Cutting over the end of the Ming Dynasty: a dog-leg knife at the beginning

Chapter 1076 Towards Glory (The Finale)

Sending troops to Europe is an unprecedented event for China.For a long time, Europe has been covered with a veil of mystery to China. China has known that such a continent exists a long time ago, but no one has ever been there.Our ancestors peeked at Europa Universalis from the mouths of European merchants who crossed the Middle East desert, crossed the Pamirs to the Western Regions, and then arrived in Chang’an through the Western Regions, watched the Roman Empire turn from prosperity to decline, and watched Byzantium’s imperial dream that continued for thousands of years Finally, under the cold blade of the full moon scimitar, it disappeared with the wind, watching the Vikings ravaging Europe, watching the Germans and Gauls fighting against each other, watching the Anglo-Saxons turn from weak to strong... the distance is too far Far away, all of this seems to be a matter of another planet to China. We can learn a thing or two from words and travelers' narrations, but we have no way of contacting them.Now Da Ming wants to stand up for the Venice City-State Republic, which is far away in the sky, and use troops against Europe, which is also far away in the sky, this is simply unbelievable!

The cabinet held an emergency meeting, and the heads of dozens of departments had an extremely heated debate on the use of troops in Europe.The vast majority of people think that there is no need to use troops against Europe thousands of miles away for the sake of Venice. The labor expedition is not a joke, it consumes a lot of money and the benefits are minimal, so why bother?However, Yang Menglong believed that due to the aggressive nature of the Europeans, there would be a battle with Ming Dynasty sooner or later. They must be dealt a fatal blow when they were in the budding state of industry, knocking them back for decades or even hundreds of years. Gain enough time to develop America and Oceania.

"There is only so much land that can be developed. We are not the only ones who will develop it. The Europeans are already one step ahead of us. If you have time, you may wish to visit the southern coastal cities or the northeastern border. The Europeans have already expanded into our territory. The border is coming! Now that we are still strong, they don’t dare to do anything to us. Once we weaken, they will immediately pounce on us like a pack of hungry wolves, bite us severely, and trample us into the mire! In the past few years You all already understand that they have huge potential and are just as good as us in many areas. They are only inferior to us in terms of size. Can you sleep well if such a dangerous opponent allows them to continue to develop?"

Yang Menglong first explained the necessity of using troops against Europe in terms of potential threats. In his opinion, Europe is the only region capable of invading China. Instead of waiting for them to invade, it is better to strike them first.Then he explained the benefits that can be obtained by fighting Europe: there are a bunch of poor people around Asia, and India is worth grabbing, and there is nothing to play in other places.But Europe is different. They have plundered countless gold and silver in the more than 200 years of colonizing the Americas. As long as Europe can be brought down, the war reparations alone will be enough for Ming Dynasty to squander for decades!His words were extremely provocative, and the cabinet collectively made his blood boil, shouting: "War! Start war!"

As a result, the proposal on the use of troops in Europe was passed with an absolute majority of votes in favor, and a collision between the eastern and western ends of the European continent was inevitable.

While passing the proposal on the use of troops in Europe, the cabinet also passed the proposal on arms sales to Venice, selling two hundred 130mm naval guns and [-] shells to Venice.So Catherine had to spend money to rent a few more transport ships. There were too many shells, and it would be impossible to transport them without renting some ships.

Considering that the distance from East Asia to Western Europe is too far away, Ming did not dare to send too many troops. The plan Yang Menglong handed over was to bring the three-army battle team of the Beihai Fleet to join them with the three-service battle team stationed in Bangladesh to form a one-piece army. The 3000-strong marine corps recruited [-] soldiers from Japan at the same time, and then divided half of the warships from the fleet stationed in Bangladesh to set up the shelf of an expeditionary force, and then increase troops according to the situation.Daming's actions were quick. The first day the cabinet had just received a proposal to use troops against Europe, and the next day the three armies stationed in Denglai received the order to go south, and the whole war machine was rumbling into motion...

Half a month later, Yang Menglong and Catherine boarded the Haiyan again and headed south to the Indian Ocean.Behind them is a rumbling war machine. In the ice and snow of Northeast Asia, in the vast yellow sand of Central Asia, in the rainforest of Southeast Asia, and in the vast expanse of blue waves in the South China Sea, wars are flying everywhere. Flags, everywhere the Ming army and armed immigrants expelled and slaughtered the natives who refused to accept Wanghua. Now, this behemoth is going to use troops against Europe like never before...

Catherine said with a complicated expression: "I... I seem to have opened Pandora's box and released a terrifying monster!"

Yang Menglong chuckled: "It's still too late to close this magic box."

Catherine snorted: "If it is closed, then the city-state of Venice will die. I'm not so stupid! Huh, the death of the whole of Europe is better than the death of Venice. If they don't let our city-state live, I want them to die!"

