The invincible Spanish Armada across the sea, the old maritime overlord Portugal, finally became independent from Spanish rule, and built a large number of ships and won the title of sea coachman, and even occupied the Netherlands on the island of Taiwan for a time.

Not to mention Britain, which was about to become the dominant power of the seas and thus establish an empire on which the sun never sets, and France, which was less famous but feudal and gradually reached its peak.

These nations formed a formidable combined fleet of three hundred warships, all commanded by the best commanders. Their opponent is the People's Republic of China, an oriental country that has just begun to build ocean-going docks and has only begun to build ocean-going ships in recent years.

It is such a new country that makes people doubt its power, and in just a few years, it has built a powerful fleet of nearly 100 warships. Its shipbuilding technology, especially the never-before-seen type of ship, amazed and even shocked the United Nations in Europa. In addition to the shock, I also felt fear.

They have realized that there is another country with which they are going to share the profits of the Great Voyage. In particular, in the past few years, the Republic has beaten the South Seas to the point that it has lost its temper, and the profits of Portugal, Spain, and the Netherlands in Southeast Asia have been almost diluted to the limit. Unless there was still some profit, they didn't even want to stay in this place where they had to watch out for the enemy to tease them.

Southeast Asia's profits, accounting for 33% or even more of the profits of the Great Voyage, compared to the barren and vast Africa, or the New World that is still in the exploration stage, there is already an independent civilization, and it is easy to knead Southeast Asia is a huge gold mine. Not only are spices and seasonings abundant, but also gold and platinum are abundant, and every seafaring nation does not want to give up its profits.

Therefore, they could not stand the harassment of the Republic here, and planned to use the power of the united army to force Zhang Hongbin to compromise.

However, Zhang Hongbin did not compromise, but fought directly with them. Until the start of the war, they realized that their intelligence work was so bad, where Zhang Hongbin only had twenty or thirty ships under his command, there were nearly a hundred warships at all! Damn, there are a lot of huge, incredibly fast and powerful ships!!

In fact, it is understandable that the informant will give the previous information, and the more advanced the thing, the more difficult it is to make. The informants have asked the shipbuilders of their respective countries that if it is a super ship such as an ironclad ship, it will take at least one to two years for them to build parts and main bodies, and it will not take three years to build them thoroughly.

The other ships can float up to fifty warships at most, taking into account the problem of wood processing, as well as the shipbuilding process, and of course, the number of dockyards in the Republic.

The manufacturing process and the number of dockyards became a key factor in the miscalculation of intelligence officers. They never imagined that all the materials did not need to be concocted or manufactured at all, and only needed to be assembled to complete the manufacture of a warship. It only takes two months for a skilled construction crew to launch a steamboat, let alone a traditional wooden sailboat.

With nearly 100 warships, and a large fleet of several clippers and steamships, if a fight was fought in a relatively narrow sea area, the combined fleet could indeed rely on the traditional tactical concept and jump gang to complete the battle. However, they chose the Bay of Bengal, a relatively wide sea area that could completely give the fleets of both sides a deep space, so they were sad.

Not to mention, the bow gun is completely a product of time and space...... Although there is such a maddening thing as a failure rate...... The power of this thing was absolutely nightmare at the time. The main thing is that there is no radar, otherwise the range can be further increased, and it is completely possible to directly give the other party a shot when the other party has not seen him, and absolutely let them be hit, and they don't know how they died.

A big war, it feels like it should have been a fierce and protracted battle. But in the end, it ended hastily, and the naval fleet of the Republic completely crushed the past in a crushing mode. The Combined Fleet couldn't even resist for a moment, and was obediently crushed.

In the final analysis, the navy is a thing that mainly depends on the ship's first process and technical content. Then there is the manipulation ability of the non-commissioned officers, and finally the command ability of the officers. In layman's terms, a modern aircraft carrier, against a sea ship around the Song Dynasty, feels that there is almost no need to open fire, and it hits it directly, even if it is a dozen sea ships, it will still crush the past, and the artillery that comes from the opposite side is not even qualified to tickle.

This is the gap in technology content, and the important role of future technology in the copycat supermarket system is enough ahead of the current 200 years of shipbuilding technology!

It can be said that even if there were no steamships, even if there were no clippers, with the improved Fufu and the improved Manila galleon, its speed was ahead of the contemporary European and American warships. Not to mention that the caliber and power of shipborne artillery are much higher than those of European and American artillery, and the most important thing is that Europe generally uses solid shells, while the warships of the Republic use flowering shells.

With its speed and artillery, a hundred Imperial fleets completed the Indian Ocean naval battle in a completely crushed state.

