Shi Lang agreed and immediately left the cabin. After about twenty minutes, Shi Lang brought two British people, one of them Shang Yi met. He used to be a mercenary, but now he has become an important part of the British East India Company. Staff George × Black, he has been in contact with China for six or seven years, and has also learned to speak Chinese. Generally, he is responsible for the communication between the British East India Company and China, while the other person is a fifty-year-old. Old soldiers above and below.
Black first greeted Shang Yi, then pointed at the old soldier and said, "Dear Your Majesty, please allow me to introduce you to my uncle, and my uncle, is also the commander of the British Expeditionary Fleet this time."
The old soldier stepped forward and saluted Shang Yi for a British military salute, saying, "His Majesty the Emperor of China, please accept my most sincere respect from Robert X Black."
Although he spoke English, Shang Yi could understand it, so he was stunned and said, "You mean your name is Robert X Black."
Robert X Black was also a little surprised, but nodded and said, "Yes, my respected Majesty, my name is Robert X Black."
Shang Yi also had a very strange expression on his face. He thought that it wouldn't be him, so he suddenly asked another Black and said, "George, do you know who the commander of the Dutch fleet is."
George X Black was also stunned, but replied: "Dear Your Majesty, it's Lieutenant General Trump, Marton Trump."
Shang Yi nodded, that's right. Robert × Black, Marton Trump, are two famous figures in the history of naval battles.
Robert Black, born in 1599, was the most outstanding naval general before the British naval general Nelson and the modern British naval tactical innovator. In his young age, Robert Black was a businessman engaged in maritime trade. After the British bourgeois revolution began, he joined the parliamentary army led by Cromwell and was soon respected by Cromwell. After the success of the British Revolution, he was appointed as a naval general by Cromwell, and then devoted himself to research and for the British. The Navy formulated line tactics and column tactics, and formulated the first discipline and tactical doctrines of the British Navy, which put the British Navy in a good state of combat readiness and laid the traditional foundation of the British Navy.
Black is skillful and knowledgeable, and is strict with others.
Be serious.
Law enforcement is like a mountain, and he is the last person who is called "old man" by sailors. In the first British-Dutch naval battle in another time and space, he was the commander of the British navy.
And Marton Trump is Black's main opponent in another time and space.
Trump was born in 1597, unlike Black who became a monk halfway through the road. Trump was born into a naval family. He joined the army at the age of 20 and became a sailor. He became a warship captain at the age of 26. At the age of 1939, Trump, forty-two, commander of the Dutch fleet, was a complete path of military promotion. The most important maritime battle, the Battle of Towns, Trump commanded eighteen Dutch warships to fight 77 Spanish warships, and sank Spain at the cost of being sunk by one ship and killing five hundred people. More than 60 warships were wiped out and captured nearly 10,000 Spanish soldiers.
Trump is good at organizing defense and retreating, because his superb skills in melee ability are his ultimate move to win. Moreover, Trump has always realized that he is a humble background, so he is strict and kind to his subordinates, and the soldiers are in command. It is a great honor to fight. Even when they broke their legs and arms in the battle, they boasted: We were injured on the ship when we fought for General Trump.
Trump and Black have very different backgrounds, but their only commonality is that they are both brave and tenacious, with a steady command, and have experienced many vicissitudes. Moreover, when they were the most glorious emperor, they were both between fifty and six. Between ten years old, for soldiers of this era, such age is already old.
In another time and space, from May 1652 to August 1653, in just fifteen months, these two completely different characters played the protagonists in the biggest battle in the history of sailing ships. Under their respective commands, the Dutch and British fleets fought so many times that they were no less than the total of all the battles in the world's oceans. In these battles, they used their outstanding command skills to stage several textbook-like classics. naval battle.
However, due to the wings of Shang Yi, the first naval battle between England and the Netherlands, which should have begun, disappeared quietly. These two opponents with a fateful fate in the history of naval battles, were by chance far away from Europe. Asia, thousands of miles away, gathered again, but Shang Yi didn't know if they still had a chance to showdown here.
At this time, George Black said: "Dear Your Majesty, this time the Netherlands sent a fleet to attack China. We, the United Kingdom, hoped to fight side by side with China and protect our common interests in Asia. Therefore, the Protector of the National Protector, Mr. Cromwell, sent it to the The fleet, who came to China to participate in the war, hoped to help China and do our little power to the United Kingdom."