At this time, Catherine had completely lost her previous elegance and charm. She had become cold, decisive and decisive. If she had been given a small whip, Yang Menglong would probably have knelt down and shouted "Your Majesty the Queen" on the spot.Europe has been a vast area where life and death have been fought for more than 1000 years. It is a mess, and there are countless hatreds and grievances between countries. There is no overall interest. As Catherine said, in order to preserve the city-state of Venice, She lured the wolf into the house and killed all of Europe without blinking an eye!In fact, another European country with such a close relationship with the Ming Dynasty would probably make exactly the same choice at a critical moment of life and death.

Yang Menglong stayed in Bangladesh for a period of time. After the expeditionary troops and supplies were in place, under Han Suquan's eyes like a resentful woman, he boarded the restored War Song Horn, led a huge fleet, and under the guidance of Catherine, he killed the to Europe.

Eight months later, the city-state Republic of Venice, which had lost all its overseas colonies and left only an isolated city like Venice, finally welcomed reinforcements from thousands of miles away.At this time, they were already blocked in the port by the Turkish fleet, and the support army arrived in time. Dozens of warships looked like hounds seeing their prey, bared their sharp teeth and howled, and rushed towards the Turkish fleet. Soldiers manipulated a slender pocket canoe with flame-breathing tails, screaming Banzai, and crashed into the Turkish warship together with the man and the boat. The Turkish battleship hit was shattered.The hail of shells smashed the Turkish warships that were not hit by torpedoes into fireballs one by one. It was more like a massacre than a naval battle. Two hours later, all the more than 500 Turkish warships turned into burning garbage , [-] Turkish sailors were buried in the belly of the fish.The Venetians rejoiced, for for months after the war they cooked from the wreckage of Turkish warships that had washed ashore.

After solving the Turkish fleet, this terrible fleet sailed along the canal to the mainland, and violently bombarded the European coalition forces that besieged the city of Venice from land.The plate armor that European warriors are proud of is no different from paper in front of the roaring shells. The gorgeous helmet is thrown high by the blast wave, and at the same time, the remains of European soldiers are thrown up... so The tragic scene frightened the European allied forces. Countless European warriors who were known for their bravery threw away their weapons and ran away, trampling each other and causing countless casualties.This day is black for Europe. More than 2 European soldiers were killed, and more than 2 were captured. This is a terrible number. There are very few wars between European countries with such heavy casualties battle.

The European Allied Forces, which had received a heavy blow, quickly retreated.On the way to retreat, they learned that Catherine, Countess of the Dandolo family, held a grand wedding with a marshal from the East in St. Mark's Basilica. belongs to.

Now, everyone knows that they are in big trouble.The commander-in-chief of the French army exclaimed: "After 400 years, the terrible Mongols came to Europe again. The terrible yellow peril has come, and Europe is about to flow into rivers of blood again!"

He mistook the identity of the visitor, but it is no wonder that in the eyes of Europeans, people of yellow race are Mongolians.However, his prophecy came true:
The yellow peril is coming again, and Europe is about to shed blood again!

The yellow peril came extremely quickly and swept across Italy in just a few months. Naples, Genoa, Milan, Turin...the solid walls of these historic city-states collapsed one by one under the bombardment of terrible cannons. Soldiers in black rushed into the city with rifles and daggers attached, and those who were unwilling to surrender found their homes under bullets and bayonets.In just eight months, these demons from the East did what Europeans could not do in the 1000 years since the collapse of Rome: unify the whole of Italy, and with overwhelming artillery fire, a brand new country was born Yes, its name is Italy and its capital is Rome.

After the unification of Italy, the warriors of the conquered city-states gathered under the same banner, picked up spears and muskets, and marched towards France mightily.The Ming fleet and the Venetian navy poured out of the port and headed straight for France.In Normandy, at Toulonburg, they easily smashed the French-Spanish combined fleet, and the powerful marines landed in Toulonburg and began to attack the city.The fleet rested for a while, and then rushed to the British mainland.At this time, Britain still had no real navy, and could only organize pirates and armed merchant ships in a hurry, and put together more than two hundred warships to resist desperately.For such opponents, the Ming fleet was too lazy to do it themselves. The Venetian fleet with sufficient ammunition packed them up, broke through the defense line of the British fleet, and went straight to London along the Thames River. Ship gun shells!
London was engulfed in flames, and countless citizens were killed and injured.

