By the time Luo Zhang's main fleet arrived, calm had returned to the Strait of Malacca. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

In this should be regarded as the first foreign invasion of the Ming Dynasty, the Ming army once again achieved a brilliant victory, the first army of the Crusaders was completely annihilated, including those who died at sea and died of injuries and diseases after landing, a total of 8,000 European soldiers finally made fertilizer for this land, and the remaining 11,000 people chose to surrender, including their commanders, and 1,000 fled to the jungle and did not know where to go.

It is estimated that it will be difficult to come out alive again.

As for the results at sea, the results were equally brilliant.

Of the 38 battleships of the main fleet of the Crusaders, only 8 escaped, and 13 became the trophies of the Ming army, including two second-class battleships that Emperor Yang had been looking forward to, while the remaining 17 were all buried in this strait, and there were also 15 armed merchant ships and 6 frigates, and the two cruisers were desperate and reluctantly chose to surrender.

Although the Ming army also lost four cruisers.

But compared to the gain, this loss is obviously not worth mentioning.

When Luo Zhang, the commander of the Nanyang Fleet, took a group of generals to board a second-class battleship, his eyes were about to glow, this was a well-deserved overlord of the sea, with a huge body with a displacement of 2,000 tons, a solid oak wood up to two feet thick, and of course the terrifying firepower of the ninety cannons, coupled with the Ming army's rangefinder, rifled guns, cast steel flowering bullets and armor shells, even if it went to Europe, it was a fierce beast that crushed everything. In fact, when you go out to fight a naval battle at this time, you generally rely on the third-class battleship, the second level belongs to the fleet flagship level, and the first-level is strategic deterrence, just like the Yamato Musashi of the Wa Kingdom in World War II.

And with the weapons of the Ming army, these two second-class battleships are enough to single-handedly take on the first-class battleships of Europe.

"Find a few tugboats and tow them all to Changguo!"

Luo Zhang said without hesitation.

These battleships have to be repaired, and they have to be repaired decently, including the Dinghai and other Ming battleships that participated in the war also have to go back to Changguo for maintenance, as for the follow-up operations, this is handed over to his main fleet, three super-large third-class battleships with eighty guns, and four smaller third-class battleships and twenty cruisers, which is enough to crush the remnants of the Dutch army.

What's more, the Zhenwu and Baiyue suffered almost no losses, and they could also continue to fight with the main fleet.

The performance of these two battleships is amazing, the reason why the Dutch lost so badly, half of the credit is due to them, if there is no them, simply rely on Dinghai and Zhenhai, not to mention such brilliant results, if you don't get it, you still have to lose to the Dutch, it is the four eighty-pound cannons that won this naval battle, almost half of the battleships lost by the Dutch were destroyed under the terrifying power of this thing, for the sail battleship, its caliber is too large, far beyond the ability to bear, in front of this kind of cannon they are like wild dogs against the tiger, There is almost no way to fight back.

"It's a pity that I can't install the Weihai."

The captain of the Weihai said with regret.

It is true that this kind of gun could not be equipped with their sail battleships, even if they did not use that complex set of gun mounts, just like the first Armstrong guns, they could not use conventional gun mounts, the recoil was too fierce, the traditional wooden hull structure could not withstand it at all, and the frame would fall apart as soon as the gun was fired. The Zhenwu and Baiyue can be loaded because their displacement is as high as 4,000 tons of the Ming standard, that is, 2,400 tons in Europe, and more importantly, the steel skeleton, those cannon bases are made of steel, and the wooden planks cannot bear such heavy things, but even then it is only a battleship with two guns, and no matter how much it is, it can't bear it.

"That's for ironclad ships, and you won't need it anytime soon!"

Luo Zhang said.

"Command the fleet, prepare, target Ceylon!"

Then he said.

The huge Ming fleet immediately sailed from Malacca, just as Dinghai and other ships dragged the captured warships and escorted the captured soldiers, and sailed east to the South China Sea to return to Changguo, this fleet, together with the merchant fleet transporting marine brigades and various supplies, also sailed out of the Strait of Malacca, and when the main fleet entered Banda Aceh and replenished fresh water and food under the fearful gaze of the Sultan of Aceh, the two cruisers planted the Ming flag on the Andaman Islands, and the territory of the Ming Empire officially extended to the Indian Ocean.

Then the fleet sailed out of Banda Aceh and headed west for Ceylon, three thousand miles away.

And at this time, another war began.

Uiju, Goryeo.

In the early winter, the Yalu River was filled with fog, and on the frost-stained riverbank, a small group of Goryeo soldiers patrolled listlessly, they wore Da Ming stamping helmets, wearing Da Ming style military uniforms, but the color was green, and the Da Ming smoothbore flintlock pistol on their shoulders, and the conical bayonet reflected the cold light on the gun. This rifle is actually the British's brown bass, and Yang Feng certainly won't allow his little brothers to have weapons that can threaten him, so the fire cap and rifled gun are not for sale. And this kind of rifle is what he specially used to sell, the Japanese country, Annan and Nanyang natives, and even the common people of the Ming Dynasty, can all buy this rifle, and even he allows the people to produce and sell this kind of gun by themselves.

