On the battleship "Southeast Asia 2", stars shone brightly, long spears and short cannon-style telescopes were piled up, and the officers carefully observed the battle situation.

The Southeast Fleet attacks Malacca City!

In the vast seas of Southeast Asia, cruise ships and frigates are like fish in water. For an inappropriate analogy, it is like a cheetah chasing a gazelle. Of course, the armed merchant ships of Hongmao Fan are not as easy to mess with as gazelle, and may be called a leopard against a wolf.

Although the battleship has strong firepower, it is an elephant and cannot catch up with the wolf.

Battleships are important weapons of the country, so they naturally have places to go, such as the Malacca Fortress in front of them. They can talk to the fortress cannons, and cruise ships may not necessarily hit a strong fortress for a hundred years.

The person who commanded the battle was Hong Xiguan. After he gave the Red-Hai Fan Fleet a gift out of the Strait of Malacca, he felt guilty and felt that he had no strong record and could not make any move (Red-Hai Fan kept running away, and he did not have a long-lasting naval battle with Red-Hai Fan. The Red-Hai Fan Ship he won was injured by former commander Chen De), so he used a battleship formation to attack Malacca City.

Malacca City is located in the middle of the Malay Peninsula, in the middle of the Strait of Malacca, and the terrain is very important!

The port is wide and deep, making it convenient for large-tonnage ships to pass safely; the port has no dangerous shoals, is not attacked by storms, and is easy to defend; the port has dense mangroves as a barrier; there is also a towering hill, from which you can overlook the estuary, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack.

In 140, Bairimisura established the Malacca Sultanic Dynasty on the Malay Peninsula. The Ming Dynasty in our country is called the Manlaga Kingdom, and its capital is Malacca.

In the early days of the founding of the Sultanate of Malacca, gold was paid to Siam every year for protection.

During the Yongle period of the Ming Dynasty, after Beremisura paid tribute to the Ming Dynasty after paying homage to Chengzu of the Ming Dynasty, he formally paid tribute to the Ming Dynasty. Chengzu of the Ming Dynasty named Beremisura the king of Manraka and provided protection for Malacca.

From 1405 to 14 years, Emperor Chengzu of the Ming Dynasty sent Zheng He to the West seven times. Zheng He went to Malacca almost every time and brought a lot of money, silver seals and robes that Zhu Di rewarded to the king of Malacca.

At that time, Chinese people from Guangdong and Fujian followed Zheng He's fleet to Malacca to settle down. They were engaged in commercial and agricultural reclamation here, and brought Chinese customs to the local area. The whole city's houses were all imitated by Chinese style, making people feel as if they came to the Middle Earth region in a trance.

Malacca experienced the rule of eight generations of sultans. In 1511, it was captured by the Portuguese who expanded eastward, and the Ming Dynasty's forces withdrew from the Strait of Malacca from that time, not to mention the Indian Ocean.

From then on, Chinese sails will not leave the Indian Ocean!

The Chinese power declined terriblely, and the South China Sea became the Neihu of the Red-haired Fan.

Until millions of Chinese went to Southeast Asia, the leader Yan Changwu was not vague at all and captured the Malay Peninsula. However, he did not take advantage of the situation to attack Malacca City, but was in peace with the Portuguese.

The red-haired ships in the past are mostly supplied to Malacca City, so Malacca City is still quite prosperous.

Today, I finally waited for the opportunity and found an excuse. Official Hong Xi commanded the battleship formation to attack Malacca City.

He first issued an ultimatum, but the Portuguese did not accept it.

Everyone started practicing, first of all, artillery battles, battleships fired guns and bombarded Malacca City, while the Portuguese were not willing to be outdone.

The heavy cannon started to hit, and the thud sounded like a knock on everyone's heart.

The sound of artillery continued to stop, and groups of shells flew to the coast. The battleships were very brave and fired in close combat.

The Portuguese were also prepared. The Chinese officers and soldiers saw a dazzling dazzling flame, and the sound was also shocking. They reached the battleship. The Portuguese turret was firing. The square turrets there were more than twenty or more flame tongues at a time, and the speed was not slow, and the attack power was still very strong.

Fires soar into the sky, shells flew across the sea, hitting water, or on battleships.

The battleships that were being fought were in full swing, shooting artillery, controlling ships, damaging pipes, and treating wounded people. They were busy.

Hong Xiguan looked at it for a while and frowned slightly!

Because he saw that the opponent's turret was shot one after another, but there was no sign of collapse. As long as the Portuguese had the turret protection and sufficient ammunition, they could continue to attack.

If the loss has been too great or the war has been sank several ships, Hong Xiguan thinks that Yalishan is big.

But there was no turning back arrow. Hong Xiguan had to bite the bullet and hit the turret. On the surface, he was still talking and laughing, pointing out, "This ship is good at fighting, and the shells are all hit on the turret." "That ship has posture but no actuality. The shells hit the mountain, but unfortunately many of them did not hit the turret." "Yes, the training of the red-haired fan looks good, and the shooting is quite accurate."

The next moment he changed his face. He saw that the fort fired three shots in five minutes. At least half of the shells fell on the battleship "Nanhai No. 21". The sound of cannons continued, and the shells fell one after another, killing the "Nanhai No. 21" with the masts and people killed. Wood chips flew across the deck. Official Hong Xi had to order it to retreat temporarily.

When our shells hit the turret, the turret remained motionless!

He couldn't help but say angrily: "The turret built by the Portuguese is still quite solid!"

A high sect next to him responded helplessly: "It's still the fort that we Chinese helped them build!"

At that time, the Portuguese seized the city of Malacca. The original castle consisted of a wall and four main towers, one of which was a four-story main building, and the other three were ammunition rooms, captain's room and officer's dormitory. Most of the residents lived in towns inside the castle, and as the population grew, the castle was expanded in 1586.

Most of the expansion projects are undertaken by the Chinese.

Since ancient times, Chinese have been infrastructure madmen. When we Chinese are building the Great Wall, Westerners are still picking wild fruits on trees!

Those Chinese used huge brick stones as the outer layer, sticking glutinous rice and egg whites as sticks, and there was a layer of rammed earth and thick logs inside. If the shells hit it, they would not be destroyed in one blow. There were countless potholes on the outer layer of the brick stones, but that was the case. Even the rammed earth layer was not exposed, let alone collapse.

Now, the exquisite craftsmanship of the Chinese ancestors has caused the descendants to suffer!

Is it considered a grandson cheating?!

Several battleships were injured and had to retreat.

However, Hong Xiguan insisted on attacking and trained troops with this!

The fragrance of plum blossoms comes from the bitter cold, and steel comes from the uninterrupted forging. The army is used for war. It is better to break the armor and return to the field if you are afraid of casualties.

He sent someone to use a telescope to observe which ship is good and rewarded. If he doesn't fight well, he will criticize it!

The main thing is to record the landing points of the shells. Of course, there are also times when there are inaccurate situations, so look at the general data.

The captains were very nervous, fearing that they were behind, so many captains went down to the gun deck to supervise the battle. Everyone had a good meal, and if they were not good, they would double their training.

Of course, Hong Xiguan was also under pressure. He had to break the city and minimize casualties and losses.

He deeply felt the pressure of former commander Chen De. In private, he sighed: "The commander is honor, but it is not easy to sit in this position!"

After three days of fighting, the battleship was futile, and the Portuguese turret was as solid as a rock!

Our battleships did not sink, but the number of casualties was rising.

Official Hong Xi had to find another method and prepared to send Marines to land and attack Malacca City from land. (To be continued)
Chapter completed!