Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 2193 The Little Marquis (Twenty-three) unexpected victory
Ruan Fuze's guess is actually not correct, but it does not matter if it is not true, because although the Arakan Fleet knew that the fleet composed of more than a dozen giant ships in front of them must be the "Ming Fleet" directed at them, they did not do it from the beginning. Be prepared to fight.

Why?Because of the disparity in strength, they knew that there was no chance of victory in a frontal battle, so they could only hope to pretend to be stupid and deceive this encounter, and then disperse and flee when the "Ming Fleet" was unprepared.

As I said a long time ago, naval battles are different from land battles. The strength of both sides is clearly visible. You can see me and I can see you at a glance, but not so much. A space where ingenuity could be unleashed—especially before the invention of radio.

Qi Jiguang once said that in naval battles, big ships are better than small ships, and many ships are better than few ships.If you have many and big ships, and the opponent's ships are few and small, then you will win randomly.On the contrary, it means that the opponent will beat you randomly and win, and there is not much other truth to explain.

Of course, this statement still needs to be slightly adjusted in the artillery era, because the difference in artillery level can change the balance of combat power.Therefore, Gao Pragmatic concluded at the beginning and added two more sentences to Qi Jiguang's words: Big guns are better than small guns, and more guns are better than fewer guns.

According to these two mantras, the idea of ​​​​building the Beijing-China Fleet is very simple and unpretentious: size plus quantity, I want them all.

The Beiyang Fleet is okay. After all, the mission sea area is relatively small, and the number and scale can be smaller. However, the hull and number of guns are the same as those of the Nanyang Fleet, and they are all general-standard warships.The scale of the Nanyang Fleet is different, it is almost constantly expanding.

This is actually an important reason for the increasing expansion in southern Xinjiang - such a large fleet is placed here, which requires maintenance fees.

Now the entire Nanyang has been fully controlled, and the scale of trade is close to the limit.Although the overall trade scale is gradually increasing due to the economic development of southern Xinjiang, the speed of this increase is still insufficient in the eyes of the fleet. It is very, very insufficient. Therefore, the fleet needs to open up a larger market and obtain greater profits. Benefit!

Then there is a trouble: Gao Jingjing's expansion in southern Xinjiang is not the model of Western colonists. He does not go to the local area to occupy a few trading strongholds, start with trade, and then slowly enclose the land and enslave the locals to do themselves. benefits of cows.

The highly pragmatic model is actually a typical Chinese expansion: when my power reaches your vicinity, you feel that my power is too strong and threatens you, so you start to think of ways to conflict with me, and finally we fight with each other.At this time, because it was you who took the initiative to provoke us, we sent out troops to destroy your military power. Now because we are worried about your future revenge, we will simply take advantage of the situation and start to rule.

But this is only the first step, the second step is actually the key.That is, I do not take your local people as slaves, but "as long as you are under my rule, you are my people, because I am the parent of all nations."

As a result, the local people gradually discovered after various turmoils in the initial period-Hey, how come things are so much better under his rule than before?Then I'll make a fuss?
So these people became obedient people after several generations, and because of the strength of Chinese civilization itself and its unique inclusiveness and centripetal force, these people even recognized one thing from the bottom of their hearts: What is Chinese or not, I and them are the same. Why am I making a fuss?

Some people say that a big reason why the Chinese civilization cannot be defeated or overwhelmed is that this civilization advocates "the supreme good is like water" and "water benefits all things without fighting for it." In the end, everyone can turn themselves into a part of this superior water.

This is completely different from the dualistic thought of monotheism that is the foundation of Western civilization.Western civilization conquered so much land when its military power was at its peak, but in the end it could only retreat to its homeland when its military power was no longer at its peak.Even though many new countries were established in America, which was originally underpopulated, these countries were still unable to solve the troubles caused by binary opposition.When the peak of their development ebbs, the country unsurprisingly begins to tear apart internally, once again engaging in dual opposition, each seeing the other as a heretic and eager to get rid of it.

If a country is founded on dual opposition and regards conquering and oppressing its opponents as victory and glory, it will inevitably fail to get out of the spiral of history.Sometimes the left defeats the right, and sometimes the right defeats the left. They never get a balance, they are always a pendulum, and their own strength is constantly being wasted in the swing from left to right. They fill the battlefield with countless lives in vain, but in the end they get nothing. Only the short-lived "past glory" became their eternal memory.

If you prosper with this, you will die with it.

Why is the most important policy in southern Xinjiang always the household registration and naturalization system?It is because he wants to institutionalize, make the Chinese civilization inclusive and inclusive, make it a national policy, and make it permanent.

It is actually not safe to keep oneself strong by constantly creating enemies. Only by constantly turning enemies into a real part of oneself can one continue to become stronger and stronger.From a mere piece of land in the middle reaches of the Yellow River, it became today, and then... the future.

Let’s talk about the battle situation.The Arakan Fleet knew who was coming when they first saw the mobile fleet. After all, the merchant ships of Southern Xinjiang had been traveling to and from the South Asian subcontinent for a long time, and they were very familiar with the standard ships of Southern Xinjiang.What's more, the flag hung by the other party clearly shows his identity. What's there to think about?
But although the Arakan Dagang area is famous for being rich in excellent sailors, Arakan's financial resources are there. Even if it obtained some Western sailing craftsmanship from the Portuguese, it could only use it to make some improvements to its own warships. Improvement, the quantity cannot increase at all.

What's more, the Portuguese are not stupid. Some of the manufacturing techniques they passed on are outdated Western technologies and can only make some small boats. In the current era, the manufacturing technology of the large Galen ship, which is the main naval ship of the Spanish-Portuguese Empire, will not be taught to Arakan. people.

However, even the Spanish Great Galen was not beaten by the two ocean fleets.Even the master can't defeat him, let alone this named disciple?
In terms of number, the number of Arakan's royal warships in Chittagong is not small compared to the mobile fleet. There are a total of seventeen ships, but unfortunately they are all small Kirk ships.This kind of ship was mainly popular in Northern Europe at first, and was later improved by Spain and Portugal, becoming the most common small ship in the Age of Discovery.

Although very popular, the combat capabilities of this kind of ship are really limited. Due to the advantages of firearms, Spain and Portugal can use this small boat to attack some maritime opponents that have not entered the age of firearms at all. However, in the face of the Nanyang Fleet, which is a head-on confrontation with the main European forces, The battleships were giant ships that had some advantages, and the Arakanese simply did not have such confidence.

So, while they just wanted to pretend to be stupid, they didn't give the other party a chance to pretend to be stupid, and directly ordered an outflank and roundup.The Arakanese fired a few simple cannons, and the mobile fleet responded with heavy artillery.Not long after, a Kirk ship was hit by a heavy chain bomb, and the bridge was almost swept away.The remaining Arakanese were almost frightened and hoisted their white flags.

It was originally just an unexpected encounter, but due to a combination of circumstances, Chittagong's coastal defenses completely disappeared.Now there is only one question left: Why did the Arakan fleet emerge from the port by coincidence?
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PS: I finally figured out how to fish. I have to go out now. I will take a day off tomorrow. I will make up for the remaining chapter later.

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