The plot did follow the idea of the commander of the Southeast Fleet, Chen De, and he and Storm went to the ruling government, and the leader's wife and the prime minister, Chen Xinji, immediately approved their resignation.

However, they were removed from the military, not dismissed, and, moreover, dignity was preserved for them, and they resigned due to illness, not for reasons of fighting.

The rest of the glory has not diminished at all, the rank of admiral has been retained, the title has been retained, and the status of Tran Duc's important "member of the Military Council of the Southeast Province" still exists.

The Military Committee of Southeast Province is an institution set up by Yan Changwu to control the army, he is the chairman, and one of the vice chairmen is the wife of the leader, and the rest are members, and the role of the Military Committee of Southeast Province is the highest military decision-making and command organ in Southeast Province, leading the armed forces of the whole province.

It is obvious that they have received it from generation to generation, and Chen De's honor is still not a problem, so no one dares to be rude to him.

The positions he arranged before his departure were confirmed by the leader's wife, and Officer Hong was appointed acting commander of the Southeast Fleet and acting commander of the First Fleet, Cheng Yu was appointed acting commander of the Second Fleet, and foreign general Siresma was appointed deputy commander of the Southeast Fleet, Yan Chang was appointed deputy commander of the First Fleet, and Xiao Changrong was appointed deputy commander of the Second Fleet.

The duly appointed officials of Hong Xuan had to take responsibility for chasing down the remnants of the enemy and driving them out of the territory of the Southeast Province.

According to his idea, he left some battleships to defend the Rising Sun Harbor, but his plan was vetoed by the army commander Chen Xinji.

The commander changed in the war, and this commander was very young, so Chen Xinji personally went to the flagship with a letter of appointment and held a meeting of senior officers overnight to settle the matter.

The big guy helped the novice on the horse and gave him a ride, which is the inertia of officialdom.

After reading out the letter of appointment, Chen Xinji first praised Hong Xuguan, who is the second generation of the red in the southeast province of the root red Miaozheng, who fought bravely, charged ahead, and had great merits in circumnavigating the world, and was able to circle the earth, and that quality was leveraged.

Hong Xuguan expressed his position in public, saying that he would certainly live up to the high expectations of the leader, the leader's wife, and Premier Chen, and would definitely lead the Southeast Fleet to fight a good record and defend the country.

Then he talked about the urgent need, preparing to set sail tomorrow and chase down the red hair.

He planned to leave the Second Fleet behind to defend the Rising Sun.

"Take all the fleets and take out the red hair." Chen Xinji snorted coldly: "What are you doing with so many people!" ”

"But ......" Hong Xuguan is worried!

"Go ahead!" Chen Xinji waved his hand and said, "If the enemy really comes to the door, when our muskets are used for hunting?!" ”

He said with great interest: "We are all firearms, there are so many muskets and artillery, when I used to trade with your father, I used to use knives and guns, bows and arrows, and it is much more dangerous than the current situation, so you can fight with confidence!" ”

Buying and selling? What to buy and sell?

The young officers looked at the senior with admiration.

"How's your strategy?" Chen Xinji asked.

Officer Hong Xuan arranged like this: "Let go of those enemy ships with strong firepower and good hulls, and we will specifically find those battleships that have been attacked by us before and have been seriously damaged!" ”

Chen Xinji didn't say anything, the officers: "......"

In front of Chen Xinji, everyone gave Hong Xuguan face and did not object, and this is good, it is not risky to start a war, and it is easy to get military merits.

After the meeting, Yan Zhanggan smiled dryly: "I can't imagine that Chief Hong actually maintains the ecological balance of nature!" ”

Everyone hurriedly asked, "What do you say?" ”

Yan Chang repeated the leader's words: "Fierce beasts hunting the old, weak, sick and disabled prey is the natural ecological balance!" ”

Everyone laughs!

The leader has many wonderful arguments, about environmental protection, ecological balance does have this paragraph, I did not expect Hong Xuguan to imitate this method of operation.

