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Because British reinforcements arrived.

The arrival of more than 7,000 British Army soldiers and a dozen battleships forced Hancock to abandon the attack and retreat, but the British army also failed to restore order in the Massachusetts colony, because even if they had more than 10,000 men, it was useless, as long as they left the fortress of Boston, then what awaited them was a never-ending attack, and in the vast land, in the countryside, in the forests, the heroic militia was everywhere.

Unlike the British soldiers who came from far away Europe, they knew every river, every forest, every hill in the land, and they could choose the battlefield as they pleased, and then shoot deadly bullets.

What's more, here the British could not distinguish between civilians and militias.

There is no clear line between the latter and the former.

One moment the resistance elements who were hiding in the dense forest and shooting at them could become peasants working in the fields, and then the next moment he could draw a rifled gun loaded with bullets from a pile of hay and aim it at the backs of the British soldiers.

Killing innocent people, burning houses, and hanging them are just unpleasant, and all kinds of evil deeds are inevitable.

And that, in turn, allowed hatred to spread.

The same hatred led more people to fight against the British, and the war gradually became bloody.

And it's not just Boston.

This was the case throughout the North American colonies, where British reinforcements lifted the siege of the main cities of the rebels, but could not restore the old order, and they were caught in a standard people's war, like foreign invaders, fighting bloody wars with their original compatriots in a land that had been their part for more than a hundred years.

It's a quagmire.

A quagmire of despair.

The British soon found themselves annoyed by the big ma, and they had to do their best to keep hold of the colony, and they had to endure the ever-increasing number of casualties every day.

"I love this!"

Emperor Yang said happily.

In front of him at this time was an ancient biplane, with the humming sound of a propeller rotating at high speed like a huge dragonfly, constantly flying over the blue sky, and also constantly arousing the amazement of the audience below, but under this plane was not wheels, but two large pontoons.

This is a seaplane.

The airplane has been born in Daming for more than a year, after the initial novelty toy state, its use has gradually developed, but because of the technical level of limitations, people can think of it at present, or only use it for reconnaissance, after all, this kind of engine power is less than a hundred horsepower, the speed is not as fast as the airship, and the range is only three or four hundred miles of wooden toys, and it is not enough to do other work.

Even reconnaissance is inferior to an airship.

After all, the endurance of an airship is far from being comparable to that of an airplane, but for a warship at sea, it is a good thing.

Before the Ming fleet's maritime reconnaissance relied on airships, but the airships with huge size and poor wind resistance were obviously inferior to airplanes, so seaplanes became the most reasonable choice, and unlike airships that must use special transport ships, seaplanes that could be carried by any cruiser were also more flexible in use, so the navy immediately set its sights on this kind of thing, this seaplane was the first one made for the navy, and then all Ming cruisers and battleships will be refitted, to add dedicated seaplane lifting facilities.

Not to mention the newly built ones.

And at this time, under this plane, are two giant warships that are on trial.

Compared with these two warships, the Dingyuan class, which can be said to have shocked the world before, has undoubtedly become a little brother, with a length of more than fifty zhang, they are almost twice as long as the Dingyuan class, and the momentum of the whole four chimneys spewing smoke at the same time can be called magnificent, of course, it also represents their terrifying power, allowing these two steel mountains on the sea to ride the wind and waves at a speed of more than forty miles per hour, and the new turrets and the same new five-inch rapid-fire guns also make these two brand-new giant ships have an unstoppable domineering ......

This is a Qi Jiguang-class cruiser.

Oversized protective cruisers.

With a full load displacement of up to 30,000 tons, or 18,000 tons by European standards, 12 large oil-fired boilers and three state-of-the-art three-cylinder steam engines can provide it with more than 30,000 horsepower, and it can sail at a speed of 10 nautical miles, and its range can exceed 10,000 nautical miles. However, compared to the previous artillery number, the number of artillery was greatly reduced, because the use of rapid-fire guns allowed the Ming army not to pile too many cannons, on this battleship there were only two twin seven-inch main turrets, four twin five-inch secondary turrets, and twelve four-inch single-mounted guns with semi-open turrets, the latter did not have a special ammunition feeder but manual loading.

In fact, the principle of this battleship was to meet Emperor Yang's 10,000-nautical-mile range, and all other performance gave way to this.

Artillery is enough.

Anyway, even this kind of firepower can be said to be invincible, and the terrifying seven-inch cannon can fire hundreds of pounds of heavy artillery shells, not to mention European warships, even the walls of the fortress can be bombarded into slag with one shot.

Protection is also weakened.

There is no waterline armor, the turret and the internal dome armor are all new nickel-chromium steel plates, and the thickness can only ensure that it can resist the four-inch shells fired by itself, and even the five-inch shells can't be stopped, but this is enough, because the largest cannon in the hands of the Europeans is only a four-inch cannon, and their cannon and the four-inch cannon of the Ming army are not the same level, although such a defensive capability is not foolproof, but it is enough.

The result is a range of more than 10,000 nautical miles, which can be achieved from Egypt without refueling to the end of the Baltic Sea.

That's all that matters.

"Control, control is the most important thing."

Emperor Yang said with some emotion.

Indeed, for him at this time, it is no longer a problem to push the world, but the control after the flat push is really the most important thing to consider, although he has a series of measures or poisonous schemes, such as killing, such as washing nao, such as religion, such as Confucianism, etc., but these things still have to rely on strong military power as a backing in the final analysis, and in the future, in addition to ensuring overwhelming superiority for the Ming army, it must also have the ability to arrive quickly and have the ability to fight on a global scale.

It was too early for him to talk about air freight.

So at this time, the endurance and speed of the battleship are the most important.

