At noon on this day, the expeditionary fleet soon arrived outside the port of Malacca, and He Bo sent people to take a kayak to the pier to investigate, and sure enough, the whole Malacca was different from usual, very depressed and deserted. The spies took the binoculars on the kayak and found a figure shaking on the gun emplacements on the Penang Hill behind the pier, apparently the other side was already in full swing. The spies did not dare to approach the dock any longer, and retreated directly, reporting to He Bo that the entire port of Malacca had been occupied by the spies of the Chinese Empire.

He Bo sneered, and immediately ordered the expeditionary fleet to shell the port of Malacca and conquer it by force.

Suddenly, 12 of the 27 warships, with their sides aimed at the batteries behind the Malacca pier, fired in unison, and the Malacca batteries were completely covered by the artillery fire of the powerful fleet of the expeditionary force, trembling. On the main battery on Penang Mountain, a white flag was raised, but He Bo turned a blind eye, he really hated these Chinese spies too much, and ordered to continue the shelling.

After the second and third rounds of naval artillery covered the Malaka battery, the entire dock was in ruins. Also, Malacca was not a precipitous place in the first place, whether it was Portugal, the Netherlands or the United Kingdom, it was not mainly on defense, and the forts for defense were only to deter merchant ships.

Seeing that the fort was completely destroyed, He Bo ordered to stop the shelling and sent a small frigate close to the dock to check the situation of the battle.

The intelligence brought back by the outpost made him cry without tears: behind the battery at the Malacca docks, a group of shivering British soldiers were hiding from each other, and they were blown apart and suffered many casualties. The Chinese in Malacca had all been evacuated to the tin mines in the inland rainforest five days earlier, leaving only a group of Indian laborers and a group of British people in the city of Malacca.

He Bo secretly hated in his heart that he was being played by those Chinese again. If it weren't for the urgency of the military situation, he really wanted to send troops to land, search up and arrest the group of Chinese hiding in the mountains, and severely torture and judge the spies one by one. It's just that he doesn't have time to spend with them now, so he can only take care of what he doesn't know, and say in a concluding manner: "Well, this time completely destroy the enemy batteries that occupy Malacca, and give the order to go down, leaving 200 infantry to capture the entire port of Malacca, and wait for the arrival of the main force of the expeditionary force led by Commander Seymour." The rest of the vanguard officers and men of the expeditionary force set off immediately, and after crossing the Singapore slope, they entered the enemy's territory! ”

Singapore has not changed in the slightest, and the whole city of Singapore is still in the hands of the British Empire. The people of the Viceroy of the Strait Colony reacted quickly, and the expeditionary fleet had just approached the mouth of the river more than ten miles away from Singapore, and the secretary of the Governor's Office, which belonged to the East India Company, had already been assigned by the Governor and a major officer to rush to the flagship of the expeditionary fleet, the "New Calcutta", in a kayak to see Hobo.

"General, Colonel Gavinna, the Governor of the Straits, has received a secret letter from Sir Canning, the Governor of India, that the fleet of the expedition to the East will pass through Singapore, and has specially ordered me to come and lead the way for the general, and ask the officers and men of the expeditionary force to rest in the port of Singapore for two days." The officer's courtesy and courtesy made Uncle Ho feel a lot at ease, and it seemed that Singapore was worthy of being the seat of the Governor's Office of the Straits Settlements, and the soon-to-be-abolished East India Company had finally stationed a number of defensive troops in Singapore, and was not captured by the spies of the Chinese Empire.

This time, I was not schemed by those Chinese.

He took advantage of the time of the fleet's replenishment, escorted by the guards, to meet with the Governor of the Straits, Gavenna, a retired British Marine Corps Colonel officer, the former Governor of the Straits, Brandell surrendered to the Chinese Empire because of the defeat, and the signing of the Treaty of Singapore caused the anger of the East India Company and London, and was repatriated, and Gavenner temporarily replaced him as the Governor of the Straits.

Gavina told He Bo that some time ago, there were frequent Chinese activities in Singapore, and there were many Chinese laborers who entered Singapore to make a living, and he realized that something was wrong, so he blocked the entire port of Singapore, and sent military police to patrol everywhere, destroying several batches of Chinese spies sneak attacks and sabotage, and finally the Chinese spies gave up their plans to subvert Singapore, and many Chinese laborers evacuated the port of Singapore and went to Pontianak and Batavia and other places.

Only then did He Bo breathe a sigh of relief and put his mind at ease. Secretly, this Singapore is indeed the location of the Governor of the East India Company in the Strait, and the Governor Gavina is also a colonel and an officer, so he is able to resist the Chinese spies, which may be the reason why Singapore is safe and sound.

Although he had some information about the naval fleet of the Chinese Empire, He Bo still asked Gavenner about the naval fleet of the Chinese Empire.

"General, the Chinese Empire has a total of four fleets, among which the South Ocean Fleet and the newly established Pacific Fleet are the strongest, and you should know these well. In fact, the South Sea Fleet, which defeated the Dutch East India Fleet and our British Empire's East India and China Combined Fleet in one fell swoop, had 24 warships and was very strong in firepower, including 8 main warships with a displacement of more than 2,000 tons. Gavina sighed.

"Can't you get any specific information? You don't have frequent merchants and Chinese laborers in Singapore, so you haven't asked them? He Bo was surprised.

