Valley Emperor

Brigadier Admiral Xiazhiquan led the Banten Squadron to Bali, and soon made a landing in the eastern part of Banten Island, but after landing on the sixth, although the sixth continued to fight with some indigenous troops, but = no Find the expected large number of enemies, and the large number of indigenous troops in the intelligence did not know where they went.

Because the Deng 6 troops did not find a large-scale indigenous army, they evacuated after a few days of random sweeps, and after breaking through a few small cities, they were going to return to Bali to see the situation.

At this time, a communication ship that had returned to Banten City entered the port of Bali at the fastest speed, and then brought a message to everyone: "Wanten City is surrounded!"

At this time, the soldiers on Bali realized later that the indigenous army that had gathered had not disappeared, but had already reached the city of Banten!

And it was transported by boat, otherwise it would be impossible to penetrate the entire Banten Island silently, and then run down to Banten City!

In this part of Southeast Asia, apart from the Tang Empire itself, only the Portuguese are left with the power to make such a big move!

"Those **** barbarians!" Commodore Xia Zhiquan, the commander of the Wandan Squadron, couldn't help cursing when he heard the news.

As an old admiral who has served in the South China Sea for three years, he is quite clear that in this part of the South China Sea, the only naval forces that can compete with the empire in the sea are the Portuguese, and they have the ability to gather such forces There are many ships, regardless of whether they are their own, or pirates or simply indigenous, only the Portuguese have this ability.

The nearly 20,000 indigenous troops of the Batang Kingdom and a large number of pirates can suddenly appear under the city of Banten, which is absolutely inseparable from the support of the Portuguese.

Brigadier Admiral Xia Zhiquan, who was scolding, was about to give an order, and the fleet immediately prepared to set sail back to Wandan City as soon as possible!

Bandan City is the government of Bandan Prefecture, and it is also a bridgehead for the Tang Empire to expand its territory in the Southeast Asian region. There can be absolutely no mistakes.

If there is a mistake in Wandan City, I am afraid that the commander of the Wandan squadron will end very badly. Even if the high-level empire has no opinion on this matter, it is estimated that the 6th Army will be happy to see it succeed, but the Navy Internally, he will definitely be punished very seriously. If he fails, he may be ordered to retire.

Banten City is not only a bridgehead for the empire's expansion in the Southeast Asia, but also a bridgehead for the navy's southward strategy!

In the past two years, the 6th Army and the Navy have been arguing countless times over the strategy of going north and going south!

This kind of debate is not about whether to fight the Tatars in the north or the Portuguese in the south, but it is a matter of order.

Because according to the highest strategy of the empire, it is to conquer the whole world. The Tatars in the north must be killed, the Portuguese must also be killed, the grasslands in the north and even the northwest region must be occupied, and the Nanyang Islands and Indo-China Peninsula in the south will also be occupied.

However, although it is said that both sides must fight, but with the current national strength of the empire, it is impossible to say that it can maintain expansion in several directions at the same time, and there must be a priority.

The 6th Army and the navy are fighting over whether to attack the north first or the south first!

If it is said to hit the north first, it goes without saying that military spending must be directed towards the 6th Army, and at the same time various infrastructure and other resources will be directed towards the north, which is unbearable for the navy.

If it is said to fight that side first, the navy is naturally happy, because then the military expenditure of the navy will be greatly increased, and the strategic resources of all aspects will be inclined to the south, but in this way, the 6th army will not be happy either. !

At present, the top executives of the empire, or more precisely, the Son of Heaven, have not made a final decision, but have maintained a balance of power for both the north and the south. Because of little change.

However, in this case, whether it was the 6th army or the navy, they fought more attentively, trying to completely impress the Son of Heaven to make a decision that was beneficial to their side.

In the north, the 6th Army came up with a plan to recover the Hetao area!

The navy is also not far behind, and has come up with a strategy for the South China Sea. The core plan is to use Luzon and Banten as the core to nibble on the islands in the South China Sea, and finally take the vast South China Sea area into the bag and make the South China Sea a The back garden of the empire!

As for the plan of the Indochina Peninsula plan, it is currently stranded, because the 6th Army wants to take the 6th route to conquer Annan, and then kill Malacca. To put it bluntly, it is actually a direct sweep of the entire Indochina Peninsula, and Malacca is only the last incident to conquer!

But in this way, limited by the traffic of the 6th Army and the resistance of the local indigenous people, the war will become very long, and it may even fall into this quagmire and cannot be pulled out. More importantly, in this way, the basic There is nothing to do with the navy, and the navy is firmly opposed to this!

What the Navy wants is to directly engage in large-scale boarding and attack Malacca, but in this way, the 6th Army does not agree, because so far, the navy has not yet had the strength to organize large-scale boarding. Whether it is troop transportation or logistical support, it is actually very difficult. The 6th Army feels that the navy is risking the lives of the 6th Army soldiers. If the transport fleet is sunk by the Portuguese warships on the sea, it will be casually Hundreds, thousands or even tens of thousands of people will be sent to the bottom of the sea to feed the fish.

