When the news here spread, Daming and Britain really quarreled. The Malay Governor www.biquge.info Magorni must give a reasonable explanation to the Ming Dynasty and return the Andaman Islands. And Da Ming, according to Ou Ziwen's explanation, said that the British broke through and opened fire to sink the Ming battleship first. Other than that, don't say half a word more.

It was noisy like this, and it lasted for about half a month. Let the countries around Nanyang think that the two sides are about to fight. Unexpectedly, Ming and Britain suddenly shook hands and made peace. In Johor Bahru, a press conference was held to make a joint declaration in front of all journalists.

Mainly the Ming and British countries admitted that this Ming-British naval conflict was just a misunderstanding. Since then, friendly relations between the two countries will be maintained.

However, the Andaman Islands, the root cause of the conflict, is not mentioned in the declaration. It seems that Britain has acquiesced in the fact that the Ming Dynasty occupies the Andaman Islands, but it has not let go. Da Ming didn't care, and only sent a large number of engineering teams to rush to the Andaman Islands. There, turrets and watchtowers were built day and night, making them the first line of defense of the Ming Dynasty in the Indian Ocean.

The hero of this time, Ou Ziwen of the Second Division, was also undeniably commended by Nanfeng and Liu Weiguo. The newspapers of the Ming Dynasty also praised him as the 'little tiger' general of the Ming Dynasty. Obviously, he has won a place in the Ming military circle and has been recognized.

The entire 2nd Division, also remained on the island of Andaman Island. In wartime, become the backbone of the defense against the enemy.

At this point, this Mingying conflict has been turned over without danger.

But the impact is very far-reaching.

First of all, this face-to-face conflict made Britain really feel the power of the Ming warship, experience the tactics of the Ming Navy, and realize the strength of the Ming Navy. prompted Britain to be more afraid of Daming and put more attention on Daming.

The plan for increasing the number of troops proposed by Magorny was not adopted by the parliament for a long time. But immediately after the Mingying conflict, it was unanimously approved. Several new warships that have just been launched have also gone to serve in the Indian fleet.

As a result, the number of warships and the size of the personnel of the Indian fleet have increased exponentially.

The blockade of Daming has also intensified. Like the friends of the Ming Dynasty, the merchant ships carried by Portugal and France carrying the merchant goods of the Ming Dynasty can no longer pass through the Indian Ocean as easily as before. Deliver goods to Central Asia, North Africa, Western Europe. Instead, they were to be arrested by British warships and confiscated all Ming merchants.

As a result, the local Ming goods, which are not sold much, are even more scarce. The so-called scarcity is expensive! The price of Daming commodities has also increased exponentially in the local area. The profits generated made more merchant ships take risks.

The British Navy is also busier.

Secondly, Daming also stepped up the speed of preparations. More and more materials are being transported to Johor Bahru, Batavia, Semarang and other cities for storage. More troops, also replenished to the South Seas, were stationed near the Strait of Malacca.

In retaliation, the British North Maluku Islands could no longer dock any merchant ships and were completely isolated.

The thriving spice trade also plummeted. Portugal, which has always been courted by both sides and made a fortune, can no longer earn high dividends.

The number of merchant ships heading to the South Seas is also 20% less than in previous years.

All these scenes make people really feel that the pace of war is near!

The surrounding countries are like ostriches, afraid to speak out. Small countries such as Lanfang and Boni are all pretending to be confused. On the bright side, he did not dare to approach the Ming Dynasty or the United Kingdom. But behind the scenes, there were many envoys sent to both sides, promising benefits. I only hope that in the future, the two sides will fight and not involve themselves.

The most pitiful is Johor. Sandwiched between Britain and the Ming Dynasty, you can't avoid it even if you want to. In case Mingying fights one day, he will be implicated and suffer a catastrophe.

Thinking about it day and night, the king of Johor, who is in his fifties, is sad and white-headed. As a result, I fell ill!

Burma and Siam, as allies of the Ming Dynasty, should support the Ming Dynasty. In order to show intimacy with Daming, he also let domestic newspapers publish remarks in support of Daming. It creates the illusion that the whole country is the Ming Dynasty.

Vietnam also showed its loyalty! claimed to send 100,000 soldiers to support the Ming Dynasty in defending against foreign enemies.

At this moment, off the coast of Manila Bay, the formation of the First Marine Division has just finished an exercise. In charge of the exercise was Zhang Xiao, director of the Navy Department, who sent Nguyen Phuc Dang back to Vietnam to land in Dabao, and then led the formation of the 1st Marine Division to block the sea off Manila.

Whether it was a merchant ship that wanted to come in or a merchant ship that wanted to go out, they did not dare to approach the blockade line of the Ming Dynasty. This made the Spanish governor in the Philippines angry. Looking at Manila City, which used to be dominated by maritime trade and had many merchant ships in the past, it has become a situation where saddle horses are scarce in front of the door. At the bottom of my heart, it was really uncomfortable.

However, this situation was not caused by the blockade of the 1st Division. But as early as a month ago, it was snubbed like this.

The main reason is that after the Ming Dynasty took control of Vietnam, all coastal ports were opened. In particular, the rental area of Daming no longer charges anything more than a small parking fee. As a result, the merchant ships going north no longer pass through the Philippines.

First, Vietnam has a large population and is a promising commodity market in itself. Merchant ships pass through there and can trade by the way. In addition, Vietnam has also introduced many new policies to facilitate trade, attracting merchant ships from all over the world.

Second, Vietnam has a long enough land border, bordering both the Qing and Siam. Goods from various countries can pass through there and enter these bordering countries, saving the voyage.

As for those Ming merchant ships, they will not pass through the Philippines. Because any merchant ships that pass by there will be attacked by 'pirates' very frequently. On the Vietnam route, there is an escort from the South China Sea Fleet, which greatly improves security.

This makes the port of Manila in the Philippines cold day by day.

When the 1st Division of the Ming Dynasty came to the sea off Manila Bay, it scared away the pitiful Spanish merchant ships.

The Spanish warship stationed in the Philippines still wanted to break in. But after eating a few cannonballs from the Ming Dynasty, I understood that the Ming Dynasty was serious. Like a turtle with a shrunken head, he quickly retracted back into Manila Bay, not daring to come out.

The Governor of the Philippines went to the sea off Manila Bay every day to watch, praying that Daming would leave quickly. It's a pity that the Ming warships wander in the open sea every day, which makes the hope of the Philippine governor disappointed again and again.

When the news of the Second Division's seizure of the Andaman Islands reached the First Division, Zhang Xiao, the commander of the Navy, naturally could not be compared to his subordinates. He sent a part of his warships to occupy Palawan and Mindanao.

As if it weren't enough, the Visayas were also occupied. The island of Cebu is included, as well as the Spanish garrison. But they were driven into the sea by the powerful Ming Dynasty. (To be continued.) )