Valley Emperor

Within half an hour after the fleet led by Admiral Chen Pengming approached the port and the Portuguese forts officially launched an artillery battle, it completely destroyed the six forts deployed by the Portuguese outside the port, killing at least a thousand enemy troops.

This result not only stunned the Portuguese who were watching the battle in Malacca City, but also stunned the Portuguese fleet that rushed out of the port and tried to actively intercept it.

Although at the beginning, they still tried with mortal courage and tried to rush up to carry out a pick-up battle, but in front of the powerful artillery fire of the Datang Navy, one ship after another was hit by wood chips, and the casualties were heavy. Below, one of the more than 400-ton armed merchant ships was penetrated by successive 24-jin howitzer shells of the Datang Navy and penetrated its wooden hull. The main internal structure of the ship was damaged and sank quickly after a large leak occurred.

When the remaining Portuguese ships saw this, they could only retreat helplessly!

After some battles, the main fleet of the Datang Navy has completely rushed into the port, and then began to recklessly bombard the Portuguese fleet and port facilities in the port with a large number of naval guns.

In this case, the Portuguese could not resist at all!

The ships that dared to resist were bombarded one by one, either sinking or bursting into flames!

However, more Portuguese ships were like dead fish, just drifting in the port, and the sailors on board had already fled to the pier, and then rushed towards the Malacca Fortress hundreds of meters away.

In this attack on the port, there is no doubt that the Datang Navy has won an absolute victory!

At this time, they were even able to drop anchor directly in the port and use artillery to calmly bombard the remaining Portuguese ships and facilities on the shore!

Of course, although the Datang Navy rushed into the port, it didn't go too deep into the port, not even within 100 meters of the wharf, because there was a city of Malacca on the shore.

On the seaside side of Malacca City, it is a solid fort with dozens of heavy artillery deployed, and it is condescending, which can easily pose a threat to the battleships of the Datang Navy.

In order to avoid insignificant losses, Chen Pengming did not order the fleet to move forward, and just carried out shelling at a distance of 400 to 500 meters.

Although the hit rate at this distance is not good, it can't hold up too many guns!

Covering with artillery fire can also completely annihilate these Portuguese ships!

The rumble of guns in the Malacca port continued for hours!

When the rumble of guns stopped, the Portuguese fleet in the port no longer existed.

This fleet, which has two battleships, several professional battleships, and dozens of armed merchant ships, basically did not play the role they should have, and was just wiped out in the port one by one.

Many ships were either sunk and then sank, or a thick fire ignited, and then nothing was left!

At the same time as the fleet was destroyed, a large number of artillery pieces carried by the warships also sank to the bottom of the sea, which made the Portuguese attempt to bring all the artillery pieces on the ship to land, and then use these artillery pieces for defense on land.

The only thing worthy of the Portuguese is that, apart from the loss of a large number of personnel at the fort at the beginning, in the subsequent port battles, the casualties were not too many, at most a few hundred people, more People still safely retreated to the land, and then entered the fortified city of Malacca.

Looking at the already messy port of Malacca and the still burning Portuguese ships, Chen Pengming ordered the fleet to stop the large-scale artillery bombardment and stationed a squadron in the port to continue vigilance and support the army. The main fleet began to withdraw from the port and return to Anchorage outside the port.

On the way back, he said to Brigadier General Yang Yiqing, the army liaison officer on the flagship: "The navy has already completed its mission, and the rest is up to the army!"

Brigadier General Yang Yiqing was still immersed in the scene of the fierce shelling by the navy just now. When he heard Chen Pengming's words, he immediately said: "Please rest assured from the navy, our army soldiers have already started a large-scale landing, and once the landing is completed, We will prepare for siege!"

This Malacca battle, although it is said that the navy is in the limelight for the time being, the navy alone cannot conquer Malacca.

However, for the city of Malacca on the shore, it actually means nothing!

If you want to win Malacca, you have to rely on the army to attack from the ground!

The navy's attack in the port and the brilliant results achieved are also stimulating the army soldiers who are landing!

At the landing site of the Datang Combined Landing Fleet a few kilometers away from the city of Malacca, Lieutenant General Ding Chenzhen, commander of the Seventh Army, raised his feet in long leather boots, walked down from the landing boat, and stepped on the shoal superior.

Although the water level of the shoal is not high, it is only ten or twenty centimeters deep, but the low sand and silt are too soft, and the resistance of the water makes people swaying when walking on it!

Every time, the long leather boots are deeply immersed in the sand, and then they are pulled up hard to move forward, which makes Ding Chen, who is in his fifties, quite uncomfortable.

