After the beginning of 1646, the situation east of the Strait of Malacca became very paradoxical, and the number of Hongmao merchant ships in Southeast Asia and the Daming Sea increased instead of decreasing!

They knew that a war with the Chinese was inevitable, and although it was difficult to say whether they would win or lose, and the artillery fire was ruthless, they didn't want to evacuate, and they also wanted to have a vote!

Fighting the storm of the Cape of Good Hope, fighting through the whirlpool of the Strait of Magellan, will you be afraid of cannons?

Wealth is in danger, although the battle is dangerous, but the harvest is abundant, and the current Chinese are rich!

The Chinese everywhere also increased their vigilance, the fleet was assembled, the sea patrol was dispatched, the city was on increased vigilance, and the artillery on the batteries was ready.

However, there is no reason to prevent thieves for a thousand days, and this makes people very tired.

The problem is that I can't figure out the attack day of the red hair fan.,The red hair fan didn't even stipulate which day was the attack day!

No matter how the intelligence agencies of the Southeast Province collected intelligence and used all their resources, such as bribery, drunkenness, and the use of JI women, the information obtained was: to be determined.

Fighting is definitely going to fight, but I know that with the virtue of the red hair, I can't keep the secret, so the red hair commanders have their brains open, saying that those merchant ships do their own thing, anyway, as long as the main fleets of the two sides fight, they will fight together!

The question is how to know that the main fleet is at war?

In case of misunderstanding, the fight started, the Hongmao Fan merchant ships did not know, in the Chinese harbor for supplies, the ship in the port is like a cavalry war horse staying in the stable without prestige at all, so the Hongmao Fan merchant ship floats a lot on the sea.

What's more, the Hongmao countries that started the war this time were not the result of discussions between the king and the ministers of the country, but the East India Company of various countries united to wage war against the Chinese!

Now in the waters of Asia, there are all the red hairy countries

Anyway, it's just a "type" word.

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February 13, 1646, the twenty-eighth day of the year!

The New Year is approaching, and all parts of Southeast Asia are immersed in the joy of the New Year.

The busy port of Teluk Intan is located on the Malay Peninsula, where merchant ships turn the rudder and soon enter the South China Sea, and then sail along Annam to reach the Ming Dynasty and Guangzhou.

Annam is now developing well, and it is included in the Chinese economic circle, with rice, cane sugar, fruit preserves, agarwood, timber and coal and iron for sale, and then to Daming, so the sea vessels on this route are dense.

A two-masted red-haired merchant ship called "Golden Tulip" sailed into the harbor as one of those merchant ships with a displacement of less than 200 tons, and the goods declared for customs indicated that they were spices brought to Canton from West Asia.

Saffron, a very valuable spice, and benzoin, are also good goods.

Goods from West Asia?

The customs officers on duty were vigilant and carefully inspected the boat, but found nothing, and the drug detector dogs did not find it.

Drug detection dogs are the first of their kind in the Chinese, who collect qualified dogs, train them, and specialize in finding bad drugs.

However, the attentive customs officers found that although the drug detector dogs did not give warnings, they were more irritable than before.

The dog is unable to speak, but the dog owner can detect the dog's movement and judge that the ship should have had bad medicines, but where to put it?

After re-searching, I finally made a major discovery.

The ship's side split found the clamp cabin!

When I opened it, the drug detection dog barked excitedly, and there was carter grass inside, which was a prohibited drug!

Needless to say, the whole shipload will be detained.

However, something went wrong!

The owner of the red-haired boat shouted: "The Chinese robbery! "His sailors took out their muskets and opened fire with brazenness!

The Chinese were indeed a little careless, because the previous order was very good, and they did not take precautions, but as a result, they died, and they fled, and the "Golden Tulip" set sail for departure.

However, it can't run away!

Two coastal defense ships caught up with it, and the coastal defense ships of the southeast province, a single sloop, were smaller than the sixth-class cruisers, carrying fourteen guns, which could be rowed with oars, flexible and maneuverable, and caught up with this "golden tulip", flanking left and right, and shelling it together!

It quickly spun in the seawater and lost its mobility.

When the Chinese wanted to board the ship, the "golden tulips" sank!

Without evidence, the crew flatly denied trafficking in bad drugs, and only said that the Chinese intended to rob and extort, and they were forced to resist!

Even if the Chinese get a confession, it can be said that they are tortured to extract a confession.

Carter grass was found in the shipwreck, which can also be said to be planted by the Chinese.

It doesn't matter what the result is, the important thing is that the red-haired fan used this as an excuse, and the news spread quickly.

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On February 15th, tomorrow is the Spring Festival, and the red hairy fans will also use their cannons to extend their cordial greetings to the Chinese!

A large red-haired fleet was hurrying towards the Strait of Malacca, and by this time the sails were full of wind, and the booms were creaking and rattling.

This is a task force, including Dutch, British, Spanish, and Portuguese warships, most of which are large ships with double gun decks, and even the French have two large ships.

In this way, each ship has more than 50 guns, and it is majestic!

All the crew on board were aware of the news that the Chinese had unreasonably attacked our merchant ship Golden Tulip and killed our crew.

Avenge!

Exterminate the Chinese!

Crush their fleet!

The fleet was divided into three formations, the front, the middle and the rear, and the flagship of the Chinese army was the Dutch battleship "Maas", which had 80 guns!

12 36-pounder guns, arranged at the rear of the lower gun deck, and 16 24-pounder guns, arranged at the front of the lower gun deck; 14 18-pounder guns, arranged at the rear of the upper gun deck, 12 pounder guns, arranged in the front of the upper gun deck, plus the remaining 26 6-pounder guns distributed on the open deck.

The firepower is strong, but fortunately, this is the only one.

36-pounder gun!

Yan Da is rare, he is afraid that he will howl about the 42-pounder cannon, he needs a bigger, thicker and longer cannon!

It's not just the firepower of the army, it's about the decency of the dictator!

On the flagship, everyone looked at a majestic admiral with admiration.

Marton Tromp (1598.4.23-), also translated as Marten Harpertsson Tromp, in order to distinguish himself from his second son Cornelis van Tromp (Tromp the Younger, also a good naval battleman), referred to as Tropp the Elder.

Commander of the Dutch Navy, one of the greatest admirals of the Dutch Republic. He was the highest-ranking naval commander in all naval battles between the Netherlands and Spain, England, and the Chinese (from 1636). His defeat of the Spaniards at the Battle of the Downs (1639) reduced Spain's maritime supremacy.

In order to deal with the Chinese and seize the interests of the East, the Netherlands sent the most powerful admirals!

The European countries have reached an unprecedented agreement that there will be no war between them for three years after Tromp's arrival in Asia!

The East has become a mountain of gold, and the Hongmao Fan who has been to it all say that there are endless treasures, so it is rare for the rulers of European countries to have the ambition to work together to seek the wealth of the East.

They agreed to their respective East India Company's war against the Chinese, and the military expenses were to be paid for by themselves, and the spoils were to be divided according to the forces dispatched.

For this war, all countries poured huge sums of money into the East India Company and invested huge fleets.

Tromp has a stout body, his eyes are slightly sunken, his brown pupils are very focused, his nose is upturned, his lips are thick, and his complexion is wheat-colored, and he calmly gives orders, showing that everything is under control, giving people great confidence!