"Everyone, I just received the news that the Portuguese fleet will enter the Strait of Malacca tomorrow and will appear outside the sea of ​​Malacca the day after tomorrow. Now let's discuss how to send troops to deal with these Portuguese?"

Wang Shouren asked the people below with a serious look on his face. Since receiving the news of the Portuguese invasion, Wang Shouren rushed from Shanghai to Malacca to take charge. After all, he was not Zhou Chong. If the war broke out in Nanyang, Zhou Chong would be in charge in the rear.

But Wang Shouren doesn’t have that great prestige, so he can only experience it himself.

Hearing Wang Shouren's words, Qu Lie, who was in charge of the First Squadron of the South China Sea, immediately stood up and spoke: "Governor General, the port of Malacca is of great importance, and the Portuguese must not be allowed to approach the port, so he will finally think that when a fleet is sent with the Portuguese in the strait

In the final battle, with the strength of our first squadron, it is not difficult to defeat the other side!"

Qu Lie did not speak loudly. Their first squadron had thirty warships, but there were only twenty-five Portuguese invading this time. Moreover, after years of development, the Ming navy had better warships than the Portuguese.

In addition, the other party was working hard for the expedition, but Qu Lie and his team were waiting for it, so Qu Lie had full confidence to defeat the other party.

However, Wang Shouren shook his head and said, "The Portuguese feared power but did not lose virtue. Last time, His Highness Zhao defeated them, but only made them honest for a few years. This time, he once again

If we come, we must beat them up and be afraid in one fell swoop, and even send troops directly to the Indian Ocean to destroy the Portuguese port there. We must completely eliminate this hidden danger!”

Wang Shouren is worthy of being able to replace Zhou Chong. Regarding the Portuguese's infringement, he coincided with Zhou Chong's opinion, and he felt that the Portuguese should be completely driven out of the Indian Ocean.

"Governor, according to your opinion, do you want to wipe out the invading Portuguese?" At this time, Tang Bohu, the prefect of Malacca, also spoke. Although he is a civil servant, Malacca is under his rule, so he can meet in this kind of meeting.

Of course, I have to participate.

"Yes, although Portugal is a maritime power in Europe, it is just a small country after all, with a small population in the middle of the country. The last Battle of Malacca caused Portugal to lose more than 2,000 people, which is already a disaster for them.

Even after several years of accumulation, their troops in the Indian Ocean have been around 3,000 to 5,000. The twenty-five warships sent this time are already most of their troops in India. If they can be destroyed in one fell swoop

If this fleet is lost, the Portuguese will have no troops to defend in India. At that time, our Ming Navy will drive the warships to the Indian Ocean, and the other side will have only one way to surrender!"

Wang Shouren was also very excited when he spoke of sending troops to Southeast Asia. After all, the contribution of expanding territory is enough to be a marquis in any dynasty. Moreover, Zhou Chong laid such a good foundation for him. If he could not seize this opportunity, he would take it all in one go.

If you eliminate the Portuguese in the Indian Ocean, I am really sorry for Zhou Chong's emphasis on him.

However, Qu Lie smiled bitterly at this time, "Governor General, although we have an advantage in military strength, the Portuguese are not bad at all. Even if we can defeat them, we want to wipe them out completely,

It is simply impossible, unless they are all led to the shore, but after the Portuguese suffered such a big loss in Malacca last time, I am afraid that they will make the original mistake again before destroying our navy."

Naval warfare is different from land warfare. For example, it is easy to defeat the opponent at sea, but it is not so easy to wipe out the opponent. Unless it is possible to use special sea terrain or several times the opponent's strength.

The opponent was completely annihilated at the sea, otherwise the other party would disperse the warships and escape, and the winning party would not dare to disperse its troops to chase them.

Wang Shouren is a soldier who is aware of the military. He has served in the Governor's Office in recent years. He often comes into contact with the navy and knows that Qu Lie is right, but he has long been confident.

"General Qu, don't worry, this Governor has considered this issue before coming!" Wang Shouren said, pointing to the terrain sand table of Malacca in front of him and said, "Please see, the Strait of Malacca is a long and narrow strait, and the narrowest place is us

From the port of Malacca to the opposite Lupa Island, this strait only requires a small number of warships to block it. If we divide two troops, one of them will fight the Portuguese, and lead the other side through Malacca to the front line of Lupa Island during the war.

Then another fleet completely blocks this strait, and then the Portuguese fleet will become a fish in the net and there will be no chance of escape again!"

Wang Shouren has been to Malacca before and has also studied the terrain of this strait and knew where the best place is for ambush, so he had already formulated a plan to wipe out the Portuguese fleet before coming.

