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There was no storm, everything is unknown
coastal defense has always been a military pain point in modern Chinese history. China's modern coastal defense history is a sad and heroic history of struggle. The iron hooves of the great powers have come on the sea again and again, bringing countless sufferings and humiliations to this ancient Eastern country.
▲Since the beginning of the Opium War, strong ships and powerful guns
has become a shackle that binds this ancient civilization
In modern history, in the struggle between the Chinese people against foreign aggression, there was such a little-known, small-scale but extremely heroic and far-reaching battle, which was the " Liaoluo Bay Battle " that took place on October 22, 1633 AD (the sixth year of Chongzhen in the Ming Dynasty).
The national fortune is declining, and strong enemies come to the sea
In 1633 AD (the sixth year of Chongzhen in the Ming Dynasty), the Ming Dynasty at that time was at the end of a dynasty with internal and external troubles. The strong enemy they were about to face - the Netherlands, was a powerful kingdom known as the world-class "sea coachman" at that time.
▲Damage never comes alone. After Emperor Chongzhen ascended the throne,
drought plagues and locust plagues occurred one after another in the northern region.
Natural disasters aggravated social turmoil. In 1628 AD (the first year of Chongzhen),
Gao Yingxiang rebelled in Shaanxi and called himself the "King of Breaking"
In 1629 AD (the second year of Chongzhen), the Later Jin Dynasty broke the Great Wall defense line for the first time and entered the subway
Animated image screenshot from the movie "The Great Ming Dynasty"
▲On the other end of the world, the Netherlands is becoming a world power
602The Netherlands established the East India Company in the Netherlands in
▲At the other end of the world, the Netherlands is becoming a world power
602In the Netherlands, the East India Company was established in the Netherlands
▲At the other end of the world, the Netherlands is becoming a world power
602In the Netherlands, the East India Company was established in
▲At the other end of the world, the Netherlands is becoming a world power
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607 Dutch East India Company set up a store in Ambon
624 Dutch East India Company occupied Taiwan
The picture shows a schematic diagram of the trade route of the Dutch East India Company
The Netherlands’ plan is to first attack the Chinese fleet on the coast of Fujian, raid Gulangyu and Zhangzhou Bay, eliminate the Chinese ships moored here, and then wait for an opportunity to plunder the coast of Guangzhou and occupy part of Chinese territory... With the Dutch’s super maritime combat strength, they will continue to attack port cities and plunder at sea to force the Ming government to accept the unequal conditions they proposed. (Compiled from: Cheng Shaogang's translation " Dutch in Shermosha")
▲Left: Gulangyu map, right:
Model 056 frigate anchored near Gulangyu, Xiamen has been an important naval ship since ancient times and present. If the Dutch's combat plan is realized, then the humiliation of the Chinese nation in modern history may have been staged in advance.
▲The colonists of that era, once they gained considerable benefits,
, would definitely not stop. The source of the picture shows the watermark
Dutch warships immediately launched a plundering attack on China after arriving on the coast of China in early July 1633. On July 7, the Dutch fleet raided South Australia , and on July 12, the Dutch fleet raided Xiamen.
When the Dutch army raided Xiamen on July 12, the news of the war in South Australia had not yet reached the hands of the Chinese navy stationed in Xiamen, the defenders stationed in the local area were caught off guard and suffered heavy losses. In a critical moment, the Chinese grassroots turned the tide
Faced with the aggressive attacking situation of the Netherlands, the local Ming Dynasty government army and the big pirate entrenched here Zheng Zhilong (in 1628, Zheng Zhilong accepted the requisition of the Ming Dynasty court and was granted the official position of "Five Tigers Guerrilla General", and his armed power was still under his control) was determined to fight back against the Dutch's invasion with force.
▲ Later, the Zheng Chenggong
was Zheng Zhilong's son. The picture shows Zheng Chenggong's statue
Counterattack on the Netherlands was tantamount to hitting stones with eggs for the Chinese navy at that time. It was an almost impossible task. The gap in the armed strength between the two sides was too large. At that time, the large warships used by the Dutch could carry more than 30 large artillery on average.
