Valley Emperor

The Strait of Malacca is a strait currently under the absolute control of the Portuguese. The Portuguese built a fortress in Malacca and deployed a huge fleet. Even the increasingly powerful Imperial Navy is currently helpless against Malacca.

The Portuguese who blocked the Strait of Malacca did not openly refuse ships from other countries to pass through this strait, but this was only superficial.

At present, there are many merchant ships that can pass through this strait. Some merchants from indigenous countries in the Indo-Western region are able to travel through this strait, but they all inevitably need to be under the full monitoring of the Portuguese.

Even the merchant ships of the empire can actually go through this strait!

However, once you enter this strait, you basically hand over your life and death to the Portuguese, and no one knows what 'accidents' happen when you pass through the strait.

Of course, the Portuguese would never admit that they did it, they would say it was a pirate, they would say it was a storm or something like that.

In order to avoid this risk, Datang Western Company did not cross this strait from the beginning. The route they took was to leave the mainland, then arrive at the Luzon Islands (Philippines), and then leave from the Luzon Islands. , bypassing western Borneo from the east into the Banten Islands (Indonesian Islands), and finally reaching Banten (Java Island).

At this time, Banten has become the most important supply port and military base of the empire in the southern seas. Over two thousand soldiers have been stationed here for a long time to resist the indigenous kingdoms on the Banten Islands. Beware of the Portuguese and many pirates in the Southeast Asian waters.

After arriving in Banten, the merchant ships of Datang Western Ocean Company went through the last round of rest and replenishment, and then crossed the Banten Strait to enter the edge of the Indian Ocean, and then proceeded westward along the Sumatra Island (Sumatra Island) of the Banten Islands.

However, during this period, Sumatran Island was still under the control of indigenous forces such as the Kingdom of Aceh. At the same time, the Portuguese also had a certain influence on it. Therefore, Datang Western Company did not establish a colony on Sumatran Island for the time being. Having a serious hostile relationship with the Portuguese, the Acehians, who were at war with each other, cooperated and rented their ports for supplies.

Then they will leave the Banten Islands and go straight into the vast Indian Ocean, all the way west to India, they will follow the currents and monsoons, and finally they will cross the Indian Ocean and finally enter India!

And this section of the route actually entered the depths of the vast Indian Ocean, but it was the safest time.

Where is the dangerous route? It's actually close to the coastline!

For example, in the Southeast Asian waters, there are many pirates here, and the Portuguese are also mixed in them. The maritime security is not optimistic, especially from Malacca to Borneo, the southernmost part of the South China Sea, and the sea area connected to the Banten Sea (Java Sea), which was blocked by the empire. This part of the sea, which the merchants call the Sea of ​​Malacca, is also full of active pirates.

In addition to this, there are several other dangerous routes, such as the Andaman Sea west of the Malacca Strait, where pirates often ambush and attack passing merchant ships.

As for how many of these pirates are Portuguese, how many are Acehnese, or how many are Indians or even pirate ships disguised by the imperial navy and company fleet, it is unknown.

What the hell, everyone is doing this anyway, but everyone refuses to admit it, so don't say anyone's fault!

But it is undeniable that whether it is the Malacca waters or the Andaman waters, they all have a common feature, that is, they are close to the Strait of Malacca, but one is in the east and the other is in the west.

The Andaman Sea is the eastern start of the Indian Ocean route. Whether it is a merchant ship passing through the Strait of Malacca or a merchant ship that bypasses the Strait of Malacca and enters the Indian Ocean through the southern coastline of Sumatran Island, most of the merchant ships inevitably need to pass through the Andaman. archipelago waters.

The same is true for the Malacca waters!

This can also indirectly reflect the importance of the Straits of Malacca!

Pirates all know that they choose to ambush at the east and west ends of this strait!

However, even if they knew that this route was dangerous, the merchant ships had to bravely go there, but everyone had their own way of survival.

Ordinary sea merchants will deploy naval guns on merchant ships to turn merchant ships into armed merchant ships.

Large-scale maritime merchants will organize fleets to go to sea in groups, and sometimes invite naval warships to **** them.

However, the merchant fleet of Datang Western Company does not need this!

They have their own ships for escort!

Today, a large-scale fleet of Datang Western Ocean is sailing in the Andaman Sea!

This merchant fleet is not large, but not too small. There are three armed merchant ships and one frigate to **** it!