Afterwards, the Ming fleet sent the main force of the Dutch navy to the bottom of the sea, and by the way sent warm greetings to the people of Amsterdam with naval guns.A few months later, they smashed the combined French-Spanish fleet again, incendiary-bombing Marseilles into flames.So far, there is no more capable navy in Europe that can compete with them, and the vast ocean can only let them run amok.The most frightening thing is that these guys are also vigorously dividing and disintegrating European countries while sieging cities and lands. They armed the Scots and let the fierce Scottish mountain people go out of the mountains to launch a fierce attack on the British mainland. They took a large sum of money from the treasury of Venice Money provided low-interest loans to Germany, allowing Germany to quickly organize a large army to attack France. They used force to support the independence of the Croats, which plunged the Austro-Hungarian Empire into civil war. After bombarding Istanbul, they encouraged the Balkan Peninsula to become independent. The Ottoman Empire also fell into a civil war... The worst thing is that Tsarist Russia saw European countries involved in the war one after another, thinking that there was something to be gained, and gave up expanding to the Far East, and headed straight to Europe, making this European version of the world war. It became more and more tragic.The flames of war are raging, countless cities have been razed to the ground, countless young and strong have shed blood on the battlefield, countless old and weak women and children have filled the trenches, new and old hatreds between countries, religious conflicts, racial hatred, territorial disputes... All the clues broke out at the same time, making the war more and more tragic. In the end, everyone forgot why the war broke out. They only knew how to fight, kill all opponents, and the war ended!
A hundred years later, Europeans looked back on this period of history and lamented: "This war has set Europe back for more than 100 years!"

Ten years later.

Still in Venice, Yang Menglong and Catherine held the hands of a little kid each, and under the reluctant eyes of all the officials of the Federal Republic of Italy, they boarded a giant ship with an all-metal structure and two huge chimneys, slowly Slowly sail out of the port.Yang Menglong looked back at the gradually receding Italian coast, scratched his head, and sighed: "Before I knew it, I've stayed here for ten years!"

Catherine said: "Yes, it has been ten years in a flash, so fast!" She stamped the metal deck and sighed more and more: "When I took you to sail across the ocean from Asia to the Mediterranean, the Chinese navy was only outside the battleship. A layer of steel is just used as armor, but ten years later a warship with an all-metal structure has been built. It’s really unbelievable!”

Yang Menglong chuckled... The past ten years of playing in Europe have been a lot of fun, and Daming has never been idle.In the direction of Southeast Asia, the Annan Dudufu and the Chengdu Dudufu jointly conquered the entire Indochina Peninsula and drank Malacca; in the direction of Central Asia, the Hami Dudufu annexed the entire Kazakhstan, and the fierce Uzbeks surrendered; in Northeast Asia, the Heishui Dudufu Several large cities were established, and the battle flags were planted all the way to the Tyumen region. The remnants of the bannermen led by Pu Luo and Mang Gurtai asked them to surrender... In China, the application of steam engines became more and more common. More and more factories and mines sounded the roar of steam engines.In ten years, more than 200 merchant ships equipped with steam engines appeared in Ming Dynasty, and the first warship with all-metal structure was manufactured. On the famous railway, a locomotive dragged two wagons full of coal and rumbled across it... After breaking free from the shackles of corrupt ideas and absorbing a lot of advanced knowledge, this ancient group broke out amazingly Creativity, soaring all the way, is far ahead.However, Europe, which once served as Ming's teacher for a short time, has suffered a large number of deaths due to continuous wars, and its overseas expansion has come to an abrupt end. It said goodbye to the rich America and Africa with tears, and left these two fertile lands to China. people……

The current problem of the Europeans is not as simple as being beaten back for many years. They have lost their only chance to colonize the world. There are constant fires and wars inside. Turks and Russians are watching outside. The crescent flag has been planted all the way to the city of Vienna In addition, whether they can survive the attack of these two barbaric groups is up for debate!

"Father!" The childish voice of the little kid interrupted Yang Menglong's contemplation. This little guy is his and Catherine's flesh and blood. He is seven years old. Like him, his curiosity is frighteningly strong. He asked: "What are we going to do?" Where are you going?"

Yang Menglong laughed loudly: "I will take you to travel around the world. See where the Ming Dynasty has not yet occupied and put the battle flag there!" He waved his big hand boldly and shouted: "You have to remember, the sun can reach everything All places belong to the Ming Dynasty, so the men of the Ming Dynasty should join the army to conquer places worth conquering, wear other people's shoes and walk other people's roads, leaving others with no way to go!"

Catherine knocked over with a popcorn: "What nonsense are you talking about! If you talk nonsense, I'll twist your ears, believe it or not!"

Yang Menglong hurriedly said: "Don't, don't, don't twist your ears! My wife, let's go to La Plata, shall we? I heard from Yao Chonggu that the beef there tastes great..."

Seeing him shaking his head and tail, Catherine burst out laughing.

After so many years, this guy's nature of being afraid of women hasn't changed at all...

The majestic battleship spewed thick smoke from its chimney, sailing towards the Atlantic Ocean, and what was about to be displayed in front of Yang Menglong was an epic picture scroll drawn by countless men with their blood, an incomparably brilliant future.

——— "End of the Book"

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