Chapter 1877: Threats and force to deter

Dagama has always emphasized that the church's casting of artillery and repair turrets seriously violated the interests of the Kingdom of Portugal and demanded severe punishment of relevant personnel. But Kong Tai ’s rhetorical question is also valid and justified-they did not violate any laws and conventions, how to punish?

In addition, Kong Tai bit out, it was the Ming State who copied the 12-pound gun, not the Beihai State. Moreover, Kong Tai also produced evidence-a sample of a bowl of blunder made.

Kong Tai told Dagama that when the Ming Dynasty was founded more than a hundred years ago, Huaxia was able to cast such short-barreled artillery. People themselves have the art of cannon casting, not what the Beihai State taught them. Therefore, it is not uncommon for them to imitate a 12-pound gun.

Dagama stared at the bowl mouth for a long time, then, recalling the battle with the Ming army, it seems that the Ming army navy is indeed equipped with this short barrel artillery, the equipment rate is quite high ...

From this, it can be concluded that Ming Guo can imitate this artillery, it is not surprising ...

The Dagamarang translator asked Lin Afu, a fisherman, and Lin Afu also said that this kind of bowl mouth blunder has been equipped with coastal sailors for a long time.

There is nothing more to say about this Dhama. As for the problem of the fort construction, Kong Tai also insisted that the craftsman was hired privately by Ming officials and had nothing to do with Beihai. However, there are no provisions in the law of the North Sea State and the agreement reached between the North Sea State and Portugal to determine that it is illegal ...

Dagama was so angry that he could not speak, but he also understood that—on this issue, Portugal cannot blame the North Sea State. After all, no matter whether it is the law or the treaty between the two countries, there are indeed no provisions that prohibit the North Sea State from selling artillery and dispatching craftsmen to Daming.

Therefore, Dagama had to endure his anger and talked to Kong Tai about another important thing:

"Governor Kong Tai, I see that your country seems to have a ship repair dock here. We have three ships that were injured by short-barrel artillery of the Ming army and need to be repaired. So, I want to borrow a ship dock in your country and repair it. Three of our injured ships ... "

Before finishing, Kong Tai's head shook like he wanted to:

"No, no! Our Grand Duke Marin has already given me an order-not to mix any military conflicts between the Ming Dynasty and the Kingdom of Portugal, to maintain" wartime neutrality. "According to the principle of" wartime neutrality, " We ca n’t allow any warships in your country and Ming country to dock and replenish, nor can we help any party repair the warships! "

Dagama pressed the fire and asked:

"What war neutrality? Why haven't I heard of it?"

Kong Tai then very carefully described and explained the regulations of "Wartime Neutrality" formulated by Marin to Dagama, and finally said:

"In fact, the Beihai Kingdom is already partial to the Kingdom of Portugal. As you know, we on Dongfan Island have sworn allegiance to the Ming Kingdom. In fact, we should send troops to help. Considering our traditional friendship with the Kingdom of Portugal, we The refusal to send troops to help the Ming Empire and declare neutrality is actually a partial favor of your country. So, please ask Master Dagama not to embarrass me ... "

Kong Tai's statement left Dagama with nothing to say. In fact, there is nothing wrong with this. The Tofan region as the Eastern Fanbo Kingdom is supposed to stand here. However, Marin had already sent people to explain with Ming Ting, and also actively sent artillery and artillery casting techniques, and also spent a lot of money to bribe the civil servants and eunuchs in power, so that Ming Ting did not pursue the Beihai State not to send troops to help problem.

Therefore, Conte said that the North Sea country is biased towards the Kingdom of Portugal, in fact, it is not a nonsense. After all, it is indeed not kind to let another country attack its own sovereign state.

Dagama was also tempered by Kong Tai's words-what people said makes sense! In desperation, Dagama could only play a role and threatened:

"What if we insist on using the dock in your country? Governor Kong Tai, you know, we have 28 warships now. Even if three wounded, there are still 25 intact warships, and captured Tamsui Port. No problem ... "

Kong Tai smiled and responded:

"Then you can give it a try, come, let me show you our artillery fortress ..."