And Siresma commented: "Commander Hong is young and promising! The next sentence was: "Commander Hong is old-fashioned!" ”

He was polite, and didn't say that Commander Hong was angry.

His mastery of Chinese idioms has impressed everyone, and it seems that the study of Chinese culture is still effective.

When the fleet was dispatched, when Officer Hong talked to Shi Lang, the deputy captain of the flagship, Officer Hong told him: "If you don't sit in this position, you will never know how heavy your responsibilities are!" ”

"I now feel the pressure of our one-on-one enemy, Commander Chen!"

"In case he is defeated and the fleet is annihilated by Hongmaofan, there will be a catastrophe in our southeast province!" Hong Xuguan pointed to the island and said: "We will be trapped on the island, and the Hongmao Fan will fight us as much as we want, as we did with the natives before." ”

The key to Yan Changwu's success in attacking Southeast Asia was that he invested a lot of money in the fleet, and no matter how brave those natives were, they were in a situation where the Chinese could fight them, but they could not fight the Chinese, and finally failed.

For example, the Acehnese in Sumatra, with a strong will and a large number of people, have been at war with the Chinese for many years, the Chinese attack land from the sea, attack in the dry season, stop in the rainy season, and finally defeat the Acehnese, that is, the canoes of the Acehnese, which are the opponents of the battleships of the Southeast Fleet!

"He can't fail, and he can't fight without fighting, because it's contrary to the tradition of our Southeast Fleet to fight when it encounters the enemy, so it's very difficult for him to fight!" Hong Xuguan said gratefully: "He solved the biggest problem for us, and now I have taken over his responsibilities, but Hongmao Fan still has the strength!" ”

"As a commander, you must consider it all, and as a general, you can fight bravely." Hong Xuguan said with deep emotion: "The leader is right, the ass decides the head!" ”

Except for the five warships that were seriously damaged, Hong Xuguan led all the warships in pursuit of Hongmaofan.

The battleships were repaired and replenished that night and were in good condition, but it took three full days and three nights to catch up with the Hongmao fleet at about ten o'clock in the morning of the fourth day.

This is the downwind of the red-haired fleet and the upper hand of the southeast fleet.

To carry out his tactics and fight with the Hongmao battleships, the first thing is to deal with those warships that are heavily damaged and show their declining strength.

The two sides chased and fought chaotically, most of the red-haired ships escaped smoothly, and the Southeast Fleet no longer pursued.

The remaining eight Hongmaofan battleships, including the "Maas", "Ford", "Town", "Chivalry", and "Saint-Louis", were surrounded by the Southeast Fleet.

Either they were crippled or their guns were weak and were blocked by the South-East Fleet.

"Fire!" The Southeast Fleet launched an attack, and Officer Hong launched an attack with some experienced warships, fought a round, and then replaced another group of warships with more reinforcements to try their hands, and the command was very orderly.

After another fight, and then when the third batch of battleships was replaced, none of the Hongmaofan were sunk, but all of them raised the white flag!

It's stupid not to surrender, there are so many warships, people are strong and strong, and they are extremely weak, and if they don't surrender, they are waiting to be killed.

also depends on the good reputation of the Chinese, they don't kill the Hongmao captives, and there are a lot of naturalized Hongmaofan in the Chinese fleet, so just surrender!

So as soon as Hong Xuguan took office, he easily got a lot of credit.

There is no such good thing in the pursuit in the future, and the rest of the Hongmao Fan is superb, and if they are bent on slipping away, it will be like the Southeast Fleet led by Chen De in the past, and it will be difficult to catch up when the situation is not good.

Tromp was so reluctant that he discarded his scarred flagship, the Maas, and transferred the ships and supplies to the other ships that were in good condition, as well as several other ships, with plenty of men and firepower.

During the sail period, the battleships exchanged fire, and they may not be able to sink one for half a day.

In addition, Hong Xuguan was unwilling to get into danger, chased for a few days, and only got two red-haired boats to surrender, and Hong Xuguan ended the chase at the end of the Strait of Malacca.

At this point, the war between the Chinese and the red hairy fan came to an end.

However, the sporadic battles are far from over!