"What to do? How do I know what to do? Zhang Zhuo stared at the blood-red eyes, eager to swallow these Portuguese ships in one gulp, "The only way now is to speed up, catch up with the Portuguese ships, and completely annihilate them, and it is not in vain the sacrifice made for us by the Cangshan ship." ”

At the entrance to the waterway, the Ming soldiers on the Cangshan ship had already gone off deck and hid in the cabin, where they used all the cover they could to dodge the solid bullets fired from the Portuguese ships.

Watching the Portuguese ships get closer and closer, the soldiers and sailors alike wielded flintlock pistols, the only weapons they could fight.

Although it was hit by the Portuguese naval guns in front and rear, the Portuguese naval guns fired all flowering shells, and the Cangshan ship had not sunk for the time being, and the entrance to the waterway was still blocked.

The Guangzhou ships pursued behind, and the Fu ships gradually caught up, and the main force of the Portuguese fleet, which was blocked outside the waterway, was more anxious than Zhang Zhuo, and once they were caught up by the main force of the Ming fleet, they had no reason to survive.

Time is the most precious for both the Ming army and the Portuguese army.

When there were still five hundred paces away from the Cangshan ship, the Fu ship caught up with the Portuguese ship, and now the distance between the two sides was too close, the artillery had lost its effect, the Ming army used flintlock guns, rockets, gunpowder arrows, and the Portuguese soldiers also used the fire # guns prepared on their ships, and the two sides were almost fighting on land.

The distance between the ships is getting closer and closer, and between the fleets of the two civilizations, there will be no hand-to-hand combat, and melee combat is a comparison of the will, fire#guns and numbers of both sides.

More importantly, the Ming army's wide ships also swept over from the flank and rear, and were about to join the battle group.

Cangshan ships intercepted, Fu ships fought in close combat, and Guangzhou ships reinforced.

The ships of the Ming army gave full play to their respective advantages, while the Portuguese ships in the waterway could not get out of the waterway for a while, even if they could break through the obstruction of the Cangshan ships and come to the open sea, it was only to make the meat filling of the dumplings bigger.

The Portuguese ships were entangled with the Fu ships, and the speed of the voyage slowed down, which bought time for the pursuit of the Hirobune, and half an hour later, the Hirobune also joined the encirclement and annihilation of the Portuguese ships.

Compared to the number of artillery, the Ming army's soldiers had a more obvious numerical advantage, and the Portuguese soldiers suffered the heaviest casualties since the naval battle.

And the entrance to the waterway is still the Cangshan boat of the Ming army, and there is no way forward.

More than 20 Portuguese ships, at the last moment before entering the waterway, lost their escape route and the courage to continue fighting, and in desperation, they raised the white flag.

The Portuguese ships in the waterway, seeing that their main fleet could no longer return to their home port, had no choice but to surrender to the Ming army, so they had to abandon the Ming army's Cangshan ship and return to their home port.

The Battle of Ming and Portuguese, which took place in the waters northeast of Temasek, completely lost the main force of the Portuguese South Sea Navy, and from then on, they did not dare to appear in the open sea of the waterway, so they could only shrink to the ports in the waterway, relying on the protection of shore artillery.

The South China Sea Fleet of the Ming Army, with little damage to itself, captured the Portuguese capital ships, naval soldiers and sailors, and completely took the initiative of the war into its own hands in one fell swoop.

Zheng Zhilong achieved his first goal, using a small fleet to attract the main force of the Portuguese fleet to the open sea, and then concentrate on annihilating it, and now the remaining Portuguese naval ships no longer dare to go to sea, so they can only retreat in the harbor.

However, the South China Sea Fleet had been anchored in the open sea for a long time, and the soldiers could not rest sufficiently, so Zheng Zhilong drove the fleet to the old port to anchor, ready for a long-term battle with the Portuguese.

The Old Port was located in the southeast of Sumudhu Island (present-day Sumatra), which was once a supply base and one of the important trading bases for Zheng He when he went to the West, and there were ready-made docks available.

After the Portuguese occupied the waterway of Malacca, they once occupied the old port, and Zheng Zhilong's South China Sea Fleet came to Malacca, and the Portuguese gathered all the ships, which temporarily became an air port, which happened to be the temporary home port of the South China Sea Fleet.

When the fleet arrived at the old port, it was already evening, Zheng Zhilong arranged for the ships to dock at the shore, and contacted the transport ships behind on the other, the next war should be based on land warfare, and the marines were the main force on the battlefield.

The Old Port was not Zheng Zhilong's main target, and the Portuguese were mainly stationed in Manchuka, north of the Malacca waterway, which was the place that Zheng Zhilong had been keeping an eye on.

Manchu was once one of the friendliest countries in the Ming Dynasty, when Zheng He went to the West, he established a permanent trade and military base in Malacca City, and left soldiers to garrison after leaving, Zheng He died in the Guli Kingdom, the Ming fleet was gradually abolished, but the soldiers have been stationed in Malacca City.

It was not until the sixth year of Zhengde of the Ming Dynasty (1511 AD) that the Portuguese captured Manchuka, and the Ming Dynasty officially lost the base of Malacca City.

The soldiers rested overnight in the Old Port, and after daybreak, Cheng Zhilong personally led 20 Cantonese ships, 30 Fu ships, 40 Cangshan ships, and several transport ships all the way north, south of Shitangyu (present-day Natuna Islands), and turned west, approaching Temasek's open sea.