After finally walking onto the dry beach, Ding Chenzhen held the command knife on his waist with one hand, raised his head slightly with the other to put on his military cap, then raised his head to look at the chaotic beach ahead, and said, "The group of turtles in the navy. , how did you choose the landing site, this place is for people!"

Ding Chenzhen continued to move forward with a vote of officers from the military. After more than 100 meters away from the beach, he walked into a tent. This very simple tent was the temporary army headquarters.

He sat directly on an ammunition box, then took off his wet boots without grace, poured out the seawater inside, and then looked up, a group of officers were staring at him, and immediately Said: "What are you looking at? We are all free, are we traveling?"

"It's a war now, let's move!"

In this group of officers, some of them are his old subordinates. They have a certain understanding of Ding Chenzhen's temperament, so they don't say anything. All of them are busy with their own affairs, but there are still a few who are Officers transferred from other troops or the Privy Council, these people are really not familiar with Ding Chen, and they were stunned for a while when they heard such words.

But I didn't dare to say anything, I just felt that I was not used to it, so I was busy with my own business!

After seeing a group of subordinates busy, Ding Chenzhen stood up again with bare feet, then took out the binoculars and looked ahead, the city of Malacca was in front.

Then I saw him pondering for a while, and then took out the pocket watch on his chest and looked at it, and then said: "Please pay attention to Lao Tzu, first arrange for the troops to build fortifications in the north, so that those who have registered The troops cheer up to prevent the enemy from attacking after dark, and then contact the navy to let their support ships stay and be ready for artillery support at any time!"

"It's so messy again, what if the barbarians come over, they're courting death!"

"Damn, whoever arranged the pre-landing plan has been visiting the south and west for most of the day, and the north has not even built beachhead fortifications!"

At this time, his chief of staff, Major General Qian Songquan, finally couldn't help but whispered in his ear: "Sir, Shen Yan, this is the landing operation plan that you personally arranged!"

Ding Chenzhen heard this, not only did not show any embarrassment, but even more angry: "This officer arranged? You can't see such an obvious tactical flaw, or you can't see it and don't say it, you wait. As a staff officer, why don't you remind this officer that everything should be arranged by this officer, what's the use of waiting for you!"

Hearing this, Major General Qian Songquan, the chief of staff of the Seventh Army next to him, looked very embarrassed. I reminded me before the landing, okay, you old **** said it yourself, the landing place is tight, and guard against the west. The south is the main one, and the north is put first, because the city of Malacca is in the south, and as for the north, the Portuguese barbarians do not have the courage to go around a few kilometers to attack.

But I didn't expect that after logging in, this old **** just forgot what he said, and then blamed himself!

At this time, Qian Songquan could only sigh. It was really not easy to work with Ding Chenzhen. If it wasn't for several bigwigs in the Privy Council to find him and let him be Ding Chenzhen's partner, he would not be willing. To be the chief of staff of the seventh army commander, who is so hot-tempered that the whole army knows it.

We've only been working together for more than three months, and I've been scolded many times!

But now I can only bear it, because this Malacca battle, whether it is for the navy or the army, it is a crucial battle, and the navy will not talk about it.

The Army had already prepared for the Battle of Malacca in advance, and this Ding Chenzhen was actually prepared by the Privy Council for the Battle of Malacca.

Although this person has a hot temper, but in the huge Tang Army, there are a lot of traditional generals who are good at large-scale field operations, or attack tough battles, but you have to say that there are very few who are good at amphibious landing operations. If you are good at amphibious landing at the same time The generals who fight and attack tough battles, and the rank has reached the level of lieutenant general of the army.

It's not hard, only Ding Chenzhen is the only one left!

At the beginning, the army bosses Hao Bainian and Li Chunjing summoned Qian Songquan, a rookie general of the army~www.wuxiaspot.com~ who served as the commander of the main infantry division, and also served as the deputy director of the combat department of the staff department, and asked him to go to Ding Chenzhen When he was the chief of staff, there was helplessness in his tone!

It can be seen that they don't like Ding Chenzhen either, but how can they be a senior general who can play both large-scale amphibious landing operations and tough battles at the same time, except Ding Chenzhen, they have no other candidates!

In order to prevent the hot-tempered Ding Chenzhen from making any mischief on the front line, they let Qian Songquan, who is mature and stable, and also has a good temper, serve as the chief of staff to Ding Chenzhen.

But from what Qian Songquan sees now, he is the chief of staff here and there.

But when he thought of the explanations of several army bosses, and then thought that the Malacca campaign had a great impact, and it had a great impact on his personal political future, he could only tell himself every day: I will endure it!

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