Five-five-seven war and peace

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It's estimated that the day after tomorrow will be very busy.,The next update is going to be on Friday.,Forgive me——

"I think I can roughly guess what the Dutch are going to do......"

After receiving the latest batch of information about the movements of the Dutch and their ships, Pang Yu felt that he could finally make more reliable inferences.

"Their core goal remains to negotiate business in order to qualify for renewed trade in East Asia. But before that, they want to attack the Zheng family and show us the way to get an advantage at the negotiating table...... Is that so? ”

Not only Pang Yu, but even Wu Nanhai, who has never paid much attention to politics, can see some ways, but his doubts are not small:

"Do those Dutch people think that we won't retaliate just by beating the Zheng family? How can we say that we are the boss of this sea? ”

In fact, this is also what most people think, the so-called strong dragon does not suppress the head snake, after several years of development, the Qiong Navy has been recognized by all parties as the boss of the southeast coast, and has been recognized by the Ming government as the master of the South China Sea. The Dutch want to come back and get a piece of the pie, even if they grovel and may not be accepted, let alone open the way with cannons so arrogantly, aren't they afraid of being bombarded back by bigger and thicker cannon barrels? Even if you beat the dog, it depends on the owner! Not to mention that the Zheng family and the Qiong Navy are still not very solid allies. If they could easily reach an agreement with the Dutch and leave the furious Zheng family aside, it would undoubtedly mean only one thing - the committee had decided to go to all-out war with the Zheng family.

"Why do the Dutch think that we will abandon the Zheng family and cooperate with them? Those Europeans are too confident. ”

The small conference room of the Shandong base includes Pang Yu, Wu Nanhai, and Chen Jun...... After the dismissal of the team members, who shared the responsibility for the construction of the base, they gathered in a group, and the latest situation report that had just been translated was placed on the table, and everyone was discussing it.

"Probably the Europeans haven't given up their arrogance......"

Chen Jun said with a smile that he can fully understand this kind of thinking, just like themselves, they must always have a sense of superiority over the technologically backward people in this era. Even if you suffer losses in some aspects, at most you feel that you are not cautious for a while, and it is difficult to admit that the other party is better than you in all aspects.

"As a group of businessmen, this kind of arrogance is very unacceptable...... However, the East India Company was no longer a purely trading entity. ”

Pang Yu turned a short pencil in his hand and said, while the committee sent the latest information, it also once again asked Pang Yu to fulfill his duties as a member of the staff group and provide a specific analysis to the committee.

"The fact that the Dutch attacked the Zheng family's fleet first and then captured the castle in Taipei showed that their strategy was clear: to regain a foothold in Taiwan, the goal must have been to go to the trade routes with them. Therefore, they attacked the Zheng family with all their might, because they wanted to replace, or at least break the Zheng family's current unique monopoly on this route. ”

Pang Yu pointed to the map and analyzed, on the one hand, to explain to everyone, and on the other hand, to sort out his own thoughts - the Zheng family has basically withdrawn from the southern route in recent years and concentrated on trading with it. And the Qiong Navy also abides by its promise in this regard and does not intervene in that sea area. Even the resources needed were obtained indirectly through the Zheng family, through commercial cooperation, and never directly to send ships.

In the seventeenth century, trade with Japan was definitely a fat piece of the East Asian shipping route, and the Dutch historically set up several trading posts in East Asia, and the most profitable was Taiwan, which was driven out of these two golden treasures...... Obviously, this hurt the East India Company. Therefore, this murderous return, even if he risks war with the Qiong Navy, he must regain a piece of territory on the island of Taiwan.

"But I still don't understand, why aren't they afraid of us making a move? There's no reason for us to let them go? ”

Wu Nanhai still insisted on his doubts, he felt that no matter how arrogant the Dutch were, it was impossible to completely pin the success or failure of the entire plan on the inaction of the Qiong Navy, which was completely unreasonable.

"Unless ......"

Pang Yu looked at the globe on the table, and finally clicked his finger on a certain country in Europe:

"They counted the 'help' of another country."

"What?"

Several people next to him probed over, but saw that Pang Yu's fingers were on a small country in Europe......

- That's right, it's poor Spain.