Temasek Island is an island in the northern part of the waterway, which is located across the Johor waterway from Manchuka, which was originally settled by fishermen, but when the Portuguese came, they slaughtered the fishermen on the island, and a few survivors fled across the sea into Manchuria.

Temasek Island is now a purely Portuguese military port, and forts have been built on the island.

Zheng Zhilong sent ten ships to destroy the shore artillery on the island with naval guns, clearing the way for the marines to land on the island.

The range and caliber of the shore artillery must exceed that of the naval gun, and the effect of using the naval gun to deal with the shore artillery will definitely be unfavorable, Zheng Zhilong gritted his teeth, for the sake of the Malacca waterway, he really can't take care of these sacrifices.

Ten Guangzhou ships slowly sailed towards Temasek Island, Zheng Zhilong was also uneasy in the flagship "Nanhai", with naval guns against shore guns, this is an unfair war, but war has always been like this, how can there be any absolutely fair war?

In all previous wars, the South China Sea Fleet had an absolute superiority in numbers and firepower, but this time, the form has changed, and the South China Sea Fleet has become an absolutely inferior side.

Zheng Zhilong summed it up in his heart, if he wanted to count the losses, it should not be too big, in case the losses were too large, he immediately ordered to stop the attack, and think of another strategy.

Zheng Zhilong, who commanded on the flagship in the back, fell out of sight this time, and the Guangzhou ship had already entered the range of the shore artillery, but the shore artillery was silent, and there were no Portuguese soldiers in sight.

"Is he going to get closer?" Zheng Zhilong repeatedly asked himself that the speed of the Guangzhou ship was relatively slow, and if it was put closer to fight, once the battle situation was unfavorable, it would be difficult to withdraw.

Zheng Zhilong still didn't give up, but the Portuguese were too strange and didn't move at all, "Is it an empty city plan?" Which one are the Portuguese singing? "He was about to give the order for Canton to withdraw.

"Boom...... Long ......"

"Boom...... Long ......"

"Boom...... Long ......"

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Although it has not yet entered the range of naval guns, the naval guns have begun to test the waters, and then adjust the range and direction according to the landing point of the flowering shells.

"These fools, are you going to warn the Portuguese?" Zheng Zhilong scolded in a low voice, since Guangchuan had already started shooting, he was going to take a look at the situation on the battlefield first, maybe Guangchuan would take advantage of the numerical advantage of artillery and take down the shore artillery, this is what Zheng Zhilong is looking forward to the most.

The ship's guns have already begun to fire, and now it is impossible to retract them.

The flowering bombs all fell into the water, and a few flowering bombs landed in the shallow water near the embankment, stirring up a huge column of water, flying into the air with mud, and smashing heavily into the water.

The shore artillery still did not move, and it seemed that the earth-shattering sound of the cannon could not wake up the sleeping Portuguese soldiers.

"Commander, why can't you see the Portuguese soldiers?" The observer had been carefully inspecting, and not only did the shore artillery not respond, but there were no soldiers near the shore artillery, and if the shore artillery was to fire shells, there must be bombardiers, bombardiers, igniters, signalmen, calibrators, heralds, and commanding officers, and the number of them must not be small, but he did not see anything.

"You're saying the Portuguese gave up on Temasek?" Zheng Zhilong also felt strange, such an important island, did the Portuguese leave without firing a shot?

"Commander, they may have really escaped."

"Wait and see what happens when the artillery fire extends." Zheng Zhilong had already decided that if the Portuguese adopted the strategy of getting closer, he would increase the number of ships attacking, and the ships in front of him had already entered the range of naval guns, which was the best time to use naval guns.

The Canton ship continued to extend its artillery fire, and the flowering shells were already approaching the shore guns on land, but the shore guns still looked down on the ship alone, as calm as ever, like a graceful and reserved noblewoman.

"There should be no Portuguese on the island, transport ships are ready, let the soldiers of the Marine Corps land on the island." Zheng Zhilong basically confirmed the fact that at this point, the Portuguese did not fire back with artillery, could it be that the Ming army only returned fire after blowing up the shore artillery?

If there were Portuguese soldiers on the island, it would not be good for them to let the Ming army get closer to this level before firing their artillery.

The range of the shore artillery is long, if the artillery is fired earlier, at this time the naval artillery has not yet entered the firing range, the ship is the target of the shore artillery, and the cannon is only fired when it is placed in such a close place, it has already entered the range of the naval gun, and now it is mutual fire, and the loss of the ship may be larger, but the naval artillery has a steady stream of replenishment, and the shore artillery is fixed on the ground, and if one is blown up, there will be one less, and it cannot be replenished in a short time.

There must have been no Portuguese soldiers on the shore.

Under the command of Zheng Zhilong, several transport ships began to dock, and the soldiers of the Marine Corps, under the cover of naval guns, began to seize the beach.

Until the soldiers of the Marine Corps landed on land and occupied the shore artillery, not a single cannon was placed on the shore.

Originally, the Portuguese believed that Temasek was an isolated island and difficult to hold, but now Portugal has lost its sea dominance, and once the Ming army lands in Temasek, the soldiers on the island will lose their way out, so they withdraw the soldiers on the island in advance.

Cheng Chee Loong landed safely on Temasek without a single soldier, and now he has entered the Malacca waterway, officially choking the eastern exit of the waterway.

This was only the beginning, to take full control of the waterway, but also to seize the strongholds on both sides of the waterway and expel the Portuguese.