The huge explosion also frightened the well-informed Li Xiao, to be honest, he really had never seen the scene after the explosion of the 380-millimeter shell. I only heard about the battleship Yamato, which weighed one and a half tons of shells. However, it was a 460 mm main gun, and the 380 mm main gun on the Zhiyuan ship could not be compared.

In the telescope, you can clearly see that the barrel of the 240 mm main gun on the Indian ironclad ship has been blown into the sky. After crossing an arc, it fell to the surface of the sea hundreds of meters away, and made a splash more than ten meters high in the huge waves.

There was a huge explosion, and almost the entire warship was blown up. The warship that was blown up quickly broke into two pieces and sank in the stormy seas.

Everything came so fast that the crew on board did not even have time to lower the lifeboats. The soldiers who jumped into the sea were either sucked into the huge whirlpool caused by the sunken ship, or they were pressed to the bottom of the sea by the waves as high as a mountain. Man is smaller than an ant in the face of nature's heavenly might.

Seeing that his own warship had not yet formed a battle formation, he was sent to the bottom of the sea. The remaining two Indian warships immediately turned their rudders, they were here to attack the merchant ships, not to fight the Ming navy. Judging from the current situation, there is no fight with the Ming Navy.

"Turn to the cruising speed, let's go back to our new home." Seeing the Indian warship turn around, Deng Yongchang actually did not order the pursuit. India's older warships have only six old-fashioned boilers, while the Zhiyuan has eight newer-type boilers. In addition, the Zhiyuan ship has an electric blower, resulting in a huge difference in the output power of the two. It was not the slightest difficulty in catching up with the Indian warships and sinking them one by one.

"Why do you want to go back!" Li Xiao asked with a calm face.

"Handsome! You're on board, and the commander says it's all about keeping you safe. Our mission is to get you back to the port of Singapore safely! Seeing Li Xiao's bad face, Deng Yongchang was a little nervous.

"The mission has changed, catch up. Take out these two ships, and their mission should be to break the attack. Now it is your two warships that have met them, and if they are merchant ships, they will only be slaughtered. Letting them go would be tantamount to a huge threat to the Ming merchant ships sailing on the sea.

We have taken the island of Ceylon now, but defending the island of Ceylon is a difficult task. Everything needed on the island of Ceylon is transported by sea from the port of Xinjiapo. Once the sea passage is cut off, what do you think will happen to the people on the island? ”

"But the commander is the ...... of the order!"

"Your commander was also appointed by me, what? Don't even listen to my orders? Li Xiao's eyes widened, and Deng Yongchang immediately didn't dare to speak.

This is a handsome, the eldest brother of the boss. He speaks, and the commander only listens, and he ...... How dare you disobey his orders.

"No! Tell Lai Yuan to immediately split up to pursue the Indian warships and sink them. This is the order of the commander! ”

"No!"

The herald immediately ran out and used the light to relay the signal.

Sure enough, the output power is the combat power. The Zhiyuan, which increased its horsepower, almost did not waste much strength, and it only took an hour before and after catching up with the fleeing Indian warship. As soon as the cannon was fired, the other party actually hung out a white flag.

But by this time it was too late to hang the white flag, and the shells had already flown into the air. Perhaps the officers and men on the Indian warship were unlucky, and one salvo actually hit two main gun shells. The battleship of the same tonnage class just now was hit by one shot and was broken in two. This one was even worse, almost broken into three parts.

The superstructure that hits directly is even more directly transformed into a part state. Scattered parts flew around like scattered flowers, and Li Xiao even saw something in the air flying in the air in a moment of lightning.

Li Xiao nodded, and it turned out that the warship built by the Ming Dynasty was qualified. In terms of maneuverability and firepower, it is superior to Indian-made warships. Li Yongfang's intelligence said that in Western shipbuilding, Indian shipbuilding is better than British shipbuilding. Especially in the construction of ironclad ships, India is ahead of the British mainland.

From this point of view, Daming's current shipbuilding technology has reached the peak of the world. The only pity is that this time the protection ability of the Ming warship was not tested. However, this is also to blame on the Indians, their gunners are too inferior, and they did not give Li Xiao this opportunity.

Strange to say, not long after killing the Indian warship, the sky was magically clear. When the sunlight pierced the clouds, ten thousand golden rays of light burst out of a cocoon. The sea was much calmer all of a sudden, and the swells didn't look so scary anymore.

