Chapter 858: Sailing into the Strait of Malacca

"After more than half a year of sailing, is it finally about to arrive in Daming? Daming is really far away! On the Spanish flagship, the commander-in-chief of the Spanish fleet sighed.

For most of the year's voyage, in addition to the necessary supplements, almost never stopped, and I have been sailing on the sea, blowing the sea breeze for most of the year, and I am tired of it.

"Lord Duke, it may be the fishing boat of the Ming Dynasty." A Spanish fleet commander on the flagship pointed to the Spanish fleet marshal as he pointed to the fishing boats that were constantly evading and fleeing in the Bay of Bengal.

"Well, since it may be Daming's fishing boat, then don't let them go! Guys, it's time to warm up! The commander of the Spanish fleet shouted with a smile, holding back for more than half a year, seeing that it was about to reach the Ming Dynasty, before fighting with the Ming fleet, he wanted to warm up first, regardless of whether it was a fishing boat of the Ming Dynasty, in short, sink a few ships to get out of the anger that had been held for more than half a year.

Immediately, the sailors on the Spanish flagship gave the command of the flag exclusive to the Spanish fleet.

Seventy-one Spanish warships suddenly moved their guns and aimed at the fugitive fishing boats in the Bay of Bengal.

"No, God, what are those damn Spaniards going to do?" On the Dutch flagship, the Duke of Havelan, the commander of the Dutch fleet, watched the movements of the Spanish warships with a monocular telescope, and shouted angrily.

The Duke of Havelan had just finished speaking for a short time when the Spanish battleship fired a volley.

"Fire!"

"Boom Boom"

The shells flew separately towards the fleeing fishing boats and exploded around them.

"Bang! Boom! At the same time as the countless water columns were blown up, there were also fishing boats that were hit and disintegrated in an instant.

There were originally less than 20 fishing boats, but after being bombed twice by Spanish warships, the last fishing boat also overturned and sank in the blown water, and all the fishing boats were buried in the sea.

It is still more than 200 nautical miles away from the entrance to Malacca, and the Ming fishing boats generally fish in the Strait of Malacca, or off the coast of the Indonesian archipelago, and do not come to the Bay of Bengal at all, and the fishing boats here are all from the Mughal Empire and the Kingdom of Sri Lanka.

They don't belong to the Ming Dynasty, but they also suffered an unjustified disaster because of the Ming Dynasty.

The actions of the Spanish fleet made the Duke of Havelan and several other commanders of the fleet angry.

"Damn! Damn the Spaniards, waste shells indiscriminately, God will not be able to stand it, no wonder it has fallen! Duke Havelan gritted his teeth and said.

"Hehe, the Spaniards are still as arrogant as ever!" The commanders of several other fleets also sneered coldly one by one.

In other words, each country of the eight-nation combined fleet has sent almost all the warships it can mobilize, and the status of the generals sent by each country to lead the fleet is certainly not low. The lowest rank was also a marquis.

Among them, the commander of the Dutch fleet is the Duke of Havelan, the Dutch governor of Indonesia, who was driven away by the Ming Dynasty.

At the beginning, the Duke of Havelan led the Far East Fleet to rule Indonesia, relying on Indonesia's resources and almost monopolizing the trade with the Ming Dynasty, he was able to send back a large amount of gold and silver property for the Netherlands every year, but unfortunately the Far East Fleet was destroyed by the Ming Dynasty, and the Indonesian archipelago was also occupied by the Ming Dynasty.

The Duke of Havelan had no place to stay, and in order to one day personally bring the fleet back to take revenge on the Ming Dynasty, he returned to the Netherlands, and after nearly ten years of waiting, he finally waited for this opportunity.

The Duke of Havelan was not only the supreme commander of the Dutch fleet, but also the nominal supreme commander of the combined fleet of the Eight, and had the right to command all the warships of the Eight-Nation Fleet.