Qi Jiguang-class cruisers are a component of the global combat and rapid arrival system, and in the future, there will be Hongwu-class battleships, as well as a new generation of high-speed troop carriers, as well as large ocean-going supply ships, and of course, there are military bases all over the world.

But there's one thing he's missing.

He also lacked a car.

Because this system can only allow him to control the coastal ports, but it cannot guarantee the control of the inland, and the construction of the railway is too slow and not flexible enough, only the car can really allow the Ming army to complete the control of the land.

Fortunately, this problem is not difficult to solve, at this time the car is not a rarity, and even his copy of the Ford Model T has begun to put into production, the number of cars owned by the Ming rich is rising in a straight line, and it is expected that this year's car production will exceed 10,000, so that it is not a problem to build a truck, the same assembly line production, but also to ensure that he can produce cars at the fastest speed, it is estimated that when the Ming army sets foot in Europe, the wheels of the car can also crush the ancient land.

"Your Majesty, Xijing stayed behind in the mansion to report that a large number of Russian troops are building fortresses at the confluence of the Luhe River and the Emu River."

That's when an attendant reported.

"Peter didn't go to the house for three days!"

Yang Feng said with a sneer.

In fact, because the European monarchs are preparing to resist the invasion of the Ming army, Peter no longer needs to worry about Charles's threat, and even the friendship between him and Charles and other European monarchs is heating up rapidly, as for the reason is very simple, the latter needs him to block the front as the first line of defense, at this time, whether it is Catholicism, Orthodox Christianity or Mu Dabeard believers, in fact, they have already understood that only unity can resist the invaders from the east, so the forefront must also be the most in need of support.

Russia and the Ottomans were at the forefront.

But the Ottomans were already scrapped.

At this time, the European monarchs knew very well that Ahmet III was already a wasted man, and he was bullied by the Ming army to swallow his anger like that, which shows how weak the empire that once shrouded Europe in the shadows, and once the Ming army dug through the Suez Canal, then the Ottoman Empire can no longer play the role of a barrier.

The Ming army could land directly in Italy or even in France, and there was no need to cross the Bosphorus and go to the Balkans at all.

And the role of Russia is highlighted.

Yang Feng is building a railway to Central Asia, so compared to the Balkans with lofty mountains, it is obviously the most reasonable offensive route to take the Eastern European Plain around the northern shore of the Black Sea, so that Russia has become the forefront of resistance to the Ming Dynasty, so Charles XII not only no longer continues to encroach on the territory of the Russians, but began to support Peter, who fought with him for half his life, during this time, a large number of rifled weapons began to pour into Russia, and Peter is also using rifled weapons to complete the modernization of the Russian army, although his rifled weapons are low-end goods made in Sweden, But it still made a qualitative leap in the combat effectiveness of the Russian army.

At the same time, Peter was pushing his line eastward.

He also knew very well that once the Ming army entered the hinterland of Eastern Europe, he would be finished, so the best way was to push the battlefield outward, all the way to the Ural Mountains, and even to Siberia and Central Asia, and the reception of Central Asian countries was based on this principle, but on the northern front, he could not watch the Ming army stride forward in Siberia, and he needed to establish his first line of defense in Siberia.

In recent years, in addition to taking Central Asia and other countries, the Russian army is also gradually moving eastward, originally at this time in history or just started to build or has not yet built cities such as Orenburg, Yekaterinburg, Chelyabinsk, and Kurgan have been established one after another, and these cities have strong fortresses, and now it is finally Omsk's turn. In fact, this is equivalent to a close confrontation with the Ming army, which is at the forefront of the original historical Pavlodar, where an army garrison is stationed, only a few hundred kilometers away from Omsk, one occupies the upper reaches of the Irtysh River, while the other occupies the lower reaches.

"Then beat him up!"

Immediately after that, Emperor Yang said.

Although the railway has not yet been built, the current road transportation situation in the Western Regions has no problem supporting an army to fight, and the Russians cannot maintain too many troops to fight in this area, after all, they also need logistical support, in this case, then simply do it, pull out all the Russian strongholds east of the Ural Mountains, and save yourself from worrying about your flank when you march to Central Asia in the future.

Anyway, now the Ming army has ended the war all over the world, including the resistance in Oman.

As for the reception of Central America, it was very smooth, the Spaniards who were originally there were unwilling to give up their faith and moved away, there are places where they can survive, there is no need to fight hard for this, as for those who are willing to give up their original faith and convert to the Holy Religion, this is given the status of subjects of the Ming Dynasty, including those Indians who have also been given the status of subjects, in fact, there are not many Indians there, basically the Spaniards have been killed for almost two hundred years now.

There's nothing left.

His Majesty the Emperor appointed a governor, divided it into four prefectures, each with a group of officials and soldiers to be responsible for its own taxes, and the rest of the matter will take time to solve.

In this case, the Ming army almost did not fire a shot at the reception of Central America, or the current Mayan colonies, and even after bringing a group of naturalized Indians from the north to promote the theory of the kingdom of God, the few remaining Indian tribal chieftains there were also under the escort of the Ming army to meet the Emperor, and Yang Feng was also ready to see the situation, if they were willing to convert to the Holy Religion, they would be given a small title, and from then on they would become the outer vassals of the Ming Dynasty to attract other Indian tribes.

In this way, the Ming army will be very idle.

And Emperor Yang can't see the Ming army idle, as a war maniac he will not let this war machine stop running, since there are no other places, then take the Russians to the knife, now the spring is in full bloom is a good season to fight in Siberia, Russia is too vast, it will definitely take a long time to conquer such a large country, so why don't you start early, not to mention that it is no problem to take down the eastern part of the Ural Mountains first,

The attendant immediately saluted and departed.

"Stretch out your hand, and chop your claws when you reach out!"

Emperor Yang said with a sneer.