However, Qu Lie once again made a different opinion on Wang Shouren's plan: "Governor General, our Nanyang First Squadron stationed in Malacca has only thirty warships. On the surface, it may seem that it is better than the Portuguese fleet.

On the front line, but we have never fought head-on with the Portuguese warship. The reason why we were able to destroy the Portuguese fleet last time was all due to unexpected sneak attacks. Although we are confident, we only have 60% or 70% chance of winning, but if we divide the troops into two places

If it is, it will probably be defeated by the Portuguese. If the Navy is defeated by the time, it will be difficult to protect the safety of the port by relying solely on the port defensive power of Malacca."

"Haha~, General Qu, don't worry, I'm not that confused. I won't let your first squadron separate. The second squadron stationed in the old port has received my order. I will come here yesterday afternoon.

When they are ambushed in the north of Rupa Island, they will block the strait after you lead the Portuguese through Rupa Island. Then they will catch turtles in the jar, so there will be no worries about the Portuguese being able to escape!" Wang Shouren said with a laugh, yesterday

He had already discussed with Admiral Shenying and mobilized most of the Second Squadron stationed in the old port, preparing to keep the Portuguese in the strait in one fell swoop.

Qu Lie was also stunned when he heard Wang Shouren mobilized the Second Nanyang Fleet stationed in the old port, which was also stationed in the old port. Speaking of which, the Portuguese came to Malacca City this time, and he was a local garrison.

I thought I could take the credit for this battle, but I didn't expect that Wang Shouren would mobilize the Second Squadron to come over. The general in charge of the Second Squadron was Shen Ying's son Shen Zhou. I guess this was Shen Ying's eagerness to do so.

One of the reasons for the fleet being transferred.

Thinking that it was his own contribution, but half of it was separated by Shen Zhou for no reason, Qu Lie was a little unhappy. However, since this matter was decided by Wang Shouren and Shen Ying, two of the highest-ranking civil and military officials,

He could not object, so he could only agree in the end. As for civil officials such as Tang Bohu, he would not object, anyway, they just need to ensure logistics.

After agreeing on the strategy against the Portuguese, Wang Shouren just changed his words: "This invasion of the Portuguese is not worth worrying. Even if it cannot be wiped out in the Strait of Malacca, our army will enter the Indian Ocean through the Strait of the Strait of the Rail of the Rat in the future.

The Portuguese cannot escape the end of being destroyed, but I just don’t know how you have collected information from the Indian Ocean during this period?”

The march into the Indian Ocean was a development direction that Zhou Chong had already set before leaving. At that time, Zhou Chong set three directions for the Governor's Office, one to the south, and included the South Ocean into the ruling of the Ming Dynasty. This has been realized, and the second is to go west.

, extending the power of the Ming Dynasty into the Indian Ocean, this is what Wang Shouren and his friends are going to do now, and the last one is to go east to America, but the Ming Dynasty does not have the leisure to develop America yet.

When Wang Shouren asked about intelligence, Shen Ying, who had not spoken, finally said: "Don't worry, Governor, I have always been responsible for the situation in India. The information collected has been filled with a room.

The house is here, and adults can check it out at any time. Now I will give a brief introduction to the situation in India first."

"I'm sorry, Governor!" Wang Shouren was still very polite to Shenying. Although Shenying was not very proficient in naval warfare, he had always served as the admiral of the Governor's Office, in charge of various armies under the Governor's Office, and had been in charge of the past years.

Malacca has prevented no one from making any changes in the Southeast Asian area, and it can be said that he has made great contributions to the hard work.

"Governor General, please be polite!" Shen Ying gave Wang Shouren a bow and then began to introduce the situation in India, especially the distribution of the Portuguese power in India.

According to the information collected by Shenying and others, India, the place called Tianzhu in ancient times, has long been in chaos. There are many small countries on the entire Indian continent, and religion is also very chaotic. The main reason is Hinduism in the local area, but Islam is also very popular, and all small countries are

There were endless disputes between them, which could be said to be in no way posed a threat to the Ming Dynasty.

After Portugal arrived in India more than a decade ago, the coastal areas of India have now become the world of the Portuguese, and the Portuguese have also occupied several ports, such as Manuel and Goa, which are the most controlled by Portugal along the Indian coast.

An important stronghold, the Kingdom of Portugal has now established a governorship in India, and its capital is in Goa, and Da Gama is the governor of India this time. This time, the Kingdom of Portugal was promoted by Da Gama.

He made up his mind to attack Malacca.

Next, Shenying introduced several ports of the Portuguese in India. The most important of these ports is Goa. This is not only a distribution center for the Portuguese commodity, but also the most important place for them to station troops in India.
Chapter completed!