After sailing for more than an hour, when it was about to get dark, the Laiyuan also rushed back. The lights signaled that they had also killed the Indian warship.

Wu Sangui's navy collapsed after being plagued by Drake. Both qualitatively and quantitatively, it lagged behind the Ming Navy. This time the Battle of Bombay is an example, Wu Sangui's navy did not dare to respond to the battle at all, but did not know where to run to avoid the battle. Off the coast of Mumbai, let the Ming Navy wreak havoc. If it weren't for the fear of coastal forts, the Ming warships would have bombarded the city of Mumbai directly.

The damage would be even greater!

However, Li Xiao is not worried, and the island of Ceylon will only need a year to rebuild. It can become a nightmare for the entire east coast of India, and even the fleet can be stationed in Colombo City to harass the coast of India in every detail.

Throughout the Indian subcontinent, fangs pierced into the Indian Ocean. Their coastline is too long, even longer than that of the Ming Dynasty. If the coast, the special heavy industrial area of Mumbai was repeatedly attacked. The blow to Wu Sangui was simply fatal.

Having completely destroyed India's industrial capacity, it will not be so easy for Wu Sangui to make trouble again in the future.

As long as the coast of India is choked, Wu Sangui will become a tiger in a cage. You can play as much as you want!

As for moving Mumbai, it's an impossible task. If the heavy industry base wants to move, where is it so easy.

After six days of sailing, the Zhiyuan ship safely sent Li Xiao back to Xinjiapo Port. Li Xiao did not let them continue to escort the South China Sea and sent himself back to Daming. Indian Ocean routes, now lacking an escort fleet.

Wu Sangui's remaining naval forces did not dare to compete with the Ming Navy, but he had no scruples about merchant ships. Many warships are needed to escort the ship, and at the same time, warships are needed to carry out counter-sabotage warfare.

"Sun Xing! It's rare for your father and son to meet, so let you take a few days off to do your filial piety. I will stay in my new home for a few days, and I will not have to deal with it for a few days. I'll just stay by myself, or just look at the street view. From the port to Xinjiapo City, Li Xiao saw a lot of modern buildings. Even on the other side of the strait, the buildings are more than Lin this time. At night, the lights on both sides of the strait are even more sparkling on the sea.

"Thank you, Dashuai!" Sun Xing has indeed not seen his father for a long time, and the errand of the governor of Xinjiapo is fat, but it is actually not easy to do.

"Thank you, Dashuai!" Sun Yuanhua also hurriedly thanked Li Xiao, and the old guy was very affectionate to Li Xiao's grace.

Xinjiapo City does not have a power plant, but its prosperity is comparable to that of the Ming Dynasty.

Prosperous commerce brought a huge amount of money to build a modern metropolis in such a short period of time and at such a rapid pace.

The Ming decree stipulates that Daming sea ships are not allowed to go out of the sea of Xinjiapo. Because at that time, not only were pirates raging off the coast of Xinjiapo, but Wu Sangui's navy was also eyeing it. And the Ming fleet, with the help of the Japanese army, slowly digested the huge South China Sea and various indigenous countries in the South China Sea.

This decree was actually to protect the Ming maritime merchants, but it also caused the prosperity of Xinjiapo today.

Daming maritime merchants docked the ship at Xinjiapo port and unloaded the goods at Xinjiapo port. Then, merchants from Western countries would trade with Ming merchants in Xinjiapo. After the transaction, the goods would be loaded onto Western cargo ships, which would be transported to Arabia or directly to Western European countries via the Cape of Good Hope.

When trade flourished, so did the financial industry. Maritime merchants would not choose to return with heavy silver dollars, which was not only dangerous, but also impractical. Wouldn't it be better to bring some European goods with you on the way back?

In particular, some cargo ships will also go back to board the Kunlun slaves transported from Africa. These tall and strong men are definitely good laborers. Delivery to coal mines or mines is very sought-after, and it is not difficult to sell for a good price. The money earned back and forth this time is very guest, and naturally it has long been rich in the coastal areas of the Ming Dynasty.

At present, Europe is extremely worshipful of Ming goods. From the exquisite set of words, gorgeous satin. to a wide variety of industrial goods, especially cotton. Daming's cotton cloth has occupied a large part of the market in the West.

There are two kinds of cotton cloth in the world, one is Indian cotton cloth, and the other is Daming cotton cloth. The Mumbai cotton mill produces so much every year that in fact the Ming Dynasty has a monopoly on more than 40 percent of the world's cotton business.

