There is another important reason why the Europeans are so eager to attack the East Ryukyu Company.

That's because Huaxia already has ports in Europe, and if they don't do it at this time, I'm afraid that in a few months, more Huaxia sail battleships will flock to Europe.

At that time, even if they wanted to use force, they might not be able to do so.

As for the commercial credit advocated by the Dutch, it had long been forgotten by them at this time.

These so-called merchants were originally pirates and robbers, and if it weren't for Huaxia being strong enough, they wouldn't have talked to you about business rules at all.

Now that all the rules are controlled by the Huaxia people, they can only return to the most primitive way to rob.

Of course, the British also had their own considerations for this matter, and chose to do it in Amsterdam, even if Huaxia came in to retaliate, they would vent their anger on the Dutch.

After all, he is still separated from the European continent by an English Channel, and the Chinese army will not be able to threaten him for a while.

The British had already thought that if China sent troops to threaten the Netherlands, he would suggest that the Netherlands transfer all the shipyards and workers to England, so that Britain could fully take over the Dutch shipbuilding industry.

With more sail battleships, the naval supremacy of the British Empire could be ensured.

Even if the Chinese army can wreak havoc on Europe and cannot cross the English Channel, they are also helpless against themselves.

Spain, Portugal and France, on the one hand, wanted to vent their anger because their overseas colonies and strongholds in Asia had been occupied by China.

More because of the wealth of the East Ryukyu Company in Europe and wanted a piece of the pie.

On the seventh day of October in the seventh year of Qianxi (1638), the East Ryukyu Company Chamber of Commerce in Amsterdam, London, Lisbon, Seville, Marseille and other places were all seized by European countries.

They seized Chinese merchant ships, seized merchant houses, and robbed the East Ryukyu Company of its warehouses, as well as gold and silver, as well as a large number of its employees, including many Europeans.

Although the news was received in advance, the assets of the East Ryukyu Company were too large to be transferred in time.

But fortunately, the company's important personnel, as well as the main warship, were withdrawn in time.

As for those possessions, they should be deposited with them for a while, and sooner or later they should be doubled and vomited.

In the waters of the Madeira Islands, 640 kilometers off the coast of Morocco, the Chinese Atlantic Fleet led by Deng Gang is besieging the city of Madeira.

Located southwest of Lisbon, Madeira is the territory of Portugal and the gateway to Europe.

At this time, the armed merchant ships of the East India Company, which had retreated from the Mediterranean Sea and the coasts of France and Spain, had also arrived here to join Deng Gang.

The Atlantic Fleet led by Deng Gang should be the largest fleet in the history of mankind.

There are as many as 38 sail battleships alone, of which the newly launched "Moskva" and "Kiev" sail battleships have a full load displacement of up to 5,200 tons.

The limit of a sail battleship has almost been reached.

The ship was armed with 168 40-pounder guns, and there were as many as 1,200 sailors and combatants on board alone.

In addition to the sail battleships, a large number of thousand-ton destroyers, frigates, and a large number of transport ships were included.

The entire fleet has more than 230 ships and more than 60,000 personnel.

The transport ship also included a landing force of a full twenty thousand people.

The outer wall of the castle of Madeira collapsed in an instant under the bombardment of the Chinese naval guns, and soon the landing Chinese soldiers rushed to the city through the beach.

It didn't take long for the white flag to be raised over the city of Madeira.

After occupying this place, Huaxia finally secured an important supply depot.

Of course, as the commercial center of Europe and the headquarters of the East Ryukyu Company in Europe, the Netherlands was at the heart of the storm.

At this time, a coalition of tens of thousands of Dutch, British, and French troops was storming the headquarters of the East Ryukyu Company on the outskirts of Amsterdam.

It was originally a famous castle called Maiden Castle.

It was built in 1280 by Count Florey V.

After Zheng Zhilong bought this ancient fort, he carried out a large-scale expansion, built two sub-forts around it, expanded a large number of moats, and added hundreds of artillery pieces.

At the same time, 3,000 Chinese regular troops and 2,000 armed personnel of the East Ryukyu Company were stationed here.

The cellars of the castle were stocked with a large amount of food and munitions.

The Triple Alliance had 20,000 troops, and they knew that this kind of fortress would be difficult to conquer in a short time, so they planned to use artillery to destroy the sub-fort on the periphery of the fortress and the surrounding moats.

