I'm really not the carpenter emperor

This kind of warship has disappeared in the waters of Daming for nearly 50 years.

The Cangshan ship is considered the main warship among the naval forces of the various provinces of the Ming Dynasty. This is because the cost of the Fuchuan is high, and the maintenance cost is also not low.

Before the dawn of the apocalypse, the imperial court's finances were on the verge of collapse, and the development of the navy was gradually reversed.

The treasure ships of the early Ming Dynasty disappeared, and even the blueprints were nowhere to be seen, and now they cannot be built even if they want to.

After the death of Qi Jiguang and Yu Dayou, the military strength of the Ming army across the country, both the guards and the navy, plummeted.

As the main warship, Fuchuan disappeared one after another in the naval forces of various provinces, and was replaced by the more flexible Cangshan ship, which was several times smaller.

The maintenance cost of the Cangshan ship is quite low, and its combat performance is also good for chasing pirates in the offshore, so it is very popular.

The consequence of reducing maintenance costs is that the foreign combat capabilities of naval forces in various places are greatly reduced.

As for the more than [-] large blessing ships of the Denglai Navy in front of us, they are large-scale warships that can be used for expeditions and compete face-to-face with each other.

The performance of Fuchuan almost meets all the needs of sea operations. It has deep draft, large carrying capacity, good resistance to wind and waves, and is extremely stable. It is very suitable for long-distance sea voyages.

As early as the Yongle period, Fuchuan had been widely used by the naval forces of various provinces to transport soldiers, goods, and undertake escort tasks.

Although the blueprints for the treasure ships used by Zheng He on his voyages could not be found, some very old craftsmen have handed down a word from their ancestors.

That is, the treasure ship, which was researched on this kind of large-scale blessing ship.

The size of the treasure ship is several times that of the latest Dutch Galen warship, and the artillery and crew are an astronomical figure, almost equivalent to an aircraft carrier at sea.

It can even be said that until now, as long as Zhu Youxiao can build a treasure ship, it will still be the most advanced ship in the world.

Chapter 663

"Liqing, you are finally here." In the main hall of the mansion, Nan Juyi looked at Yuan Keli in front of him, called his name affectionately, and sighed:

"If there is no more reinforcements, Yu Shuai and I really don't know what to do, so as to face the eager expectations of the coastal people."

Yuan Keli received the green tea served by his servants, without any pretensions of being an official.

Although the two were old friends who hadn't seen each other for many years, they didn't have any intention of reminiscing about their old relationship now. The Dutch were coming aggressively, and every day the blockade of the coastline was delayed, the court's losses would be astronomical.

"What's going on, Hongmao Fan's sailor?"

"They're not called Hongmaofan. They're called Dutch by Franji people, and the navy isn't called the navy. They call it the Queen's fleet."

As Nan Juyi said, his face was full of fear.

Hearing this, Yuan Keli sneered:

"I don't care if they are called Dutch or whoever they are. In Daming, they are just red-haired fans. I don't care if there is any fleet or not."

"Since I came to Fujian by order, it is to defeat their fleet and recover the chicken coop! Brother Sishou, I hope you will tell me the truth about the situation of Hong Maofan's fleet!"

Nan Juyi looked serious, and said quickly:

"That's nature, that's nature..."

After talking for a while, Nan Juyi's face became more and more ugly, but Yuan Keli had a relaxed smile on his face, and laughed loudly:

"I thought how powerful this red-haired fleet is. If, as brother Sishou said, it's just dozens of broken ships and more than 1000 red-haired ghosts!"

"The Denglai navy I brought has more than [-] lucky boats, and the crew is more than tens of thousands!"

After saying that, Yuan Keli finally stood up, walked up to the many officials in the courtyard, drew out the sword at his waist, and said contemptuously:

"It's time to let the people of the world see that the Denglai Navy, which spends tens of millions of taels of military expenditure every year in Ming Dynasty!"

"Order Deng Shuai and Lai Shuai to lead the sailors Dengzhou Camp and Laizhou Camp to go to Jilong Island to destroy the fort that Hongmaofan is building."

"Send a word to Hongmaofan that the people can leave, but the boat and weapons must stay."

"Otherwise, none of the red-haired ghosts who have landed on Ryukyu Island, regardless of gender, age or age, will be able to leave! They must leave their lives here!"

