Volume 4: Hot! The whole world is a warring state Chapter 701 America is about to explode
Whether it was Tokugawa Yoshinao and Rajafutu in the early days, or Philip and Ibrahim in the present, when they faced Zhu Youdong, they were very wise not to use purely military means to conquer China. Their goal was to force China to have problems, and then let the Chinese dethrone their emperor.
Perhaps Rajafutu and Ibrahim did not know much about China's history. But Tokugawa Yoshinao and Philip, who dominated the two anti-China alliances, were relatively clear about China's history.
Looking back at the two times when China was completely conquered by foreign races, as well as the loss of half of its territory in the late Western Jin Dynasty and the late Northern Song Dynasty, the common point is that there was a big problem within China. Even in the 20th century of history, if China had been united in the 1920s, how could there have been an eight-year war of resistance?
In short, the only effective way to conquer China is to let it cause chaos internally!
Therefore, Philip's measures at this time were very clear: the navy bypassed Singapore and exerted extreme pressure on the countries along the South China Sea and even the provinces of the Ming Dynasty. The army landed on the Indochina Peninsula - yes, the equipment of the EU army needed to be transported from Europe, and the logistics supply line was much longer than that of the Ming Dynasty. But again, with the control of the sea, the EU's annual transportation volume could exceed one million tons. Even if the Ming Dynasty's Central and South Railway was fully opened to traffic, its initial design annual transportation capacity was only 200,000 tons.
At that time, I will dismember your Southeast Asian vassal states, block your maritime trade, and make you lose all prestige and collapse your economy, and then see if your subjects will abandon you.
As for letting Osman send troops to Xinjiang, to be honest, Philip had no hope of achieving much success along the way. The reason why Osman had to do this was, on the one hand, to tie Ibrahim firmly to his chariot, and on the other hand, of course, because of Osman's faith.
Zhu Youdong guessed Philip's tactics for the enemy's moves. He had never thought of Ottoman's tactics. However, even if news of enemy invasion came from Xinjiang after a while, he was not afraid: the Lanzhou-Xinjiang Railway of the Ming Dynasty had been completed and opened to traffic, and the Ming Dynasty was far superior to the Ottoman Empire in terms of logistics support. Even among the people, the Ming Dynasty never advocated the unity of politics and religion or even the priority of religion. The Star-Moon Cultists of the Ming Dynasty were first the people of the Ming Dynasty, and then the Star-Moon Cultists.
In response to the enemy's pressure and the fact that he could not regain control of the sea in a short period of time, his countermeasure was to move out of the heartland of East Asia and to the corners of America.
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On August 15, 1640, two Ming fleets met on the sea about 80 kilometers southwest of Lima, South America.
"I am Cao Bianpeng, paying my respects to General Du."
"No need to be polite, nephew. What good things did you bring to me this time?"
"I am commanded by the Emperor to lead two heavy cruisers, six destroyers, and three hundred transport ships of various types to sail directly to America. The Privy Council has ordered me to hand over the command after meeting General Du and obey his orders. In addition, there is a regiment of special forces in my transport fleet, led by my cousin, Colonel Cao Bianjiao. My cousin also has an imperial decree in his hand, which he will read directly to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince after meeting him."
"I will not ask about the Emperor's decree to Your Highness, but what about the heavy cruisers and destroyers?"
"Oh, please forgive me for not making it clear in advance. According to the order of Admiral Yan Siqi, the new Privy Councilor, starting from the 22nd year of Tianqi, our navy's warships will be divided into battleships, heavy cruisers, light cruisers, destroyers, torpedo boats... minelayers, etc. according to tonnage and function. The two heavy cruisers I brought this time, Zhejiang and Fujian, are both 5,000-ton warships that have just been commissioned."
"Oh, that's the big ship we talked about before."
"Well, General Du, there are some differences. The two new ships have been fully electrified. The lighting and ventilation inside the ships are much better than those of the previous large ships. And the use of searchlights also enables the two warships to actively search for enemies and sail near the coast at night. In addition, the six new destroyers I brought here are all equipped with torpedo launchers."
