Become a feudal king from today

"This time, let the Western Turks taste the power of the armored ship. Gong Ying retracted his gaze from the armored ship and showed the seafood in the barrel. "Before we deal with the Western natives, let's have a good time. "

"It goes without saying." Zhou Yi also showed off the seafood in his barrel.

Ever since I learned that there are so many things in the ocean that are edible.

They really felt that the vast ocean was an extremely huge treasure.

And their navy is the guardian of these treasures. .

The two talked while returning to the shore.

That night, there were bonfires everywhere on the coast, like stars.

The navy officers sat around a bonfire, with iron buckets filled with seafood.

The smell, mixed with a hint of salty fragrance, floats far, far away.

A leisurely night passed like this.

The next day, the officers and soldiers of the Taisong Navy stationed in Malacca were all busy.

They moved the grain, coal, and ammunition from the warehouses on the shore to the cabin, and replenished fresh water at the same time.

In addition, they also checked the steam engines and boilers of each warship to ensure that the warships could operate normally.

Been busy for three whole days.

In the early morning of the fourth day, the Dasong fleet, consisting mainly of twelve ironclads, supplemented by forty-eight sail warships and forty-eight steamships, passed through Malacca and headed for the Tianzhu waters.

The Grand Song Navy had sixty steamships and sailing warships.

The other twelve ironclads and steamships are still deployed on the Ryukyu front line to protect the trade routes and guard against pirate attacks by Sam's warships.

Because, although under the attack of the Dasong Navy, the Sam country warships suffered heavy losses.

But the people of Sam deservedly got the true biography of Angsa pirates.

In order to attack merchant ships, they simply risked their lives.

According to the confessions of the Sam soldiers they captured, before their departure, not only the Western Kingdom, but also the Sam Kingdom issued a war bounty decree.

The law stipulates that any country they capture on the battlefield will buy back 80% of the original price.

This means that if they grab a warship worth 300,000 pounds, they will be paid 240,000 pounds.

Such high remuneration may allow them to live a lifetime of food and clothing, and even become rich.

It is precisely because of facing such a huge temptation that the soldiers of the Sam Kingdom still choose to linger in the Eastern Sea Territory, lingering in their ghosts even though they are aware of the disparity in strength.

In fact, during this period, in addition to the Sam people, the supporting Western-Turkish fleet also joined the ranks of official pirates.

However, in the face of the island chain defense line constructed by the Dasong Navy, except for several illegal smuggling merchant ships that were attacked, the navy did not suffer any losses.

On the contrary, the warships of the Western-Turkish coalition fell silent one after another in the eastern waters.

At the same time, because of the disgusting tactics of the Western and Turkish Navy, Admiral Dasong has long been eager to seek a decisive battle with its main force to destroy Tianzhu, the largest supply point of the Western and Eastern countries in the Eastern Territory.

Without Tianzhu as the fulcrum of the Western Territory Navy, the Eastern Territory will definitely be much cleaner in the future.

Thinking like this, a sneer appeared at the corner of Zhou Yi's mouth.

At this moment, he was on the armored ship Jinling.

After the ironclad ship was launched, the battleship became his flagship.

Zhou Yi patted the side of the metal ship in front of him, feeling extremely at ease.

The number of warships supported by Xitu this time was huge, and the overall number was about eight times theirs.

But for him, no matter how many warships there are in the West, it will not help.

In front of the ironclads, they were nothing more than a mob.

Their ironclad ships not only have strong ships and powerful guns, but also have rotating turrets that can shoot from all directions. The triple-expansion steam engine provides powerful power for the ironclad ships.

Even their own steamships couldn't outrun the ironclads sailing at full speed.

Therefore, once a war breaks out, their armored ships will definitely kill like tigers entering a flock of sheep.

After half an hour of sailing, the fleet passed the long strait.

By this time, the formation of the fleet had changed.

Twelve ironclads were inside, and forty-eight steamships and sailing warships were outside, hiding the ironclads.

The sea outside the strait is wide, and there are often steamships from the West for reconnaissance.

Sure enough, not long after they sailed out of the strait, they discovered Xitu's reconnaissance steamer.

Upon seeing this, Zhou Yi did not order a pursuit, but deliberately allowed these reconnaissance ships to leave.

He just wanted to head towards Tianzhu in a big way and lure the Western and Turkish fleet into a decisive battle with the Dasong Navy in the waters of Tianzhu.

Facing Da Song's lonely fleet with nearly eight times the strength, he believed that it would be difficult for the admiral on the opposite side to keep calm.

Just as Zhou Yi thought.

Five days later.

The intelligence brought back by the Western-Turkey reconnaissance steamship caused the entire coalition navy to explode.

"How far are they from Calcutta?" Malfoy stared at the captain of the scout ship, not wanting to miss a word.

"Report to the admiral, their sailing speed is not very fast, slower than us. We came back first, and there is a reconnaissance ship watching them, but the most optimistic estimate is that they will arrive around noon tomorrow at most. ." replied the captain.

Malfoy looked at the setting sun, which meant there was still more than one night to prepare.

"Admiral, order all warships to enter the inland river. The Dasong Navy is more cunning than a fox and is best at launching sneak attacks at dawn. We cannot suffer this old loss." A naval admiral suggested.

Malfoy's eyes flickered, and he shook his head, "No, if we enter the inland river, we will easily be blocked by them. This time we will set a trap for them, leaving fifty battleships behind, and the remaining battleships are fifty miles away. They gathered on the sea surface and mobilized a large number of fishing boats into the port. The fishing boats and warships lit oil lamps, and at the same time burned wet branches on the boats to create thick smoke. "

When the other naval officers heard this, they immediately understood what Malfoy meant.

In a port covered by thick smoke, the navy will mistakenly think that all the lights in the smoke are emitted by their warships, and thus think that all their warships are in the port.

In this way, they will launch a sneak attack.

At this time, they can take advantage of the situation to come from behind the Dasong Navy and annihilate the Dasong Navy.

"It doesn't matter even if the strategy fails. Our number of warships is eight times that of the Dasong Navy fleet. No matter how strong the elephant is, it can't stop the lions from biting it." After receiving a large number of warship support, he regained confidence.

In the letter asking for help, he promised the queen that he would use the second support warship to destroy the Dasong Navy.

During this period, while he was gathering warships from various countries for drills in the Tianzhu waters, he was also looking for opportunities to fight against the Dasong Navy.

However, the Dasong Navy was hiding east of Malacca, relying on the protection of forts on both sides of the strait.

At the same time, because they lost all their colonies near Malacca.

It is impossible for a large-scale fleet to bypass the more than 8,000 miles of sea route, pass between Australia and Java, and engage the Dasong Navy.

Therefore, they can only hope that the Dasong Navy will misjudge and enter the Tianzhu waters to confront them.

Now, they finally waited for this opportunity.

After all, just as he expected, in such a short period of time, the number of warships in the Dasong Navy would not explode.

The reconnaissance ship's investigation confirmed his suspicion.

The number of warships in the Dasong fleet that came this time was still very small.

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