Taking the Hawaiian Islands as a springboard through the Americas, this is the beginning of Zhu Jie's strategy in the Americas, from Hawaii to the Ming Empire, the distance is also very far, even if it is the closest Shanghai to Hawaii, it will reach 8,000 kilometers, 16,000 miles away, even if it is 400 miles a day, without taking any detours, it will take more than a month, and almost none of the world's navigation routes are straight, and there are twists and turns, and it will take more than two months at the earliest.

Of course, it is not so far from Hawaii to the Americas, San Francisco or Los Angeles, the closest to the Hawaiian Islands, is only 4,000 kilometers away, 8,000 miles, 400 miles a day, that only takes a month, you can arrive, this is naturally to determine the route, according to the route of the smooth arrival time, together, it will take at least three or four months.

"Your Majesty, from the map, we start from Songjiang Mansion, the most convenient, you look at Qiongzhou Island, from the distance from east to west, it is still nearly two thousand miles away, even, if I say, we might as well use Tokyo Bay as the main base to Hawaii, Tokyo Bay is three or four thousand miles east of Songjiang Prefecture, we can shorten a long distance, if we only travel 10,000 miles on the sea, it will only take a month and a half to reach the Honolulu Islands, In a month and a half, our fleet is enough to carry enough grain and grass to support us in Honolulu, and even that we can transport grain and grass from Tokyo Bay and store it in Honolulu, so that in the future, we can meet the war in the Americas from Honolulu at any time! ”

Xu Yifan said in a deep voice.

Zhu Jie nodded and smiled: "It's still thoughtful, in a word, the entire Americas strategy has been given, with Songjiang and Dongying as the general rear, Hawaii as the springboard, and the army is directed at the northern hinterland of the Americas, hehe, it doesn't matter if he is the territory of the Spaniards or the territory of the English, grab it and then say, God gave us a chance, if we don't do it, then don't blame others for grabbing it, that's it, Yifan, give you seven days, and study the future strategy of the Americas with Lao Cha, seven days later, We're negotiating! ”

The monarchs and ministers talked from noon until dusk, Xu Yifan and the others were about to retire and leave the palace, and Liu Sili hurriedly ran over again.

"Your Majesty, Lord Gao Jie of the Intelligence Department has an urgent military situation and requests an audience!"

Zhu Jie's pupils shrank, and the urgent military information handed over by Gao Jie? That's the information obtained by the intelligence system, could it be that there is a change in the South Seas?

"Lord Xuan Yingwu came to the imperial study, and in addition, I ordered someone to prepare the imperial meal, and I want to leave you in the palace for dinner!"

Zhu Jie shouted in a deep voice.

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

Liu Sili turned around and went down, and after a short time, Gao Jie came to the imperial study with a solemn face!

"Chen Gaojie, long live my emperor, long live, long live!"

Gao Jie knelt on the ground and said in a deep voice.

"Alright, Eigo, get up, what's wrong?"

Zhu Jie asked.

Gao Jie handed a piece of information to Zhu Jie, and said in a deep voice: "Long live Qizuo, there is news from the West......

Zhu Jie and everyone present were in a heartbeat, the news from the Western Ocean, could it be that Western countries are going to send troops? Yes, Shi Lang and Wu Xing attacked the port of Manzanillo, but I am afraid that the news has already been transmitted back to the West, and of course people will react.

"Your Majesty, the news from the Western side, the Western countries of England, the Netherlands, Spain, France and Portugal have formed an alliance, ready to jointly deal with the Ming Empire's challenge to the Western countries in the world, the monarchs of the five countries held a meeting in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, to prepare to launch an expedition, this time the five countries decided to send 250 main warships, 250 auxiliary warships, 70,000 naval forces, 70,000 army troops, starting from Amsterdam, all the way eastward, the front of the ocean, According to the calculation of time, I am afraid that the Western Expeditionary Force has already left the Western Ocean......"

Gao Jie said urgently.

Hiss......

Everyone here gasped, there are 500 large and small warships, in addition, there are 140,000 sea and land troops, this time the commotion is too big, especially the combined fleet, 500 warships, this ocean combat power has far exceeded the current fleet of the Ming Empire!

Even Zhu Jie's brows couldn't help frowning tightly, this time the troops dispatched by Western countries are too huge, so many warships, I'm afraid that the whole world has never appeared since ancient times, right?

"Your Majesty, our three fleets are combined, and all the warships are counted, and there are only five hundred warships, and according to the division of Western warships, I am afraid that the warships they dispatched will definitely not be a few with a tonnage of more than 1,000 tons, and we only have a Tian-class battleship of 1,000 tons, and the tonnage of the ground-class battleship is only 800 tons, which is only equivalent to the sub-main warship of the Western Ocean, the super battleship, the super battleship with a tonnage of 1,300 tons, and only six of them have been built, and we are only afraid that we are completely at a disadvantage this time......"

Cha Zhu said in a snort.

Zhu Jie nodded and replied: "Lao Cha's analysis of the combat power of the two sides is certainly reasonable, however, from ancient times to the present, the combat power of defeating the strong with the weak abounds, even if it is a battle on the ocean, it is not uncommon to defeat the strong with the weak. ”

Cha Xuan smiled bitterly: "Your Majesty, what you said is simple, above the sea, there is no cover, and the tactics on land are difficult to work, and besides, five hundred warships, the strength is too strong, with the number of artillery equipped by Western warships, if we attack Malacca, even if we build a large number of forts where, it is difficult to withstand the full attack of so many warships, and the forts are difficult to become our reliance, and besides, from Dongying to Malacca, the long ocean, it is difficult for us to fully defend, We can only adopt the tactics of going head-to-head with the Western Combined Fleet, otherwise, once they enter the South Seas and penetrate deep into the coast of the Empire, the losses brought to us will be too great......"

Xu Yifan replied: "Lao Cha, this battle is imperative, in fact, we also hope that the West will raise all its troops to come, an expedition of 30,000 miles, not to mention the loss of labor and money, and at the same time it will bring extreme fatigue to the army, which is an unavoidable disadvantage for Western countries; As long as we defeat this combined fleet, then we will have to spend a lot less effort in the future when we pass through the Americas, and we will no longer have to worry about the powerful fleets of the West threatening our troops; Moreover, there is also the combined fleet, which is the combination of the forces of the five countries, they are strong, after all, it is only a temporary alliance of the five countries, and it is impossible to achieve the same hatred and hatred as our army, for their own interests, each with their own thoughts, we want to break each of them, it is not without a chance! ”

(End of chapter)