Daming Crazy Emperor

Chapter 896

Spain really sent troops, with thousands of warships at a time, and fifty of these warships were ironclad warships.

Their lineup is a bit scary.

However, their dispatch speed was ridiculously slow.

Originally, Taichang thought that as long as they started to attack the governorship of Granada, Spain would definitely send troops for more than half a month.

Unexpectedly, they all took down the governorship of Granada before their fleet appeared in the Strait of Gibraltar.

Knowing this earlier, he directly let Azuzu, Carinho, De Sierra and others lead the army to take it along with the Governor-General of New Spain.

Unfortunately, it's too late now.

People's fleet is estimated to be here in about half a month, and it will take at least ten days for them to pull tens of thousands of people to the governorship of New Spain.

Moreover, the New Spain Governorate is the core of the Spanish American colony, and its defense is stronger than other places, and they may not be able to take it down in a month.

At that time, when their reinforcements arrive at Azuzu, Carlinio, Desierra and others, they will be in danger.

He had no choice but to help Azuzu and Carlinio strengthen the defense of the Granada Governor's District, let De Sierra pretend to be a rebel Chen Bing to pass through the south bank of the Grand Canal, and at the same time sent a dragon warship to Felipe four Shi sent an urgent letter.

He had already written the letter, roughly meaning that the Portuguese and Indians in the Viceroyalty of Brazil, Peru, La Plata, and Granada were completely reversed!
The size of the rebel army is at least one million, and the Portuguese in the rebel army can also make guns and artillery. The number of guns and artillery in the rebel army is no less than them.

His garrison in the Americas is only 50, and the Indian tribes in North America and the mercenaries composed of black slaves are unwilling to help him fight the rebels who were also persecuted by the colonists.

He couldn't fight the rebels at all, so he could only send heavy troops to guard the Grand Canal to prevent the rebels from cutting off the supply line of the defenders of the Western Yindu Islands, and at the same time prevent the rebels from rushing to the governorate of New Spain.

This means that he is a good man, and he is still doing his best to help his ally Spain.

He still doesn't know what Felipe IV's reaction was when he received the letter, because even if the letter was sent to the Lisbon Concession by the dragon battleship, and then sent to Madrid by fast horse, it would take at least ten days.

If you add Felipe IV's ridiculously slow reaction speed, it is estimated that it will be at least a month before he receives the reply.

It took about half a month for the fleet sent by Felipe IV to arrive at the Governor-General of New Spain from the Strait of Gibraltar.

His letter actually did not help Spain at all. He just told Felipe IV that Ming did not ignore those rebels, but could not control them.

This is actually talking nonsense with open eyes and fooling Felipe IV.

Oquindo and Wallenstein did not know that the Emperor of the Ming Empire had written a letter to Philip IV.

They were trembling all the way, for fear that the Ming Empire would suddenly turn against them and send a powerful fleet to blast them into the Atlantic Ocean to feed the fish.

They were really terrified during this journey, because there were too many ships of the Ming Empire on the route from the Americas to the continent of Europe, and they would encounter the fleet of the Ming Empire almost every day.

Fortunately, most of the armed merchant ships they encountered were dedicated to delivering goods, and these armed merchant ships did not approach them.

However, when they arrived near the West Indies, what they encountered was not a fleet dominated by armed merchant ships. A fleet composed of thousands of ships rushed towards them head-on.

Due to the viewing distance of the telescope, they can see a large black spot from a distance, and they don't know how many iron-clad warships they have come.

Oquindo could only quickly order: "Order, all the iron-clad warships line up in front, and all other warships line up behind the iron-clad battleships."

What he meant was to tell the Ming Empire, don't mess around, we also have iron-clad warships.

When Sun Chuanting saw his formation, a smile could not help but appear on the corner of his mouth.

People were obviously terrified by them.

In fact, they didn't come to snipe the Spanish fleet at all.

On the contrary, they still came to greet people.

He gave the order without hesitation, ordering the fleet to meet them straight up.

Both sides are fleets of steam ships, and the speed is quite fast. In less than a quarter of an hour, the distance between the two sides is less than five miles.

At this time, Ocundo also roughly saw clearly that the Ming Empire seemed to have only sent one giant iron-clad warship and thirty ordinary iron-clad warships, and the other large and small ordinary warships seemed to be smaller than theirs.

From the perspective of superficial strength, they still have a certain advantage.

As for what will happen in the fight, it is not clear.

Ocundo actually didn't want to go to war with the Ming Empire. The question is, what should they do if they just rushed towards them?

He could only grit his teeth and ordered: "Order, all warships stop advancing and prepare to load ammunition."

In this case, he can only prepare for war.

Fortunately, they just stopped advancing, and the Ming Navy fleet on the opposite side also slowly stopped.

Immediately afterwards, the opposite side played a welcome banner.

People are here to welcome them!

You welcome it as long as you welcome it, why send so many warships?
It looks scary, you know?

Oquendo has mixed feelings in his heart.

People seem to regard them as allies, but they have formed an alliance with the anti-Habsburg alliance, preparing to deal with the Ming Empire.

Alas, this kind of thing really put him in a dilemma!
Soon, a large ship specially used for negotiation was dispatched from the opposite side, bringing four small warships, and drove towards them.

Upon seeing this, Oquindo quickly ordered: "Order, all ships must not fire."

