The war in India is finally over. The bone that has been stuck in Ming Dynasty's throat for eight years has finally been swallowed today.

Li Hao looked at the Ming Empire today. Its maritime territory encompassed the entire Western Pacific, as well as almost the entire South China Sea and the Indian Ocean.

There are several nodes in the middle that are firmly occupied by the Ming Dynasty, including Diego Garcia Island, Ceylon Island, and Bombay, which is not yet available.

In the future, the merchant ships of the Ming Dynasty will no longer be bounded by Singapore. The entire Indian Ocean is the sea area where the merchant ships of the Ming Dynasty sail. The goods shipped from the Ming Dynasty can be loaded into larger ships at Guangzhou Port and sail all the way to Bombay.

This road is the territory of the Ming Navy, and no one dares to attack the Ming ships here. In fact, Li Xiu's men have already broken into many pirate lairs.

On some small islands in the Indian Ocean, pirates who have been entrenched for hundreds of years have not been spared.

Even in order to hunt down a group of pirates, a marine battalion of Zuo Liangyu chased them all the way to the coast of Africa. They landed on a huge island and fought hard for more than a month to finally eliminate all the pirates on it. At the same time, they also eliminated almost all the pirates on it.

of human beings.

From the survivors, Zuo Liangyu learned the name of the island. The locals called this place Madagascar.

Li Xiao was not interested in Madagascar. Even if Zuo Liangyu sent a kind of big-nosed monkey, Li Xiao was still not interested. What's so good about monkeys? A few big-nosed monkeys are far from making the country prosperous.

What Li Xiao has to do now is how to conquer several places from the hands of the Persians and the Ottoman Empire. The place Li Xiao sees most is at the end of the Persian Gulf and the entrance to the two river basins.

This place was later called Kuwait, and the oil fields here were world-famous for their rich shallow reserves.

Of course, there is also Lunga Port, an important port in and out of the Persian Gulf. Not far from here is Ras Al Khaimah in Oman. Five months ago, Li Xiao sent a man named Zheng Guangchen from the Ministry of Rites, a member of the Zheng family

The son was proficient in Persian, Turkic and Arabic, and went to Constantinople to negotiate with the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire.

In order to obtain these two places, Li Xiao was prepared to pay a certain price for his comeback. After all, he was extracting oil from other people's land. The Ming Dynasty could not maintain an army of tens of thousands in the Middle East for a long time.

Although the Ming Dynasty is now extremely powerful, Li Xiao is not prepared to fight in a hellish place like the Middle East. Apart from sand and oil, there is not much else available here.

The so-called Tigris and Euphrates rivers, which flow with milk and honey, produce only enough food for the local people. It is far from being exportable!

As for controlling Egypt, Li Xiao has not even thought about it. It is also a densely populated country, and the manpower, material and financial resources required to control it are far greater than he imagined.

The Ming Dynasty needs to end its expansion period. What the Ming Dynasty needs to do in the next stage is to consolidate the foundation of an empire. On the technological tree that is already leading, new branches will grow.

But it can’t work! The tree wants to be still but the wind doesn’t stop? Zheng Guangchen’s head was sent back, and it was still a carefully prepared head. Can you tell? The Sultan of the Ottoman Empire did not want to discuss business with the Ming Dynasty. In his eyes? The Ming Dynasty is

He came to seize territory. In other words, he felt that Daming was easy to bully.

"What happened to the canal built by the Napoleon family?" Six years have passed? Li Xiao didn't know what happened to the canal that Li Hu had been thinking about.

"It's almost! I heard that there is only the last section of the project left. It will take about half a year or so? It will be able to be completed. By then? When we get to the Mediterranean, we don't have to go around for several months." Li Hu often went to the west.

Businessman, inquire about the progress of canal construction.

After all, this was his dream when he was young.

"Okay! Very good. Tell Li Dingguo? The hunt is over? I want him to capture Suez immediately. At the same time, tell Sun Yuanhua to continue to produce additional ammunition. The battle is not over yet, our next target is the Turks."

"I know, brother."

Li Dingguo's 1st Marine Division received Li Xiao's order and quickly boarded the ship. Under the cover of eight armored gunboats, they took ten ships and sailed to Fort Suez.

