Half an hour later, Van Rude and Flores arrived together in the command room of the Pearl. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

"Two generals." Zeng Guangxian first said, "The confrontation drill at sea has ended, and the result is not important. ”

"General Zeng, there is no need for landing exercises." Van Rude learned from Zeng Guangxian and said, "We admit defeat in this confrontation exercise. ”

"Hahahaha." Zeng Guangxian laughed loudly, "Since General Van Rude is unwilling to continue, then the exercise is over, I don't know what General Zheng wants?" ”

Zheng Zhilong was in front of Westerners, and his confidence also came up: "Then there is no need to practice again, this is the end." ”

"General Zheng, General Zeng." Van Rude wanted to say something more but was interrupted by Zeng Guangxian waving his hand, "You two, please take a seat, since the exercise is over, there are still some things I want to discuss with General Zheng and you." ”

Zeng Guangxian clapped his hands after speaking, and Da Silva took a map and spread it out on the table.

"Two generals, please see." Zeng Guangxian pointed to the map and said, "This is the Nanyang that we recently planned in Yulin Bay, I don't know if you two have any opinions?" ”

Van Rude and Flores leaned their heads over and looked at it for a long time: "May I ask General Zeng, what do the different colors on this mean?" ”

"It's simple." Zeng Guangxian pointed to the map and said, "These three places marked in red belong to the area controlled by our Yulin Bay; The places marked in yellow above, Taiwan, Dongying, and Luzon belong to General Zheng Zhilong; The green areas below are for you Spain and the Netherlands. ”

After Zeng Guangxian finished speaking, he raised his head and looked at Van Rude and Flores: "Who is for and who is against?" ”

Van Rude and Flores glanced at each other: "General Zeng, are we going to withdraw from Taiwan, Luzon and Dongying, didn't we say that we would attack Dongying together?" ”

"This time, that time." Zeng Guangxian said with a smile, "The agreement reached before has expired, so don't discuss the reasons for the expiration anymore." Let's just talk about the present, and ask again, who is in favor and who is against? ”

Flores was obviously a little anxious: "General Zeng, General Zheng, if you want us to withdraw from Taiwan and Luzon, isn't it difficult for some strongmen?" ”

"What? Don't you want to? Zheng Zhihu shouted in a loud voice.

Zheng Zhilong pulled his younger brother and said according to the discussion with Zeng Guangxian: "I, Zheng, am not the kind of person who takes advantage of people's danger, since the two of them have opinions, Zheng will give in one more step, and Lu Zon will not let them go, let the two of them." ”

"General Zheng, a lot." Zeng Guangxian lifted the pen and erased Luzon, "I will ask at the end of the next question, who is in favor and who is against?" ”

Van Rude gritted his teeth: "Two generals, this matter is not up to us, please wait for a few days, how about we go back and discuss with our governor?" ”

"General, please." Zeng Guangxian said, "Our battleship Pearl will wait for news from the two generals in Taichung City. But we'd better limit it to one month, and after a month, I hope to have two answers. ”

Dong Fei, Zhang Guodong, and Wang Hua pushed open the door of Xu Lang's office: "Xu Lang, we received Zeng Guangxian's flying pigeon summons. ”

"Did something big happen, why are you here together?" Xu Lang asked as he walked to the door, "Someone, go and invite Deputy Chief of Staff Leng here." ”

Two minutes later, Leng Tianbing also entered the office, Dong Fei closed the door and said: "Taiwan's military exercises have ended, Zeng Guangxian told the Westerners about our intentions, but the Westerners are very reluctant to withdraw from Taiwan." ”

"Their reluctance is for sure." Leng Tianbing asked, "We have long estimated that the Westerners will do this, and it is a big deal to fight with them, what is the Pearl afraid of in Taiwan now?" ”

"It's not about worrying about Taiwan right now." Wang Hua said, "According to Zeng Guangxian, the Dutch now have two of the latest 800-ton warships in Taiwan, and the range of their guns is about the same as our 12-pounder guns. What he is worried about now is Singapore, in case the Dutch also have such a ship in Malacca, I'm afraid Liu Jun and Fan Qiuming will not be able to bear it, after all, we only have 1,000 troops in Singapore, and there are no warships. ”

"Lao Wang." Xu Lang asked, "Are you worried that the Westerners will drag us in Taiwan and then take the opportunity to attack Singapore?" ”

"Hmm." Wang Hua nodded, "I don't rule out this possibility." ”

"I didn't bother to ask for a while." Zhang Guodong asked, "What is the current situation in Singapore?" ”

"It's pretty stable." Leng Tianbing replied, "Fan Qiuming has sent back the news twice, Singapore has strengthened the city defenses, but the Westerners have also increased their troops in Malacca. ”

"That's interesting." Xu Lang stood up and walked to the front of the map, "According to this situation, the Westerners should not do much in Taiwan, the Pearl will deter them, but they are likely to do it in Singapore." ”

"Then do you think Westerners will turn against us?" Dong Fei asked, "Will they concentrate on attacking Singapore?" ”

"That's the problem." Wang Hua's fingers tapped on the table a few times, "We didn't expect the Dutch to have a new warship." ”

"yes, I didn't expect a lot of questions." Xu Lang stood in front of the map and said silently.

"What the hell should I do?" Dong Fei asked, "You all have ideas, I don't have any good ideas anyway." ”

Xu Lang opened the door again: "Come on, go and invite Chairman Xia Yang and Lu Lao, hurry up, run." ”

Half an hour later, Lu Tianxiang and Xia Yang came to the General Staff together.

"Lu Lao, Tianyang, this is the news sent back by Zeng Guangxian." Wang Hua put the strip of cloth in front of the two people.

No one in the room spoke, they all stared at Lu Tianxiang. After reading it, Lu Tianxiang slowly put down the cloth strip: "The plan has not changed quickly, what are the plans of your Military Commission?" ”

"Lu Lao." Zhang Guodong replied, "It is precisely because the Military Commission can't think of any good way that it invites you and Tianyang over." ”

"Don't be in a hurry." Lu Tianxiang said with a smile, "If we completely turn our faces with the Westerners now, do you think we can defeat the Westerners by relying on our own strength alone, will Zheng Zhilong help?" ”

"Lu Lao, it's unlikely." Xu Lang said, "First of all, if we really fight with Westerners, Zheng Zhilong will definitely be a wall-watcher, and he may be secretly happy in his heart." Second, what we can do now is actually a pearl, and it is still in Taiwan, and Wang Zhaoxing's second fleet is in Dengzhou, even if we gather all the warships, it will be too late. ”