Chapter 886: Revenge must be revenge!

The Ming Empire was betrayed, naked, naked, naked, and our kindness was not rewarded at all, and our kindness was considered weak. The newspapers the next day were full of such news. Zhang Guangde's personal apology statement that caused heavy losses to overseas Chinese businessmen due to poor personal work, which caused heavy losses to their lives and was not guaranteed. He was directly submerged in the sea of ​​anger.

Revenge must be revenge, this is the only voice of the Ming Empire. Just like an angry giant, the Ming Empire was ignited. At this time, any gentle plan proposed by anyone will be drowned by the saliva of the whole people. The expansion plan of the Imperial Army and Navy was successfully passed on the next day.

The Navy ordered twenty-four new armored warships in one go, and the Army Department proposed a plan to attack Gibraltar from land. This plan was still very fucking. It was just a good attack by sea and fought a landing battle. When it came to the army, it took out such a thing and attacked north along the Mediterranean coastline of North Africa and continued to Gibraltar.

If Chen Xie had seen such a plan before, he shot the staff member who made the plan, but now Chen Xie didn't say anything, but signed it simply. In this way, Egypt's importance has increased exponentially. Another question is, is there a decent road in North Africa to ensure the marching and logistics supply of the troops? This is a plan that experts can see is nonsense, but the experts of the Navy and the Army do not say a word.

The bullshit plan is a military expansion plan formulated by the army under the premise of Chen Xie's acquiescent. The Ming Dynasty's economy declined significantly due to the problems of the European market. Moreover, once a war broke out with Europe, the trade of porcelain, tea and silk with the largest trade profits against Europe will suffer a heavy blow. Therefore, it is not as easy to launch a war against Europe. The economy is weak, so use military industry to drive economic growth and increase employment opportunities. If silk cannot be sold, it doesn't matter.

Procurement by the state. Adding a layer of silk inside the military uniform can have a certain effect on preventing bullets, that is, the price is lower. What should I do with tea? What should I do with porcelain? Cold mix, who can still take care of this at this time, and think of a solution for it yourself. Without the European market, isn’t there any Indian and North American markets? People there also have to drink tea and use porcelain, but the profit is not that high. Anyway, the country has strict orders, and porcelain and tea must not flow out. These two products cannot be produced in those places.

Besides, when making money, why didn’t I think of the country? In the face of mainstream public opinion, the little carelessness of the merchants is not worth mentioning at all, and no one dares to stand up and oppose the country’s policies. Another product that has suffered heavy losses is cotton, but this industry has long suffered great losses, and Europe has been making a name for itself.

After all, the purpose of the war against Europe is actually a continuation of trade politics. Beat you first. If you are honest, you will naturally sign unequal treaties obediently. Chen Xie has seen more of this set. The key now is the question of where to fight. This is a huge military plan, which must be coordinated by the navy and the army. Without maritime transportation, you can rely on land transportation. The army should not fight, as logistics supplies can drive the army crazy.

First, an expeditionary army was established, located in Alexander, Egypt. Second, the navy and the army had to engage in a joint combat to seize control of the Strait of Gibraltar. Finally, it was to concentrate a large number of ships and gather troops. First, it was necessary to take action against Spain. As for those French colonies in North Africa, as long as they controlled the sea control power, it was still a matter of things? Use cannons to teach Gaul chickens to be humans in minutes.

On the Navy, two large overseas fleets were formed, one was the Mediterranean fleet and the other was the American fleet. What was the purpose? Since we wanted to teach Europeans to be human, we could not be limited to a mere Mediterranean. We also had to stroll around Cape Horn. Isn’t it just to bypass Cape Horn? In the past, sailing ships would have suffered from windless belts, but now steam ships don’t have this concern. As an important supplement to the European economy, the American colonies are worthy of the new navy warships without washing them. On the other hand, the North American colonies also need to form a legion and kill them on land. In fact, they are to grab territory.

