New Ming Empire mixed in America

More than an hour later, the battleship led by Ying finally seized the opportunity and relied on its rich experience during a change of direction to block in front of Zhu Zhiwen's leading fleet.

He looked at the Eastern fleet that had just completed its turn and bumped into the side of his own fleet.

Kao Xilen, commander of the Far East Fleet (Chinese Fleet) with the British, said to the flagship captain with a smile on his face:

"These Easterners obviously lack experience in naval warfare. If I were to command the other side's fleet, I would definitely not stay here and deal with a large number of enemies..."

The Far East Fleet led by the British broke away from the East India Company in early 1864 and was specifically responsible for the coastal defense of the puppet Qing Dynasty.

It formed a combined fleet with the East India Fleet, West India Fleet, and Pacific Fleet, of which the Far East Fleet was the main detachment in this combined fleet.

Its scope of activities once reached Australia in the west, the Bering Strait and Vladivostok in the north, as well as the coasts of the Qing Dynasty and the Japanese country, and even included the inland rivers of China and other vast areas.

Daiying's navy is a tool for executing government policies. The purpose of establishing the "Far East Fleet" is actually closely related to Daiying's development in the Far East.

Daiying expanded from the Ganges River Basin in India to all of India in 1805.

From 1814 to 1816, he conquered Nepal.

From 1824 to 1826, it controlled Burma.

In 1826, it crossed the Strait of Malacca and entered the Nanyang Islands, occupying Malaya and Singapore. North Borneo and other places also entered its sphere of influence.

At the same time, this fleet also reached an agreement with some pseudo-Qing officials from Guangdong named Zeng to jointly clean up pirates in the South China Sea.

I have to say that the officials who pretend to be Qing Dynasties are really big-hearted. They even smile when people are shitting on their necks.

Saying that it helps the Qing Dynasty clean up pirates is just a nice excuse. To put it bluntly, it is to let the Qing Dynasty provide supplies so that they can occupy the Qing Dynasty's waters for a long time.

But as soon as the pseudo-Qing officials said it, it turned into helping them destroy the pirates.

It is estimated that only some pseudo-Qing officials named Zeng could do such shameless things.

Not only Zeng had his head shaved, but also Li Hongzhang (not a typo, you understand...) had contacts with these foreigners.

The foreign gun teams were searching for property all over the Chinese territory, and a certain guy who licked his face and said he was the Bismarck of the East actually helped clean up the aftermath.

Not only do they use tariffs to support these foreigners, they also have to spend large sums of money to purchase equipment for certain foreign-connected households.

For example, some second-hand machines that are no longer used.

You must know that during this period, European countries did not impose an embargo on counterfeit products. As long as you are willing to spend money, you can buy any machine.

Those capitalists who only care about money can sell more advanced weapons production lines to the Qing Dynasty, and later even Gatling can be sold.

The coastal defense gun that exploded and was preserved until later generations, becoming a tourist attraction is proof of this.

But in such a trade atmosphere, some people named Zeng...forget it, it was Zeng who had his head shaved.

I spent a lot of money to buy some outdated second-hand equipment.

Are you saying they are behind the times?

To be honest, if my vision was backward at that time, it would be impossible to reach his position.

At this time, it would be a bit too much to pass the blame to Lafayette.

Those who stay in the palace don't understand. Don't they, the officials in charge of foreign affairs, understand?

There is still one word to say it all, that is greed!

"How can these Orientals compare with the Royal Fleet of Great Britain?"

The captain of the flagship's words were not directed at the Xin Ming Empire. In fact, he would say this when facing any country's fleet.

After all, under the leadership of European Lafayette, Daiying's current maritime strength can be said to be outstanding among the others.

Well...except for that annoying guy Na San.

What's more, their Far East fleet has made great achievements in defeating the Qing Dynasty. It also cooperated with the combined fleet to occupy large colonies in the Far East.

What makes them most proud is helping Her Majesty Queen Victoria acquire the brightest jewel in her crown - India.

"Huh? Look at the black shadow in the distance. Is it a fleet?"

At this time, Kao Xiren suddenly saw a black shadow appearing in front of him through the telescope.

In fact, he had confirmed through the telescope that those were battleships, but he did not think that such a huge fleet could appear here in the Far East.

He knew about the overthrow of the Spanish Luzon colony by the New Ming Empire.

But very little is known about the Xinming Empire's Pacific Fleet.

The size of the Xinming Empire's Pacific Fleet can only be analyzed through some fragments of words heard at sea.

Moreover, I have seen merchant ships from the Pacific Fleet either being sunk or having their own merchant ships forcibly requisitioned.

Therefore, there is very little information about the Pacific Fleet of the Xinming Empire, and Manila has almost become synonymous with death.

It has become common knowledge that the vultures there stay for long periods of time over Manila in search of food.

But he never imagined that this fleet would be so huge.

This fleet, not to mention his Far East Fleet, even if it pulls along their own Pacific Fleet...

wrong!

Kaoxilun rowed his own head, and their Pacific Fleet had been wiped out by the Xinming Empire.

The Pacific Fleet, which had one third-level ship, the rest of which were fifth- and sixth-level battleships (gunboats), and some clippers (small clipper ships), was wiped out in Hawaii without even surviving a single encounter.

After thinking of this, the expression on Kaoxilun's face changed.

If his Far East Fleet is destroyed here, no one can protect Great Britain's interests in the Far East.

Now most of the British warships are cruising near the Black Sea to prevent Tsarist Russia's Black Sea Fleet from being reestablished.

In addition to the warships cruising in the Black Sea, there are also the Atlantic Fleet, the Mediterranean Fleet, the South African Fleet, the North African Fleet, and the Cape Fleet...

Among them, their combined fleet near the Far East is somewhat unsightly.

It has been several years since the Second Opium War, so the warships here in the Far East have been transferred back to Europe.

From 64 warships on the eve of the war to more than a dozen warships after the war.

This situation remained unchanged until 1869, when the number of battleships was only 21.

Among them is the 3,774-ton ironclad Odisha, the 1,459-ton cruiser Taelia, and the others are gunboats and clippers.

Of course, that is all a matter for the future.

The large battleship 'Ellercourt' is now used as the flagship of Kaushren's Far East Fleet.

Three fourth-level ships that had not had time to evacuate appeared here together with the flagship.

By the way, during the two Opium Wars, not a single third-class ship with British as the main battleship appeared in the Far East... I have to say that this is a kind of sadness.

From the maritime supremacy during Zheng He's voyages to the West, it has fallen to the point where even its main battleships are disdainful to participate in the war...

But even with such a configuration, Cao Xiren still felt a little scared in his heart.

Looking at the two huge second-level ships looming in the distance, and the four third-level ships behind them...

Needless to mention other things, just when he saw the second-level ship, his heart dropped to the bottom.

Not to mention that the Pacific Fleet also has four third-tier ships and one fourth-tier ship plus a bunch of gunboats.

In his eyes, the gunboats of the Xinming Empire can be regarded as level five ships.

Although they also have gunboats in their fleet, there are essential differences between gunboats and gunboats.