[Today's second update]

Two large-scale naval battles broke out in the Philippine waters of Southeast Asia one after another, the Philippine fleet was completely annihilated, and the Pacific Fleet inflicted heavy losses on the Dutch East India Fleet at a small cost, and its power expanded from the Northeast Pacific to Southeast Asia.

In response to the expansion of the Pacific Fleet, a few rejoiced and a few were worried.

Naturally, Deng Haonan was happy, he had always been worried that the fleet he had worked hard to manage would be cowardly when he encountered a strong enemy, the Netherlands, and after the Battle of Naya, Deng Haonan had confidence. The traditional Western model of naval warfare has finally been challenged, and the new tactics of the East have proven to be effective.

At the same time, the Battle of Guò Naga of the Pacific Fleet thus understood the characteristics of naval warfare in the age of sails. At a small price, tens of thousands of officers and men of the Pacific Fleet have grown up from the cruel test of blood and fire, and this kind of actual combat experience will provide Deng Haonan with confidence in intervening in Southeast Asia, the Americas, and even Europe.

It was the authorities of the Dutch East India Company that were worried. It would have been a great joy for a powerful fleet to become the de facto master of Southeast Asia after the total annihilation of the Philippine fleet. However, when news of the Battle of Naya reached Batavia, this joy suddenly turned to anguish.

The sinking of ten quasi-fourth-class battleships did not affect the strength of the Dutch East India Company, but the advanced weaponry that Rayoz salvaged from the sunken ships of the Pacific Fleet frightened the Dutch East India Company.

Judging from the casting process of the Apocalypse Five-Year God of War Artillery, the steel casting process of the Ming Empire has surpassed that of France in Europe. When the use of copper cannons was still popular in Europe, France had begun to experiment with cheaper iron to replace copper, and France had already achieved quite a high level of success, and at present, in Europe, France's iron-smelting technology is ahead of Britain and Spain, becoming a veritable iron-smelting industry power in Europe. However, the craftsmanship of French iron products is not as good as that of the Ming Dynasty, and judging from the materials of this Apocalypse Five-Year God of War artillery, the Dutch have never seen such a lustrous and strong steel, let alone use this steel to cast artillery.

The artillery shocked the Dutch, and even more so with the shells. If grenade bombs and chain bombs are just innovations in ideas, the Dutch can directly learn from them. But the flowering shells were a fierce defeat to the Dutch. The Dutch have long studied this bomb, but they did not equip the army on a large scale in view of the cost of construction. At the same time, the Dutch military top brass also blocked the manufacturing process of flowering shells to prevent the technology from flowing into other European countries, intending to prevent or delay the arrival of the epoch-making shells.

Now, the Pacific Fleet's artillery shell family has an amazingly powerful flowering shell, which slapped the Dutch in the face and sounded the alarm to the Dutch that their technology has begun to lag behind.

The Dutch East India Company witnessed the Pacific Fleet's transformation from weak to powerful, too fast, too fast for the Dutch to adapt for a while, let alone accept reality.

Now, Arnhem, the governor of the Dutch East India Company, had any illusions about the Ming Dynasty's failure to report. At the beginning, he always restrained, ran towards the principle of doing business, tolerated Deng Haonan's occupation of Taiwan, tolerated the Pacific Fleet to help the Philippines, and even after the destruction of the Philippine fleet, he still fantasized about reconciliation with the Ming Dynasty.

However, Arnhem changed his mind when Reyoz returned with a fleet dejected from the Battle of Naya. Obviously, the Ming people were not satisfied with dominating Yadong, and they also wanted to intervene in Southeast Asia and expel the Dutch military presence in Southeast Asia.

This is a dead knot that cannot be untied, because the Dutch East India Company will not give up the hegemony of Southeast Asia, and Deng Haonan will not give up meddling in Southeast Asian affairs.

Arnhem deeply reflected on himself, and it was long overdue to mobilize the board of directors and mobilize a large army to nip the Pacific Fleet in the bud.

"Are you really going back home?"

Rayoz has become depressed since the Battle of Naya. Arnhem knew that he was going back to China, so he came over to inquire about him.

"Yes!"

