Lin Haijiang, erected under the Lighthouse of the Cape of Good Hope, is like a benchmark, and his strict military posture makes almost everyone who meets him feel a sense of awe, and all this is largely due to this so-called naval uniform of the Chinese Empire.

On the first day of port in Cape Town, a major of the Royal Navy stationed in Cape Town attempted to board the ship to inspect the two Portuguese Navy-flagged warships and supply ships.

But as soon as he had accepted a hundred pounds, the Major returned to his desk, and quickly checked the paperwork, and although the fat, almost oily Royal Navy Lieutenant had spent most of his time on land, this did not hinder his professional judgment.

The Taishan and Huashan were registered as warships, while the Zhenyuan and Dingyuan were regarded as armed merchant ships, and in the busy Cape Town port Lin Haijiang, such a small fleet without obvious signs was too ordinary, although their ships were large in tonnage, but the size of their fleet was very small, and it was quickly covered by cargo ships with sails, which was also the result that Lin Haijiang expected.

So far, at least, there have been no unusual reactions from the British colonies that have passed! Lin Haijiang believes in James. William wouldn't be so stupid as to go all over the world without making a name for himself.

Looking at the bustling and lively port of Cape Town in front of him, Lin Haijiang only sent a very low-key procurement personnel, and the rest of the personnel were strictly forbidden to get off the ship and land, Lin Haijiang's memory was that in 1652, the Dutch East India Company plundered the sovereignty of the Cape of Good Hope, and established a settlement in present-day Cape Town, providing fresh water, vegetables and ship maintenance services for the fleets of his country and other countries.

At the beginning of the 19th century, the British, who had already seized a large number of colonies overseas, saw the importance of controlling the Cape of Good Hope and invaded South Africa to replace the Dutch through the Great War between Britain and France. For more than 300 years before the opening of the Suez Canal in 1869, the Cape of Good Hope route was the only sea route for Europeans to the East.

For Mr. Lin, the prices for ship repairs and maintenance in Cape Town are reasonable, with busy shipyard workers removing epiphytic molluscs, algae and more from the waterline for four ships.

These soft shellfish or aquatic weeds attached to the copper shell under the waterline of the hull may seem inconspicuous, but they can greatly affect the speed of the ship, especially the rudder of the ship, which needs to be cleaned and maintained regularly.

Lin Haijiang locked himself in the captain's room, thinking about the arrangements after returning to China alone, the current Guangdong sailors only have a few sampans, let themselves give a sampan as a pipe belt? He was unwilling to kill Lin Haijiang.

The Manchu Dynasty because of the high maintenance costs of the sailors, took the opportunity of the ban on the sea, all the fishing boats and thousands of ships of the sailors of Liangguang and Fujian were burned together, and when the ban was lifted in the seventeenth century, although the civilian shipping capacity has been developed to a certain extent, but the sailors have become sluggish.

Even in the fifth to seventh year of Tongzhi (1866), the then Governor of Liangguang, Ruilin, purchased six steam artillery ships from Britain and France, but they were used for sea patrols, anti-smuggling, and piracy.

Looking at the undulating sea outside the porthole, Lin Haijiang knew that if according to the development of history, in January 1853, the Taiping army would conquer Wuchang, and then capture Anqing, the governor of Anhui, Jiang Wenqing, committed suicide, and in March 1853, the Taiping army captured Nanjing, and the Jiangning general Xianghou and the governor of Liangjiang, Lu Jianying, were killed in battle.

Hong Xiuquan changed the name of "Nanjing" to "Tianjing" and set the capital here, and then launched the Northern Expedition and the Western Expedition! The entire Qing Dynasty is already in turmoil, but want to overthrow this behemoth? It seems that it is not so simple, can the slave surname, which has been deeply rooted in the hearts and bones of the Chinese, be overthrown like a withering and decaying one?

With the huge influence of thousands of years of feudal imperial rule, can the scholar class and the landlord class be effectively restrained? These are obviously impossible.

It seems that only by taking advantage of the waves of the Taiping Rebellion to quickly grow their own forces is the best policy, but Lin Haijiang's pride is dwarfed by the monstrous waves of the Cape of Good Hope.

In the evening, the sky is covered with dark clouds, continuous, the clouds in the distant sky seem to be rolling, the blue sky and the stars and the moon are rarely seen, and finally the west wind blows strongly, and the vortex clouds are flying eastward, and the roaring waves on the sea surface collide with the side of the ship from time to time, and the roar of the sea shakes the heart of every seaman.

For those who have not experienced such a terrifying scene, it is difficult to imagine that the seemingly huge hull of the ship is like a dead leaf floating in a storm, and it can capsize at any time in the next second.

