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Chapter 1374

Malacca has gathered many warships of the Nanyang Fleet, all of which are wooden sailing ships, without the shadow of steam ships.

However, the wooden sailboats of the Nanyang Fleet are already the most powerful fleet in this sea area, not one of them.The Nanyang Fleet destroyed the fleets of Aceh, Mataram and other indigenous countries. Wherever the naval guns went, they were invincible.

They usually just fight pirates and smuggling ships in the Spice Islands, and occasionally destroy the sampan fleets that the native kingdoms are trying to revive.

This time they will enter the Indian Ocean to besiege other colonists' strongholds in the South Asian subcontinent.

More than ten galleons appeared in the port of Malacca city.

The Nanyang Fleet is equipped with four sailing battleships, the Daqin, the Dawei, the Dahan, and the Dazhao. They are all fifty artillery-class sailing warships produced locally by the Kyushu Army. Any sailing battleship can be In the indigenous fleet, seven entered and seven exited.Of course, the premise is that there is no arson ship.

In addition to the four sailing battleships, there were eight frigates and more than 3000 sailors and soldiers.

"Have all the ships arrived?" Deng Qianlong looked around at his captain.

"Didn't the Admiralty agree to give us a steam frigate and four mosquito ships for the Nanyang Fleet? Why haven't we seen them yet?" asked a captain.

"It's probably still in the north." Deng Qianlong said, "This time our Nanyang Fleet entered the Indian Ocean. The light steam ships and mosquito ships are useless, and we need to replenish coal from time to time."

Their Nanyang Fleet is guarding the Strait of Malacca, but they saw the iron-clad ship General Fubo passing by with their own eyes. They are a little jealous that the first 3000-ton iron-clad ship is assigned to the Fourth Fleet.

"This time the Daehan stayed to guard the Strait of Malacca to prevent pirates and indigenous sampan boats from running rampant after our Nanyang Fleet entered the Indian Ocean." Deng Qianlong looked at the captain of the Daehan.

"Obey!" Although the captain of the sailing battleship Daehan felt sorry for not being able to participate in operations in the Indian Ocean, the military order was like a mountain.

"The rest of the ships are ready to go. We have to complete this mission beautifully, so that our Nanyang Fleet will have the confidence to ask the Ministry of the Navy for ships. There are two big guys in the shipyard who are building, and their ownership has not yet been decided." Deng Qianlong said.

"My lord, how big are the two big guys you mentioned?" asked a captain.

"It is expected to exceed 9000 tons, do you think it is too big?" Deng Qianlong said.

"More than 9000 tons!" Deng Qianlong's captains exclaimed.

The ironclad general Fubo they envied was just a 3000-ton ironclad. They didn't expect that there were two super large ironclads over 9000 tons under construction!
"My lord, our Nanyang Fleet must take down these two big guys, at least one!" The captains of the Nanyang Fleet shouted excitedly.

The appearance of large ironclad ships made them go crazy, who wouldn't want to have the latest and most powerful ironclad ships in their fleet!

"It depends on your performance this time." Deng Qianlong said.

"We will definitely complete the task of cleaning up the South Asian subcontinent!" The captains said one after another.

The Nanyang Fleet sent three sailing battleships and five frigates into the Indian Ocean this time. Their mission was to clean up the colonial strongholds on the Indian Peninsula and take them as their own.

The goal of this fleet is the Calcutta castle where the Ganges flows into the sea.

The East India Company sent two ships here last time to buy a piece of land, claiming to establish a trading station here.

However, at this time, half a bastion has been built here, with an army stationed here, as well as hired Tubang soldiers.

"The Nanyang Fleet is about to come to us to implement the second step of the plan, to remove the strongholds of the Portuguese, Dutch, Arabs, and Persians, and let them do business in accordance with the trade rules established by our East India Company." Chen Bangyan Said to Qin Zuoming, an officer of the East India Dispatch Army.

"Have you ever thought that the reason why the emperor of the Mughal Empire gave the East India Company some privileges was mostly to check and balance businessmen from other forces. If we drive them all away and our own family dominates, then the emperor of the Mughal Empire will not only The East India Company cannot be tolerated, and will even send troops to attack our strongholds. Especially here, we must be prepared to face the Mughal Empire at any time." Qin Zuoming said.

"The emperor of the Mughal Empire had little interest in the sea. His focus was on the land. Even if at worst he destroyed our forts, we could harass their long coastlines and force them to carry out leg work. Department," Francis Day said.

Chen Bangyan and Qin Zuoming looked at each other, this idea is a bit bad, just like the Japanese pirates invading the southeast coast.

"I still have a little confidence in our soldiers and the Bengali mercenaries we have trained. Even if the Ottoman emperor personally conquers, as long as there are supplies, he can defend Calcutta." Qin Zuoming looked at the Indian mercenaries who were training outside the bastion .

These mercenaries were the lowest caste in the Mughal Empire. They were poor and destitute. Under the temptation of military pay and food and housing, they accepted the scolding of Qin Zuoming's army stick, and they already looked good.

"Only if you receive hard training, will you be able to defeat the higher castes who bullied you in the future!" There are small officers of the Kyushu Army holding short sticks to supervise the drill of these native mercenaries. Army sticks serve.

These native mercenaries were almost all refugees when they were recruited. They were lazy and severely malnourished. Only short sticks could teach them what is called iron discipline.Without the usual rigorous training, they will easily collapse on the battlefield!
However, these native mercenaries have long been used to being bullied by high-caste dignitaries outside. As long as they train hard, they can get normal military pay and food. In Calcutta Fort, they are not so free except for their activities. The outside is good, so I don't hold any grudges against these instructors.Being bullied by the powerful is like a slave, but being bullied here is your own reason.

"Do you think they will be able to go to war?" Francis Day asked.

"Whether mules or horses have to be pulled out. They should be full of resentment towards the higher castes. Whether they can serve as the main force on the battlefield is a problem, but it is enough to deploy in secondary positions or to attract the enemy. Muskets This kind of thing can be used effectively by a farmer after a month of training, but it is no different than a bow horse that needs at least three years of training." Qin Zuoming said.

"What you said makes sense." Chen Bangyan and Francis Ri couldn't deny it.The popularity of muskets has allowed many not-so-good sources of soldiers to have certain combat effectiveness.

There are only 500 native mercenaries in front of them, and they would never have imagined that this native mercenary will reach a scale of more than 100000 in the future, and they will become pawns for the East India Company to conquer the South Asian subcontinent.

(End of this chapter)