Daming Military Empire

Chapter 700 The great powers surrendered and signed a peace treaty

A peace talk broke up in such an unhappy way, and the representatives of the anti-Habsburg powers left in a panic, but Zheng Zhilong, who was the party involved, didn't respond at all, just watched them walk out of the meeting room quietly, with a look on his face. Even with a sneer.

He believes that these people will come back, and the conditions will be even harsher then!

This time he came with not only the giant treasure ship and ten super battleships parked in Lisbon port, but also hundreds of armed blessing ships.

It's just that the hundreds of armed blessing boats did not come to Lisbon with him, but went to the Ming army base at the mouth of the Guadiana River.

The ship is nothing but the latest high-explosive shells developed by the Ministry of Industry of the Ming Dynasty, and tens of thousands of skilled workers from Dongda Construction Shipyard.

Right now, they are stepping up to modify the naval guns of the [-] iron-clad battleships. As long as the naval guns are remodeled, the [-] iron-clad battleships can fire high-explosive shells. Blast them all to him!

The anti-Habsburg alliance powers did not know that the Ming Empire had created new weapons. After they returned, they gathered in the French port city of Calais to discuss the next countermeasures.

This negotiation really made Richelier very angry. He originally wanted to swallow his anger, and first fooled the Ming Empire to retreat, but now it seems that it is impossible.

The conditions put forward by the Ming Empire are simply too outrageous. If they open up the treaty ports and reduce the army and navy, if they really do what they say, then there is no chance of turning around.

Soft ones are not enough, then only hard ones are available.

No matter how powerful the iron-clad warships of the Ming army were, there was still nothing they could do to face bastions and forts. For the current plan, the only way to do so was to build bastions and forts desperately in various important ports.

For this reason, they even brought back all the troops that invaded Spain and Portugal to strengthen the defense of important ports.

This is a little troublesome, but it can withstand the attack of the Ming Empire.

I believe that it is impossible for the Ming Empire to fight indefinitely, at most a year, if they can't fight, they will definitely withdraw their troops. After all, whether it is food, supplies or weapons and ammunition, it will cost a lot to transport them from the Far East.

Their thinking seems to be normal. If there is no accident, they may indeed withstand the attack of Ming Dynasty, but the problem is that Zhu Cijiong, the Emperor of the Ming Empire, was an accident. How could Zhu Cijiong, who came through time, have nothing to do with them!

The method has been thought out, and the things are done. Right now, Zheng Chenggong is testing the attack power of high-explosive shells at the Ming army base at the mouth of the Guadiana River.

Good guy, that one shot can blast a big hole in the concrete city wall, which is a terrifying lethality in the middle of the crowd!
What Zheng Chenggong thinks is different from what Zhu Cijiong thinks. Zhu Cijiong believes that the bastion or fortress must be destroyed in order to take down the city wall, but Zheng Chenggong knows that there is no need to destroy the city wall and kill all the people inside Bombardment can still attack the bastions and forts.

With such a sharp weapon, tactics are no longer important. Three days later, just after the transformation of one hundred ironclad battleships was completed, Zheng Chenggong led the combined fleet to set off.

This time, he didn't bring any armored chariots. With high-explosive shells, he didn't need any armored chariots. He just brought [-] elite troops with him, ready to take over the defense of Calais and the port of Dover.

After sailing at full speed for three days, the combined fleet of the Habsburg Alliance of Ming Dynasty arrived outside the port of Calais again.

At this time, the port of Calais is strengthening its defenses and building new bastions and forts. The anti-Habsburg alliance has not yet developed the cement, so the speed of building bastions and forts cannot be compared with that of the Ming army. The base of the bastion and fort has just been built, and there is nothing on it.

Zheng Chenggong didn't care what they were doing, and directly ordered a hundred ironclad warships to line up and approach the forts and bastions of the port one by one, preparing to take turns to run and bomb.

Seeing the enemy's old routine, the French defender couldn't help laughing and crying. Didn't he try it last time? Why are you still here?

After much deliberation, he still couldn't figure out what the United Fleet of the Habsburg Alliance was trying to do. It had failed last time, so could it be different this time?
If it's different, it's because it's different on my side.

Now, although the new bastion and fort have not been completed, the number of defenders in the port has more than doubled. In terms of defense, it must be much stronger than last time, so he didn't approach it slowly at all. The more than a hundred ironclad battleships in the army took it seriously, but ordered his subordinates to load shells and prepare for bombardment.

Soon, the first ironclad warship in the lead entered the bombardment range of the artillery, "boom boom boom", both sides opened fire at the same time.

The shells flying out of the bastion and the turret were still the same as last time. At most, they could smash the surface of the armored battleship's deck into pits, but they had no destructive power at all.

The shells fired by the armored battleships are different. The power is terrifying. It is better to hit the city wall, but it just creates a big hole. The shells in the bastion and on the fort are terrible. Within a range of more than ten meters, as long as there are people, there will be blood and flesh flying everywhere!
The first round of fifty shells fell, and the bastion guard was startled dumbfounded by the sight in front of him.

Is this a cannonball or a giant gunpowder keg? Even if you throw a powder keg the size of a beer keg over, it's impossible to cause so much damage.

Just as he was dazed, the iron-clad battleships of the Ming army had already formed a long line on the sea outside the port. The terrifying shells rained down, and debris and flesh flew everywhere. It was covered in a layer of blood mist!
Miserable, simply too miserable, there are no bunkers at the moment, the people on the bastions and forts are just standing there and being shelled, the lethality is only huge, as you can imagine.

Before all the [-] armored battleships passed the bastions and forts of the port, the French army on the ground was bombarded and collapsed. They may have the courage to line up and shoot, but they line up to be shelled, and the lethality is so terrifying Cannonball, no one has the courage.