Of course, the key to the 6th Army's opposition is not this. The most important thing is that they are not willing to attack the navy and go directly to 6th Malacca. The main role will be the navy. At the time of this fortress, the 6th Army still needed human lives to fill it. Unless the generals of the 6th Army were collectively brainstorming, they would never agree to such a plan.

With this back and forth, the strategy of the Indochina Peninsula was shelved.

In the past two years, whether it is the 6th Army or the Navy, they have all done their own things. The 6th Army tightened their belts, cut down on food and clothing, trained cavalry, equipped howitzers, and silently prepared their Hetao strategy.

And the navy is also trying its best to expand the fleet, and is planning to launch the strategy of the South China Sea with Luzon and Banten as the core, especially the strategy of the Banten area is even more important, because if it wins the Sumen Island in Banten, then You can go to the nearest 6 Malacca, and then control Malacca.

In such an environment, Banten City is actually very important to the Navy!

Banten City, don't miss it!

This is Xiazhiquan's only thought now!

Now sweeping the central and eastern areas of Banten Island is no longer important. Destroying a few indigenous cities and attacking a few of their ports is meaningless. He wants to lead the fleet to rescue Banten City as soon as possible!

Xia Zhiquan's order was quickly passed on, and everyone in the fleet was busy. They worked overnight to replenish various supplies for the fleet.

Therefore, at the same time, Xiazhiquan also sent a fast communication ship to Luzon, asking for reinforcements!

When the next day dawned, he personally led the fleet to the west to help.

In addition to the original fleet and the 6th Army, Xiazhiquan also brought the main force stationed in Bali, that is, more than 100 soldiers of the 6th Army.

Although the number of more than 100 people seems to be very small, but fighting in the Nanyang region, there are not many troops. The strength of the army, combined, is just over a thousand people.

As for the militias on Bali, he did not deploy them. On the one hand, the militia's combat effectiveness is still relatively weak. On the other hand, Bali still needs to leave a part of the defensive force. Although there are no indigenous people on Bali, it is also close to the eastern part of Banten Island. Just separated by a small strait, those indigenous people can easily board 6 Bali by paddling a sampan. If they do not leave part of the defense force, the indigenous people will directly board 6 and capture Bali if they are not sure.

With the addition of more than 100 soldiers from the 6th Army, some sailors and gunners will be dispatched to fight ashore. Xia Zhiquan will have about 1,200 troops in total that can be used for ground operations.

Among the 1,200 people, there were 300 members of the 6th Squadron of the Wandan Squadron, 600 soldiers belonging to the Wandan garrison, 200 militiamen, and about 100 sailors and gunners temporarily dispatched.

Don’t think that these 1,200 people are few. If you are fighting in the mainland, especially on the northern border, the army of the empire will be calculated in thousands. However, in the Nanyang region, these 1,200 people are fighting on the ground. Xia Zhiquan believed that they could defeat 10,000 or more native troops.

This is not his blind self-confidence, but a fact that has been obtained from many actual battles!

Whether it is the former company fleet of the Datang Western Company or the current official army, when fighting with the indigenous people, the actual size of the troops is not large, usually it is only a few hundred troops. If you mobilize a thousand troops It was a large-scale battle.

The Wandan Squadron personally led by Xia Zhiquan, who ran with the greatest speed, strictly ordered the fleet to continue sailing even if there was a storm on the night of the sailing!

Because at this time, one day late may affect the survival of Wandan City. He can't wait for the storm to pass before slowly rushing to the rescue. He must return to Wandan City as soon as possible!

Because of Wandan City, it must be saved!

Just as the Wandan Squadron was rushing to aid the city of Wandan, Cheng Zhizhai was also looking at the natives and pirates who were almost everywhere outside the city on the top of the city of Wandan!

Even if he is not familiar with military affairs, he can see that the natives and pirates outside the city are going to attack after a long time of preparations~www.wuxiaspot.com~!

Looking back at the military soldiers and ordinary people who were waiting on the front of the city, Cheng Zhizhai nodded slightly, then turned to Colonel Yang Hong and said, "This battle is about the life and death of Wandan, the life and death of the army and the people, everything is up to Brother Yang!"

After listening to Yang Hong, he said with a resolute expression: "Master Cheng, don't worry, if you want the city of Wandan to be destroyed, unless the soldiers of my Wandan garrison die!"

Cheng Zhizhai said: "Okay! The 6th Army is as brave as ever, and since the soldiers of the 6th Army have made a statement, then the prefects of Wandan will not be left behind. Except for the personnel who need to maintain the situation in the city, the remaining 83 officials have all the weapons and guns ready to go into battle to kill the enemy and help the 6th Army!"

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