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414 Situation in the South China Sea (Part I)

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Just as the rumbling cannon sound resounded across the earth on the ground in Shandong, the royal city of Manila, thousands of miles away on Luzon Island, was also crackling with gunsmoke at this time...... Tens of thousands of firecrackers were dragged from the city walls to the moats, and the procession of gongs and dragon and lion dances stretched from the city gate to the dock. The full-text and ad-free novels are all biquge.info on Aishang Novel Network

Tens of thousands of residents of Manila, especially the local Chinese, almost all gathered on the side of the port, standing on tiptoe to look at the sea level ahead, when a long whistle sounded, the legendary big iron ship appeared in view, and the port dock suddenly resounded with a loud cheer.

"The rumors are true, Shorthair really has a big iron ship that can automatically move without wind."

Many veteran sailors who have been running at sea all their lives are at first glance, and the Chinese are even more delighted:

"That's our Ming ship, our Chinese iron warship, haha"

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The people on the shore are watching the boat, and the people on board are also watching the shore. At this moment, Qian Qianyi, who was wearing a wide robe and big sleeves, was standing on the bow of the Qionghai, and the sea breeze blew the sleeves of his robe flying, and the mood of the new waiter of the Ministry of Rites was also soaring and agitated - as a courtier of the Ming Dynasty, he could set foot in this overseas land as an official, and he had never had it since the Three Treasures eunuch, and this alone was enough to make any literati proud for life.

According to the terms he signed with Qionghai Town, this Luzon Island will be classified as the territory of the Ming Dynasty, which was originally thought to be just a small desert island in the sea, two or three fishing villages. But before he had climbed 6, he knew that the city was definitely not small just by looking at the stone walls and the towering bell towers and lighthouses of churches and convents. In addition, I have now seen the nautical chart provided by Qionghai Town, and I know that this Luzon is composed of a number of islands, and the area of the largest main island alone is equivalent to the area of 61 provinces in the interior, plus other scattered islands, this Luzon alone is probably not less than a thousand miles in circumference

Not to mention that there is another Dayuan Island of similar size...... The Ming Dynasty has the most important military merits, and among the military merits, the most glorious is the merit of opening up the territory and expanding the territory. He Qian someone didn't spend a single soldier in the imperial court this time, and expanded the land for thousands of miles in the imperial court with a cloth cloth, what kind of merit and glory would it be, even if it was the founding princes back then, it was nothing more than that

At this moment, Qian Qianyi even began to think about what kind of nickname the imperial court should give him after his death - martial artists should be given titles, and literati should be honored. In particular, the nickname is rare -- the famous Mr. Yangming in history, Wang Shouren, pacified the rebellion of King Ning, but only then did he get the nickname "Wencheng". His fame in the literary world is enough, and at present, if this work of expanding the land is in the Taizu era, it will be "the founding of the country and the auxiliary movement of Tuicheng", and it is not a problem to be crowned a first-class duke, so in the future, if you want to compete with Li Dongyang, the scholar who stabilized the dynasty in the Wuzong era, and get the title of "Wenzheng", which is the supreme and important literati, it shouldn't be too much, right?

Just as I was thinking about being happy, I suddenly heard someone next to me whispering a reminder:

"Master Qian, Old Man Li and Little Brother Zhao asked me to tell you: we are about to arrive at the royal city of Manila, the most populated and densely populated place on Luzon Island, let us prepare, this ship will dock soon."

-- But it was the eunuch Cao Gonggong who came with him, originally named Cao Jixiang, and later heard from the short-haired side that there was a "feat" of a predecessor of the same name in the Yingzong era and his fate, so he was so frightened that he changed his name overnight - took his brother's name and changed his name to Cao Ruyi. At the same time, he wrote a letter back to his hometown to ask his brother to change his name to Liu Jixiang, so that both sides would be cheaper.

Qian Qianyi nodded, and looked down at his body - the whole body had already been dressed properly, and he was dressed in a bright new costume, and even the carved long beard was neatly combed, without a trace of chaos, and he believed that when he met with the local residents, it would be enough to show the prestige of the great tomorrow.

"Okay, let's go and sit in the cabin first, this iron ship is very comfortable and stable, and we don't get tired at all when we live on it, and we don't need to bathe and change clothes."

So Ambassador Qian and Eunuch Cao swayed down to the cabin, and when they passed the fort on the foredeck, they couldn't help but glance at the two black steel cannons. Especially Eunuch Cao, every time he saw this cannon, his expression was a little complicated......

At this moment, on the other deck, the old professor Li Mingyuan, the commander of the Qiong Navy Tang Jian, the staff officer Zhao Lide, the general manager of the trading company, Zhu Li, the engineer Xu Hui and Feng Yufei...... Even Guo Yi, Li Qihan, Wang Chen, Wang Jiaojiao, Su Duxue, Zhu Yueyue and a group of otaku who have always been hiding in Lingao's nest and are reluctant to go out are also among them - if these people didn't come with the boat, they might not be willing to use the Qionghai.

