Chapter 978 Panama Canal
Then there is the shores of Lake Nicaragua, and Zuihou is Panama. This place has begun to take shape with Zhang Fan's team building. Panama is very important because Akon and the Book Demon have a grand jihua and they are going to build the Panama Canal in advance! In this way, China's ocean-going fleet will be able to go straight from the Pacific Ocean to the Caribbean Sea! Compete with the European powers for the Americas!
This Jihua didn't have it, and when Akon saw the giant ocean tortoise, he had this idea. The scene does not arbitrarily arrange such a powerful giant tortoise, but simply allows himself to use him as a cheap means of transoceanic transportation. Through communication with the giant tortoise, Akon discovers that to build a canal, with the help of this giant tortoise, it may not be as difficult as he imagined. At the very least, a lot of valuable labor can be saved.
Therefore, there are some water conservancy officials in the Daming Water Division this time, and you must know that there is no ethnic group on Shijie who knows how to use water conservancy projects better than China to serve themselves. Moreover, Akon has long asked Captain Stoker to network a group of researchers in water conservancy throughout Europe, and several of them are still nobles who are obsessed with geological technology.
In fact, as early as 1534, King Carlos I of Spain ordered a survey of the Isthmus of Panama, and the Spaniards paved a post road through the isthmus with cobblestones along the ridge in preparation for the opening of the canal. And because of Jishu's restrictions, the Panama Canal that Akon and the Book Demon are going to build this time is not the same as the original canal. Later canals were sluice-type canals that were gradually raised, and the jishu was complicated, and it was necessary to build barrages to store water, and then to build sluices that rose step by step.
The reason for this is because the sea level in the Caribbean Sea is not on the same level as the sea level in the Pacific Ocean, with a drop of almost 50 centimeters! This is due to the east-west rotation of the earth, as well as the concentration of salt in the sea and the monsoon tides. In this case, it would not be possible to build a Haiping-style canal. But with the current Jishu method, it is also impossible to build a lock-type canal.
However, the appearance of this giant tortoise has solved this problem. The giant tortoise, which has the ability to change the geological environment of the seabed, can change the concentration of sea water on both sides of the seabed by fine-tuning the changes in the geological environment of the seabed, thereby leveling the sea level on both sides of the Isthmus of Panama.
Similarly, giant tortoises were able to change the geology of the Isthmus of Panama, making it relatively easy to open the canal. Even with the current shortage of manpower, this is no longer difficult. But the price paid by Zhang Fan's team is not small! The giant tortoise asked for a large number of water and earth demon clan Neidan, and this old guy actually took advantage of the fire to rob here.
Under the call of the book demon, all the natives in this area were recruited. Even many of the indigenous Incas and Mayans came from afar to heed the call of death to open this sacred river.
The Daming Naval Division strengthened the city defense here, and built large forts in the towns on the Caribbean side to strengthen the coastal defense! The newly created 'Zhenhai' and 'Kelu' cannons of the Ming Dynasty are not vegetarian! At this time, the Panama region was officially freed from the control of the Spanish colonists and was included in the territory of the Ming Dynasty!
In order to protect the security of this area, the Daming Naval Division, under the leadership of Jinghai Hou Zhang Fan, decided to bypass South America and go to the other end of the Isthmus of Panama to attack the Spanish fleet that dared to attack because it knew that its colony had been seized. Along the way, the first to occupy the Inca Empire, which was colonized by the Spaniards!
The legendary figure in history, the Spanish colonizer Governor Francisco Pizarro, the occupier of the Inca Empire, did not have many armed liliang at his disposal. Because tens of thousands of Inca troops here have long been conquered by him. But after the arrival of the Daming Water Master, the taste of being invaded came like a nightmare.
Under Aken's iron-blooded order, the Daming Sailor mercilessly killed all the Spanish colonists here, leaving 3,000 Chinese here to enjoy the colonial fruits laid by the Spaniards. The gold in the Inca temple was looted by Akon!
The Great Ming sailors continued to sail towards the Strait of Magellan, where Akon and the bookrain knew that a Spanish fleet should be guarding to intercept ships from Europe trying to pass through this route. It was they who intercepted Captain Drake, who had raided the British raiders, to discover the Drake Passage between South America and Antarctica.
These Spaniards wanted to turn the Pacific Ocean into Spain's inland sea. But the Spaniards never dreamed that a mighty fleet would come from across the ocean, and now it would pounce like a wolf......
This battle will be the first naval battle between the Daming Navy Division and the Spanish fleet! Although with the current strength of the Daming Water Division, victory is inevitable. But Akon's demand is total annihilation! Not a single ship could get them back. He doesn't want this fleet to be exposed just yet. Because the Daming Water Master has a more important task.
If the Da Ming Naval Division confronted the Spanish Royal Fleet because of this, this would obviously not be in the strategic interests of Akon and Zhang Fanshu. Isn't this cheapening the British and making them fishermen profitable?! To be honest, even if they have to fight with the Spaniards, Zhang Fan's team will drag England into the water together!
Therefore, in fact, this time the Daming Sailor sailed to the Americas, and there was another important task, which was to establish direct contact with England through Zhang Fan's status in England. This is Akon and the book demon Jihua, who also wrote a book with Hu Zongxian, asking Emperor Jiajing for a holy decree to represent the Ming Dynasty to envoy England and appease Queen Elizabeth I of England.
After all, the Americas are now the object of contention for the whole of Europe, although China has become very powerful under the scientific and technological improvement of the book demon and combined with its own national strength. But in order to compete with the European powers tens of thousands of miles away, it is necessary to unite some allies. England, which had been suppressed by Spain and the Holy Roman Empire for a long time, was the most likely object of alliance.
Two scout gunboats went out to spy on the Spanish fleet. Akon and Zhang Fan also took a wooden kite to explore the sky. However, the southern tip of South America belongs to the westerly wind belt, which brings rain, fog and storms all year round, and is the famous storm strait. The reconnaissance mission is not easy. After half a month of exploration, we finally figured out the deployment of the Spanish fleet here. And let the subdued natives pretend to be local Incas and go deep into their colonies and learn about the situation of the Spanish colonies.
Zhang Fan Akon and the Book Demon discussed with Qi Jiguang and Yu Dayou overnight a detailed strategy to deal with these Spaniards. Ordered three treasure ships to take the main force of the fleet, and from the Drake Passage, which Drake discovered a few years later, went around the Atlantic Ocean and blocked the eastern end of the Strait of Magellan. Then another force of main gunboats, deep into the strait from the front, hit the fleet of the Spaniards. In addition, under the cover of this gunboat fleet, the Daming Navy Division sent 2,000 marines to land on the Spanish colony on a transport ship and wipe them out!