"General, naturally, I inquired. However, since the fierce battle between the South Sea Fleet and our combined British East Indies and Chinese fleet, the main force of the entire fleet seems to have disappeared, and only a few frigates and gunboats patrol back and forth in the East Indies in normal times, and the main force does not know where to hide. The merchant ships and Chinese laborers who came and went said so much, but they were never found. I suspect they're either out of the East Indies anymore, or they're hiding in a secret naval base somewhere, so we don't know about it. Gavinner continued with some apprehension: "General, in fact, what I am most worried about is the other side's Pacific Fleet and their new naval guns. ”

"Is that the one called the Krupp rifled gun?"

"Yes General! That's it, I heard those businessmen who came out of the Chinese Empire say that the Krupp cannon itself was a Prussian steel producer named Krupp, who was invited to the East by the emperor of the Chinese Empire, spent huge financial resources, and hired a large number of weapons and munitions experts and mechanical technicians from Prussia and other European countries to jointly develop a new type of artillery, which is very sophisticated, no worse than the Armstrong rifled gun that the British Empire War Department is preparing to use, and even better in some aspects. And the most important thing is that because the Armstrong cannon is too precise and expensive, it cannot be fully mass-produced, and the other party's Krupp rifled gun has begun mass production a few years ago, and now I am afraid that it has been hoarded a lot, and I am afraid that the naval guns on the fleet of the Chinese Empire have used this advanced artillery on a large scale. In this way, in terms of artillery alone, our British Empire is still at a disadvantage! ”

He Bo sighed: "That's true! Originally, when General Sima left office, he specially explained it to me. I have also reported to London many times, but I have not paid attention to it. Those officials and masters did not believe that the Eastern countries would master such advanced artillery technology. Before this departure to Calcutta, I had already mentioned it to the commander of the expeditionary force, General Seymour, and I had gone together to see the captured Krupp artillery, which was indeed very good. However, this artillery is not without its shortcomings, and its most fatal disadvantage may be its huge size and the consumption of a lot of steel. The industry of the Chinese Empire has only just begun to develop, and there is not much steel production at all, and I have heard that they are building railways in China, so they need more steel to spend on the rails, so there should not be many warships and such Krupp artillery. ”

"Moreover, the tonnage of this Krupp cannon is extremely heavy, and their warships do not carry many guns, and the calculated artillery is excellent, and it is impossible to have as many guns as on our British Empire Expeditionary Fleet, so in terms of artillery firepower, we still have an absolute advantage. Moreover, the navy of our British Empire is well-trained, and it is not at all comparable to the kind of navy that the other side can only develop and temporarily train for a few days. He Bo puffed up: "However, according to the current situation, their Pacific Fleet may have about 30 warships of all sizes, plus the Nanyang Fleet, there will be 54, if you add the other two slightly weaker fleets, about 20 warships, a total of about 80 warships, and the main warships of more than 2,000 tons should be close to 20." It is indeed remarkable that a newly established Eastern Empire, which has only just emerged from industry, can build a navy of this size and strength. However, they encountered the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the most powerful British Empire in the world today, and they eventually tasted the bitter fruits of defeat! ”

"Mobilize all possible means to find that South Ocean Fleet or Pacific Fleet, as long as you destroy one of them, there will be nothing to worry about anymore!"

He Bo was still very rational, although he spoke very full and spoke in a loud tone, but in fact he was very cautious, but he did not go out together after the arrival of the main fleet of the expeditionary force in Singapore, but left the port of Singapore on the same day after the supplies were completed, and marched straight to Pontianak in Borneo, the territory occupied by the Chinese Empire. However, because the strategic position of the port of Singapore was too important, he left a battalion and a half of army troops to guard the port.

At the same time, in order to reconnoiter the Nanyang Fleet of the Chinese Empire, he also hired several merchant ships and several troop transports from Singapore to reconnoiter and patrol the waters between Borneo and Indochina.

On the third day after leaving Singapore, he had already discovered that there were no warships of the Chinese Empire outside the port of Pontianak, and only a few merchant ships were anchored at the pier. Just as he gave the order to enter the port and prepare to bombard the port of Pontianak to occupy it, a fast-sail troop carrier that was acting as a sentry came to report the military situation: "Singapore has suddenly been attacked by thousands of Chinese troops and has fallen!" ”

"What's going on?" He remembered that he was fine when he left Singapore, and the whole port of Singapore was also calm, and he also left nearly 500 British troops to assist Gavenna, the governor of the Straits to defend Satellite Kapo, how could it be so easily captured?

"General, it's a regular infantry division of the Chinese Empire! There was a reorganized division, hiding an infantry regiment and a large number of Chinese spies in the city of Singapore as an internal response, and the others were ambushed in the jungle on the other side of the Straits of Johor in the city of Singapore, and on the night of the day when the general led the expeditionary fleet to leave, they took advantage of the advantage that the narrowest part of the Straits of Johor was less than 500 meters, erected a pontoon bridge that had been prepared long ago, and rushed into the city in one fell swoop. ”

"Bastard! What about Gavenna, does he eat? And the 500 British soldiers who stayed behind? Are they all eggs? He Bo roared!

"General Uncle He, it is really that the Chinese are too hateful, most of the 500 British soldiers were drunk by the Chinese spies in the name of the army, and the rest were shot by the enemy hiding in the city. The 300 soldiers of the Governor's Mansion led by Colonel Gavina were surrounded in the Governor's Palace, and they did not break through until the soldiers who heard the news escaped and reported the news, and it is estimated that most of them were killed in battle. ”

"Oh God! I couldn't believe it! He Bo roared aggrievedly and ordered: "Xingjiapo cannot afford to lose, and must be recovered immediately!" Leaving five warships to continue the attack on Pontianak, all the remaining warships turned around and returned to Singapore, and they must defeat the Chinese army and occupy Singapore before Seymour and the main fleet arrive in Singapore! ”