Ho, what's going on? As soon as Yun Yu, who was anxious, saw He Zhen put down the letter in his hand, he immediately asked a little impatiently.

He Zhen bowed down and said calmly: "Lord Wang, there are four things mentioned in the letter: first, there is indeed a small road in Kota Ding that can lead to Johor Bahru, but this road is a small road for natives to collect firewood and medicine, not to mention the rugged road, there are several cliffs, it is really difficult for the army to pass, and in addition, Shadow No. 3 has sent more than a dozen people to Kota Ting, and they will arrive tomorrow according to the hour, and the letter has agreed on various communication codes. Secondly, the English fleet and army stationed in Shan Ma Xi mainly rely on supplies from two directions - part of the grain is rationed by the Dutch Governor's Palace, and the other is transported from the body poison through the Strait of Malacca, but this part of the baggage is not much grain, mainly ammunition and other strategic materials, it is reported that the Dutch side will have several large supply ships to deliver grain and other goods to Shan Ma Xi on the 1st and 18th of each month, and in addition, because our Qing Dynasty has completely cut off trade with the English side, English merchants could only buy our Qing goods from Batavia, so the merchant ships from Batavia to Shan Ma Xi were frequent, and it was extremely difficult to surprise Shan Ma Xi. Third, Shadow 3 has already mobilized manpower and can carry out cooperative operations at any time, but most of these manpower are native, have never used firearms, and do not know anything about guns, so it is estimated that the role is limited, and can only play some auxiliary role. Fourth, there was news from Shadow Four, those who claimed to be the remnants of the Celestial Empire, because they could not bear the attack and oppression of the English, seemed to be plotting to start an incident, and Shadow Four had been in contact with them, but did not reveal the news that our army had arrived. ”

"Oh?" After listening to He Zhen's words, Yun Yu didn't ask any more questions, just answered casually, and paced around the cabin with a frown, after a while. After a pause, he strode to the battle model and stared at the area around Shan Ma Xi, and after a long time, he suddenly asked, "Lord He, how many fleets are there for the Dutch on the Batavia side?" ”

"Returning to the prince, the Dutch fleet is very scattered, but there are not many in the whole of the Java Sea, and there are only a dozen warships in Batavia, if you don't count the Malacca detachment. They could only cobble together a maximum of twenty warships, and most of them were old warships. He Zhen had already vaguely guessed the intention of Yun Yu's question, and immediately revealed the strength and disposition of the Dutch.

"Oh, hahaha......" Yun Yu laughed loudly, and after laughing wildly for a while, he suddenly ordered in a loud voice: "Someone, pass on the order of the king, and the officers above the major general of each army will immediately assemble at the flagship." This king will send troops! Suddenly, as the flag-speaking soldiers on the mainmast of the "Wasion" conveyed the order to the various detachments, all the officers above the rear admiral rushed to the flagship in small boats.

"The generals listen to the order, this battle is related to the national prestige of our Qing Dynasty, and we can only win and not lose. Those who withdraw without the order of the general without permission will be killed! When all the generals arrived, Yun Yu had a cold face, swept the generals who were standing neatly under him, and said calmly.

"Wow!" All the generals unanimously made a thousand promises. A murderous aura swirled and echoed in the war room.

"Good!" Yun Yu nodded and ordered in a loud voice: "Xiao Sanlang." ”

"The subordinates are here!" As soon as Xiao Saburo heard the first one, he immediately became excited—until now, he was still annoyed that he couldn't fight in the Battle of Nagasaki.

Yun Yu said with a cold face: "This king ordered your Second Fleet to divide into two routes, one way to cover the amphibious landing force to land in Kota Tin, and cover the rear wing of our amphibious combat force, and be sure to ensure the safety of the logistics supply ship; The other way directly into the Java Sea, to take Batavia for the king. and to clear the surrounding islands, and to destroy all resistance of the Dutch. ”

Yun Yu's order poured Xiao Sanlang on his heart like a basin of cold water, this task is not much different from the Battle of Nagasaki, as far as the Dutch fleet is not enough for the second fleet, Xiao Sanlang, who originally thought that he could fight the vanguard, was immediately a little discouraged, but he didn't have the courage to resist Yun Yu's order, so he had to answer honestly: "The lower official obeyed the order, but it was just a ......, but I did not start a war with the Dutch in the Qing Dynasty." If our army attacks the territory of the Dutch without permission. That ......"

