Dragon Sea Empire

The Ming court really "attached importance" to firearms.The imperial court expressly stipulated.Firearms can only be manufactured and distributed by the imperial court in the capital.At the end of the war, statistics must be registered and turned over.Local troops are not allowed to produce their own firearms.Until the Jiajing period.Due to the needs of the war.Plus the difficulty of transportation.There are divisions and frontier fortresses and guards in the local area.Chartered by the imperial court.Some firearms can be crafted on the spot.Such as Bronze General Guns, Lianzhu Folang Machine Cannons, Poison Fire Flying Cannons, etc.

Jin Qi's family, the deputy general of Guangdong, is now encountering such a problem; the whole of Guangdong.There are very few craftsmen who can make firearms.And asked the court to make and use firearms.The time spent on official documents and bureaucratic wrangling was added.It is estimated that the cannons that were requested from the court were rusted.Only then can it be possible to transport to Guangzhou.

Yuan Jin and Li Zhong secretly hired shipbuilders from the Portuguese in Macau.Then build on the lessons the two of them saw and learned in Dutch shipyards.Successfully built four Western-style plywood ships in Tsim Sha Tau and Pearl River Estuary.There are 40 gun ports on both sides.

Originally, when a warship is built, it should be launched for sea trials.Equip weapons for drill.But.The military system of the Ming Dynasty was completely unsuitable for the production and promotion of new weapons and equipment.The conservative and old-fashioned nature of the entire bureaucracy determined the fate of these four warships.

The secret manufacturing of new warships was after Yuan Jin and Li Zhong surrendered.The result of writing to the court many times.Chief Assistant Fang Congzhe has been hesitant to send troops to conquer Taiwan.Because although he has no decision-making ability, he cannot do great things.But he is a sensible person.Know that the imperial army is very poor at sea combat.He saw the memorials of Yuan Jin and Li Zhong.I thought I caught a life-saving straw.Ordered Guangdong to deduct 3 taels of silver from this year's land tax.Used for shipbuilding costs.Fang Congzhe thought things very simply.I thought that building a battleship would be enough to fight a war.No consideration was given to a series of issues such as weaponry, personnel arrangements, and combat training.

and.After the 3 taels of silver were exploited layer by layer.When it landed at the shipyard, less than half of it was left.at last.Yuan Jin and Li Zhong carried forward the Shanzhai spirit.Some key parts of the battleship had to abandon metal components and replace them with wooden structures.Save money and materials...

but.Although Yuan Jin and Li Zhong built four plywood ships within three months.However, they can only cruise near the shipyard dock.Unable to go to sea for training.

but.It is no longer a secret that they built warships in secret.

It was the second day after Quanzhou fell.The last day of the 44th year of Wanli.Mai Dahai led the main battleship Flying Dragon, the [-]th three-masted gunboat of the Fourth Battleship Fleet, and the auxiliary fleet organized by tens of thousands of Dan people and fishermen in Macau and the Pearl River Estuary—there were hundreds of fishing boats and small sailing boats.Overwhelmingly appeared in the Pearl River Estuary.

Yu Anfu, the Macao director of the Company's Business Intelligence Department and the Chinese Army's Military Intelligence Department, stood at the bow of the Flying Dragon.Pointing forward vigorously, he said to Mai Dahai: "Brother Mai, those four warships of the government army. Three of them are at the East Wharf of the Pearl River Estuary. The other one is at the Tsimshatou Shipyard."

Mai Dahai smiled and said: "We are not just here for these plywood ships. The owner of the ship means to wipe out all the Guangdong navy at once. Not a single mast is left. Only in this way can we deter the Guangdong army."

He holds up the binoculars.Now.The Chinese Army has obtained the latest technology for manufacturing telescopes from the Dutch.Already able to independently produce telescopes.So now almost all the captains of the Chinese navy fleet can use binoculars.

Mai Dahai watched the Pearl River Estuary for a while.The order said: "All fireboats are ready. Support troops come forward. Open the way with cannons."

The Guangdong Navy at the mouth of the Pearl River is in chaos.They spotted an enemy that suddenly appeared.But that gigantic, over-the-top Hiryu is just too scary.Any of the other barques.They are all larger than the sum of the three sailboats of the Guangdong Navy.

and.Densely packed cannons are lined up on the warships of the Chinese Navy.The navy of the official army has long heard of the terrifying power of the Chinese army at sea.So they just focus on running away.He didn't have the guts to meet the enemy at all.The Chinese Army appeared too suddenly.At this time, the promotional content of the "seven major hatreds" and "six major oaths" of the Taiwan head office had not yet been conveyed to the sailors at the Pearl River Estuary.Of course, the Guangdong government is even more ignorant.

but.Everyone already knows it; Zhonghua Company.It has officially started a war with the court.

Follow the tide of the sea.The Chinese warships advanced rapidly.Soon, most of the officers and sailors were blocked at the wharf of the navy camp.Many sailors abandoned their ships and landed.They all fled to the shore.The general of the navy saw that the soldiers had no fighting spirit, and the difference in strength was too great.Had to run away too.

The commander of the navy, Mai Dahai, has no interest in accepting these navy warships converted from fishing boats.There is also a lack of interest in the weapons and equipment of the naval battalion.He let the accompanying Danmin and fishermen assist the fleet to go ashore and enter the navy camp of the official army.After confiscating some gunpowder.He ordered the release of five fire ships.

After a while.The officers and sailors who were fleeing for their lives in the mud and on the ridges by the Pearl River noticed a puff of thick black smoke rising into the sky behind them.It was the navy battalion that was burned down by a fire.Those three fake western sailing warships that were just built.Not even equipped with weapons.Already perished in flames.

