"Huh? Lord Mingyan, did the Western devil really land on Java Island? ”

Tan Guilin was shocked, it seems that he was really expected by the minister, fortunately he came in time, if he arrived a few days late, then Batavia would be dangerous, just relying on the local garrison, if he wants to confront the elite army of the West, it is too bad......

Zheng Chenggong said in a low voice: "Lord Tan, I sent scouts to the area of Dalawa Bay yesterday to spy on the news, presumably there will be a reply soon, from Dalawan Bay to Batavia, but a distance of two hundred miles, if they really land, at most, they will rush from Dalawan Bay to Batavia......

"It's okay!"

Tan Guilin said in a deep voice: "Zhao Xin, immediately send the order, the army will land immediately, build fortifications on Mount Kesford in the northwest of Batavia, and prepare to meet the battle!" ”

When the expedition to Nanyang was made, Tan Guilin was the general of the Tianxiong Army, followed Zhu Jie all the way, and then stayed in Nanyang, responsible for the military defense of the entire Nanyang, and was very familiar with the terrain on the main islands of Nanyang.

"Master Tan, let's go, let's go back to the governor's yamen first!"

Zheng Chenggong said in a deep voice.

Tan Guilin shook his head and replied, "No, the enemy is now, where do you still have the heart to rest now?" Lord Mingyan, you also led the soldiers, just as you and I went to the Kirsford Mountain for a visit, inspected the terrain, and prepared to deploy the fortifications! ”

A wry smile appeared at the corner of Zheng Chenggong's mouth, most of the soldiers from the Tianxiong Army and the Tianwei Army are this impatient, let's go, since Tan Guilin said it, let's go on a journey!

However, on land, the army of the Western coalition has not yet come, but on the Indian Ocean, war has broken out again!

Molde led the Western Army of more than 40,000 people to land in Dalawa Bay, and after the whole army, began to break through in the direction of Batavia. That's thousands of mines, all over the surrounding seas, and if you are careless, trigger the seal, and the boat will be blown to pieces!

Troppe and the others anxiously waited for the news from the direction of the Java Isthmus, two full days passed, and the Western Fleet only cleared less than 200 mines, and in the process of clearing, several rounds were detonated, and several small boats were directly wiped out.

"General Troppe, there is a situation! To the northwest, a large number of warships have been spotted, heading in our direction! ”

Just when Trope, Blake and the others were depressed, the sentry above the mast suddenly screamed.

Found a large number of warships?

Several people were stunned, and they all stood on a high place, looking into the distance, and sure enough, more than twenty miles away, a fleet appeared, faintly, at least fifty or sixty warships, rapidly approaching in their own direction!

Fleet? At this time, how could a fleet suddenly appear? Could it be that the fleet of the Ming Empire took the initiative to attack? It's unlikely, I received information that the Ming army's fleet is still cruising back and forth in the waters between Luzon and Borneo, and they don't have enough strength to compete with the combined fleet of the Western Ocean, and if they attack rashly, they may be wiped out, otherwise, they wouldn't have to ambush mines on the Java Isthmus.

When a few people wondered, the fleet in the distance was getting closer and closer, and soon it entered within twenty miles, and when it came to a distance of fifteen miles, it finally saw clearly-the Portuguese fleet!

Above the entire fleet, all of them are Portuguese flags, most of them are Portugal's main warships and auxiliary warships, the Portuguese fleet? What's going on with Christoan? Didn't he let him divert the attention of the Ming army in the Strait of Malacca? Why did you suddenly get here?

Everyone was suspicious, and brought the opposite fleet closer again, and when the distance was less than ten miles, Troppe shouted: "Signal soldier, flag words, ask the commander of the Portuguese fleet, Christoan, ask what is going on, suddenly came to the waters near the island of Java, didn't they let them monitor the Strait of Malacca and divert the attention of the Ming army?" ”

The sentinels who received the order kept waving the command flag in their hands, passing the news to the opposite fleet.

After a short time, the sentry shouted to Troppe: "General, General Christoan sent a message, after our main fleet left the Strait of Malacca, the Ming fleet began to move towards the west side of the Strait of Malacca, and launched an attack on the Portuguese fleet at the same time as the battery group of Dumai Fortress, the Portuguese fleet could not resist, so it had to withdraw from the battle and evacuate the Strait of Malacca, the Ming fleet has been chasing out for hundreds of miles before returning, and the entire defense of the Strait of Malacca has been taken over by the Ming fleet!" ”

Trope and the others were shocked, the Ming fleet really took the initiative to attack! And also defeated the Portuguese fleet! These people are really not afraid of death!

"Since it's the Portuguese fleet, there's nothing to worry about, and when Christoan arrives, we're asking him in detail about the situation in the Strait of Malacca......"

Blake on the side said in a deep voice.

"Hmph, these Portuguese fleets are waste, they came to the South Seas, and only made a bright appearance at the beginning of the battle, and there was no movement after that, this time, I can't say that we have to let them fight in front and act as the vanguard of our breakthrough through the Java Isthmus!"

Pixon said dismissively.

"Pixon, what do you mean? Why should we let the Portuguese fleet rush to the front? Why don't you go? ”

The Portuguese commander-in-chief, Gomez, was not indignant.

Pixon sneered: "Why? Just because you have participated in the least number of battles, suffered the fewest losses, and have the weakest combat power, can't you? If you don't use you as cannon fodder, then who will be cannon fodder? ”

"You!"

Gomez's face was so angry that he couldn't say a word!

Trope shouted: "Okay, at this time, don't fight for a long time, let's see the situation first!" It seems that the losses of the Portuguese fleet should not be very serious, this is already God's blessing, otherwise, the loss of even one warship will be the loss of our Western joint supervision, this is not understood? ”

The two men stopped talking and continued to stare into the distance.

Soon, the Portuguese fleet had already advanced to a distance of three miles, and by this time, the huge warships were already in sight.

On the battleship, Zheng Haotian had a cold smile on his face, fuck, this time, Lao Tzu must make you look good!