Chapter 3021
Chapter 3021
Chapter 3021
When Roger said these words, he didn't think that the "next Governor of Malacca" he said was trying to come to meet him.
In order to make this "bandit suppression" operation go smoothly, Haihan adopted a lot of shady and gray means in the early stage, so the dispatch of troops will naturally not invite allies to send people to participate in the military operations like in the past.
For this reason, Roger also specially accelerated the action process. From announcing the dispatch of troops to suppress the bandits to the assembly of the troops, it took only two or three days in the middle, and the outside world had no time to respond.This caused the Portuguese in Malacca to be caught off guard, and it was not until the Haihan fleet arrived at their door that they came back to their senses.
Roger's plan is to cook the uncooked rice first. Even if other surrounding countries are dissatisfied with this, it will not be able to change the existing situation.
Among them, the ones that really made Roger fearful were Portugal and Aceh.
These two have been the traditional powerhouses in the Malacca Strait region for nearly a hundred years. Even if their military strength is not as good as Haihan, a rising star, their influence in this area is still quite strong, and each of them has a deep relationship with Haihan in certain fields. Cooperation.Haihan wants to establish a long-term stronghold or even a port city at the northern end of the Strait of Malacca, so he still has to worry about their feelings.
But whether it is the city of Malacca or Banda Aceh, it is the target that Roger intends to replace.Once the idea of ​​controlling the northern and southern ends of the strait is realized, the trade volume originally belonging to these two places will gradually flow into the port operated by Haihan.
Not long after the fleet passed the city of Malacca, the flagship received a report from the rear that a Portuguese ship had set out from the port of Malacca and was chasing the fleet at full speed.The flag hoisted on this ship indicates that it belongs to the Malacca Governor's Palace.
Qian Tiandun joked: "With such a big battle in the fleet, anyone who is not blind will definitely find something is wrong. It won't be the governor of Malacca who found out that something is wrong and wants to catch up and confront you, right?"
Roger's expression was normal, apparently this little episode did not exceed his expectations: "The governor of Malacca, Costa, is old and hasn't left the city of Malacca for several years. Even if he wants to come out in person, the preparations will not be so fast... I It seems likely that his successor volunteered to find the answer."
Qian Tiandun said: "Then what are your plans? Do you want to stop and wait for him?"
Roger sneered and said: "What is his identity, what qualifications does he have to make us stop and wait? Even if Costa came forward in person and didn't greet us in advance, it doesn't matter. We just pretend that we don't know about this, what should we do?" What are you going to do?"
Qian Tiandun nodded and said nothing more.He knew that Roger didn't really look down on the other party, but he didn't want to cause extra complications when the action was at a critical moment.
As long as the two sides do not meet, there is no need to consider the diplomatic impact and the other party's reaction for the time being.
As a logistics fleet, Li Yuande and the slow-moving cargo ships he belonged to were located in the middle and rear of the entire fleet, which was several hours away from the flagship in front.
Because of this, when Fu Ruifeng's fleet sailed near the port of Malacca, Li Yuande happened to see the governor's ship on which Lopez was sailing out of the port.
It is hard for Li Yuande not to notice the existence of this ship, because there are basically no irrelevant ships on the nearby sea at this time. The fleet gives way.Only this sailboat flying the flag of the Governor-General of Malacca sailed out of the silent port alone.
The speed of this Portuguese sailboat was obviously faster than that of Fu Ruifeng's cargo ship, and it took just over an hour to catch up with Li Yuande's boat.Judging from this posture, it seems that they are chasing the Haihan fleet.
Li Yuande was quite curious, and took out his binoculars to observe the ship hundreds of feet away, and saw that the commander on that ship was a middle-aged man with a serious face.Although he didn't recognize him, he could tell from the military uniform he was wearing that this was a relatively rare senior general.
During Li Yuande's trading activities in various parts of the South China Sea, he also dealt with many Portuguese, but very few of them had Portuguese officers.
The reason is also very simple. Portugal's garrison in the South China Sea is not large, and the commander of a garrison base is usually only a major. In the Haihan Army, it is almost a sub-battalion level.But such officers often have a lot of power, and Portugal's local military and political affairs are all grasped.Li Yuande usually spends more time dealing with his subordinates, and only occasionally can he meet these officers.
