Zhang Qiang, who was in Jinling Mansion, recently stared at the Ryukyu Kingdom, although he wanted to engage in the Ryukyu Kingdom before, but in the end, the guy Hongtian Cannon was really hard enough, and he slaughtered so many Japanese, and the natives of Southeast Asia were also affected, and stabilized the domestic political situation in such an extreme way as killing all those people to eliminate the hidden dangers in their own countries, and still firmly grasped the soldiers and horses, and there were always 50,000 Han soldiers and horses loyal to him in his hands, and the officers and soldiers of the Navy Division were also very loyal to him, it can be said that no matter the provocation of the Japanese, It was still the unintentional move of the second prince, or the conspiracy and tricks set by himself, in the face of Hong Tiancang's absolute strength, they all turned into ashes.

"Ruthless enough," Zhang Qiang could only comment on Hong Tiancang.

And on the other hand, it is not good not to give him support, anyway, he disposed of some of the population and waste weapons that the Huaxia Army did not need, and the old ships were disposed of and given to Hongtian Cannon.

And the situation of the second prince made the second prince have to bow his head and beg Hong Tiancannon, Zhang Qiang flipped through the report of the intelligence officer of the intelligence department of New Zealand, where the living environment is simply called hell, and the second prince who is full of confidence was pitted by himself.

The Dutch, who had been unable to get along with the Zheng family, wanted to get Australia, and sent fleets to attack Australia many times, but they were repelled by Zheng Jing's sailors, and they had to retreat to New Zealand, a few hundred nautical miles away, to build a camp, and the second prince The first thing they did in the past was actually to start a war with the Dutch, the Dutch had seven armed merchant ships, two third-class battleships and thirty-six warships purchased by the second prince from Zhang Qiang, and more than 100 warships fought for nearly half a year.

Three armed merchant ships were captured, three were sunk, and one was damaged, and finally the Dutch escaped with three ships, losing nearly 3,000 men, and leaving behind all the more than 3,000 sailors and vagabonds they had recruited from Malacca.

The second prince Hong Hongxiu suffered even greater losses, fifteen merchant ships transporting supplies and people were sunk, the loss of more than 10,000 people, more than 1,000 officers and soldiers of the naval division, the loss of 30 warships, and the loss of 7 warships, although the victory was great, but the losses were heavy, but fortunately, they occupied the camp left by the Dutch, avoiding the pain of construction, and the key personnel and henchmen could not set up tents and sleep in the wilderness.

The arrival of the population and merchant ships allowed them to complete the first step, settlement, and then they began to explore the interior, all kinds of wild beasts, poisonous snakes, so that the one million people they brought with them lost 300,000 people, and finally settled down.

Then they traded with Zheng Zhi and them, obtained supplies, trained soldiers and horses, but only trained 30,000 soldiers and horses, Zheng Jing's fleet found their hiding place, and lay down next to the couch to allow others to sleep soundly, Zheng Jing's fleet soon started a naval battle with them, but compared to the Dutch experienced in naval warfare, with less to win more, Zheng Jing's fleet is not so powerful.

The two sides fought on a small scale, won and lost each other, and honed the second prince's sailors, and finally the second prince stabilized his position with 30 warships, 120 warships, and 350 merchant ships purchased successively, and the sailors developed to 30,000 troops.

After that, it was a battle with the Zheng family to seize various guano islands, New Zealand also had guano, they used guano to reach a deal with the Huaxia Kingdom, and traded every six months, each time a hundred merchant ships carried guano, a hundred merchant ships carried some furs, and the special products went to the Huaxia Kingdom to trade.

Every time fifteen warships were dispatched and ninety warships were escorted, and it took half a year to go back and forth, so to speak, they had to load and leave again after just coming back to rest for a month or two, because it was too far away from the Kingdom of China, nearly 10,000 miles away, although it was nearly 1,000 nautical miles shorter than Australia, it still took four months to go back and forth.

The main reason is that their ships are not good, and they buy old ships that have been abandoned by Zhang Qiang and them for more than ten years and lost to the coast guard, or even sold to merchants, with a speed of about three to four nautical miles, that is, about 10 kilometers per hour.

Walking more than 100 kilometers a day is faster than walking a person, only equivalent to the speed of a person running.

They have known about the new warships of the Huaxia Army for a long time, and since the Huaxia Army defeated them, this kind of new warships have been paid attention to by them, but they also know that the Huaxia Army is not fully equipped, and each fleet has only received a small number of new ships, and later as time goes by, they finally know that the cost is expensive, each with a minimum of 800,000 taels of silver, Huaxia Yuan 1.2 million a ship, even a frigate has 800,000 Huaxia Yuan a piece, and they can't afford to equip it.

After two years, the Huaxia Army itself was only equipped with two kinds of ships, totaling more than 200 ships, which was two or three hundred million Huaxia military dollars, and the total silver was more than 200 million taels, and they could only look up.

However, the new warships of the Huaxia Army are good, I heard that they can run at a speed of 8 knots in peacetime, and they can run at a speed of 10 knots in wartime, and they can run 11 to 12 knots with their maximum ability, even if the minimum speed is 6 knots, it is 12 kilometers per hour, which is enough to reduce their round-trip time by about ten days, that is, more than three months, which can make them run two more times and earn more money.

Eight knots of speed is more than three months, a full two trips.

If you increase the speed a little, ten knots of speed, if not at a constant speed, you can increase it by another seven or eight days, then you can reduce it to less than three months, more than two months, what a speed.

But this is delusional for them.

They could only explore the island of New Zealand while fighting the fleet sent by Zheng Jing and sending caravans to trade.

Try to strengthen themselves, but the sharp decline in population over the years has also reduced their strength a lot, this time Hong Wenyi is to get the population, after a few months of running, Hong Wenyi sent the first batch of 300,000 people to the island of New Zealand.

They were quickly divided, the people were sent to live and work in peace, the young and strong were organized into a militia, the able-bodied, the former soldiers were formed into an army of sailors and servants, and a force of fifteen thousand men and horses, which were stationed in various places, and on warships and merchant ships.

The population of the second prince increased to a pitiful 800,000 people, although he basically controlled the island of New Zealand, organized the snooping of the Dutch, and prevented Zheng Jing from attacking, but also suffered heavy losses and urgently needed to replenish the population.

With the return of the fleet, the purchased warships also returned, two hundred merchant ships, thirty armed merchant ships, fifty warships, and twenty warships, which effectively supplemented the number of warships and warships lost due to several encounters with Zheng Jing's fleet, as well as the number of merchant ships.

The second prince planned to organize an expedition once these people stabilized, leading 100,000 Japanese soldiers and horses, the Japanese actually don't need to be trained, because they are the servants of the original Ryukyu Kingdom.

100,000 Southeast Asian soldiers, as well as 50,000 Han Chinese soldiers, transported by 300 merchant ships, escorted by 80 armed merchant ships, 50 warships, and 30 warships formed a battle team, and carried out an expedition to Australia, where Zheng Jing was entrenched, and planned for three years.

Occupy Zheng Jing's territory, get more population, as well as the towns and castles operated by the Zheng family in Australia, shipyards, warships, and all other materials, as well as territory, so that through the First World War, he can fight for a few years less and expand his strength.

(End of chapter)