This is already a terrifying number, you must know that the land of Daming is more for cultivating food. Only Shandong and the newly won Western Regions are growing cotton as a cash crop, but the Western Regions have long hours of sunshine and are not rich in water resources. It seems to be more suitable for growing cotton!

It was the bumper harvest of cotton in the Western Regions last year that Daming cotton cloth could have such a low cost today and quickly occupy the market in the form of dumping.

Cotton cloth is just a microcosm, as small as a match, as large as a bicycle, and so on. Daming commodities are synonymous with progress and advancement in the world! In London and Paris, whoever has a permanent brand bicycle is simply a sister artifact.

On the Champs-Élysées, it is common to see an aristocratic son, riding a bicycle with a beautiful girl in her prime.

Of course, the number of tricycles derived from bicycles has gradually increased. It was found that this kind of thing can pull a lot of things, and although the load is not as good as a carriage, you don't have to keep a horse either.

A tricycle can be ridden and gone, and coal can be used at home for a month once in winter.

There are many tricycles in Xinjiapo, and the tricycles in Xinjiapo are modified. There is a two-person seat at the back with an awning above. As long as people have two Ming coppers, they can let the coachman carry them for a long distance.

The sunny and scorching new home slope, this kind of rickshaw is more popular with beautiful women. Especially when it's raining, you can't even stop a rickshaw on the street.

Li Xiao took a rickshaw on a rickshaw today and walked around Xinjiapo City slowly.

This modern city has a very strong Cantonese flavor. Almost 60 percent of the people on the street speak Cantonese, and another 40 percent speak Hokkien. When two languages are used intertwined, it effectively equals a new language.

Li Xiao listened to this kind of Cantonese mixed with Hokkien dialect, and the expression on his face was very confused.

In fact, like most provinces, Cantonese is divided into many dialects. Li Xiao could only hear that the Cantonese they spoke should belong to the Teochew dialect, and as for which faction the Hokkien dialect belonged to, Li Xiao couldn't understand it.

I eat a bowl of rice noodles in Guangdong, and I always like to add chili oil when I eat it in later generations. But the reality is that only high-end restaurants in Xinjiapo have chili peppers to eat. A spicy hot pot in Xinjiapo is definitely a big meal. The luxurious wedding banquet of the wealthy businessmen is mostly a group of people gathered around a spicy hot pot. While hissing haha, I poured various ingredients into the pot.

At the reception banquet for Li Xiao yesterday, Li Xiao felt a little strange. I knew that I came to Xinjiapo, but I didn't know that I thought I had come to Sichuan.

Use the sesame oil in the spicy hot pot and pour chili foam to eat. This kind of eating turtle in the capital is very popular, but it is very popular in Xinjiapo, and all those who can afford it can be called local tyrants.

Li Xiao felt that these guys probably didn't have hemorrhoids, otherwise after eating it once, they would be able to understand that chili peppers are delicious, but it is very difficult to pull.

Wonton noodles are also a good thing, as well as a variety of Cantonese desserts.

Oyster fried, bamboo shoot jelly, sand tea noodles, fish skin peanuts, osmanthus candy should be snacks only in southern Fujian. Li Xiao found that the Chinese nation may be the most popular nation in the world to study food.

Other nationalities compete in this item, and it is simply an egg against a stone.

The snacks in the north are not on the same, and the snacks of Guangdong and southern Fujian alone have conquered people from all over the world who come to Xinjiapo to do business. You can see the blonde guy scratching his ears and cheeks from the wonton noodles, and you can also see a few black men wearing two kilograms of gold on their bodies, baring their white teeth and biting on fried dates and nodding frequently.

The Arabs with a mouth full of gold teeth are eating fish skin and peanuts while tasting the old dragon's mouth.

Everything is so harmonious, everything is so discordant!

Li Xiao thinks that it is estimated that it is also a huge income to get a cruise ship to come to Xinjiapo to engage in tourism. Why don't you get a travel agency in Cairo and organize a group to travel to Xinjiapo. By the way, I can also publicize the advanced civilization of the Ming Dynasty.

Confucian culture is always humble, and Confucian culture is always cruel. Confucian culture can be inclusive, or it can be arrogant. In China, everything is so simple, everything is so complicated.

There is light and darkness in this land, there is wealth and poverty. There is erudition and wisdom, and there is also ignorance and superstition. This is China, a vast empire of 200 million people on the rise.