The city of Geranza.

The Dutch soldiers looked enviously at the warships of the Great Yu Kingdom docked in the harbor, and the people stationed in the city of Geranza for seven years came and went, and walked and came, but what remained unchanged was the amazing speed of development of the Great Chongqing Kingdom.

"General Yue Yun, welcome to Relanza City." Eric smiled sincerely, as he was the new governor of the city of Geranza, in charge of Dutch affairs in Asia.

"It's a pleasure to meet you, Erik." Yue Yun said with a smile, he was used to dealing with Eric, and he had often come to Ryukyu to inspect here over the years.

This time, he came to the city of Geranza not only to supply coal and water, but also for the Spaniards.

In fact, the relationship between the Dutch and Spain in both the islands around Luzon and East Indonesia was a rivalry, and Spain had always been wary of the Dutch, and there were often frictions between the two sides over issues of interest.

Therefore, after getting the emperor's authorization, he immediately found the Dutch, first, they were not familiar with the real geography of the Philippine islands such as Luzon and Mint, and needed the help of the Dutch.

Second, the expedition was also a problem with supplies, and if the Dutch were able to provide supplies, they would be much less stressed.

The third is the alliance treaty they signed with the Dutch, which stipulates that the two need to advance and retreat together in Asian affairs, and if the Dutch are attacked in Asia, the Great Chongqing State is obliged to help the Dutch counterattack the enemy, and the Dutch are also obliged to help the Great Chongqing State attack the enemy.

After greetings, Yue Yun and Eric went to the official office in the city of Geranza, and he told Eric the whole story of the operation.

"You're going to attack the Spaniards and take Malacca?" Eric said in surprise, groaning for a moment, he said: "It is easy to fight the Spaniards, but Malacca is now controlled by the British, and besides, the French Indochina is on the east side of Malacca, and once you take Malacca, they will not sit idly by." ”

Yue Yunlang laughed loudly: "Eric, you don't have to worry about this, this time we are determined to win the Strait of Malacca, Britain and France stabbed me in the back several times when I was in the civil strife in Dayu, the emperor has long been dissatisfied, and now that Dayu has completed the unification, it is time to clean them up." “

After a pause, he continued: "And according to our intelligence, the British and French warships in the Asian waters together are less than fifty, and we will definitely be able to defeat them together. “

There was a flash of excitement in Eric's eyes when he heard this, the Netherlands were the real maritime hegemon of Europe, and it was the British who ruined them, made their position plummet, and took away many of their colonies.

They have always kept this account in their hearts, but the Netherlands has declined to this point, and it is no longer able to confront the British, but now with the Great Chongqing State, it is different, they can completely suppress the British and French in Asia and get more tangible benefits.

Moreover, the purpose of their alliance with the Great Chongqing State was to jointly deal with the British, and now Yue Yun's request is not too much.

"I'm not worried, I'm just surprised by the ambition of His Majesty the Emperor, but I have to say that your actions this time are in our interests, and now we have a total of twenty warships in Asia, which can help you." Eric said.

A stone fell to the ground in Yue Yun's heart, as long as they had the support of the Dutch, it would be much easier for them to attack the Spaniards.

"In that case, now let's make a plan for the battle, according to my idea, first of all, we will launch a surprise attack on the Spanish navy near Luzon, annihilate their navy in one fell swoop, and then use Manila as a base to fight with Britain and France for the ...... of the Strait of Malacca."

Yue Yun unfolded the chart he had brought with him and marked the steps of the attack.

Eric nodded frequently, casting an appreciative look at Yue Yun, he had to admit that this Yue Yun was a naval admiral with strategic vision.

It was agreed that the two would set off in five days, and this time they would work together to fight the enemy for the first time.

……

Qingzhou, the imperial study.

Song Changping happily handed Xiao Ming a steel-shelled bullet, which was the first metal bullet they had made after the metal bullet project was put on the agenda.

"Your Majesty, this is the bullet we produce." Song Changping said loudly.

Xiao Ming showed a happy look, since the task of producing metal bullets was set, the entire industrial system in Qingzhou was running.

The thermal power plant immediately electrified the military workshop, and all kinds of equipment factories worked day and night to produce electric motors and machinery and equipment related to the production of bullets under the organization of Lin Wentao.

In more than two months, they set up a manual and automatic bullet production line and produced the first steel-shelled bullet.

"It's not easy, this will be a landmark event for the evolution of military weapons." Xiao Ming picked up the bullet, and the shape of this bullet was basically the same as that of modern bullets.

Looking at this modern bullet, Xiao Ming sighed with emotion.

Now that the scientific and technological level of the Great Chongqing Kingdom has reached the 19th century, and with the detailed technical information provided by him, it is still possible to establish a simple military industrial system in the strong industrial base.

For example, the metal bullet production line in Dayu is actually semi-manual and semi-automatic, in which the bullet casing and warhead are produced by workers manipulating machinery, and the assembly of primer, gunpowder and warhead is done by hand.

In this way, the difficulty of bullet production is greatly reduced, after all, the production line of automatic production and assembly requires numerical control, and he can't get it.

"Your Majesty, although the production speed of this metal bullet is a little slower, but after all, we also have metal bullets, and the lower officials think that there is no need to produce the Falcon rifle, and now the military workshop only produces firing rifles, and I hope that the emperor can officially name this rifle." Song Changping said.

Xiao Ming nodded, he had not given a definite name to this firing rifle, and in his excitement, he said: "This kind of rifle is called a Han-style rifle, I hope this kind of firing rifle combined with metal bullets can allow us to expel the invading enemy like a big man!" ”

"Han-style rifles?" Song Changping's eyes lit up, and he said heavily: "Good name, this type of shooting gun will definitely go down in history." “

"Hahaha......"

With that, they both laughed at the same time.

Xiao Ming continued to play with the metal bullet, as long as there is this kind of bullet, the shortcomings of the breech rifle air leakage will be gone, and the advantages of rifling and hammer bullets will also be reflected, this rifle will be higher than the air leakage falcon rifle in terms of range and accuracy.

In addition, the appearance of metal bullets is more about bringing new understanding of weapons, which is also an inspiration for artillery.

He was thinking about it, when suddenly Qian Dafu walked in, bowed down and said, "Your Majesty, Chen Qi asks to see you." ”

Stunned for a moment, Xiao Ming looked at Song Changping, "You two are really interesting, why don't you come together?" ”

Song Changping coughed awkwardly, and he said: "Your Majesty, this is a complaint, Chen Qi has blocked the artillery factory during this time, and no one knows what he is doing in it!" ”

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