The Great Bandit in Kangxi Year

Chapter 268
At this time, the huge combined fleet was docked around the island of Ceylon, and a fierce quarrel was going on on the British flagship "Elizabeth I".

"Elizabeth I" is a first-class battleship with 114 guns, a displacement of 3900 tons, and powerful combat power.

At this time, the commanders of Britain, France, the Netherlands, Portugal, Sweden, Norway, and Spain were all on board this warship. The navies of Britain, France, and the Netherlands were the strongest, which means that these three countries have the most say, and the other four countries are just a foil. , Of course, Spain is only slightly stronger, after all, they dispatched [-] troops.

Among them, Spain requested a large-scale attack on Indonesia, and then jointly divide the colony of Southeast Asia equally.

However, Britain and France firmly opposed it. They demanded that the main force of the joint fleet be used to annihilate the main naval force of the Great China Empire first. Among them, John, the British commander, was a little hesitant. It's a heartbeat, but he dare not show it, for fear of arousing the greed of other countries.

He decided that this piece of fat should not be shared equally with other countries, including Britain's ally France, and he believed that His Majesty Charles II would also make such a decision.

Then the only time to draw the attention of all countries to Southeast Asia is a reasonable time to do it. At this time, the Mughal Empire was attacked by Dahua and Dazhou on both sides, and its strength had weakened to the peak, and its control over the region was declining. With a little bit of effort, Britain can get a huge colony.

However, the United Kingdom can still raise more than ten thousand soldiers in the Mughal Empire, and some feudal lords have already surrendered to the United Kingdom. This time, John brought [-] elite musketeers in the conquest of Dahua. They remained in the Indian peninsula.

John made a decision, and said solemnly: "According to the intelligence, the Dahua Empire has a million musketeers and 50 cavalry. If we don't destroy their navy, we are not their opponents at all with our strength, so we must first defeat the Black Dragon Fleet. , and the army can occupy the islands of Oceania under the cover of the navy. The natives on it are easy to deal with. The expansion of the Dahua Empire is very fast, and it will soon expand to Australia. They must be suppressed first. Australia's military operations will be handed over To the countries, Britain withdrew from the right to distribute the land."

"Hmph, the speed of your troops is so precious. You give up such a good opportunity to attack in vain. If you ask the commander to say that you should launch an attack immediately, even God can't stop the five hundred main battleships." The Spanish commander can be said to be very anxious. Luzon is trembling under the artillery fire of the Dahua Empire, but the coalition forces have not moved. They have been discussing for more than ten days, but they have not yet reached a conclusion. What a bunch of idiots.

In a blink of an eye, he secretly scolded the governor of Luzon for being incompetent, because he was bullied and blackmailed by the Dahua Empire, and he would not bear it for a while, and now he is in trouble, but thinking of the strength of the Spanish army in Luzon, he calmed down again. Within half a year, the Dahua Empire will absolutely not be able to break through Luzon, and sooner or later the countries will launch an attack.

"Occupy Australia?"

The French commander sensed that something was wrong, looked at John, saw John's face sinking like water, with a calm expression, and secretly said: "Why does this British guy not want the Australian colony? When did he become so generous? Could it be He wants to preserve the strength of the army? Also, the British army can't do it at all."

The commander of the Netherlands, Van Dyke, has always had a gloomy face. The commanders of various countries are always more or less targeting the Netherlands, so that he rarely speaks. There are a lot of silk, porcelain, etc., which are more expensive than treasures, why should you argue, the combined fleet only needs to gather two hundred battleships to enter the Pacific Ocean from Oceania, and then reach the seas of the Great China Empire, directly threatening the center of the Great China Empire, Instead of fighting head-on, we just bombed the opponent's shipyard, so that the Black Dragon Fleet entrenched in Southeast Asia will definitely be mobilized, and our remaining [-] cruisers will take advantage of false attacks to enter Southeast Asia. Southeast Asia is easily available, and then try to defeat the Black Dragon Fleet and force The Great China Empire signed a trade treaty, after which the Netherlands will withdraw from the war.”

"No one can play wild on the Dutch. This time, the Netherlands is out for revenge." Van Dyke glanced at the crowd at last, and said in a warning tone. The Netherlands will be allowed to stand by.

"Huh, with the strength of the countries, it is possible to carve up Dahua, make Dahua a colony of other countries, and sign a trade treaty? This is too cheap for the Dahua Empire. More than [-] French sea and land warriors died in the hands of the Dahua Empire. This enmity can’t be forgotten.” The French commander said angrily, this time France brought [-] troops, [-] battleships, and [-] cruisers. Yes, to be honest, Dahua has become fat in his eyes.

