Chapter 56 The Kaiser's Determination I

At six o'clock in the evening, the huge Second Fleet arrived at Fieldstown. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info

Many British people in the town were shocked when they saw the 15 huge battleships of the Second Fleet. They all wondered, how could such a powerful warship not belong to the British Empire?

Many British people saw that the warship was flying the flag of China, and they did not know where this Chinese power was. Under Donakin's explanation, some British people here knew that the Chinese army was the descendants of the Ming Dynasty and had lived on the islands of Papua for hundreds of years, but they never came out to contact the outside world.

Originally, Donakin wanted to invite Sun Hao to stay in the town for one night, but Sun Hao politely refused, and Sun Hao felt that it was safer to live on the battleship.

That night, the German spies and Dutch spies lurking in the town of Filz sent out telegrams one by one, especially about seeing the huge battleship of Zheng He.

Germany set up a governor on the islands of Papua to administer the colonies of Oceania.

Alfred was a member of the Junkers consortium in Germany, and the position of governor was also won by the consortium. For Alfred, it was quite an honor to be appointed governor of the colonies of Oceania at the age of 30.

When Alfred received a telegram from the spies lurking in Fieldstown, saying that a mysterious force had been discovered, a huge fleet with the banner of the Huaxia Army had arrived in Fieldstown, and the officers and men on the battleship were all faces of Oriental Chinese. Among them, 15 warships have reached a displacement of about 30,000 tons, and the caliber of the main guns is estimated to be about 380mm.

After Alfred received such a telegram, he was very shocked, saying that the British Empire, which dominated the world, had such a huge warship, and Alfred still believed that this was the truth, but it was the forces of the Chinese people who had such a huge warship, and Alfred really couldn't believe the authenticity of this telegram.

After much confirmation, Alfred knew why the mysterious fleet had come to Fieldstown. According to intelligence, several cruisers and destroyers of the British Empire, as well as dozens of merchant ships, went to the Manla River in search of something, but several thousand people went, and only Donakin and Williamt returned.

After continuous analysis by the German spies lurking in Fieldstown, the result was that the thousands of Britons had been wiped out by the mysterious Chinese. It's just that these mysterious Huaxia people didn't attack after arriving at Fields Town in their fleet, as if they were making a friendly visit.

Alfred finally decided to send the telegram back to China and let the domestic help analyze the matter.

The Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the German Navy, Hermann. After receiving the telegram, Rader immediately realized the importance of the matter, so he reported the matter to Kaiser Wilhelm II overnight.

Wilhelm II took this matter very seriously and held a meeting overnight, this time with the participation of Field Marshal Hamani, the supreme commander-in-chief of the army, and the highest German admiral, Hermann. Marshal Reid plus Wilhelm II made a total of three.

All three of them were skeptical of the telegram, but they did not dare to ignore it.

Governor Alfred was the colonial minister appointed by William II himself, and although he was a little younger, he was calm and sophisticated, and he would never joke about such things.

As Germany's highest admiral, Hermann. Red knows all the world's navies, including the navies of all countries in history, including the navies of the Ming Dynasty.

It can be said that the Ming Navy was enough to crush the strength of the navies of Western countries, but the Oriental people have always been docile and not good at attacking the enemy. In addition, the Ming Dynasty still had the threat of the Mongols and Tatars on land, so even if the Ming Dynasty had an invincible navy, it did not have the energy to attack other countries.

The meeting was not a formal meeting, but rather a deliberative meeting, so it was not held at the palace.

Wilhelm II touched his curled beard with one hand, looked at the two German supreme marshals and said: "Both of them are important ministers of my German Empire, and the emperor also believes that Governor Alfred will not send false information, I wonder what the two of you think about this matter?" ”

Herman. After thinking about it, Red immediately stood up and said, "Your Majesty, do you still remember the Ming Dynasty in the East?" ”

"Yes!" Wilhelm II nodded. As an emperor, Wilhelm II was also very interested in Eastern civilization, especially the Tang Empire and the Great Yuan Empire in the East, and Wilhelm II even dreamed of doing the same as these two empires. It manages a large population base and has a vast land area.

Although he is the emperor of a country, the territory under his jurisdiction is too small and the resources are too scarce. If an empire wants to develop, it must wage war and expand its territory.

Herman. Red touched the beard on the corner of his mouth with one hand, and then said: "There was a sea general named Zheng He in the Ming Dynasty, who led the Ming Dynasty to cross the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean without encountering an opponent, plus the Ming Dynasty had defeated the navies of the Netherlands, Spain, Portugal and other countries, and even the former sea coachmen were not opponents, which shows the horror of the naval combat effectiveness of the Ming Dynasty back then.

It can be said that the navy of the Ming Dynasty has not encountered an opponent for hundreds of years, and has dominated the sea for hundreds of years. At that time, our shipbuilding capacity in the West was still very poor, and the Ming Dynasty built a kind of warship called a treasure ship. The ship was 124 meters long and 50 meters wide, powered by twelve hard sails, and had a displacement of about 10,000 tons.

From the 13th to the 17th century, the European Caravel sailing ships had a displacement of 2,000-4,000 tons and 3-4 masts, and the large wooden sailing ships in the West were prone to sinking of the ship, which seriously affected the navigation performance and even led to the disintegration of the ship in a storm.

The appearance of the Ming treasure ship, shows that the shipbuilding technology of the Ming Dynasty has solved the problem of hull strength and timber tenon, such a huge wooden ship, can still withstand the stormy waves of the Indian Ocean, it can be seen that the Ming Dynasty was a strong ship-building ability. ”

Both William II and Harmani nodded when they heard it, although they had not focused on learning about the treasure ship, they had both heard of this behemoth.

"When the Ming Dynasty fell, many nobles fled to East Asia, Nanyang, Australia and other places for refuge, and even forbearance, in order to make a comeback. A nation that has endured for hundreds of years, thinking more than they always think about the great cause of recovering the country, the potential of this forbearance will be extremely powerful, and this mysterious Chinese people may be the descendants of the Ming Dynasty. "Herman. Red spoke his mind.

Hamani felt Herman. What Red said made a lot of sense, but it was a bit illogical to think that such a powerful fleet appeared on the islands of Papua.

"Your Majesty, Herman. Marshal Rader has a brilliant analysis, but there are some issues that are worth exploring. If the powerful fleet that appeared on the Papuan islands was the descendants of the nobles of the Ming Dynasty who fled to the South Seas for refuge, they had been hiding on the Papuan islands for hundreds of years.

Why haven't they shown up in the outside world for so many years? It's a bit unreasonable that no one has found them for hundreds of years. Where do they get their necessities, and are they completely self-sufficient? In terms of the time of occupation of the island of Papua, they are the masters of the island. Why didn't the British Empire, the Kingdom of the Netherlands, and our German Empire stand up in protest when they announced the colonization of the islands of Papua? ”