.The situation was not much better for birth in Spain. Spain entered the Mediterranean. The naval battle with the Portuguese was the most fierce. The naval strength of the two countries was equally matched, but with the help of the Dutch fleet, the Spanish fleet was suppressed in the military port. The hundreds of miles of coastline was constantly harassed by the Dutch and the Dutch. Almost as long as the towns and villages within thirty miles of the coast were attacked by the Dutch and Portuguese combined fleets. For marine countries like Spain, the losses can be imagined.

Even in the Americas, the Dutch in North America attacked the traditional Spanish Central and South American forces. The Governor of the New Mexico Governor almost every few days, he sent messengers to ask His Highness the King for support. However, Spain was very nervous even in the local area, and there was no spare force to take care of South America. Instead, the Ming Navy squadron stationed in South America and obtained a port from Spain, which had some strength. Although the seven warships were not many, it was already a huge new force for the Spanish colonial army that was stretched.

The Ottoman Empire is relatively better. Although this territory spans Asia and Europe, although it has been fighting against the Russian and Austrians on both sides, the losses are not too great. Of course, this is just that compared with other European countries, the Ottomans are just spending all the treasury and borrowing 13 million taels of silver from the Ming Dynasty to purchase arms. Of course, the standing army has long been killed or injured, and the Ottomans can only let the civilians go to the battlefield after urgent training.

After waiting for so many years, all countries finally waited for the Ming Dynasty to react. They were naturally very excited. These envoys called messengers one after another, making people try their best to return to their country to report the news.

The newspapers in the pass also began to act. Public opinion always paved the way for war. Many people didn't even know what the Dutch people were. How could they arouse the indignation of the people? This method of darkness was actually very simple. First, they decided the nature of the Dutch, Austrian, Russian, and Portuguese first. They directly called demons, robbers, bandits, and ejaculation hands, and then counted the crimes of several countries. How did they provoke war against the Ming allies? These allies in the Ming Dynasty were naturally like little white rabbits, pure like little girls picking mushrooms, and were invaded by bandits for no reason, burning, killing, looting, etc.

Finally, Di Bao changed his words, and this kind of likes and dislikes alone could not arouse the people's righteous indignation. After all, no matter how bad the Dutch were and how pure the British were, they would not have a fight with them. Just beating them for this, which seemed too righteous.

The propaganda in the first part is just to give the Ming Dynasty a pound. The label of justice makes the Dutch a big villain. The news to be conveyed next is interesting. Why are the Dutch sinning? Why do we fight? Here we have to discuss it from two aspects. The first aspect is to mention the old grudges first. When the Ming army was in Nanyang, it was always friendly and friendly, and was at peace with all countries, but the Dutch were the naked robbers. They massacred the Han people, hated the Han people, etc. In the end, the emperor was angry.

The robbers were eliminated in one fell swoop. On the other hand, it was to promote the threat of the Dutch to the Ming Dynasty. The article described the strength of the Dutch and constantly devouring the land of neighboring countries, and hating the Ming Dynasty. Then it gave an assumption that if one day the Dutch expanded everywhere, devoured the land of the Ming Dynasty, and eventually increased its power and had huge warships, then according to their concept of barbaric conquering the world, will they attack the Ming Dynasty in the future?

Therefore, the reason why the emperor declared war this time was not just a conquest of disobedience. Holding high the royal banner to fight against tyranny is naturally one aspect, but eliminating the strong enemy in its infancy and eliminating future troubles is the core interest of the Ming Dynasty.

Subsequently, the Tianjin Port Navy, which had just been adapted into the Western Navy, met at the Haidu Military Port. Three hundred large warships, thousands of large ships, supply ships, arson ships, and Henan ships were distributed around each ship. Looking around, it was really terrifying. Especially the iron armored warships wrapped in copper-skinned among the large warships, although the number was not large, there were only more than twenty. However, the tonnage, armor, and artillery were far higher than that of other warships. The single hull was a hundred feet long, and the two sides were dense gun mouths, which was daunting. Further away, there was a warship completely wrapped in steel. The warship did not have sails, but a huge smoke came out. This was the first steam created by the Ming Dynasty based on the principle of steam trains.

