1811: About to break the game
Lei Wei has been staring at the model of Pattaya Island on the sand table for a long time. The former commander of the Chu domestic guards has now become like a savage, with his thick beard and hair almost tangled together, and his body emits an unpleasant smell. Fortunately, the rest of the people who were with him in this big room were similar. Not to mention pockmarks, everyone has this smell, but they can't smell each other.
Unlike the still cold climate of the Ming Dynasty, Pattaya is still stuffy. For these Ming people who travel overseas, they are not afraid of heat, but they are wet and hot but are extremely uncomfortable. Walking in the jungle, it won’t take long to make you soak in water.
When Lei Wei first arrived here, he suffered a lot of injuries. Fortunately, in a few years, he had enough time to adapt to everything here. When the Ming Dynasty began to march here on a large scale, he did a lot of preliminary work. The medical team of hundreds of people sent by Shu Chang ensured the combat effectiveness of the Ming team who came here.
Now Lei Wei has confirmed that Kanu is on Pattaya Island. Pattaya Island Country is the second largest country in the Manila waters, second only to Manila. Of course, the gap between the two countries is somewhat large in terms of territory and military and economic strength. In addition to its own island, Manila also controls dozens of small islands, while Pattaya only controls more than ten small islands except its own island.
Lei Wei has completely wiped out more than ten small islands in Pattaya, but the island completely blocked him.
This is a spindle-shaped island country, with thin ends and thick middle, which makes Pattaya's island easy to defend and difficult to attack. The economic and military focus of this island country is basically concentrated in the area in the middle of the spindle. After building a city to defend at both ends, they tightly kept Lei Wei out. More importantly, Lei Wei had no choice but to deal with him, the largest harbor in Pattaya Island.
Because he doesn't have enough warships.
When he first marched towards Pattaya, Lei Wei received strong help from Manila. Dozens of warships escorted Lei Wei and his troops to the island, but what happened later was unexpected.
Luo Yishui withdrew their fleet based on the unstable domestic political situation in Manila and the arbitrary behavior of pirates and threw Lei Guards in Pattaya. After losing the shield at the sea, Lei Guards suddenly sat on wax.
In Pattaya, Lei Wei and others were the invaders. For the locals, they were enemies. It was impossible to obtain supplies from here. All supplies had to be transported from the sea. The departure of the Manila fleet caused Lei Wei's logistics supply line to be directly cut off.
There are dozens of warships in Pattaya. Although in the eyes of Lei Guard, their warships are not worth mentioning than the main warships of the Ming Dynasty, now for him, they are the lasso of the god of death. No matter how bad these warships are, they are much better than merchant ships. When the Manila fleet existed, these warships were like rats, not knowing where they were hidden, but as soon as the Manila fleet left, they immediately emerged from all corners and attacked the supply team of Lei Guards.
The Ming Dynasty also had a port in Manila and stationed warships, but it was just a representative of the Ming Dynasty. Zhou Yangfan had only one main warship and some auxiliary ships under his command. After the Lei Guard was in trouble, Zhou Yangfan took his fleet to sea to provide supplies to the Lei Guard, which was once the greatest hope of the Lei Guard.
However, Zhou Yangfan's fleet full of supplies was attacked and killed at the sea. Although Zhou Yangfan escaped unsuccessfully, all the supply ships became the enemy's spoils. After that battle, Zhou Yangfan could only huddle in the port and did not leave the port easily.
Lei Wei and Zhou Yangfan both believed that this attack would have the shadow of Luo Yishui and others standing behind it. Otherwise, how did the Pattaya fleet know the specific route before Zhou Yangfan's departure date, which actually made Pattaya not only have a lot of money, but also contacted many pirates, which made Zhou Yangfan not have the power to fight back at all?
Speaking of pirates, Lei Wei also smiled bitterly. The pirates in Manila have actually basically disappeared in the past few years. Under the joint attack between the Ming Dynasty and Manila, the pirates will either become extinct or treat them as serious businessmen. However, when the war broke out, they will spring up like mushrooms after a rain.
Lei Wei, who was trapped in Pattaya, can't even withdraw, let alone take Pattaya.
Fortunately, even though he was in trouble, the Ming army soldiers he led were really strong. After building a dirt city on the island, they temporarily stationed down to confront Pattaya troops.
After trapping the Lei Guard's headquarters for several months, the Pattaya army thought that the army had basically lost its combat effectiveness. It launched a large-scale attack, but encountered the biggest loss since the Lei Guard came to the island. Thousands of people were wiped out by the Lei Guard's command, and even counterattacked all the way and almost broke into the door. After that failure, Pattaya was honestly unable to defend it.