Shang Yi smiled and said, "George, please convey my thanks to Your Excellency Cromwell after you return home. However, this time the Netherlands dares to take the initiative to challenge China, it is completely overestimated, and we China have enough We should protect our interests in the South China Sea, and at the same time protect the interests of other European countries that normally trade in the South China Sea. Therefore, we should appreciate the good intentions of the United Kingdom, but I think the power of the British fleet, It is better to place it in India, not the South China Sea.”
George Black was stunned and said, "India."
Shang Yi nodded and said, "The Dutch East India Company has its own stronghold on Sri Lanka. Even if the Netherlands dares to come and pick China this time, we will naturally not be polite. There is China on the battlefield in the South China Sea region. The fleet is enough, and I am worried that the strength in India is not enough, and your fleet is coming, so I hope that the British fleet will return to India, cooperate with the Chinese West India Company, expel the Dutch on Sri Lanka, and completely turn the Netherlands into Exit Asia.”
George Black also understood Shang Yi's intentions and was disappointed. Therefore, this time, the British learned that the Netherlands wanted to start a war with China in the South China Sea, and thought it was a good opportunity. The East India Company sent him to send a fleet with the country. When we come to the South China Sea, there are two main purposes: one is to expel the Dutch power in Asia and reduce the rivals of Britain, and the other is to strive to establish a British colony in the Java area.
Because although the Netherlands now has a bad relationship with China, the UK also knows that this bad relationship cannot last for too long. After all, the Netherlands relies on business and needs trade with China. Once it is discovered that confrontation and war cannot solve the problem. The Netherlands will immediately reconcile with China. This kind of thing is normal in Europe. Although it is fighting to the death today, tomorrow we can immediately kiss each other as brothers. This is how Europe has been through the past few hundred years, and now it seems The Chinese emperor Shang Yi seemed to be very accustomed to this trick. After rushing the Spanish from Luzon, he immediately agreed to trade with Spain.
Once the Netherlands reconciled with China, it would be difficult for the UK to compete with the Netherlands, because the Netherlands operated the South China Sea earlier than the UK, had a stable foundation, and also had the Batavia stronghold, which could easily control the Strait of Malacca. This maritime lifeline entering the South China Sea caused considerable losses to the United Kingdom when the Netherlands blocked the Strait of Malacca last year. Therefore, the United Kingdom hopes to take advantage of the current ferocious diplomatic relations between China and the Netherlands to try its best to attack the Dutch forces.
Although Britain now has shopping malls in China and Luzon, shopping malls are different from colonies. Everything must be controlled by others, everything must be priced clearly and with both money and goods; but the colonies are completely my territory I am the one who makes the decision and does not have the capital. The difference between the two is quite large. In addition, the rich resources and important strategic position of the Nanyang region, and the consolidated British power in the South China Sea are also what the UK needs. Therefore, the United Kingdom also hopes that it can establish its own colony on Sumadara or Java.
Therefore, Britain took the initiative to propose and sent a fleet to the South China region. On the surface, it was to help China fight against the Netherlands, but in fact it wanted to gain a foothold in the South China Sea region and then watch the success or failure of both sides. Once China wins, Britain As China's allies, we can naturally share the fruits of victory with China. If the Netherlands wins, the United Kingdom will not worry. Therefore, the Netherlands itself will inevitably suffer significant losses. Moreover, the Netherlands is in Europe after all, this huge group of people. The fleet cannot always stay in Batavia. Britain can make some noise in Europe, forcing the Netherlands to withdraw its fleet, and then gain a foothold in the South China Sea. Of course, both sides are both in the loss, which is even more ideal. .
But now Shang Yi rejected the British request for help, saying that China could defeat the Dutch fleet alone. At the same time, he suggested that the British fleet and Zheng Chenggong join forces to attack Slilanka's Dutch people, in fact, had a very clear reply. China will never give up its interests in the South China Sea. Britain's rights in Asia can only be limited to India and cannot move forward and expand eastward.
Of course, George Black knew that although Shang Yi was very kind, it was impossible to change, because as the emperor of China, Shang Yi could not bargain with himself in a negotiable manner, but no matter what he said , The two goals have been achieved, which can be considered as an explanation to the domestic and East India Company. To establish a colony in the South China Sea, let the East India Company and China negotiate slowly.
So George Black said, "Dear Your Majesty, I need to negotiate with the commander of the fleet and other generals to reply to Your Majesty."
This request is also very reasonable, so Shang Yi nodded and smiled, "Okay, let your fleet come over and see if we will rest on that island tonight."
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