The warship was only in the experimental stage. Although the outside was equipped with steel plates several inches thick and the deck was laid with steel plates, the interior was still mainly made of wood. At that time, the dock hired steam experts to design it. It was originally thought that the warship that could produce steam power was much more powerful than sail power, so the dock naturally increased the steel ratio of the ship. As a result, the first experiment came out, the entire ship had just started the water and sank to the bottom of the sea. Since then, there has been no idea of ​​steam warships on the dock. However, this matter reached Zhu Jun's ears. Zhu Jun immediately sent someone to allocate silver and handed it over to the original dock to continue the experiment. All the experimental funds were paid entirely by the Ministry of Revenue. If it could be successfully developed, the court ordered the reward.

The owner of the dock had consumed countless financial resources to eat the first crab, but the warship sank directly, and the economic losses were naturally incalculable. If it weren't for the huge orders and excellent business in recent years, they would have gone bankrupt. At this time, the court paid a sum of money. Not only did he lose, he encouraged him to continue his experiments, and he also sent a thug to create at least such a thing. This steam warship was not big, but due to the addition of steel and steam engine systems, the tonnage was extremely large. The navigation was twice as fast as an ordinary warship, but the attack power of the artillery has been greatly strengthened. Since the new artillery enlightened, the docks of each company hoped to load the new artillery onto the warship to enhance the long-range attack firepower of the warship.

However, because the recoil of the new gun is too great, ordinary wooden warships cannot withstand this powerful impact at all, so they can only give up. Now, the first iron armored steam warship has successfully experimented, a group of experts who have been busy and sleeping have thought about loading new guns on the iron armored warship. After the experiment, the iron armored ship's ability to withstand a lot of more than the wooden warships, but loading twenty new guns is the limit, so the firepower of this first iron armored ship is mainly divided into two types, including twenty new guns, and thirty-five old guns have been added. Overall, this steam warship is not ideal for dozens of designers and hundreds of craftsmen, but it is indeed a precedent, and is better than wooden warships in all aspects.

This warship finally served in the Nanyang Navy, but the imperial court did not place orders for the dock for mass manufacturing. After all, the technology is not perfect and needs to be further researched and improved. Let's talk about it after the technology is mature.

The sailors lined up long queues with their marching bags at the dock. Today is the day when they go out of the sea. The three governors of the navy met here and had already made plans. A sail rose slowly with the rolling of the noose. The smoke from the incompatible steam warship also began to rise from black smoke to fight in Europe. For the sailors, it was nothing. Even for the ordinary Yuanlian, they did not land for a month or several months. Although Europe was far away, in their eyes, they were more curious. After all, it was not right? It was good to go to the legendary Europa.

After the Ming Dynasty controlled the South China Ocean, Beiyang, East China Ocean and even Australian waters, the enemy they mainly dealt with was not the enemy's warships, but the attacks on some pirates or disobedient adventurers. There was no opponent here, so in the eyes of the sailors, the Europa people were probably not very powerful. When the navy arrived, they naturally made them look for teeth.

On the Fuyuan flagship of the Nanyang Navy, three governors sat in the command room and looked at the chart carefully. Liu Er looked a little older, with fine wrinkles on the corners of his eyes. Beside him was Liu Guoxuan, who was covered in frosty faces. Liu Guoxuan has been quite good in the East in recent years. Today, the Japanese island has become the base of his Dongyang Navy. The court migrated 200,000 people into the island. Liu Guoxuan's life is very moist. Every time he goes ashore, he soaks in the hot springs, making his skin not as rough as Liu Er. Liu Guoxuan.

