It is impossible to reverse the titles of the Chrysanthemum family and the Tokugawa family. When the chrysanthemum family gave up the title of 'emperor', they finalized the title of king of Japan. And the Tokugawa family had no plans to do that. If they were really willing to toss the Chrysanthemum family on this point, then they wouldn't want the 'King of Dongying', but would have set their eyes on the 'King Yamato'!

And Chen Han's support for the Tokugawa shogunate was already big enough. Two kings of Japan. The Chrysanthemum family is no longer the emperor, who dares to say that the king of Japan must be older than the king of Toei?

Chen Han not only created two relatively equal Japan from the land, but also two equal kings from the title......

Although Sakai Tadashi was a pro-China person, he was not a Chonghua faction. He was also very disgusted by those in the 'pro-China' group who were subservient to China, but Sakai Tadashi was very sensible and knew that Japan today could only seek greater benefits if it was closely attached to China and dependent on China.

Japan's geographical location determines that they must be China's junior brother and must be China's pawn, so it is a rational choice.

"My lord, this is a dinner invitation from the Banking Regulatory Commission......

"Yo Xi, it's great!"

Sakai Zhongjin's frowning brows relaxed, the Silver Supervisory Council, this is the God of Wealth of the Chinese Empire. If Japan wants to wage war against the Falklands, it still needs to rely on China's support for military spending.

In particular, many banks in China, whether public or private, the CBRC is a mountain hanging over their heads. And these banks themselves were involved in all aspects, and they were very much needed by the shogunate. For example, how many of the large shipping companies in China are not invested by these banks?

In fact, the Japanese are not unfounded. The kingdom of Merina on the island of Madagascar, like the Abyssinian Empire, has been eye-to-eye with Europeans for many days. It's just that the Kingdom of Merina is not a monotheistic country like the Abyssinian Empire, so it is congenitally lacking. But under the threat of the Japanese, the bottom line of the Kingdom of Merina retreated again and again, and the Europeans did need to establish a territory in the Falklands and establish a transit point to maintain the connection between the South Pacific and Europe.

But they must also consider China's reaction. Madagascar is the territory of China's younger brother, the Japanese, and the land that China has given to Japan. Know that the Falklands are in the east of Africa, not the west.

According to the invisible tacit understanding between the East and the West, East Africa belongs to China, and the territory of Europeans is in West Africa.

In autumn and winter, the snow and wind are already flying in the north, but in the north and south, it is still the height of summer. The temperature in South Africa is neither cold nor hot, in the midteens and early twenties, and the temperature is comfortable.

It's just that in the vast ocean, whether it is the ships of the Europeans, or the ships of Chen Han and the Japanese, the atmosphere is not ordinary tense. News from South Africa had not yet reached Nanking and Edo, and no one knew on either side that the European ships had begun to move beyond Cape Town, across the Cape of Good Hope, towards the eastern seas.

Chen Han and the Japanese ships were all trying their best to intercept and track the Europeans, and how many of the latter's ships were going to the Falklands and how many were going to New Zealand, even if they missed a ship, it would cause a lot of trouble to the Japanese.

Moreover, the Hei Shu Li in West Africa have also been preparing to make a move recently, and they will cause a lot of trouble to Chen Han.

In Tanzania, the soon-to-be-established Black Kingdom is ready for war. Regardless of whether the Abyssinian Empire would actually launch an attack on the Black Kingdom, the latter had to be on guard.

John Pombe Nyerere, who had worked so hard to ascend to the throne, did not want to capsize in the gutter, and as a veteran of the battlefield, he would not take the Abyssinian Empire lightly.

The reason why this guy was able to get to his current position step by step was all due to his prudence.

The battle for the throne of the Black Kingdom is like an enhanced version of the Nine Dragons to seize the throne. In the first three years when the dust settled, Nyerere had never occupied the top of the standings, and even the top three rarely appeared.

But the blacks who had been at the top of the list early on stumbled one by one, and they had to be the target of the public, not only facing the enemy's open guns, but also beware of the hidden arrows from their own people. Those who are unlucky fall directly, and those who are lucky are also greatly injured. On the contrary, Nyerere, who had not been inconspicuous for a long time before, finally won the throne of the Black Kingdom by a large advantage.