Fo Xiao? The soldiers of the First Division began to land. By the time a group of Arabs on horseback discovered it, the First Division had already landed a battalion of troops.

The sound of gunfire broke the tranquility of dawn. The Arab patrol of more than a dozen people was quickly killed. The young men of the Marine Corps began to advance inland. After occupying a high ground, they waited for the support of subsequent landing troops.

"What? Unidentified troops have landed? They seem to be Ming people?" Joseph, who was presiding over the construction of the last section of the Suez Canal in Suez, was shocked when he heard the news.

Those stupid Arabs don’t know? He knows how powerful the Ming Empire is. Just a month ago, the Ming Dynasty just defeated India. The British rule in the Far East completely lost its foothold, and the entire India was divided into more than fifty small states.

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They were no longer under the rule of India, but cooperated with the Ming Dynasty, forming a relationship between the suzerain state and the vassal state.

The British were completely finished in India, and I heard that the ridiculously powerful Wu Sangui was also finished. The fleet that the British were proud of was all destroyed with the defeat in India. Today's Ming Empire is really

It is as dazzling as the rising sun in the east.

"Don't go to war with the Ming Dynasty." This is the order given by Joseph to the French. Of course, if the sultans are willing to make trouble with the Ming Dynasty, then let them fight. Anyway, as long as the French are not killed!

Today, Napoleon is going through a difficult war in France. The traditional European powers, led by Britain, are thinking about how to kill the nascent French Republic. They have formed an anti-French alliance and are trying to drive Napoleon out of power through group fights.

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The Suez Canal needs to be built as soon as possible, and it also needs to generate benefits as soon as possible. Only when the Suez Canal generates benefits can it provide help to France's distressed finances.

Having dealt with the Ming Dynasty for many years, he very much agrees with what the Ming Dynasty people said: war is about burning money. The final victory is often not the one who spends more money, but the one who can afford it.

No matter who it fights with, Ming Dynasty will be the one who can afford to burn it and can burn it to the end. Joseph knows this deeply. He has never seen so many factories in other countries.

I have never seen such a neat and orderly city in other countries.

Paris is the capital of Europe, but as a proud Frenchman, Joseph had to agree that Paris was not even worthy of carrying shoes to the capital of the Ming Dynasty.

The Ming Dynasty landed, and the cowardly French hid in the castle and did not dare to come out. This was the impression of the sultans on this matter. Although the French were also outsiders, they gave them enough money.

The people of the Ming Dynasty were outsiders. Not only did they not give me money, they also beat my people to death. Although the businessmen said that the Ming Dynasty was a powerful empire. But... no matter how powerful they are, I am a local snake. Who am I afraid of?

Five or six sultans gathered together for a meeting, and finally agreed that the Ming Dynasty was here to grab benefits. It was here to grab its own territory. As people with common interests, they should unite to defeat the Ming Dynasty. Drive the invaders from their homes and let people know

Arabs are not easy to mess with either.

The reaction of the sultans was a little slow. When they decided to rush Li Dingguo into the sea, three days had passed since the initial landing. Li Dingguo had successfully disembarked, sent all the equipment to the shore, and set up a position to prepare for a possible attack.

At the same time, the First Marine Division actively moved towards the Port of Suez in an attempt to capture the Port of Suez in one fell swoop.

The war broke out in Port Suez. At the beginning, the sultans felt that they had strong troops. After all, they had bought a lot of firearms from Wu Sangui over the years. These Indian-made firearms were indeed very advanced, and it would not be a problem to attack the Ming people.

The Arab coalition gathered more than 30,000 people to guard the port of Suez. The French were in the castle not far away and resolutely closed the city gate. Before the end of the war, even if he starved to death, Joseph did not intend to go out.

The war kicked off in an almost tragic manner. The Arab Allied Forces attacked across the board, and the 1st Marine Division could only rely on simple field fortifications for defense. Moreover, the 1st Marine Division was at an absolute disadvantage in terms of numbers!

When the 1st Marine Division retreated in large strides, the Arab Allied Forces advanced in large strides. In their eyes, the Ming people were timid, and the only way to deal with these timid people was to pursue them fiercely.

"Boom!" When the first artillery shell fell among the charging crowd, the Arabs immediately became confused. They had never seen such a powerful artillery shell. When a shell fell, there were almost no living people within a radius of thirty meters.

