Non-professional writers, there is no way to control their time, this is a sad problem, today is Lao Cheng's script delivery day, three consecutive all-nighters, more than 50,000 words, tired about to collapse, there are still more than 20 minutes today, and the update is really not coded.Get rid of everyone and give it a chance, it's really not for any anti-theft, refresh it in two hours, or read it again tomorrow morning, no matter how late it is today, the new chapter will definitely be coded out.Thank you very much for your understanding and support, at this update speed, there are still hundreds of books to order, no matter how difficult Lao Cheng is, he must finish this book.Spain in Central America and the Caribbean: Not to mention this, which was once Spain's source of wealth, such as Mexico, Cuba, Haiti, and the Dominican Republic, which were all Spanish colonies.It's just that these areas became British and French colonies after the decline of Spain, so these places are not exclusively Spanish-based, but French or English, and of course Mexico, the largest country in the region, is still Spanish-based.Because the natural environment of North America was inferior to that of South and Central America in the agricultural era, Spain did not occupy much of North America, mainly in a few parts, most of which were in the current United States.The first is Florida, which was half sold by Spain and half given to the United States, followed by Louisiana, these places, Quanxu also wants.Of course, Quan Xu can also go directly to rob, but as long as the Ming Dynasty grabs the Spanish colonies, then it will obviously accelerate the decline of the Spanish Empire, after the decline of Spain, like the Netherlands, Portugal, France and the United Kingdom, have risen successively, and the Ming Dynasty only occupies a temporary advantage, and will face endless wars in the future.Supporting the aging tiger of Spain is the established national policy of Quan Xu and the Ming court.When it comes to the specific terms and content of the contract, it is necessary for the professionals of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to negotiate.Seeking benefits for the people and subjects of the Ming Empire, this is the problem that Quan Xu should consider as the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, in fact, the Ming Dynasty still has a lot of problems at present, and there are still many unstable factors inside, and the diehard gentry is the biggest hidden danger.In addition to the gentry problem, there are other ethnic issues, clan issues, and of course, the Ming Dynasty is also the most troublesome problem of the gap between the rich and the poor in all dynasties.There is no doubt that the richest place in the Ming Dynasty is not like the coastal area of later generations, but the Liaodong region of the Ming Dynasty, and the current Liaodong refers to the entire Shanhaiguan Customs, including the relatively poor Heishui Province, Burleigh Province and Beizhen Province, Liaoyang Province is currently the most populous province in Liaodong, with a population of more than 30 million people.At the same time, it is also a highly developed area of the Ming Dynasty, and the degree of prosperity even exceeds that of Beijing and Nanjing, but the people are still very poor in places such as Henan's western Henan, as well as Sichuan, Yunnan and Guizhou, of course, the people of this era are very simple, and they can't even eat when Zhu is in the Ming Dynasty.Now they can at least eat and have clothes to wear, but they don't have much money.Quan Xu wants to develop the economy of the four Sichuan and Kangding provinces, and there is no special good way.Some people say that China's steel resources are abundant, which can be compared with Australia, and China's iron ore is actually nothing.Australia has iron ore with a grade of up to 60 or 70 percent, and there is no boundary, and the coal mined can be directly exposed.Although Quan Xu gave Australia to Chongzhen, but the resources on it were not sent out, Australia's economic form is very simple, mining is sold to Daming, Daming has absolute pricing power, how much money, Daming has the final say.At present, many steel mills in Daming are processing with supplied materials.Iron ore comes either from Australia, New Zealand or North Korea, or from Indochina, and people in remote inland areas need to migrate in large numbers.Specifically in the territory of the Ming Dynasty, there is no privileged class, will not bully others, will not be treated differently, and will not fall into the ground, whether it is a foreigner or a local, hard work, pragmatism and efficiency is the only criterion to measure everything.A flock led by a lion can be turned into a lion.A lion pack led by a sheep, the lion will also become a sheep.This truth is so simple, yet so profound.During the Ming Dynasty of the Zhu family, the people of the Ming Dynasty were cowardly, numb, and bloodless.However, during this period, the Ming people were not easy to mess with, which was a common perception among Europeans and Arabs.In the vast sea, in addition to the British