The city of Malacca, the original royal palace of the Kingdom of Manchuria, is now the residence of the Portuguese Governor in Malacca. In the luxurious office of the Governor's Palace, the Governor of Malacca, Pedro, was throwing a tantrum.

"I can't believe it! Brigadier General Raquel! What have you done? You actually attacked the warships of the Ming Kingdom! That's Mingguo! God knows how big the Ming Kingdom really is! All the hard work we have put into Southeast Asia for so many years has been in vain! "Governor Pedro, who wore a white wig with a big belly, lashed out at an officer about forty years old and dressed in a crisp military uniform.

The officer was handsome, wearing a white curly wig and two rows of silver buttons sewn into his cyan uniform. It was Brigadier General Raquel, commander of the Far Eastern Fleet of the Kingdom of Portugal.

Raquel sat on a chaise longue with his legs crossed, a tin cup in his hand, and drank cloves in comfort. He didn't seem to care about the accusations of Governor Pedro, and when Pedro's temper was almost gone, he said slowly: "Dear Pedroan, you must know that we have spent too long in the East!" The Ming Kingdom never agreed to open the port to trade with us. But these damned Orientals have everything good in this world! You also know what those silks and porcelain mean in Europe. We can't wait any longer, we must use force to force the Ming Kingdom to compromise! The kingdom of Ming is not as strong as you think, my dear friend. Their weapons and ships are outdated, and we can easily defeat them! ”

Governor Pedro sat down on his office chair and said, "I hope you're right, God loves you, dear Raquel."

Raquel smiled, "You don't have to worry, dear Pedroan. As far as I know, the Ming Kingdom did not know why it voluntarily abandoned the navy a hundred years ago. That huge and terrifying Ming fleet is long gone! While I don't know why they did that, it's certainly a gift from God. ”

At this moment, a soldier suddenly pushed open the office door in a panic.

"Damn it! Who let you in! You filthy and ignorant pig! Pedro, who was angry, yelled at the soldiers.

The soldier was so frightened that he didn't dare to move, and he resigned, "Your Excellency...... An emergency has just arrived, and a huge Ming fleet has just sailed through Polo Chung (Singapore) and is heading for Malacca! ”

"What! How many battleships are there? Pedro exclaimed.

"According to the soldiers of the Puluozhong outpost, it is densely packed, and there are more than a hundred ships!" The soldier replied.

"More than a hundred ......" Pedro collapsed in his seat in despair, and suddenly bounced up again and screamed at the gloomy Raquel: "Look what you have done!" What do you say, that Ming fleet is long gone! Where did the fleet coming from here? My God! What are we going to do? ”

"Calm down! Pedroan! We also have a powerful fleet and thousands of fighters! Those old Ming ships can't be our opponents! I immediately led the fleet to prevent the Ming navy from entering the Strait of Malacca, and you quickly organized a defense. Victory will be ours! God bless Portugal! Raquel exclaimed, picking up the command knife on the table, turning and walking out quickly.

The Strait of Malacca, the weather is clear. Standing on the bow of the boat, Xu Dong could even see the coastline of Sumatra in the distance. The sea breeze is blowing, which makes the weather a lot cooler this September.

"Enemy ahead! Franc fleet! The lookout on the mast shouted.

Xu Dong raised his eyes and looked into the distance, and sixteen Portuguese warships were slowly approaching in the distance.

Xu Dong raised the order flag and ordered: "Beat the drum!" Advance! Don't do any tactics, our artillery is far inferior to them! But faster than them! Rush up and take on the broadside! "The drums of war sounded, and a group of 126 warships rushed towards the Portuguese fleet.

In the distance, the Portuguese fleet was forming a long serpentine formation and was turning en masse. "They are preparing to engage the enemy on the flank and suppress us with full firepower! Our firepower and range are inferior to the Portuguese fleet, there is no way but to rush forward! Order, the first to attack the enemy ship, upgrade to three levels, reward a thousand taels of silver! Those who retreat from the cowardly battle will be killed! Xu Dong ordered.

With the rapid advance of hundreds of warships of the Dangkou Naval Division, the first round of artillery bombardment of the Portuguese fleet began! Xu Dong only saw the Portuguese warship in the distance suddenly covered in a puff of white smoke, and then heard the rumbling cannon.

"Be hidden! Shelling! Xu Dong shouted, and hurriedly shrank under the deck guardrail. More than 200 solid cannonballs bombarded into the formation of the Dangkou Naval Division, wood chips flew one after another, and the screams continued, an unfortunate black ship was set on fire by several Portuguese ships, and a cannonball swept through the bow of the ship and hit the deck directly into the powder room.

Even the flagship on which Xu Dong was riding was hit by two shells, one of which almost touched Xu Dong's scalp and smashed into the bulkhead behind.

"! Rush up! Don't stop! Xu Dong's eyes were blood-red, and he drew his knife and roared.