When the General Staff made a plan, Chen Xie made an important decision at the cabinet meeting: the construction of the Suez Canal must not be stopped, not only must it be stopped, but also must speed up the progress. Funding issues can be raised from the domestic stock market, and the state accounts for 51% of the shares, and the remaining shares will be poured into the stock market.

The stock market in the Ming Dynasty has developed to this day, with no less than 100 listed companies. Why is the Suez Canal not favored by the country? In fact, it is very simple. This is a national project. The private boss drools when he sees it, and of course he will interfere. Once the canal is cleared, the sea route to Europe will be shortened by nearly half. Everyone is not a fool, so why don’t you know the importance?

Once the war machine started and the war potential of the Ming Dynasty was exposed, the entire Ming Dynasty was shocked. The army then established two major corpses and announced the addition of 50 infantry divisions in one go. The previous infantry division of the Ming Dynasty plus the North American army had only 50 infantry divisions. This time, the plan to increase troops directly reached 100 infantry divisions, and the total strength of the Ming army reached 1.2 million. If it were the Ming Dynasty in the past, this number was not unusual. However, after the implementation of the new military system, 100 infantry divisions was an unimaginable number. This was not the era when any military household was a soldier, and all generals were raising their servants to earn empty wages. Now it is a real army of more than 1.2 million, but this is not the case with independent artillery and cavalry units. If these troops were included, the total number of the Ming army exceeded one million.

The navy is not that exaggerated. It mainly replaces the old sail warships with steam iron armored warships, and plans to complete the plan to eliminate all sail warships within two years. The question is, where does such a large output come from? The future Ming Navy's plan is to have 30 main warships (more than 5,000 tons), 60 cruisers, and 200 other auxiliary ships.

From this perspective, it seems that the number of warships in the Ming Navy has decreased greatly, but in fact the combat effectiveness has increased exponentially. The new iron-armored warships are not threatened by sailing warships. It is enough to have so many. In fact, according to the Congress's intention, the main warships cost 800,000 yuan should not have been built at all.

Almost overnight, the Ming Dynasty ushered in a new sea era. Because of the fierce national orders, Songjiang Shipyard was simply too busy. At this time, the opportunity for other private shipyards came. They had been manufacturing some small inland steamships, and their technology accumulation had reached a certain level. The construction orders of 200 auxiliary ships of the Navy instantly made these private shipyards die.

One after another, new docks appeared. One after another, the shipyard recruited workers, and the economic sluggish phenomenon was not visible in just half a month. Young people lined up in long queues, waiting for the recruitment. They would join the navy and the army to fight for the Ming Dynasty. Yes, avenging shame means avenging shame. Each recruitment point was painted with two big words with red paint.

"The North African Legion's plan is to form thirty infantry divisions, ten independent artillery regiments, and two cavalry divisions. The plan is to form six infantry divisions, six cavalry divisions, and three independent artillery regiments." Lin Ya reported carefully to Chen Xie, who was fighting for the position of Chief of Staff, and now she did not dare to make any mistakes.

Chen Xie didn't speak, as if he was thinking. Lin Ya hesitated for a moment and said, "The key is that logistics supply cannot keep up. If the problem of logistics supply can be solved, I think the size of overseas legions can be expanded." This supplementary explanation is to explain the expansion of fifty divisions in one go. Chen Xie nodded and said, "Don't worry, we still have time. The most important thing at the moment is to take control of the Strait of Gibraltar first. Within half a year, the navy and the army must complete the preparations for joint operations, and then take back the Gibraltar Fortress. On this issue, India must make full use of this springboard. The Army Department will send additional garrisons to ensure full control of India and allocate various resources to serve the war against Europe."

As he spoke, Chen Xie glanced at Navy Minister Jiang Fangcheng and said, "Why, is there no news about the European fleet yet?"

Where was the European fleet at this time? Did Chen Xie worry about Ye Hai? No. In fact, he was angry about Yao Qisheng's escape. At that time, according to Ye Hai's intention, he had to go to France first and pick up as many Chinese merchants in France as possible. As a result, the guy ran away directly, and there was no news. In Chen Xie's opinion, this was an unforgivable mistake. The navy could not protect the people of the Ming Dynasty. What else was there to exist? Because Yao Qisheng was the supreme commander, and Ye Hai, as the commander of the squadron, had to obey his command.

