Chapter 111: The Great Break

In ancient times, the blockage of information was unimaginable to many people.

It is also very difficult to transmit information due to transportation and other reasons. Even in years. In this case, the flow rate of the message can only be measured in days. Not to mention the issue of the carrier of the message. China has paper. But there may not be any paper in Java.

A lot of it is written on the leaves. It is the legendary Bayeux Sutra.

Of course, it is difficult to say whether there is a primary paper industry in Java today, but there should be paper resold by the Ming Dynasty.

Under such circumstances, it is very rudimentary for He Xi to be able to gather information about Java.

Know who the king of Java is, what the basic political structure of Java looks like, and know who the Javanese magnates are. There is something big going on in Java. That's not bad already. As for the composition of the army in Java. How many foot soldiers, how many sailors. What kind of equipment did the sailors have, and what did the structure of the warship look like.

And so on.

He Xi only has one star and a half claws. Most of it can only be guessworked.

In this matter, He Xi made the mistake of empiricism. He subconsciously associated the present Java with the later Indo-Denisia. Although Indonesia was not considered a strong country in later generations. But it's a modern country, and it has everything it should have.

In addition, Java is now the hegemon of the South Seas. The next meaning added a halo to He Xi's heart.

In fact, Java in He Xi's mind is much stronger than Java today.

Man fights against the enemy of his mind.

He Xi saw the current battle situation and secretly breathed a sigh of relief. I suddenly had a thought in my heart, and I secretly said: "Is my southern strategy too conservative?" It is impossible to exterminate Java. But just because Java isn't destroyed doesn't mean you can't do anything else. ”

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It was not only He Xi who fought against the enemy in his mind, but also the King of the West.

King Xi was very jealous of Da Ming in his heart. This kind of jealousy comes from the battle of Yuan Zheng Java more than 90 years ago. Although in that battle, the Yuan Dynasty was defeated by the Majapahit Dynasty in the back. But the Majapahit Dynasty was strong for the Yuan Dynasty. The sophistication of the weapons of the Yuan Dynasty is very impressive. And in the hands of Java, there are also some weapons of the Yuan Dynasty. It's still something that can't be made in Java today.

Because of this, the king of the west knew that the Ming people only had a few dozen ships, and he had to do all his army. It is necessary to overwhelm the opponent at once with several times the enemy.

It was because he knew that a Genren warrior needed several Javanese warriors to treat.

Not to mention the equipment, just the same, they can't compare. That's height.

The height of Javanese people is mostly 1.55 meters. But the warriors of the Yuan Dynasty were generally one head taller than the Javanese, and there were more than them. In cold weapon combat, this is overwhelming. Plus the Javanese have weak combat skills.

It's like, this time, the king of the west is really pressed by the whole army. Because Java does not have a dedicated naval division or army at all. Because, fighting at sea is also hand-to-hand combat. There seems to be no difference between hand-to-hand combat on land and hand-to-hand combat on a ship. Because of living on the island. Javanese people are also rarely afraid of seasickness.

So, this more than a thousand ships, tens of thousands of horses. On the Javanese side, there were both army and sailors.

But this unprofessional situation can give a glimpse of the level of training of the Javanese army.

This is also clear to the king of the West. Fight in battle on land. They were no match for the army of the Central Plains Dynasty. There is a precedent for this. Therefore, I thought of the sea, because the ships were divided. The power of the battle cannot be brought into play.

It's just that he can't understand what is in front of him.

Before, when the Yuan army fought Java, the battle formation of the Central Plains and the military organization of the Central Plains were revealed, which made the founding monarch of the Majapahit Dynasty breathtaking. In the end, the Yuan Dynasty had to retreat only by sneak attack.

But now, King Xi used him to think for many days to deal with the fighting methods of the Yuan Dynasty army a hundred years ago, but found that he encountered these weapons that were like thunder.

"What is this?" King Xi's face was pale, and he secretly said in his heart: "Could it be that Shiva can't defeat the Son of Heaven in the Central Plains?" ”

However, knowing the times is a good man.