However, the military uniform of the Portuguese officer seen in the telescope is slightly different from what Li Yuande usually sees, and it looks more luxurious.And he once heard the Portuguese say that the commanders of the garrisons in various places are the generals defending the city of Malacca, which is very consistent with the situation before them.
Li Yuande really wanted to ask an insider, but the young officers he knew were all in their respective troops at this time, and no one was on the cargo ship he was on, and there was no one around him who could answer his questions. .
"If I knew I should go to the flagship with Lord Qian, I wouldn't have to guess here!"
Although Li Yuande was a little annoyed, he also knew that it was not appropriate for him to go to the flagship at this time.
When heading south from Cam Ranh Bay, he was able to follow Qian Tiandun's side because he was not in combat at that time, and the atmosphere in the fleet was relatively relaxed.But this time starting from Xingdao, the entire fleet is already in a state of war, and officers at all levels must be on standby at any time.Although Li Yuande is not a soldier, he can't leave his post without permission. He can only command his cargo ship fleet honestly.
The goal of the Portuguese sailing ship was obviously not the slower cargo ships. After sailing side by side for a short time, it overtook the fleet of cargo ships and continued to catch up with the warships ahead.
Haihan's fleet has more than [-] ships of various types, and the team stretches for nearly [-] miles, which can be described as mighty.All the civilian ships encountered on the way gave way in advance, lest they would be affected.
There was only such a Portuguese ship, which walked through the Haihan fleet almost without hesitation, hurriedly, and finally saw the main force of the fleet a day later.
But at this time, a new trouble that caused Lopez a headache came again. There were several Majestic-class warships on the sea ahead, and the distance between them was extremely far away, so it was impossible to confirm which one was the real flagship.
Along the way, Lopez was trying to get in touch with the nearby Haihan warship to report his intentions, but the other party seemed to treat him as transparent, neither blocking nor communicating, and letting him sail freely.
But the goal is not far ahead, how can Hai Han stop ignoring his own existence?
(End of this chapter)
When Roger said these words, he didn't think that the "next Governor of Malacca" he said was trying to come to meet him.
In order to make this "bandit suppression" operation go smoothly, Haihan adopted a lot of shady and gray means in the early stage, so the dispatch of troops will naturally not invite allies to send people to participate in the military operations like in the past.
For this reason, Roger also specially accelerated the action process. From announcing the dispatch of troops to suppress the bandits to the assembly of the troops, it took only two or three days in the middle, and the outside world had no time to respond.This caused the Portuguese in Malacca to be caught off guard, and it was not until the Haihan fleet arrived at their door that they came back to their senses.
Roger's plan is to cook the uncooked rice first. Even if other surrounding countries are dissatisfied with this, it will not be able to change the existing situation.
Among them, the ones that really made Roger fearful were Portugal and Aceh.
These two have been the traditional powerhouses in the Malacca Strait region for nearly a hundred years. Even if their military strength is not as good as Haihan, a rising star, their influence in this area is still quite strong, and each of them has a deep relationship with Haihan in certain fields. Cooperation.Haihan wants to establish a long-term stronghold or even a port city at the northern end of the Strait of Malacca, so he still has to worry about their feelings.
But whether it is the city of Malacca or Banda Aceh, it is the target that Roger intends to replace.Once the idea of ​​controlling the northern and southern ends of the strait is realized, the trade volume originally belonging to these two places will gradually flow into the port operated by Haihan.
Not long after the fleet passed the city of Malacca, the flagship received a report from the rear that a Portuguese ship had set out from the port of Malacca and was chasing the fleet at full speed.The flag hoisted on this ship indicates that it belongs to the Malacca Governor's Palace.
Qian Tiandun joked: "With such a big battle in the fleet, anyone who is not blind will definitely find something is wrong. It won't be the governor of Malacca who found out that something is wrong and wants to catch up and confront you, right?"
Roger's expression was normal, apparently this little episode did not exceed his expectations: "The governor of Malacca, Costa, is old and hasn't left the city of Malacca for several years. Even if he wants to come out in person, the preparations will not be so fast... I It seems likely that his successor volunteered to find the answer."