Then, accompanied by Kong Tai's parents and children, Dagama visited the second floor of Fort Tamsui. After seeing 20 18-pound cannons behind the window, Dagama's face turned black-Nima, this kind of firepower, Portuguese warships can't eat it ...

And then, something that surprised him even more happened-10 giant battleships came from Tamsui Port. That was 10 500-ton warships coming from Amami Oshima ...

Recently, there was no big move on Amami Oshima, and in order to prevent Portugal from forcibly requisitioning the port on Taiwan Island, Conteite sent people to Amami Oshima and transferred 10 500-ton warships to Keelung Port.

When Kong Tai rushed from Tamil City to Tamsui Port to meet Dhagama, he also sent people to release the pigeons and notified the fleet of Keelung Port. Keelung Port is only a few tens of miles from Tamsui Port. After receiving the Flying Pigeon Biography, the fleet immediately set sail and rushed here. In the afternoon, the fleet arrived at Tamsui Port and appeared in front of Kong Tai and Dhama.

"Nima ..." Dagama's face was now as dark as a pan.

Originally he really wanted to forcibly requisition the North Sea country on the island of Taiwan to supply and repair ships. After all, he has 28 warships under his hands and is full of confidence.

However, after visiting the artillery configuration of Tamsui and seeing the 10 tall battleships in front of him, he lost his mind ...

In order to further combat Dagama's confidence, Kong Tai also warmly invited Daga to visit. On the 500-ton battleship, Dhama was surprised to see that-almost every battleship has 40 large caliber artillery, the smallest caliber is 6 pounds, 18 pounds of heavy artillery is standard. Against such a powerful fleet, the Portuguese fleet seems difficult to win ...

"Does your country have so many artillery pieces, is the gunpowder enough to fight? Also, can your country's warships withstand such a large recoil?" Dagama asked in doubt.

Portugal is actually not able to afford so many large-caliber artillery, but it is not so fired for artillery use. After all, a large caliber artillery requires several pounds of gunpowder each time it is fired. Portugal does not produce saltpetre and grabbed the share of the North Sea country in time. It bought saltpetre in India, but because of the need to share with Spain, the annual purchase volume is not much. Moreover, the need to give priority to the supply of local artillery is divided into foreign fleets, and even fewer. Therefore, on the current battleships in Portugal, 6-pound guns and 3-pound guns are the main force. 12-pound guns can already be regarded as main guns. In addition, the current 200-ton main Karak sailing ship in Portugal, because the keel structure is not strengthened, it is also difficult to withstand the strong recoil of so many large-caliber artillery when it is launched.

Kong Tai smiled and said:

"Master Dagama, didn't you notice that our warship is much larger than the main battleship in your country? The larger the ship, the stronger the ability to resist recoil ..."

In fact, this is Kong Tai's bullshit, but Kong Tai can't reveal the secret of strengthening the keel structure ~ www.wuxiaspot.com ~ So, it can only be in the direction of the ship. Moreover, the ship is made bigger, and it does have a stronger recoil resistance under the same structure ...

"No wonder ..." Dagama thought this was very reasonable.

"As for the problem of insufficient gunpowder, we do n’t have to worry about it. The Ming Empire has sufficient gunpowder output, and we can purchase 100,000 pounds of saltpetre from the Ming Empire every year, which is 110,000 pounds of saltpetre. Lack of gunpowder ... "

"110,000 pounds ..." Dagama was stunned, but it was close to 50 tons. Although Portugal can purchase saltpetre from India, the current annual output of saltpeter in India is only hundreds of tons. In addition, Spain wants to share a large share, and the North Sea country also purchases a certain amount of saltpetre in India. Therefore, Portugal purchases no more than 40 tons of saltpetre in India every year. Moreover, more than half must be supplied locally. Therefore, his expeditionary fleet can not get much. So, the figure of 110,000 pounds scared him ...

"Yes, 110,000 pounds! Our artillery, you can fire as much as you want!" Kong Tai was very proud and at the same time, it was also a kind of intimidation against Dhagama-dare to threaten to conquer Tamsui Port? Watch me bombard the dead ...