Chapter 2729: Leonard lobbying the Spaniards
In the Battle of Newport, 80 battleships of the French fleet participated in the battle, with a total force of nearly 60,000 troops, 4,700 dead and 5,400 wounded. The casualty rate reached an astonishing one-sixth one.
However, the Nanhua Fleet had 102 battleships, with a total strength of more than 80,000, with only 605 dead and 3,174 wounded. The casualty rate was only one in 20. .
Originally, the two battleships sank in the battle, and there were at least a thousand people on them. If they were not dealt with properly or were unlucky, the drowning of thousands of people would be a huge loss.
But those who fell into the water were rescued by the swarming battleships and cruisers, thus avoiding heavy losses.
The French navy and even the navies of various European countries performed poorly in first aid on the battlefield as always. They had neither doctors nor medicines. If the wounded fell into the hands of the doctors and nurses of the South China Army, at least half of them would not have died.
In contrast, the Nanhua Navy has invested heavily in building hospitals, training doctors and training nurses, and established a reliable production area of traditional Chinese medicine in the rear, which is enough to prove that they really care about the life and health of seafarers.
In times of war, sailors and experienced sailors are often urgently needed. The South China Navy is willing to invest in medical care and gets a lot of returns. However, the French Navy continues to lose experienced sailors with successive naval battles, and they will eventually suffer.
In fact, with the exchanges between the East and the West, many practices of the South China Army have been known to Europeans, and military medical care has also been understood by Europeans. However, due to its deep-rooted class classification-the nobles look down on ordinary people and think that their lives are not very important. , but also because of lack of money.
The upper echelons of the white skin can invest in the construction of mighty battleships, but they are reluctant to invest in medical care that cannot see the effect for a while.
Not only can it not be done in terms of medical care, but even military protective equipment can't be done. The South China Navy
In any case, the huge casualties of the naval personnel in the naval battle were hidden in the victory news of "our army sank the eight battleships of the pagans and severely damaged the main fleet of the pagans!", which spread throughout France, and then spread throughout the world of Christ. From Paris, France to Lisbon, Madrid, until Warsaw, let them rejoice!
The French exaggerated their achievements. At that time, the battle report was delivered to Paris. The battle report was quite honest and stated that "our army sank two enemy battleships and stopped fighting because it was too late." The number of sunk enemy ships quadrupled in an instant, and at the same time it was announced that the enemy fleet had been severely damaged, causing the enemy fleet to completely disappear on the sea.
After this battle, the two fleets returned to their own families, and each went to its own mother --- both were sent for repairs.
As long as the battleships of the sail period did not sink in naval battles, they had a high probability of being repaired and then put into use again. Therefore, sea battles would not happen again until they were repaired.
There is no enemy fleet on the sea, even if we sink them!
The Paris side trumpeted the victory, and the French envoy Leonard who stayed in Madrid, Kingdom of Spain, took this opportunity to lobby the Spaniards to join the alliance against the Chinese.
He talked in front of the ruling Queen Maria Anna, the young King Carlos II, and a group of Spanish nobles and senior officials. He preached the victory of the French army and showed that the Eastern pagans were not so terrible. Everyone's spirit of common hatred and hatred will drive the heathen out of the land of Christ!
"...After the Eastern pagans came to Europe, they were vicious and brutal, and committed heinous crimes against the people of Christ! Their military force is powerful, and they want to destroy the world of Christ. For various reasons, the people of Christ are no match for them! "Liona finished speaking, and then said impassionedly: "However, our Kingdom of France will not surrender, we stand up to resist, under the blessing of God, under the command of the king, we will be able to defeat them if we exert our strength !"
"At the Battle of Newport, the French fleet won a big victory. They sank eight Chinese battleships and none of them sank. They also severely damaged other Chinese battleships!" Leonard's voice echoed in the palace: "Our victory proves that The Chinese are not invincible, so the noble Kingdom of Spain should join France in fighting the Chinese!"
At this time, the "pro-China faction" recognized by the Spanish, Foreign Minister Juan Joaquin Castro laughed and said: "You have won the naval battle, but your southern region is still controlled by pagans!"
Since Louis XIII, the father of the current King Louis XIV, France began to implement the centralization of the royal family and seized more power from the nobles, so that the French nobles complained. When the time was right, France, which was supported by the Chinese and the Austrians, The southern nobles openly opposed Louis XIV. Although they were not anti-French, they refused to follow the instructions of Paris and formed a state within a state.
Leonard did not deny that the southern part of France was invaded by the Austrian puppet army, but the Austrians could no longer advance under the resistance of the French. At the same time, why did France not rush to attack? After all, those lands are still within the scope of the French regime, right? ?
Yes, although the nobles in southern France did not listen to Louis XIV, they still held the flag of the Kingdom of France. Neither the Chinese nor the Austrians said they would annex the region.
Leonard's resignation made Juan Joaquin Castro difficult to entangle. After his speech, Leonard calmly asked the Spaniards to establish an alliance of Western France to fight against the Eastern pagans!
To deal with the Chinese together?
Queen Maria Anna asked: "What do you think?"
The nobles and high-ranking officials looked at each other in blank dismay. Next, this group of luxuriously dressed and peacock-like dazzling guys lost their dignity, saliva splashed everywhere, and almost fisted each other, just like people in the market!
In the court in Madrid, there were both pro-China factions like Foreign Minister Juan Joaquin Castro and staunch patriots such as Bahamón de Saldovar Ruiz, Deputy Finance Minister, and later The author's family made a lot of money in trade with the Chinese, and the money was too much to spend, so he was called "Crassus of Rome" (Note 1). He firmly opposed war and believed that war was unjust. Yes, and the Minister of Finance Don Miguel Don Enrique believes that trade with China is beneficial to the kingdom's finances and opposes war with the Chinese.
More people like the Minister of State Valencia Gaja Alba and the Minister of the Treasury Don Unai Simon formed an alliance with the French~www.wuxiaspot.com~Of course there are also fencers such as the Minister of the Seal Don · Baltasar Cisneros and others said yes to both sides.
At the palace meeting, the opponents and supporters had a heated debate!
Note 1: Marcus Licini Crassus, a Roman general and politician, Crassus was born in a wealthy upper class, and later persecuted political opponents and abused his power with the acquiescence of his superiors (Sura). He is also a A successful black-hearted slave businessman, using all means to amass money. Therefore, he accumulated a huge wealth in his life, so later generations consider him to be the wealthiest person in the history of Rome and one of the wealthiest people in the history of the world.
The world has a bad opinion of Crassus because his fortune was unjust: he persecuted his political opponents and confiscated their property, and sold a large number of slaves, earning black-hearted money.
And Bahamund Salvatore Ruiz and Crassus are not much less, it is said that he is a minister, more like a businessman, because he and the pagans (including Ottomans, North African Baotou and Chinese, There are even Indians!) doing a big business, and partnered to earn slaves to America. It is said that he also sold a large number of white female slaves to the Chinese, earning black-hearted money.
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