"If the Kingdom of Touo intervenes, it may not be a good thing for us. Our troops in Ayutthaya can eliminate the Siam king-supporting army and the army of Touo in one fell swoop, saving a lot of effort." Zhao Youguang from the General Staff said.

"The Conquest Corps has 30,000 people. Even if they face the Siam king army and the Dongyu king army at the same time, it should not be a problem. I will take the lead in equipping their troops with the second batch of hand-cranked machine guns produced by the Ordnance Bureau. What is the situation on the Malay Peninsula?" Chu Yun asked.

"According to the latest news from the Malay Expatriate Alliance, after overthrowing the Siamese government, they joined forces with some Malays in the north to attack the Malay city-state in the south, and defeated more than a dozen small city-states in one fell swoop. Only a few large city-states were left because they had purchased artillery from the Westerners and hired Western craftsmen to build Western-style bastions, so they could not capture them for a long time. Later, the Flangji people in Malacca intervened in their war with the Malay city-state and sent hundreds of soldiers to help the Malay city-state." Xiong Wencan replied, "This is a matter of fact, but the news from the Malay Peninsula was a bit separated by the Flangji people and the Malay city-state coalition forces during this period, and are confronting each other."

"The question now is whether to send troops to support the Malay expatriates and take the opportunity to capture the Malay Peninsula. If we want to send troops to support, how many people should be sent to support, and how to face possible reactions from other Western forces?" Xiong Wencan pointed to Batavia and Manila. "Attacking the Strait of Malacca will obviously cause the Netherlands and the Spaniards to react fiercely."

Chu Yun looked at the three cities in Malacca, Batavia and Manila, in a stable triangle: "Can Nelson, two fleets of the Admiralty and the Shanghai Marine Brigade capture three cities at the same time and control the entire Spice Islands?"

At the same time, attacked three Western forces in the Spice Islands?! Xiong Wencan saw that Chu Yun wanted to flatten the entire Nanyang in one breath, so he couldn't help but breathe a breath of air. Now a full-scale war is really about to break out.

Nelson asked the Director of the MIIS: "Is there any information about these three forces' fleets?"

The Director of the MIIS replied: "The person in charge of our MIIS here should have collected the most detailed information of the enemy."

The MIIS is an organization specializing in collecting enemy intelligence, and has a large number of personnel on front lines such as the Jiaozhi Governor. After hearing that the military leader Chu Yun brought his superiors to the Jiaozhi Governor, he immediately rushed over and brought information about the Folangji people, the Netherlands, and the Spanish in the Spice Islands.

"The Dutch fleet among these three armies is the strongest. The number of armed merchant ships in the Spice Islands is between 13 and 19. The flagship is the 700-ton Orange. The other two countries have fewer armed merchant ships in the Spice Islands..." The personnel of the Military Intelligence Department in the Jiaozhi Administration reported to their superiors nervously, and there were military commanders Chu Yun, Navy General Nelson, and Civil Affairs Officer Xiong Wencan, who were listening, almost trembling even when they spoke.

"As the flagship of 700 tons, the Victory of our Zhili Fleet is 3,500 tons, and the Constitution is 2,000 tons. The four sail battleships of the Nanyang Fleet also have more than 1,000 tons. To be honest, their armed merchant ships are not afraid of in front of our battleships. Master, please let our Zhili Fleet and the Nanyang Fleet fight, and we will definitely be able to completely eliminate them." Nelson said to Chu Yun.

Chu Yun thought a little in his mind. Judging from the tonnage, the armed merchant ships of this era were brothers in front of Chu Yun’s sail battleship summoned by the European battlefield at the end of the 18th century. It was estimated that the artillery and performance were also far inferior. Not to mention the warships summoned by the Victory and the Constitution, the four sail battleships produced by Chu Yun and others in their local area can also explode these armed merchant ships.

Since the Admiralty Department believes that it is very sure to eliminate all the Western armed merchant ships on the Spice Islands, Chu Yun has no worries. The next step is to discuss tactical arrangements: "If we want to attack three places at the same time, we only have two fleets, how should we allocate them?"

"According to the information provided by the MIIS, the Nanyang Fleet can be responsible for attacking the Strait of Malacca, helping the Malay Chinese, and protecting the waterway. Our Zhili Fleet is divided into two fleets, with the main force attacking Batavia and the partial division attacking Manila. The large number of marine brigades can also be divided into three parts. The main force lands on the Malay Peninsula to help the Malay Chinese fight against the Flangers and attacking Malacca from land. The other two parts land on Luzon and Java, and mainly eliminate the enemy troops on Manila and Batavia." Nelson suggested.

"Will they defeat one by one by one in the three groups of troops?" Chu Yun was a little worried. In history, there were often countless cases where troops were divided and attacked by the enemy.

"No, our warships absolutely crush them in terms of quality. Even if they are united, they will not be able to stop them as long as we want to leave." Nelson said.

Zhao Youguang from the General Staff said: "There is another problem. If we attack Nanyang in full, we must seize these three strongholds within three months, otherwise reinforcements from Western countries may arrive."

"Is there any problem in three months?" Chu Yun asked Nelson.

"No problem, their fleet can avoid war, but the city is there, and it cannot escape... It is necessary to destroy their bastion... We need a lot of blasting gunpowder to blast..." Nelson said, "In addition, we don't need to break three cities at the same time within three months, we only need to capture two of them. At that time, reinforcements from one Western country will arrive, which will not pose a threat to us. At most, they will eliminate their reinforcements."

After Chu Yun and his team decided to attack Nanyang in an all-round way, they discussed detailed combat arrangements day and night. Comprehensive war is not only about mobilizing the army, but also involves intelligence, logistics and other departments, and every head that needs to be arranged in detail.

After knowing that Chu Yun arrived, Deng Qianlong, commander of the Nanyang Fleet, Liu Wang, the brigade officer of the Navy and the Marine Brigade, and others immediately returned to Shenglong City to participate in the tactical arrangements for the comprehensive conquest of Nanyang.

After intense deployment, the navy in the Kyushu Army was divided into three temporary naval formations, one formation reinforced the Malay expatriates, and the remaining two formations went to fight the Netherlands and the Spanish respectively.

The Netherlands and Spaniards, who originally wanted to threaten the Kyushu Army, did not expect that they would be involved in the full-scale war in the South China Sea caused by Malay overseas Chinese, and they did not receive intelligence until the Kyushu Army navy was about to go on a war.
Chapter completed!