Fletcher and Yang Geng argued on the Jiangning for more than two hours, but they still couldn't get Yang Geng to promise to pass through the Strait of Malacca, and in the end, even Fletcher even made a compromise and promised a lot of benefits, Yang Geng still didn't give in, and Fletcher had to return with hatred!

"Fletcher, how's it going? What's going on? ”

Back on top of the flagship, Joe Allen asked urgently.

Fletcher said hatefully, "What can it be? The Venerable Master's evil deeds of the Emperor of the Ming Empire have been! Damn, this Ming Emperor is too treacherous, Lao Tzu can't wait to skin him alive! ”

Jo Allen was angry and anxious, and shouted, "What the hell is going on, you say! ”

Fletcher replied, "Isn't that easy? The Ming Emperor promised us that we could attack the three Siam countries, they would never interfere, and after the occupation, they recognized our colonial rule over the three countries, but they openly declared that all the South Sea waters west of the Strait of Malacca are the territory of the Ming Dynasty, and no national military force is allowed to pass through the Strait of Malacca, only trade caravans are allowed to enter and exit Malacca freely, this is the only way to Siam, the Ming Empire does not let go, what else can we do, is it difficult to fly from the sky? ”

"Shameless, shameless! It's so shameless! ”

Joe Allen roared angrily, "So what are you waiting for? Immediately launch an attack on the Ming fleet, directly crush it, occupy Malacca, and then attack the Gulf of Siam! ”

Fletcher said angrily, "Joe Allen, are you so crazy?" Attacking the engines of the Ming fleet, don't say that we only brought two-thirds of the main warships of the ocean-going fleet, even if our ocean-going fleet poured out, you see that the Ming fleet can beat the opposite side, the main warships alone, there are more than eighty, and our main warships are only more than forty, how to fight? Confrontation at sea, I'm afraid that in less than a day, we will have to be bitten by the Ming fleet to the point that there are no bones left! ”

"Then send the army to force the landing!"

Joe Allen said urgently.

"Do you have a brain?"

Fletcher almost died of anger, and roared angrily: "The landing operation, that is carried out under the condition of having sea dominance, we do not have sea dominance now, and it does not mean that the army still has 20,000 elite infantry deployed in Malacca, even if there are not so many elite forces, our army has been annihilated on the beach by the Ming fleet before it has completed the landing, you want to die, I will not stop you, don't go to harm the warriors of our Kingdom of England!" ”

"So, then return to India like this? How do we account to Governor Dale? ”

Joe Allen asked.

Fletcher said helplessly: "How do you explain?" Let's tell you the truth, this time, we were miserable by the Ming Empire, even if we mobilize all the Far East fleets of India, they are definitely not the opponents of the Ming fleet, and it is tantamount to self-inflicted humiliation to retaliate! I can only return to India first, and then make plans......"

Fletcher led the Far East Fleet back to Bombay to meet Dale.

When Dale got the news, the whole person was blindfolded, according to the calculation of time, the current Far East Fleet has only just arrived in the Gulf of Siam, why did it run back so quickly?

"General Fletcher, why are you back so soon?"

Seeing Fletcher, Dale asked urgently.

Fletcher muffled, "Fast? We only arrived in the Strait of Malacca, and then we returned in vain, and we did not reach Siam, can we not be happy? ”

"Lord Governor!"

Joe Allen said astringently: "This time we were played to death by the emperor of the Ming Empire!" How can this be reasonable, damn it, this Ming Emperor will go to hell sooner or later! ”

Dale's heart sank to the bottom, and he shouted, "Say, what's going on? Why do you just arrive in Malacca and come back? ”

Fletcher replied: "We were tricked by the Ming Emperor, who ostensibly promised that we could attack the Three Kingdoms of Annam, and agreed to our future domination of the Three Kingdoms, but on the pretext that Malacca was the maritime frontier of the Ming Empire, and the South Seas were the inland waters of the Ming Empire, prohibiting our Far East Fleet from passing through the Strait ......of Malacca, and even more prohibiting us from attacking the Gulf of Siam and the Annam Engine in the South Ocean, if we forcibly entered the Strait of Malacca, it would be regarded as a declaration of war on the Ming Empire."

Dale was furious and shouted, "Bastard! Darn! If they don't let you pass through the Strait of Malacca, won't you pass through? Won't you force your way through? ”

Fletcher smiled bitterly and said: "Lord Governor, what you said is light, the fleet assembled by the Ming Empire on the side of the Strait of Malacca is definitely their main fleet, there are more than eighty capital warships alone, more than twice as powerful as our Far East Fleet, there are still 20,000 elite troops on both sides of the strait, how is it possible for us to force our passage through Malacca?" Now that the Strait of Malacca is blocked, only merchant fleets are allowed to enter and exit, and it is impossible to ......attack the Gulf of Siam."

"Damn it!"

Dale looked at Busby on the side, Busby's face was also flushed, this time it was not light!

"Busby, go to Batavia again and protest to the Ming Emperor that they must open the Strait of Malacca and allow us to pass through Malacca, otherwise we will fly and attack the Gulf of Siam?"

Dale shouted.

Jo Allen shook his head and said: "Lord Governor, don't think in vain, it's impossible, even if Busby goes to the Ming Empire, it is useless, the sea frontier of his own country, it is strictly forbidden for the fleets of other countries to sail, this is almost the practice of Western countries, not to mention that the Ming Empire still recognizes the validity of the documents, but we have not thought it through ourselves, and now we only have two ways to go......"

Dale and Fletcher looked at Joe Allen at the same time.

Jo Allen said in a deep voice: "First, give up the plan to attack the Gulf of Siam through the Strait of Malacca, choose to attack Bagan, and then advance to Siam and Annam by land, now their Ming Empire can't find a reason to refuse, right?" Second, I asked the country to send the main fleet to the South Seas to completely annihilate the Ming fleet, and with the strength of the main fleet of our kingdom, we still have absolute certainty of defeating the Ming fleet......"

The corners of Dale's mouth twitched, and he said speechlessly: "Joe Allen, you are a pig's brain, do you know how far it is to attack the Gulf of Siam and Annan from the land?" Thousands of miles away, we have to climb over the barren mountains and plateaus, and when we reach the Gulf of Siam, we will launch an attack on Siam, and the miasma of the mountains and forests and the steep terrain alone can kill our expeditionary force! Have you thought about how much food we need to spend? ”

(End of chapter)