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Chapter 703 Secret Weapon: Shipbreaker (please subscribe!)

"Admiral, attacking them from both sides is the best plan, but I have a small suggestion!"

"After hearing that the Eight-Power Allied Forces were going to fight a trade war, the merchants of the Ming Dynasty near Malacca gathered around Malacca, wanting to do their part for Ming Dynasty!"

It turned out that since the news of the trade war spread, the Ming maritime merchants who depended on this for a living became angry!

Destroying people's money is tantamount to murdering people for money!

The various factories in Daming do not have to worry about sales, because Daming has a large population, although domestic sales are not as profitable as foreign trade, they are still acceptable.

Those who really can't accept it are the sea merchants who rely on sea trade for a living.

Most of the pirate merchants in Nanyang are Ming people, and the native place of these Chinese pirates is generally Chaozhou or southern Fujian, that is, the new Daming's own people.

They came from pirates in the past, and they have always been united. Now that the Eight-Nation Allied Forces have offended this group of maritime merchants, they are worried that they will have no chance to retaliate against the Eight-Nation Allied Forces!

The news that the Eight-Nation Allied Forces were cruising on Little Nicobar Island spread quickly in the sea, and the nearest group of maritime merchant ships had spontaneously helped the Ming Navy monitor the Eight-Nation Allied Forces fleet.

So patriotic!

"Isn't it good to let the common people participate?"

"Admiral, they used to be pirates. Many ships were equipped with cannons, and their combat effectiveness is not bad. It's just right for them to attack the anchorage!"

"Also, just try a new weapon!"

Liu Junqing's suggestion seems to be feasible. After all, if the Ming maritime merchants launch an attack on them, it is definitely not an act of war. At this time, the people are acting spontaneously!
"Okay!" Liu Guoxuan said, "Let's do what we do. Send me an order to recruit maritime merchants in Malacca to help in the battle! For all those who participate in the war, Ming will provide new weapons, and they will all be rewarded!"

As night fell, lights were reflected on the sea near Little Nicobar Island.

In the strait, there are large and small western-style sailboats and galleys.

The Strait of Malacca is starting to blow up tonight!

It's just that the wind is very small, and the wind direction changes back and forth, which is not conducive to sailing.

To be on the safe side, Bentinck, the commander-in-chief who was born as an army general, decided to follow the advice of the Dutch governor Canfezis and continue to hide in the Great Strait near Little Nicobar Island.

Little Nicobar Island is part of the Nicobar Islands.

The Great Strait is a strait between the northwestern tip of Sumatra and the Nicobar Islands.

This strait is also a necessary place for the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean.

Interestingly, the Nicobar Islands of later generations belonged to the overseas territory of the Tianzhu Kingdom. They built the airport runway and military port in Port Blair of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, intending to turn it into a "gate" leading to the Strait of Malacca.

The reason why Tianzhu built the "gate" in the Strait of Malacca is to cut off the sea routes of eastern countries when necessary.

The full name of the Nicobar Islands is Andaman Nicobar Islands. Great Nicobar Island is very close to Yangon. It is a population gathering place, and there are a certain number of Daming people.

The island where the Eight-Power Allied Forces docked was Little Nicobar Island. This is an uninhabited island, so the Eight-Power Allied Forces fleet dared to come and dock.

As night fell, the Dutch governor Canfezis couldn't sleep on the boat.

Because such things as sneak attacking anchorages and ports are the Dutch's forte!

Such as the Naval Battle of Downs Anchorage in 1639.

On October 1639, 10, more than 21 warships from the Netherlands rushed into the Downs anchorage from the south and north waterways, and artillery, arson ships, porters, and the three axes of the Dutch attacked the Spanish-Portuguese allied forces.

77 warships were blocked by 117 ships in the narrow anchorage and beat up fiercely, the sky was filled with smoke and the clouds covered the sun.

The largest battleship in the Spanish-Portuguese coalition forces, the Santa Teresa, was hit and caught fire, exploded and sank.

At that time, the Spanish and Portuguese navies, which were among the best in the European navies, behaved like fish belly and were slaughtered.

77艘战舰只有奥昆多海军上将率7艘战舰设法趁着燃烧的浓烟逃出，于11月1日返回敦刻尔克。据估计西班牙人在海战中损失43艘舰船，死亡约6000人;荷兰的损失是10艘纵火船，死亡约1000人。

What is outrageous is that this naval battle was fought on British territory. The daring Dutch fleet even took advantage of the high tide to go upstream along the Thames River, attacked Sheerness Fort, and then rushed to London in one fell swoop. A cannonball meal for London!
Unexpectedly, the mighty empire on which the sun never sets will also have a dark history like the Qing Dynasty.

The Dutch, who like to raid the anchorage, are naturally worried about other people's sneak attack. The Dutch Governor Canfezis has ordered the small galleys to stand outside the anchorage.

By the way, an anchorage refers to a water area with natural or artificial cover that can withstand strong winds and waves, where ships can anchor, wait for berthing at the pier or leave the port.

But the governor of the Netherlands, Canfezis, always had a bad premonition lingering in his heart, so that he couldn't sleep at all.

After tossing and turning in bed for a while, he decided to get up and look outside, so that he could sleep peacefully.

When he arrived on the deck, in the middle of the night, it started to drizzle!

This covered the Great Strait with a layer of rain and fog, and the night and rain and fog added to the already limited visibility.

The weather that is so suitable for a sneak attack made Canfezis and the sentinels of the galleys heave a sigh of relief.

They err on the side of empiricism.

In their cognition, whether it is black powder or magic gunpowder supported by the Mongolian Kingdom of the Qing Dynasty, they are particularly afraid of being damp. In this kind of weather, generally no one will attack.

As everyone knows, the advanced weapons of Ming Dynasty all use smokeless gunpowder, even if they get wet, they can continue to be used.

Near the Great Strait, a fleet of speedboats was parting the sea and quietly approaching the anchorage of the Eight-Power Allied Forces.

These speedboats were already close to being retired.

Because this group of ex-pirates and now sea merchants bought most of their belongings in large armed merchant ships officially manufactured by the Ming Dynasty.

Officially manufactured ships have a large volume of cargo!

These speedboats were used by them when they were pirates.

They are also known as Malayan speedboats, two pointed fast rowing boats or sailboats widely used in the seas of Malaya, and were once commonly used by pirates in the Malaya area of ​​the South China Sea.

This kind of speedboat has pointed ends and a long and narrow hull. It can hang one or two vertical sails. It has poor seaworthiness and cannot sail in seas with high winds and waves.

But it is very suitable for relying on paddles to quickly approach large ships for plunder in the calm waters around Malacca!
So this kind of ship has always been the favorite of Nanyang pirates in the past!
If it weren't for the Allied Forces of the Eight Nations, these speedboats would have withdrawn from the stage of history!

In order to better sneak attack, the twelve speedboats were all modified. They removed the sails and masts, and there was no protective gear on the deck, and even the sub-cannons on the bow and stern were removed.

It looks like an empty shell ship, but in fact, they have Ming's secret weapon: the shipbreaker!
(End of this chapter)