Start Being a Vassal King Today - Chapter 1099

[Chapter 1099 Tit for Tat]

“Let the Westerners taste the power of the iron-clad ship this time.” Gong Ying looked back at the iron-clad ship, and lit up the seafood in the barrel. “Before we clean up the Westerners, let’s have a good time.”

“It goes without saying.” Zhou Yi also lit up the seafood in his barrel.

Since learning that there are so many things in the ocean that can be eaten.

They really feel that the vast ocean is an incomparably huge treasure.

And their navy is the guardian of these treasures.

While talking, the two returned to the shore.

That night, there were bonfires everywhere on the coast, like stars.

The sailors were sitting around the bonfire, and the iron barrels were full of seafood.

Mixed with a faint salty smell, it floats far, far away.

A leisurely night was spent like this.

The next day, the officers and men of the Da Song Navy stationed in Malacca were all busy. .

They moved the food, coal, and ammunition from the warehouse on the shore to the cabin, and replenished fresh water at the same time.

In addition, they also checked the steam engines and boilers of each warship to ensure that the warships can run normally.

It’s been a busy three days.

On the early morning of the fourth day, the Da Song Fleet, consisting mainly of twelve ironclad ships, supplemented by forty-eight sailing warships and forty-eight steam ships, passed through Malacca and headed for the Tianzhu Sea.

The Great Song Navy has sixty steamships and galleons.

The other twelve ironclad ships and steam ships were still deployed on the Ryukyu line to protect the trade routes and guard against pirate attacks by Sam’s warships.

Because, although under the attack of the Dasong Navy, the warships of the Kingdom of Sam suffered heavy losses.

But the people of Sam Country deserved to have received the true biography of Onsa Pirates.

In order to attack the merchant ship, they are simply desperate.

According to the confession of the captured soldiers of the Sam Kingdom, before they set off, not only the Western Turk countries, but also the Sam Kingdom issued a war reward decree.

The decree stipulates that any country they seized on the battlefield will buy it back at 80% of the original price.

This means that if they snatch a battleship worth 300,000 pounds, they will be paid 240,000 pounds.

Such a high remuneration may make them live comfortably for a lifetime, and even become rich.

It is precisely because of such a huge temptation that the soldiers of Sam’s country still choose to wander in the East Sea, even though they are aware of the disparity in strength.

In fact, during this period of time, in addition to the people of Sam Country, the supported West Earth Fleet also joined the ranks of official pirates.

However, in front of the island chain defense line built by the Dasong Navy, the navy did not suffer any losses except for several illegal smuggling merchant ships being attacked.

On the contrary, the warships of the Western-Turkish Allied Forces were silent one after another in the East-Turk Sea.

At the same time, because of the disgusting tactics of the West Turk Navy, Admiral Da Song couldn’t wait to seek a decisive battle with his main force and destroy Tianzhu, the largest supply point of the West Turk country in the East Turk.

Without the fulcrum of Tianzhu as the fulcrum of the Western Land Navy, the Eastern Land will inevitably be much cleaner in the future.

Thinking of this, a sneer appeared on the corner of Zhou Yi’s mouth.

At this moment, he is on the ironclad ship Jinling.

After the ironclad ship was launched, this battleship was his flagship.

Patting the metal side of the ship in front of him, Zhou Yi felt extremely at ease.

The number of warships supported by Xitu this time is huge, and the overall number is about eight times that of them.

But for him, no matter how many warships there are in Xitu, it will not help.

In front of ironclad ships, they are nothing but a mob.

Their ironclad ships not only have strong guns, but the rotating turret can shoot from all directions, and the triple-expansion steam engine provides powerful power for the ironclad ships.

Even their own steamships couldn’t outrun the ironclads sailing at full speed.

Therefore, once a war starts, their ironclad ships will surely kill like tigers entering a herd of sheep.

After sailing for half an hour, the fleet passed the long strait.

At this time, the formation of the fleet has changed.

Twelve ironclad ships were included, and forty-eight steamships and sail warships were outside, hiding the ironclad ships.

The sea outside the strait is wide, and there are often steamships from Xitu for investigation.

Sure enough, not long after they sailed out of the strait, they spotted Xitu’s scout steamship.

Seeing this, Zhou Yi did not order the pursuit, but deliberately let the scout ships leave.

He just wanted to go to Tianzhu swaggeringly, luring the Xitu Fleet to fight the Dasong Navy in the Tianzhu waters.

Facing Da Song’s deep fleet with nearly eight times the strength of his troops, he believed that it would be difficult for the admirals on the opposite side to keep calm.

Just as Zhou Yi thought.

five days later.

The information brought back by the Xitu reconnaissance steamship blew up the entire coalition navy.

“How far are they from Calcutta?” Malfoy stared at the captain of the scouting ship, not wanting to miss a word.

“Report Admiral, their speed is not very fast, slower than ours, we came back one step ahead, and there is a scout ship watching them, but the most optimistic estimate is that they will arrive at around noon tomorrow at most ’” replied the captain.

Malfoy looked at the setting sun that was about to set, which meant that there was still more than one night to prepare.

“Admiral, order all warships to enter the inland river. The Dasong Navy is more cunning than foxes. It is best at launching sneak attacks at dawn. We can’t suffer from this old disadvantage.” A naval general suggested.

Malfoy’s eyes flickered, and he shook his head, “No, if we enter the inland river, we will easily be blocked by them in the inland river. This time we will set a trap for them, leaving fifty battleships behind, and the rest of the warships will be in the river fifty miles away. Gather on the sea surface, and mobilize a large number of fishing boats into the port, let the fishing boats and warships light their oil lamps, and at the same time burn wet branches on board to create thick smoke.”

Hearing this, other naval officers immediately understood Malfoy’s meaning.

In a port covered by thick smoke, the Dasong Navy will mistakenly think that all the lights in the smoke are emitted by their warships, and thus think that their warships are all in the port.

In this way, they will launch a sneak attack.

At this time, they can take advantage of the situation and attack from behind the Dasong Navy to wipe out the Dasong Navy.

“Even if the strategy fails, it doesn’t matter. Our number of warships is eight times that of the Dasong Navy fleet. No matter how strong an elephant is, it can’t stop the bite of lions.” After receiving the support of a large number of warships, he regained his confidence.

In the request for help, he promised the Queen that he would use the second support warship to destroy the Dasong Navy.

During this period of time, while gathering warships from various countries in the Tianzhu Sea for exercises, he was looking for an opportunity to fight against the Dasong Navy.

However, the will of the Dasong Navy retreated to the east of Malacca, relying on the protection of the forts on both sides of the strait.

Also, because they lost all the colonies around Malacca.

It is impossible for a large-scale fleet to go around the sea for more than 8,000 miles, pass between Australia and Java, and engage the Dasong Navy.

Therefore, they can only expect the Dasong Navy to misjudge and enter the Tianzhu waters to confront them.

Now, they finally waited for this opportunity.

After all, as he predicted, in such a short period of time, the number of warships in the Dasong Navy cannot explode.

The reconnaissance of the reconnaissance ship corroborated his conjecture.

The number of warships in the Great Song Fleet that came this time is still very small.

(end of this chapter)