Royal Navy as pirates to plunder everywhere, the Dutch, Portuguese and French are all pirates, the so-called European Age of Discovery, in fact, is the era of great pirates, but also the era of piracy legal.No matter how kind the people in the Ming Dynasty are, once they get to the sea, they will become unstoppable, and most importantly, they will become extremely crazy.In addition to the merchant ships of the Ming Dynasty traveling in groups, there is another characteristic, that is, they will never surrender until the last soldier fights.If the sea really can't stop the pirates from boarding the ship, sink themselves or blow up their own ship so that the pirates get nothing.In this case, the pirates will go around when they encounter the merchant ships of the Ming Dynasty.Of course, there is another situation, the merchant ships of the Ming Dynasty will take advantage of loopholes, although Quan Xu will not load advanced artillery on merchant ships, nor will merchants be allowed to have them, he is worried that merchants will sell these advanced artillery to Europeans for profit.However, such as rapid-fire Furlong guns and old front-loading smoothbore guns, this is not the case.Therefore, the Ming merchant ships are usually equipped with a large number of Franco-type sub-mother guns, although this kind of artillery has a short range, the strike effect on the warship is not very good, but the strike effect on pirates is surprisingly good.It's like the Fran machine artillery, which can even hit the rate of fire of a mortar.Although Quanxu does not allow merchant ships to be equipped with rifles or light and heavy machine guns, there is no restriction on ordinary firearms, and the Thunderbolt gun, which was invented more than ten years ago, has become a machine gun similar to Gatling if it has been improved.The most frustrating is Nanyang Kang Ji Nian, who is a fireworkman himself, but he had a whimsical idea to improve the thunderbolt that can fire in eighteen bursts, he uses twenty-eight barrels, and packs them together to form a large barrel, a one-time charge, which can shoot twenty-eight lead bullets in a row.What's even more speechless is that he directly purchased the seamless steel tube purchased by Quan Xu from later generations, with a caliber of 26 mm, this original version of the heavy machine gun can shoot at a range of 120 steps, and of course weighs more than 300 catties.Of course, this kind of heavy machine gun is not a problem at all on the ship, and this kind of thunderbolt with twenty-eight rounds can also be said to be a pirate's nightmare, as long as they dare to board the merchant ship of the Ming Dynasty, they will be beaten into a sieve by this thunderbolt.Jaffna Daming's expeditionary force to India successfully joined the division, but on the issue of leaving or staying, Major Zhao Yunfeng, had a disagreement with Major General Hua'an."
General Hua, we can't go!"
Zhao Yunfeng's hometown is in the Taihang Mountains of Shanxi, and a little flat land will be rare to become a treasure, but in Jaffna, it has more than 1,000 square kilometers of land, and it is a tropical rainforest.It is almost the area of a county in Daming, how can it be said that you will give up?
That's too much of a loser.After living here for a while, Zhao Yunfeng fell in love with this place, where there are a lot of seafood, coconut, mango and other fruits, and rice that can be planted three times a year.The Portuguese were on the verge of a great enemy, and deployed what little troops the colonial government had in Srilaka on the border of the Jaffna Peninsula.Of course, the Portuguese's troops could not effectively cover more than 20 kilometers of the border, and the desperate posture put on by the Portuguese was to scare people, and it might be useful to scare those Tamils or Sinhalese, but for other forces, it could only be hehe.In this way, only Britain and France are qualified to touch Sri Lanka, but Britain and France are now focusing on the Thirty Years' War on their own soil, and in the form of European melee, no country can stay out of it, and they are not in the mood to pay attention to the colonies of Sri Lanka, nor do they have the energy to consider the expansion of the colonies.So in the end, I don't know which one will be cheaper, and this certainly does not include the Spaniards, who have been eliminated."
Our purpose is to strike at the Wommore Empire!""
It's not a conflict!"
Zhao Yunfeng said with confidence: "Leave my people behind, give me five more base ammunition, and I can open up territory for Your Majesty!"
”He is a smart person, in the Daming Expeditionary Army, there are more than fifty officers at the regiment commander level alone, and there are seven colonels and brigade commanders, no matter who is in charge, it will not be Zhao Yunfeng's turn.Zhao Yunfeng is willing to open up an overseas territory in Jaffna that belongs to the Ming Dynasty.However, at this moment, on the sea about twenty nautical miles northwest of the Jaffna Strait, on the Ganning that was patrolling, Captain Su woke up in his sleep and was woken up by his own soldiers: "Captain Su!
