Second, in the southeast, the Moluccas, also known as the Spice Islands, is the most important gold mine in the South Sea.

Compared with modern times, it is the central and eastern archipelago of Indonesia, the territory of the Acehnese, which has been dried up by Portugal, and can be said to be the flesh and blood of the South Seas.

Third, the Northwest Peninsula, Siam, and Annam.

This part is actually the Indochina Peninsula, Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia and other places, Portugal has hardly set foot in it, in addition to limited profits and miserable properties, this peninsula itself is also very fierce, and the political and military maturity is relatively mature. Yang Changfan understands that this peninsula is more diverse than the rest of Southeast Asia, and Buddhism is the mainstream, so to some extent, this peninsula is not the number one enemy of Catholics, so crusad-style incitement and massacres will not work.

Finally, of course, is the southwest part where the gate is located.

The Malacca Peninsula and the island of Kuawa in the south.

There is no doubt that this is the struggle for the strait around Malacca.

Malacca, the key to the narrow Strait of Malacca, choked here, almost choked the only channel of trade between the East and the West, the first stronghold of the Portuguese invasion of Southeast Asia, and the most critical stronghold.

In reality, the Portuguese did not have such a strong grip on Malacca, they never really defeated the Malays who inhabited the peninsula, and the defeat of a single sultan could not break the will of the people of the peninsula. The Malays have organized several battles for the capture of Malacca with thousands of men, but unfortunately each time they were defeated in the last place, failing to defeat the Portuguese castle.

On top of that, the Portuguese almost never controlled the island of Kuawa on the southern shore of the strait, and the Acehnese who lived there, the Indonesians as they would later be called, also launched an endless attack on Malacca. While the Portuguese were powerful and effective in carrying out their aggressions under the banner of religious jihad, extreme religious conflicts also inspired the Acehnese and Malays, and the religious massacres that spread from Europe to Southeast Asia have been going on for a hundred years and will continue even longer.

It stands to reason that there are fewer Portuguese people after all, and if the Acehnese and Malays share the same hatred and hold their front, sooner or later they will retake Malacca. However, it has reached such a critical juncture, and the two sides have fallen into disputes within the nest. The Acehnese never fought Malacca to liberate the Malay city, but to occupy it. Naturally, the Malays would not let the Acehnese occupy this place like this, so the two sides never coordinated their battles, and always hoped that the other side would be the cannon fodder. This has allowed the Portuguese to turn the tide several times when they have lost Malacca, because neither of the Acehnese nor the Malays wants to see the other side take control of the place, and they are fighting again, so it is the Portuguese who take advantage.

After the introduction of Nanyang, the war was imminent, Ma Laojiu consciously retreated and waited for the decision of the shipowner.

Yang Changfan looked at the chart and was silent, not thinking deeply, just because he was also very empty.

Although he is the owner of the ship and dominates the East China Sea, in fact, he has never fought a real naval battle, relatively speaking, Xu Hai's group of thieves fought more. On the side of the Huiwang Mansion, although the ship is strong and the artillery is sharp, most of the time it is only used for deterrence, and only Wang Xian and Zhao Guangtou have really fought a tough naval battle.

Wang Xian was stationed in Penghu, guarding against Fujian Sailors and Hu Zongxian, this person could not leave, and only Zhao Guangtou was a general at the moment. With such a huge fleet and only one handsome talent, it was inevitable that Yang Changfan would feel uneasy.

But there is no way, the war is cruel, and the handsome talents have grown up in bloody battles again and again, and before Qi Jiguang became famous, he had no less defeats.

Zhao Guangtou saw that Yang Changfan was silent for a long time, and took the lead in saying: "In my opinion, gather and annihilate it, and directly take the main fleet of Malacca to find the Franc aircraft in a decisive battle, and win a battle to win the South Seas." ”

"And then?" Xu Wenchang asked.

Zhao Guangtou replied without hesitation: "Occupy Malacca, in order to map the four seas!" ”

"According to Ma Laojiu, Malacca is not so easy to occupy, except for the counterattack of Franco, it will also be entangled with the Malays and Acehnese."

"Hundreds or thousands of people have occupied Malacca for decades! I can't wait for tens of thousands of lions? ”

"There are many islands in the South Seas, let alone tens of thousands, even if we have 100,000 people, it is difficult to allocate them." Xu Wenchang sighed, "Moreover, according to the shipowner's words, Franc will mobilize the Western Fleet to come to the decisive battle, even if our army is all out, there is no certainty of victory." ”

The more Zhao Guangtou listened, the more angry he became, and pointed at Xu Wenchang and scolded: "There is no certainty of victory, what are we going to do in Nanyang?!" Go back to Kyushu as soon as possible! ”

Xu Wenchang knew Zhao Guangtou's temper very well, so he only smiled and didn't fight with him at all: "Bald, you listen to me and make a hypothetical war first-if we defeat Francois in a decisive battle as soon as we come up, we will also suffer heavy losses." The sea has been defeated, in order to capture Malacca, it is still necessary to land, and landing to capture Malacca will also be a bitter battle. According to the message of the Governor of Malacca, the Malays and Acehnese are eyeing Malacca, can we hold it? One more step ahead, let's hold on, so what? The rest of the South Seas is still in the hands of Franc, and we still have to fight hard one by one, how many soldiers do we have left? I'm afraid that as soon as I turned back to Moluccas, Malacca was lost again. Our forces are limited, and there are still Ming Ting, Xu Chaoguang and others in the East China Sea to contain them, and the battle line must not be stretched too long. ”

Zhao Guangtou was about to refute, but Xu Wenchang directly raised his hand to stop it: "You listen to me first." It was the result of the victory just now, but in fact, there was no benefit in the short term, so let's listen to the result of the defeat. If our army is defeated in the decisive battle of Malacca, at best, the ship's owner and admiral come back alive, and then what? Francophone counterattacked, Xu Chaoguang made trouble, even the king of Manila was afraid that he would have to have ideas, and I was afraid that the Ming court would also send troops, and the Quartet fell into the well, and the east must be gone, and returned to Kyushu, and the cooperation with Francoji was also snatched away by Xu Chaoguang, and all the foundations of my Hui Wangfu disappeared. ”

"Therefore, everything in my Hui Palace's mansion is gambling on a decisive battle that has no interests and is not certain, is Admiral Zhao still sure that he wants to fight?"

When Zhao Guangtou heard this, he held back all his words.

The strength of the Huiwang Mansion undoubtedly stems from this fleet, once this fleet is destroyed, the tigers and wolves in all directions will show their fangs, if it is said that the first war is the world, it can still fight, but the benefits of this battle are not as great as imagined.

Ma Laojiu secretly said that he was from a merchant, and he knew the subtlety of Molujia best: "According to what the military division has seen, it's time to take Molujia?" (To be continued.) )