…………

"Wouldn't it? In Asia, even if it is, Spain in Europe will join forces with the Netherlands? Didn't they get together a long time ago? ”

Chen Jun didn't believe it, but Pang Yu had already sorted out his thoughts at this time, and said with a smile:

"No, I didn't say they joined forces. Let's think about it from the perspective of the Dutch: the East India Company's strategic goal was to return to the East Asian market, but it was blocked by our Joan navy. But at this time, there is a major European leader who is concentrating his forces to attack us...... Do you think the Dutch will take advantage of this opportunity? ”

"But the Spaniards have been defeated."

"Yes, of course we know we've won – but do the Dutch know?"

"Ugh!"

Several other people immediately reacted - in order to continue to deceive the American fleet, Manila has always had news about the war situation, and Zhao Lide even sent someone to release false news, saying that the current war in Luzon is still dragging on.

Of course, this is not strict, because Shi Kefa wrote to the Ming court that the report asking for the distribution of the spoils has already been sent, and it is impossible for the Ming court to hide any news. However, even if the news spread, it started from the side of Jingshi, and for those red-haired people from foreign countries, it was impossible to know the truth quickly in a short period of time.

"That's right, if our military power is held back by the Spaniards and we can't pull it out for a while, the Dutch can seize the moment...... The timing of their choice was really good - in fact, we're being held back now. ”

Frowning and helplessly, if under normal circumstances, those dozen Dutch ships dared to cause trouble in the South China Sea, the Qiong Navy would have sent the main fleet to search, encircle and suppress, but now their main fleet is all trapped in Luzon, including the Qionghai ship, and there is really no way to take those Dutch ships for a while.

"Hmph, what if they let them bounce for a few days? When the situation on the Luzon side calms down, it's not the same to clean them up! Ran here to kill people and set fires, and you still want to pinch your nose here and admit it? We are not the Manchus of later generations! Tell me to directly detain those who were sent to the door, or simply throw them to the Zheng family to deal with! ”

Ying Rongwei, who has always been more impatient, slapped the table and said loudly, Pang Yu smiled, but then shook his head slightly

"No, I don't think our committee should pass up this good opportunity just to vent their anger."

"Good chance?"

"Of course, have you forgotten that in order to maintain contact with Europe, we did not even bother to occupy the island of Cebu that we had already taken, and we had to return it to the Spaniards. Isn't it right for the East India Company to come and seek business cooperation? ”

"But with their attitude and methods......"

"If it's an individual, it doesn't matter if you like it on the spur of the moment, but as a group...... It's still about profit. However, I think that since the Dutch dared to go directly to Hainan in such a big way, most of them were somewhat sure. Businessmen are the best at making deals, and whether they can reach an agreement in the end depends on their negotiation skills and the conditions they offer. ”

"Well, our relations with the Dutch are negative at the moment, and we want to let us not care about their offense, and agree to their return to the East Asian trade circle...... They're going to have to show some 'sincerity'. ”

…… Several people discussed it again, and finally Pang Yu wrote a report based on it and sent it to the headquarters, along with his own views.

And soon after, the response of the headquarters was also restored - there were indeed many people who advocated not to be wordy with the Dutch, and since they dared to go to war, then fight to the end!

In the end, however, a group of comrades from the staff group, as well as Professor Li and others, persuaded them for a reason similar to Pang Yu's estimate - according to the principle of benefiting the team, there was no need to rule out the possibility of cooperation with the Dutch.

Of course, the initiative cannot be held by the other party, and if you want to fight, you can fight, and you can talk if you want? Dream on!

Although the Hainan Island side did not move the envoys for the time being, they also detained them, and the Dutch repeatedly proposed to start negotiations, but they were all refused. At the same time, Wang Haiyang was informed that the military operation on the island of Taiwan was carried out as usual. On the other hand, a search team composed of five fast sailing ships, including "Baiju", "Feiyan", "Xuefeng", "Shiyu", and "Yefen", searched around the area of the Taiwan Strait and nearby places where the opposing fleet might appear, continued to search for the opposing fleet, and joined forces with the Zheng family to eliminate it.

- Now that you have attacked, the two sides are now in a state of war, and there is no need to be wordy about anything in a state of war. As for when it will be enough to start negotiations?

- Quite simply, it's not too late to talk until we have dealt with some of the fleets and forces that provoked the incident. RO