Emperor Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 681 Occupying Gibraltar in the Mediterranean Sea
The seventeenth century of this world is very different from the original history.

Over the oceans of the world, more and more flags with the word "Ming" of the Ming Empire are flying.

And on the land along the coastline, there are also Chinese inscriptions scattered all over the place.

Anyway, it doesn't cost much to erect a monument.

After finding an island with abundant water and grass, and erecting a monument to declare that this is the territory of Ming Dynasty, no one will come to argue.

The footsteps of the Han people have spread all over the world, and the Han civilization has also spread everywhere along with the routes of the ships.

The ancient Ming Empire was no stranger to the sea.

Even if Zheng Chenggong and the Ming ironclad ship "Zhongshanwang" under his command sailed in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of East Africa, they could still see the honorable vassals of the Ming Dynasty who came to these places to venture to open up their own territory, holding rifles and spears. The natives were fighting.

It was still the natives who suffered the disastrous defeat, and even the Western colonists could reverse this ending.

And the Ming African Fleet didn't even need to intervene.

The private armies of these noble kings of the Ming Dynasty are like daughter cells separated from the mother cell of the central imperial court of the Ming Dynasty, devouring other civilizations on this earth.

Some methods are more gentle, only killing the leader but not the clan.

And some methods are very cruel, slaughtering the whole family regardless of men, women and children.

The empire doesn't care about them.

The laws of the Empire do not govern them either.

Because from the very beginning, Emperor Zhu Youjian of the Ming Dynasty had given them everything here, and they just came to get back what belonged to them or to dispose of what belonged to them.

The "fusion" between human civilization and human civilization is staged on the vast African continent.

At this time, the Han civilization is capable of defeating other civilizations in terms of soft power and hard power.

After being baptized by guns and guns, Confucian schools began to be built one after another. Confucianism was gradually shelved in the Ming Dynasty, but it gradually became prominent overseas.

"At the beginning of human beings, one's nature is inherently good" became the first Chinese language learned by the aborigines who were overwhelmed by guns.

Chinese buildings with double eaves are like mushrooms growing in the mountains after the rain, popping up in various continents, and many of the bricks and stones used in these buildings are even part of the former Western churches.

Boom boom boom!
Boom boom boom!
Boom boom boom!
The ironclad ship "Zhongshan Wang" continued to sail in the Atlantic Ocean with a team of battleships.

This piece of blue sea where there were only Western battleships is now being wrecked by the "Zhongshanwang".

Thick smoke gurgled out, and the iron tower and turret condensed the crystallization of the imperial machinery industry, and were hundreds of years ahead of this era.

Zheng Chenggong was wearing a python robe, looking at the Strait of Gibraltar, he couldn't help but said, "This estuary will belong to our Ming Empire from now on, is the stone tablet ready?"

"Report to the governor, everything is ready!"

A naval officer replied.

"Very well, pass on the order, speed up the sailing, and enter the Strait of Gibraltar. The bastards in the cabinet were beaten back home by a small Francophone. They only know how to look for His Majesty crying. Today we can't save face for the cabinet in vain. The mouth of the Strait of Gibraltar must be in our hands, and the French country must give it if it is given, or give it if it does not give it!"

Zheng Chenggong smiled coldly as he spoke.

And not long after, Frangji also dispatched his invincible fleet, and a hundred battleships appeared in front of the Daming African Fleet like an overwhelming mountain.

But the ironclad ship "Zhongshan Wang" is still half a head taller than them.

Frangji's Armada is still in the battle line formation.

This is a tactic invented by the Netherlands.

It is the most typical and peak tactic of sailing warships. The line of fire formed by hundreds of battleships forming a battle line is a huge destructive force.

But the Ming iron armored ship "Zhongshanwang" is your battle line.

"fire!"

The giant cannon of the central turret is like a nimble fat child, and it is easy to push out the huge 65-jin artillery shell from a long distance. .

Franji's sailing warship couldn't withstand the bombardment of nitrate explosives. In a moment, sawdust flew across, and the whole ship was like an exploded balloon, spraying flames on the sea.

And the battleship of Frangji also fired its guns, and the barrage formed by hundreds of invincible battleships smashed into the sea area in front of the ironclad ship "Zhongshanwang", forming a brilliant white rain curtain.

At the moment when the sound of water slid into the sea, the second round of artillery shells from the Ming ironclad ship "Zhongshanwang" came over again, directly blowing up the second Frang machine warship.

Frangji's Armada is still resisting, after all, behind them is their territorial sovereignty.

They continued to fire shells.

But it still can only create a romantic rain curtain on the sea as if performing a show for Zheng Chenggong.

and.

The line of sight of the iron-clad ship "Zhongshan Wang" was not affected at all, and it continued to destroy Frangji's battleship from a commanding height.

Perhaps the commander of the Francine Armada realized that it was impossible to damage the Daming ironclad ship, so he directly changed direction and rushed towards the ironclad ship "Zhongshanwang" like a pack of wolves chasing sheep.

But the Ming ironclad ship "Zhongshan Wang" is a tiger, not a sheep.

The powerful Daming iron armored ship "Zhongshanwang" was coming directly towards it, and the nearby one hit directly, and the hard iron armor was like a rock, knocking over the Frang machine warship, which was as fragile as an egg.

In the distance, cannon shells hit the past, and even if they didn't explode directly, they would break the mast and damage the cabin.

Even if there are skilled Frang machine warships sticking to the wall and parallel to the ironclad ship without colliding with them, in an attempt to engage in a boarding battle, intensive machine gun fire and chain bomb shooting can still make the Frang fighters on these Frang machine warships All officers and soldiers were annihilated.

The entire intact Franji battleship floated in the Atlantic Ocean like an empty haunted house.

The Armada began to retreat.

They admitted that they really couldn't fight, and fled directly.

At this time, the ironclad warships of the Guards directly chased after them, and the battleships of the Ming Dynasty also chased after them, and when they caught one, they beat them to death.

It was not until the Strait of Gibraltar that the Ming African Fleet stopped pursuing, and the iron-clad ship "Zhongshan Wang" arrived outside the port of Gibraltar. This is what Ming really wanted.

Daming also laid out its own battle line, dozens of warships capsized hundreds of shells near the port of Gibraltar, and most of the western ships in the port of Gibraltar were destroyed.

The Ming iron-clad ship "Zhongshan Wang" smashed away the piled up piles of wood debris and sank anchor at a pier in Millea in the port of Gibraltar.

Other battleships also docked one after another.

Five thousand infantry marines, five hundred cavalry, and five hundred machine artillery went ashore.

Zheng Chenggong also went ashore under the escort of [-] guards. Seeing a church with Gothic architectural features standing in front of him, he ordered: "Bomb it first! Declare your sovereignty!"

The three howitzers were pushed over and began to adjust their direction, aiming at the gorgeous and towering church and the cross on it.

(End of this chapter)