Lei Wei hoped that they could attack him, but the other party ignored him at all. He just kept searching for his own supply ship on the sea, making it more and more difficult for Lei Wei's supply.
"Commander, another supply is coming!" A general who was as sloppy as Lei Wei rushed into the house with some excitement and said loudly.
Hearing this, the people in the room were all happy. It was almost two months since then, and finally another supply ship broke through the opponent's blockade and arrived here. Everyone followed Lei Guard's footsteps and walked out of the tent. A group of mules and horses were walking towards this side under the escort of some soldiers.
"What a loss?" Looking at the haggard person standing in front of him, Lei Wei grabbed the opponent's shoulder and asked in a low voice.
"General, we set out in total three ships, and I was the only one who arrived here." The person who came had a little red eyes, "The other two ships are probably in danger."
Lei Wei clenched his fists, "One day, I will strip them all over their squids, and then hang them in the woods, let the ants crawl all over their bodies, so that they can know how stupid their actions are today."
The former commander of the inner guard had his own experience in torture. He roared angrily, and the officers and soldiers behind him couldn't help but shiver.
"General, I don't have much food on my ship, but more of it is medicine."
"The medicine is good." Lei Wei nodded and said, "What we lack the most now is medicine. As for food, Humph, we can't starve us to death. Brothers, move all the medicine to the infirmary and let the doctor quickly give medicine to brothers who are unhappy."
"General, I'm here this time and I've brought some local news." The visitor lowered his voice and said.
Lei Wei nodded understandingly, turned around and arranged the others loudly. After everyone left and performed their duties, he then brought this person full of fatigue into the earthen house.
"Brother, have a drink of water!" Lei Wei sat down in front of the visitor. "What's new happening in the local area?"
"The court decided to intervene in the Manila waters deeply. His Majesty was really angry this time and decided to use the thunderous power to wipe out these ghosts in the Manila waters and establish the absolute authority of the Ming Dynasty here. The fleet is afraid it is already on the sea now."
"How many warships have come?" Lei Wei asked excitedly.
"This information does not explain, it is just that it is directed by the Navy Commander Ning Zeyuan Ning's Assistant Minister."
Lei Wei was overjoyed, and the navy commander personally took action, at least a fleet. With the strength of the Ming fleet, a fleet was enough to sweep this sea area.
"Does there any information that you are planning to deal with Luo Yishui, a guy with a rebellious bone on the back of his head?"
"This subordinate doesn't know, but Pattaya will definitely become the first sword sacrificer to conquer this sea area this time." The visitor chuckled: "Kill the chicken and scare the monkey, Pattaya has always protected Kanu, and this time it is our biggest enemy. After this battle, Pattaya will no longer exist."
"That's great." Lei Wei said happily: "I have damaged a lot of subordinates here, and I can finally avenge them." He smiled sinisterly. At that time, he must peel the king of Pattaya and hang it in the woods to let him know how serious the consequences of resisting the Ming Dynasty were. "What do I need to do? Should I launch an attack at the right time to attract the attention of the other party, and also beware of the reactions from Manila. I even worry that they will stab the knife secretly. Commander Ning has to guard against this."
"General Lei is worried, everything is in control. The information says that Commander Lei doesn't need to do anything. You have too much difficulty here. You still have to preserve your strength now so that after Commander Ning arrives, there will be enough manpower. As for this battle that is as thunderous as the navy will complete."
"Does Commander Ning want to directly attack Pattaya Port? There is a strict defense there, where are the navy in Pattaya concentrated, and the shore defense is also quite powerful."
"This is not something I can tell. The information I received is to inform the general that you can keep your energy so that you can get in touch with your heart at that time."
"Okay, we have been looking forward to this day. Everyone is so tired of being trapped here for so long." Lei Wei laughed.
On the vast sea, in the Taiping combat command room, Ning Zeyuan looked at the map spread on the table, and said to Murong Fu, Wang Xianrong and the others: "Our first stop will be docked in Yangang. This island is not big, but it is a place where our Ming Dynasty has an absolute advantage. The Ming Dynasty merchants and immigrants here are more than local natives. Here is our Ming Dynasty commodity distribution center and our logistics supply place. We will issue a convening order here. All island countries in the Manila waters must come to Yangang to listen to the imperial edict of His Majesty the Ming Emperor. Those who do not come will be regarded as rebellion. First rituals and then soldiers, and we must do a good job of face."
Chapter completed!