New Ming Empire mixed in America

Zhu Zhiwen did not answer the scout ship captain's complaint.

Not to mention that he is only the adjutant of the Pacific Fleet now, even if he is in Cheng Yuanliang's position, the matter of the reconnaissance ship cannot be easily decided.

Because this involves a series of matters regarding the establishment and logistics of the Xinming Empire's fleet.

After thinking about it, Zhu Zhiwen still revealed some information to this excellent captain of the reconnaissance ship:

"Don't worry, Commander Cheng Yuanliang has already applied for a change of outfit for the reconnaissance ship. I think it will be updated when we escort His Majesty back."

This time, not only the issue of the reconnaissance ship, but also the issue of the dedicated landing ship and the battlefield performance of various strange transport ships were all sent back to the mainland of the Xinming Empire.

It is estimated that after Li Mingqi solves the immigration problem, the new auxiliary ship will be ready.

"Okay, tell me why you were targeted by the Dutch armed merchant ships. I remember that the nearest port city from here is a full day's journey away!"

Zhu Zhiwen was a little surprised at what happened to the reconnaissance ships. Logically speaking, these armed merchant ships would only appear near city ports except for necessary route patrols.

But the armed merchant ships responsible for patrolling the route were the ones he was chasing. And the armed merchant ships chasing the reconnaissance ships were obviously not responsible for patrolling the route.

"We sank a cruise ship in front, and those Dutch armed merchant ships pursued us because of this incident."

The captain of the reconnaissance ship was a little proud. After all, judging from the performance of these Dutch armed merchant ships, there were definitely some Dutch big shots on board the cruise ship he sank.

But the big guys were now sent into the sea to feed the fish, and the rotating machine guns on the reconnaissance ship fired several rounds at the survivors in the small boats.

"There must be some important people, otherwise it wouldn't make sense. There are more armed merchant ships chasing you this time than patrol ships maintaining the safety of the route."

Zhu Zhiwen nodded and agreed with the captain of the scout ship.

Yes, there really were some big shots on that cruise ship who fed the fish with the sinking cruise ship.

For example, there are some big capitalists from the Austrian Empire. The purpose of these people coming to the Far East is to use the Far East trade routes that have already been divided into pieces by Britain, France, Spain, and the United States.

Now Prussia's attitude towards the Austrian Empire is getting tougher and tougher, and it seems that it is very determined to unify the German region.

Therefore, these capitalists in the Austrian Empire wanted to go abroad to find new opportunities to make money.

Not only were the capitalists of the Austrian Empire on the cruise ship, but also several officials from the Puppet Qing Dynasty, representatives of the Japanese shogunate, the former Spanish governor and his family who were about to return home...

Everyone here is either rich or noble, and no one's assets should be underestimated.

Needless to say, officials who pretended to be Qing Dynasty, the statement that the prefect of Qing Dynasty received one hundred thousand snowflakes of silver in three years is not false.

Not to mention the former Spanish governor who plundered the entire Luzon Island, and was also a wealthy man.

And the representative of the shogunate...

Let them forget it, they weren't even on the cruise line's list of victims.

Perhaps none of these people would be feared by the Dutch colonial regime in Borneo, but the problem was that there were too many of them.

So after seeing that the cruise ship had an accident and that no one out of ten passengers was alive, the Dutch armed merchant ships responsible for escorting the cruise ship clung to the reconnaissance ship as if they had been beaten to death.

This is no longer a matter of losing face. If there were no such big figures on the cruise ship, maybe these armed merchant ships would just pretend to catch up a certain distance long enough to communicate.

Now that something happened to the big shots, these armed merchant ships have regarded the reconnaissance ships as their life and death enemies.

After the failure of this escort mission, the final fate awaiting the owners of these armed merchant ships will definitely not be comfortable.

"Go ahead and take us to the cruise ship you mentioned. I believe it is definitely very close to the port of the major city!"

Zhu Zhiwen endured tremendous pressure to win the command of the vanguard fleet this time.

If the gunboats of the vanguard fleet suffer serious losses due to his command, it will be very difficult for him to command a fleet alone next time.

Unless he is outstanding in other aspects, Cheng Yuanliang will not agree.

"You can't even see the mast of the cruise ship there now. Gee, you didn't see the length of that cruise ship..."

The captain of the scout ship thought for a long time but couldn't find a suitable adjective, so he could only compare it with a ship he was familiar with.

"The cruise ship was almost as long as the transport ship carrying the airship. We relied on surprise and two torpedoes to sink it!"

In order to test the power of torpedoes, all warships and reconnaissance ships performing this mission were equipped with torpedo launchers.

In the future, the Royal Academy will also upgrade torpedoes based on their feedback.

Not only that, all the guards around Li Mingqi who went to sea this time were equipped with the most advanced firearms.

The imperial guards here do not refer to the Imperial Guards, but the ‘Ouchi Guards’ selected from the Imperial Guards and Imperial Guards.

They are equipped with the latest sniper rifles, m1911 repeating pistols, AKs with grenades...

Since the production of smokeless gunpowder, the firearms designs previously sealed by the Royal Academy have been uncovered.

For example, the new Ming version of AK always jams when using black powder bullets, the new grenades and the new heavy machine gun - Maxim.

Some of these weapons were produced quickly, but many are still in the laboratory stage.

I believe that in another year at most, the weapons of the Xinming Empire will be updated again.

"I'm not interested in the cruise ships you mentioned, what I need is a major port location for the Dutch!"

Zhu Zhiwen looked at the captain of the scout ship who was very upset by his half-word words, and suddenly said with a mysterious smile:

"It's such a big cruise ship, and it looks like it's carrying some big shot, so this cruise ship is definitely not far from the port of a big city!"

After hearing this, the captain of the scout ship suddenly realized.

Yes, for such a large cruise ship and the terrifying number of people on board, if it is not close enough to a major port, their supplies will probably be a problem.

"I have a prisoner here who might be of some use to you!"

The captain of the scout ship slapped his head and suddenly remembered the captain of a foreign merchant ship.

This merchant ship was carrying a ship full of camphor purchased from Ryukyu, and their destination was the main port of the Dutch.

The businessman caught by the scout ship also said at the time that their goods were to be transported to the largest port in the Dutch colony.

After all, there is only one place where the camphor he is carrying on board can be shipped quickly, or it can be bought directly by the whole ship.

But this merchant ship should never use Chinese workers to clean the deck, otherwise it would not be discovered by observers on the reconnaissance ship.

There was no incident of merchant ships being impounded later.

PS: The Chinese New Year is over, and the day will resume tomorrow.