Just kidding, line up to be shot, you may not die after a few shots, this bombardment will immediately be torn apart, who would dare to stand there stupidly and be bombarded!
In less than half an hour, all the bastions and forts in the entire Port of Calais that could run away, leaving only fragments and artillery that were too late to move.

Seeing this, Zheng Chenggong immediately ordered the armored battleship to stop running and bombing, and the armored cruiser carrying the soldiers of the Tianxiong Army immediately docked.

Soon, [-] Ming soldiers occupied all the bastions and forts in the port, and the French defenders were gone!

As soon as the bastion and fort were taken down, Zheng Chenggong immediately ordered the armored cruiser to open the way ahead, followed by the iron-clad battleship, rushing directly into the port, while other warships surrounded the entire port.

At this time, there were more than [-] remaining battleships of the French Navy in the port of Calais. In front of the powerful ironclad warships, they had no room to resist at all.

In less than an hour, the Daming Habsburg United Fleet occupied the entire Port of Calais, and all the French troops in it who had not had time to escape, whether it was the army or the navy, surrendered!
After occupying the port of Calais, Zheng Chenggong did not stop to rest. Instead, he led the four major fleets of the Ming army to the opposite port of Dover, while the Spanish and Portuguese fleets were left by him to assist the soldiers of the Tianxiong Army to clean up the battlefield and defend. port.

Next, Zheng Chenggong took the port of Dover without any suspense by virtue of the power of the high-explosive shells. All the British soldiers in the port who had not had time to escape were also captured. Only then did he stop and wait for the good news.

Within a day, two well-defended ports were breached one after another. The British and French high-level officials who received the news were frightened. Send a peace request to the head of the Habsburg Alliance of the Great Ming that occupies the port.

This battle can no longer be fought. In the face of high-explosive shells, whether it is a bastion or a fort, it is meaningless. Even if the battleship is covered with iron armor, it may not be able to stop it!

In the face of such a terrifying killer, he had no choice but to surrender.

Zheng Chenggong received the request for peace, and immediately gave a prepared answer: If you want peace talks, let's go together, and call the Netherlands, Sweden, and Denmark, so as not to have to deal with them one by one.

Britain and France naturally did not dare to have any objections to this, so a few days later, Richelieu, Bradford and others rushed to Lisbon again to restart the peace talks.

At the negotiating table, there were still the eight people from last time, but this time the atmosphere has completely changed.

Zheng Zhilong didn't use any negotiating tactics anymore. After everyone sat down, he smiled triumphantly and asked cheerfully: "Your Excellency, can we have a good talk this time?"

At this time, Richelieu no longer had the arrogance of traveling across Europe, turning his hands into clouds, and turning his hands into rain. He said dejectedly: "Your Highness, please put forward your conditions, let's discuss it carefully."

Hearing this, Zheng Chenggong took out a piece of letter paper from his arms with a smile again, opened it, put it in front of him and read slowly: "

First, you must open all the ports along the Atlantic Ocean, the North Sea and the Baltic Sea, and allow merchants from the Ming Empire and its allies to conduct trade freely;

Second, you must compensate the Daming Habsburg Alliance for war losses totaling 30 billion taels of silver;
Thirdly, you must permanently cede the Ports of Dover, Calais and the surrounding areas;
Fourth, you must reduce the army under the supervision of the Ming Empire, and the number of armies in each country must not exceed 1;

Fifth, you must reduce the navy under the supervision of the Ming Empire, and the number of super battleships in each country must not exceed ten;

Sixth, you must provide a military base in your respective country for the troops of the Ming Empire to station. "

Now that the anti-Habsburg alliance has withdrawn its troops from Spain and Portugal, the original first clause can be cancelled, but Zheng Zhilong proposed a more stringent one, that is, the Ming Empire will station troops in the country of the great powers!

This is clearly to monitor them to prevent them from developing their military strength secretly. As long as they accept this, the anti-Habsburg alliance powers really have no hope of turning over.

But, can you not accept it?

If they dare not accept the terms of the peace talks, they will be greeted by high-explosive shells like raindrops, and who can stop them!
Finally, after several days of negotiations, the Daming Habsburg Alliance and the Anti-Habsburg Alliance finally signed the "Lisbon Armistice Treaty". The general content of the treaty is as follows:

Article [-]: The countries of the Anti-Habsburg Alliance are open to the countries of the Habsburg Alliance of Daming, and all ports along the Atlantic coast, the North Sea coast, and the Baltic Sea are allowed to freely carry out trade activities with merchants from the countries of the Habsburg Alliance of Daming;

Article 20: The countries of the Anti-Habsburg Alliance shall compensate the countries of the Daming Habsburg Alliance with one billion taels of silver to compensate for the loss caused by the war, and the compensation shall be paid in [-] years;

Article [-]: Britain ceded the Port of Dover and the nearby area of ​​​​[-] miles to Portugal, and France ceded the Port of Calais and the middle area between the Port of Calais and the Port of Dunkirk to Spain;
Article 2: The countries of the Anti-Habsburg Alliance agree to reduce their armies under the supervision of the Ming Empire, and reduce all armies to [-] within three months;
Article [-]: The countries of the Anti-Habsburg Alliance agree to reduce their navies under the supervision of the Ming Empire, and reduce all the super battleships of all navies to [-] within three months;

Article 10: The countries of the Anti-Habsburg Alliance each provide a military base with a scale of [-] people for the troops of the Ming Empire to station.

The peace treaty was signed, and the war between the Ming Habsburg Alliance and the Anti-Habsburg Alliance came to an end. The Ming Habsburg Alliance won a complete victory, while the anti-Habsburg Alliance powers completely lost their chance to compete for world hegemony.

(End of this chapter)