Rejouz replied to Arnhem as he packed his luggage.

"You're leaving, we're here to take control of the fleet?"

Arnhem was apparently unable to stop Rejoz's will, so he had to ask him the questions that mattered most.

"Turner can be the commander of the fleet!"

"I'm not optimistic about him!"

Arnhem shook his head in denial, he had a bad impression of Turner. Because Turner is different from Rayots, Reyots is a pure military man, while Turner is a businessman with a full mind. The fleet was handed over to him, and he would be robbed all over the world, without taking into account the fundamental interests of the East India Company.

"You don't recommend him because he saved your life!"

Rejoz paused, looked at Arnhem, and said, "Do you think I'm the kind of person who doesn't distinguish between public and private?" ”

"Then you'll convince me!"

"Experience!"

"He and I went through that naval battle, and he knows the tactics of the Pacific Fleet. ”

"That's it?" Arnhem smiled bitterly: "I don't think that's a reason to convince me!" ”

"Then I have nothing to say!"

“……”

Arnhem smiled bitterly, he had to give Ray Joz this face. Of course, more importantly, he didn't have any choice in mind, only to trust Rayoz.

"Then what are you going back to China for? Convince Congress to go to war against the Ming Dynasty? ”

Reyoz replied, "You saw it too!" The armament of the Ming Navy is already very advanced! But what you don't see is that our Motherland is helping our enemies! ”

"What does that mean?"

Arnhem looked at Rejoz in bewilderment, and the latter continued, "The Ming people have invested tens of millions of dollars to build their higher education institutions. Do you know where they bring in their faculty and technical equipment? ”

"From our Leiden University and the University of Groningen, of course!" Arnhem said proudly: "Our two universities are the best universities in Europe and even the world, and even the Ming people have to ask for advice from these two schools!" ”

Rejoz shook his head, disappointed.

"When I go back, I have to persuade the Congress to stop exporting this kind of knowledge power with the Ming Dynasty, we can't teach the Ming people anymore! You must know that there is a fable in the Ming Dynasty. The cat is the teacher, but the cat must leave the skill of going up the tree with one hand, so that the tiger will not be able to eat the cat! ”

"I see!"

Arnhem immediately looked at Rejoz with emotion and said, "I wish you a smooth journey!" ”

"Thank you!"

"Please bring this letter to my wife and tell her that I love her so much!"

“……”

"This letter is for my friend......"

“……”

Rejoz was speechless, it turned out that Arnhem had come to ask him to deliver a letter for a long time.

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The Philippine Navy was destroyed, and the Dutch East India Fleet was the only one in Southeast Asia. Britain, France, Sweden, Norway and other countries of the East India Company suddenly became nervous.

Southeast Asia was once able to maintain a delicate balance, but now the balance has been broken, and the Netherlands dominates. The Dutch, who have always eaten alone, will certainly not give other countries good fruit to eat, so Shikoku is worried that the next goal of the Dutch is to defeat the combined fleet of the four countries and completely dominate Southeast Asia.

In early November, Chen Yaoming, the special envoy of Deng Haonan, the regent of the Ming Empire, arrived in the Bay of Bengal again. He also met with the leaders of the East India Company in five major countries, including Anglo-French-Norwegian and the Holy Roman Empire, in Calcutta.

Chen Yaoming brought Deng Haonan's greetings to the five countries, and also expressed the hope of the Ming Empire to further strengthen the alliance relationship and strengthen the political and military alliance with other countries.

Of course, after some diplomatic rhetoric, Chen Yaoming explained his true intentions. Previously, Deng Haonan had reached alliances with East India Companies of various countries, and it was vividly reflected in economic cooperation. The countries were very satisfied with the previous stage of economic cooperation, as can be seen from the willingness of Britain and France to build first-class battleships for Deng Haonan, and they attached great importance to trade cooperation with the Ming Empire.

At this time, Chen Yaoming came to Calcutta to fulfill the military alliance. The Ming navy could not form a superior maritime force against the Dutch in a short period of time, so it was necessary to strengthen the military alliance between the Ming and other countries to jointly deal with the Dutch East India fleet.