King Xi understands one thing very well. That is, his strength is still there. After going back, you can still be the king of the west, if you leave your strength here. Then he would have no position in Java and would pass on his power to his own son, not someone else's. It's every man's instinct.

King Wulu was no exception.

Before, it was unlikely, so King Wulu let King Dong inherit half of Java, but now there are variables.

King West was worried, or rather, he never reassured the father and son.

The king of the west could not do anything when he saw it. Immediately ordered a retreat.

Under this order, the soldiers below were pardoned. After all, a shipwhack has been wiped out before it has even boarded the other party's ship. There were only ships that had lost power, drifting powerlessly above the surface.

Morale in Java has begun to slump.

The reason why there was no retreat. It was a century of invincibility in Java. Become the overlord of the South Seas. As an army in the midst of continuous victory, the arrogance and inertia that have been cultivated. Let them obey orders, and in the absence of orders, there will be no retreat.

But this situation did not last long.

Fortunately, the king of the west ordered a retreat.

Otherwise, it will collapse in a while.

It's just that, in fact, it is not a big deal for King Xi to retreat at this time. Because, retreat is a difficult military operation. Even more so in the retreat at sea. Almost at the same time as the king of the west gave the order, most of the Javanese army lost their formation and ran to the east in a swarm.

He Xi looked at this scene in a daze and said, "This is the end?" ”

Fang Guan said: "It's over. No. Fang Guan's face turned cold and said, "All the ships are pursuing on their own. All the ships that are not sunk are all on the fire oil, and I don't want any of these ships. ”

Fang Guan's order was immediately passed out in the flag. The ships that had been holding on to the Javanese flotilla pursued the Javanese flotilla like wild horses, especially the gunboats, and fired their cannons from a distance. The sound of cannons has also become the best embellishment on the battlefield.

However, there were only a dozen guns, and the frequency of cannon fire and protection were high. Now it's just an embellishment.

Even in this battle, artillery played a far more demoralizing role than an actual strike.

Fang Guan's order was very cruel.

The secret weapon that Fang Guan purchased from the Nanyang region was fierce fire oil, which could only be found in Southeast Asia, in this era, there were two natural oil producing areas, that is, there was no need to drill wells, and the oil seeped out from the ground.

One is in Ringanqiang, Myanmar, and the other is in Aceh, in western Sumatra.

This is a thing, and it is a rare thing in the Ming Dynasty. The Ming Dynasty also had fierce fire oil in the northwest area, but more of it came from the Western Regions. Because the quantity is scarce, it is not used much. But Aceh is almost full of thorns plus adjacent. Sea transport can be called a steady stream.

Therefore, this time, the roast was also filled with oil.

For a moment, billowing smoke came out.

As mentioned earlier, wooden ships are very difficult to sink. Because wood itself is buoyant. Because the sea is calm now, ships can't use the wind. In this case, there are good and bad things for the Javanese.

The good thing is that the sails of the Ming Dynasty are useless. After all, if you really want to talk about it, the utilization rate of Daming sails to the wind is better than that of the Javanese. That is, the same wind. The ships of the Ming Dynasty were faster than those of Java. This facilitated the escape of Java.

However, with the same problem, ships are mostly operated by manpower. The ships, which had previously suffered heavy losses in the battle, could not move faster.

In the previous battles, they did not dare to set fires on a large scale. Because I'm worried about burning myself. Now it's scattered. Don't be afraid.

So the Ming ships set the ships that fell behind on fire one by one. Black smoke rose into the sky, and there were still people on these boats. There are a lot of Javanese who jumped into the sea. But under Fang Guan's orders, he showed no mercy to these people.

For a time, this coastline was calm enough to be a scenic area, and floating corpses were washed up on the shore. The most vivid footnote to this war was made.

He Xi saw that Fang Guan was as hideous as a ghost, and wanted to persuade one or two. But I can only swallow it in my stomach.