Nyerere didn't have the heart to think about it now. He was still thinking about how to ask China for a Han surname, just like the Xiongnu was given the surname Liu by Liu Han, and the Turks were given the surname Li by Li Tang, Nyerere felt that he also had to have the surname 'Chen' given by the emperor, so that he could sit more firmly on the throne under his ass.

But now Nyerere's heart was all on Abyssinia in the north......

……

In the middle of the tenth lunar month, on the western side of the southern Indian Ocean.

Two small sailing boats still roam the eastern side of Mauritius like ghosts. Yesterday a fourth-class sail warship had just arrived from the Falklands with a shipment of supplies and ammunition, and had taken a group of sick and prisoners.

Located 800 kilometres east of the island of Madagascar, Mauritius is a volcanic island surrounded by coral reefs and a diverse landscape of narrow plains along the coast and highlands in the middle with multiple mountains and isolated peaks. The entire country is made up of the island of Mauritius and other small archipelagos, a territory that has long been controlled by Europeans.

Mauritius and Réunion, 200 kilometres away, are arguably the two most important European strongholds in the southern Indian Ocean.

There are not many islands in the Indian Ocean, let alone the Southern Indian Ocean, which is emptier than the Northern Indian Ocean.

These two small sailing ships are dedicated to monitoring the island of Mauritius, and there are also two surveillance ships on Reunion Island, and four ships are fixed.

After maintaining a certain distance from the island, they keep circling the island, and only need to arrive at the fixed sea area at a fixed time to receive supplies, as they did not so long ago.

However, this place is far away from Africa, far away from Chen Han's naval base, and these two ships must be careful and cautious and cautious no matter whether it is day or night. If they were hit by the large warships of the Europeans, the other side only had to replace the rice flag they were hanging with the Spanish and Portuguese flags, or even the Star-Spangled Banner of the United States, and then the fun would be great.

Even if two ships run away from one, the situation is terrible at first sight. Because Chen Han has no evidence at all, there is no evidence.

At this time, the Jingyang had raised its mainsail, but the steam engine was still turned off, and the whole ship was drifting with the tide at a speed of 4 knots. The Laiyang, which was one level larger than the Jingyang, patrolled the waters southeast of the Jingyang, and both ships were bored waiting for work. Except for the lookouts on their masts!

Of course, hunters and prey are not so absolute. While the Jingyang and Laiyang were hunted as prey by large sail warships, they could also hunt small European ships, both warships and merchant ships.

The lookout of the Jingyang found a tall mast in the northwest sea, followed by a second and a third......

"A three-masted galleon has been found in the northwest! Fly the French flag! Speed 5 knots! The lookout pulled the alarm bell hard.

Upon receipt of the report, the ship's pipe belt immediately ordered the steam engine to be activated, and the orange warning flag was raised. At this time, the Laiyang also discovered the ship, and immediately turned its rudder left and leaned towards the Jingyang, forming a two-ship formation.

"Report, that ship raised a signal flag!"

The second report of the lookout came immediately, and the pipe belt on the Jingyang pursed his lips, "Damn, Lao Tzu dares to guarantee that there must be more than one ship on the other side!" ”

The first mate had already run up to the stern of the ship at this time, holding a telescope and observing carefully, at this time the weather at sea was clear and the visibility was extremely high, and he could see the movements of the French at a glance, perhaps the people on the ship were not French.

"The other party must be gathering accomplices! Has the machine started up? ”

But even if the steam engine is started, it takes a while to warm up. However, neither the Jingyang nor the Laiyang were afraid, because as long as they were vigilant and kept a safe distance from potential enemy ships at all times, the sailing ship would be able to run at a high speed of 12 knots in an hour. This small sailboat is faster than a large sailboat!

Three-masted sail ships are generally large ships of more than 1,000 tons, if they are warships, they are third-class battleships, and if they are merchant ships, they are first-class ships. And if it is the latter, after encountering the Jingyang and Laiyang, it is rare not to turn around and leave, of course, if there is a frigate to follow, it is another matter. But right now, the big ship's first reaction after seeing the Jingyang was to raise a signal flag, and this abnormal behavior made people can't stand muttering.

"There's a new three-masted galleon to the northwest! Repeat, a new three-masted galleon has appeared in the northwest! The dutiful lookout roared loudly on the mast, and the frenzied sound of alarm bells was heard clearly in the ears of everyone on deck.

