Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 1438, Oriole Behind
In the waters off the coast of Sao Tome Island, more than [-] Portuguese warships were lined up, heading towards Sao Tome Island aggressively.

On the 'Alfonso the Great', Duke Anthony, who commanded the fleet, was carefully observing the situation on the island with a telescope purchased from the Ming Empire.

"These hateful Japanese people did not expect that they had built such a fortified defense system in just a few months. Fortunately, we acted fast enough. If we give them some more time, we want to take back Sao Tome Islands are no easy task."

Duke Anthony frowned as he looked at the fortifications on the island.

Since a few months ago, the Japanese from the far east snatched Sao Tome Island. When the news was sent back to Portugal, King Manuel I of Portugal was furious and vowed to take back this beautiful island.

Two consecutive wars with Spain ended in failure, and Portugal was strongly suppressed and plundered by Spain.

Not only lost some land on the mainland, but also a large number of overseas colonies and colonial points had to be ceded to Spain.

In the past two years, taking advantage of the war between the European coalition forces and the Ottoman Empire, Portugal has re-occupied and expanded some colonies and strongholds in North Africa and West Africa.

This island of Sao Tome was especially important for a colony.

The Spaniards have coveted Sao Tome Island for a long time, and twice asked Portugal to cede this island that can control and radiate the entire Gulf of Guinea, but Portugal refused to let it go.

Unexpectedly, as soon as the Japanese came to West Africa, they sent troops to seize the island indiscriminately, which made the whole country of Portugal furious.

For this small kingdom, the significance of Sao Tome is too important.

Not only is Sao Tome Island itself fertile and rich in resources, it is very suitable for developing the plantation economy and providing the necessary wealth for the struggling Kingdom of Portugal.

At the same time, Sao Tome Island can also radiate the Gulf of Guinea. Gabon, Cameroon and other places on the Gulf of Guinea side are rich in gold, silver and ivory. If you occupy Sao Tome Island, you can easily open up colonies in these places and plunder the wealth of the colonies. .

Portugal, which was defeated twice, paid Spain a large amount of war reparations. From the king to every ordinary person in Portugal, they were all poor and needed the wealth of these colonies too much.

"Your Excellency, what we know about this Wa Kingdom is that it is a vassal state under the Ming Empire. The Wa people are almost the same as the Daming people. They use the same language and characters. Wa learns from the Ming Empire in every aspect. "

"Even according to the vassal state agreement of the Ming Empire, the people of the vassal state of Ming Dynasty can freely go to the Ming Empire to study, live, do business, settle down, etc."

Beside Duke Anthony, Enrique, the adjutant of the fleet, was reporting to Anthony what he had learned.

"What I'm worried about is if we go to war on Sao Tome Island, will we be attacked by the Ming Empire?"

Anthony looked at Sao Tome Island in front of him and said.

The Ming Empire is really too powerful, with an incomparably vast land, an incomparably powerful army, a huge population and endless wealth.

These are now well known by countries all over the world. In Europe, everything about the Ming Empire is very popular.

All goods from the Ming Empire are very easy to sell and expensive.

The powerful Ming Empire directly intervened in the European war twice, allowing the Spanish Empire, which was doomed to lose, to win and gain huge benefits from it.

Everyone is well aware of the powerful influence of the Ming Empire and the powerful fleet of the Ming Empire, no one wants to provoke the Ming Empire.

Even on the European side, the Ming Empire still had a strong military force.

Hong Kong on the British Isle is a colony of the Ming Dynasty, and a powerful navy of the Ming Empire is stationed here. The West Sea Island in the Mediterranean has the West Sea Fleet of the Ming Empire.

On the Red Sea side, there is also the Red Sea Fleet of the Ming Empire; at the same time, on the opposite side of the Atlantic Ocean, the Ming Empire is on the Golden Continent, and there is also the Golden Continent Fleet. The market patrols all over the Atlantic Ocean, specializing in hunting down pirates.

This time, if the Ming Empire wanted to intervene in the operation to recapture Sao Tome Island, Portugal would undoubtedly lose, so he had to confirm whether the Ming Empire would intervene in this matter.

"Your Excellency, please rest assured that the Ming Empire will never interfere with the overseas actions of the vassal states, let alone the vassal states, even the vassal states and colonies established overseas by the royal family and nobles of the Ming Empire. No side will interfere easily."

"Unless we wantonly massacre the citizens of the Ming Empire or kill and abuse the surrendered Ming people, the Ming Empire will not interfere with overseas affairs."

Enrique said very positively: "I have conducted in-depth research on this matter, and I have consulted many Ming people, and I have received affirmative answers."

"That's fine~"

Anthony nodded in satisfaction, then rolled up his sleeves, looked at the time and said, "I'll send an order that Sao Tome Island must be recaptured before twelve o'clock, and I will kill all the Japanese on the island, leaving no one behind."

"I heard that last time, these Japanese people sold us Portuguese as slaves to the Daming people."

"Yes~"

Enrique replied solemnly.

"Clang~clang~"

Soon, the bells to launch an attack sounded on the warships.