"Torpedo launcher? What is that?"
"This is something that the people at Fangshan Academy of Sciences have just invented... Anyway, the torpedo's firing distance is a bit short and its speed is a bit slow. But once it hits, the Western pirates' 10,000-ton warship will be seriously damaged even if it doesn't sink."
"I see. I've only been in America for half a year, but I'm already a little ignorant. Well, where is your transport fleet hidden? Three hundred transport ships. Has the Emperor finally made up his mind to fight in America this time?"
"I have placed the transport fleet in the waters near a small island about 160 nautical miles from here. The cargo on the ship is all arms. I heard from officials of the Ministry of National Defense that this batch of arms is enough to arm ten army divisions and can carry out at least three battles with more than 100,000 troops."
"Hahaha, great! We can finally show off our skills here. Oh, you know what, I've been here for half a year, thinking about how to avoid the enemy's Prince all day long. It's really frustrating. Well, let's quickly connect with Colonel Cao's staff and work out a plan for receiving and unloading."
"Yes, sir!"
The coastline of North and South America is too long, and a single ship, the Prince, cannot control all of it. Therefore, although the existence of the Prince prevented the Ming army in America from capturing the Spanish coastal cities in America and from transporting goods openly, it was never too difficult for the Ming army to transport supplies to the base of the American rebels.
"There is an imperial decree. Zhu Ciyi will receive it."
"Your son Zhu Ciyi respectfully wishes His Majesty the best of health."
"Your Majesty, be well... Zhao said, the eldest son of the emperor, Ciyi, has been serving in America, leading by example, and has made outstanding contributions, which makes me very happy. However, the eldest son of the country is already 22 years old, and has not yet married. This is against the etiquette and law, and I have been reprimanded by the Empress Dowager for this many times. I order the eldest son of the emperor, Ciyi, to return to the country immediately on the day of receiving the imperial decree and marry the eldest daughter of Sun Chuanting, the governor of America..."
"Your son accepts the order."
On September 10, after leading more than 3,000 "junior special forces" into the American rebel base in the Andes Mountains, Cao Bianjiao's first thing was to announce the decree to Zhu Ciyan: Your grandmother has been whispering in the emperor's ear all day long, and the emperor can't stand it anymore, so go back and get married.
After receiving such an imperial edict, Zhu Ciyi was filled with unhappiness when facing a group of officials who gathered around to congratulate him and Sun Chuanting.
It was not that he had any dissatisfaction with his wife whom he had never met: as a prince, he had long known that he could not decide his own marriage. Moreover, in the past five years in America, he was deeply impressed by Sun Chuanting's talent, bearing and personality charm. He had no objection to worshipping such a great man as his father-in-law.
Besides, Sun Chuanting is so handsome, how can his daughter be ugly? So, what is there to be dissatisfied with Miss Sun? That does not exist.
He was unhappy mainly because the internal construction of the American Rebel Army base had already reached a peak. After obtaining a large amount of arms, it was about to usher in a booming period.
After five years of hard work, the harvest was about to come, but at this moment, because of the repeated nagging of the Empress Dowager, his father could not bear it anymore and decided to return home to get married?
Nothing could be more distressing than this.
"Hey, Colonel Cao, let's not talk about other things for now. Tell me, what does this special forces soldier mean?"
"Your Highness, please allow me to report. The emperor personally ordered the establishment of special forces, and then I and Zuo Menggeng tried to establish a new type of military force. In the words of the emperor, this type of military force is to gather the best soldiers from each type of military force, use the best equipment, undergo the most arduous training, and complete the most difficult tasks."
After saying this, Cao Bianjiao pulled over a man who was about 40 or 50 years old: "Your Highness, this is Wang Shunwen, a first-class sergeant of the Ming Army. He joined the Henghai Guard during the Wanli period and specializes in sniping. Over the past 20 years, 896 enemy officers and soldiers have fallen under his gun in various battles. He is the well-deserved sniper king of the Ming Army. Now, he is a sniper instructor in my special forces regiment. This is the first point the emperor said, which is a concrete manifestation of gathering the kings of all arms in one hall. Then." He asked Wang Shunwen to untie the long gun wrapped on his back: "Your Highness, this Apocalypse 20-year rifle is a specially customized version. In addition to the special scope, such as the gun strap, cleaning tools, soft bullet bag, dust cover, folding stock, adjustable cheek pad, etc., are all specially made by our craftsmen according to the user's personal specific circumstances and preferences."