Of course, this also includes Goryeo.

This gun is actually very good, even in this era, it is definitely an advanced weapon, the barrel is made of steel, and it is not wrought iron coil, of course, the current technology of the Ming Dynasty is impossible to roll the barrel so exaggerated, it is drilled with a steam drilling machine, just to adapt to the size of these customers are short barrels, but even if it is a smoothbore gun, the effective range is more than 50 zhang, and the same use of paper-wrapped fixed bullets, the overall performance is better than the rifles used by the current European armies.

But it's a pity that the soldiers who use them are too bad......

"Hu Ren!"

Suddenly, there was an exclamation.

All the patrol soldiers were so frightened that they picked up their rifles and turned to a chaotic burst of fire in the fog, and even two soldiers tried to burrow into the nearby woods after firing their bullets, but were whipped back by the officer.

"Bastards, are you blind?"

The officer roared in anger.

At this time, a gust of wind blew down the fog in front of it, and a piece of dead wood floating on the surface of the water slowly drifted by, and a few rotten branches looked like the barrels of a raised gun.

Those soldiers lowered their heads in shame one by one and hurriedly loaded their bullets, but this kind of thing can't be blamed on them all, during this time, the Hu people on the other side often sent small forces across the river to attack and harass, many villages were looted and even taken away, otherwise they would not have run out to patrol in the cold weather, the strength of the Qing army in the northeast has increased greatly over the years, plus there is a firm faith, the soldiers are enough to crush the garbage of Goryeo regardless of the quality of individual soldiers or the will to fight, and the two sides have been beaten violently several times, Now the Goryeo soldiers are in a state of frightened birds.

The officer also knew what kind of goods his men were, so he pulled down after a few curses, and arranged for one of the soldiers to go back and report that it was all right, and the rest of the people continued to move forward, but they did not notice that a head quietly popped out from behind the driftwood.

Fu An, an officer of the First Brigade of the Qing Army, looked at the patrol hidden in the mist, cautiously waved back, and then slowly swam to the shore, one head after another continued to emerge in the cold river water behind him, and swam silently into the dry reeds on the riverside like him, and then quickly untied the oilcloth wrapped around the rifle, and at the same time took off the bayonet and put it on the muzzle, a total of more than 100 Qing soldiers all lay in the reeds on the side of the road, waiting motionless.

An hour later.

The patrol returned.

"Kill!"

Looking at the defenseless figure in front of him, Fu'an roared, suddenly jumped up, the rifle with the bayonet stabbed out fiercely, and before a Goryeo soldier took off his rifle, he stabbed him directly in the chest, and almost at the same time the Qing army in ambush all jumped out, and a rifle with bayonets nailed to the chest of those Goryeo soldiers, and more than a dozen Goryeo soldiers were stabbed to death on the ground without even making any resistance.

Immediately after Fu'an beckoned, a soldier quickly pulled the thick hemp rope tied to his waist.

Soon in the slight and chaotic sound of oars, wooden boats emerged from the thick fog, the boats were full of heavily armed Qing soldiers, led by black placket uniforms, with cowhide straps tied around their waists, willow leaf waist knives, two flintlock short spears obliquely, with a big hat-type helmet on their heads, cowhide boots on their feet, which looked quite powerful, with a small piece of yellow and red bordered square cloth on his chest to represent his flag, and the golden moire and two copper nails on the collar represented his identity.

Vice-Metropolitan Commander.

Ma Wu, commander of the First Brigade of the Qing Army, or more specifically Fucha. Ma Wu, the uncle of Fukangan in the original history, stepped off the boat, patted Fu'an on the shoulder, and on both sides of him wooden boats kept docking, including hundreds of white officers, and a whole brigade of Qing troops quietly stepped on the east bank of the Yalu River.

"Master, look at this gun!"

Fu'an handed him a Ming flintlock pistol and said.

He is the coat of the Fucha family.

"Good guns, stronger than ours, but it's a pity that good guns don't have good people, pass the order to the brothers, the rise and fall of the Qing Dynasty, in one fell swoop, defeat Goryeo with wealth and women, defeat Goryeo, let the Goryeo people convert to the Lord, even if we die, we can go to heaven, for God, for the Qing Dynasty."

Ma Wu stepped on the dead corpses of the Goryeo on the ground and shouted.

There was an immediate sound of amen.

An hour later, they raided Uiju, and after less than half an hour of resistance, the 3,000 Goryeo troops stationed in Uiju were blown open by a Qing commando with gunpowder strapped in their bodies.

Immediately after that, the Qing army erected a pontoon bridge over the river near Uiju, and the follow-up troops, including a cavalry brigade, continued to attack Goryeo, and swept through the entire northern part of Goryeo in less than three days.

When Yang Feng knew the news, their cavalry had even reached the Qingchuan River. (To be continued.) )