On the small boats, the Portuguese sailors rowed vigorously towards Sao Tome Island, while more than [-] large ships began to turn their side strings one after another, aiming their cannons at Sao Tome Island.

"Dong Dong~ Dong Dong~"

Soon, on Sao Tome Island, the Japanese first launched an attack, and here and there, the Miyun cannons purchased from Daming began to roar.

Cannonballs roared in the sky, and then huge water columns rose from the sea.

Nanjiro Station Fort, looking at the sea in front of him with a telescope, hearing deafening shelling, billowing smoke filled the air, and was soon blown away by the sea breeze.

"Damn~"

"The distance is too far, and the division is scattered. Even if one or two ships are hit, it still has no impact on the battle situation."

Looking at the results of the first round of shelling, Nanjiro sighed helplessly.

The quality of the Miyun Cannon purchased from Daming is excellent, with a long range, high accuracy, and a fast rate of fire. The disadvantage is that it is expensive!

For a Miyun cannon, people from Daming would sell it for tens of thousands of taels of silver, which is still a friendly price.

As for the cannons made by the Japanese themselves, compared with the Miyun cannons, the gap is not so big.

The range is short, the accuracy is low, and the rate of fire is slow. The key is that it is easy to explode, so that the only cannon on the fort is the Miyun cannon roaring.

It is a pity that the number of Miyun cannons is too small, only ten.

"Fire~"

The Portuguese warship was getting closer and closer to Sao Tome Island in the face of the fierce artillery fire from the Miyun cannon, and soon, when it entered the range of the Portuguese warship's artillery attack.

Duke Anthony, who had already endured to the extreme, gave the order to attack.

There are dozens of cannons on each warship, and when the side of the ship crosses, billowing gunpowder smoke rises immediately, followed by the rumbling sound of shelling, and then one after another roaring in the sky. The shells formed a dense rain of shells and slammed heavily towards Sao Tome Island.

"Boom~"

The shells slammed into the ground with terrible kinetic energy, causing the ground to tremble slightly, and screams of pain and misery could be heard endlessly.

The difference in strength between the two sides is too great.

Nanjiro has only more than a thousand people and dozens of artillery pieces. It is too difficult to defend the huge Sao Tome Island.

Accompanied by the rumbling shelling, small boats quickly landed on the beach.

The Portuguese sailors carrying muskets and crosses quickly attacked the Japanese on the island.

"kill!"

Nanjiro's eyes were red, riding his own horse, roaring at his men.

"Boom~Boom~"

Soon, gunshots like fried beans accompanied by bursts of gunpowder smoke continued to be staged on Sao Tome Island.

The ridiculous accuracy and range of the musket made the fight between the two sides extremely lively.

"Rush over and kill these red-haired ghosts!"

Hirata Ichiro fought extremely bravely, holding a samurai sword and leading more than a hundred samurai, he bravely charged against the landing Portuguese.

A large number of warriors fell under the bows and arrows and muskets of the Portuguese, but in the same way, when the Japanese warriors rushed over, these Portugal were quickly harvested by the Japanese samurai swords.

"Hey~"

The samurai sword in Ichiro Hirata's hands kept waving, his superb swordsmanship, coupled with his flexible positioning, made him feel like a whirlwind, and several Portuguese fell under his sword before they even had time to react.

However, two fists are no match for four hands.

As more and more Portuguese boats landed, thousands of Portuguese sailors quickly formed a team. Once the formation of the three-stage shooting was set up, the continuous lead pellets would move towards the charging Japanese country one after another. The samurai shot at it, and in a blink of an eye, these Japanese warriors were beaten into honeycombs.

"Idiot~Idiot~"

"We have few people, and we still charge, isn't this courting death~"

Looking at the fallen Hirata Ichiro, Nanjiro couldn't help cursing.

Seeing the Portuguese attacking in all directions, he began to roar again: "Give up the beach position, retreat to the castle, retreat to the blockhouse."

The number of people is too small to fight, so they can only abandon the outer positions and retreat to the castle.

Fortunately, although this castle is not big, it is all built with reinforced concrete, and it is still built in a dangerous place. You only need to defend one side, and the next thing to do is to persevere. up.

"Blow me down that castle~"

Duke Anthony looked at the Japanese who retreated to the castle, and gave the order again.

As I expected, the number of these Japanese people is too small, and it is only a matter of time before São Tomé is retaken.

The only thing to worry about is how to conquer the castle in front of you.

"Dong Dong~ Dong Dong~"

Accompanied by the fierce artillery attack, shells poured towards the small castle, hitting the castle heavily.

Although the castle was built with cement and rocks mined on the island, it was not big, but it was very strong. When shells fell on it, it couldn't shake the small castle at all.

"Hold on~ hold on, absolutely don't let them break through the castle, or we'll all die here."

On the castle wall, Nanjiro roared loudly.

The samurai under his command showed resolute faces one by one, watching the Portuguese attacking like a tide, and began a brutal defense of the city.

