I really don't want to be emperor at the end of Ming Dynasty

The members of the Dutch expedition are now very collapsed. Have they ever seen a ship with so many people attacking them? Although pirates on the sea now usually adopt the method of wolf attack, launching an attack with dozens or hundreds of small speedboats.

But the problem is, now that Ming Dynasty has entered their ships, there are almost no small ships, and at least medium-sized ships, that is, 600-ton ships. So many ships are attacking them in an overwhelming manner. In their view, they No amount of resistance is in vain.

The first one to hit the target was actually not the Royal Navy of the Ming Dynasty. There was no way. The Royal Navy was a little late when it received the news. With the victory of the Ming Dynasty's foreign war, the people's morale and morale also increased. After learning that the military was going to deal with the Dutch, I hope that the people Ships provided information on the movements of the Dutch.

What I didn’t say, just fuck him and that’s it.

The Ming Dynasty's military merit reward system was not only honored to sergeants, but also to the common people. This system originated when Cheng Shijie led Ning Haijun to occupy Haizhou. At that time, Ning Haijun did not have an absolute advantage over Jian Nu, and the common people were also very scared when they saw Jian Nu. Therefore, Cheng Shijie issued a stipulation that anyone who kills the enemy in any way, whether by poisoning, sneak attack, laying traps, or sap, can obtain military merit rewards, that is, reward land. If he does not want the land, he can also obtain the corresponding value. of property.

The first person to suffer under this system was Mang Gurtai. The elite slaves under his command were betrayed by the militia. In this era, the sea is a paradise for warriors. No matter it is the Ming Dynasty or Europe, anyone who dares to sail out to sea There are certainly no cowards in this world. Each of these guys is bolder than the last.

The Eastern's naval gun was purchased from the Royal Navy. This is a Dutch-style thirty-six-pound heavy naval gun. Since it is a front-loading smoothbore gun, the distance of 400 meters is completely dependent on luck. However, the Vostok's naval gun was more than a thousand meters away and hit the Dutch expedition's "Popeye" battleship with one shot.

This was a third-class battleship. The thirty-six-pound shell directly hit the main mast. The main mast, which was more than ten feet high, was broken into two pieces on the spot. The fallen main mast and sails instantly smashed seven pieces of the deck. Bits and pieces.

"So accurate?"

"Accident, accident, purely accident!"

The Ming Dynasty's armed merchant ships and civilian ships on the battlefield blocked almost all offensive positions. The Zhanzhou fleet looked at the civilian ships fighting fiercely and said angrily: "Steal our jobs!"

What made the Dutch expedition extremely desperate was that the Ming Dynasty's navy was still a bystander, and the Ming Dynasty's merchant ships and civilian ships beat them until they could no longer take care of themselves.

The Dutch, who have always liked to use strong ships and cannons to bully backward countries, experienced the situation of being surrounded by other people's strong ships and cannons. In the huge encirclement, there were many Ming ships, but the Dutch cannons were not included. within the shooting range, but used cannons from the outside to shoot blindly.

Although the accuracy is hopelessly poor, the problem is that when the number is large enough, the accuracy will improve, especially the one who is beaten. The Dutch feel that the Ming Dynasty's naval cannons are accurate, so that's it, but those Merchant ships are also deadly accurate.

This is actually like beating the old master to death with random punches. In rough seas, if a warship wants to hit its target, it must fire at the moment when the waves rise. If it is later or earlier, the waves will move the ship and the gun barrel out. But the sailors on the armed merchant ships didn't care. They just kept their heads in the right direction and fired.

To say that a businessman is shrewd is a real thing. The militiamen cooperate with the army with their own weapons and ammunition. The army will replenish the ammunition consumed in the battle. However, the problem is that the ammunition has a service life. Over time, many ammunition will no longer be usable. It is also true that these civilian ships are so active. They want the military to guarantee them and clear out the expired ammunition.

"Boom boom..."

For a time, the battlefield was filled with gunfire and gunfire, and screams and explosions from Dutch warships were heard from time to time. Now the Dutch had a taste that they dared not let out in the air. This sense of suffocation made them almost bite. Broken tooth!

"Boom, boom, boom, boom..."

Feeling insulted, the Dutch artillerymen rushed to light the fire. The cannons mounted on the battleships roared like thunder. The lead balls roared out from the barrels wrapped in flames, slamming into the Ming ships that came to attack. .

