Daming Military Empire

Chapter 350 The situation is tense

A huge fleet slowly appeared on the sea outside the port of Malacca. More than 200 warships lined up in a row of five and marched slowly. On a hill about three miles away from the port, a general of the Ming army held a telescope. Standing on the top of a bastion, staring closely at the fleet on the sea.

There was no fear on the face of the general of the Ming army. On the contrary, he seemed to be looking forward to it, as if expecting the fleet on the sea to stop and attack the small fishing port below!

Yes, the port of Malacca is still a small fishing port. The Ming army did not expand the port. Instead, a bastion was built on a hill nearly three miles from the coast between the port and the city of Malacca. Due to the height difference, the artillery with the longest range now Even the bastion on the hill could not be bombarded. On the contrary, the [-]-type howitzer on the bastion on the hill could easily bombard the periphery of the port. shells.

At this time, on the flagship of the United Fleet, Rear Admiral Van der of the Netherlands and a British rear admiral were observing the port of Malacca with binoculars. He said in a tone of voice: "Major General, why don't we stop for a while and take down this port before we go. Although this port cannot dock large warships, it is good to be a supply point."

Fandre shook his head without hesitation and refused: "Major General, I advise you to give up this idea. Didn't you see the Ming army's bastion on the hill next to the port?"

The British major general said relaxedly: "Then take down that bastion together, just store the grain in there."

Fandre said coldly: "Forgive me for offending, Major General, your idea is very stupid. Do you know how many artillery pieces are in the bastions of the Ming army? Do you know how fierce their firepower is? Press this bastion There are at least [-] Ming troops in the scale, and all of us abandon the ship and go ashore to attack, and we will never even think about taking this bastion!"

The major general felt insulted, and stood there blushing, as if he was going to get angry.

Van der didn't even look at him. Instead, he said to the messenger behind him: "Order, all warships lower their sails and slow down. In addition, please invite the leading generals of all countries to come to the flagship for a meeting."

The messenger behind him immediately played the semaphore, and the flag bearer on the mast immediately played the same semaphore. All the warships began to lower their sails, and the speed of the entire fleet slowly decreased. Some warships released lifeboats, and several generals led guards. He and the translator rushed over to the flagship.

After all, this is a warship produced by the Dutch, and it is impossible for them to really hand over the warship to other powers. Although there are almost no combatants of the Dutch Navy on the battleship, all the sailors who drive the ship and control the sails are Dutch sailors, so the entire fleet is actually Still under the control of the Dutch, Van der received an order to wait for the arrival of the fleet in the Persian waters, and then commanded the fleet to Batavia to join Admiral Van Mendy, so now he is the supreme commander of the entire fleet.

Soon the commanders of all countries boarded the flagship, and after they all entered the meeting room and sat down, Van der immediately said seriously: "I invite you to come here just to emphasize one point, please remember that no one is allowed to fire."

The British major general sneered and said, "You mean that even if the Ming army fires, we can't fire without your order?"

He originally wanted to laugh at Van der's blind command, but unexpectedly, Van der nodded seriously: "Yes."

The French general refused to accept it, and asked coldly, "Why?"

Fandre replied coldly: "I don't want to explain too much about this. You will understand when you get near Xingcheng Port."

The British general continued to taunt: "I heard that you were captured by the Ming army. Are you scared by the Ming army? Are we afraid of a Ming Empire when we have so many powerful countries united?"

Fandre said with a livid face: "If this is Europe, of course there is no need to be afraid, but please pay attention, this is the Far East, and it is the old nest of the Ming Empire!"

The Swedish general was not biased, he asked directly: "Then when can we fire?"

Van der replied solemnly: "This will have to wait until we meet with General Van Mendy. Before the meeting, I don't want to have any conflicts with the Ming army."

The Danish general asked a little unconvinced: "Is the Ming army so terrible?"

Fandre continued to say seriously: "I don't want to explain too much about this, you can see it later, well, the meeting is over."

When the generals heard the words, they shook their heads and left, leaving only the British major general sitting there mumbling: "Coward, coward."

Van der didn't bother to explain to him, these people all came from Europe, and they had never seen the horror of the Ming army at all, so they didn't explain it to them. When they saw it with their own eyes, they would naturally shut up.

The fleet continued to move forward, and Van der was watching the front nervously with a telescope. He kept praying in his heart: "The Ming army will not come to intercept, and the Ming army will not come to intercept."

However, things turned out to be contrary to expectations. The fleet had just entered the sea on the left side of Xingcheng Port, and a huge fleet immediately appeared in front of it. Super battleships, Fuchuan battleships, and various small warships filled the entire passage with secrets, and they couldn't get through at all.

Looking at the densely packed cannon barrels on the forts on both sides, the British major general finally stopped talking badly. The cannons are really scary, but he looked at the Ming army fleet carefully, and said a little dissatisfied: "It's nothing special. Yes, there are only fifty super battleships, what's the use of having so many small and medium battleships."

Fander pointed to the sun, moon and dragon flag on the giant treasure ship in the middle and introduced: "The moon is full and the sun is short, this is only the third-class legion of the Ming army. If it is their first-class legion, there will be at least twice as many super battleships!"

The third-class legion, that is to say, there are second-class and first-class legions above. The third-class legion alone is of this size. Wouldn't the first-class legion scare people to death? The expression of the British major general changed, and he finally shut up.

The opposite is indeed the North Sea Fleet of the Ming Navy’s third-class corps, but they originally did not have super battleships. It happened that there were fifty super battleships left in the Dongda Shipyard last year. Zhu Cijiong simply assigned them to the North Sea Fleet first, so their lineup depends It looks so scary.

However, on the other side of Star City Port, at the entrance of the Strait of Malacca, the lineup is really scary. Zheng Zhihu led the Nanyang Navy with [-] super battleships and [-] Fuchuan warships, against the Dutch navy led by Van Mendy. With the joint fleet of the Dutch East India Company, both sides lined up and seemed to be ready to fire.

On the sea directly in front of Xingcheng Port, Zheng Zhilong stood on the huge treasure ship with a telescope and watched the situation on the right. Behind him was the neatly lined up South China Sea Fleet. Looking at that direction, it seemed that they were preparing to support the Nanyang Marine Corps. division.

At this moment, in the waters near the Xingcheng Port base, three fleets of the Ming Navy have assembled, with more than [-] large and small warships, and two fleets of European powers with nearly a thousand large and small warships.
Looking at the entire history of the world, it seems that such a large-scale naval battle has never erupted. If it really happened, it would definitely be a shocking battle.

At this kind of moment, the generals of both sides should be very nervous, but at this time, Zheng Zhilong said to himself lightly there: "Fan Mendi, if you have the guts, you can fight. I am afraid that you will fail in Xingcheng Hong Kong, no matter you No matter how many warships come, this king will let you come and go!"

(End of this chapter)