In Lion City Singapore, five thousand miles away from Dongxing, Liu Yunsheng, the brother of the Seventh Fleet Liu Yunwen, no longer cared about the celebration of New Year's Eve. Please search (Picture% to read the most complete novel!

An imperial edict from the emperor was delivered through a speedboat. In this urgent edict, the emperor was very dissatisfied with Liu Yunsheng's inaction in Nanyang.

As the governor of the South China Sea, the emperor granted him the power to control the two fleets of the South China Sea and the West, giving him full authority to deal with the empire's rights in the South China Sea. It included diplomatic relations with the three countries of England, Johor and Europe, as well as South Vietnam, Ayutthaya, Zhenla, Dongyu and even India, and even declared war.

But the three barbarians of Britain, Joseon and the West not only blocked the Nanyang routes against the Han Dynasty, but even began to attack the merchant ships of the Han Dynasty. Liu Yunsheng had not declared war on the three barbarians, so what were he waiting for?

As for the war to South Vietnam, the warships, Imperial Army and foreign troops were sent to land on South Vietnam to fight, this is not a reason. With Liu Yunsheng's strength, he could fight South Vietnam while fighting Sanyi.

In order to express his dissatisfaction, the emperor issued an order to Liu Yunsheng to let him focus on Nanyang. As for the war with Nanyue, he no longer needed to participate.

The emperor has officially appointed the Left Privy Councilor Fu Shan as the Governor of Annan, and he is fully responsible for the expedition of Nanyue and Zhenla. Wang Qian, the former chief of staff of the Privy Council, was promoted to the Left Privy Councilor, and the former admiral Zhang Shan, and was promoted to the Right Privy Councilor, and the Admiral Cai Yuan was promoted to the Chief of Staff of the Privy Councilor.

The Governor of the Nanyang Sea Liu Yunsheng controlled the Eighth Fleet of the South China Sea and the Ninth Fleet of the Western Fleet, and was in charge of Singapore and was responsible for declaring war against the Three Yi.

The Governor of Annan, Fu Shan, controlled the Sixth and Seventh Fleets of the South China Ocean, and controlled the Imperial Army, the Foreign Legion, the Korean Legion, and the Jurchen Legion, responsible for the conquest of Annan and Zhenla.

Zheng Zhilong, the Governor of Central and Southern China, continued to command the troops of the Central and Southern Military Region and was responsible for the conquest of Dongshu, Nanzhang and Dacheng.

The two former Privy Councilors were sent to Southeast Asia, which shows the emperor's attention to the situation here. It was precisely because the court wanted to go to war with the three Yi and the Peninsula countries at the same time that Liu Yunsheng could not control the situation on such a large battlefield, so he deliberately let Fu Shan go south and let Liu Yunsheng be only responsible for the Three Yi in the Southeast.

On New Year's Eve, Singapore has no taste of the New Year. The emperor is already angry, and Liu Yunsheng has to send troops in advance. This year's year can only be the first. If you don't kill Sanyi, you won't be able to live the New Year.

Over the past period of time, the Sanyi has attacked more than 20 Han merchant ships, thirteen of which have disappeared, and are most likely to have been sunk or captured.

Singapore. The newly formed South China Sea Fleet Eighth Fleet has also arrived, and the Ninth Fleet, which was originally composed of the Western Fleet into a fleet. Liu Yunsheng has a very strong strength.

There are twelve battleships, and there are also more than 40 third- and fourth-class cruisers with double-layer gun decks of 74 guns or more. The other fifth- and sixth-class ships, as well as gunboat patrol boats and transport ships outside the level, which is a huge combined fleet of nearly 300 ships in size.

The total number of warships and armed merchant ships in the Sanyi region in the entire Nanyang region will not exceed 200, and the number of tonnage and firepower of the Imperial Cruiser or above will not exceed 40.

The overall strength of the two sides is very different, and the Navy of the Nanyang Military Region is at least twice that of Sanyi.

"The commander-in-chief. I think that if you want to deal with the three tyrants, you should take the initiative. Let's attack Batavia first."

The commander of the Eighth Fleet proposed.

On the spread chart, the South Ocean Islands, which are the sea areas called the East Indies or the Spice Islands by the barbarians, are actually a relatively closed area, with three import and export portals in the south.

The first portal is the Strait of Malacca. The second portal is the Strait of Xunta, and the third portal is the Timor route.

The Strait of Malacca is relatively narrow and long. Now the most important port of the strait, Malacca City, is controlled by the Portuguese. To the south is controlled by Aceh, the west of Sumatra, but the Han Dynasty also has control over this strait.

The Dahan controls Singapore, the easternmost end of the north of the strait. Although Singapore is just a small island at the eastern end, its location is far less than that of Malacca. However, with its powerful fleet, the Dahan can also block the exits to the eastern end of the strait. At most, the sea area is larger, and blocking requires more warships, but these are not a problem for Liu Yunsheng.

However, even if a great man can block the Strait of Malacca, it is still not enough.

Because there is also a Xunta Strait.

This strait is not as famous as Malacca in later generations, nor is it as important as Malacca. But at this time, its role is not worse than Malacca. Because in later generations, the Malacca route shortened many routes than Sunta. In addition, the Malacca Strait is relatively wide and deep, and it can pass through large ships, even if busy sea ships enter and exit, it will not be too congested.