"Humph!" Yun Yu snorted coldly and said, "On the day our army set out, there was already an edict from the Holy Lord. Any country that dares to help England in the Far East is an enemy of our Qing Dynasty, and now the Dutch dog thieves not only openly provide a single horse for the English fleet as a port of call, but also provide supplies, such an act is a declaration of war against our Qing Dynasty, what is the point, huh? ”

"The subordinate obeys!" Xiao Saburo had no choice but to call a thousand to express his fate.

Yun Yu glanced at Xiao Saburo, and suddenly added: "After the second fleet sorts out to attack Batavia and sweep away the Dutch forces on the surrounding islands, it will immediately return to the waters of Tammillan and join our main fleet to meet the English fleet together." ”

It's not small, but it's basically unlikely, but it's better than nothing, isn't it? Even if Xiao Saburo was dissatisfied, he could only reply respectfully: "Tsk! ”。

"Liu Ninghai. Yun Yu no longer paid attention to Xiao Saburo and shouted loudly.

"The lower official is here!" As soon as the tall Liu Ninghai heard that he was called, he hurriedly went out of the queue and hit a thousand, and said on one knee.

"This king ordered your first fleet to allocate half of its forces to blockade the waters of Bintan Island, and all merchant ships and warships passing through this sea area were detained, all escorted to Batavia, and all those who dared to resist were sunk, and if the main fleet of England attacked, he immediately led his troops to retreat in the direction of Tamilan, and the main fleet of this king will meet in this sea area. Yun Yu pointed to the combat model and ordered in a loud voice.

"Wow!" Liu Ninghai replied loudly, got up, and retreated into the group of generals.

"Lin Wanlong listens to orders!" Yun Yu continued to point to the general.

Lin Wanlong was originally the commander of the Xinjiang Military Region Li Ke's subordinate general, and he was also a slave under Yinzuo, less than forty, lean and thin, but his eyes were amazingly bright, he was the commander of the Guangdong Marine Battalion, and he was also the head of the Marine Corps who went out with the army this time. ”

Yun Yu knew that this person was a slave under Yinzuo's sect, but he didn't say anything special, just nodded and said, "Lord Lin." Your task is the heaviest, after the meeting, the First Fleet will send warships to cover your troops to Kota Ting, be sure to land on the beach before sunset in three days, take Kota Terin, and must take Johor Bahru before sunset on May 1, the Shadow will lead the way for your troops in Kota Terin, and your troops must divide their forces to attack Malacca while holding Johor Bahru. And take Malacca before the third of May, if there is still any strength left, the king will allow you to attack Port Klang, but there is one, after taking Malacca, be sure to ensure that the forts are in good condition, if the English fleet wants to slip or its backup fleet comes to help, give the king a damn land. The Shadow will cooperate with your Ministry's actions. If you have any difficulties, you can mention them now, and if you make a mistake, you can raise your head yourself to see this king! ”

"Lord Qiqi, the people in the hands of the lower officials are divided into two parts, one is the people of the lower officials' headquarters. There are 3,200 people in total, all of whom have experience in landing operations and jungle warfare, and it is not a problem to climb mountains and mountains, but people can walk. Second, the other part of the men and horses in the hands of the subordinate officers is the Marine Corps to which the First Fleet belongs, and there are only less than 3,000 men and horses, and they have to cooperate with the actions of the Second Fleet, and at most they can only draw out 1,000 men to cooperate with our army to attack Kotarin. Xiaguan ......" Lin Wanlong babbled a long list, and when he heard it, Yun Yu was angry in his heart, snorted coldly, waved his hand to interrupt Lin Wanlong's words, and said word by word with a straight face: "This king only asks, can you take Johor Bahru and Malacca on time?" ”

Yun Yu's words have all been said for this part, and Lin Wanlong has no way out. Gritted his teeth and said: "Xiaguan is desperate to complete the task!" ”