Guan Tie's face became more serious, and the bad premonition in his heart became stronger, and his intuition told him that the ship opposite him was the enemy, and the reason why the enemy came today was not to accompany the Jingyang and Laiyang in circles, they must have restrictive means. The pipe band turned his head to look in the direction of the Laiyang, and his heart was pounding.

"Hehe, there are really other ships." On the Laiyang, the bearded pipe band was also shouting, and the sudden change made him a little excited and nervous.

The officers and men on the two sailing ships did not feel that there was much danger, because when the sailing ships were in full swing, they were not at all able to catch up with those sailing ships. As long as the Jingyang and Laiyang are not wavering, the danger can be said to be very small. Can't beat them, can they escape? The Europeans can't keep theirs either.

The most important thing for both ships now is to accelerate, accelerate a little bit, increase the speed to the maximum.

The Jingyang gave a signal to the Laiyang to retreat. But instead of retreating to the southeast, retreating due east. Anyway, the Jingyang was more than 6 nautical miles away from the ships behind it, and the Laiyang was even closer to 8 nautical miles. When the Jingyang is caught up, the speed of the Jingyang will also be increased to the maximum.

Two ships have again appeared in the north-west, one of which is still a three-masted galleon, and it is becoming more and more obvious that this is definitely a fleet put together by Europeans, and it is definitely a fleet that has always had bad intentions.

Chen Han would not be indifferent to watch the fleet of three three-masted galleons and one two-masted sailing ship pass through the 'defense zone', but these are three third-class sail battleships and one fifth-class cruiser, which can already challenge Chen Han's garrison fleet in South Africa.

Therefore, such a fleet must have been put together by the Europeans after secretly crossing the Cape of Good Hope + the Falklands. And the Europeans wanted to put together such a fleet, and the idea was absolutely ill-intentioned.

Although the four sail battleships in the rear still fly the French flag one by one, will it be difficult to change the flag? The four warships were all full of sails and swooped straight towards the Jingyang.

"Pay attention to the search of the surrounding sea ......" intuition told the pipe belt [Jingyang] that the Europeans' calculations would not be so easy, and perhaps there were already European warships waiting in front of them.

……

Enley Breed held a monocular and observed the two ships in the undulating sea ahead, and they had been driving around the sea for a short time before finally finding the group of Chinese.

The enemy was indeed very small, and according to Breed's estimates, the two small sailing ships were five or six hundred tons at most.

But these are not the point, the point is that the combat effectiveness of these two ships is definitely not comparable to the fleet with three third-class sail battleships as the main force, and this is enough.

Seeing the two Chinese sailboats heading into the distance, Bred was not worried. Although the direction of the opponent's travel was not southeast, he believed in Edgar's ability. The French also had naval masters.

"All ships remain in formation. Continue to move closer to China. "Braid didn't immediately order a change of flag, and it's too early to do that. There's still five nautical miles between the two sides.

In the vast southern Indian Ocean, a fierce siege and chase battle began. It's too late for people to be mentally prepared for a while.

The situation in the southern Indian Ocean has reached such a point that the Japanese are really going to war against the Kingdom of Merina, and when the news reaches Europe, it will not make the European high-level people think that Japan is 'encroaching'. More of them will think that this is a Chinese counterattack!

The world situation today is so chaotic.

The American battlefield and the Russian battlefield are the two main battlefields, the Indian battlefield, the African battlefield, and the military confrontation between the Ottomans and Austria are the three major secondary battlefields......

In other places, it is like the life of a small citizen in the big era, and it will not enter the eyes of those high-level people at all.

Just like this naval battle in the southern Indian Ocean.

Inside Europe, I don't know how many voices are shouting for reinforcements to the Americas. Three third-class sail battleships, other fourth-class sail battleships and cruisers, etc., are not counted, and it is better to take reinforcements to the Americas than to walk in circles with the Chinese in the southern Indian Ocean.

Even Chen Ming ignored the alarm from South Africa after receiving it. The purpose of this alert was more to get the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan to officially declare a crusade against the kingdom of Merina, and that's it.

In the Qianqing Palace, Chen Ming was already listening to the people below report on the Zen ceremony on the first day of the first lunar month.

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