"Ten days!"

Although the fortifications of the Strait of Malacca are extremely powerful, but in the face of such a powerful combined fleet, there is absolutely no possibility of holding it alone, however, even if everyone is mentally prepared, it is difficult to accept that the Strait of Malacca can only support more than ten days to arrive, after all, it is the Strait of Malacca that has been in operation for nearly two years.

In the past two years, the Ming Empire has almost poured its strength into the construction of the Malacca Strait fortifications, more than 200 artillery pieces have been installed alone, and they are all large-caliber heavy artillery, with more than 60,000 shells in storage, as for the fortifications built, it is difficult to compare with ordinary fortifications, just a fortress, a lot of silver taels have been invested, two years, the Ming Empire has invested more than one million taels of silver, if on the battlefield, even ten days can not be supported, it will be miserable, This is really a loss......

"Damn, I can't hold on for ten days, so there's a fart for building it? Tan Guilin, this waste! ”

Qin Mufeng scolded angrily.

"Is ten days a lot?"

Zhu Jie glanced at Qin Mufeng and replied, "Ten days is enough, we have prepared more than 60,000 shells!" Lao Cha gave the Strait of Malacca ten days, that is, ten days, 60,000 shells here, basically about to run out, you have to be clear, our artillery, fire 100 shells a day, that is also a very easy thing, 200 artillery pieces in ten days, how many shells will be fired, 200,000 rounds, Lao Cha gave ten days, that is because our artillery is echelon deployment, will not participate in the battle at the same time, the long Strait of Malacca can block ten days, Lao Cha, pass the decree, Allocate 100,000 rounds of artillery shells to Malacca again, and ensure that the Strait of Malacca can support the Western coalition forces alone for more than half a month! ”

Cha Zhu nodded and replied: "Your Majesty, this minister has already communicated with Brother Yifan, and is preparing to play to you, the Strait of Malacca is our first direction, and it must not be easily lost, strengthening ammunition reserves is a must!" ”

Zhu Jie continued: "The three major fleets all retreated, here, the eastern part of Borneo, if the Western Fleet wants to enter the hinterland of the South Ocean through the Magellan route, then the Makassar Strait in the east of Borneo is what they must pass through, the Dutch are too familiar with this sea area, especially the Java Islands, they will not follow the Magellan route to move forward step by step, you see between Sumatra and Java Island, there is a huge gap, with the Dutch's familiarity with this sea area, pass through here, and then go west, You can coerce the Strait of Malacca, attack the fortifications of the Strait of Malacca with the suspicious soldiers said by Yifan, or advance eastward, bypass Borneo, and go straight to the Luzon Islands, and the troops will be directed at the hinterland of the Ming Empire! ”

"Won't it?"

Cha Zhu hesitated: "I heard that the waters in this area are very shallow, and there are many reefs, and big ships can't pass through them at all......"

"Joke!"

Zhu Jie said coldly: "Do you also believe the words of the Dutch devil?" They have occupied this place for hundreds of years, and even a single coral has been figured out by them, not to mention the isolated islands of the reef, which can stop the Dutch? It is unlikely that our Ming fleet will pass through here, but the Dutch want to pass through here, there will be absolutely no problem, once there is a war in the South Seas, then they can use this sea route to suddenly launch an attack, no matter who the opponent is, in the face of the sudden Dutch army, they will be caught off guard and lose their ground! Not to mention anything else, Yang Geng and Zheng Cai have been in Fujian for many years, you ask them if they have mastered the waterways in Fuzhou and Quanzhou that ordinary people have not mastered? After the edict was issued, he ordered someone to go to Nanyang immediately, and ordered Tan Guilin to find the most favorable commanding heights for me around the isthmuses of Borneo, Sumatra and Java, build watchtowers, and keep an eye on local military movements! The three fleets retreated to the vicinity of Borneo, ready to attack at any time, a sail, three days later, you will leave for Nanyang to sit in the town, only Tan Guilin and Shi Xianzhi are two people, I am really relieved, by the way, all the three towns of the Tianxiong Army will be brought over, spread my will, the first town and the second town of the Tianwei Army will also take a merchant ship to Guangzhou Mansion to standby, once there is a change in Nanyang, immediately go south to support the Tianxiong Army! ”

At present, the great enemy, even if it is Zhu Jie, the pressure on his heart is not small, it is a five-nation alliance, the strength is strong, especially the naval fleet is too strong, the strength has exceeded the Ming fleet by a large margin, with the strength of the Ming fleet, now it can only compete with the two major powers, and the three major powers, I am afraid that they are a little reluctant, now it is the five-nation alliance, even if Portugal is slightly weaker, it is not the Ming fleet can be easily defeated.

"Your Majesty, the minister has another idea......

Bi Maokang on the side said suddenly.

Zhu Jie raised his eyebrows, looked at Bi Maokang, and asked, "What idea?" ”

Bi Maokang said in a deep voice: "When dealing with the Japanese invaders, the imperial court once developed drifting mines, deployed on the roadways, restricting the movement of warships, although it has not been produced for many years, but the minister believes that with the current scientific and technological strength of the Ming Dynasty, if you want to make tired drifting mines, it is not a problem, in a few days, you can successfully develop them, and then hand them over to the arsenal to step up production, if we deploy mines in wartime and the strait, the Western fleet will be caught off guard, and it will definitely suffer a big loss......

"Mines!"

Zhu Jie's heart was shocked, and he said urgently: "Mines? You said that there were still people in the imperial court who could make mines? ”

Bi Maokang nodded and said: "Yes, when the minister compiled the "Illustrated Description of Weapons", he had learned many times, and the production methods and drawings of mines were recorded in the work, but those mines were used to deploy in some coastal areas back then, and they were used to threaten the warships of the Japanese invaders, and the largest of those warships was only two or three hundred materials, all of which were small boats, and the mines posed a great threat to them, but if they faced the giant ships of the Western Ocean, how much effect they could have, it was difficult for the minister to say, after all, the Western warships were often more than 1,000 tons, and the volume was huge. It's not a small mine that can threaten you......"

"Haha, those mines are not good, it does not mean that we are not able to improve the mines, Liu Sili, take Bi Gong's "Illustrated Weapons of Weapons", I want to personally learn from the mines in it for modification, Song Gong just said two days ago that he has just developed a new type of explosives, the power is huge, just for them to use, within two months, we must design the mines, and complete the production of the first batch of more than 2,000, all of them will be transported to the South Seas, and they will be deployed south of Sumatra, and the entire strait will be blocked, this time, let's play the Western fleet!"