In order to ensure profits, in fact, even if it is an **** frigate, in addition to the necessary materials, there is also a large amount of goods in the warehouse. Datang Western Company is a commercial company, and it is impossible to simply go to war, even if it is a warship to **** , it must be guaranteed not to lose money.

The commander of this small fleet is Tong Shang, the captain of the North Pole frigate of the Datang Western Company fleet. On his shoulders, he wears the third-class military rank exclusively for the Datang Western Company fleet. Colonel, Lieutenant Colonel of the 6th Army, etc., but the special military rank title of the armed employees of Datang Western Company.

The armed employees of Datang Western Company also have military rank in order to make a better distinction, but their military rank is not the general commander or lieutenant of the six navies, but a relatively low-key number.

For example, first-class employees can generally be regarded as generals of the 6th Army or the Navy. Generally speaking, most of these first-class employees are several principals in the fleet of Datang Western Company, and they also belong to the class of senior generals.

Cruiser captains are generally second-class employees, frigate captains are third-class employees, and the captains of ordinary small military ships are fourth-class employees. These three levels are actually roughly equivalent to the level of school officers.

Ordinary officers, on the other hand, ranged from a number of ranks. The lowest-ranked sailors or soldiers of the 6th clan were the ninth-class employees.

Generally speaking, the commander of a squadron is held concurrently by the captain of the cruiser or the captain of the frigate.

Tong Shang's luck has been good recently. After he led the fleet out of the port of Banten, the journey was smooth sailing. He also picked up a pirate ship on the road. After a few rounds of ship artillery, he rushed the unknown and stupid ship. The pirate ship that came to rob was chased away.

But he didn't expect that his luck would come to an end today!

When he used the binoculars to see that there were three ships coming in front of him, he frowned!

Those three ships are not big, but they are all multi-masted fast ships, and they are covered with artillery. These ships generally only have two purposes, either as warships or as pirate ships!

However, these three fast ships did not fly the flags of various countries, but did not have any signs. What does this mean? It means that they are very likely to be pirate ships, or pirate ships disguised by the warships of various navies!

And no matter what kind it is, it's not a good thing for his fleet!

Damn, I didn't expect to encounter these **** pirates when I entered the Amanda waters!

However, as a veteran retired naval officer, even if he retired from active service half a year ago and then transferred to Datang Western Company, he still maintains the demeanor of an emperor!

After putting down the telescope, he said to the adjutant beside him: "Send the order, first-level combat readiness!"

First-level combat readiness, this term almost means that the battle is about to explode, and all departments must quickly prepare for the battle!

When Tong Shang issued the order for combat readiness, a large number of officers and non-commissioned officers came to act quickly inside the cabin of his ship, the Arctic, but the first thing they did was not to open the gun windows and then load the ammunition. One thing is what to do!

The first is to change the shift. The ships are sailing 24 hours a day. Most of the officers and sailors work in shifts, and in order to ensure that all members have combat effectiveness when the battle breaks out~www.wuxiaspot.com~ Therefore, sailors who work continuously for a long time will be They rested and changed to sailors who had already rested.

What is the second thing?

The cooks on board are starting to cook ahead of time!

Yes, the battleship preparations these days, in fact, the first thing is not to do other things, but to rest and prepare meals better.

As for the real battle, it won't explode for a while, or more precisely for a few hours!

In this vast sea, even if the two sides have already seen each other, the actual distance is still several kilometers or even ten kilometers.

And the ship is moving, as long as the distance between the two sides is not too big, then if one of the parties turns to avoid, the other party wants to catch up, even if it has a navigation advantage, but it is not so easy.

Therefore, after discovering a potential enemy, Tong Shang's fleet did not sound the battle alarm with great fanfare.

Even Tong Shang himself, after giving the order to rest his course, is ready to go to dinner!

But anyone knows that these few hours are just the dullness before the storm!

Tong Shang's fleet, after discovering a potential pirate or an unknown warship disguised as a pirate, did not simply turn around and run away foolishly. At this time, the wind direction is wrong, and it is easier to be caught up, and they are going to India. Yes, what is it to turn around and go back to Wandan?

However, there is no sailing without rest at all. They have made a slight angle rest according to the wind direction in order to obtain a greater sailing!

Seeing the direction of the fleet, it is not difficult to guess what Tong Shang is thinking. He wants to take advantage of the wind direction and directly break through the enemy's interception!

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