"Oh, where is the armament map......"

Xu Yifan asked.

Zhao Xin hurriedly put the defense map on the bookcase and unfolded it, and said, "My lord, look! ”

I have to say that the production in the rear is absolutely sufficient, the three major arsenals started together, plus the military factories under the Military Industry Academy, produced at the same time, in just one and a half months, more than 5,000 mines were produced, and the Firearms Bureau did not leave all of them to Nanyang, and the Third Fleet took over the task of deployment.

Along the Java Isthmus, Yang Geng personally demarcated minefields and deployed all the mines.

"Hehe, Yang Geng, worthy of being a veteran on the sea frontier, the deployment of this star array has shrouded all the sea areas of the Java Isthmus, and there is still a passage left in the middle, arranged in a row of geese, and the Western Fleet can't do it if you want to suffer a loss, yes, just deploy like this, pass the order, let Cha Bolt and others take precautions, the Western Fleet is about to move in the direction of Java, pay close attention to the movement of the Java Isthmus and the Magellan Channel, don't be careless!"

Xu Yifan said with a smile.

Zhao Xin nodded hurriedly, and then said: "My lord, the First Fleet has already set off the day before yesterday, and it will be able to reach the easternmost point of the Strait of Malacca this afternoon at most, and it will be able to reach Dumai tomorrow morning and launch an attack on the Portuguese Navy!" ”

"Hmm!"

Xu Yifan said in a deep voice: "The order is to go down, all the defenders of the Dumai Fort Group will withdraw, and they will be ready to retreat ten miles!" ”

Zhao Xin was stunned for a moment and asked, "My lord, withdraw the defenders of the fort?" And what to do with the Dumai Fortress? ”

Xu Yifan smiled: "What should I do?" Don't want it, not only must we retreat, but we must retreat with great fanfare, let the Portuguese army pounce on us, and we can start......"

Zhao Xin nodded thoughtfully, as if he understood.

All the garrisons of the entire battery group were withdrawn, so naturally it was impossible to hide from the Portuguese fleet, after all, there were many Portuguese in the South Seas, and naturally they would give a message to the Portuguese fleet.

The commander of the Portuguese fleet, Crisdogan, who got the news, felt that something was inexplicable, and the Ming army had withdrawn? How can it be? We've been besieging them for seven or eight days, and we can't take the Dumai Battery, and now that our main fleet has gone south, they've even withdrawn the defense of the Dumai Battery!

"Feige, are you sure that the Ming army has withdrawn from the Dumai Battery?"

The Portuguese merchant Feige hurriedly replied: "It's true, it's true, it's all withdrawn, we saw with our own eyes that one artillery piece was pulled away, at least retreated fifteen miles to the rear!" ”

Christoan was half-convinced, and really left?

"Someone, give the order, the main force of the fleet advances and launches an artillery bombardment towards the Dumai battery, pay attention, the firepower of the Ming army battery is too fierce, don't pounce too hard, otherwise, it will not be cost-effective if you are injured by the opponent's coastal defense artillery!"

Christoan decided to give it a try and see if the Dumai Fortress was really empty.

The Portuguese fleet dispatched its main warships and pounced on the Dumai Fortress, and launched a wave of attacks on the battery group, and one shell after another smashed on the fort, and the entire Dumai Fortress did not react at all, even the watchtower was concentrated, and the Ming army was not seen running out of it.

"Really withdrawed!"

Christopher jumped up with his head thumped, if he could take the Dumai Fortress, and then besiege another fortress in the west in one go, then the Strait of Malacca would be under the joint control of the Ming army, and at that time, what else would the Western coalition army have to fear? This is a miracle, Portugal is weak and weak, if there is not enough record support, in the end, when it comes to reaping benefits, it will not be Portugal's turn!

"The order is given, the fleet advances forward, preparing to occupy the island of Lupa, and after controlling the island of Lupa, from the island of Rupa, land on Dumai, and advance towards the hinterland of the Strait of Malacca!"

Christoan gave an order, the Portuguese fleet began to advance forward, and the striker began to prepare to land on Rupa Island, after all, Christoan still has more than a thousand Portuguese troops in his hands, if he really even has the fortress of the Ming army, then with the assistance of shore defense artillery, the Ming army is trying to take it back, but it is not so easy.

However, Christoan still didn't dare to pounce on them all, in case the Ming army gave him a snake out of the hole, then his more than 1,000 army forces were not enough to see, don't you see, Molde's 30,000 elites were eaten by the Ming army, and there is not much left?

Christoan docked the fleet next to the western harbor of Rupa Island and sent a small force to the fort to conduct military reconnaissance, hoping to wait until the situation was clarified.

However, where will the Ming army give Christoan enough time to investigate? It is true that the garrison has withdrawn, and that is because the first fleet of the Ming army has already pounced!

The speed at which the First Fleet came up was too fast, Zhao Xin expected that he could attack the Portuguese fleet at noon the next day, but what he didn't expect was that in the early morning of the next day, the First Fleet had already arrived in the northwest direction of Lupa Island under the leadership of Zheng Haotian!

Zheng Haotian has been suffocated, the Western fleet is violent, the three fleets are only nested behind the sun, for a general, this is a shame, a great shame, Xu Yifan's general order, Zheng Haotian ordered all the warships to sail with full sails, go all out to the west, more than two days, they killed in the Strait of Malacca, and came to the vicinity of Dumai Fortress!

"General Christoan, I, I, I seem to have found a fleet!"

Christoan was cautious, and one of them stayed on the flagship, did not enter the island of Rupa, and while resting on the bridge, the observation post on the mast shouted.

Christopher was taken aback, and hurriedly shouted, "Fleet? Where did the fleet come from? Do you see clearly? ”

The sentry did not answer, and was already trembling.

"Sneijder, what the hell is going on? Speak! ”

Christoan shouted.

"General, general, yes, it's the fleet of the Ming Empire, it's the fleet of the Ming Empire, God, there are at least hundreds of warships, and it's less than twenty miles away from us!"

The sentry stammered at first, and by the end was already yelling hysterically.

The fleet of the Ming Empire, hundreds of warships!

Christoan almost fainted, and used his strength to climb the mast, thinking about looking into the distance, and sure enough, a large number of warships appeared in the northeast direction, and they were about to reach their own due north direction!

"Bastard, what are you doing in a daze? Immediately raise the flag, give the order, spread the full sails, immediately retreat, immediately retreat to the west, and throw off the fleet of the Ming Dynasty! ”

(End of chapter)