The division was subjected to four rounds of artillery bombardment by the Portuguese fleet, and it was only after losing 14 ships that it barely pulled the Portuguese fleet into range. "Artillery fires back! Don't stop! Rush up to the broadside! ”

The warships of the Swinging Naval Division began to charge while firing their guns, and now the Portuguese fleet was not so easy, after all, these were hundreds of warships. Even if you can only attack with bow guns, you can't stand up to a huge number!

Soon, a Portuguese dhow was punched a large hole below the waterline, and the ship began to tilt and sink. Finally, the two sides entered the closest shelling distance! After exchanging shells, the Sailors finally stormed the Portuguese flotilla after losing 25 ships.

After securing the Portuguese warship with a hook, the officers and men of the sailors began to jump onto the enemy ship and begin to engage in broadside battles. The two sides first exchanged muskets and then drew their swords to fight together, blood and screams filled the entire battlefield.

Xu Dong and Xiao Man rushed onto the largest galleon, the Galen, and as soon as Xu Dong jumped on the boat, he threw a hidden weapon into the crowd of Portuguese soldiers, and more than a dozen fell in a scream. The Portuguese soldiers always wanted to gather and shoot in a row, which was undoubtedly a very stupid move in front of Xu Dong. As long as Xu Dong saw that there were Portuguese soldiers gathered together, he would throw a hidden weapon there. Xiao Man, on the other hand, wielded a big knife and cut the Portuguese into two pieces.

Soon the Portuguese could not stand it anymore, the first deck was captured, and more and more officers and men of the sailors boarded the Galen ship, forcing the Portuguese to the second deck.

"I am Commodore Raquel, commander of the Far East Fleet of the Kingdom of Portugal! In God's name! I'm going to duel with you! A large group of Portuguese soldiers were huddled together on the second deck by the soldiers of the Swinging Sailors, and Raquel shouted at Xu Dong in the crowd.

"Oh, praise God. Brigadier General, you should not abuse the name of God in this way. Your mother will weep for you because of the sins you have committed in this land. You will never be able to go back to Portugal. Xu Dong said to Raquel in Portuguese.

Raquel was stunned for a moment, as if he had grasped a life-saving straw, and suddenly said to Xu Dong with a very humble attitude: "Oh God! Merciful Lord! I never thought I would meet a devout Catholic in this far East! For God's sake, don't let your soldiers kill us like infidels! The Kingdom of Portugal will deliver a ransom to your satisfaction! ”

Xu Dong laughed and said, "Brigadier General, your proposal is really not good. But you should be glad that your enemies are the civilized Ming people. Immediately lay down your arms and surrender, and order your fleet to stop resisting. I will guarantee your life. ”

"Yes, yes. My dear sir. We should not shed any more blood, it is against God's will! Raquel immediately threw down his weapon and made a noble salute.

So, soon the entire Portuguese fleet stopped resisting. Almost the entire Portuguese fleet became Xu Dong's trophies, except for one unlucky sinking dhow. All the Portuguese prisoners were put on the lowest deck.

The unobstructed Dangkou Sailor arrived in Malacca and landed and advanced to Malacca City without any scruples. It took less than an hour for about 6,000 sailors to capture the last barrier of Malacca, the Malacca Bridge, and occupy half of the city. The Governor's Palace of Malacca, the original fortress of the Manchurian Palace, was surrounded.

And the hard-pressed Governor Pedro now has less than 1,500 people to defend the city. The other soldiers followed Raquel into battle, but were eliminated or captured by Xu Dong. Fortunately, the governor's palace was strong enough, and there were many artillery and muskets in the fortress, which caused Xu Dong not to press too hard. So for the time being, the Governor's Palace can barely hold on. For the time being, the two sides were only firing at each other with artillery, and Xu Dong did not attack directly. Because a castle like the Malacca fortress that is easy to defend and difficult to attack, if it is attacked, it is not that it cannot be attacked, but that the casualties will be very large, and Xu Dong is reluctant.

Unexpectedly, things took a turn for the better the next day, and many local Malays, and even some Javanese, heard that the Ming Dynasty army was besieging Malacca, and gathered and flocked to the city of Malacca, numbering more than 20,000 people. It really scared Xu Dong. Later, I learned that after Portugal conquered Malacca more than 20 years ago, it slaughtered more than 60,000 local people. That's why the locals hated the Portuguese. Led by the leaders of various tribes, they came to ask to join the siege battle.

Haha, what kind of luck is this Nima? Xu Dong couldn't help but be overjoyed, suddenly there were 20,000 more troops, and they also brought their own weapons and equipment. How embarrassing that is! However, when Xu Dong saw the wooden spear and hoe in the hands of this "army", he was speechless......

As a last resort, Xu Dong selected more than 1,000 weapons from the captured Portuguese equipment and slightly armed the stronger young people in the 20,000 "army". I have properly trained the command and assigned the staff. Finally, at noon on the third day, a general attack was launched on the Governor's Palace of Malacca!

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