against the island country, with the hatred of the first day after the snow, this point has not been considered in his heart.

He did not have a definite plan for what reason and when to declare war on the island nation. To fight a just war, he must be famous, and what he is waiting for now is the time to go out.

At present, Huaxia is in the stage of rapid development, and Gao Junshan wants to defend the hard-won peace and raise Huaxia's economy, science and technology, culture, and education to a new height, so he does not want to provoke a war against the island country at this time.

The port construction of Cam Ranh Bay is still intensifying, because the four giant battleships Zheng He No. 3 to No. 6 are on their way to Cam Ranh Bay, and the reason why Gao Junshan did not equip the Zheng He-class giant battleships with six fleets is because he has the idea of using these six Zheng He-class giant battleships in a centralized manner, and furthermore, the six fleets have Wuchang-class large battleships that are powerful enough.

Shortly after the return of Zheng He-1, Gao Junshan received a telegram from Shair that the Persian state wanted to establish a joint fleet with the Huaxia state, and the task of the fleet was to protect the merchant ships of the two countries between the Persian Gulf and the Bay of Bengal.

Gao Junshan agreed to Shaier's proposal to form a joint Sino-Polish fleet.

Since Yangon became part of the Chinese Kingdom, there was a great deal of maritime trade between the Chinese Kingdom and the Persian Kingdom, and its trade routes, mainly through merchant ships, took the route from the Bay of Bengal to the Persian Gulf.

In order to protect the safety of this voyage, Gao Junshan sent five battleships, "Zheng He II", "Zheng He III", "Wuchang 11", "Wuchang 12", and "Wuchang 13", as well as 50 sail warships, to the Persian Gulf to form a joint fleet with the Persian fleet, with Ma Jin as the commander of the fleet and the deputy commander as the commander of the fleet of the Persian Kingdom.

Before leaving, Ma Jin came to see Gao Junshan.

"The child greets his father!"

Gao Junshan said to Ma Jin: "Can't think of it, right? You are now the Grand Commander of the Combined Fleet in the Persian Gulf. ”

"It's amazing how quickly the situation is moving."

Gao Junshan asked, "Do you remember your mission?" ”

Ma Jin replied: "Remember, to protect the safety of our country and the merchant ships of the Persian Kingdom, and in addition, to assist the Persian Kingdom in defending the Gulf City. ”

Gao Junshan said: "The Ottoman Empire is bent on controlling the Persian Kingdom, and the strategic position of Persia is very important to us, so we must help the Persian Kingdom to defend against the invasion of the Ottoman Empire." ”

Ma Jin said: "The child must not forget the great trust of his father and assist the Persian Kingdom in the war against Austria." ”

Gao Junshan said: "After you arrive in Persia, take Wubao and his mother to the battleship to live for a while. ”

Ma Jin said: "Honorable Order! I haven't seen Wubao in years, he must have grown taller. ”

Gao Junshan sighed: "Time flies, Wubao is now fourteen years old, I miss him!" ”

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On 5 November, the Huaxia Fleet, which was preparing for an expedition, a total of 55 warships of various types, was neatly lined up in the inner harbor bay of Cam Ranh Bay, and the yellow five-dragon flag of the Huaxia Kingdom was fluttering high on the flagpole of the "Zheng He No. 2." This battleship was the flagship of this fleet, and it was at the forefront of the fleet, waiting for Gao Junshan to give the order to go on the expedition.

Gao Junshan took the battleship "Zheng He No. 1" and gave the order to the expeditionary fleet by sounding a whistle, and "Zheng He No. 2" received the order and also answered "Zheng He No. 1" in the form of a whistle, and took the lead in sailing out of the harbor, followed by "Zheng He No. 2" were "Wuchang No. 11" and "Wuchang No. 12", fifty sail warships were in the middle, and "Zheng He No. 3" and "Wuchang No. 13" were behind.

Gao Junshan watched the fleet leave port on the battleship "Zheng He No. 1".

Although this expedition was not as large as the fleet when Zheng He went to the Western Ocean, its significance was more significant than that of Zheng He's expedition to the Western Ocean, this fleet was not only an expedition to the Persian Gulf, but also the most powerful expeditionary fleet in the world during this period.