However, it is only a nominal right, and the warships of the other seven fleets will only obey the orders of the commander-in-chief of their own fleets, which is why the commander of the Spanish fleet can ignore the Duke of Havelan and directly order the shelling of the fishing boat, and afterwards the Duke of Havelan only scolded angrily and did not say anything, after all, his goal was only to defeat the Ming Dynasty, but he did not expect to be able to command all the warships in the combined fleet.

The Combined Fleet of the Eight Nations continued to sail, passing through the waters of the Bay of Bengal and heading towards the entrance to Malacca.

After nearly a day of sailing, the eight-nation joint fleet finally saw the westernmost territory of the Ming Dynasty, a corner of Sumatra Island on the southern side of the Strait of Malacca in the Indonesian archipelago.

"It's here! This is the Indonesian archipelago! Daming, I, the Duke of Havelan, are back! On the Dutch flagship, the Duke of Havelan stared at the coastline belonging to the Indonesian archipelago in the telescope, gritting his teeth and saying.

He has been the governor of Indonesia in the Indonesian archipelago for more than a decade and is all too familiar with all this.

Immediately, under the orders of the Duke of Havelan, the Dutch soldiers on the Dutch battleships kept waving flags, telling the fleets of other countries that they had arrived at Daming.

"Hahahaha, it's here, it's finally here! Daming, my Spanish Armada is here, tremble! The commander of the Spanish fleet was the first to burst into a rampant smile, as if the Ming Dynasty would be defeated 100%.

Maybe that's what they really think, and the entire Eight-Nation Combined Fleet should think that they are bound to win.

After all, their eight-nation combined fleet has the most powerful fleet in the world, a total of 641 warships, what kind of concept is this, at the beginning, Spain's 150 warships should be called the invincible armada, rampaging the world, deterring European countries, now they are 641 warships, no matter how powerful the fleet of the Ming Dynasty is, it is no worse than any of them, and even if they are stronger than the Netherlands, which has more than 200 warships, what can they do.

They are not one country, but the combined fleet of eight countries, such a powerful lineup, it is definitely the first time in history, unprecedented strength, how can the Ming Dynasty be undefeated! No possibility!

In the face of such a powerful force as them, the Ming Dynasty will be defeated! This is the self-confidence of the combined fleet of eight countries.

The British fleet, the French fleet, etc., and the commanders of the other six fleets also had the same hideous smiles on their faces.

When they arrived in the Ming Dynasty, it meant that they were about to engage the Ming fleet, and after sinking the Ming warships, they would go all the way north to the imperial capital of the Ming Empire and bombard there, so that the Ming would know the price of offending their European countries.

"Gold! Endless coins! That was the first thought of the French commander-in-chief.

France had no contact with Da Ming before, and this time they participated in the combined fleet for only one purpose, that is, to take the opportunity to tear off a piece of flesh from Da Ming.

Da Ming, the mysterious Eastern Empire, the gold everywhere, these will be plundered by him in France!

The British fleet was as maneuverable as the British.

Britain started by pretending to be pirates, passing by, and plundering frantically.

This time they came to Daming, in addition to taking revenge on Daming and recapturing Australia, they also had the idea of plundering Daming and tearing a piece of meat from Daming.

"Fire!"

"Boom Boom" was also the first to fire a cannon on several Ming fishing boats fishing at the western entrance of Malacca.

Under the dense shells of the Spanish warships, several Ming fishing boats disintegrated in an instant, and more than a dozen Ming people on them were all buried in the sea.

The Combined Fleet of Eight Powers sailed all the way towards the entrance to the Strait of Malacca, bombarding all the Daming fishing boats it encountered along the way.

"Boom, boom, boom" and several Daming fishing boats were hit by shells, disintegrated and sank.

Bombed to the back, not only the Spanish warships fired, but also the warships of other countries fired from time to time, none of the Ming fishing boats they encountered could escape, all buried at the bottom of the sea, only less than half an hour, there were no less than 30 Ming fishing boats sunk by them, more than 100 innocent people of the Ming Dynasty were buried at the bottom of the sea.

Not only did it fire on the Daming fishing boats on the sea, but the Eight-Nation Combined Fleet also fired on both sides of Malacca, destroying the Daming city near the sea and bombing the Ming people inside.