Chapter 754: The Great Ming Fleet Goes to Nanyang(1/2)
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"Sir, you are not afraid of these Francois."
"What are you afraid of? How many people can they recruit in total? Just give them one or two boats to guide them. If they have other ideas, they can be directly sunk. Are you afraid that they will cause trouble?"
Qian Longxi is full of confidence, and he is not a fool. How could he not know that people who are not my race must have different hearts?
As for the barbarians who admire the Ming Dynasty, to put it bluntly, people from all over Southeast Asia and the West basically admire the Ming Dynasty, but this does not mean that these shameless and reckless barbarians will always serve the Ming Dynasty.
To deal with these Western barbarians who only work for money, as long as you hang a few carrots in front of them, they will move forward very hard.
France quickly found three hundred people for Qian Longxi, and they were professional mercenaries with their own weapons. They even had five small cannons.
These three hundred people were arranged on a ship by Qian Longxi, while France was taken by Qian Longxi. Qian Longxi still had some questions to ask.
"The Dutch started colonizing Batavia. Their colonies were all over Java, Sumatra, and the Spice Islands. They also had colonies in Borneo."
Listening to France's description, Qian Longxi also made a rough judgment in his mind, and then he invited Han Yaowei to discuss combat matters with him.
Han Yaowei looked at the map and analyzed: "Java and Sumatra can be said to be the strongholds of the Dutch. They control the strait passage to India here. If we want to fight, we must conquer these two places first."
"As for the Spice Islands and Borneo, we can just slowly clean them up after we finish cleaning up Java and Sumatra."
Qian Longxi nodded: "I have the same idea. We cannot let them escape. Java and Sumatra must be attacked first."
Han Yaowei clicked on the map: "The fleet will first go to Balin, drop off a town of soldiers, and then go to Batavia without giving them time to react."
Qian Longxi nodded: "It's feasible. I'm not good at commanding, so I'll leave it to General Han."
Qian Longxi knew very well that these 30,000 new troops would return to the south of the Yangtze River after cleaning up Nanyang. As for the maintenance of these places in Nanyang, it was left to the big companies and groups to be responsible for opening up the market and supporting the local indigenous people.
Of course, in order to maintain a certain level of force, they could recruit some veterans from the mainland to serve as mercenaries. This was actually the colonial method of the Westerners, but the Ming Dynasty did not care about colonization.
"Send the order, the fleet is advancing at full speed, the target is Ba Linbang." Qian Longxi waved his hand. At the age of fifty-two, he still looked heroic and enviable.
While the fleet of the Ming Dynasty Nanyang Development Company was sailing towards Palembang in Sumatra, the Dutch on Sumatra and Java were quarreling fiercely.
"We can't stay here any longer. We have to leave as soon as possible. Akito won't let us go easily!"
"But the Ming people have accepted our peace proposal. They have no interest in Nanyang. As long as we don't anger them, they will not attack us."
"But we have already offended that huge and ancient dynasty, haven't we? Someone has obviously warned us not to offend that dynasty easily. Our power in Nanyang and India is not enough to fight against the Ming Dynasty. Even the entire Nepal
Even Deland can't fight against that huge dynasty, so why do you want to anger this monster?"
"Now that something went wrong, we are to blame. When the parliament discussed whether to attack Akito's merchant ship, you didn't object?"
"The Ming people have become more and more skilled in navigation. If we don't stop them and let them reach India, what advantage do we have and how can we make money?"
"But what if Mingren's navigation skills can reach India? We can still transport Mingren's silk, tea, and porcelain back to the Netherlands. We have no direct conflict of interest with Mingren!"
"No, no, no, dear Pan, we cannot allow the Ming people to continue to develop. For now, they are still paddling in this small pond in Nanyang, but later, if they go to India, America, or Africa, then we still
How to stop them?"
"So you chose to attack Akito's merchant ship. What's the result? Akito's warship technology is far beyond our imagination! Damn it, how can a warship made entirely of steel float on the sea and move forward at such a fast speed?
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"This is just a mistake. At least we already know Akito's maritime power, and we will have ways to deal with it next."
"What if Akito doesn't give us time to react?"
Hearing this, the other congressmen laughed: "Don't worry, Akira doesn't like us. We just need to be careful next time."
"Instead of discussing when Akito will attack, we should discuss how to suppress those damn natives! They dare to resist us and bring them civilization and freedom. Damn it!"
This issue is obviously approved by the congressmen. Yes, a group of ignorant and barbaric natives actually reject the civilization and freedom brought by the Dutch. Aren't they afraid of death?
The Dutch are like this, the French people are like this, and even the European and American countries today are like this. They cut through the waves in the Age of Discovery and looked arrogantly at everything in the world, including Africa, America, India, Southeast Asia, and so many places.
They are all considered to be ignorant and uncivilized.
As a member of the civilized world, as the most advanced part of the world, the European and American countries are so proud and do whatever they want. They forcefully occupy other people's homes and forcibly enslave and rule others. Any opposition will lead to bloody and brutal suppression.
This is euphemistically called bringing civilization.
Do the people of Africa, America, India and Southeast Asia need a civilization with such barbaric behavior?
The Thai and Western countries don't care.
However, in this world, there is civilization and culture not only in their western lands, but also in the ancient East. Even civilization and culture are earlier than theirs, and they have spread early in Nanyang, the Western Regions and other places.