▲Although the Ming army also used many firearms at that time
, it still lags behind the Dutch in terms of quality
The picture shows: Folang machine cannon
"Flang machine" is the name of the Portuguese at that time
The Ming Dynasty people once recorded the appearance of Dutch warships: "The boat is thirty meters long, six meters wide, more than two feet thick, with five masts in the tree, and three floors behind it". The power of the cannons carried by its warships is described as "the cavern cracks in the stone city, which shakes dozens of miles." (From "History of Ming Dynasty" Volume 325 "Helan Biography")
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long-distance ship used by the Dutch East India Company in the 17th century, picture source: Ship Digital Museum
Compared with the Dutch who had the world's top warships at that time, the warships of the Ming Dynasty's official army were really inferior. After Zheng He's long voyage, the Ming government gradually adopted a strict maritime ban policy, and Ming warships also increasingly showed a trend of miniaturization since then.
▲ " Wubeizhi " (edited in 1621)
The tower ship depicted in
Although the Ming army also built some large warships during the Southeast Anti-Japanese War (1547-1566 AD), after the Japanese turmoil was quelled, the Ming army warships, which had no actual combat needs, returned to the road of miniaturization. This is also the reason why the Dutch fleet dared to start a war against the huge China with just over a dozen warships (on the day of the Battle of Liaoluo Bay, the Netherlands invested a total of 9 large warships).
▲The scene of the "storm ship" attacking the Dutch warships in film and television works
The "fire attack ship" used at that time was mainly burned by
After contacting it, it was mainly burning the opponent's warships by self-immolation after being exposed to
In the Battle of Liaoluo Bay that broke out on October 22, 1633, most of the small ships of the Ming Dynasty's official army could only be used as fire attack ships, launching an impact on the Dutch warships aimed at "died together" . The one that really provoked the naval battle was more than 50 large warships armed by Zheng Zhilong.
▲Photo source: He Feng "China's Ocean, Survey of the Marine Forces of the Ming Dynasty"
The pirate ship in the picture was another
The pirate force that helped the Dutch fight
Liu Bay Battle, the Dutch army relied on its advantages in firearms and had always wanted to widen the distance to fight artillery firefights, while the Chinese navy tried every means to fight in close combat and give full play to the number of warships.
During the process of storming the Dutch fleet, Zheng Zhilong's bravery left a deep impression on the Dutch. The Dutch described them as "as crazy, intense, absurd, furious, and unafraid of cannons, rifles and flames as those who abandoned their lives" . (From Jiang Shusheng's volume 1 translation of "Relan Cham" is the basic historical material left by the Dutch when he ruled Taiwan)
▲History has repeatedly proved to us such a cruel fact. If
If the equipment is not good, then you can only pay more blood.
After a fierce battle, the Dutch warship was finally defeated and fled the battlefield.
htmlOver 0100 Dutch people and a large warship named Slooterdijick were captured by the Chinese, and a warship named Brounersheaven was completely burned down, while China paid the price of 86 people being killed and 132 people being injured. (Zou Weilian's "Memorial on the Revenge of the Red Barbarians")After the war, it is better to use the sea ban than to ban the sea
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▲Picture source: Ship Digital Museum
The Ming army navy, which once dominated the ocean and expeditioned thousands of miles, degenerated into a near-shore force that could only defend the estuary of the sea. Why is this?
is consciousness, consciousness that looks at the ocean.
The sea is hidden in dangerous storms and precious opportunities. If you regard it as a flood and beast, you will blindly hide, and you will eventually be able to hand over the rich treasure to others. Only by inspiring the ocean awareness of the entire country and the entire nation and encouraging everyone to be strong together can we truly develop the ocean, utilize the ocean, and manage the ocean.
▲The navy is born to attack the military branch
The best battlefield for warships is the enemy's port
The world belongs to the ocean . The rise of the West and the weakness of the East are closely related to the ocean. The formation of the world pattern today is inseparable from that era of great sailing full of romanticism.
Whenever Junwu Liu reads historical materials about the Western, Portugal, Dutch, Britain and other countries competing for maritime overlords, he can't help but imagine that if he could travel back to that time and space and be a brave captain, could he influence the trajectory of the times with his own strength?
▲If there is no ban on the sea, just these few ocean travels
can drive the development of ocean trade?
If you can experience that magnificent era of navigation in person, it will definitely be much more exciting than reading historical materials or fantasy.
This is exactly the reason why the classic game type of "Big Sailing" has always attracted players for many years.