"Good!" Yun Yu nodded. glanced at the generals and said in a loud voice: "The meeting is dismissed." The whole army is ready to move to the Java Sea! ”

At noon on the 30th day of April in the 8th year of Yuanzhuo, it was the hottest time of the day, and most of the local Malays in Kota Ting were quietly hiding at home to escape the heat, even naughty children did not dare to run to the scorching sun at this time, and the hot sun baked the earth into a hot piece, and if you walked barefoot on the beach, the feet would have been roasted into braised pig's trotters. Silence is the main theme here, except for those who do not know what tiredness knows and still chant vigorously, the whole of Kota Ding is silent, and there is hardly even a figure of the place where there is activity, almost because at this moment there are more than a dozen men in local clothes who are restlessly hiding in a coconut grove by the sea, constantly watching the sea level in the distance, and occasionally running to the beach to take a look.

"It's coming, it's coming!" A thin black man pointed to the rising masts on the sea level in the distance and shouted in Malay.

Is it coming? It's finally here! Chen Guozhong's palms suddenly sweated, how many years? Decade? Fifteen years? Chen Guozhong can't remember how many years he has been in this ghost place, but the word motherland will always beat in his heart, for today's day, he can't remember how much he has suffered and how many sins he has suffered, but it is all worth it! The army of the motherland is finally about to set foot on this land, and all the sacrifices have been rewarded! Chen Guozhong's eyes were moist, looking at the huge fleet that was approaching in the distance, his mood was so excited that he couldn't help himself, but at this time, he would not forget his mission.

"Quick, quick, hang up the flag!" Chen Guozhong waved his hand to stop the cheers of his group of natives, and commanded the natives who were good at climbing trees to hang various pre-agreed flags on the tall coconut trees.

The Qing fleet of the expedition to Kota Ding had a total of more than 30 large and small ships, except for eight covering warships, the rest were transport ships and supply ships, and as the commander-in-chief of the landing fleet was Liu Tianlong, deputy commander of the Second Fleet, and the deputy commander-in-chief was Lin Wanlong, commander of the Marine Corps.

"There. ”

"See!"

Liu Tianlong and Lin Wanlong shouted almost at the same time, and the two of them found the flags that were fluttering happily in the wind almost at the same time.

"Lord Lin, look at the flag, the sea here is quite shallow, our large ships are afraid that they can't get too close to the beach, so they can only let the small boats send you ashore, and the artillery and other baggage are afraid that they will have to delay before they can go ashore, but fortunately, there are no enemy guards here, so it shouldn't be delayed for too long." Liu Tianlong looked at the flag carefully, shrugged his shoulders and said.

"Well, that's all there is to it, please give the order to dock nearby, and get ready to land. "The big ship can't dock, and if you use a small boat to send supplies and equipment, it will inevitably drag on for a lot of time, but the matter has come to this point, and Lin Wanlong has no choice but to pinch his nose and admit it.

"The herald: All warships immediately full rudder and enter combat mode, and the rest of the ships will reach another 100 meters, and all transport ships and supply ships will prepare to put small boats to land on the beach. Liu Tianlong gave the battle order with a straight face, and as the signal corps on the flagship mast conveyed this order, the flotilla that was originally advancing in unison was immediately divided into two groups - the eight battleships turned to the right in unison, all the gun windows were fully opened, and the rows of black holes on both sides of the hull were aimed at the coast and the sea respectively, while the transport ships and supply ships continued to move forward, and the sailors and marines on each ship began to prepare on the deck of the ship to launch a beach-grabbing landing with the sound of the horn.

The arrival of the Qing fleet was discovered by the natives of the Cota Ding at some point, and the whole Cota Ding suddenly fell into a panic, almost all the natives hurriedly packed up the softness, helped the old and the young to escape from the town, and fled to the dense forest not far away, a faction of soldiers and horses were in chaos, but all this had nothing to do with the Qing army that was nervously preparing to land on the beach, and with the small boats being lowered from the ships, the prelude to the expeditionary operations of the Qing fleet began......

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