Although the improved export version of Thunderbolt 1646 is far inferior to the Mauser G98 currently in service by the Xinghai people, it is much more powerful than the matchlock and flintlock guns used by the Helan people.
Whenever the Helan people dared to show their heads on the castle, a volley of guns would be fired immediately, knocking the Helan people off the castle.
As for artillery, Napoleon's cannon also fired farther than the Helan's red cannon.
Although the Helan artillery naturally extended its range by placing it on the castle, it was still suppressed by Napoleon's artillery and had no strength to fight back.
If the Helan people's castle hadn't been built strong enough, I'm afraid the Zheng family army would have held a tea party in the castle.
If there are foreign aid, the Helan people's castle may not be able to hold on for a longer time.
But as the news came that Suilan Island had been captured by the Xinghai people, the Helan people in the castle completely collapsed.
You know, they have been holding on to the castle for four full months.
Although this news may be false news spread by Zheng Jiajun, considering that no Dutch ship has appeared on the sea near the castle for such a long time, and the news that the Xinghai people had pulled out the Malacca Castle before is true, this
The reliability of the news is still very high.
Under such circumstances, seeing that ammunition and food were getting less and less, and the castle was short of clothes and medicine, the governor-general could only raise a white flag and negotiate with the Zheng family's army.
The Zheng Jiajun did not want to suffer too much loss when attacking the castle, so they agreed to the peace talks. However, this time the peace talks were not only between the Zheng Jiajun and the Helan people, but also the Xinghai people.
After cordial and friendly peace talks between the three parties, the three parties signed a series of agreements.
First of all, the Helan people must evacuate Taiyuan Island, but they can keep some private property. All Helan ships are owned by the Zheng Family Army. Xinghai State has the power to establish two ports on Penghu and Taiyuan Islands, etc.
There is no doubt that the Helan people lost the most in this agreement. They only retained their lives and part of their private property, while the Zheng Jiajun and Xinghai Kingdom gained the most.
But in terms of the ratio of input to output, it is Xinghai Kingdom that actually reaps the greatest benefits.
After only providing a loan of two million, two ports were obtained, causing the Xinghai Kingdom's power to suddenly extend a long way north along the coastline.
However, the focus of Xinghai Kingdom at this time is still on the southward strategy.
Before New Year's Eve in 1650, the number of first-class battleships in Xinghai Kingdom reached sixteen, and the remaining classes of battleships and frigates also increased in corresponding proportions.
But what really excites the top brass of the Navy is that the strategic capital ship has finally been successfully developed.
This strategic battleship, as introduced before, has a displacement of 5,600 tons. It still has a wooden shell with iron armor and a steel keel. It also has eight high-horsepower steam engines as power, with a maximum speed of 18 knots and a cruising speed of 12 knots.
It can sail 3,000 nautical miles at a time.
There is no doubt that this will be a giant beast cruising on the sea in Xinghai Kingdom.
The 180mm main gun newly developed by Fang Xiaoyue is deployed on it. At the same time, the army's reduced version of this naval gun, the 150mm cannon, has also been successfully developed and put into production. It will serve as the main weapon of the army's artillery.
This is the basis for the establishment of corresponding artillery battalions.
Well, because this kind of cannon is too powerful, and most of the possible enemies, such as the Qing army, are cold weapon troops, there is no need to organize regiment-level artillery firepower units.
An artillery battalion with twenty-four guns is sufficient.
Of course, this is also the last wooden-hulled iron-clad warship of the Xinghai Kingdom Navy. For the next generation of warships, Fang Xiaoyue plans to completely eliminate the wooden-hulled iron-clad warships and instead develop an all-steel warship.
After all, with the increase in tonnage, the manufacturing of wooden-hulled battleships is more difficult than that of steel battleships in some aspects. What's more, Fang Xiaoyue is preparing to use fuel engines for the next generation of battleships, so this steel battleship is more suitable.
At this time, there are already six strategic capital ships under construction in the dry dock of the shipyard. Even though the shipbuilding technology has improved a lot, it will take at least half a year for them to be launched.
They will serve as the flagships of major fleets to patrol and protect the maritime territories of the satellite countries.
After the Spring Festival on New Year's Eve, good news came from the Zhaowu regime of the Southern Ming Dynasty. The Zhaowu New Army attacked all the way. A week ago, they captured Guilin City where Emperor Yongli was located, and captured all the Yongli people including Emperor Yongli in one fell swoop.
The top officials of the previous regime returned home in triumph.
With the fall of the Yongli regime, the two major regimes of Nanming and Nanming, which were at war with each other, were finally reunited. The Zhaowu regime was also changed from the Zhaowu regime to the Nanming regime in the Xinghai Kingdom's intelligence files.
At the same time, Yunnan, Guizhou, Guangxi and other provinces that originally belonged to the Yongli regime also changed their flags and presented letters of allegiance to Emperor Zhaowu.
This also means that the Nanming regime has expanded from one province to four provinces since its unification.
This made Emperor Zhaowu so happy that he could not sleep for several days.
Of course, Xinghai Country’s immigration working group has also stepped up immigration efforts for this purpose.
However, the effect was not significant. After all, all the refugees who could be taken away before were taken away, and the three provinces that had just been integrated into the Zhaowu regime were actually not densely populated.
Of course, it is not that the Immigration Working Group has not thought of ways.
In the south of Hu Jian, after Damuan Island fell into the hands of Zheng Jiajun, the route of Xinghai Kingdom extended a large distance to the north.
Under the protection of the Northern Fleet, the Army's Third Division directly landed on the Zhoushan Islands in Zhejiang.
Well, the Zhoushan Islands are not small in area, covering more than 20,000 square kilometers, with more than 1,300 islands, large and small. Due to environmental impacts such as water resources, only 98 large islands are actually inhabited.
The Qing army was mainly stationed on the largest islands such as Zhoushan Island and Daishan Island.
Among them, there is a water village on Zhoushan Island that was originally owned by the Ming Dynasty but is now occupied by the Qing army.
However, after a burst of artillery bombardment by the Northern Fleet, the Qing army was either dead or injured, and without even the slightest resistance, it was directly landed and occupied by the third division.
After that, Zheng Jiajun, who came with the ship, immediately landed by ship and went to various places in Zhejiang to help the Xinghai Kingdom's immigration working group in publicity.
The general idea is that the Zheng Jiajun recruits immigrants to reclaim Dayuan Island, and those who are willing to go will be given settlement expenses, food, farm tools, and cattle for farming.
The area around Zhejiang has been regarded as a fertile land since ancient times, where mulberry trees and silkworms are grown and silkworms are grown. The silk produced every year is sold all over the world.
But the problem is that with the arrival of the Qing army, the people who were originally able to survive became a little bit unable to survive.
Officials appointed by the Qing army arbitrarily allocated large tracts of mulberry land to the children of the Eight Banners. Most of the silk industry bosses were captured and tortured, demanding military pay and so on.
The original silk industry chain collapsed immediately.