"I'm this monkey!"

King Philip muttered viciously in the Lisbon Palace, and the arrival of Fu Yuan, the chief military officer of the Ming Dynasty, brought him an unprecedented experience.

"They divided the fleet into two groups, each group was led by three Chihai-class warships and three squadrons, one squadron patrolled the sea twenty leagues, one squadron patrolled the coastal sea, and one squadron rested in the harbor and completely blocked the coastal sea forty leagues."

The Portuguese nobles at Philip's court restored Fu Yuan's fleet for his defense, and finally concluded that if the fleet was to attack Portugal, once the Neapolitan fleet led by the Marquis de Santa Cruz left, the local ships would not be able to defend it at all.

The bald king frowned and squinted, with a heavy unwilling despondency on his face, this feeling was very bad, obviously he did not want to supply the Ming army, but he still had to make such a decision, he said: "Prepare supplies for them as soon as possible, and let them leave before Antonio returns." ”

Like sending a plague god.

Fu Yuan is indeed no different from the plague god in Philip's eyes, the only difference is that his naval commander is also learning the Ming army's coastal defense from Fu Yuan's arrangement, this set of coastal defense system comes from the early Xiangshan Qianhu to defend the entire Guangdong coastal patrol equipment, and later entered the Guangzhou Prefecture lecture martial arts textbook, that is, it became a common practice in Fujian and Guangzhou provinces.

After the establishment of the North and South Two Oceans Military Administration, such a naval division formation will be brought to all parts of the world, especially under the leadership of Fu Yuan, a veteran general of the Xiangshan Qianhu Era, this fleet will definitely be formed in such a way to ensure that the various fleets at sea can not only disperse the width, but also maintain the communication between the teams to the greatest extent.

The commander of the Spanish navy, Marquis de Santa Cruz, was nervous after the Ming fleet landed, but the reason for the nervousness was different from that of King Philip, who did not feel that Fu Yuan was in Lisbon to compete with the Spaniards for control of Portugal.

At least the Ming army and the detachment have been staying in the port, which means that they have no intention of attacking.

No one would stuff the attacking forces in the harbor, and Bazin's explanation to the king in the report was nothing more than that the Ming army was used to being domineering and had to take the initiative wherever it went.

Despite this, Philip transferred the Neapolitan fleet that was cruising around the coast to Lisbon, and even transferred six warships stationed in Gibraltar in order to maintain local superiority, and even then it was enough to gather 34 warships, which were divided into two groups to follow the Ming army detachment to watch and cruise on the sea.

The Spanish navy had to govern so many seas that even in the most urgent case it would require two fleets in the Mediterranean, and the ports would also require garrison sub-fleets, so that the number and quality of ships that could be assembled were not large.

The Fu Yuan fleet put great pressure on Spain, just as the uniform armament of the Ming army put pressure on the New Spanish legions, the Ming army had very few types of warships, but it only took a glance from a distance to see that their warships were all standard...... No other country in Europe can do this, not even Spain.

Among the thirty-four ships assembled by the Marquis de Santa Cruz were large galleys from the Mediterranean, Caravel with the Portuguese, and only seven of his own Galens, four of which were small Galens.

This frustration made Bazin not only act as a 'killer' sounding board when he met with Philip, but also made more demands to Philip: "Your Highness, our naval shipbuilding industry is in urgent need of reform, including the shipbuilding industry of Spain, Sicily, Portugal, Jerusalem and Naples, and it should be unified in specifications, like the Ming Dynasty." ”

Such a proposal made Philip frown: "Uniform specifications, different forest materials and quantities in different places, some places can build large ships, some places can build small boats, some places are close to the workshops where artillery is made, and some places have many villages that can make muskets, why do you want to unify the specifications?" ”

"Your Highness already knows what the Ming fleet looks like, and they only have two kinds of ships, warships and merchant ships; There are only three sizes of warships, four hundred, one thousand, and fifteen hundred, and their materials are the units of shipbuilding timber; This makes their ships all the same, the same size of warships with the same troop setup, the same artillery installation, even if there is a new officer before the war, he only needs to know how many ships he has under his command, he knows how many soldiers are on board, and knows how much ammunition and water to equip. ”

"We are different, different ships have different soldiers and weapons, and the same ship must use different soldiers and weapons because of different sizes, just like the Galen ship, the year before last we used a sailor per five tons and an army soldier per four tons, and this year we used a sailor per six tons and an army soldier per four tons, which puts a lot of calculation pressure on the officers."

Bazin, Marquis de Santa Cruz, said as he gestured to Philip, took a pen and paper from the table to make a simple calculation, made a table for the king, and said: "In the fleet assembled in Lisbon, our Galen ships weigh three thousand one hundred and eighty-six, and there should be one thousand one hundred and eighty-two sailors and soldiers, and the quartermaster also prepares supplies according to this number, but there are always passengers on board, and the supplies are always insufficient, which is extremely dangerous in a long voyage." ”

"Perhaps Your Highness thinks that such a calculation is not difficult, but we also have the Clark Ship, the Galley Battleship, the Caravel Galleon, and a considerable number of armed merchant ships, which are not suitable for such calculations."

"If all our shipyards build ships of different tonnages to the same specifications, distinguish ships by warships and clippers, set three or more standards for Galen ships, stipulate the number of soldiers and guns and weapons of various types on ships of different specifications, and strictly enforce this standard, we will have more advantages in long-distance voyages and naval warfare."

Philip quietly listened to the naval commander's understanding of the Ming shipbuilding industry, frowned and thought about the pros and cons, and did not agree directly, but asked, "What's next?" ”

The Marquis of Santa Cruz looked at Philip for a moment, straightened his posture, and said: "In the next three years, there will be warships of various specifications built by Great Spain and incorporated into the fleet, in addition to the Galen ship and the Philip ship, we will also have a fast communication ship that can reach the New World within twenty-eight days, further strengthen the connection between His Highness and the Indian Affairs Committee, and strive to get the opportunity to share the Atlantic Ocean with the Ming army." ”

"The Atlantic without much interest." Philip's expectant expression gradually dimmed, and he waved his hand: "What about England, the Netherlands, and the Ottomans?" Do I need another 10, 20 years to build a new navy? ”

"No!"

The Marquis of Santa Cruz shook his head firmly and said, "When we strive to catch up with the Ming Navy, they are no longer a threat. ”