Arrows rained like rain, and various defensive equipment such as strong oil, rolling stones, rolling logs, muskets, and explosives were continuously staged. The Portuguese's attack was stagnant. castle.

Just when the Portuguese launched a fierce attack on Sao Tome Island.

On the sea area only more than a hundred miles away from Sao Tome Island, the Spanish fleet led by the Duke of Colster has quietly sailed towards Sao Tome Island.

"Is the news accurate?"

The Duke of Colster looked at the sea ahead and asked Real, his adjutant beside him.

"Your Excellency, we have received accurate information. The Portuguese fleet should be attacking the Japanese on Sao Tome Island at this time."

"This time, the Portuguese have almost concentrated the warships of the entire country. There are more than [-] ships and a huge fleet of more than [-] people. It can be said that they are bound to win the island of Sao Tome."

Real said with certainty.

"Hum~"

"That's right, if we send all these Portuguese warships into the sea, we will lose another opponent at sea."

"These Portuguese, like the English pirates, now specialize in robbery."

Duke Colster said with a sneer: "We asked them to give up this Sao Tome Island several times but refused, and now it has been snatched by the Japanese. Now it will be in our hands again?"

"Tsk tsk, after hiding on Sao Tome Island, we can expand our colonies to Gabon and Cameroon based on this island. Our mainland is close to here, and we have a natural advantage. We need to occupy as many colonies as possible."

"At that time, as long as we occupy it first, if the Ming Empire wants to occupy it again, we will be justified, but if the Ming people occupy the colony first, it will not be easy for us to snatch it."

Duke Colster took the map, drew a circle on the map and said.

Then he looked at the other two large islands in the Gulf of Guinea and asked, "Who occupies these two islands now?"

"Your Excellency, San Antonio Island originally belonged to the Portuguese, but now it is occupied by the Persian Empire, and Formosa Island is occupied by a company called the Saber Colonial Firm. It is said that the Saber Colonial Firm is all owned by the retired Ming Dynasty. Composed of soldiers, it is very difficult to mess with."

Real quickly replied.

"The Persian Empire?"

The Duke of Colster frowned and said that the Persian Empire was very glorious in history. It once established a great empire spanning three continents in Europe, Asia and Africa.

Everything about the Persian Empire is clearly written in the history books of Europeans.

"They also came to West Africa to join in the fun?"

"Yes, Your Excellency the Duke~"

"According to the information we have, an armistice agreement was reached between the Ottoman Empire and the Persian Empire. Over the years, the Persian Empire has learned from the Ming Empire in many aspects, and purchased a large amount of arms and weapons from the Ming Empire. Its strength has grown rapidly. .”

"But there is no land for expansion around the Persian Empire, and it is normal to come to West Africa to colonize."

Real replied.

"The Persian Empire has disappeared into the long river of history. Now the Persians have a hard time breathing under the pressure of the Ottoman Empire, and they still come to rob us of the colonies."

"After visiting the island of Sao Tome more, I went to rob the Persian island."

"If we can't offend the Ming people, we can't offend the Persians?"

Duke Colster thought for a while and said.

"In the whole of West Africa, we have to occupy at least half of the colonies. This time, we will first eliminate the Portuguese, and then wipe out the Persians. Then we will also act as pirates and take all the colonial strongholds of the English, French, and Dutch. Scan it again."

"At that time, with the Gulf of Guinea as the center point, the areas to the north and west will belong to our Spanish Empire, and the areas to the east and south will be reserved for the Ming people."

"Hmph, as for other countries, they are not qualified to compete for colonies!"

When Duke Colster spoke, he looked extremely confident.

Of course, at this moment, the powerful Spanish Empire should have such confidence.

Several successive foreign wars have achieved great victories, which have brought huge benefits to the Spanish Empire.

There are Spanish colonies on the British Isle, the French ceded a large amount of land in the south and islands in the Mediterranean Sea, the Portuguese lost several pieces of land and a large number of colonies, and even the mighty Ottoman Empire had to cede here in the Aegean Sea Several islands to Spain.

The powerful Spain has the most powerful army and sea power in Europe, and at the same time has a good relationship with the Ming Empire in the far east.

Therefore, everyone in Spain believes that in the whole world, only the great Spanish Empire can be compared with the Ming Empire.

The two empires, one in the east and the other in the west, jointly maintain the order of the world, and all other countries and regions should follow the opinions of the two empires.

As for the colonies in West Africa, Spain has already regarded it as its own food, and it doesn't want to share it with others.

"What Your Excellency the Duke said is true~"

"In this world, only our Spanish Empire and the Ming Empire are qualified to divide the world, and other countries can only obey our distribution."

Real also said confidently.

Great Spanish bullfighters, they have enough pride!
The mighty Spanish fleet rushed towards Sao Tome Island, but at this moment, the Portuguese didn't notice it at all. They were trying their best to attack the castle on Sao Tome Island, but they didn't know what happened behind them. A titmouse is waiting.

　I took my daughter to get vaccinated today and wasted time. I'm sorry~ Just a chapter of [-] words~
　　
　
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