Chapter 410: Reinforcements Arrive

Just in the final stages when the Singapore defenders were suppressed, the Malacca fortress and was in danger.

The Ming Dynasty sent reinforcements and reinforcements arrived.

On the sea to the east, hundreds of sails come into view.

The Dutch hurried to look through their binoculars, and saw that there were more than a dozen large soft sails.

This means that there are at least a dozen new warships among them, and looking at the battleships under the large sails, they are no smaller than the Galen battleships.

If you count the many more stiff sails, there are hundreds. Although the stiff sail is much smaller than the soft sail, when it comes to a narrow area such as the Strait of Malacca, the disadvantage is relatively small.

In the telescope, you can see that there are at least dozens of Eastern warships with stiff sails, which are no smaller than the Galen galleons.

With such a large fleet, with so many new warships and large Eastern warships, only one country can do it.

That is the Ming Kingdom.

Cohen, the governor of the Dutch East India Company, was sweating at the sight.

At this time, the Dutch and Malays were besieging Malacca and Singapore.

The Ming fleet swept in from the east again.

For the enemy army that is about to capture Malacca, it is now necessary to take the Malacca fortress in one go, regardless of the Ming fleet behind it. Either immediately withdraw troops from the land battle and mobilize a fleet to meet the Ming fleet.

Governor Cohen of the East India Company, now had no other reserves.

He had a total of 40 warships at his disposal.

Relying on the heavy artillery on these battleships, the artillery fire of the defenders of Malacca and Singapore could be suppressed, and the marines, Japanese and Malays could attack normally.

Once his fleet went to meet the Ming fleet, the Malays of the Kingdom of Johor would be defeated by the Ming and Portuguese in an instant.

There are now nearly 3,000 Dutch Marines on land, halfway between Malacca and Singapore. Without the cover of the fleet, the attacking soldiers and horses will be counterattacked by Liu Xiang and the Portuguese, and may even suffer heavy losses.

It's a complete dilemma.

Cohen gritted his teeth, his forehead bruised, his skin had turned from white to pink, and finally yelled, "Keep attacking!

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He felt that although there were many warships in the Ming Kingdom, the artillery in the East was generally small and light, and there was little threat to the Galen battleships in the naval battle.

Even if the 40 Galen battleships shelled Malacca on one side and defended themselves with naval guns on the other, they were not afraid of the Ming warships.

"A few days ago, the fleet of the governor of Guangdong and the commander-in-chief dared to fight a dozen Japanese ships, and the only option to flee when they encountered our warships was to look at the wind. Now that there are a few hundred more old-fashioned warships, what can we do?"

He looked very confident in front of his lieutenants, captains, and company managers.

"When they get closer, we'll look for an opportunity to fight them."

As the Dutch people ignored the Ming fleet, Cai Fuyi and Cao Xibin also sensed the intentions of the Dutch people.

The enemy is going to put us in and fight again.

This time, I was afraid that I would be led away as soon as I chased him, which affected the land forces attacking Malacca.

Cai Fuyi is also expected to have telescopes, in addition to buying from Macau Portugal, there is also a batch made by Wang Hongyu's new workshop.

Through the binoculars, it is clear that the battle at the fortress of Malacca is fierce.

The Dutch and the Kingdom of Johor worked together to suppress the Portuguese defenders, and groups of Malay infantry had already climbed the Portuguese fort by virtue of their numerical superiority.

Without the Dutch on their side, the Portuguese defenders could concentrate their forces and firepower to repel the Malays. But more than 2,000 Dutch marines were eyeing the western side of the fort, and as soon as the Portuguese concentrated their forces to counterattack the Malays, the Dutch could quickly storm the fort.

The Dutch attack, not the same as the Malays.

So now it's up to the Portuguese defenders to exchange orders with the Malays to see which side loses first until they can't hold on.

Cai Fu smiled and said to the chief soldier Cao Xibin: "Sure enough, as Dingyuan Marquis expected, the Dutch people have been staring at Malacca and coveting Malacca for too long, this is their greatest opportunity, too

It's the best place to catch them all."

Cao Xibin said: "The enemy has 40 warships, which is very powerful, but it can't stop our hundreds of ships."

Cai Fu nodded and looked at the hundreds of ships of all kinds behind him.

"The enemy would never have imagined that those ships were not there for naval battles, but for the landing of large armies. Deliver the order to land in the Malay Peninsula and destroy the Kingdom of Johor."

"Yes!"

The flag waved, and the hundreds of warships behind turned and moved towards the east side of Malacca.

At this time, the Dutch fleet was directly south of Malacca, and the Ming warships were southeast of Malacca, and a large number of ships moved towards the east side of Malacca.

These hundreds of ships were carrying a large number of Ming troops.

Among them, the core of the attack is the Shennong Army.

Wang Hongyu sent Hou Cai, Zhou Zhi, and Zhou Qiang's Shennong army to Liangguang, and finally stationed in Qiongzhou, which was to prepare for landing on the Malay Peninsula and completing the most critical step of closing the door and fighting the dogs - eliminating the Kingdom of Johor.

The Kingdom of Johor cooperated with the Netherlands to attack the Portuguese, which was not the main reason for destroying it.

It dared to use troops against Singapore, the star to which the Ming Dynasty belonged, and dared to forcibly recruit and oppress the Chinese in the Malay Peninsula, which is why the Ming Dynasty, as the leader of East Asia, must punish it.

If Johor dares to be the first, then be the first to destroy it.

The Kingdom of Johor was eliminated, with Singapore as the development leader, and the city of Malacca handed over by Portugal was accepted, and the Malay Peninsula belonged to the Ming Dynasty.

Hou Cai's soldiers and horses had long been looking forward to new exploits.

After quelling the rebellion in the southwest of Annam, it is assumed that the next battlefield is Annan, but this time it is even weaker than Annam to fight Johor, which is even weaker.

Zhou Zhi and Zhou Qiang are all relatives of Wang Hongyu's eldest brother, and like Zhou Dunji, they are full of martial virtues, and they have gathered many veterans and friends who have been to Nanyang.

At this time, when they heard that Johor dared to cooperate with the Dutch people to attack Singapore and the Chinese, a large number of overseas Chinese and the people of Guangzhou and Guangxi were very indignant and contributed money and food to support them.

Therefore, this expedition consumed a lot of materials, although the construction of the military cantonment in Liangguang had just begun, but the support of the people allowed the army to go to the Malay Peninsula without worrying about future supplies.

If the Ming army can eat enough, it will be very powerful.

What's more, it was the Shennong Army, which was well equipped, trained and organized, to take the lead.

Hundreds of ships of all kinds landed directly on the shore.

These sand ships and Guangzhou ships of the Ming Dynasty were generally smaller than the Fu ships and Western-style warships, and the draft was also shallower, which was just right for beach landing.

The Shennong Army's best attack ability is still the same, and it instantly controlled a large area of tidal flats, and also penetrated deeper into the coastline to more than 10 miles inland, and mastered the water and roads for the first time.

The Kingdom of Johor recruited almost all the men to attack Malacca, and there was no one to guard them on the flanks.

In less than an hour, the back road was cut off by the Shennong army and the camp was burned.

There will be more landings of the Liangguang Ming army in the future, although this time hundreds of ships only transported a total of 9,000 troops and corresponding equipment and supplies, but these 9,000 people have no problem fighting tens of thousands of soldiers in Johor.