The news reached the countries of Europa, and the countries involved in this naval battle directly and obediently closed their mouths, silently bearing the side effects of defeat. One of the most immediate side effects is that a large number of their active warships have been destroyed or captured, and they have to face the fate of having no warships to protect merchant ships, or even ensure their maritime supremacy in the Mediterranean. Other countries that did not participate could take advantage of this opportunity to quickly seize the share of these countries' trade in the Mediterranean, and even try their best to suppress their maritime industry.

Among the participants, the only one to be happy was probably the United Kingdom.

They had sent two newly absorbed pirate forces, which meant that their home navy had not suffered much damage. On top of that, there are so many pirates willing to register and accept asylum in the UK that they need to continue to co-opt some. Since several other countries have lost this time this time, they can naturally take the opportunity to rise, seize the share of Northern Europe and the Mediterranean, and even become the new sea hegemon!

It's just that they had to face a serious problem that they had to face, and that was the naval combat effectiveness of the republic......

Seriously, knowing that there was a big defeat, several big countries in the Europa continent were also very worried that the other side would raise troops to kill them at home to retaliate. Even if they don't come now, they will still come back in the future, and their power in Southeast Asia and even in India will be taken over by the republic.

It is reassuring that after the war, the republic did not go further to the west, but continued to cruise around Burma.

Many people thought of Zhang Hongbin's proposal for a partition plan, which was originally unacceptable to everyone, but now they feel that this may not be unacceptable...... It would be best if Africa was replaced by the Americas...... It's a pity that it's not their turn to bargain now, if they provoke the republic, and others directly sail to occupy Africa, then they really want to cry without tears.

Finally, after joint deliberations among several countries, when it came time to redeem the prisoners of their countries, they signed official credentials with the republic, recognizing the republic's maritime supremacy. In other words, Southeast Asia, India, and the Americas have been included in the territory of the Republic.

Of course, the Americas nominally belonged to the republics, but the people above were not removed. Obviously, this is a difficult problem left by the countries to Zhang Hongbin. As for those casualties, there is no need to worry too much. Because those who are sent to the New World are basically either prisoners or hooligans, and they belong to the kind of superfluous deposits.

Zhang Hongbin naturally knows this, and he doesn't mind that his brother can have more cultural and good labor in the Americas.

As for India, Zhang Hongbin did not immediately send people to accept it, in fact, even the Netherlands, which once occupied this place and established the East India Company, did not completely control this place. India is now in the colonial era, and there is no real political power, and even if there is, it is a regime that has been propped up by colonizers, similar to a puppet army. Zhang Hongbin is indeed qualified to take over here, but the result of the current parliamentary discussions is to occupy Southeast Asia, not India.

If India were to be attacked at this time, the result would be that there would simply not be enough officials and defenders, so it would be better not to occupy it. You must know that once the republic occupies this place, it may allow the existence of Buddhism, but it will definitely not allow religion to override politics. Therefore, it is clear that there will be a very fierce religious war at that time, and without sufficient awareness and certainty, the Republic will not attack India.

After confirming its maritime supremacy, the Republic officially sent troops to Southeast Asia.

The Portuguese, Spanish, and Dutch powers, who had been entrenched here, retreated according to the agreement and returned to their homeland. In fact, many governors were so grateful that the state had finally let them go back to their local churches to thank Jesus.

It can be seen that in recent years, they have indeed been teased too much by the Navy of the Republic.

With the strength of the European colonizers, the Republic carried out a very bloody and very inhumane massacre against Southeast Asia...... Its targets are mainly aimed at the indigenous people of Southeast Asia who have been accomplices in the murder of Chinese expatriates.

Don't look at the process as it was brutal, but the soldiers didn't blink a bit. Maybe they will have compassion at first, but when they finished the massacre, the local overseas Chinese knelt on the ground and wept gratefully, and even looked up to the sky and shouted a long howl, as if they wanted to vent all their grievances for many years.

They are not here to slaughter, but to collect debts.

The truth is told to everyone, and those who come out to mix always have to pay it back...... If it doesn't belong to you, don't take it!

With the help of the local diaspora, the Republic carried out a comprehensive plan for Southeast Asia and re-established its political power and cities. Sending garrisons and officials, and even properly evaluating and promoting local overseas Chinese forces, and then completely gaining the rule of Southeast Asia. This is not colonization, but directly divided Southeast Asia into the territory of China, and established the north and south provinces of Southeast Asia, which has become the inherent, sacred and indivisible land of China!

Since then, Southeast Asia has changed its flag!!