1825 My New Daming

Chapter 249 The Ming Empire Can Only Fail to Occupy the Persian Gulf! (ask for subscription, ask for monthly pass)

Taiping Ninth Year, September 28,
As the dazzling red sun appeared on the land of India in the east, the sky over the Indian Ocean gradually brightened.Off the coast of Goa, on the blue sea, there are little seagulls, blue waves undulating, a peaceful and peaceful scene.Several small fishing boats with jib sails were casting nets on the sea to catch fish. The tanned Indian fishermen on the boats were doing the business that their ancestors passed down from generation to generation, while they were curiously looking at when they would appear in the fruit. The more than [-] ironclad warships in Awaihai started to move, billowing with smoke!
What is a good day today?Waking up early in the morning, I found that there were more than 20 ironclad ships as huge as a water castle squeezed into the originally empty Goa port!After leaving the port of Goa, I saw more than [-] large warships floating in the sea outside the port, lined up in a column, and aimed at the port of Goa. What does this mean?Is it going to bomb Goa?
These Indian fishermen were thinking in their hearts: "It must be the Portuguese masters in Goa who offended these big warships? When bombing later, can we bomb more accurately, and it is best to shoot at the good houses where the Portuguese masters live. Don't blow up that shabby Indian slum by the harbour"

Major General Zhuge Weidao, who commanded these large warships, would not know what the Indian fishermen thought.But he really didn't intend to bomb the slums, or even the fine houses of the Portuguese colonists.On the one hand, it was because the orders of the Admiralty and the Naval Staff Department did not allow him to enter the territorial waters of India, let alone the territorial waters of Goa ruled by the Portuguese; Two forts that looked like door gods were built on it, and a 240 mm 45-diameter shore gun produced by Jiangnan Heavy Industry in the Ming Dynasty was also mounted.

So Zhuge Weidao now only wants to lay mines on the high seas outside Goa Port to block those warships of the Royal Indian Navy who don't pay attention to martial arts, dare not fight at night, and hide in the neutral Portuguese port of Goa!
This is really irritating. Zhuge had been calculating for so long for the Tao to figure out a good night battle plan to defeat the enemy, but he actually used a 36-stroke trick to hide for the Indians to defeat the enemy.It really complied with the famous saying of Sun Tzu's Art of War - can't be provoked, can't be hidden!

And Zhuge Weidao still has nothing to do with them!

Because his request to lay mines outside the port of Goa was, as expected, rejected by the Ministry of the Navy and the Navy Staff.

"Admiral, Portugal is a neutral country, and we have not declared war on the Indian Empire. Yesterday's naval battle has been classified as a border conflict by the court."

"Border conflict? It turns out that the border between Ming and India is on the Arabian Sea!"

"Yes, yes, in the Arabian Sea"

Guo Xiaobao, who was explaining the situation to Zhuge Weidao with a copy of the telegram, glanced at his livid boss again, and continued: "The headquarters ordered us to continue the task of occupying the Persian Gulf and not to stay in the coast of India for a long time.

In addition, the telegram from the headquarters also stated that the two hero-class battleships that were heading to Europe would return to the mainland of Ming Dynasty through the Sunda Strait and would not be incorporated into the Persian Gulf Fleet.Admiral, it seems that the imperial court accepted it just because they wanted to see each other again, we are soldiers, and it is only right and proper to obey the orders of Shangfeng."

Hearing this, Zhuge Weidao glanced at Guo Xiaobao and said with a smile, "Baozhi, occupying the Persian Gulf was originally my suggestion. This is the most important task. Compared with the Persian Gulf, the whole of India is nothing!"

Guo Xiaobao heaved a sigh of relief, nodded repeatedly: "Yes, yes, what the admiral said is very true. Can we go to the Muscat port of the Oman Empire? The speed of the Oman Empire is Said bin Sultan. We are an old friend of the Ming Empire, as long as we get his support, we will have no difficulty in occupying the Persian Gulf."

"Yeah, I know, I heard from the Queen Mother." Zhuge Weidao nodded and said with a smile, "When I bid farewell to the Queen Mother before leaving Beijing this time, the Queen Mother Zheng asked me to bring a generous gift to this Sultan. To thank the Oman Empire for its continuous support to the Ming court!"