Those who died were either blown to death or shocked to death. And many people died without even firing a single shot.

The sultans quickly gathered their men, picked up the bloody guns on the ground and continued to charge. Who knew that the cannon fired just now was just a test fire. The test fire was so accurate, so you won't be polite later.

The rumble of artillery sounded from the beach in the distance, and the shells swarmed into the charging Arab ranks.

The person was blown up by the huge air wave like a matchstick. Shrapnels cut into the person's body one after another, and then penetrated from the back of the body. Straightly cutting a large living person in half, the broken internal organs were cut along the way.

The blood flowed from the wound and dyed the sand on the ground red.

With just a five-round rapid fire, there were almost no Arabs left standing on the battlefield.

The sultans were dumbfounded. They had never seen such an efficient killing scene. The Ming army was so powerful!

The Arabs were almost dead, and the Ming army's attack began.

A large number of Ming army marines, armed with Aka assault rifles, fired at the fleeing Arabs. The shooting skills of these men were extremely accurate, and the fleeing Arabs seemed like living targets. The half-kneeling Marines often only

One shot will kill them all.

In less than an hour, the Arabs dumped more than 20,000 corpses. The quiet beach suddenly became a blood-stained place.

Countless crows and vultures flew over from afar to attend this gluttonous feast.

"That's it?" Li Dingguo looked a little stupid looking at the corpses in front of him. Those stupid Indians seemed to be better at fighting than them. At least the Indians knew how to dig trenches to avoid artillery strikes.

These bastards don't know anything, how dare they come to fight with me?

On the castle, Joseph was watching all this with a pipe in his mouth. This was the killing efficiency of the Ming Dynasty. Compared with the French battlefield, the efficiency of the Ming Dynasty was more powerful.

"Open the city gate and let me down. I have to talk to the commander of the Ming Dynasty." Joseph knew that the Arabs were finished, and he was the only one left.

Fortunately, he has a good relationship with Li Hu and has met Li Xiao. As long as he displays these two flags, he is not afraid of being disrespected by the Ming army generals on the opposite side. As far as he knows, the Ming army system is almost the private property of General Li Xiao's family.

soldiers.

"But sir, they...!" The French soldiers were also frightened. The Ming Dynasty's artillery was so powerful that their small and broken castle was not strong enough to resist the Ming Dynasty's attack. I was afraid that the city wall would collapse after a few cannons.

"Don't worry, I know the big shots in Ming Dynasty." Joseph was very proud of his interpersonal relationships in Ming Dynasty. Fortunately, he became friends with Li Hu back then, so he can use this tiger skin as a banner today.

The Marines were very interested in Huang Mao, who could speak human language. They didn't understand how he could speak Ming Dynasty Mandarin so smoothly. They even felt that this guy's Liaodong accent was more authentic than their own.

"Are you the Ming commander?" Joseph looked at Li Dingguo.

Li Dingguo also looked at Joseph up and down. He was also shocked by Joseph's fluent Liaodong accent.

"Who are you?" Even the tongue-tied speaker was speechless.

"My name is Joseph, and I am a friend of your Marshal's brother, Mr. Li Hu. I have also gone to the capital to meet with the Marshal to discuss friendly cooperation between France and the Ming Dynasty. Although I don't know why you suddenly came here with your troops.

, but I want to ask you to send me to see your commander immediately."

"Hmph! The marshal is very busy, and you are not someone who can meet him at a drop of a hat." Li Dingguo rolled his eyes at Joseph. Is the marshal like you, a guy who looks more like a ghost than a human, something you can meet at a drop of a hat?

"According to the rules of your Ming Dynasty, the two countries are at war without killing each other. Your tradition prevents you from killing me. I can tell you that what I said is true. Send me to see your commander, this can avoid

Two empires bled over this.

I know your soldiers are very powerful, but Ming Dynasty is several months' voyage from here. If we really have to fight, the Arabs will have the last laugh.

Here, it is easy and fast to build a team. As long as you have money, you can recruit a team of tens of thousands of people at any time. Of course, as long as you have no money, others will not be soft on you, and it is possible to be eaten alive.

.How about, let me go see your commander?"

"Who are you?" Li Dingguo re-examined the man in front of him who looked like a white-skinned pig.
Chapter completed!