"Just fire! If you can hit it, I lose!"

Nonsense, the distance between the two sides is now more than one thousand meters, and the Dutch use front-loading smoothbore cannons. There are only a few cannons involved in the shooting. It's a ghost if they can hit! No, artillery shells are flying all over the sky, one after another, the error is almost measured in kilometers!

The angry Dutch threw out expensive explosives regardless of cost. These explosives were quite impressive and they all exploded. However, the result was extremely frustrating. They didn't even touch the opponent's bombs, they just exploded. Several fish watching the fun were killed.

In the eyes of the Dutch, they had clearly hung up the white flag and surrendered, but the problem was that the Ming people seemed not to see it. All the ships stopped outside the range and fired at them. This silent mockery almost made the Dutch angry. Crazy, they roared with red eyes: "Fire! Fire! Blast that bastard into a pulp for me!"

The Dutch soldiers cleaned the barrels of the cannons and reloaded them as quickly as possible.

The Ming people are so hateful. In fact, the Dutch have really wronged the Ming people. The Ming people just feel that the Netherlands is smart enough. Of the five expedition ships, only one is a third-class battleship and three are thousand-ton class. An armed merchant ship, a 600-ton fifth-level frigate.

Faced with more than 200 Ming merchant ships, plus more than 30 warships of the Royal Navy who were watching the excitement, they actually dared to resist. It was just a commendable courage.

Due to the smoke filled with gunfire, the Ming people did not see the white flag hanging up at all. In fact, as soon as the Dutch white flag was hung up, it was hit by a Ming artillery shell, and even the white flag fell into the sea.

After the Dutch discovered that neither solid lead balls nor blooming bullets could do anything to them, the Dutch artillerymen unexpectedly switched to chain bombs!

You must know that this chain bullet cannot be fired casually. It will cause serious wear and tear on the barrel of the gun. If the chain bullet is fired blindly, the entire gun will be easily disabled.

Therefore, chain bombs are generally equipped with naval guns and are used to attack the sails and masts of enemy warships and kill the personnel on the deck. But now the Dutch are so angry that they don't care so much. If there is anything useful or cruel, they can just smash it over their heads. If they can kill the people of Ming Dynasty, they will be rewarded.

But the navy of the Ming Dynasty would not just stay back and watch them fire the main guns of the Ming Dynasty's merchant ships and dozens of warships. These were all four-inch naval guns with a caliber of 28 times fired at the same time. A row of high-explosive shells flew over and hit the surroundings of the Dutch warship. The water column surged and the sea water flew wildly. The Dutch soldiers were soaked in the water again. The most terrible thing was Unfortunately, a lot of the gunpowder was soaked by the water jets, which made them even vomit blood.

"What a bully!" This scene made the Dutch army despair. The Ming Dynasty's artillery has an overwhelming advantage over the Netherlands' most advanced front-loading smoothbore cannon in terms of rate of fire, range, and accuracy. Not to mention the power of the artillery shells. Once the artillery fires over, it will hit the enemy within a radius of fifteen meters. There is no doubt that he will be killed or injured within a radius of 25 meters. What cannon can have such terrifying power?

This is a weapon belonging to the devil!

The navy took action. Although the first round of artillery fire did not hit the target, it successfully fired near-misses. It caused dozens of water jets on the Dutch warship on Thursday, causing dozens of Dutch artillery to misfire. At that time, it was only a temporary misfire. They also You can get gunpowder from the cabin and continue firing.

In the third round, they successfully hit the target. This time it was the unlucky battleship Popeye. Who allowed their main body temperature to be destroyed? Losing the main mast is equivalent to the main engine being scrapped, and the speed suddenly slows down. It is easier to hit fixed targets than moving targets.

With just one shell, the Dutch sailors were scattered with blood and flesh. Several of them were even thrown up by the shock wave of the explosion and then fell down hard, shattering into pieces. A cannon that was reloading in a race against time was overturned. Almost all the artillerymen were spared, and they were all blown to pieces. The area near the gun position was a mess of bones and flesh, and it was terrible to see.

To make matters worse, the Popeye rose up in flames and turned into a huge torch. Countless Dutch soldiers jumped into the sea in a hurry. They would rather jump into the sea than turn into a roasted suckling pig.

The expedition leader Fernand was trembling all over, with blood on his face, and murmured: "Devils... these demons! This is a weapon belonging to the devil!"