The left is Shi Lang, and Shi Lang is quite unwilling to let go. After all, his reputation is not very good. Among these three major naval governors, Liu Er surrendered as a pirate. Liu Guoxuan was originally from the Jinxia Navy and was considered a surrender. However, after all, he had been a hawk for Manchus, which made Shi Lang feel unable to raise his head. This time he was promoted from guerrilla to the governor of the Western Navy. Although everyone has the same title, compared with Liu Er and Liu Guoxuan, he always feels that he is one pound shorter and his head is just like that.

Liu Er is the oldest, so this time he went to Europe, he became the highest commander: "Everyone, according to the information of the Fufu Division, this time the fleet went to sea, the biggest enemy we faced was naturally the Dutch. There, the Dutch had at least one hundred large warships, and there was no news for the rest of the small and medium warships. Therefore, in terms of strength, our Ming Dynasty naval troops had the advantage, but the Dutch experienced naval warfare, and had more experience than those of us naval pirates. In addition, we were just a first-time arrival and were unfamiliar with the terrain, so we must not take it lightly, not to mention that we have to draw a fleet to enter the Mediterranean and the Black Sea to connect the Dragon Cavalry Regiment.

Liu Er deliberately did not call the word "Royal" in front of the Dragon Cavalry Regiment. In fact, the only ones that can be called the Royal Ming Dynasty are the Dragoon Regiment and the Guard Regiment. The Guard Regiment is an elite infantry regiment in the army, and the source of troops is selected from the soldiers who have made outstanding contributions from each regiment. Therefore, the Guard Regiment, the Legion and the Navy, were convinced by the Guard Regiment, and the Legion and the Navy, but the Royal Dragoon Regiment did not participate in many battles. Although this Royal Dragoon Regiment has not been responsible for harassing the enemy's rear, it is naturally not convinced by those large corpses who have been through many battles. A newly formed legion is also worthy of the word "Royal". Even the navy, which has always been unfit for the Army, is unwilling to add the word "Royal" in front of the Dragon Cavalry Regiment. Anyway, everyone is pretending to be fools. When they mention the Royal Dragoon Regiment, they naturally remove the word "Royal".

"Governor Liu, which navy should I let go to the mission of the Dragoon?" Liu Guoxuan planned to go to the naval battle from the bottom of his heart. His navy was stationed in Japan, and it was extremely difficult to encounter pirates with small fish and shrimps beside him. Seeing the army's victory step by step, he was already envious. Now that he has the opportunity, he naturally doesn't want to miss it.

Liu Er looked at Shi Lang. Liu Guoxuan wanted to go to the naval battle, how could Liu Er not think about it? After all, the Nanyang Navy is the strongest among the four major navy masters, so of course he was unwilling to let the Nanyang Navy respond.

"Western Navy Talent Network is established, why would we let the Western Navy go?" How could Shi Lang not understand what they meant? Seeing the two of them looking embarrassed, he stood up.

"The extreme inspiration, Kong's drill will be completed. When the dragon cavalry is brought to the king of Sardinia: General Ding Hualang can also send a navy to help the battle at any time." Liu Er looked happy. In fact, what he and Liu Guoxuan meant was to ask Shi Lang to pick up people, but it was hard to say it. Shi Lang stood up and volunteered, so it would be better.

"Since that's the case, the specific plan has to be studied in the West." Liu Er looked at an officer beside him: "Are the soldiers ready?"

"Everything is ready, just wait for the Governor to order the sailing."

"Then pass the order and set sail,

Fifty thousand dragon cavalry soldiers and 100,000 war horses were galloping on the snow. In the wind and snow, the soldiers with only eyes exposed faced the snowflakes one by one. In addition to the coats and cotton helmets, they were also wearing Yuanyi and a straw hat to prevent the blood from soaking the coat. Yuanyi and the straw hat had accumulated a layer of snow. In this harsh environment, the Governor Bai Cheng still issued an order to travel for five hours a day.