▲The Venice Port during the Great Navigation
Picture from the original painting of the mobile game "Code: Seven Seas"
There is such a passionate development team, the main strategy is an old friend of military martial arts. He has played the "Big Sailing" game for more than ten years and is also a military-themed writer; their members of the development team all claim to be "Voyagers". They are dissatisfied with the "Voyagers" over the past 20 years, or have become pseudo-"Voyagers" with the skin of "warfare and magic". They feel the helplessness of the "Voyagers", and are determined to make a "Great Sailing Classics, surpassing the Classics, and using the dreams in the hearts of all "Voyagers" as the benchmark.
▲The real-mobile demonstration screenshot of "Code: Qihai" under development
This is not an easy task. Fortunately, the development team comes from IGG, the international mobile game manufacturer that made the world's first strategic mobile game " Kingdom Era ", has strong enough strength and strong foundation; luckily, the boss of IGG is also a person of sentiment. They have received great support from the boss and named the project "Code: Qihai" .
This next-generation mobile game is still in the early development stage, but we can already see a lot of amazing information -
As a mobile game, "codename: Seven Seas" has a picture quality comparable to the console game. It has a full 3D, wider and more refined port city market scene, making you feel like you are in the real era of navigation.
▲The real-time demonstration screenshot of Ancona port city "Code name: Seven Seas" under development
has a more realistic and dynamic marine environment, and you can even clearly distinguish the difference between the Aegean Sea and the Indian Ocean.
▲The "code name: Seven Seas" in development, the sea surface effect is already amazing
Do you still miss the business days of shaking the distant sails and humming the boat song in the game.
full-stock spices, holding bills and books, walk on that classic route, scheming, and with the gold coins that keep falling into their pockets, they become the power behind the scenes of giants in the confrontation between light and dark.
▲The "Code name: Seven Seas" in development, each ship already has amazing details
In the "Seven Seas", you can "earn" more exciting. Because the world economic system of navigation games has never been so "dynamic".
The prices of hundreds of ports around the world change in real time with player transactions. The chamber of commerce built by you and your friends will experience how "securities" were invented in that era and issue their own stocks. The stock price will rise and fall under the influence of various factors such as player trading needs, chamber of commerce business conditions, war, etc., and your influence will no longer be limited to the route.
Are you still looking forward to the life of pirates waiting for the battle and wandering?
tying a tight side cannon and raising an ominous flag. Whether it is "robbing the order" and becoming the "British Royal Pirate" in the joke, or the happy bandit journey of licking blood from the knife, it is famous within the seven seas, and the pirate world is always fascinating.
▲The naval battle experience of "Code: Seven Seas" will far exceed the existing navigation mobile game
In "Seven Seas", you can "live" more realistically. Because the power system of the nautical world has never been "restored" like this.
Hundreds of different political forces are no longer just a progress bar of "only rising but not falling": if you help the British Royal Navy, you will never be welcomed by the British archenemy, and if you repel wave after wave of Japanese pirates for the Ming Dynasty, you may not be able to enter the port of the Japanese shogunate government; and the various pirates rampant on the high seas, peeling off the "backers" behind them will be of great help to your "business".
▲Left: Spain and Portugal King Philip II in "Code name: Seven Seas"
Right: Titian Vecellio's oil painting "Philip II"
Yes, the "Seven Seas" development team is developing this game in a "restore" way that makes "one's own people" also trouble.
details such as the restoration of historical figures' clothing, the orientation of port landmarks, macro-level gameplay such as innovative "dynamic forces" and "full 3D restoration of cabins" have greatly increased development costs. However, they insist on making the "Seven Seas" into a "simulator"-style "navigilance" mobile game that experiences almost the most popular today.
▲The original Ancona painting of "Code: Seven Seas" seems flawless
, but the master's eye found that the church bell tower in the picture is incorrect
This shows the seriousness of the R&D team
▲The cabin DIY system of "Code: Seven Seas",
will refer to the real historical ship for restoration and design
It is the seriousness of the "Vision Seas" project team, which makes them pay more attention to the opinions from players and other "Vision Seas".
▲The "navigilators" of the R&D team restored the ship
has been so refined that they don't even miss the hair of the bow image
Although the game is still in the early stage of development, they are willing to establish a player community from now on in the form of "open R&D", inviting enthusiasts to pay attention to the R&D process of the "Seven Seas" and give suggestions for this real "Era of Discovery".
▲This era is wonderful because of your participation
Pictures come from the original drawing of mobile game "Code: Qihai"