Although the Netherlands has the strongest navy, it only brought [-] battleships and [-] cruisers. As for the surviving Dutch Far East Fleet, it did not follow and is currently undergoing renovations at the naval port at the Cape of Good Hope.

"Hey, anyway, this is what William III meant. How your country plans is not in the scope of this commander's consideration." Van Dyke laughed. The French are really arrogant. The Netherlands has at least [-] troops in Indonesia. There are still some remnants on Babu Island. It can be seen that the army of the Dahua Empire is extraordinary, and the Dutch Far East Fleet, the Dutch East India Fleet, the combined fleets of Britain, France, Portugal, and Sweden have all suffered tragic defeats. The empire's naval power far exceeds that of any country.

It is not cost-effective to invade such a powerful country, and it is an expedition. With this time, the Netherlands can completely focus on trade in Africa and the Americas. The reason for this war is entirely for the glory of the Dutch. After all, the Dutch have never suffered such a big loss in half a century.

Of course, when the battle was unfavorable, he would retreat with the remaining warships without hesitation, so this time he brought [-] troops. William III must have considered this, so he did not spare most of his strength.

Van Dyke sighed when he thought of poor Joseph, but Joseph brought him a lot of useful information, which made him understand the opponent of the Dahua Empire better.

"Commander Fan is right."

The commanders of Spain, Portugal, Sweden, Norway and other countries all nodded in agreement.

The French commander snorted arrogantly, and he didn't say much, but he was thinking in his heart: "Hmph, a group of cowards, after defeating the fleet of the Dahua Empire, you will see the might of the French army again."

The British Commander John sneered in his heart. If the war goes well, Britain can blossom on both sides, so he did not refute the Dutch Commander's speech for the first time.

As for the fight against the huge Dahua Empire, John is self-aware. The Dahua Empire has only risen for five years, but it has defeated many powerful enemies, and it has not been defeated. How can it be easily defeated and colonized? Hmph, let the arrogant It is beneficial to the British Empire for the French to touch the Great China Empire.

Taking advantage of his illness to kill him is what a wise person would do.

John had an idea, and it seemed that he was going to pour ecstasy soup on the French commander.

……

After nearly two months of sailing, the [-] battleships of the European United Nations fleet tried their best to avoid contact with the main fleet of the Great China Empire, and finally sailed into the territorial waters of the Great China Empire. In fact, Jiang Tao had been waiting for them for a long time.

The remaining [-] cruisers of the United Nations fleet harassed the periphery of Indonesia, and the troops stationed in Indonesia were very troubled.

12 armies from five countries, including France, Spain, Portugal, Norway, and Sweden, invaded Australia. After the Black Dragon Squadron of the Empire stationed in Papua learned of the situation, they fought several battles with the cruise fleet of the United Nations and sank more than 70 troops from many countries. A cruiser frightened the remaining cruisers of the United Nations from approaching this sea area.

However, the Black Dragon Squadron did not find any multinational battleship fleets.

This time, the 12 troops of the United Nations were dumbfounded, so they could only stay in Australia. Fortunately, the Great China Empire did not launch an army offensive.

After these several battles, the European countries did not gain anything, because they captured a Sea Lion-class cruiser.Because the Sea Lion-class cruiser charged too far forward, it was surrounded by more than a dozen enemy ships, and it was still unsinkable after hundreds of bullets. The Europeans finally killed the remaining sailors and artillery of the Sea Lion-class cruiser with hand-to-hand combat. , for which they paid the price of 800 men and five cruisers.

After learning of the abnormal state of the ship, the British who captured the ship immediately turned the rudder and returned. After Liu Guoxuan learned about it, although he concentrated all the Sea Lion-class cruisers to bombard the ship, he still did not sink the ship.

It's really Xiao He's success, and Xiao He's failure.

Originally, the British wanted to conceal this matter, but the information that the warships of the Great China Empire were covered with thick iron armor was still known to all countries, which aroused the close attention of the commanders of the United Nations cruise ship fleet.

On the second day after being captured, the ship sailed to the Atlantic Ocean under the protection of hundreds of cruisers. Under the pressure of various countries, the United Kingdom had to agree with the seven countries to study the iron-clad ships of the Great China Empire at the same time.

In fact, the surface of this ship is covered with steel armor. The artillery and shipbuilding technology on it really opened the eyes of Europeans.

As everyone knows, the Great China Empire has already manufactured more advanced all-steel warships, and the steam engine technology is far beyond the level of Europe. The upcoming sea battle will completely make the European powers open their eyes to observe the world.

It turned out that their opponents were already so powerful.

There are people beyond people, people beyond the sky, they finally understand.

(End of this chapter)