On the battleship "Southeast Asia No. 1", Yan Changwu wore a navy training uniform and gave orders in full spirit.

Experienced in his experience, he has long been at ease, with a loud tone, accurate orders, and every call.

Ancient entertainment was scarce, and commanding warship operations could be used to kill time.

The officers on his ship were no small few, and the captain was himself, with the rank of generalissimo, and commander-in-chief of the fleet; The Chief of Staff of the Fleet was Mr. David, Admiral; The deputy captain was Zhao Tianjing, a young and promising commander with a strong will to fight, and he first put forward the slogan of fighting when encountering the enemy; The chief navigator was Shi Lang, a young veteran who had commanded warships and participated in round-the-world voyages.

The officers are powerful, and most of the non-commissioned officers and enlisted men on the flagship are veterans (there are some recruits), who, for their service on the flagship, automatically have the title of "Guards" and are paid 10% plus.

In the afternoon, the weather was clear, the wind was moderate, and the wind direction was just right, Yan Changwu ordered to sail forward and sail westward.

The so-called "sailing" refers to opening all the sails, including the lower sail, the mid-mast sail, the upper mast auxiliary sail, of course, the top sail, and even the auxiliary bottom sail, and many sails bulge after eating the wind, driving the flagship to move forward at a speed of 12 kilometers per hour, which is not slow, after all, this is a large third-class battleship.

Around it, the sails of numerous battleships were spread wide, struggling to the west.

There were well-trained officers, non-commissioned officers, and sailors on each warship to control them easily, and to this day, the Chinese seafaring skills are not under the red hairs who travel all over the oceans, after all, it is still quite effective to burn money for training.

Seeing that the situation was good, Yan Changwu handed over the command to Shi Lang and chatted with Mr. David.

He still said with palpitations: "On the warship, there are no more messy worries, life is simple, don't think about it!" ”

"Simple is good, don't think so much, work hard in one place!" Mr. David agreed.

In other words, he was a courtier of the Ming Dynasty, and he was afraid that he would be admonished to deal with state affairs as a superior person, and he should not slack off, but Mr. David changed the topic and said: "Just like the Lionheart of England, he is a romantic knight, he left his legend, he is an excellent commander, he is preoccupied with the Crusades, defending the territory of his ancestors, and has no interest in government affairs, so it is difficult for him to concentrate on managing the government, just like you!" ”

He muttered: "Richard the Lionheart went to the Holy Land (Jerusalem), and for three years of his crusade, he tried to recover the Holy Land, but in the end he made a truce with Saladin, and the two sides signed an agreement, the MSL occupied the Holy Land, and the Crusaders got the Syrian coastline, but the Christians had the right to enter and leave the Holy Land freely." ”

"For thousands of years, the peace of the Holy Land has always been uncertain, and today, we Chinese have also intervened, do we have to verify that the Holy Land is our territory 'since ancient times'?" Mr. David laughed, and Yan Changwu couldn't help laughing.

He said happily: "King Lionheart is bankrupt financially, and the country is angry, and I also like to fight, but luckily for King Lionheart I have a good wife!" ”

Mr. David added: "Hokkien daughter-in-law! ”

The two are indispensable and complement each other.

Now the southeast country is the queen's last gatekeeper, and in exchange for the Ming Dynasty, women openly show up that there are only Qinglou women, let alone the government.

But in southern Fujian, all this was natural, so the Chinese in the southeast naturally accepted the queen's management.

"Didn't you say I was like Saladin before? And now I'm the Lionheart who is hostile to him again? Yan Changwu has a good memory, and he still remembers that Mr. David praised him at the beginning: "Be generous like Saladin, never spare money, spend money when you have it, build warships, buy people's hearts, and you will surely achieve great things!" ”

His words did not bother Mr. David, and he justified himself: "Acting like the Lionheart, there are Saladin's people, not their faults!" ”

The two talked and laughed happily, and their conversation, Shi Lang next to him also listened to it, he remained silent, and wondered, "Is Mr. David a courtier?" He does not advise the leader to govern, but the leader does play the greatest role in the war, perhaps in terms of the fact that the founding king was to fight and grab territory, and Mr. David is proficient in gunnery and navigation and Chinese studies, and is definitely talented, even if he is a courtier, he is also a talented courtier. ”

Among the close ministers, they were surprised by the friendship between Mr. David and the leader, they were very respectful to the leader, and did not dare to take a step beyond the thunder pool, even the highly respected Chen Xinji, only Mr. David was a friend of the leader, and there was no taboo in contact and words between the two.

At first, they almost thought that the king and the ministers were backs, but it soon became clear that the relationship between the king and the minister was friendship, but not the basic relationship.

But others can't envy him, Mr. David is from England, which is the hometown of the Knights of the Round Table, the king shares a table with his knights, and the courtesy of the monarch is not strict, and he must have such a mentality to be able to let go in front of the king.

He is an ordinary person, sweating like pulp and trembling before the king's authority, unable to speak straight, unable to stand steadily, and how to carry out his work.

The key is that Mr. David is extremely talented, he can command the battle of the large fleet when he gets on the ship, he can govern the place when he gets off the ship, he knows how to teach the king to sail and shoot guns, and he can also compile books as military teaching materials, and he participated in the compilation of a complete set of naval drills!

And he has become a red-haired fan who is extremely proficient in Chinese Sinology, don't look at him chatting with the king now, after returning to the cabin, he can't release the volume, he can memorize the four books and five classics upside down, knowledgeable, and funny, no one can replace him.

Shi Lang was secretly happy, such a person was on the side of the army, otherwise it would be bad if he led the leader crookedly!

The fleet went all the way to the west, and soon entered the Strait of Malacca, and unlike in the past, the scene of the endless flow of red-haired boats no longer existed, and now there were only southeastern warships and merchant ships.

The Clippers kept delivering messages about the situation with the red hair.

"They shelled our city, did not send infantry to attack, had withdrawn from our seas and retreated westward."

"The main force of their fleet is twenty battleships!" Mr. David read, shaking the paper, said, "The red-haired fan is not too stupid. ”

He said the red-haired fan, forgetting that he was also a red-haired fan.

Yan Changwu snorted coldly: "It seems that they want to lure us to attack, and then they will resist like Chen De, so that we can work an expedition, and we can't replenish it, and then take advantage of it." ”

"Think beautifully!" Mr. David said: "We now have a leader, and there are so many supplies behind us, I'm afraid they will run out of shells in their waters first!" ”

It is you who have a good plan, I have a wall ladder, and I follow hundreds of supply ships behind the battleship formation, which will make Hongmao Fan understand what the power of the Chinese is!

A huge Chinese fleet of 100 battleships, cruisers, and frigates, together with 200 supply ships and other ships, sailed through the Strait of Malacca and into the Indian Ocean!