To this end, they also concentrated hundreds of 24-pounder heavy guns and bombarded Merton Castle indiscriminately.

Although the moat in front of the castle was blown to the ground, the main body of the castle was not too damaged.

The soldiers of Huaxia on the lookout were anxiously using optical rangefinders to mark the location of the enemy's artillery positions.

After a while, Huaxia's artillery had also been adjusted, and there was a fierce bombardment of the coalition artillery positions.

Even without passing through the clairvoyant mirror, the Chinese soldiers in the castle could see several enemy artillery pieces blown into the sky.

After all, the Chinese artillery in the castle has the protection of the castle and is basically intact, but the coalition artillery outside the city is not good, they only have simple bunker protection, and after a whole day of artillery fighting, the hundreds of artillery pieces are directly reimbursed half.

Although there were a large number of naval guns on the battleships outside the harbor, Zheng Zhilong had already taken this into account when selecting the site, and the distance between Merton Castle and the coastline far exceeded the range of naval guns.

But how can you carry out a siege without enough artillery? In the end, the Duke of Hesse, the commander of the coalition forces, was heartbroken and said: "Since the battleship can't hit here, then simply dismantle the ship's guns and transport them here to attack the Chinese fortress." ”

Although this plan was rejected by the naval commander Wilson, it was eventually implemented at the insistence of the Duke of Hesse.

Hundreds of naval guns were dismantled from the battleships of the Combined Fleet and sent to the front.

At first, it was just a few auxiliary warships with naval guns.

However, the firepower of the Chinese people was fierce, and these less powerful 18-pounder guns could not shoot at a range, and they completely became the target of the Chinese people.

In the end, they had to unload 24-pounder guns from their capital ships to siege the city.

However, after all, naval artillery is not a professional land artillery, although the caliber is large and the firing range is long, but it is limited by the elevation angle, and the effect of artillery bombardment is not good.

It is not as good as the howitzer in Huaxia, and it explodes a large area.

The two sides fought against each other for more than ten days, but the coalition forces were never able to suppress the artillery fire of the Chinese.

Li Xingzu said: "Uncle Ryukyus, it can't go on like this, there are more and more naval guns of these foreign devils, and our artillery has begun to be blown up." ”

"Even though we use cement every night to repair the walls, it's not the way to go."

"It's better to invite you into the urn and let them send infantry to attack the city, only if they kill and injure this group of foreign devils, they will stop!"

In the ensuing battle, the Chinese artillery counterattack gradually dwindled, creating a false impression that the coalition forces were running out of artillery.

The Duke of Hesse breathed a sigh of relief and said, "The artillery of this group of Chinese people has finally been extinguished, and now it is time for our European warriors to completely destroy them!" ”

Everyone knows that almost all of the wealth that the East Ryukyu Company scavenged from Europe was here.

Naturally, they were enthusiastic about conquering Merton Castle.

After all, this is the land of the Netherlands, so the Dutch themselves must be obliged.

Soon 3,000 heavily armed Dutch soldiers, under the cover of 2,000 French soldiers, charged towards Merton Castle.

Zheng Zhilong knew that if he opened fire at this time, he would definitely inflict heavy damage on the enemy.

However, in order to cast a long line to catch big fish, in the end, the Chinese gunners resisted the temptation.

It was only when the coalition soldiers entered within 500 meters that they harvested a wave of heads with tiger squat cannons.

After entering the 200 meters, Huaxia's rifle began to wield.

The Huaxia Army here is equipped with the "Qianxi 1638" rifle, which has just been improved this year, and its shooting is more stable, and its service life is longer, and it can meet the needs of continuous high-frequency shooting.

Neither the Dutch nor the British fought against the Chinese army, which was equipped with new rifles, so their tactics remained based on their previous understanding of muskets.

Most of the charging Dutch were wiped out before they could reach the moats in front, especially the Chinese snipers, who targeted the officers of the coalition forces.

In a few moments, the chain of command at the front collapsed.

Without the soldiers under their command, the siege was even more undisciplined, and they kept falling in front of the fortress.

However, the Europeans were also very proficient in muskets, and soon they changed their tactics to trench warfare.

Constantly using the trenches to advance towards the fortress, their casualties were indeed reduced considerably.

Seeing that the enemy was about to dig under the fortress, the Huaxia army had to use a large number of "thunderbolts".