Nan Juyi followed, looking at the vigorous Yuan Keli, he suddenly felt that he didn't know him.

Once upon a time, how did a talented scholar who liked to talk about the past and the present with himself become what he is now?

The current him doesn't have any old habits of a literati.

It's just that he doesn't know that in Denglai and the two mansions, if people are not cruel, it is not enough to make things happen.

Yuan Keli Fuzhen Denglai, how many powerful generals are under his command?

Deng Shuai Shen Yourong, Lai Shuai Zhang Pan, and Dong Jiang Mao Wenlong are all well-known warriors in the world, and they all worship under his command and are under his control.

It is absolutely not enough to say that it is only to be a literati.

Seeing Yuan Keli's confident look, Nan Juyi felt relieved for some reason, maybe things will really turn around.

……

In the northern part of Ryukyu (Taiwan), Jilonggang.

The Queen's Fleet occupied the chicken coop for more than a month, and the fortress was not half built, and the coastline and forts built by the Fujian Navy can still be vaguely seen along the coast.

In the port, there are still remains of the wreckage of the warship of the Fujian Navy, telling the story of the tragic battle that took place here a month ago.

In the distance, more than ten pirate ships sailed and docked at the port.

Pirate Yang Tiansheng and Li Kuiqi were very puzzled, because they were called by the Dutch admiral Holland of the Queen's Fleet.

The two of them looked at the busy Dutchman back and forth on the shore, knowing in their hearts that something had happened.

Since the fortress has not yet been built, Dutch Admiral Holland still lives in the third floor of the Queen's flagship, which is his "bedroom".

"What, their speed is so fast?"

"It's impossible to have so many, our entire East India Company can't build so many large warships!"

Before they walked in, the two heard the Dutch whispering.

For people like them, when they walk on the sea, foreign languages ​​are compulsory courses. Both of them can hear that the tone of these Dutch people is very strange, and things seem to have exceeded the originally expected range.

"You are here." Holland was wearing the gorgeous military uniform of the admiral of the Royal Netherlands Navy, with a very ugly face, and reproached in broken Chinese:

"Didn't you say that Daming's navy is pitifully weak?"

"But my outpost ship told me that their fleet coming down from the north, the warships can't see the edge at a glance, and the shipboard guns are as many as my Galen battleship!"

"Give me an explanation, otherwise, we will take back Diaoyu Island."

The two people looked at each other when they heard the words, and were about to speak, but there was a sudden earth shaking, the distant sound was like thunder, and the port outside was already in chaos.

The first mate of the Queen ran over and said, "Captain, it's the fleet of Yuan Keli, the governor of the Ming Dynasty! They raised their flags in the distance, and instead of coming directly to the port, they are demonstrating against us with artillery!"

"Our crew has been transporting stones to the shore. If Daming's fleet attacks at this time, we can't resist it!"

"It's just that the meaning of this Ming fleet is to pull us to the sea and use artillery to decide the winner!"

Hearing these words, Holland's expression became even uglier.

Yang Tiansheng and Li Kuiqi below also looked at each other in disbelief.

It doesn't make sense, with such a long distance, there should be no warships in Ming Dynasty that can hit the Dutch fleet, just like the Fujian Navy before, they can only be beaten.

"I remembered, it should be the Denglai Navy!" Li Kuiqi said suddenly:

"Admiral, it should be the Denglai Navy from Shandong. This is the only Ming fleet that can threaten you."

"Why did you say it now?" Holland slapped the table and stood up, eyes widening:

"If I had known this news earlier, I would not have allowed my fleet to enter Ming's territory without modification!"

The first officer said: "It's too late to say anything now, we have already occupied the chicken coop, and Ming's fleet has arrived in Fujian, a big war is inevitable."

"God, they're bombarding the fort..."

With the lead bullets roaring in the sky, the Dutch really panicked this time.

According to the news they had received before, the naval combat capability of Ming Dynasty was very weak, and it was not capable of fighting against the Royal Netherlands Navy at all.

That's why Holland gave up his plan to continue repairing. He had just packed up the equipment of the Spanish Armada on the Spice Islands, and then rushed over to seize the colony.