Facing the behemoth of the East, these European and Western countries restrained their barbarism and cruelty and became polite and courteous. They faced the Ming Dynasty with smiles and etiquette. They did not hesitate to add all the beautiful words in the world to the Ming Dynasty.
Who is it that is grinning, using muskets and artillery to suppress the natives, and bullying those uncivilized people as they please? Does it have anything to do with them?
When facing powerful civilizations, they are naturally extremely polite, but when facing weak people, they don't mind bullying and oppression. This is how the weak eat the strong.
However, now, the proud Dutchman and the majestic sea coachman will face punishment from the Ming Dynasty.
It was another sunny day, the sea was calm and calm, and the cool breeze blew across the face, bringing the smell of the sea. The huge Ming fleet, with its sails inflated, came towards Balinpang at full speed.
Now the fleet can already see the harbor in the distance, and the fleet is about to start preparing.
"Every ship shall be prepared and act according to plan A."
As the order was issued, each ship began to prepare intensively. Cannons were pushed into the gun emplacements one by one, and gunpowder and shells were moved into place. On the troop carrier, the officers and soldiers of the New Army who had been drifting at sea for several days were full of ambition. They finally waited until
It's time to land.
At this time, Balabang had not yet realized the arrival of the Ming Dynasty navy. Several small indigenous fishing boats were fishing offshore. When waves hit them in the distance, the people on the small fishing boats were a little unsteady.
What's wrong?
It stands to reason that with such good weather today, there won’t be such storms, right?
The confused natives looked up into the distance. Then, they stood on the boat in shock. They saw the huge fleet approaching in the distance, and the huge warships like tall buildings were sailing towards Balimbang.
Come on, these warships are so huge and there are so many of them.
Looking around, there is no end or edge in sight, as if the entire field of vision is filled by these huge warships. The fleet that covers the sky and the sun is overwhelming the sea area and rushing towards it with infinite power.
The natives were stunned. Where did this large fleet come from?
The waves on the sea were still surging, and the natives who woke up screamed in fear and ran back as hard as they could. It was no longer safe on the sea. Run quickly, run to land, run back to the mountains and forests, and tell the chief and the people.
Priests, the terrible fleet is coming!
On the tall fortune ship, Qian Longxi took a telescope and looked at Palembang, a city built by the Dutch with the blood and sweat of the natives of Sumatra: "This city is not bad, but you should be careful when you start to attack later."
, if the damage is too severe, we will have to repair it."
At this time, the huge Ming Dynasty naval fleet had begun to change its formation. One warship after another was galloping forward, completely blocking the seaport of Balinpang. These warships with the flag of the Ming Dynasty appeared outside Balinpang, instantly attracting the attention of the entire army.
Balabang fell into panic.
The Dutch in the city of Palembang, whether they are the polite and condescending parliamentarians and gentlemen, the rough and brutal mercenaries, or the ordinary Dutch businessmen, or the Dutch ladies, a
Everyone looked at the Ming fleet on the sea in horror. They were trembling and weeping bitterly.
In the past, they used warships and artillery to blast open the homes of indigenous peoples, bringing blood and fire to the indigenous peoples, making them suffer tears and suffering.
But now, the Ming Navy, which is more powerful than them, has arrived. Now, it is the Dutch people's turn to cry.
"Oh God, why did Akito's warship come here? It shouldn't be, how did Akito notice this?"
"I said that Mingren will come. Mingren will definitely come. The mistakes we made before will now be retaliated against!"
"What happened? Why is there a fleet surrounding us? What on earth happened?"
Various sounds of fear, confusion and fear rang out. The noisy sounds and the growing fear plunged the beautiful city of Palembang into chaos, and even greater chaos was yet to come.
Boom! Boom!
Two cannon shots were fired, and the horrified Dutch only saw two cannonballs rolling in the air, getting bigger and bigger from a black dot, and then landed outside the city.
The two shells missed Balancheng, but no one felt lucky because it was just a simple school shot.
Sure enough, there were two more cannon shots, and the two shells drew a hot arc in the air, and then fell into the city, punching two big holes in the top of a tavern.
The next moment, the Dutch people were completely panicked. They cried and started to flee. At this time, the polite gentlemen did not care about the ladies crying for help, but underestimated the barbaric mercenaries and the ruffians.
They even took the opportunity to plunder the wealth of the Han people in the city.
The originally orderly city of Palembang turned into a city of chaos at this moment. The Dutch were fleeing, while the natives were taking the opportunity to burn, kill and loot. They didn't realize what was going to happen, so they just took advantage of this opportunity.
Steal wealth.
After all, women who usually want to rob Han Chinese people of their money have to wait for Mr. Netherland’s order, but now, they can do whatever they want!
It was at this time that a thunderous roar sounded, and people raised their heads in shock, only to see pieces of artillery shells pouring down from the sky like raindrops!
These cannonballs rolled in the air, leaving hot traces, and finally fell into Palembang City like meteors, and then exploded!
boom!
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Continuous explosions rang out, and the entire city of Palembang was baptized by artillery fire. Faced with the intensive bombardment of the Ming Navy, Palembang began to become dilapidated, caught fire, and gradually turned into a terrible burning inferno.
At this time, even the ignorant natives knew that the danger was coming. They cried and fled with the wealth they had snatched. A cannonball landed in the middle of the street and exploded. In an instant, a piece of gold and silver jewelry and jewelry fell on the ground.
, and around the explosion, several indigenous people were crying and wailing miserably. Their hands and feet were blown off, and their blood was flowing uncontrollably, but no one cared about them at all.
To be continued...