A huge fleet slowly appeared on the sea outside the port of Malacca, more than 200 warships in a row, lined up in a long line, and on a hill about three miles away from the port, a Ming army general stood on the top of a fortress with a telescope, staring closely at the fleet on the sea.

There was no fear on the face of this Ming general, on the contrary, he seemed to be looking forward to it, as if he was expecting the fleet on the sea to stop and attack the small fishing port below!

Yes, the port of Malacca is still a small fishing port, and the Ming army did not expand this port, but built a fortress on a hill between the port and the city of Malacca, nearly three miles from the coast, due to the height difference, the longest-range artillery can not bombard the fortress on the hill, on the contrary, the 620-type howitzer with the longest range on the hill can easily bombard the periphery of the port, that is, if the battleship dares to approach the port, it can only be shelled.

At this time, on the flagship of the Combined Fleet, Rear Admiral Fandel of the Netherlands was observing the port of Malacca with a telescope with a British rear admiral, Fandel was afraid that there would be an ambush there, but the British rear admiral was not thinking about this, he said in a professional tone: "Your Excellency Rear Admiral, why don't we stop for a while and take this port before leaving, although this port cannot dock large warships, but it is still good to be a supply point." “

Van Del shook his head without hesitation and refused: "Your Excellency, I advise you to give up this idea, don't you see the Ming army's fortress on the hill next to the port?" “

The British major general said lightly: "Then even take down that fortress together, just store the grain there." “

Vander said coldly: "Please forgive me for offending, Your Excellency Major General, your idea is very stupid, do you know how many artillery pieces are in the fortress of the Ming army?" Do you know how fierce their firepower is? According to the scale of this fortress, there are at least 5,000 Ming troops in it, and all of us abandon the ship and go ashore to attack, and we don't even want to capture this fortress! “

The major general felt insulted, and stood there with a red face, as if he was about to get angry.

Vander didn't even look at him, but said to the herald behind him: "Order, all warships lower their sails, slow down, and invite the leading generals of all countries to come to the flagship for a meeting." “

The herald behind him immediately raised the flag, and the standard-bearer on the mast immediately waved the same flag, and all the battleships began to lower their sails, and the speed of the entire fleet slowly decreased, and several battleships also released lifeboats, and several generals of various countries rushed to the flagship with guards and interpreters.

After all, this is a Dutch warship, they can't really hand over the battleship to other powers, although there are almost no Dutch naval fighters on the battleship, but all the sailers and sails are Dutch sailors, so the whole fleet is actually controlled by the Dutch, Fandel received an order to wait for the arrival of the fleet in the Persian seas, and then commanded the fleet to go to Batavia to meet Admiral Van Mendi, so now the supreme commander of the entire fleet is him.

Soon the commanders of all countries boarded the flagship, and after they all entered the conference room and sat down, Fandel immediately said solemnly: "I invite you to come here just to emphasize one point, please remember that no one is allowed to fire without my order." “

The British major general sneered: "Are you saying that even if the Ming army fires, we can't fire without your order?" “

He originally wanted to laugh at Fandel's blind command, but unexpectedly, Fandel nodded solemnly: "Yes." “

The French general was not convinced, and asked coldly: "Why?" “

Vander replied coldly: "I don't want to explain too much about this, you will understand when you get to the vicinity of Star City Harbor." “

The British general continued to mock: "I heard that you were captured by the Ming army, were you stupid by the Ming army, are we still afraid of a Ming Empire when so many powerful countries unite together?" “

Fandel said with a pale face: "If this is the European continent, of course you don't have to be afraid, but, please pay attention, this is the Far East, the lair of the Ming Empire!" “

The Swedish general was not biased, and he asked directly: "Then when can we open fire?" “

Van Der replied solemnly: "This will be discussed after the convergence with General Fanmendi, and I do not want any conflict with the Ming army before the convergence." “

The Danish general asked a little unconvinced: "Is the Ming army so terrible?" “

Fandel continued to say solemnly: "I don't want to explain too much about this, you can see later, okay, the meeting is dismissed." “

When the generals heard this, they shook their heads and left, leaving only the British major general sitting there and muttering vigorously: "Coward, coward......." “

Fandel didn't bother to explain to him, these people were all from the European continent, and they had never seen the horror of the Ming army at all, and they didn't explain it to them, and when they saw it with their own eyes, they would naturally shut up.

The fleet continued to advance, and Vander held a telescope and stared nervously ahead, and he kept praying in his heart: "The Ming army will not come to intercept, and the Ming army will not come to intercept ......." “

However, it backfired, as soon as the fleet entered the sea on the left side of Star City Harbor, a huge fleet immediately appeared in front of it, super battleships, Fuchuan battleships, and various small warships, and the entire passage was covered with secrets, and they couldn't pass through it at all.

Looking at the dense barrels on the batteries on both sides, the British major general finally stopped exporting, this artillery is indeed scary, but he looked carefully at the fleet of the Ming army, and said with some unconvinced: "Isn't it a big deal, isn't it just fifty super battleships, what's the use of so many small and medium-sized battleships." “

Fandel pointed to the Sun Moon Dragon Flag on the giant ship of the treasure ship in the middle and introduced: "The moon is full and the sun is short, this is only the third-class legion of the Ming army, if it is their first-class legion, the super battleship will be at least twice as much!" “

The third-class legion, that is to say, there are second-class legions and first-class legions above, just the third-class legion is this scale, wouldn't that first-class legion be scared to death, the British major general's face changed, and he finally shut up.

On the other side is indeed the North Sea Fleet, the third-class legion of the Ming Navy, but they originally did not have super battleships, and it happened that there were still fifty super battleships left in the Dongda Construction Shipyard last year, and Zhu Cijiong simply allocated them to the North Sea Fleet first, so their lineup looked so scary.

However, on the other side of Xingcheng Harbor, at the entrance of the Strait of Malacca, the lineup was really scary, Zheng Zhihu led a hundred super battleships and five hundred Fuchuan battleships of the Nanyang Naval Division, against the combined fleet of the Dutch Navy and the Dutch East India Company led by Van Mendi, and both sides lined up in formation and seemed to be ready to fire.

On the sea directly in front of Xingcheng Port, Zheng Zhilong stood on the huge treasure ship warship with a telescope, looking at the situation on the right, and behind him was the neatly arranged South China Sea Fleet, looking in that direction, it seemed that he was preparing to support the Nanyang Naval Division.

At this moment, in the sea area near the base of Xingcheng Port, the three fleets of the Ming Navy, more than 3,000 large and small warships, and nearly 1,000 large and small warships of the two fleets of the European continental powers, both sides are in a tense confrontation, and the big war is about to break out!

Throughout the history of the world, it seems that such a large-scale naval battle has never broken out, and if it does, it will definitely be a shocking battle.

At this moment, the main generals on both sides should be very nervous, but at this time, Zheng Zhilong said to himself faintly: "Fan Mendi, if you have a kind of fight, this king is still afraid that you will not succeed in Xingcheng Port, no matter how many warships you come, this king will let you have no return!" “