Chapter 979
The Spanish fleet in the Strait of Magellan is not very powerful, at least not as strong as the Caribbean fleet that has been fighting for many years. Compared with nearly 100 ships of the Ming Navy, its strength is incomparable. Their firepower is also very weak in front of the new artillery of the Ming Navy. Their colonial turrets are not even as powerful as the gunboats of the Ming Navy and their range is long.
Moreover, because the Magellan Strait was too narrow, it was blocked by the main gunboat troops of the Ming Navy, and they could only fight with one stone. In less than a day, they were defeated by the Ming Navy, who had fierce firepower and extremely long range. They relied on their familiarity with the waterways of the strait and wanted to escape and return home. But when they ran to the eastern end of the Magellan Strait, they found that a more terrifying fleet had been waiting here for a long time! On the ship as huge as a town, the giant cannon was like the wrath of God, and they carried the land thunder to blow their fleet into powder!
The Spanish were desperate. They lowered their king's flag and raised the white flag of surrender, but still could not get the other party's forgiveness. The giant cannon still roared, the Ming navy could not understand the European flag language, and the orders they received were to be killed! Although Zhang Fan was a little unbearable, he also knew that this hegemony struggle could not tell who was right and who was wrong, and the contradictions could not be reconciled!
For the Western powers, you can only make them surrender if you are more cruel and vicious than them! When they colonize, they never sympathize with the local indigenous people, because the local indigenous people, for them, are just obstacles to colonization, just like the local beasts. Pity is vain, and there is only slavery and robbery!
The Ming Dynasty used half of the country to build a long-distance fleet of the Ming Navy, which was built in a destructive manner, destroyed the Spanish fleet that defended the strait. The land forces quickly broke into the colony under the cover of gunboat fire. After a massacre, the Ming Navy destroyed the town with fire. After the Ming Dynasty's Navy was built in the Panama Canal, it was not very valuable. Akan was unwilling to waste precious Chinese immigrants to occupy it.
Through this narrow channel, the fleet began to head north along the coast of South America. Several Spanish colonies were robbed along the way and a Spanish transport fleet was robbed. Although no survivor was left, the message of this powerful fleet appeared, like the whisper of the sea god, spreading across the Atlantic Ocean with the currents and sea breezes...
The Ming Navy fleet bypassed the great turning point in South America, passed the estuary of the Amazon River, and arrived at Barbados. Here, Zhang Fan Aken and the Shu Yao parted ways. The Shu Yao took a fleet of gunboats to the Caribbean area of Panama to prevent the Spanish from retaliating attacks. Zhang Fan Aken led the main fleet to continue northward, and there was a colony that Aken thought must be occupied!
Massachusetts, a later generation in North America, was the first North American colony established by Britain in 1607, and it was also the basis for the establishment of the United States with the first Mayflower Convention in 1620. Arkan decided to take the lead in setting up China here before the British colonization.
It is a coincidence that when the Ming Navy fleet arrived here, the three-masted sailboat named "May Flower" by the book demon also arrived with a group of British Puritans. Zhang Fan Aken even received a prompt to complete the hidden mission of the "May Flower Convention" in advance.
History is always full of coincidences! When the Ming Navy fleet put down the last batch of 5,000 Chinese immigrants, China occupied several of the most important historical colonies in North America. The pioneers of the American countries that arrived early could only be overwhelmed by Chinese immigrants. From then on, at least in this historical scene, there is no future superpower! Even if there is, it is the United States that appears in the posture of a Chinese colony. Perhaps its name should be "Beautiful China".
After resting here, the Ming Navy set off from here and headed for England across the Atlantic Ocean to complete the most important mission of this long journey. At this time, Britain was not strong, at least it was suppressed by the mighty Spain and could not breathe. When seeing such a fleet arrived, Elizabeth I thought that Philip II of Spain had sent his invincible fleet to capture the entire England. It was so scared that he was so scared!
When she learned that it was her baron Shi Fan who returned to her motherland and brought a powerful fleet to support her in confrontation with the Spaniards and the Holy Roman Empire, she was so happy that she almost agreed to herself. She was the famous "virgin queen" in British history. She was unmarried all her life, and she was only about thirty years old at that time, and she was as old as a wolf or a tiger.
