The time came to the middle of September of the twelfth year of Daming Zhongxing, and it had been half a year since the joint fleets of the eight European countries set sail.

With the expected arrival of the combined fleet of eight European countries, the atmosphere in Daming has also become somewhat urgent.

"In one month at most, the combined fleet of eight European countries will be able to reach the western entrance to Malacca, and the time for a naval battle is getting closer and closer." The approach of the sea battle also made Zhu Cijiao's heart feel a little pressure.

Although he is confident that relying on the three hundred Shenwei-class warships of the two major fleets of the Ming Dynasty, he will definitely be able to defeat the 641 combined fleets of eight European countries, but in this sea battle, the Ming Dynasty has invested all the warships after all, and he cannot be defeated, so he really has no pressure at all, and it is normal to have pressure.

"How are the battleships in the shipyard built, can they all be launched?" Zhu Ci staggered at Li Yan and asked.

"Back to the emperor, there are still two ships left, and it is expected that all of them will be launched within three days!" Li Yan replied.

One hundred Shenwei-class warships, equipped with 3,200 cannons alone, this is not only a matter of the shipyard, but also a matter of the Firearms Bureau, for which Chen Xiuxiu, who was pregnant, insisted on presiding over the manufacture of cannons in the Firearms Bureau, which made Zhu Ci so distressed that she almost did not remove her from her position as the head of the Firearms Bureau, and forcibly brought her into the palace to raise the fetus with peace of mind.

However, Zhu Ci was extremely tolerant of his own women, and he finally compromised when Chen Xiuxiu repeatedly assured that he would not be busy and would have a good rest.

Up to now, it is not only Chen Xiuxiu, Red Lady, Ma Yue'e and a few other women who are officials.

Under the forcible promotion of Zhu Cijiao, some women are allowed to participate in the scientific examination every three years in the Ming Dynasty, as long as they get the ranking, and then pass Zhu Cijiao's palace examination, they can still get a position, so that there are many female county orders in the Ming Dynasty, and the officials of the female prefect come out.

At the beginning, it also caused a great backlash, but it was only forced by Zhu Ci's coercion that it could not be exploded, and as a few years passed, a large number of female officials also worked hard under pressure. He made many political achievements of male officials who took office at the same time, so that the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty could no longer continue to say reasons for opposition except for still complaining about some immorality and other things.

Under the conscious promotion of Zhu Cijiao, the concept of equality between men and women gradually took root.

"Good! After the last two warships are listed, the two fleets can also go south to Malacca, where they are ready to intercept the combined fleet of the eight European powers, and fight a decisive battle with the combined fleet of the eight European countries in the Strait of Malacca! Zhu Ci nodded and said.

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

On 18 September, the last two warships were launched at the Binhai Shipyard at the mouth of the Yangtze River, and each of them was included in the two major fleets, and since then, the number of Shenwei-class warships in the two fleets has officially risen to 300.

"Boom, boom, boom" Countless columns of water exploded at sea level.

Some of the raised rocks on the surface of the sea were also blasted into debris.

In the East China Sea and the South China Sea, ninety percent of the warships of the two fleets held their last firing drills on the sea level off the mouth of the Yangtze River.

For more than half a year, the officers and men of the two fleets have been repeating such drills to continuously improve the shooting accuracy of the naval soldiers of the two fleets; in the past, the Ming naval soldiers generally hit about one out of every 30 artillery shells within a distance of 3,000 meters, about 1 shell within 2,000 meters of about 15 shells, and 1 of 10 within 1,000 kilometers, which is extremely high accuracy.

Now, after more than half a year of training and the consumption of millions of shells, the accuracy of the artillery shells fired by the naval soldiers of the two fleets has once again improved.

An average of 23 shells hit one within a distance of 3 kilometers, an average of 1 shell hit 1 within 2 kilometers, and an average of 5 shells hit one within a kilometer, which is simply terrifying.

Even the British Navy, which had dominated the sea for a hundred years during World War I, only reached this level.

This is not only the result of the training of the Ming Dynasty that cost millions of artillery shells and nearly 100 million silver dollars, but also because of the Shenwei-level artillery shells and other forward-facing technologies. All in all, such a hit rate can only be achieved by the Great Myojinwei cannon that uses a new type of hitting shell, and it is absolutely impossible for a European artillery that is still using a bulky bombshell.

"Aim!"

"Fire!"

"Boom Boom" was another salvo, and a huge reef outcropping the sea level was hit by a large number of shells, and the sea level was leveled in an instant.

Admiral Shen Jing of the East China Sea Fleet and Admiral Zheng Sen of the South China Sea Fleet were on the same flagship.

Looking at the training results of the fleet soldiers, Shen Jing laughed and said, "Hahahaha, relying on the three hundred Shenwei-class warships and the superb hit rate of the soldiers of my two fleets, there is no reason why we can't completely defeat the attacking Eight European Barbarian Combined Fleets." ”

"Not bad!" Even Zheng Sen, who has always been steady and rarely speaks big, nodded in agreement and was full of confidence.

On 19 September, the two fleets, which had finished their last training, sailed from the East China Sea to the South China Sea with more than 200 warships, and joined forces with other warships in the South China Sea, reaching the scale of 300 ships, and marched mightily toward the Strait of Malacca.

The Strait of Malacca, which is the throat of the Indian Ocean into and out of the Daming South China Sea, will enter the Daming Sea from here, and this will also be the decisive battle site of the naval battle selected by the Ming Dynasty.

On 3 October, after a 14-day voyage, 300 warships of the two fleets were stationed in the harbor of Singapore to await the arrival of the combined fleet of eight European countries.

"It is estimated that the combined fleet of the barbarians of the eight European countries will appear in the sea area of the western entrance of Malacca in half a month at most!" Zheng Sen estimated.

"When the time comes, let them taste the price of provoking Daming, and let them have no return!" Shen Jing sneered.

It was about the same time as Zheng Sen and Shen Jing estimated.

On 17 October, in the northeastern part of the Indian Ocean, a dense group of warships appeared in the waters around the Bay of Bengal, covering the sea level all over the world.

There are 641 warships in the combined fleet of the eight European countries, and the black pressure is overwhelming, and the momentum is huge, and just seeing this scene can scare people stupid.

Indeed, fishermen from the southern coast of the Mughal Empire, as well as fishermen from the Kingdom of Sri Lanka fishing in the Bay of Bengal, saw this horrific scene and immediately stunned them.

To say that they have been fishing along the coast all year round, it is not that they have never seen European warships passing by, but in any case, it is impossible for them to see so many European warships at one time, it is really too scary.

The black holes on both sides of the warships were like open gates to hell, flickering in the sunlight with a faint chilling murderous machine, and the fishermen returned to avoid it, and some even didn't want the fishing nets that were cast, after all, life was more important.