Qian Tiandun said: "Then what are your plans? Do you want to stop and wait for him?"
Roger sneered and said: "What is his identity, what qualifications does he have to make us stop and wait? Even if Costa came forward in person and didn't greet us in advance, it doesn't matter. We just pretend that we don't know about this, what should we do?" What are you going to do?"
Qian Tiandun nodded and said nothing more.He knew that Roger didn't really look down on the other party, but he didn't want to cause extra complications when the action was at a critical moment.
As long as the two sides do not meet, there is no need to consider the diplomatic impact and the other party's reaction for the time being.
As a logistics fleet, Li Yuande and the slow-moving cargo ships he belonged to were located in the middle and rear of the entire fleet, which was several hours away from the flagship in front.
Because of this, when Fu Ruifeng's fleet sailed near the port of Malacca, Li Yuande happened to see the governor's ship on which Lopez was sailing out of the port.
It is hard for Li Yuande not to notice the existence of this ship, because there are basically no irrelevant ships on the nearby sea at this time. The fleet gives way.Only this sailboat flying the flag of the Governor-General of Malacca sailed out of the silent port alone.
The speed of this Portuguese sailboat was obviously faster than that of Fu Ruifeng's cargo ship, and it took just over an hour to catch up with Li Yuande's boat.Judging from this posture, it seems that they are chasing the Haihan fleet.
Li Yuande was quite curious, and took out his binoculars to observe the ship hundreds of feet away, and saw that the commander on that ship was a middle-aged man with a serious face.Although he didn't recognize him, he could tell from the military uniform he was wearing that this was a relatively rare senior general.
During Li Yuande's trading activities in various parts of the South China Sea, he also dealt with many Portuguese, but very few of them had Portuguese officers.
The reason is also very simple. Portugal's garrison in the South China Sea is not large, and the commander of a garrison base is usually only a major. In the Haihan Army, it is almost a sub-battalion level.But such officers often have a lot of power, and Portugal's local military and political affairs are all grasped.Li Yuande usually spends more time dealing with his subordinates, and only occasionally can he meet these officers.
However, the military uniform of the Portuguese officer seen in the telescope is slightly different from what Li Yuande usually sees, and it looks more luxurious.And he once heard the Portuguese say that the commanders of the garrisons in various places are the generals defending the city of Malacca, which is very consistent with the situation before them.
Li Yuande really wanted to ask an insider, but the young officers he knew were all in their respective troops at this time, and no one was on the cargo ship he was on, and there was no one around him who could answer his questions. .
"If I knew I should go to the flagship with Lord Qian, I wouldn't have to guess here!"
Although Li Yuande was a little annoyed, he also knew that it was not appropriate for him to go to the flagship at this time.
When heading south from Cam Ranh Bay, he was able to follow Qian Tiandun's side because he was not in combat at that time, and the atmosphere in the fleet was relatively relaxed.But this time starting from Xingdao, the entire fleet is already in a state of war, and officers at all levels must be on standby at any time.Although Li Yuande is not a soldier, he can't leave his post without permission. He can only command his cargo ship fleet honestly.
The goal of the Portuguese sailing ship was obviously not the slower cargo ships. After sailing side by side for a short time, it overtook the fleet of cargo ships and continued to catch up with the warships ahead.
Haihan's fleet has more than [-] ships of various types, and the team stretches for nearly [-] miles, which can be described as mighty.All the civilian ships encountered on the way gave way in advance, lest they would be affected.
There was only such a Portuguese ship, which walked through the Haihan fleet almost without hesitation, hurriedly, and finally saw the main force of the fleet a day later.
But at this time, a new trouble that caused Lopez a headache came again. There were several Majestic-class warships on the sea ahead, and the distance between them was extremely far away, so it was impossible to confirm which one was the real flagship.
Along the way, Lopez was trying to get in touch with the nearby Haihan warship to report his intentions, but the other party seemed to treat him as transparent, neither blocking nor communicating, and letting him sail freely.
But the goal is not far ahead, how can Hai Han stop ignoring his own existence?
(End of this chapter)