Chapter 864: Go to war with an excuse
After the beginning of the year in 1646, the situation east of the Strait of Malacca became very paradoxical, and the number of merchant ships in Southeast Asia and the Daming waters continued to increase!
They knew that a war with the Chinese was inevitable. Although it was hard to say victory or defeat, and the artillery was ruthless, they didn't want to evacuate, they wanted to get a vote!
After fighting the storm of the Cape of Good Hope and the vortex of the Strait of Magellan, would you be afraid of gunfire?
Wealth and wealth are in danger. Although the battle is dangerous, the harvest is rich. Nowadays, the Chinese are rich!
The Chinese in various places have also increased their vigilance. The fleet is assembled, the maritime patrol is dispatched, the city is strengthened, and the artillery on the fort is ready.
However, there is no reason for a thousand days to guard against thieves, and doing so makes people very tired.
The problem is that it is impossible to figure out the offensive day of Hong Maofan, and Hong Maofan has no stipulation on which day is the offensive day!
No matter how the intelligence agencies of the Southeastern Prefecture collect information, do everything they can to buy, get drunk, use JI women, etc., the information they get is: to be determined.
Fighting is sure to fight, but knowing that the virtues of the red hair fan can’t keep secrets, the heads of the red hair fan open their heads, saying that those merchant ships do their own things. Anyway, as long as the main fleets of both sides fight, they will follow along. Hi!
The question is how do you know that the main fleet is at war?
In case of a wrong understanding, there is a fight. The Hong Maofan merchant ship does not know it. It is supplied in the Chinese harbour. The ship is like a cavalry horse in the stable in the port. There is no prestige at all.
What's more, the Hong Maofan countries that are at war this time are not the result of negotiations between the king of the country and the ministers, but the East India Company of all countries united to fight the Chinese!
Now in the waters of Asia, the red hair fan countries
Anyway, it's just a "beat" character.
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February 13, 1646, the twenty-eighth new year of that year!
As the New Year is approaching, all parts of Southeast Asia are immersed in the joy of the New Year. Although the wind is a bit tight, the New Year is always coming.
The busy Anshun Port is located on the Malay Peninsula. Merchant ships turn their rudders here and will soon be able to enter the South China Sea, and then sail along Annan to reach Ming and Guangxi.
Annan is now developing well and is included in the Chinese economic circle. Rice, cane sugar, fruit preserves, agarwood, wood, coal and iron are sold, and then to Daming, so there are a lot of sea ships on this route.
A two-masted rambutan merchant ship called "Golden Tulip" came into the port. It was a merchant ship with a displacement of less than 200 tons. The goods declared for customs indicated that they were spices shipped from West Asia to Guangzhou.
Saffron, a very valuable spice, and benzoin are also good products.
The goods come from West Asia?
The customs officers on duty increased their vigilance and conducted a careful inspection of the boat, but found nothing, nor did the drug detection dogs find it.
Anti-drug dogs are the first of the Chinese to collect qualified dogs and train them to find bad drugs.
However, the careful customs officers found that although the drug detection dog did not warn, it looked more irritable than before.
The dog is unable to speak, but the owner of the dog can detect the movement of the dog and judge that the ship should have had bad drugs, but where did it go?
Re-searched, and finally made a major discovery.
A pinch was found on the side of the ship!
When you opened it, the drug detection dog cried excitedly. Inside was Caterpillar. This is a prohibited drug!
Needless to say, the entire ship will be detained.
However, something went wrong!
The red-headed ship owner yelled: "Chinese robbery!" His sailors took out their muskets and opened fire brazenly!
The Chinese were really careless, because the previous order was very good and they did not take precautions. As a result, they died and fled. The "Golden Tulip" set sail and departed from Hong Kong.
However, it can't run away!
Two coastal defense ships caught up with it. The coastal defense ship of the Southeast Mansion, with a single mast, made a lap smaller than the sixth-tier cruise ship and carried fourteen guns. "Tulip", strike it left and right, and bombard it together!
He quickly beat it to spin in the sea, losing its mobility.
When the Chinese wanted to board the ship, the "Golden Tulip" sank!
Without the evidence, the crew members categorically denied trafficking in bad drugs, saying only that the Chinese intended to rob and blackmail, and they had to resist!
Even if the Chinese get a confession, it can be said to be tortured to extract a confession.
The Carter grass found in the sunken ship can also be said to have been planted by the Chinese.
It didn't matter how the result was. The important thing was that Hong Maofan used this as an excuse, and the news spread quickly.
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On February 15th, tomorrow is the Spring Festival, Hong Maofan will also use their cannons to extend their festive greetings to the Chinese!
A huge fleet of ramblings rushed towards the Strait of Malacca. At this time, the sails were full of wind, and the trusses of the boats creaked non-stop.
This is a task force that includes warships from the Netherlands, Britain, Spain, and Portugal. Most of them are double-deck large ships, and even the French have two large ships.
So each ship has more than fifty guns, majestic!
All crew members on the ship knew the news that "the Chinese attacked our merchant ship Golden Tulip unreasonably and killed our crew."
revenge!
Eliminate the Chinese!
Destroy their fleet!
The fleet is divided into three queues, the first, the middle and the back. The flagship of the Chinese army is the Dutch battleship "Maas River", with a full 80 artillery!
Equipped with 12 36-pounder guns, arranged on the rear of the lower gun deck, 16 24-pounder guns, arranged in the front of the lower gun deck; 14 18-pounder guns arranged on the rear of the upper gun deck, 12 12-pounder guns, Arranged in the front of the upper gun deck, plus the remaining 26 6-pounder guns distributed on the weather deck.
The firepower is strong, but fortunately only this one.
36-pounder!
Yan Da is rare, I'm afraid that he has to howl the 42-pound cannon. He needs bigger, thicker and longer guns!
Not only the firepower of the army, but also the decency of the dictator!
On the flagship, everyone looked at a majestic admiral with admiration.
Maarten Tromp (1598.4.23-), also translated as Maarten Harpertsson Tromp, in order to and his second son Cornelis van Tromp (Little Tromp, It is also a good naval fighter) difference, referred to as Old Tropp.
Commander of the Dutch Navy~www.wuxiaspot.com~ One of the greatest admirals of the Dutch Republic. He was the highest-ranking naval commander (since 1636) in the previous naval battles between the Netherlands, Spain, Britain, and the Chinese. He defeated the Spaniards in the Battle of Downs (1639), which gradually weakened the Spanish maritime hegemony.
In order to deal with the Chinese and seize the interests of the East, the Netherlands sent the most powerful admiral!
The European countries have reached an unprecedented agreement that within three years of Tromp’s arrival in Asia, they must not go to war with each other!
The East has become a golden mountain. Everyone who has been to Hongmao Fan said that there are endless treasures there. Therefore, it is rare for the rulers of European countries to work together to seek the wealth of the East.
They agreed to their respective East India Company's war against the Chinese. Military expenditures were paid out of their own accord and the spoils were divided according to the forces deployed.
For this war, all countries have injected huge sums of money into the East India Company and invested in a huge fleet.
Tromp is stout, his eyes are slightly sunken, his brown pupils are very energetic, his nose is up, thick lips, and his skin is wheat-colored. He calmly gives orders and shows that everything is under control, giving people great confidence. !