Seeing this, Wallenstein asked in confusion, "What does the Ming Empire mean?"

It's not that he can't understand the semaphore, he just thinks it's not normal for the Ming Empire to send so many ships to welcome them.

Ocundo said quite fortunately: "The Ming Empire probably didn't know that we had already formed an alliance with the anti-Habsburg alliance."

Did the Ming Empire really not know about it?
Zhang Zhiji and Xu Yunzhen pretended to be ignorant, and when they got close to their flagship, they waved at them excitedly, and ordered people to play a semaphore, which meant they wanted to board the ship.

Oquendo was also quite happy when he saw these two old acquaintances. He ordered people to play the welcome flag without hesitation, and then asked people to open a gun door on the first floor.

He knew that other people's small warships could come by.

Sure enough, Zhang Zhiji and Xu Yunzhen quickly changed into small battleships, approached directly, and then boarded the ladder, and rushed into the flagship through the gun door.

They seemed to be running up the stairs in the flagship with excitement on their faces, but there was a burst of contempt in their hearts.

These man-made ironclad battleships are garbage, and the inside is like a building boat gunboat. It is a large room, and there are no compartments at all.

Moreover, the deck was full of tired soldiers.

Obviously, these soldiers were almost fainted after bumping all the way.

When the two came to the top floor to take a look, they couldn't help crying and laughing.

It turned out to be a big room above, with only a few rows of columns and beams in the middle, and there were not many cabins at all.

Moreover, there are still many people lying on the deck!
This is nothing compared to the Aegis ship.

Not to mention anything else, just talking about strength is far from enough.

The inside of the Aegis ship is supported by densely packed cabins, which are very strong, and it is no problem to be hit by dozens of shells at the same time.

This forged iron-clad battleship is supported by pillars. If it does not eat shells, it may be a bit wobbly. If dozens of shells hit it at the same time, even if the outer armor will not be smashed, the inner pillars and beams will probably be able to carry it. Can't stand that much impact.

They can be seen by laymen, and they don't know what people like Ou Lu thought when they designed the iron-clad battleship.

Of course, they don't tell people this.

After seeing Oquendo, the two said with excitement on their faces: "Oh, General Oquendo, long time no see, I miss us so much."

Uh, this, don't be so friendly, it's easy to be misunderstood!
Oquindo couldn't help but said with embarrassment: "Your Highness, the two young dukes, why are you here?"

Zhang Zhiji said without hesitation: "Our Emperor heard that you came across the sea, and specially prepared some grain, fresh water, fruits and vegetables, cattle and sheep for you.

How about you follow our fleet into the port to resupply? "

Oquendo was taken aback when he heard this.

Wallenstein was even more wary.

This can't be a trap, can it?

If it enters other people's ports, the entire fleet will be exposed to other people's coastal defense guns.

At that time, when the battleship cooperates with the coastal defense artillery to bombard it, even the ironclad battleship can't hold it!

Seeing them standing there blankly, Xu Yunzhen immediately pretended to be curious and asked, "What's wrong with you, who is this general?"

Uh, the Ming Empire seems to really regard them as allies.

Oquindo smiled awkwardly: "Nothing, nothing, this is Field Marshal Wallenstein of our Holy Roman Empire.

He is a famous player in Europe, you should have heard of him, right? "

Zhang Zhiji and Xu Yunzhen really knew about Wallenstein.

Because they are not learning the languages ​​of the European countries every day, or they are learning about the conditions of the European countries.

This Wallenstein is indeed very famous in Europe, and he is not ordinary in battle. The anti-Habsburg alliance army has been defeated by him many times.

However, this guy seems to be a thorn in the head, not liked by the Holy Roman Emperor.

Therefore, he was dismissed directly by the Holy Roman Emperor, and let this guy go home early to retire.

Unexpectedly, this guy was reactivated again.

Zhang Zhiji pretended to be surprised and said: "Oh, it turns out to be Marshal Wallenstein, a famous European general. I have admired him for a long time."

What's all this mess?

Wallenstein was still bewildered.

He didn't know that people in the Ming Empire liked to chat.

Oquindo quickly answered, "Is your Emperor also in the West Indies?"

Zhang Zhiji nodded without hesitation and said, "Yes, our emperor is waiting for you in the capital of Western Yin, or should we hurry there?"

This one.

Oquindo hesitated for a while, but still gritted his teeth and nodded: "Okay, then please let your fleet lead the way."

Zhang Zhiji and Xu Yunzhen naturally went back without hesitation and let others lead the way.

Wallenstein turned pale with shock when he heard this.

He watched Zhang Zhiji and Xu Yunzhen get on the small battleship below, and immediately couldn't help but worry and said: "We can't go, if it's a trap, we'll be finished."

Ocundo said helplessly: "If we don't go, His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Empire will definitely be suspicious.

They probably don't know about our alliance with the anti-Habsburg alliance, otherwise they wouldn't be so reckless to send these two little dukes to welcome us in person.

The families of these two young dukes are very powerful, and their fiefdoms are larger than our mainland Spain.

People have sent such important people here in person, if we don't go, shouldn't we tell them clearly that we have ghosts in our hearts? "

Taichang naturally knew that the Habsburg Dynasty had formed an alliance with the Anti-Habsburg Alliance.

So, could this be a trap?

(End of this chapter)