”"What's going on?""
There's a ship coming head-on for them!""
How many boats?""
More than twenty!"
Wake up and walk up to the deck, and sure enough, he saw a little fire coming in his way from miles away.He said with some depression: "The situation of the sea is really changeable!
”At this time, the guide also ran over, looking at the rapidly approaching fleet on the opposite side, his face turned pale, and shouted, "Yes......
It's a pirate!
”"Pirates?
How can you be sure it's a pirate?
”"The sea in this area is full of reefs, the wind is high and the waves are fierce, the merchant ships dare not sail in the dark at night, only the pirates entrenched in this area will act at night, they are eyeing us!"
Su Xing and the first mate glanced at each other, both of which were capitalized and bold.Pirates actually robbed a warship, what the hell is grandma!
As he spoke, the pirate fleet had dispersed, spreading out in a wild goose formation to the left and right, and was heading towards the left and right flanks of the Ganning.These pirates' boating skills are quite powerful, through the moonlight, you can see their ships shuttling freely in the reef-dense waters, this dangerous sea area is like their backyard, this boating skills, really make the Ming sailors dumbfounded, sighing to themselves.Su Xing raised his wrist and looked at the electronic watch in his hand, and then looked at the sky, in the east, the morning star was shining brightly, and in half an hour at most, the sky would be bright.He didn't take these pirates seriously, there were more than a hundred Ming sailors on board, and if these pirates boarded the ship, they would definitely break into a hornet's nest.If the pirates are not willing to fight in close combat, then it is best, the Ming army's fleet will let them know what justice is from heaven and what humanistic care is!
However, it is dark now, and the Ganning has no experience in night combat since it became an army, so the current situation is quite unfavorable for them.That's right, this is another drawback of the Ming Royal Navy, that is, the serious lack of war experience, the officer Qing Yishui is a rookie who graduated from the Royal Naval Academy, and the sailors are also sailors with no combat experience.Who let the expansion of the Ming Dynasty be too fast, and there is no actual combat experience, the Ming Royal Navy actually relies on advanced weapons and a huge number to bluff people."
Quietly give the order and let all the soldiers get up and get ready for battle!
Don't make a noise so as not to alarm the enemy!
”Wake up and finally come across this opportunity for night battles and actual combat, so it is time to fight pirates and train soldiers.However, the plan did not catch up with the rapid changes, and it was also because of the insufficient experience of awakening, he did not inform the Exocet battleship not far away.When the Exocet spotted the pirate, it immediately fired a red flare."
Woo ......" a red signal flare rushed straight up more than 200 meters high, and it was clearly visible within 10 miles.The pirates had never seen anything like this before, and they all looked up in amazement, looking at the hideous red light in the sky, and they were all amazed.The pirate leader shouted, "They've found us!"
Hurry up, surround them, take a vantage point, and attack as soon as dawn doesn't let them escape!
”The order was quickly conveyed through the light, and the pirate fleet sped up its movements, and in the blink of an eye, it formed an encirclement of Han Suquan's small fleet.However, they did not attack immediately, it was dark and difficult to see, and the cabin was as complicated as a labyrinth, and it was easy to be overshadowed when rushing in, and the pirates would not fall for this, and they would clean you up when it was dawn!
The Ming army did not need to convey orders through lights, and as soon as the flare was fired, everyone woke up.The well-trained soldiers, without even lighting the lights, picked up the guys in the dark, found their respective squad leaders, completed the assembly, and waited for the next order.In the darkness, the officers lowered their voices and gave orders: "We have encountered pirates, we are surrounded, it will be dawn in half an hour at most, and they will attack as soon as it is dawn, we must be prepared!"
Bayonets, knives, sapper shovels, and other hand-to-hand combatants should be prepared, prepare more grenades, and when the pirate ship approaches, we will greet them with grenades!
If they jump into the gang, kill them with bayonets, horizontal knives, and sapper shovels!
Cheer me up, this is the first battle since the establishment of our Ganning, we must fight beautifully, fight cleanly, understand?
”