The Strait of Malacca runs east-west, with a total length of more than 1,000 kilometers, nearly 400 kilometers at its widest point, less than 40 kilometers at its narrowest point, and a water depth of only about 30 meters at its shallowest point. The Strait of Malacca is located in the equatorial windless zone, almost all year round calm waves, and the bottom of the strait is flat, mostly quicksandy, so the water flow is gentle, it is a unique waterway harbor.

The Strait of Malacca is also blessed because it is the choke point between the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean, and ships from east to west have to pass through here, making it an important node of the Maritime Silk Road. The country of Manraka is located at the narrowest point of the Strait of Malacca, and controls this choke point, and every year it collects tolls from merchant ships to the point of hand cramps.

Of course, tolls are secondary, the key is that due to the geographical advantage, the royal city of Malacca, the capital of Manraka, has become the most important distribution center for goods. Camphor and silk and ceramics from the Ming Dynasty, fabrics from India, cane sugar from the Philippines, sandalwood, cloves, cardamom and other spices from the Moluccas, gold and pepper from Sumatra, camphor from Borneo, sandalwood from Timor, and tin from western Malaysia are all gathered in the Royal City of Malacca and then transshipped to all over the world, and the Royal City of Malacca has become a global distribution center for goods.

Because of this, the royal city of Malacca is quite prosperous, and the royal family of Manraka is even richer. However, as the saying goes, there must be a gain, there is a loss, Manraka controls this golden waterway, and there are many people who are angry, for example, the army of Siam (Thailand) has repeatedly moved south to try to annex Manraka, but it has not succeeded.

In the sixth year of Zhengde in the Ming Dynasty, the Portuguese who came from afar also took a fancy to this place, and brazenly launched an attack on the royal city of Malacca, and it took a month to finally occupy this rich royal city. It is now the third year of Jiajing in the Ming Dynasty, and after careful calculation, the Portuguese have ruled the royal city of Malacca for 12 years, and they have already gained a firm foothold.

Under the vast starry sky, everything is as small as floating dust, and above the boundless sea, all human beings are ants.

The fleet of the Ming army has been sailing on the vast sea for half a month, if it is not for the fact that Malacca is there, if it is not for the prince of Manla Gabintang as a guide, it is estimated that most of the soldiers of the Ming army will have the idea of returning, after all, if it is going on endlessly, when will it be the end? Far away from one's homeland and facing the future of the unserved, it often makes people feel hesitant and even frightened.

At this moment, on the bow deck of the main ship of the fleet, Yu Dayou, the chief soldier of the South China Sea, stared at the horizon in the distance with blazing eyes, and asked in a deep voice: "How long does His Highness Bintang think it will take to reach the Royal City of Malacca?" ”

The pot-bellied Prince Bintang stood next to Yu Dayou, the black guy was excited, the bruises caused by the fight with Pires that day had not completely dissipated, the bread-like fat face squeezed his eyes until there were only two slits left, he tried hard to open his eyes, pointed to the vast sea on the right and said: "General Yu, please look, in that direction is the Gulf of Siam, the slow will be five days, and the fast will be three days to reach the city of Malacca." ”

Yu Dayou nodded when he heard this, and immediately sent a clipper to contact the wolf soldiers of the second echelon, and at the same time returned to the cabin and summoned the generals under his command to discuss.

A map spread out on the table, a hand-drawn map of the royal city of Malacca by Prince Bintang, barely recognizable, despite its poor drawing, marked with the main strongholds and forts in the royal city.

The Royal City of Malacca is located on the edge of the strait, and the Malacca River, which flows into the strait, is divided into two halves, connected by a bridge across the river, with the outer harbour in front and the inner harbour behind the bridge.

Yu Dayou's eyes fell keenly on the bridge, it was obvious that in order to capture the royal city of Malacca, the bridge had to be taken first, and this was what the Franco-Robot had done in the first place. Because of this, the Franc machine people also knew the importance of this bridge, so they deployed heavy troops on the bridge, and also built forts and batteries at both ends of the bridge, so it was not easy for the Ming army to take it smoothly.

There is no doubt that the Franco machine man occupies a geographical advantage, but the Ming army has a greater advantage, that is, the Fran machine man who guarded the royal city of Malacca now does not know that the Ming army has rushed thousands of miles to kill, and it is still their Western ship. One side came prepared, the soldiers were strong and strong, the other side was kept in the dark, the soldiers were few and the generals were outnumbered, and the victory or defeat was self-evident.

After Yu Dayou and his generals discussed the plan of attack, he immediately gave a very disgraceful order, all the warships were hoisted with Portuguese flags, and some of the soldiers were arranged to wear Portuguese sailors' clothes and carry arquebuses around the deck.

In the afternoon of the next day, Yu Dayou's fleet finally reached the area of Forou (present-day Singapore), officially entered the Strait of Malacca, and sailed west for about a day to reach the royal city of Malacca.

After entering the Strait of Malacca, it was obvious that there were more merchant ships encountered along the way, and these merchant ships awe-inspiring when they saw the Portuguese flag fleet.

