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Chapter 1740 For Oil
"The Persian Empire openly insulted our envoys. The capital asked our Nanyang Fleet to dispatch four steamships, five sailing warships, and several troop carriers to occupy the Strait of Hormuz and the Persian Gulf, and establish a permanent fortress there."

Deng Qianlong, the commander of the Nanyang Fleet stationed in Malacca, summoned the officers and soldiers of the Nanyang Fleet and announced to them the telegram from the capital.

"The Persian Empire seems to be tired of life. From east to west, no kingdom dares to disrespect our envoys, and no one dares to provoke us Huaxia. This time we have to teach them a lesson!"

"Our steamship 'May' requests to go to war!"

"The steamship 'Lan' is in good condition, please join the battle!"

Captains belonging to the Nanyang Fleet have called for battle one after another. They are eager for military exploits. They have smashed the local indigenous fleet several times in Southeast Asia. The indigenous kingdoms in Southeast Asia are no longer able to rebuild even a fleet of sampans. .

They set their sights on the Persian Gulf, where there is also a fleet of the Persian Empire.

Although the combat power of the fleet of the Persian Empire was worrying, and even the few fleets of the Portuguese colonists could not be defeated by their own strength, it was still a well-established wooden fleet.

"This is the first time that the four small and medium-sized steamships 'Mei', 'Lan', 'Zhu' and 'Ju' have joined forces for the first time. You must perform well."

Deng Qianlong dispatched four steamships from the Nanyang Fleet.

The Ministry of the Navy had previously proposed a ten-year armament plan to gradually replace wooden warships with steam ships.

The vast majority of civil ships were still wooden sailboats and sampan boats. At this time, wooden sailboats had the upper hand in terms of ocean-going capabilities and cost-effectiveness, but the Ministry of the Navy began to walk at the forefront of the times.

The Nanyang Fleet already has four small and medium-sized steam warships with a displacement between 1000 tons and 3000 tons.

In addition to designing the first-generation main armored ship Daqin class, the Imperial Shipyard also has several designs for small and medium-sized steam warships.

The main ironclad ship is a sea fortress used to deter the nations, and the cost of construction and maintenance is high. Small and medium-sized steam warships can completely replace the main ironclad ship for ordinary tasks.

The Nanyang Fleet has four steam ironclad ships of similar design—named after plum, orchid, bamboo, and chrysanthemum.

In addition to the Nanyang Fleet, the No.12 Corps stationed in Batavia also received an order. They needed to draw a brigade of troops to Calcutta, India on a troop carrier, and then head to the Persian Gulf.

"This time we need to attack Isfahan, the imperial capital of the Persian Empire. Agra and Constantinople have already been captured by us, and this time Isfahan is no exception. We can only scare them , they will let go of their arrogance. I will personally lead this brigade to participate in this expedition to Persia."

Huang Degong, the head of the No.12 Corps, urgently summoned his subordinates and led a brigade of the No.12 Corps to embark on an expedition to Persia on a troop carrier.

The other two brigades of the No.12 Corps stayed in Southeast Asia to suppress the rebellion and continue to suppress the unsubjugated native kingdoms.

Unlike other places, Southeast Asia is right at the doorstep and rich in resources. Chu Yun wants to digest this place as a part of the mainland, not as simple as a colony.The resources in Southeast Asia are not as simple as land resources, but more abundant marine resources.

The land is only a part of the earth, the ocean has a larger area, and the seabed resources are only much more than the land resources, but technology is far from the point of large-scale exploitation of marine resources.

In any case, the Nanyang Fleet and part of the No.12 Corps, which had been fighting in the Southeast Asian islands, were transferred to India to prepare to start fighting against the Persian Empire.

In Calcutta, India, inside the castle, Qin Zuoming, the East India Expeditionary Army, received an order from the capital to recruit 7000 Indian soldiers from the Indian peninsula, and cooperate with an infantry brigade of the No.12 Corps to expedition to the Persian Empire.

"Every time I fight in the ocean, I take away the native soldiers I trained..." Qin Zuoming, as a regular army officer of the Kyushu Army stationed in India, was also helpless.

Now the Kyushu Army likes to use cheap native soldiers as forwards. Even if they suffer heavy losses, it will not cause much pressure. On the contrary, if they use local soldiers and suffer heavy losses, they need to appease the emotions of their families and bear the pressure brought by public opinion. .

So now that the Kyushu Army has any military operations, it is the first to consider bringing a team of Tubang soldiers, and let the Tubang soldiers come forward to test the opponent's firepower or take on the difficult task of breaking through the opponent's castle.

Qin Zuoming's main task now is not to launch a war on the Indian peninsula, but to continuously recruit and train new native soldiers to provide the military with a steady stream of cheap soldiers.

"Let the two Tubang cavalry regiments we trained go to fight in Persia. They are the most cost-effective war machines under our military stick training." Qin Zuoming plans to send the two Tubang cavalry regiments to the Persian battlefield.

In the past, the Tubang soldiers were trained as cannon fodder musketeers, but this was the first time that the Indian Tubang Cavalry Regiment appeared.

The Mughal Empire was established with cavalry and artillery. India has a large number of war horses. It is not difficult to obtain war horses.

In fact, if you don't teach them cultural knowledge, just let them follow orders mechanically, and use strict training to make them a passable cavalry unit.

A brigade of the No.12 Corps, five Indian infantry regiments, and two Indian cavalry regiments, a total of 10000 land troops converged in Calcutta. They will be transported to the Persian Gulf to carry out unwarranted revenge against the Persian Empire.

The armed fleet of the East India Company dispatched 20 large and small armed merchant ships to assist in operations and transport supplies.

This time, Huang Degong, the commander of the No.12 Corps, served as the commander-in-chief of the Persian expedition.

"We will go to the Persian Empire with you, and we will negotiate with them after Isfahan is occupied." The ambassador of the Ministry of Rites who was stranded in Calcutta found Huang Degong and asked the envoys of the Ministry of Rites to go to the Persian Empire again with the ship.

"Is it true that your envoys were treated unfairly in the Persian Empire?" Huang Degong asked suspiciously when he saw that the envoys were all in high spirits.

"My lord, is the truth important?" the envoy of the Ministry of Rites asked back.

"Hahaha, it's not important." Huang Degong laughed dumbfounded.

This time the Persian Empire encountered an indiscriminate disaster, not because they did something wrong, but because they happened to be in the Persian Gulf area where oil is produced.Every man is innocent and conceives his crime.

In order to legally exploit oil in the Persian Gulf in the future, Chu Yun intends to occupy the oil exploration rights in the Persian Gulf before establishing an international order.

(End of this chapter)