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Chapter 1759

The Strait of Malacca, here is the only way to enter the Pacific Ocean from the Indian Ocean, and it is also the headquarters of the Nanyang Fleet.

Four small and medium-sized steam ironclad ships that had participated in the expedition to Persia, "Plum", "Lan", "Bamboo", and "Chrysanthemum" lined up, billowing black smoke.After the Nanyang Fleet completed its expedition to Persia, the Ministry of the Admiralty allocated two more small and medium-sized steam ironclad ships to the Nanyang Fleet to complete the control of the vast sea areas such as the Indian Ocean and Southeast Asia.The two new steam ironclad ships were named "Song" and "He".

In addition to the six steam ironclad ships with a displacement of more than 1000 tons, there are several steam mosquito gunboats of several hundred tons with only 1-2 main guns arranged behind the six steam ironclad ships.

Even so, the number of about 10 steamships in the Nanyang Fleet is already exaggerated, and half of the wooden sailboats in the Nanyang Fleet have been eliminated by ironclad ships.

I believe that in another five or ten years, all sailing ships of the Nanyang Fleet may be decommissioned and become merchant ships or training ships.

The Nanyang Fleet set up such a formation to welcome the arrival of the passenger ship Dongfang.

The Orient passenger liner and its huge fleet have arrived in the Strait of Malacca!

"This time when the envoys from all nations came, the capital ordered our six steamships, Mei, Lan, Zhu, Ju, Song, and He, to go to the capital with them. The Admiralty intends to gather four fleets of steamships for a major inspection." Deng Qianlong looked at the fleet of envoys from all countries coming to Malacca.

The fleet of envoys from all nations grew stronger after ships from empires and kingdoms such as Persia and India joined.The ships were resupplied in Malacca.

The Nanyang Fleet assembled six small and medium-sized steam ironclad ships and four steam mosquito ships in Malacca in order to demonstrate force to the ambassadors of various countries.

Ten large and small steam iron-clad ships lined up in the Strait of Malacca was spectacular, and indeed shocked the ambassadors of various countries on the Dongfang.

The ambassadors of France, the Netherlands, Spain and other kingdoms originally thought that China only had a few steam ironclad ships. They did not expect that the other party had deployed so many steam ships in their homeland!

"One, two...nine, ten, ten iron-clad ships!"

Prince Condé of the French delegation counted the number of the other party's ships, and he couldn't help being shocked.

There are ten steam iron-clad ships in Malacca!

Although the mosquito cannon ship has a displacement of several hundred tons, and its weapons are only one or two cannons, the caliber of the cannon is large, and it is a shallow-water ironclad ship with strong protection. It is estimated that it is difficult for ordinary artillery to penetrate the armor of the mosquito cannon ship .

Grand Vizier Koprulu of the Ottoman Empire felt his scalp tingle when he saw so many steam ironclad ships.

During the two Mediterranean wars, the fleet of the Ottoman Empire was shrouded in the shadow of steam ironclad ships. At this time, there were so many steam ships lined up in Malacca. Who knows if there will be more steam moored in other ports in China? Ironclad?

"There are so many iron-clad ships, how much steel do they have? Not to mention ships, it is difficult for us to get out the steel that makes so many ships." Koplulu was a little desperate.

He originally wanted to try to lift the shackles of the Treaty of Constantinople, but seeing the large number of armored ships on the other side, he roughly speculated on the national strength of the other side, and found that China's national power was unfathomable, and the steel production alone was beyond their reach.

The Persian emperor also collapsed, but he was much younger than Koprulu, muttering to himself: "I don't know if I will be able to lead the Persian Empire out of the oppression of the Chinese and take back their ability to build fortresses in the Persian Gulf at will." privilege?"

The ambassadors of many kingdoms also fell into thinking when they saw the six steam ironclad ships and four mosquito ships of Melaka, namely Mei, Lan, Zhu, Ju, Song, and He, and reconsidered their relationship with China.

If you just look at the Chinese army stationed in Portsmouth Harbor, it is not enough to appreciate its horror.

Due to the long distance between the east and the west and cost considerations, the main force has never left the mainland and the local sea area. Only when they came to the mainland of China did they realize the terrible strength of China at this time.

"In the past, the city of Malacca was our Portuguese stronghold, and there are still churches and castles built by us in it."

King Joao IV of the Kingdom of Portugal is also on the deck. They have a large number of strongholds in the east of Portugal that have been seized by the Kyushu Army.But now he has to rely on Chu Yun to maintain Portugal's independent status. It has to be said that there are no permanent enemies in the diplomacy of major powers.

Malacca has been lost for almost 20 years and has been digested by the Kyushu Army. The Portuguese have permanently lost Malacca, an important stronghold.Furthermore, the Kingdom of Portugal has become a second-rate kingdom and has no ability to return to Malacca.

"Hmph, isn't our Batavia lost?" said the Dutch envoy.

The captain of the Vostok heard the weak complaints of the countries that had lost their colonies, and just smiled: "Everyone, after passing the Strait of Malacca, it will be a sea area we are no longer familiar with. After passing the Strait of Malacca, it will soon reach us. Native."

"Is there any prosperous place besides your Oriental capital?" asked Queen Christina of Sweden.

"We have three prosperous areas. Lingnan, which embraces Nanyang trade, Jiangnan, which has a vast hinterland, and Gyeonggi and Liaoning, where industries are the most developed." The captain replied.

"Oh." Christina was still unclear about the situation here.

Originally, the Jiangnan area should be the most economically prosperous place at this time, but after the annexation of Dongying and Korea, the market in the north expanded, forming a northern triangle trade, and the economic development of Gyeonggi and southern Liaoning was not bad.In addition, Nanyang was annexed. Out of distrust of Nanyang, in fact, the core of Nanyang is in Guangzhou, and Lingnan has therefore become the center of Nanyang trade.

Sophia took Prince Henry and the little princess on the deck and looked north. She has not been to the east for a long time, but she still has a little impression of the city of Malacca.

"Soon you will be able to see your father." Sophia said to her son and daughter.

"Father?" the little princess carved in pink and jade asked sideways.

"My dear daughter, remember to call him Daddy when you see him. He is not an ordinary person." Sophia picked up the little princess.

The six steamships of the Nanyang Fleet merged with the fleet of envoys from all nations, and there were eight steamships in the fleet, and the fleet continued to march towards the capital.

On the way, the fleet made a short stop in Macao and other coastal ports for replenishment.

Since the envoys of various countries can only stay on the ship temporarily, they have not been able to peek into novelty things such as steam trains in advance.

After a long sea voyage, the fleet of envoys from all nations finally arrived in Tianjin Wei!

(End of this chapter)