It was evening of the day.Flames and smoke also rose in the direction of Tsimshatou, Xin'an County.

A night attack team composed of a 200-member sailor musketeer team and 100 special battalion fighters.Landed early this morning on the southern beach of Shek Pai Wan (later Aberdeen).Then travel across the island.On the other side of Tsim Sha Tau, a large number of Dan people sailors, fishermen, and pirates helped.After it was completely dark, he crossed the sea and launched a surprise attack on the Tsim Sha Tau Kwann Shipyard.

Night Raiders carry a large number of Thunderbolt incendiary rockets.There are also a large number of grenades and tung oil.

Although the Guanjun Shipyard also learned what happened at the Pearl River Estuary during the day.But Yuan Jin and Li Zhong left the shipyard under the pretext of going to Guangzhou City to ask for help.Therefore, the command of the leader was lost in the shipyard.When people are panicking.The officers, soldiers and craftsmen in the shipyard did not make any defensive preparations at all.

therefore.The shipyard was easily opened by the night raiders.The large amount of weapons and ammunition prepared in advance by three hundred soldiers was of no use at all.

Yuan Jin and Li Zhong used their excellent sense of smell and years of experience in confronting the Chinese Army.Run away early.As a result, the night raid team lost its main combat objective.

The Guanjun Navy Shipyard was burned down by a fire.All the craftsmen were looted to Hong Kong, Taiwan.

The Zhoushan Islands in Zhejiang Province were also seized by the Chinese Army in the first month.Yin Feng sent a group of craftsmen and Dutch engineers.Started construction of a military port on Zhoushan Island.

In the first month of the 45th year of Wanli.The Chinese army relies mainly on sea power.Take advantage of the maneuverability of warships at sea.From the south of the Yangtze River Estuary all the way to Qinzhou's several Chief Secretary areas.Attacks on thousands of miles of coastline.

All the officers and sailors were almost completely wiped out within a month.The navy ships that survived by chance also hid in the port and were killed but did not dare to go to sea.Although the Chinese army never regards the official navy as a dish.But they were still mercilessly wiped out.And hardly ever experienced a decent naval battle.

Thousands of miles of coastline in the Ming Dynasty were alerted at the same time.Emergency pond newspaper snowflakes seem to fly to the capital.

This is just the beginning of the war.The imperial court began to officially declare the Chinese company as a Taiwanese pirate.An edict to all the people under the jurisdiction of the thirteen chief divisions in the world.Whoever supports the pirates with money or manpower.It is treason.Kill without mercy.

But on the key issue of how to deal with the strategic initiative of the Chinese military in the sea.The Ming court did not issue any policies.The Ministry of War issued conscription documents.The Ministry of Households asked the cabinet to increase taxes to be used as military expenses.Fang Congzhe handed over the memorial to Emperor Wanli.Please send your son-in-law as military expenses.But got no response.The memorial will not be published.

Although the central department is busy.But that's just bureaucratic inertia in dealing with emergencies.When the entire central organization of the Ming Dynasty was dealing with the unprecedented event of "pirate rebellion".Totally messy and ill-defined.The Ministry of War has launched a plan.It is necessary to mobilize elite soldiers from all over the country to gather in the coastal areas of South Zhili, Zhejiang, Fujian, and Guangdong.Strong walls and clear fields.Moved to the sea ruins.Cut off the supply to Taiwan pirates.I want to starve to death the pirates of the Chinese company with the strict ban on sea relocation measures implemented in the early Ming Dynasty.

The issue is.The Chinese company is not the "Japanese pirates" who did not have sea bases in mobile operations in history.They are now not only self-sufficient in food.It can also sell a large amount of rice to Fujian and Jiangnan.Feed millions of mainland people. The tactic of "severing aid" is simply the fantasy of military officials behind closed doors.Even the strict sea ban in the early Ming Dynasty.It also failed to cut off the commodity sales of smuggled sea merchants.Today, the ruling power of the Ming Dynasty on the southeast coast is so weak.If you want to start moving to the ruins of the world again.It can only push more coastal people to the side of the China United Company.

Some people in the Ming government also saw this.Shen Yourong, Fujian's general soldier, and Wuyu Shuizhai with bare poles presented the general Yu Zigao to the court.Oppose the ban on sea relocation.They are also opposed to an immediate decisive battle with Sinochem.But they couldn't come up with any good way to deal with the Chinese army's water force.

The Ming Dynasty was also blind to the situation in Taiwan and Luzon.All information has to be collected temporarily: no matter political, economic, or military.Although China United Company has been established for more than ten years.However, the officials of the Ming Dynasty were basically too lazy to fully understand the situation of the Chinese company.Except for foresighted figures like Shen Yourong who had already sent spies to infiltrate Taiwan.Others, regardless of the army or the government.The understanding of Chinese companies is limited to a few words from a few officials.And the sporadic knowledge of businessmen who have been to Taiwan and Luzon.Fortunately, there is still Yu Zigao.He knows enough about the internal organization of the Chinese company and the Chinese army.Therefore he has been reactivated by the court.

After the first month.Thousands of miles of sea and territory have temporarily stopped the war.The north wind in winter is also not conducive to the actions of the Chinese fleet.And at this time.The imperial court began to send troops to the coast and internally debated intelligence.Secret spies of Chinese companies lurking in the capital, Nanjing, and Fuzhou continue to send them to Taiwan and Hong Kong.

In Quanzhou, Yin Feng received the latest issues of the mansion newspaper forwarded by the Ministry of Military Intelligence.The central organization of the Ming Dynasty despised secrecy work.What kind of memorials and pond newspapers will be published in the mansion newspaper.

Zeng Qi came to see him.With an old face.Very unhappy look.