The Ming court is inseparable from the Oman Empire. It sounds a bit strange, but since King Zhuge Wuzhong banned the castration of Daming citizens as eunuchs, and adopted the black eunuch system in the Daming Palace, the Oman Empire is the black eunuch of the Daming court The only designated supplier!

The great eunuch Hei Xuanfeng who had a good relationship with Zhuge Weidao was bought by the imperial human traffickers of the Oman Empire from Sambajier, a slave port in East Africa, and then monopolized it. Oh, it should be a tribute to the Ming court.

London, 10 Downing Street.

While the Duke of Wellington was having breakfast in his private dining room, Cabinet Secretary Huck walked in holding a red wired mobile phone.

Huck stood beside the Duke, then handed the phone to him, and said with a smile, "Prime Minister, the number of the Admiralty."

"Thank you," the Duke of Wellington smiled, "I guess there must be good news from India."

After speaking, he picked up the phone receiver, "Hello, I'm Arthur Wellesley."

Over there is the voice of George Elliot, Secretary of the Navy Department: "Duke, I am George Elliot. I just received good news. The Indian fleet in Goa Port repelled the Ming naval formation that attempted to invade and successfully defended India. The freedom, independence and sovereignty of the empire. After the defeat, the Ming naval formation is fleeing to the northwest!"

"Well, very good." The Duke of Wellington laughed, "It seems that they can only fail to capture the Persian Gulf!"

George Elliot said: "Yes, they have completely failed! Is the Ministry of the Navy going to issue a statement about the Goa naval battle to the public?"

"No, there's no need," Duke Wellington said. "That's a border conflict between the Indian Empire and the Ming Empire. It doesn't have much to do with us."

"Yes, Prime Minister."

The Duke of Wellington then hung up the phone and said to Huck, "Help me connect to the Grand Trianon Palace."

"Yes, Prime Minister." Huck nodded, immediately dialed the international connection center of the British Royal Mail, and handed the phone receiver to the Duke of Wellington again after a while.

"Is His Royal Highness there? I am Arthur Wellesley." The Duke of Wellington said very proudly, "I just got the news that your fleet is leaving the coastline of India!"

Zhuge Weijiu's voice came from the phone receiver: "I also got news that our fleet is heading to the Persian Gulf. In fact, they were going to the Persian Gulf. The rampant piracy in the Persian Gulf has seriously affected the International trade in the Muci Strait. As the most powerful industrialized country in the world, our Ming Empire has an obligation to protect international trade that can be carried out safely and freely."

"Oh." The Duke of Wellington laughed, "You want to protect the oysters from the Qatar Peninsula and Bahrain Island to be freely traded?"

Zhuge Weijiu said solemnly: "Oysters are an important seafood product and we use them to produce oyster sauce! In addition, the salted fish from Qatar and Bahrain are also very good! There are also dates from Iraq, which are big and sweet."

"Really?" said the Duke of Wellington, "But I regret to inform you that the Royal Navy of the Indian Empire will block the Malacca route until your Persian Gulf Fleet leaves the Indian Ocean with oysters, salted fish and dates!"

"Duke, I want to remind you that the blockade of the Malacca waterway by the Indian Empire violated the "Malacca Joint Development Treaty" signed by the Ming Empire and the British Empire 100 years ago. If the Indian Empire really blocked the strait, we will resume the Malacca The peninsula exercises sovereignty! At that time, the entire Malay Peninsula, including Temasek Island and Malacca City, will return to Ming Dynasty!"

Wellington lowered his voice: "Your Highness, if you really dare to attack the Malay Peninsula, then a full-scale war will break out! It is not a full-scale war between you and the Indian Empire, but between you and the British Empire, the Indian Empire, and the United States. All-out war between the United States, and other British allies!"

Zhuge Weijiu laughed and said: "As long as the Indians don't block the waterway, there will be no all-out war. Duke, you should persuade the Indians! In addition, you can blockade Malacca, and our Persian Gulf fleet can also block it." Gulf of Aden!"

(End of this chapter)