Zheng Chenggong rejected the surrender of the Manchu Tartars, fearing that the Tartars would send troops to exterminate them again.

When he was about to gather his subordinates to discuss countermeasures, the guard Zhang Dashan came in and said, "General, General Zheng Tai has an urgent matter to see!" ”

This report made Zheng Chenggong a little puzzled. Isn't Zheng Tai leading the Four Seas Firm to do business in Southeast Asia and open up trade routes?

Why did you suddenly run back, could it be that things have changed!

Zheng Chenggong hurriedly drank: "Invite him in!" ”

Zheng Tai hurriedly walked in, and when he saw Zheng Chenggong, he immediately shouted: "General, I happened to hear a news in South Asia, Franc is about to attack!" ”

"Oh?" Zheng Chenggong said in slight surprise.

Zheng Tai hurriedly said: "Since the last time we attacked Macau and forced them to sign the Macau memorandum, Francois has been very unwilling. In addition, our Zheng family vigorously expanded the trade at sea during this time, and robbed a large market share of the franc machine. In order to avenge the arrow, but also to protect their own maritime trade. Mascolus has sent a messenger to the king of the Franc Machine, and has sent a fleet of 137 warships against us. ”

Zheng Chenggong listened and asked, "How did you know about this?" ”

Zheng Tai hurriedly explained: "During this time, our Zheng family Sihai Firm was expanding the South Asian market, and when I followed the merchant ship to Malaga, it happened that the ship of the Francophone was being repaired there. Some of the sailors could not stand the boredom of the sea, ran to a bar and got drunk, and said it unintentionally. I heard that I couldn't even take care of the merchant ships, and rushed back overnight to report to the general. ”

Zheng Chenggong no longer had any doubts when he heard it, damn the ghost, Lao Tzu hasn't gone to your trouble yet, you are in a hurry to send him to death.

It just so happened that Lao Tzu captured Xiamen, and his strength rose sharply, and someone was needed to give Lao Tzu a prestige and tell all the maritime merchants in the East China Sea to know.

I'm back! Our Zheng family is back!

If you don't die, you won't die, since Franco wants to die, how can Lao Tzu not know what to do, and why don't you smoke him well!

Monopolies are the most profitable at all times. In particular, a high-profit business route like sea trade is something that Zheng Chenggong has always been eager to monopolize.

East China Sea trade, it is enough to have the Zheng family and the Netherlands, if it weren't for the lack of strength, Zheng Chenggong would even want to drive out the Netherlands directly.

However, Zheng Chenggong believes that this will not be too long.

Zheng Chenggong sent someone to call Lin Xishan, standing on the chart of the East China Sea, Zheng Chenggong asked: "Jian Chu, how did you investigate the matter of Macao last time?" ”

Lin Xishan heard it and hurriedly said: "General Hui, I have asked someone to investigate the structure and artillery layout of the fort." General, you are ready to ......"

Zheng Chenggong told Lin Xishan that Franc was not convinced and wanted to get back to the field.

When Lin Xishan heard this, he immediately shouted: "General, now that we have more than 500 ships, we don't have to be afraid of anything at all." Since those ghosts want to fight, we will fight. Just kill them all! ’

Zheng Chenggong heard it and said, "Well, it's time to get those Franc machines out!" ”

Lin Xishan heard that he was busy clenching his fists and said: "The last general is willing to be a pioneer!" ”

Zheng Chenggong heard it and said: "If you want to do it this time, I won't agree." At the beginning of the year, you should send more sand boats to pretend to be fishing boats to supervise near the waters of Macao, and be sure to find out when the Francophone fleet will arrive in Macao! ”

"Yes!"

The news that the Franc machine was about to invade Kinmen quickly spread among the Zheng family's sailors.

The soldiers of the Zheng Family Water Division were not worried at all when they heard this, and in their opinion, no matter who it was, they were not the opponents of the Zheng Family Water Division.

In the East China Sea, the Zheng family sailor has never been afraid of anyone. There is a sailor of the Zheng family, and no one dares to spread wild in the East China Sea.

This is a strong confidence, which is the confidence that the Zheng family sailor has won countless battles in the past decades!

In order to win the victory, Kinmen, Haicheng, Xiamen, and Quanzhou were all mobilized, and the shipyards everywhere were running at full power to repair and manufacture the Zhengjia ships.

Remove floaters from the bottom of the boat, repair broken armor, and inspect sails.

The entire naval division camp was also busy, the sailors were stepping up training, the spies were passing news back and forth, and several generals of the Zheng family naval division were calculating the battle situation over and over again on the map.

The lion and the rabbit also tried his best, in order to successfully defeat the Franc plane, Zheng Chenggong mobilized the best 344 warships to face the Franc fleet.

There are 97 Fu boats, 235 sand boats, and 8 lock boats.

Zheng Lian's plus-sized 4-masted ship died in him, and it naturally returned to Zheng Chenggong.

Zheng Chenggong turned it into his flagship and named it the "Great General".

Zheng Chenggong would not turn a battleship into a luxury yacht for pleasure.

From the new installation of the isolation cabin on the ground floor, three decks have been reinforced to increase firepower.

The gun deck houses 16 guns of General Kamui.

Medium gun deck: 10 18-pounder guns.

Two 16-pounder guns in the bow for a total of 28 guns

It is equipped with 30 sailors and 500 rattan armor soldiers

is completely to build the "General" into a fortress ship,

The remaining 44 were three-masted warships, with floors as high as a castle and guarded by sides. The ship was equipped with 1 13-pounder gun, 8 Kamui General guns, 4 16-pounder guns, and 8 9-pounder guns, for a total of 21 guns. The ship carried 24 sailors and 300 rattan armor soldiers.

52 2-masted ships, equipped with 1 13-pounder gun in the bow, 6 Kamui General guns, 2 16-pounder guns, and 6 9-pounder guns, a total of 15 guns. There were 20 sailors and 120 rattan soldiers.

The sand ship was a 2-masted galleon, and the hull was equipped with 2 jack franc machines, 6 six-pounder guns, a total of 8 guns. There were 13 sailors and 44 rattan soldiers.

The total length of the lock ship is nearly 50 meters, the width is about 10 meters, the depth is 5 meters, the displacement is 1000 tons, and the deadweight is 750 tons; made of teak, divided into 15 watertight compartments; There are 3 masts, the mainsail weighs 9 tons, the height is 27 meters, and the head and tail masts are 23 meters and 15 meters high, respectively;

Two 12-pounder guns were placed on the bow of each ship, and there were 10 thousand-pound Hongyi cannons and 12 Kamui General cannons on the armor, for a total of 24 guns. There were 24 sailors and 300 rattan armor soldiers

The newly designed and newly built lock ship has not yet undergone the baptism of artillery fire, and what is the actual combat capability is reflected in this attack on the Franco!