The governors of the East India Company of various countries did not disagree with this, except for the Holy Roman Empire, which was still unable to provide warships to participate in the multinational fleet, the other four countries expressed their willingness to form a multinational joint fleet with the Pacific Fleet to jointly wage war against the Dutch East India Fleet.

The main reason why the countries agreed to go to war directly with the Dutch East India Company was that they feared that if the war did not start, the Pacific Fleet would withdraw from Southeast Asia, and they would not be able to compete with the Dutch East India Fleet at all.

Therefore, since Chen Yaoming expressed his willingness to go to war against the Dutch, the governors of various countries supported many countries to jointly wage war against the Dutch East India Company and seize the Dutch East Indies.

At the meeting, the representatives of the six countries first agreed on the formation of a multinational fleet and a multinational force.

The multinational fleet consisted of 50 cruisers of the Pacific Fleet of the Ming Empire, 28 cruisers of the East India Fleet of the Kingdom of England, 24 cruisers of the French East India Fleet, 6 cruisers of the Swedish East India Fleet, and 4 ships of the Norwegian East India Fleet. There are a total of 112 cruisers, and the commander of the multinational joint fleet is Vice Admiral Shi Jianfei, commander of the Pacific Fleet of the Ming Empire, and the deputy commanders are Rear Admiral Richard, a British, and Rear Admiral Pullma, a Frenchman.

The multinational forces consisted of 1,000 marines from the Ming Empire, 600 from the British East India Company, 600 from the French East India Company, 350 from Sweden and Norway, and 100 from the Holy Roman Empire, totaling 3,000 men and 20 artillery pieces. The commander of the multinational force was commanded by Jin Gan, a lieutenant colonel of the Ming Imperial Army, and the deputy commanders were Major Lu Feng, the Englishman Chagensi, and the Frenchman Philips.

At the meeting, the representatives of the countries finalized the mobilization within three months and took part in the battle against the Dutch. The reason why it took so long was because considering the long distance of the Ming Empire, it would take time to transport troops to the Dutch East Indies.

After the military action was finalized, the representatives of the countries held consultations on the distribution of benefits after the war. Chen Yaoming was ordered by Deng Haonan to hold the Shilak Po area of the Straits of Malacca, that is, Singapore.

Although the representatives of various countries were a little surprised to see that Daming only needed a small Singapore, they all believed that this was a deliberate concession to other countries by Daming, and the purpose was to hope that all countries would cooperate with the action as much as possible.

All countries are satisfied with this.

The richest place in the Dutch East Indies was the city of Batavia, which was also the nest of the Dutch, and in terms of distribution, the British and the French went head-to-head to get Batavia. Sweden, Norway, and the Holy Roman Empire could not intervene and had to settle for the next best thing, with a few more oily coastal towns north of the East Indies.

The British and the French were at loggerheads, and in the end Chen Yaoming intervened, occupying Batavia first, and then dividing it according to wealth and chassis.

The East India Company of both countries was very face-saving, so they agreed.

In fact, Chen Yaoming did this because Deng Haonan was instructed to him. The reason is that in three months, the British will start a fight with the French, and this fight will be the Hundred Years' War. And when the news reached the East, at that time the British and French had just occupied Batavia, and there would definitely be another fight. When the time comes, Deng Haonan will choose to help one of them and then benefit from the fisherman.

All of them are under the control of Deng Haonan's grand strategy, and the East India Companies in front of him are just pawns in the transitional period.

After completing his trip to Kolkata, Chan set off for Manila. There was some thrill on the way, and the Dutch fleet almost caught him. Fortunately, Chen Yaoming was clever enough to travel from the Malay Peninsula by land to the Philippines.

The reason why the Dutch arrested Chen Yaoming was because the Dutch got the information that Daming and the Five Nations East India Company had reached an alliance agreement, which was intended to be unfavorable to the Dutch East India Company. Therefore, Arnhem deliberately sent Turner to wait for Chen Yaoming at sea.

It's just that this Turner's heart is not on the body of arresting Chen Yaoming, but on robbing past merchant ships to get oil and water, so that Chen Yaoming proudly discovered in advance that the Dutch warships were leaving by land.

After Chen Yaoming arrived in Manila, Philippine Governor General Fernando received him very ceremoniously.