However, the Xunta Strait is farther than the Malacca, and the hydrology of the waterway is more complicated. Some places are not suitable for large ships to pass through, and many places are narrower. This makes it not only dangerous for busy ships to walk here in later generations, but also far away, and the navigation capacity is even less sufficient.

But in this era, ships were relatively small. Even large warships and merchant ships were only one or two thousand tons. There was no problem with the Sunta Strait. At this time, there were not as many ships as later generations and would not support them.

The earliest Portuguese ordered the Strait of Malacca, seized the City of Malacca, and controlled this important Strait passage to strengthen their monopoly on the spice trade.

Later, the Dutch and the British also came, but they came one step late. In order to gain the initiative, they found a way to bypass Malacca, and then discovered the Sunta Strait, and focused on Batavia in order to control the Sunta Strait.

The Dutch and the British fought here several times. In the end, the Dutch occupied Batavia at the western end of Java, built a solid fortress, and gradually developed the city to plant and process, making it an emerging trading city.

The Spanish came earlier than the English and Dutch, but later than the Portuguese. However, the Spanish set up another Xijie. They did not take the South-Asian Indian Ocean route, but they took the Pacific route, directly from the Americas to the South-Asia. Therefore, they did not have to pass through the Malacca and the Sunta Straits, but had their own secret route, which was the Timor route east of the Spice Islands.

It is precisely because of these three routes that Portugal, Spain and the Dutch became the three hegemons in Nanyang. The British had to make small fuss in Nanyang, and it was precisely because they could not have their own route that they could never develop in Nanyang.

The chief of staff stood aside and nodded.

Although the empire's fleet in the South Ocean was very powerful, there was another factor they had to consider. That was the port castle of Sanyi in the South Ocean, especially the Spanish and Dutch Luzon Manila and the Batavia in Java.

Ports are very easy to defend and difficult to attack, because the forts and turrets built by the port can set up fortresses without restrictions on shore defense guns. These guns can be much larger than the cannons on warships and shoot farther. In terms of caliber or quantity, they are not comparable to warships.

Especially the cannons on the shore will not be affected by wind waves, so the shooting accuracy is higher. In particular, the cannons on the shore are not worried about being shot.

A port fortress with strong shore firepower is the nemesis of the navy. Even the eighth and ninth two fleets in the South China Ocean have two or three hundred ships, forty or fifty warships, and thousands of artillery, they dare not say that they can attack the port fortress head-on.

Batavia has been built for decades and is itself an extremely strong fortress fortress. Although it later developed into a commercial port, its defensive ability is not weak at all.

As for the city of Manila in Luzon, the Spanish built it longer, with a larger scale, a larger population, a larger number of troops, and a stronger castle fort.

It is not realistic to forcefully attack the port.

Therefore, the generals' opinions were still blocked.

With the Singapore City controlled by the hands and the Portuguese have already expressed a neutral attitude, Malacca can control the blockade.

Now there are only two routes left, one is the Sunta Strait and the other is Timor.

To control the Sunta Strait, you have to first capture Batavia. As for the Timor route, it is further east.

The water in the Xunta Strait is deep, but the channel is narrow and long, with the narrowest part being only five or six miles wide, and the shallowest part being even only six or seven feet deep. Therefore, it is also the easiest to block.

The Dutch have always used it through the Spice Islands.

"In order to control the Sunta Strait, the Dutch established the city of Batavia, but Batavia is still 200 miles away from the Sunta Strait. As long as our fleet directly blocks the Sunta Strait, the Dutch ships will not be able to pass through the Strait, and they will not even have a bag of spices to transport out."

"As soon as Malacca and the Sunta Strait are blocked, the Dutch will either wait for death or leave the port to fight us at sea. In this way, we can lure the snake out of the hole and fight the naval battle we want at sea. Without the support of the port's artillery, what will the Dutch fight us? Even if Spain and Britain support them, as long as we do not fight against the shore defense artillery at the port, we are not afraid of anyone. When the decisive battle at sea defeats their fleet, we can then block directly outside their port, completely block Batavia and Manila, and make them a dead city. In this way, the red barbarians will either surrender or wait for death."

"As long as we block the Sunta Strait and the Malacca Strait, the initiative of the entire Nanyang Sea will be in our hands."

Liu Yunsheng agrees with this view.

"Okay, then let's lead the snake out of the hole, and the governor personally led forty main warships and one hundred other large and small ships with him. This time we directly blocked the Sunta Strait and forced the Dutch to fight."

Liu Yunsheng punched the chart.

Regardless of the dissuasion of the generals, Liu Yunsheng firmly demanded that he personally lead the fleet to fight in the Sunta Strait. He also approved the commander of the Ninth Fleet to stay in Singapore, block the Strait of Malacca, and prohibit ships from entering and leaving the United Kingdom, Jose and other countries.

At the same time, several warships and more than a dozen ships were drawn out, and a special patrol was formed to patrol the sea, specifically looking for single Western barbarian ships. Once discovered, they would sink and capture them, and not give red barbarians a chance to supply them.)
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