Take the arsenal to Da Ming

Chapter 337 The Ming Empire (The Finale)

After successfully arriving in Europe, Ye Dacheng heaved a sigh of relief, and then gradually implemented the strategy formulated by Tang Ning and the staff. In the end, he lived up to King Guangming's trust and initially achieved his goal.

Countries were naturally unwilling to be blocked by the Ming-Portuguese coalition forces. Immediately under the appeal and unity of the church, nine influential countries immediately organized an anti-Ming alliance and assembled the nine-nation coalition forces to attack the Kingdom of Portugal.

The intention is to destroy the Kingdom of Portugal and expel the Ming army from the European land, so that the Ming army has no foothold in Europe.

The small Kingdom of Portugal was greatly shocked. Unexpectedly, it aroused public outrage. Many people began to retreat, and even prepared to secretly unite with the enemy coalition forces to drive the Ming army out of the country, thereby preserving the Kingdom of Portugal.

However, Claudia did not give them a chance. With the full support of domestic supporters and Ming army coach Ye Dacheng, she immediately launched a coup and seized the supreme power of the Kingdom of Portugal.

During this period of time, following the Ming army to fight around, the declining Portuguese kingdom once again experienced its former strength, so Claudia also won the support and support of many nobles and military officers, which is also a relatively easy coup d'état. fundamental.

After seizing power, Claudia quickly stabilized the domestic situation, and then mobilized various resources and military forces to cooperate with the Ming army and the Nine Nations Allied Forces to fight with all their might, without flinching at all.

The Nine-Power Allied Forces gathered more than 60 troops, while the Ming-Portuguese Allied Forces had less than [-] troops, and their strength was only about one-eighth of the enemy's.

In view of the strength of the enemy army, the Ming-Portuguese coalition forces took a defensive position at the beginning, deploying most of their forces in the two cities of Putalegre and Avura, which the enemy must pass through when entering Lisbon.

The Nine-Power Allied Forces launched attacks again and again, but they all ended in disastrous failures, because the Ming army defending the city had machine guns and anti-aircraft machine guns, and intensive siege of the city was simply death.

After several failures, the enemy coalition soldiers who were sent again seemed to be sent to the gallows immediately, like mourning.

In desperation, the enemy coalition forces had no choice but to adopt a siege strategy, preparing to trap the Ming-Portuguese coalition forces in the city alive.

The siege lasted half a year, and both sides seemed to be exhausted, but they did not expect that a well-recharged Ming army was already ready to go.

Although they are small in number, less than 1000, their morale is high because they are called special forces.

They divided into several teams, shuttled, detoured, and went around to the rear of the Nine-Nation Allied Forces. Messages were passed to the rear through them, including the enemy's food and grass, possible headquarters locations, and so on.

After a long period of siege, the Allied Forces of the Nine Nations also slacked off, not realizing that there were several small teams interspersed among them.

At the two hidden highlands between the two cities of Putalegre and Avora, a Mende-style cannon lifted its camouflage, and the artillerymen were busy, loading ammunition, adjusting the shooting...

These two places are the artillery that the Ming army has never been able to hide. The Nine Nations Allied Forces only thought that the Ming army's cannons and troops were besieged in the city, but they did not expect that the main artillery of the Ming army was separated from the main force at the beginning. The secret is hidden, just waiting for the right time.

As for the news they learned hidden in the city, it was just a disguise. In order to make the news more credible, the Ming army specially placed a few German artillery pieces, and occasionally fired two shots.

These camouflaged cannons once attracted the nine-nation coalition to launch a crazy attack.

Except for Spain and the Netherlands, who already knew a little about the Ming army's artillery, and knew that they could not imitate it, the others were very jealous of the Ming army's artillery.

It seems that if you get this kind of artillery, you can dominate Europe.

But in the end, it was just a waste of work, and it was impossible to attack the city garrisoned by the Ming army, because apart from the powerful artillery, the Ming army also had very powerful other firearms.

Therefore, no matter how anxious they are, they can only suppress the greed in their hearts and change to a long-term siege. Even if they are exhausted, they must persevere and vow to get this batch of firearms to change the fate of the country. Others get there first.

Ye Dacheng and the army staff did not expect that the action just to cover the artillery had an unexpected effect.

