McLaren's words were directly pushed back by the military attache Busby, on the ocean, it has always been the Kingdom of England that bullies others, when will it be the turn of others to run to their own capital and do whatever they want?

"Not bad,"

Dale said in a deep voice: "Busby is right, the Ming Dynasty and West Holland are at war, we will watch from the sidelines, take Siam and Annam, this is the condition that the Ming Empire promised us, since the Ming Empire has agreed, then send an envoy to Batavia, meet the Ming Emperor, and ask the Ming Empire to assist us in capturing Annam and Siam, and stretch our arms to the hinterland of the Ming Empire's sphere of influence!" ”

"Mr. Governor, if you ask me for my opinion, it will be to call directly!"

Army Commander Joan Allen sneered, "The fleets of Spain and the Netherlands are very strong, and they also have an army of more than 60,000 people, and even Cohen has borrowed 60,000 troops from Siam and Malay, with a total strength of more than 160,000 troops on land and sea, even if the Ming army is strong, it will eat the main forces of the Dutch and the Spaniards in three months, and the indigenous army will also be annihilated, and they will also have to wound 1,000 enemies and lose 800 themselves, and their weapons and ammunition consumption will definitely hit an astonishing point, if we attack at this time, Occupy both sides of the Straits of Malacca first, and then swallow the Malay country and hold the Malay Peninsula, then the initiative of trade between the West and the East will be completely in our hands! ”

Dale's face sank and he shouted, "Nonsense! You're going to attack directly? How can you be so sure that you can defeat the main force of the Ming fleet in the South Seas? What if it fails, when the Ming fleet goes west to Malacca, and the front of the army is directed at the Indian Peninsula, do you think we can hold the Indian Peninsula? We are fighting at the doorstep of the Ming army, no matter how much the Ming army consumes, it can also be transported from the Ming Empire's endless supply of arms and baggage, and it won't even take a month, or even half a month, what about us? All our weapons and ammunition are transported from the mainland, there are no military factories here, what if our baggage ammunition is exhausted? Not to mention the time it takes to prepare heavy arms and transport them back to China, it will take us at least three months just to send them back to the mainland! It's almost impossible to do it without seven months! ”

Joe Allen's face froze, and he said dissatisfiedly: "Then we will directly seek a decisive battle with the Ming fleet within a month and defeat their main fleet force in one fell swoop, when the time comes, it will be useless how many weapons and ammunition they have!" The Strait of Malacca is the only throat road leading from the West to the South Sea, the Ming Dynasty and the East Ocean, and we must hold it in our hands, even if it is to hold the western section of it, it will provide great help for our future defense of the Ming Empire's strength to the west, or our armed entry into the South Seas! ”

"No! Absolutely not! ”

Fleet Commander Fletcher directly refused, replied, "General Joallen, although your strategic choice is not wrong, but we do not have the strength to occupy Malacca alone, if it was the Netherlands, England, and Spain when the triumvirate was established, we could still use each other's constraints to forcibly control Malacca, but now that the Dutch and the Spaniards have been defeated, we have no strategic buffer with the Ming Empire, Malacca is definitely a strategic point that the Ming Empire is determined to win, we want, The Ming Empire also wants to take it for itself, and directly send troops to Malacca, which means that the two sides must go to war, the emperor of the Ming Empire will definitely not back down, what kind of temper does he have, don't you know, you will be retribution, and you are extremely tough! Even in this war, the Ming Empire consumed a lot, and its strength would still surpass ours, their warships were damaged a lot, and the warships captured from the Dutch and Spaniards could be less? Without the support of the main fleet of the homeland, we have not even the slightest chance of winning! ”

It's a joke, he McLaren can not know the strength of the Ming fleet, but as the commander of the fleet, he Fletcher can't be unaware of the strength of the Ming fleet, as early as two or three years ago, the strength of the Ming main fleet has surpassed the Far East Fleet of England, a few years have passed, the strength of the main fleet of the Ming Dynasty has doubled, how can the Far East Fleet compete with others alone?

It is better to temporarily give up control of Malacca and enter the first place to seize Annam and Siam, as long as the ports of the South Seas are seized and a solid base is established, the interests of the English in the South Seas can be directly guaranteed.

"Okay!"

Dale said in a deep voice, "Direct war, it's not the best policy, the risk is too great, the goal of this governor is to find a foothold in Nanyang now, and then, send people to ask for help from home, ask General Cromwell to contact the Netherlands and Spain, and the three countries will jointly send troops to fight a decisive battle with the Ming Empire, relying on the strength of a Western country alone can never compete with the Ming Empire in the South Seas, if it is not for the completion of the reshuffling of the power map of the Nanyang countries, do you think I will promise the Ming Empire and watch from the wall?" Let the Dutch and Spaniards completely destroy their sphere of influence in Nanyang, and then unite the two countries to defeat the Ming Empire, we will have the opportunity to expand our power in Nanyang, otherwise, we have no confidence that after the Three Kingdoms defeat the Ming army, we will still be able to dominate in Nanyang! ”

As the governor of England in India, Dale is definitely not a wine bag and rice bag, when Zhu Jie is calculating England, Dale is also calculating, although the strategy is different, but the ultimate goal is only one, that is, to monopolize the treasure land of Nanyang! Don't worry about the Dutch and the Spaniards not joining forces with England, the two countries hate the Ming Empire more than England, after all, England only lost a caravan and an envoy, and India's colonies are still in their hands, but the Dutch and Spanish forces in the Eastern world can be said to have been uprooted by the Ming Empire, which is simply a mortal enemy!

Dale chose to salute first and then soldier, and directly sent Busby to Batavia to meet the Ming Emperor, to protest and claim to the Ming Emperor, Dale rushed all the way, and it took almost half a month to come to Batavia, according to the results of everyone's consultation, that is, to ensure that the English can freely enter and exit the Strait of Malacca, free trade, and ensure the colonial interests of the English in the future to Annam and Siam, the Ming Empire must compensate the Kingdom of England and severely punish the real culprit!

(End of chapter)