Looking at the gradually retreating anti-Habsburg Alliance fleet, Zheng Chenggong's face did not have the joy of victory. Although he cheated more than 200 super battleships this time, this was not enough to reverse the strength of both sides.

There are still thousands of super battleships left in them. If the three fleets under them have no damage, they may be able to barely draw with them. However, the losses of the three fleets this time are not low. It is estimated that at least more than a hundred warships have lost their combat power, and the gap in strength is still the same. With their current strength, they are still no match for them.

Zheng Chenggong stood quietly on the flagship podium, waiting for the three major fleets to report the damage to the war, while thinking about the next strategy.

This time, the tactic of alerting the snake and waiting for it to work was quite successful. The strength of the anti-Habsburg Alliance should be almost completely exposed. He judged that the total number of the opponent's super battleships should be between 1,300 and 1,500.

In other words, in addition to the more than 200 sunk this time, there should be 1,200 super battleships in the anti-Habsburg Alliance. This number is not much higher than the super battleships owned by the Ming Navy, but the combat power is slightly worse, because their naval guns are all front-mounted and their firing rate is much worse than those of the Ming naval guns.

If the Ming Dynasty could draw five fleets over, it would be no problem to defeat the anti-Habsburg Alliance Combined Fleet. However, the problem is that the Ming Dynasty now has only six fleets, and one fleet will never move to defend the Eurasian Canal and the Mediterranean. All the rest will fall over. Are the Ming Dynasty playing empty city plans?

This is obviously unrealistic. If the enemy sends a fleet to go around the old road, that is, the Cape of Good Hope in southern Africa, the coastal port of the Ming Dynasty will be in great trouble.

Moreover, even if all five fleets fall over, it is impossible to end the battle in a short time, because when it is obviously impossible to defeat, the enemy will gather all the warships to fight you desperately. The most likely thing is to hide in a port with a turret and a bastion and slowly grind you.

After thinking about it, Zheng Chenggong couldn't think of a way to quickly end the war. At this time, the three major fleets reported the damage to the war one after another.

Although the Ming army seemed to have not suffered any losses, it actually suffered a lot of losses. When they began to lure the enemy into the deep, more than ten warships were bombarded and were basically ruined. In the last wave of hard work, more than one hundred warships were destroyed. You must know that the opponent has thousands of warships. Even if it was a side-side volley, it would have been 40,000 to 50,000 shells. It was already good to only destroy more than a hundred.

These so-called abandoned warships are basically seriously damaged in the hull and steam pipelines and cannot be repaired at all. It is better to build new ones to come quickly if you want to use them for repair.

After thinking for a while, Zheng Chenggong ordered all the seriously damaged warships to be dismantled, and all useful things such as naval guns, boilers, propellers, etc. were removed and transported back to the Dongda Shipyard. As for the others, they could only be removed as firewood.

After this battle, the remaining warships of the three Ming fleets were less than 500, but the strength of the anti-Habsburg Alliance navy was finally exposed, and they suffered even greater losses, so the Ming Dynasty did not suffer any losses.

Zheng Chenggong directly wrote a detailed memorial on both sides' war losses and his strategic plan, and asked the Clippers to send them to the Ming Army Base of the Eurasian Canal, and sent them directly to the capital to report to the Emperor.

He also specifically reminded the emperor in the telegram that the more than 1,000 super battleships of the enemy were all steamers, and most of them were new!

In other words, the shipbuilding ability of the anti-Habsburg Alliance powers is quite terrifying. They can build almost five or six hundred super battleships a year. If they want to fight a protracted war, the Ming Dynasty's shipbuilding ability must also keep up, otherwise they will not be able to fight against the enemy.

As a commander, not only must he be skilled in military tactics and command with a firm command, but also have a global perspective. If you only know how to focus on the battle itself and ignore other aspects, you may lose all the money.

Zheng Chenggong is undoubtedly a very excellent commander. Not only is he very good at commanding and fighting, but his vision is also quite comprehensive. If he only knows how to urge Zhu Cijiu to mobilize warships, mobilize men and fight for consumption with others, then within two years, the Ming Empire will be exhausted by the Anti-Habsburg Alliance.

Because, at this time, the Ming Dynasty could only produce 200 super battleships in a year, while the five anti-Habsburg Alliance could build at least 500 super battleships in a year!

After receiving the telegram from the front line, Zhu Cijing was also not happy. Although Zheng Chenggong led the Ming Navy to defeat the anti-Habsburg Alliance, this victory was not enough to change the situation. The two sides inevitably entered a stalemate stage. Now, what they are fighting for is comprehensive national strength.

It’s not that he believes that the Ming Dynasty’s national strength is not as strong as the anti-Habsburg Alliance powers. Now the Ming Dynasty has the advantage in both manpower and material resources. The main problem is that the continent is too far from the Ming Dynasty. Although there are railways and ships to transport materials, the loss is also quite large.

Not to mention anything else, the loss of transportation capacity occupied by the transport of materials alone is quite amazing. He built the Eurasian Railway not to transport food, supplies, weapons and ammunition, and established the Royal Shipping Company of the Ming Dynasty not to provide logistics for the army. Originally, the two money trees were not only unable to save money, but also had to pay in. The huge loss was simply incalculable!

Also, there are now 600,000 Ming troops stationed in the continental region. According to Zheng Chenggong's intention, at least two fleets must be sent. In addition, the Ming troops stationed in the Eurasian Canal and the Mediterranean Sea, that is a whole million, which is very expensive and equally amazing.

There are also the costs of shipbuilding, the costs of weapons and ammunition, the casualties and pensions of soldiers, etc. In this way, although the Ming Dynasty will not be dragged down in the short term, it is inevitable that the economic regression will be inevitable. It takes more than ten or twenty years and may be exhausted!

This is definitely not possible. Zhu Cijiu's vision is even wider than Zheng Chenggong's. This time, the Ming Dynasty was helping Spain and Portugal to regain the colonies. It was obviously wrong to let the Ming Dynasty bear all the costs of war, and they also had to bear most of the losses of war.

Zhu Cijing carefully calculated the losses of the war, mainly food, grass, weapons, ammunition and pensions for casualties. In response to these, he listed the allocation plan one by one.

First of all, food and grass, which is the best thing to say. The Ming Empire went to help you fight, so it should not be too much to share most of the food and grass. He believed that as long as the tolerance limit of Spain and Portugal was not exceeded, they would not object.

Then there are weapons and ammunition. If they ask them about this, they will not come. Because their output is limited, Zhu Cijiu decided to help them build an ammunition manufacturing factory, and determined the scale based on the loss on the front line. The equipment can be provided by Daming. As for materials and labor, I believe they are embarrassed to ask Daming.

Finally, it was the issue of soldiers' casualties. Zhu Cijiu was preparing to pay 400 super battleships on credit, let Spain and Portugal form a fleet to join Zheng Chenggong, and help them establish an assembly line, boilers, propellers, artillery and other major components of the annual production of battleships, including 100 major components, including boilers, propellers, artillery, etc., and let them build the hull themselves. This not only saved the cost of shipbuilding, but also reduced the casualties of soldiers. Spain and Portugal could also enhance the strength of their navy. Everyone was happy. Zhu Cijiu believed that they should not object.

PS: Recommended the new book "Zhen Nan Ming", which is a master of history, also written in the late Ming Dynasty, and is the story of Zhu Cixuan, the prince of the Chongzhen Dynasty, restoring the country in the Southern Ming Dynasty. It is very exciting and recommended to everyone.
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