Wanli 1592

Chapter 328 Shangguo is still that Shangguo
To be honest, the navy itself is an extremely expensive arm. Whether it is ancient or modern, it is not easy to build a warship. It is almost impossible for a small country with insufficient resources to have a powerful navy. To build a navy with all the power of the whole country, as long as it is defeated once and the main force is buried, the navy will not be able to get up for more than ten years, and it cannot be compared with the army that has been reborn in spring.

Like North Korea, Yi sun-shin's navy was defeated by Yuan Kyun, and it was no longer able to stop the Japanese attack. Like Japan, after the navy was wiped out by Ming Dynasty, it could not even do basic sea defense. Your navy is not only It takes time to build, and the sailors also need time to practice. It is not like the army's mode of being cannon fodder on the battlefield as soon as they are in a hurry. There is absolutely no such thing as cannon fodder for warships.

So when the Siamese saw the huge fleet of more than seven or eight warships owned by Ming Dynasty, they understood what fear is. They finally remembered the surprise and fear they had more than a hundred years ago.

The Shang Kingdom is still the same Shang Kingdom, and the Celestial Dynasty is still the same Celestial Dynasty. It has not changed at all, and it still has extremely powerful strength.

The small thoughts in Narisuan's mind of wanting to show off his military power in front of Shangguo disappeared completely, because just such a fleet was enough to collapse all his self-confidence——Da Ming really It's too big, so many warships can be mobilized in one southern expedition, God knows how many warships Daming still has?
As a matter of fact, even Da Ming couldn't make too many battleship clusters of this scale. Their ideas were completely redundant. After handing over this naval power to Xiao Ruxun, the entire country of Da Ming would not be able to mobilize more than three warships. It can be said that [-]% of the Ming navy's power is under the command of Xiao Ruxun. It is only because the Ming court has never paid much attention to the navy that it is safe to hand over these ships to Xiao Ruxun.

The reason why the Portuguese and Spaniards are so worried is because they don't know the details of Daming, and they don't know how many warships Daming has that can be mobilized. Anyway, this scale is simply the Eastern Armada, which is completely comparable to the rampant Spanish in the past. Compared with the Invincible Fleet, even in the eyes of some discerning Portuguese, the performance of the ships and the number of artillery of the Ming army are not as good as those of the European navy, but there are many ships, and they are still offshore.

That General Xiao Ruxun does not seem to be an expert in naval warfare, but that General Chen Lin is an expert in naval warfare. I heard that he also wiped out the entire Japanese navy under his leadership. Although this Chinese navy is equipped with Not so good, a lot of equipment is still at the level of Europe 20 years ago, but the tactical level does not seem to be bad.

Even if the Armada came, it would probably be a tough battle, and with the strength of Spain in the Philippines, it might not be able to compare with this huge Chinese navy.

Luckily they didn't come to trouble Spain.

I don’t know how many Spaniards secretly rejoiced—this sea area is now regarded as the sphere of influence of the Spaniards, and the only one who has the ability to threaten the Spaniards is Da Ming. It is simply that Da Ming has no intention of conflict with Spain, if Da Ming has such a plan , the Spaniards really have a headache.

The war with the British is still going on. They have already sent a fleet to attack the British for the fourth time. They have consumed a lot of strength. They really have no spare power to conflict with a traditional power in the East, let alone such a huge fleet.

Together with King Narexuan, the Spanish mercenaries who saw the arrival of the Ming fleet were all horrified. Among them were not only adventurers who fought purely for life and money, but also some who were inserted by the Philippine colonial government to explore Southeast Asian countries. Internal affairs spies, these spies work for the Spanish government and deliver information, and now they suddenly see such a huge fleet, and they don't know how to describe their feelings for a while.

The salute and drums sounded, and the Ming army began the landing ceremony. A group of elite troops with strict military appearance and solemn expressions disembarked majesticly with various weapons and the Ming army flag. After them, the main generals of the Ming army's southern expedition led by Xiao Ruxun After disembarking and landing, Matteo Ricci followed Xiao Ruxun and got the honor of landing together.

King Narexuan stepped forward to wait early in the morning, and Xiao Ruxun saw King Narexuan's appearance clearly before walking a few steps.

Dark skin, extremely energetic eyes, not too tall, but full of energy, wearing a crown, armor and a cloak, looks majestic, solemn, with a slight smile , neither humble nor overbearing.

In terms of rank, Xiao Ruxun is the general of the Shang Kingdom, while King Narexuan is on the same level as the vassal king of Ming Dynasty and belongs to the prince. According to the rules, Xiao Ruxun should salute King Narexuan first, but there are few generals and courtiers of Ming Dynasty. Those who followed such rules would at best say good-bye and save face, and if they got offended, they would dare to beat their officials in front of the king. Daming was so capricious.

Xiao Ruxun came here with sincerity and hoped to cooperate sincerely with Siam, so seeing King Naresuan taking a few steps forward as if he was going to salute first, Xiao Ruxun quickened his pace, rushed ahead of him, folded his fists with both hands and leaned forward, smiling Said: "Ming Admiral Pingnan Chief Military Officer, Pinglu Marquis Xiao Ruxun, pay homage to His Royal Highness the King of Siam, Wang Shang Wanan."

With Xiao Ruxun taking the lead, all the generals behind him followed suit, giving King Narexuan enough face.

As long as he is a king, there is no one who does not care about face. Narisuan originally planned to follow Lin Yuanshan's statement to first salute the coach of Daming to gain a good impression. Although a bit aggrieved, but Daming is so powerful, he has to bow his head under the eaves, and he has to do this He did, but he didn't expect the coach of Daming to be so kind. He saluted him first, which made him face in front of his ministers and foreigners. He couldn't help being very happy, so he immediately returned the salute.

What Xiao Ruxun didn't expect was that King Narexuan's Chinese was pretty good, and it seemed that he practiced Chinese with his Han courtiers a lot.

"Admiral Xiao doesn't need to be too polite. Xiao Wang has been waiting here for a long time, and he has already prepared a banquet to welcome the wind and dust. It will definitely satisfy Admiral Xiao, the generals and the army. The army is exhausted. Please go ashore as soon as possible so that I can wait as long as possible." Landlord's friendship."

Xiao Ruxun responded with a smile, and with a wave of his hand, drums sounded immediately behind him, and then several large ships lowered their pedals together, and the Ming army landed from the ships in an orderly manner. The whole process was orderly. The rigor is astonishing.

(End of this chapter)