The huge waves continue to wash the solid hull, even the sturdy hull will make a creaking and creaking sound, compared with the Zhenyuan and Dingyuan ships with armored command rooms, the Taishan and Huashan are a little too difficult, and the frequent sail ropes make the Taishan and Huashan lose several sailors.

As the saying goes, pressure is the biggest driving force for human progress, this sentence is not false at all in Lin Haijiang's view, a few days of sailing made the sailors in the entire small fleet grow up rapidly, all of them are unprecedentedly united together, pushing the sails, retracting the rope, turning the mast, because of the shortage of manpower, along with the gunners have joined.

At this moment, the United States troops commanded by Lin Haijiang really cooperated without any worries!

"It's really fun to fight with the sky!" Lin Haijiang maintained an extremely optimistic mental state from beginning to end, and his optimism also infected everyone on the Zhenyuan ship, and the turbulent waves outside seemed to be less terrible for a while.

After two short rests, Lin Haijiang finally saw the last supply place of this voyage, Batavia City! That is, Jakarta, the capital of Indonesia in the later generations.

Due to the influence of the two anti-Chinese storms in 1965 and 1998, Lin Haijiang subconsciously hated this country that was famous for its laziness and ignorance.

Unlike Lin Haijiang, Lawrence is full of expectations for Batavia City, according to his words, he needs to rest and relax, Lawrence has a slightly lewd smile to make Lin Haijiang realize that his subordinates are a group of men, a group of men who have been adrift at sea for a long time!

However, this is the first time in a long time that Lin Haijiang has seen Lawrence's very casual side, in other words, Lawrence is also a good guy.

Lin Haijiang looked around expectantly for a week, Lin Haijiang clearly knew that this fleet was closely linked by the huge gains made by interests and adventures, and it was not the Chinese people's navy armed with spirit in later generations that could live an ascetic life, and for a force without faith, the easiest way to control was to meet their requirements.

Lawrence looked at the port of Batavia, which had already appeared in the distance, and said casually: "The Dutch are really good at choosing, the strategic significance of this archipelago will become more and more great, if it were me, I would never return Indonesia to the Dutch!" ”

Lin Haijiang put down the monoculars, looked at Lawrence seriously, and said, "So you can't become a general, you can only be a prisoner!" ”

Lin Haijiang paused and continued: "Indonesia is located in the southeast of Asia, across the equator, between 10 degrees north latitude and 10 degrees south latitude, and more than 70% of its territory is located in the southern hemisphere, so it is the only southern hemisphere country in Asia. ”

With a length of about 5,500 kilometers from east to west, it is the most extensive country outside of China. The typical tropical rainforest climate has a very small annual average temperature difference and no four seasons, the north is affected by the northern hemisphere monsoon, the precipitation is abundant in July, August and September, and the southern hemisphere monsoon is affected in the south.

Indonesia is made up of more than 17,000 large and small islands between the Pacific and Indian Oceans, about one-fifth of which are inhabited. There are more than 400 volcanoes, including 77 active volcanoes, and the Dutch colonial fleet stationed here is simply vulnerable, not even two decent fourth-class battleships, and the only one in the Far East that can run rampant on the sea without scruples is the Far East Fleet of the British Empire, but now I am afraid that the attention of the British and French has been fully focused on the Balkans.

Lin Haijiang's introduction stunned Lawrence Shi, knowing that these materials are extremely confidential for any colonial political axe, especially listening to Lin Haijiang's tone, it is certain that another large-scale war will break out in the Balkans? It's a place where the whole world is quiet, and it can't be quiet.

However, Lin Haijiang swore that a big war would break out there in the near future? This made Lawrence feel very unbelievable.

Lawrence said casually: "I have some friends from the army who work for the East India Company, and I heard that they are all doing well!" If we need help, it would be a good choice. ”

Lawrence's mention of the East India Company reminded Lin Haijiang of some memories of the East India Company that he knew, and in terms of meaning, the East India Company was a company that managed other countries!

This is one of the strangest episodes in the history of mankind, and of all the East India Company, the British East India Company was undoubtedly the most successful, and it turned into the official political axe of a great power like India.

The "integration of government and business" was developed to its peak by the British, and the British East India Company, India's "political axe", was still a subordinate of the British Queen, and India ruled by the East India Company naturally became a British colony.

The East India Company was established in the 17th century by the British, Dutch and other institutions to deal with some of their affairs in the East Indies after the colonial expansion of Portugal and Spain, and later these companies became the ruling institutions of the colonists in the colonies.

At that time, the main countries that set up the East India Company in India were the British, Dutch, French, Danish, Austrian, Spanish and Swedish countries, among which the Dutch and British companies were the most famous, and the British East India Company was notorious for selling opium and black slaves.

Lin Haijiang didn't know that at this moment in Batavia City, there was an obese middle-aged man who was distressed by the increasingly huge deficit after the disintegration of the Dutch East India Company.

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