The captain of the Popeye waited for Duncan to be rescued with great difficulty. Looking at the Popeye that turned into a torch, he tore his beard and hair and screamed: "My battleship, my battleship..."

The expedition was not the Dutch Navy, nor was it affiliated with the Dutch East India Company, but belonged to Duncan's private property. He rushed to the edge of the deck desperately. His only property was gone. He would rather die if he lived. , dead sailors, and injured sailors, he is responsible for it, it is better to die cleanly.

But the problem was, several Dutch soldiers held him up and dragged him to a safe place. He punched and kicked him, screamed and howled, as if he was crazy, and there was no trace of his aristocratic demeanor!

"This battle was too easy, wasn't it!?"

"Who says otherwise? If everyone plays like this, this war will be unwinnable!"

Shen Tingyang squinted his eyes to indicate what kind of tactics he was talking about. Testing is all for you war scumbags. My tactic is to lock the main force of the enemy fleet, charge!

Feeling that I had almost had enough fun, two rounds of rocket launchers passed by and everything was over.

Of course, for the Dutch expedition, everything is over. The entire expedition, with five ships and more than 360 people, all died, and no one survived. I am afraid that they will not know until their death how many animals caused their death. koala.

Although for the Dutch expedition, the war ended with their deaths, for Ming Dynasty, this was just the beginning.

Catherine in Beijing is very frustrated. Cheng Shijie is not easy to deal with. This guy seems to be both greedy and lustful, but once these key technologies are involved, the magic of beauty and money will all fail, and you can use hard words, coercion, or inducement. , he just didn’t nod!

Thinking of that abominable guy, Catherine was so filled with hatred that she could die if you sold me two new naval guns. I won’t miss your money!

What's more, Venice is now a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty?

Antony was also frustrated. He did not know what happened in the Banda Sea. However, in response to his request to become a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty, his original intention was to target the Venetian City-State Republic. The Ming Dynasty only garrisoned the Venetian City-State Republic. Six thousand soldiers, half of Crete was set aside for the Ming Dynasty as a garrison.

Venice undertook all the garrison expenses of the Ming Dynasty, as well as the logistical supplies of more than 6,000 soldiers. In addition, the Ming Dynasty did not ask much from Venice. The governor of Venice was still the governor, and they did not interfere with how to manage Venice. Moreover, Venice also It has the most preferential trade rights with Ming Dynasty.

This is much more than the military expenditure. You must know that Venice's garrison expenditure is only 300,000 taels of silver, and the average soldier is only equivalent to 50 taels of silver.

Even if Anthony proposed that Ming Dynasty could station 20,000 troops in East India and they could provide military expenditures of no less than four million taels of silver per year, the problem was that Ming Dynasty would not speak up.

This hurt Anthony very much. Why?

What Anthony didn't know was that in the Ming Dynasty's strategic plan, the East India Company was very close to the Ming Dynasty. Although most of these territories were not rich in resources, the problem was that the strategic position was very important. Only by winning the East India Company , Nanyang is the true inland sea of ​​the Ming Dynasty.

Anthony thought of a good way and gave Cheng Shijie a big toy.

This big toy is actually a submarine. The concept of a submarine has been around for a long time. From the 15th century to the early 16th century, Leonardo da Vinci proposed the idea of ​​a submarine.

In 1620, the first submarine was built by the Dutch-born Englishman Cornelius James Dybor. It was mainly based on the former's design, and the propulsion was generated by a human-operated oar. But some people think that it is just "a bell-shaped thing tied under the surface ship" and cannot be regarded as a submarine at all.

From 1620 to 1624, two improved versions were tested on the Thames. However, submarines at this time can only be regarded as toys for rich people and have no practical value.

This large toy is about eight meters long and two meters in diameter. It can carry five people. Through the glass window of the submarine, you can see the fish in the water. Using two human pedals, it can carry five or six people per hour. Moving forward at a speed of kilometers.

The shell of this large toy is made of oak. In the Netherlands and Europe, it is a toy for the rich. It even comes with a double bed, two bathrooms, and a fishing platform.

When Cheng Shijie saw this thing, he was surprised: "Here I go, it's actually a submarine!"

After Anthony's explanation, it was discovered that this submersible was powered by manpower, was very slow, and was of no military value. However, in Cheng Shijie's view, this kind of thing could be expanded. The Ming Dynasty had steam engines, and they could try to use them. Steam engine driven. (End of chapter)