"Hey, it looks like Franc is the boss here!" Feng Lao Liu rubbed his hands and said.

"It's going to be a boss soon!" Su Qingsnake said with a smile.

The generals suddenly burst into laughter, their eyes wide open, staring at the frequent merchant ships like wolves, Prince Bintang felt faintly uneasy in his heart, and he had a feeling of luring wolves into the room, but now it was too late to regret it.

Of course, Prince Bintang will not regret it, since the moment he asked the Ming army to help restore the country, he was ready to sacrifice some interests, so as long as the Ming army's request was not too much, he would agree, after all, even if the restoration was successful, he still had to use the power of the Ming army to sit on the throne.

When they were about to arrive at their destination, they saw the land on both sides of the strait, and all the soldiers and generals were in high spirits, and the depression and hesitation along the way were swept away, and their morale was high, and they were ready to do a big job.

Yu Dayou drove these guys back to the cabin, camouflage is the biggest advantage of the Ming army, the closer you get to the royal city of Malacca, the more careful you must be, once the Portuguese find out, then this advantage will be gone, if you want to take the city of Malacca, it is estimated that you have to pay several times the price.

A day later, the fleet finally arrived at the outer harbor of the royal city of Malacca, and the generals' eyes were green and their saliva was almost pouring out as they watched the bustling harbor where ships came and went.

Yu Dayou finally understood why the marshal wanted to mobilize troops to the South Seas to restore the country for the exiled prince Bintang of Manraka, not to mention the strategic importance of this strait, just the wealth here is worth fighting, wahaha, make a lot of money, how can this sum not be worthy of the good intentions of the marshal?

The generals stared at the royal city of Malacca, and the prince of Bintang also stared at the royal city of Malacca, because as long as the Ming army took it, he Bintang would be the king of the royal city in the future.

But now it's different from the past, he, Prince Bintang, has returned with a powerful Ming fleet, as long as the restoration is successful, which brother is qualified to compete with him for the throne?

Prince Bintang was so excited that his fat face turned red, and he pointed to Wang Cheng and said: "General Yu, let's start, take the royal city of Malacca, kill all the Francos, your military salaries and soldiers' pensions, this prince is all out, and there is a big reward." ”

Feng Lao Liu pursed his lips disdainfully, and said secretly, Lao Tzu has no hands? When you take the royal city of Malacca, you will still need your fat reward silver?

Obviously, Yu Dayou thought the same way, and he laughed out loud and gave the order to attack.

Boom Boom Boom ......

More than 800 Franc machine guns were pushed out, and the heavy artillery fire blew up the Portuguese defenders on the bridge in an instant, and the batteries on both sides were destroyed before they could return fire, and the fortified fortress was also torn apart under the dense shelling.

The merchant ships of various countries anchored in the harbor were frightened, and they did not understand why the Portuguese fleet attacked the royal city of Malacca, and thought that there was an internal strife. Some merchant ships tried to escape, but the Ming fleet had blocked the entire strait, and those who dared to slip away waited with guns on the spot.

After a wild bombardment, the defenders on the bridge were basically disabled, Yu Dayou immediately sent a death squad to board the bridge, after a bloody battle, the brave Yiwu soldiers finally completely controlled both ends of the bridge.

However, the Portuguese launched a fierce counterattack to try to retake the bridge, so the bridge became a meat grinder, and countless corpses rolled from the bridge into the river, and the blood stained the river red.

Yu Dayou commanded calmly, and while ordering the artillery to suppress, he sent more soldiers to support the death squads on the bridge. Half an hour later, the Portuguese finally gave up the bridge and retreated into the city of Malacca.

"Raise the flag!" Yu Dayou drank!

In an instant, all the warships played the banner of the Ming Dynasty, a Xuanhuang regimental dragon flag fluttered high, and the reverse side was embroidered with a big "Ming" character.

"Oh my God, it's the army of the Ming Dynasty!" Many of the merchant ships were smuggling merchant ships of the Ming Dynasty, and when they saw this, they exclaimed in shock, and they were both proud and frightened when they saw the flag of the motherland thousands of miles away, after all, the Ming Dynasty imposed a sea ban and went to Nanyang to do business without permission It was a violation of national law.

Boom Boom Boom ......

The artillery fire was incessant, the gunfire began to rise one after another, and the whole sea area was filled with smoke, and the merchant ships coming and going from east to west were so frightened that they quickly turned around and slipped away, while the bolder ones stopped at a distance to watch.

The walls of the King of Malacca were high and deep, and although the Ming army occupied the bridge, it still failed to break the city after nearly an hour of onslaught, and the casualties became more and more heavy, and the morale was greatly damaged.

"Damn, this turtle shell is really hard to break." Chen Dacheng, the leader of the Yiwu soldiers, couldn't help but scold in pain, and the dead and injured were all the children of the Chen family.

Prince Bintang was also very anxious when he saw that the Ming army could not attack for a long time, and he walked around next to Yu Dayou, which was really an eyesore.

Yu Dayou's heart suddenly moved, on the head of the royal city of Malacca, there were many defenders who looked like locals, so they had a plan and beckoned: "Your Highness Bintang, please come here." ”

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