The conflict between the two broke out a week after leaving Hero Harbor. Ye Hai advocated fighting while walking, first to North America, and then along the coastline. By attacking European colonists' colonies in North America, he seized some necessary supplies, and at the same time avenged the dead naval fellows and Ming merchants. However, Yao Qisheng's attitude was exactly the opposite. He made a decision in the name of the supreme command that in order to ensure that the fleet safely arrived at the Ming colonies in North America as quickly as possible, he would not cause trouble along the way.

The contradictions were irreconcilable, and Ye Hai chose to obey, but his claims were supported by the vast majority of people. When the navy was increasingly dissatisfied, Ye Hai tried his best to appease him. Until the fleet was about to arrive in Central America, a mutiny occurred. Some naval officers and soldiers were unable to hold Yao Qisheng hostage and demanded that he give up his claim to escape and avenge the navy and his dead Ming compatriots.

Ye Hai came forward to negotiate, and the naval officers and soldiers refused to give up their claims. Even Ye Hai threatened with military law, these officers and soldiers were not shaken. The matter was delayed. After wandering on the sea for three days, Yao Qisheng changed his attention and agreed to the request of the mutiny officers and soldiers. After being released, Yao Qisheng lost his authority completely. In order to save the situation, he advocated shooting the naval officers who put down their weapons. Ye Hai stopped his behavior and believed that doing so at this time would be like adding fuel to the fire. In the end, Ye Hai came forward and put the officers who led the mutiny under house arrest. The fleet stopped continuing to move south. He began a journey of looting and heading south along the coastline. This time, the entire Spanish colony in North America suffered. The Suez 150mm caliber cannon was a disaster for the colonies along the way. No fortress on the seaside could withstand the main naval guns.

When Chen Xie asked about the European fleet, Ye Hai was commanding the fleet to attack Veracruz, Spain's largest port in Mexico. When the fleet appeared in the bay, all European ships saw one sinking one and the other hit the sea outside the port. A small fleet here in Spain went out to sea to fight. As a result, the entire army was naturally wiped out, and eight warships were sunk and could not escape even if they wanted to run away.

The fleet then bombarded the port with ship guns. After a battalion landed by the Marine Corps successfully landed, the warships blocked the port, and a large number of soldiers and Ming armed people came ashore for a whole week. In order to retaliate against the Spanish, this looting was cruel, and it was completely rushing to burn everything and kill everything. After the six merchant ships anchored on the pier were captured, they were loaded with gold, silver and supplies robbed from Veracruz. They left the port under the escort of the fleet and continued to move south. After the entire operation, the entire port turned into ruins, and the fire burned in the port for a day and a night before stopping.

About 6,000 Spanish people were killed or killed, and more than 1,000 young women were captured. The results of the entire operation were more than five tons of gold, more than three hundred tons of silver, and a large number of other supplies.

After this operation, it took a year for the port to resume normal operation, which shows how cruel this looting was. As for the city, when the Ming army arrived at the port again ten years later, the ruins of the past were still everywhere. The Spanish paid the price for their actions first, and at the same time it aroused strong hatred for China throughout Europe.

In France, Louis XIV announced the confiscation of all shares of the Ming merchants. Fortunately, this guy did not lose his mind and arrested the Ming merchants, and he was only detained. However, these Ming merchants were indeed abused a lot, and many of them did not persevere and died in foreign lands.

After three months, the European fleet finally arrived at its first destination, the port of Los Angeles, a colony of Ming Dynasty in North America. There were only a dozen ships when they set out. When they arrived here, they turned into thirty-eight ships, all of which were the result of robbery along the way. The disarmed foreign merchant ships obediently obediently in front of the bayonets of the Marine Corps. Some people did want to rebel, but they failed and were thrown into the sea to feed the fish. (To be continued...)
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