According to the regulations of the Dutch Federation of Provinces, whichever Royal Navy fleet out of the country captures a new colony will be automatically appointed as the governor.

To put it bluntly, in order to expand the colony, the Dutch Federal Parliament gave them full rights to the naval admirals who led the troops outside.

As long as you can take it down, it's yours to play as much as you want.

Who doesn't want to be an emperor?

Until meeting the Denglei Navy, the Dutch fleet in this official formation was indeed going smoothly, with no casualties except for an unlucky one who accidentally fell.

Every battle is undoubtedly crushing.

Their fleet is dominated by fifth-tier galley warships, which have absolute range and size advantages over the Fujian Navy at sea.

But today, the situation turned upside down.

Chapter 664 Run away after beating, it's really exciting

Daming's fleet is so arrogant that it will not sneak attack when it can, and fires cannons first to demonstrate, telling itself that they are going to fight.

Then without attacking, they bombarded the fortress under construction from a distance!

What kind of play is this?

To blow up a fortress under construction in front of one's face is not fighting, it is humiliating!

Holland was furious, and when he came to the deck, his eyes almost popped out. The shells whistling in the sky were bombarding their fortress into pieces of rubble!

Before the war officially started, many Dutch sailors in Jilong Port were injured by shrapnel and gravel, lying on the ground and wailing in pain.

And he, unexpectedly, can only see the Ming Fleet in the distance through a telescope.

I don't know if I don't look at it, I just looked at it, but it almost didn't frighten him to sit on the ground. There are a lot of Daming fleets coming this time, and they come from two directions.

Any one of these two fleets is about the same number as the total number of the Dutch fleet.

Added together, the size looks the same as his main battleship, the fifth-tier Galen galley. At a rough look, there must be at least a hundred of them.

In other words, these two fleets have more than 100 fifth-tier warships, and the Queen's fleet has only about forty such warships!

Holland couldn't understand why there were so many Tier [-] warships in Ming Dynasty, but why didn't he see a single one in the southeast waters.

Do you have to wait until you are beaten before sending out for a decisive battle?

It seems that during the Battle of Penghu, the East India Company sent an advance team, while Daming never sent an official navy from the beginning to the end...

The most ridiculous thing is that the admiral of the Dutch Royal Navy actually listened to the words of these two stupid pig pirates, thinking that the strongest fleet of Ming Dynasty was the same as that of the Penghu naval battle.

Thinking of this, Holland both wanted to kill Yang Tiansheng and Li Kuiqi.

In fact, during the Battle of Penghu more than three years ago, Holland's thinking was correct. Ming Dynasty really only had that little naval power at that time.

It wasn't that disparity in the battle, and it wouldn't make Zhu Youxiao ruthless, investing more than 1000 million taels a year to develop the navy.

Of course, money is not spent in vain, and we can really see changes in this battle.

Even Yang Tiansheng and Li Kuiqi, who have been on the sea for many years, did not expect that the Daming Navy would undergo such earth-shaking changes in three years.

From the Battle of Penghu being suppressed by the Dutch Federation's advance fleet, to now being able to bombard the Dutch fortress from a distance, this change is not insignificant.

Seeing this, not all of them are here today, and there may be more of the Denglai Navy.

The two looked at each other, and when they saw the furious Dutchman, their hearts tensed. Could it be that the master followed the wrong way?

From this time on, the two have been thinking about retreating.

"boom!"

A lead bullet accurately hit the tower not far from the Queen, the upper part of the tower was shattered, and large pieces of gravel tilted down and fell towards the deck.

The Queen is a serious Tier [-] battleship. It already belongs to the early sailing battleship. It belongs to a large battleship of a thousand tons. It is equipped with more than forty artillery pieces, and it can be called a sea killer.

But there are also disadvantages, not flexible.

The stones on the top of the head fell down one after another. The Dutch sailors of the Queen could only watch helplessly, or run away with their heads in their arms. They had no other choice.

Even if the Queen wants to start a counterattack, it will take some time.

By that time, Da Ming's fleet might have retreated calmly...

So, you always have to pay back when you come out to hang out.

In the Battle of Doro Bay, the Queen's fleet caught the Fujian Navy and the Armada by surprise. Today, a month later, the Denglai Navy also raided Jilonggang.