The Nine Nations Allied Forces were firmly attracted by the two cities, which also facilitated the actions of the special forces of the Ming Army.

The cannons adjusted their shooting elements according to the news sent back by the special forces on the front line.

"Prepare..." All the guns are ready.

"put……"

One by one, the second gunners in charge of firing yanked the matchlock.

"Boom boom boom..." The barrels of the cannons retracted, and the shells in the barrels were pushed out violently. The high ground that no one paid attention to was suddenly filled with gunpowder smoke, and the ground shook.

One after another, 75mm, 105mm, and even 150mm grenades fell across the nine-nation coalition positions scattered over a distance of [-] to [-] kilometers.

"Boom, boom, boom..." For a moment, it seemed as if the doomsday was coming, and the meteorite fell, and the positions seemed to be boiling like boiling oil.

The Nine-Power Allied Forces, who had never seen such a terrifying scene, suddenly ran away howling in terror like ants in a frying pan, no one cared about anyone else.

In fact, the army still besieging the city was not directly attacked, but the scene in the distance also frightened them, coupled with the exhaustion and low morale of the long-term siege, after learning that the rear supplies and headquarters were devastated Immediately afterwards, the morale of the army was slackened.

As a result, the army that had been divided into nine countries disintegrated on its own, and it was unknown who would take the lead, and then scattered with a blast.

At this moment, the gates of the besieged city opened wide, and the Ming-Portuguese allied forces rushed out with high morale, including many cavalry, which were the elite Han soldiers, Manchurian soldiers, and Mongolian soldiers of the Ming army.

They had long wanted to go out of the city to charge and kill them. After being surrounded in the city for such a long time, they had to hold back their eggs. Seeing that the enemy army was scattered at this moment, they didn't care so much, and rushed to kill them frantically.

For the Nine Nations Allied Forces, this is destined to be a retreat paved with blood. Lacking a unified command and food and grass, they are like frightened birds. As long as they hear the sound of killing, as long as they hear that the Ming army is coming, no matter how many people are frightened fled in a hurry.

However, they still don't know that there is a special force of the Ming Army that has already intertwined with them. While constantly sniping at them, they report their information to the rear, attracting the large forces of the Ming-Portuguese coalition forces in the rear. Accurate encirclement and suppression.

This chase and escape went on for nearly three months, and once penetrated deep into the hinterland of the Kingdom of Spain.

It was not until most of the nine-nation coalition forces dispersed and the Ming army was unable to pursue them that they took the initiative to withdraw to the territory of the Kingdom of Portugal, confiscating a large amount of supplies along the way.

This war, which lasted for ten months, finally ended in the disastrous defeat of the Nine-Power Allied Forces.

According to incomplete statistics, the Nine-Power Allied Forces lost nearly 40 troops, lost all artillery and almost all supplies.

The result of this battle not only affected a certain city or country, but also had a great impact on the whole of Europe. The Nine-Nation Alliance disintegrated automatically, and several countries that felt that they should have little relationship with them withdrew first.

Because for them, their country's navy is weak, and they have no overseas interests, let alone have any enmity with the Ming army. They launched this unnecessary war purely at the instigation of the church.

The arrival of the Ming army will have the greatest impact on those oceanic countries, and it is a good thing for them, which are mainly landlocked countries. With the help of the Ming army to weaken the strength of those oceanic countries, they can benefit from it.

After all, the Ming army only had tens of thousands of people, and the strength of the Kingdom of Portugal was relatively weak. It was impossible to threaten landlocked countries like them. This was purely using their own country's resources to help those maritime countries open up the situation.

I regret it, I really regret it, I regret it too much. After the failure, the inland countries in the nine-nation coalition felt as if they had been fooled.

In the next few years, Europe could no longer organize forces of the same scale to deal with the Ming-Portuguese allied forces. Through this battle, the Ming army also gained a firm foothold in Europe and continued to suppress those maritime countries.

When the news came back to Daming, Tangning heaved a sigh of relief and let go of his worries. He immediately started to promote various policies to promote the development of capitalism, and at the same time let Daming's business expand to the world.

Let Da Ming seize this opportunity of development that is too late, throw other countries aside, and become a truly world-wide empire: the Ming Empire.

(End of this chapter)