However, Zhang Fan was not interested in this British queen. What he was interested in was that he signed a peace treaty very smoothly on behalf of the Ming Dynasty and Elizabeth I. In this treaty, Britain recognized the legal status of the Ming Dynasty in the entire New World, which was an inseparable part of the Ming Dynasty's territory! Any colonization of the New World is a contempt for the Ming Empire! England enjoys rights to the Caribbean region and can enjoy the best treatment for trade with the Ming Empire.
The two countries will work together to drive away third-party forces from other countries in the New World and the Caribbean! And have a first come first served priority for colonies in other parts of the world.
The reason why Elizabeth I dared to sign this treaty that sold all other European countries was because she witnessed the three Ming 10,000-ton treasure ships that made her feel powerless! In her opinion, such an invincible giant ship would be effortless even if it would destroy any coastal city in any country!
She didn't know that even if the country she led would not form an alliance with China, she would colonize the world and become the Empire of the Sun and the Sun never set in the future. However, this title has now been transferred to the Ming Empire!
The Emperor of Ming Dynasty was very generous. On behalf of the Ming Dynasty, Zhang Fan gave the rewards of Emperor Jiajing, a large number of silk, tea and porcelain to Elizabeth I. These gifts were even more valuable in Europe than the income of the British royal family in five years!
Overjoyed, Elizabeth I was also generously promoted to the title of hereditary aristocratic title of Shifan's Grand Duke of Caribbean, and represented the British royal family to command Caribbean affairs and contact the Ming Empire. Zhang Fan's companions, Green-winged Akkenxuan Yuan Xing, and Book Demon, were awarded the corresponding title. Elizabeth I was very smart and decisive in doing things. She understood that with the current national strength of Britain, it was inseparable from the help of this alien duke. Especially the huge and terrifying great empire behind Shifan! And the powerful strength shown by this empire!
To be honest, what's so great about a few empty titles? As long as these Chinese are willing, it doesn't matter if they give them more titles that don't need to pay their salaries. Anyway, their fiefs are all overseas where birds do not shit. They are not originally in England's territory. They just give other people's things to another person.
With Elizabeth I's guarantee, the Ming Navy was no longer lonely in the Atlantic Ocean. At least temporarily, there was an unreliable ally that could restrain the energy of other European countries. As long as Akan was given a breathing time, as long as the immigrants of the Ming Empire gained a firm foothold here, even if they were enemies of the entire Europe, so what?!
For Britain, with the support of this invincible Chinese fleet, their plundering captains and pirate fleets could rob the Spanish merchant fleet in a swagger. Because the Spaniards' biggest enemy was not themselves. Even if this invincible Chinese fleet did not take the initiative to attack the Spanish, they would be frightened and panic all day long.
Only then did Zhang Fan feel the benefits of correct diplomacy. He originally thought that the Ming Navy would be surrounded by enemies when he arrived here, as if he wanted to be an enemy of the entire European powers. But now it seems that not only did the Ming Navy's pressure be much less, but it also divided the relationship between the European powers. Perhaps in a short while, France and the Netherlands, two relatively weak empires, will also make peace with themselves...
The fleet did not stay in Europe and left Britain mysteriously. In this era of information disconnection, rumors exaggerating the power of the Ming Navy is far more intimidating than visiting those countries with high profile. Mystery sometimes means terrible! Perhaps when the rumors reach the ears of the Spanish king, the entire Atlantic Ocean is covered with giant ships of the Ming Navy! This brief appearance of the Ming Navy fleet in Europe will surely trigger a diplomatic storm among the European powers.
The Ming Navy acquired a large amount of British goods, and after replenishing supplies, left Britain, crossed the Atlantic Ocean again, and came to the New North American continent. This time, there were many British ships following the fleet. On the one hand, they felt that it was a glory to travel with this invincible fleet. On the other hand, they knew that this invincible fleet would go to trouble the Spanish, so they might be able to get a share of the pie. Under such an idea, countless British captains flew around their own sailboats and sailed around the Ming Navy fleet.
There were many ships from other countries along the way coming to hear the news. In the end, the ships of Western countries that followed were even far exceeding the scale of the Ming Navy fleet! But the captains did not know which ships were not from the Ming Navy. Therefore, the further they went, the captains who arrived were extremely amazed at the scale of the invincible fleet!
Chapter completed!