To say that the Qionghai ship's visit to Manila this time was not just to send those "ambassadors of Xuanfu" from the Ming Dynasty -- factors such as fuel and aircraft life have always been important reasons for restricting the Qionghai's voyage. Although the brothers in the chemistry group have been able to refine the fuel oil that can be used by the Qionghai in this time and space, the scale and quantity of it have not been able to increase.

The last battle to defend Qiongzhou Mansion was not very obvious because it was at the doorstep, but then after a trip to the island of Taiwan, the fuel problem immediately came to the fore -- the oil that the chemical team had worked hard to accumulate for a year or two seemed to have entered a bottomless pit, and most of it was consumed at once. Therefore, when Xie Xi led the ordinary sailing fleet over, the shape quickly improved.

This time, when I heard that the committee was planning to use the Qionghai ship to sail to the Philippines, the two leaders of the chemical group, Li Jingcheng and Wu Kun, as well as some members of the navy group and the mechanical group, were opposed - her own family knew her own affairs, not to mention the reputation of the Qionghai big iron ship outside, and in this era, she did have powerful armor, firepower, and mobility that was enough to be proud of the sea power of all countries in the world, but this child was actually very squeamish, and would strike as soon as there was no oil to drink. Coupled with the increasingly heavy and complex maintenance and repair work, the Qionghai could only spend most of her time in the special dockyard of Hongpai Port for maintenance, and at the same time had to wait for the chemical team to accumulate fuel for her. Basically, she had to rest for half a year after a trip out -- someone in the navy had already nicknamed her "Queen of the Dockyard."

Therefore, in the eyes of many traversers, the Qionghai ship can only exist as a deterrent force similar to nuclear weapons. It is unrealistic to expect her to fight in the east and west to defend the maritime frontier. Unless there is a decisive naval battle, try to toss her as little as possible in peacetime, and the life of the machine is used once less. This time, just to send a few "angels" to Manila, you have to use the Qionghai ship? A lot of people don't understand.

To this end, Professor Li Mingyuan, Tang Jian of the military group, Zhao Lide of the intelligence group and others also specially convened everyone to hold a briefing meeting. The old professor's focus was not on any "great envoy" at all, but focused on the situation in the South China Sea after the battle of Qiongzhoufu:

"It has been almost a year since we defeated the main force of the Western Combined Fleet in Southeast Asia in October last year and captured Taiwan and Luzon. The news must have reached Europe, the Dutch, the Spaniards, and possibly the British...... They're going to have to react. Even though we have dealt a blow to them, there is no doubt that the colonizers will not rest on their laurels. ”

"Among the powers, Britain's main focus is not on Southeast Asia. But the Netherlands and Spain were different: the Dutch were small, but the East India Company was very powerful, and this time their main fleet in Asia was almost completely wiped out, and Taiwan was lost, and now the Zheng family took the opportunity to grab their share of the trade in Japan...... It can be described as a big loss of vitality. But at the same time, this area is the lifeblood of their survival, and if they lose this trade route, the Dutch East India Company will soon go bankrupt, and they will definitely fight with us. ”

"As for Spain, in this era they are still one of the largest countries in Europe, and the port of Manila is an important transit point connecting the Mexican silver region and the European mainland, and our capture of Manila can be said to be the lifeblood of Spain's eastern route, whether it is to save face or the need for silver at home, it will be their only choice to recapture Luzon."

The old professor's words did not make everyone feel afraid, whether it was the Dutch or the Spaniards, even if they added Britain and Portugal, they dared to fight if they dared to come here, anyway, they had already beaten them once, and they didn't care about beating them a few more times. In this respect, the Travelers had an absolute psychological advantage over the European colonizers.

However, the Luzon aspect introduced by Zhao Lide on behalf of the staff group made everyone nervous for a while:

"But at present, our army's defensive force in Manila City is insufficient, and the sea force is close to zero -- everyone knows that at present our main forces are thrown into Shandong. Although the unit was nominally upgraded to three regiments, the first regiment on Hainan Island and the second regiment on Taiwan Island were still just empty shelves. Naval ships were also dispatched almost entirely to supply Shandong and the personnel heading to the Big 6. ”

"As for the Luzon side, it is now mainly maintained by relying on a garrison formed by Wang Haiyang and them from the children of local Chinese merchants and the guards in the northern latitudes. But everyone knows that there are many foreigners in Manila, and old Jack is a good man, and he has rescued and reformed a large number of Western sailors and prisoners when he was here, and he is even more comfortable when he arrives there. In addition, there is a very smart and beautiful Medici lady who is noble enough to help him build momentum...... In a word: we sent Old Jack over in the hope that he would do his best to stabilize the situation on the Luzon side, but now it seems that he has done a little too well. ”

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