"This is the best equipment, right? And what about training?"
"Yes, Your Highness. The training of special forces is very hard and comprehensive. The soldiers in my regiment are all famous soldiers in the original units of the 500,000 regular troops of our Ming Dynasty. After gathering here, they learn from each other and improve each other. Now, my soldiers, in addition to the single-soldier combat capability that is the best in the entire army, can also hide, camouflage, swim, and repair machinery... almost everything."
"I see. I can already imagine what role they will play on the battlefield in the future. Alas, what a pity..."
"What's the pity, Your Highness?"
"I don't feel sorry for your soldiers, I feel sorry for myself." Zhu Ciyan sighed and said, "In the past five years in America, I have actually been doing the work of the political commissar of the American Volunteer Army. Colonel Cao has just arrived, so I have to explain it to you from the perspective of handover."
"Your Highness, please give your instructions."
"In the past five years, although we were forced to abandon the big coastal cities because of the Western pirates' ship, the Prince, we have actually developed very well in the Andes. At present, the area of the entire base has expanded to a large area of more than 1,000 kilometers long and more than 200 kilometers wide, about 200,000 square kilometers. The entire base has gathered more than 600,000 soldiers and civilians, and the number of young and strong people suitable for enlistment has reached 120,000.
In terms of food, we have achieved self-sufficiency.
In terms of armaments, all men of appropriate age have received the most basic military training. In the words of Commander Sun, the training level of these Indians is now no less than that of the young and strong men of the Ming Dynasty who have entered the recruit camp for half a year.
We have built a gun repair factory, a small bomb and gunpowder manufacturing factory, a clothing factory, and a military canned food manufacturing factory in the base.
In terms of political commissar work, the entire base of 600,000 people, except for a few older Indians, can communicate with us in simple Chinese without any obstacles. More importantly, through learning Chinese, the barriers between these people from different tribes have disappeared, and all of them have established the concept of fighting for the independence and happiness of the Indians. "
Looking to the west, Zhu Ciyi smiled scornfully. "Cromwell stationed in Lima often organized so-called encirclement and suppression operations in the past few years, but in the past one or two years, he has completely lost interest in entering the mountainous area of my base. Haha, I know that the king of the Western Bandits has taken over India, but the main force has entered Asia, and Cromwell has become a rootless tree here, and he can't afford to lose soldiers easily."
"So." He spread his hands. "Look, now you and your brother have brought so many weapons, enough to arm all the 120,000 young men in the base. And then add the one division that my Ming Dynasty originally stationed here, and your special forces regiment. If I grit my teeth and let Indian teenagers aged 16 and above and 18 and supplement them, I can get a full 150,000 people, an army of ten divisions! It is an army, an elite division that has undergone complete military training, is fully armed, and has no shortage of guns, artillery and ammunition! Such an army, led by Sun Dushi, Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong and others, rushed down the mountain. Can Cromwell stop it? America is about to change. And my father asked me to return to the country at this time... Alas..."
"Your Highness's regret, I understand. Your Highness said it easily, but you have made hundreds of thousands of Indians learn and master Chinese, and identify with our ideas. Although I am just a pure warrior, I can imagine the hardships involved. And I also firmly believe that when America gains independence from the Western bandits, nearly ten million people here will remember your Highness's efforts and the kindness you have shown them over the years."
"Hahaha, why are you here to comfort me? Never mind, never mind. When I was in the Ming Dynasty, my teacher Li once taught me a sentence, which is that success does not have to be in me, but success must have me. We are all the emperor's subjects. We will do whatever the emperor asks us to do. I will go back to get married first. I hope that one year later, I can hear the news of the change in America in the Ming Dynasty!"