Fernando was the biggest loser in this game and was therefore depressed. However, after learning about the naval battle of Naya, it can be regarded as a breath of relief. Of course, he was more concerned about the six-nation meeting in Calcutta.

"Mr. Chen!" Fernando said: "Forgive me for taking the liberty of asking! Do you have agreements with other countries? ”

"Of course!"

Chen Yaoming didn't intend to hide it from him, and said directly: "We have reached an agreement to form a multinational joint fleet and a multinational force to prepare for war against the Dutch East India Company!" ”

Fernando was in good spirits, which was exactly what he was looking forward to.

"It's just that I'm a little confused! It seems that your country has no conflict of interest with the Dutch! Why did they have to participate in this war, to the death of the Dutch? ”

Chen Yaoming smiled and replied, "Although the Dutch East India Company is our trading partner, their fleet is huge and a huge threat to us. At the same time, because we have fought a war on the Taiwan issue, the Dutch hold a grudge, and we cannot guarantee when the Dutch will raid Taiwan again! ”

This question is tantamount to not asking, Fernando naturally understands what Da Ming's purpose is, it is nothing more than wanting to be the leader and rule maker in Southeast Asia.

Fernando had also been wary of Daming before, but he had the Philippine fleet and didn't have to be weak with the Pacific Fleet, so he didn't care. Now, his Philippine fleet is gone, he has no navy to use in the short term, and the Pacific Fleet is a threat to him.

That's why he couldn't help but ask about this topic.

Obviously, Chen Yaoming will not give him a substantive answer.

"Can I know how large your multinational force is?" Fernando smiled brightly and said, "Of course, you don't have to answer my question!" ”

Chen Yaoming smiled: "Your Excellency the Governor is too worried! The prince of our family has a great friendship with the Governor, and I don't have to hide anything from the Governor! ”

Fernando thought to himself, all the good things they have said, what kind of friendship they have, it's strange that the real secret can be told to him!

It's just that when people say so, it's a great favor, Fernando smiled bitterly in his heart, but he had to be grateful on his face.

"That's really more of your prince!"

"You're welcome!" Chen Yaoming also smiled secretly in his heart, and continued: "In fact, we will form a multinational combined fleet with 120 warships within three months, and at the same time, considering that the Dutch will be completely driven out of Asia, we have decided to send marines, and each country will send troops to drive the Dutch by force, and it is currently expected that the multinational force will have 5,000 people, and it is expected to occupy Batavia within half a year." ”

This is what Fernando is most concerned about, the Six-Nation Alliance, whether it is the navy or the army, is beyond the limit of what the Dutch can bear, and this time the Dutch are dead.

"Presumably after the war, the Dutch were driven away, and the Dutch East Indies—"

Chen Yaoming's purpose in coming here was to tempt Fernando to send troops, so he interrupted him and said, "Naturally, whoever sends troops can get a share of the land!" ”

"Then your country will definitely get a large piece of territory!"

Chen Yaoming shook his head and said: "Our prince dislikes Southeast Asia for being too poor, so he has no requirements for land. ”

According to Deng Haonan's instructions, this time the most troops were sent and the most efforts were contributed, but the land was the least. The purpose is to make countries think that Deng Haonan is not interested in Southeast Asia. Sure enough, after hearing this, Fernando, like the other governors of the East India Company, basically believed that the Ming was not interested in Southeast Asia, but only in the control of the passage of the Strait of Malacca. This shows that the Ming Dynasty only valued the maritime traffic in Southeast Asia and did not have a claim to the territory.

Fernando suddenly felt a big part of his heart, and hurriedly said: "This-you have said that your prince and I have a great friendship, so you see that we are now also an alliance, and we have declared war on the Dutch." So let's see if we can also participate in the multinational coalition! ”

Chen Yaoming secretly laughed in his heart that Fernando, the old fox, had taken the bait, but he said on his face: "I hope that your country can also participate in the war, but your country interferes, I'm afraid other countries will not accept it!" After all, it is a question of the interests of the Dutch East Indies! ”

Fernando smiled: "It's okay! As long as your country nods, I will solve the affairs of other countries by myself! ”

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