The Spaniards purchased about 120 warships, including more than 90 decommissioned sail warships, more than 30 steam experimental warships, and with the 15 sail warships of the Spaniards, it can be said that overnight, the Spaniards changed their guns and their strength increased greatly, compared with their 35 sail warships, the strength increased by at least seven or eight times.

And the more than 70 warships that the British came, mainly sail warships, after all, steam engine warships, they have only just figured out, a huge warship with a large enough tonnage, it is very cheap to build in the Chinese Empire, where in Spain, it must be at least two or three times more expensive, because the Spaniards are used to luxury, the tonnage is high, there must be a captain's room, for the nobles and the captain to enjoy, there are also guest rooms, as well as small cabins for the officers, and the utilization efficiency of the battleship is offset by a small half of these extravagant consumption.

The British are not bad, at least they know how to enjoy more than the Spaniards, or even if they are not so wasteful, they must be expensive, so they can not make much, and it is already good to be able to send two before, but this time two more, five steam engine warships form a squad.

The others were all strong large-tonnage warships, sail warships, and some of them had modified iron bones, increased defensive capabilities, and increased the loading of steam engines, so that the speed of the ships increased again, and the maximum combat speed could reach the speed of fifteen or sixteen knots.

But this speed will not last, on average, this kind of high speed, can only last for about half an hour when the wind is strong, and then it will be lowered, and the average speed is about eight knots, after all, it is still a sail warship, not all relying on steam engines.

With the completion of the deal with the Spanish warships, the British had to stop fighting, although there were more than 70 warships, you can see more than 100 warships on the opposite side, and more than 500 offshore steam transport paddle ships, the British had to secretly acquiesce in the existence of the Spaniards.

Seeing the British towned, the Spaniards were very happy, very grateful to the Chinese Empire, the value of the tens of millions of Spanish gold coins, the arrival of the fleet brought a lot of Western goods and commodities from Spain, the Chinese Empire appeared a lot of Spanish folk goods, as well as Western goods, many of which people had not seen, so they sold well in an instant, swept away, the Spaniards were of course happy to close their mouths, and immediately sent more than 30 sailboats home to pull it again.

There were a lot of goods of the Chinese Empire in the middle, so the goods of the Chinese Empire also sold well, and the coastal areas of the Chinese Empire prospered again after decades of maritime trade.

Spain's transaction alone has stimulated the market of nearly 100 million Chinese dollars in the Chinese Empire, with a total transaction volume of 110 million Chinese dollars, and the Chinese Empire has obtained more than 30 million Chinese dollars in taxes.

The tense trend in Bengal has also been eased, the Spaniards have opened up the exchange between the port and the Bengal region, and the Chinese Empire does not have to face the Spaniards and the British nervously, of course, the British still have to be on guard, because the Indians will not completely listen to the British, and the clans in Bengal can only rely on the Spaniards.

It seems that the wind and waves are calm, the rain has passed, the British do not dare to attack the Spaniards for the time being, do not dare to cause trouble, this time the loss is like the Naga Mountains were occupied, Afghanistan was occupied, Pakistan was occupied, blocked, the British once again swallowed their anger.

Another reason for this is that when the Huaxia Empire transferred the Fourth Fleet, the 20 ships of the Fourth Fleet were emitting black smoke, with a displacement of more than 3,000 tons, a full load of more than 5,000 tons, a total of four 32-pound artillery batteries in the front and rear, and 20 12-pounder guns under deck on the left and right, and the batteries of the Huaxia Army had 16 34-pounder solid guns on the left and right in the cabin below, which were used to cover the safety of warships at a distance of more than 300 meters to 180 meters at short range.

The newly finalized first-generation Chinese Imperial steam warship still retains some of the characteristics of the sail warship era, such as the gun door, the guns on both sides of the cabin, such as the main mast, although it has been reduced a lot, still retains the ability to hang sails, and the use of mechanical force can ensure that when needed, the sails hidden in the cabin can be hung up in ten or eight minutes, so that the ship can maintain at least three to four knots of the ability to sail on the sea without steam power.

Coupled with the fact that the front and rear maintained a transom that changed direction and controlled the direction of the wind, the steamer ship could travel at a speed of six knots when it encountered a tailwind on the sea, rather than having to drift and die.

There is no way that this is the characteristic of this era, many people recommend retaining, Zhang Qiang can only let it be retained, after all, the steam engine still has a high failure rate, even if it is reduced to a small chance, it may still fail when sailing at sea, so keep it.

Compared with the steam engine ships of the Spaniards, the steam engine ships of the British, the warships of the Chinese Empire that had been finalized, obviously had an advantage over the enemy in terms of flexibility and speed, and in terms of defense, the Chinese Empire had already used most of the iron sheets, and only the interior decoration and some places that did not need to contribute to the firmness of the hull were used light wood to save space and displacement.

Twenty steam warships gave birth to billowing smoke, followed by the twelve frigate speedboats, also emitted billowing smoke, although the treated smoke was already very light, but dozens of ships were dispatched together, under the scale effect, and in the sunny weather, from a distance, even if it was twenty nautical miles, it was still obvious, next to them, there were more than 3,000 tons of although it was said to be decommissioned, but because the main warships of the fleet were still too few, they still retained the capital ships of the main fleet of the former sail era, Twenty-six ironclad sail warships of more than 3,000 tons are equipped with a small sample boiler of 1,200 horsepower auxiliary propulsion for two days behind the improvement, so as to ensure that the sail warship can maintain the same cruising speed at sea, and the speed of 12 knots follows the steam engine warship.

Originally, there were more than 20 experimental steam warships, but the failure rate of that thing was too high, and today two more steam engines failed to sail, so the Fourth Fleet could only let them leave a few patrol fleets at the door, and then let the sail frigates escort them to patrol, so as not to be embarrassed and conspicuous here.

This is to show off the power of the Chinese Empire, and if a ship breaks down at this time, it will be a shame.

More than 60 warships sailed through the port of the British, and the British could only watch silently, although they had more than 70 warships, and they were not necessarily afraid of the Chinese Empire when they pulled them out now, but most of them were sail warships, and the speed could not catch up with others, in terms of firepower, people stood at 1,200 meters, and you could only fight 5 or 600 meters or 800 meters, and the artillery used was of a different level than others, as long as they were hanging from afar, they only had the artillery on those steam engine ships that could hit people, six to sixty?

Anyone can do such a multiple-choice question.

After arriving at the port of the Spaniards, the Spaniards immediately beat gongs and drums to greet them, and the personnel arrived, very respectful, and very envious in their eyes, after the visit, the Chinese Empire left six sail warships stationed here to communicate with the Spaniards, and the other warships returned to the station.

(End of chapter)