Daming Crazy Emperor

Chapter 371

In history, the Dutch did invade Ming Dynasty twice.

However, the scale is not as large as it is now.

At that time, they generally believed that a few warships would be able to defeat the Daming Navy, and even if a few ships were not enough, a few more ships would be enough.

Therefore, they sent a total of less than twenty warships to invade Daming twice.

It's different now, they sent twelve warships for the first time, and the scale of the second time is unknown.

Question, Daming is different now!
The current Daming Navy is not as powerful as usual. Even if the Dutch Navy gathers all the warships and rushes over, it may not be able to outperform the Daming Navy.

The Far East is tens of thousands of miles away from the European continent, and it takes at least half a year to go back and forth. It is impossible for the Dutch to gather all the warships of the navy and rush over.

After all, they also have many competitors in Europe. If they go all-in on the Far East to compete with Daming, they will probably lose their family.

In other words, it is impossible for them to fight Da Ming with all their strength, and they will definitely lose if they fight Da Ming in the Far East.

So why did the Dutch come to seek death?
Zhenwa City, in the meeting hall of the Oriental Governor's Mansion.

Taichang frowned and pondered for a while, then asked: "Did you know the news about our attack on Dongpu before you came?"

Carinho nodded again and again: "I know, I know, we already knew."

Taichang asked again: "How early?"

Carinho said without hesitation: "I knew it when I first arrived in Manila to take over the governorship more than two months ago."

The Spaniards know it, and the Dutch must know it too.

It seems that it is very likely that the Dongpu people went to ask the Dutch for help, or they ran to continue to fool the Dutch.

Perhaps the Dutch wanted to avenge their defeat last time, or maybe they wanted to take advantage of the war between Daming and Japan to reap the benefits, so they mobilized their warships to attack Daming again.

In short, this matter must have something to do with the Dongying people.

Otherwise, it would be impossible for the Dutch to attack Daming again and again as if their brains were flooded.

Wasn't their loss bad enough last time, come back?

Anyone with a little brain would not be so reckless!

This must be the ghost of the Dongying people behind the scenes, and this is probably the last resort of the Tokugawa shogunate.

They don't know what price they paid to fool the Dutch.

No wonder this group of guys did not hesitate to destroy their homeland, block after layer, and delay time.

They probably just want to delay until the Dutch call!
Hmph, the Dutch still want to penetrate the Daming Navy and fight to Japan?

They are afraid they are dreaming!
Taichang frowned and pondered for a while, then asked again: "How many warships can the Dutch gather at this time, do you have general information?"

This is really hard to say.

Hearing this, Carinho said awkwardly: "Your Majesty, the sea is different from the land. It is not difficult to keep an eye on people on land, but it is different at sea. In such a vast sea area, people can go wherever they want. It is too difficult to obtain accurate information. We also found that more than ten gunboats of the Dutch Navy seem to be heading towards the Far East, and the others are not very clear."

There are more than ten gunboats plus the original eleven in Batavia, and there are only more than 20 ships in total. There is nothing to be afraid of.

Taichang then asked again: "How long do you estimate it will take for them to assemble and call?"

This is not easy to say!
Carinho thought for a while, and then seriously analyzed: "Batavia is too far away from your Ming Empire, and the Dutch fleet will definitely have to wait for a relatively strong monsoon before setting sail. If they want to sail within this year To launch an attack, you must catch up with the southwest monsoon in June and July, otherwise, it will take several months for their fleet to come here."

June and July, there are still a few months to go.

At that time, the first batch of Aegis ships may not be built, but the dragon tooth warships can build ten more, and the wolf tooth warships can build two hundred ships.

The Dutch can gather at most [-] or [-] gunboats and more than [-] warships similar to armed merchant ships in the Far East, what a fart!

At that time, just send the Beiyang Fleet or the Dongyang Fleet to support it.

Taichang nodded slightly, then pretended to be concerned and said: "You must be tired after driving such a long distance, how about I arrange a place for you, so you can go and have a good rest?"

Uh, why does this sound like driving me away?

Carinho thought for a while, then got up and said goodbye: "Thank you, Your Majesty, I won't rest here anymore. I just took office, and there are still many things to do in Luzon. I have to hurry back."

He originally came here to report the news, but now that His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty knows, he can go back naturally.

Taichang didn't ask him to stay, he just pretended to care a few words, and then let him go.

Looking at Carlinio's back, Yuan Keli couldn't help but worried: "Your Majesty, what should we do? If the Dutch really attack with all their strength, the Nanyang Navy may not be able to hold it back!"

If the Dutch really mobilized twenty or thirty gunboats and hundreds of ordinary warships to attack with all their strength, the Nanyang Navy might not be able to carry it.

After all, Yu Zigao only has one dragon tooth warship in his hands at the moment.

But it doesn't matter, it's still early.

Taichang said calmly: "It's okay, the Dutch can't make any waves in the Far East, and we can repel them no matter whether we send the Dongyang Navy fleet or the Beiyang Navy fleet. These guys, in the future We will go to them to settle accounts when we are free, and we should concentrate on destroying Dongpu first!"

Well, the strength of the Dutch in the Far East is indeed not to be feared.

However, the Nanyang Navy is still worrying!
Yuan Keli thought for a while, and then said cautiously: "Your Majesty, if the Dutch call them suddenly without following common sense, we may be caught off guard! There are not many naval warships in Dongpu at this moment anyway, otherwise, we Send [-] Longya warships to support the Nanyang Navy first?"

This is nothing.

Dongpu does not have any warships at the moment.

The reason why they left all the fleets of the Dongyang Navy and Beiyang Navy here was mainly for the transfer of guards and supplies.

Hearing this, Taichang nodded slightly and said, "Okay, be on the safe side, first dispatch ten dragon teeth battleships from the Dongyang Navy and the Beiyang Navy to support the Nanyang Navy."

Now there is no need to worry, Yu Zigao still has quite a lot of small warships in his hands, but he lacks the firepower of the building boats and gunboats.

Twenty dragon teeth battleships have been transferred over, no matter how bad he is, he can still fight the Dutch on equal footing.

Moreover, Dongfan is not far from Dongying. As long as Yu Zigao can persist for a few days, they will be able to drop the Beiyang Navy or the Dongyang Navy to support them.

Yuan Keli couldn't help but let out a long breath when he heard the words.

Now he finally felt relieved.

However, Taichang sighed slightly: "Oh, our shipbuilding speed is still not fast enough. The Western Company doesn't even have a single armed merchant ship. If the Western Company has enough armed merchant ships, we don't need to use the Beiyang Navy and the Nanyang Navy. stay here."

Who said no.

Zheng Zhilong couldn't help asking: "Your Majesty, when will we start building armed merchant ships?"

This, don't rush!

Taichang thought for a while, and then asked: "Have you thought about what the armed merchant ship will look like?"

Zheng Zhilong said without hesitation: "We have already thought about it, we only need to change the Zheng He treasure ship a little bit and change it into a steam ship."

You guys are really good at thinking, the first thing you say is a giant ship!
Isn't the Zheng He treasure ship the template of the Aegis ship and the dragon tooth battleship? If it is equipped with more artillery, it is also a building ship and a gunboat.

However, ocean shipping does require huge ships, and medium-sized ships like the Spike Warship are not enough, and they simply cannot withstand the wind and waves.

Taichang thought about it again, then nodded slightly and said: "All right, I will think about it first."

(End of this chapter)