Once these thunderbolts are thrown into the enemy's tunnels, they will inevitably explode in large areas.

The battle was fought with extreme brutality, with more than 3,000 Coalition troops killed in just a few days, and they didn't even touch the walls of the fortress.

The Duke of Hesse's face was unusually ugly, because according to the latest information, the Chinese gathered heavy troops near the border between the former Poland and the Kingdom of Brandenburg after learning of the attack on the Eastern Ryukyu Company.

And the Chinese people let out cruel words, whoever dares to stop the Chinese army from advancing towards Amsterdam, they will destroy whom!

The Netherlands and China are now separated by a Holy Roman Empire, which is not close to each other, but not far away.

The coalition must quickly finish the enemy before they can send troops to help the Holy Roman Empire stop the invasion of China.

So the Duke of Hesse decided to increase the investment of troops on the frontal battlefield.

I saw countless coalition soldiers quickly come to the bottom of Myton Castle through the trenches.

Although the Huaxia army in the city continued to shoot, the coalition forces still took advantage of their numerical superiority to attack.

They were like marmots, desperately rushing towards the slope of the fortress.

Seeing that he was about to ascend to the second floor of the fortress, the Duke of Hesse also showed a long-lost smile on his face.

The coalition forces have already paid the price of five or six thousand men, and now they can finally make up for the losses.

Seeing more and more European soldiers rushing up the slope, Zheng Zhilong decided to use the secret weapon - the "Li Yaozu machine gun".

This machine gun was designed and manufactured by Li Yaozu, the fourth prince of China.

Li Yaozu referred to Zhao Shizhen's "Artifact Spectrum" and designed a manual multi-barreled rotary machine gun.

The Li Yaozu machine gun uses six 14.7 mm barrels in a circle, equipped with metal shells, the shooter shakes the crank to rotate the barrel, and the gun is loaded with bullets to fire, and its maximum rate of fire can exceed 200 rounds per minute.

And this machine gun has already been tested in actual combat, a few months ago in southern India, the Huaxia army used only 2 "Li Yaozu machine guns" to block a valley, and shot thousands of indigenous Indians who tried to attack them in ten minutes.

"Burst, Burst, Burst"

With Zheng Zhilong's order, Huaxia's machine gunner began to pull the trigger, and then the "Li Yaozu machine gun" spun rapidly, and countless bullets were fired from the chamber of the gun in an instant.

In just two minutes, all the coalition forces charging forward were defeated.

The Heavy excitedly spun the gun, while the Spinner nervously loaded the bullet into the gun.

When they had finished firing, they found that all the enemies in front of them had fallen, and except for a few who had been wounded by the bullet and fell to the ground and wailed in pain, there was no one left who could stand up.

In just a few minutes, the coalition forces lost thousands of casualties.

And with such a machine-gun blocked passage, categorically no one will be able to break through the blockade.

Before the Duke of Hesse could give the order, the surviving soldiers on the battlefield retreated like a tidal wave.

Where is this war, clearly sending people to death?

Just when the Allies had nothing to do with Merton Castle, a Chinese fleet sailed into the English Channel.

They traveled north from Madeira and bombarded the ports of Spain, Portugal and France in Seville, Lisbon, Valencia, Bordeaux and Calais.

Everywhere they went, the Europeans' docks were almost bombed into ruins.

The old Galen galleons of the Spaniards and the Grape were no match for the Chinese sail battleships, and they were sunk almost immediately after the battle.

They now arrived at Portsmouth, the most important military port in the southwest of England.

Not only is there a detachment of more than 40 warships of the Royal Navy, but there are also two 2,800-ton sail battleships.

But when they saw this Atlantic Fleet in China, they were directly stunned on the spot, hundreds of battleships, more than 30 sail battleships.

The Royal Navy, which has always been known for its bravery, also began to hesitate.

Their two sail battleships still sailed out of the harbor without hesitation, trying to break through the blockade of the Chinese.

But the result is predictable, with just one salvo, they sank to the bottom of the sea.

The other ships anchored in the harbor, along with the entire Portsmouth Harbour, were set on fire.

After that, the Atlantic Fleet swept through British ports, and Liverpool, Dublin, and Dover were attacked.

However, they did not choose to continue attacking London, but went to Amsterdam in the Netherlands!

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