All the knights gritted their teeth and galloped tiredly in the wind and snow. When the horse was exhausted, they changed to another horse. They could only half-squint their eyes and rest for a while. Fortunately, many of their usual practice subjects focus on challenging their physical strength limits, but they could barely hold it back.

But the weather was too cold. Although the whole body was tightly wrapped, it still couldn't stop the biting chill. At the beginning, many people couldn't help it, but after galloping here for four or five days, they began to slowly adapt.

Bai Cheng led a team of personal guards to run at the front. He understood that in order to make the soldiers willing to endure the biting cold wind and endure the long-term fatigue, he, as the coach, must set an example. His eyes were blurred, and the snow had reduced his vision a lot. In addition, he was not those young big-headed soldiers after all, if it weren't for the persistence in his heart, he would have lost his strength and fell off the horse.

"Sir, let's take a break." Seeing that the Governor's face was not good, the chief guard was very worried and galloped with the Governor, and turned his head and said.

"Where is it now?" Bai Cheng shook his head and slowed down a little.

"Sir, I'm about to arrive in Kashrek." The chief guard replied.

"Cashrek?" Bai Cheng said: "Is there anyone smoking?"

"The scouts have investigated it. It is a abandoned city, but there are some buildings inside. You can camp there tonight tonight

"Look at it." Bai Cheng waved his whip and speeded up the pace.

In fact, what Bai Cheng didn't know was that this city witnessed the beginning of Tsarist Russia's annexation of Siberia.

A hundred years ago, Siberia was not Russia's territory. Russia had just formed a unified centralized state, with a territory of only 10,000 square kilometers. It is located in a corner of Northeast Europe and is far away from Siberia. Since Tsar Ivan IV ruled in the middle of the old century, Russia began to expand to the east, gradually annexed a large area of ​​territory from Siberia and the Far East, and expanded its territory to the Pacific coast.

During the process of Tsarist Russia's expansion to the east, the first obstacle encountered was the Siberian Khanate, which was adjacent to the Uyghur country.

The thug Li Nian, the Tsar summoned the Stroganov family in a row with the Siberian Khanate, inquired about the border situation, and authorized them to resist the Siberian Khanate. They ordered them to build fortifications near the Siberian Khanate, recruited troops, purchased weapons, and waited for an opportunity to invade the Siberian Khanate. In the defeat, the Tsar once again ordered the Stroganov family to allow the Ob River and its tributary of the Tula River on the east side of the Ural Mountains, Tobor

The rivers and Ertises River built cities and recruited soldiers, and Russia directly expanded its power into the territory of the Siberian Khanate. The Stroganov family followed the will of the Tsar and invaded the Siberian Khanate many times, causing fierce conflicts with the Khanate. Just in the year, the Stroganov family sent people to contact Yermak, the Cossack leader who had been sentenced to severe punishment by the Tsar, and encouraged him to join the gang to conquer the Siberian Khanate and serve the Tsar's colonization territory.

Defense of thugs. After a long period of preparation, Yermak led a team of figures to conquer Siberia under the weapons of the Stroganov family. The Russian Tsarist Russian troops advanced along the waterway, passed the Chusovaya River, crossed the Ural Mountains, crossed the Serebryanka River, Tagir River, Tula River, Tobor River, and finally invaded the Ertzis River. On the rise of the year, they captured Kashrek, the Siberian Khanate Palace. Yermak and his gang made military achievements for Russia's expansion. The Tsarist government decided to pardon Yermak and others and commended them.

The Stroganov family was also encouraged and rewarded by two cities. In the year of nephew, the Russian army defeated Kuchum Khan, and Kuchum Khan died shortly after fleeing to the prairie. At this point, Tsarist Russia finally conquered the Siberian Khan. Its invading forces crossed the Ural Mountains, and Yermak's expedition opened the prelude to Russia's large-scale expansion into Siberia. By the time of the 1991, Tsarist Russia's invasion had crossed the Yenisei River, reaching the Lena River, the Chukchi Peninsula and the Sea of ​​Okhotsk.
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