Chapter 1040 Interlude

"Your Highness, the people of Sterdan call this place Kaliman Island. Now we are on the west side of Kaliman Island. It only takes one day's sea journey from here to Malacca. Read М"

After the Qinglong Army and the Suzaku Army went south, Zhao Xu stayed in the Royal City of Siam for a few days, and then went out to sea with Zhou Yi and arrived at the stronghold established by the navy, which is closest to Malacca.

This stronghold was once the people of Sterdan, because now the Western Turkish coalition forces have focused their forces on Malacca.

With the strength of the Sterdan people, they naturally could not resist the attack of the Marine Corps, and the stronghold fell smoothly into the hands of the navy.

Later, the navy successively transported a large amount of supplies here for backup.

"Yeah." Zhao Xu nodded gently. He was naturally familiar with this place.

Java is the contemporary Indonesia.

This country, like Luzon, is not a whole continent, but consists of several islands.

The three largest islands are Sumatra, located southwest of Kaliman Island, and Java, located southeast of Kaliman Island, across the sea from Nanzhan Island.

At present, the Marine Corps has only captured Kaliman Island, and has not yet taken action on Sumatra and Java, which are the key defenses of Stedam.

The reason for this is that Kaliman Island itself is located on the west side of Luzon, only 500 to 600 kilometers away.

The second reason is that Kaliman Island is opposite Malacca, and it is the most suitable springboard for attacking Malacca.

At the same time, it is also convenient to transport supplies from Luzon to here.

"By the way, the Marine Corps, the Azure Dragon Army and the Suzaku Army should all be in place. You should also prepare to advance the fleet to the direction of Malacca to cooperate with their attack." After a moment of silence, Zhao Xu said to Zhou Yi.

Supplies are no longer a problem. The next focus is this decisive battle with the Western Turkish coalition.

In order to support each other, the Western Turkish coalition's forces are mainly deployed on both sides of the Malacca Strait.

In this way, the artillery on land can support the Western Turkic Navy to resist the Dasong Navy.

The Western Turkic Navy warships can support the army on both sides and bombard the Dasong Army.

Faced with this deployment of the Western Turkic coalition, he certainly cannot let the other side take advantage.

Their navy and army can support each other, and the navy and army of Dasong can also support each other.

"Yes, Your Highness." Zhou Yi responded.

As soon as the King of Yan opened his mouth, he understood the King of Yan's intention. In fact, he also thought of this.

After two days of preparation, the fleet went to Malacca.

This time, they dispatched 30 steamships and 60 sailing warships.

As for the remaining steamships and sailing warships, they were deployed in the eastern waters of Dasong to prevent the Sam Kingdom from sending a fleet from the east again.

In order to boost morale, Zhao Xu chose to go with the army. He and Zhou Yi took the Jinghai flagship and went to Malacca.

After a day of sailing, they arrived at the Malacca estuary.

At this time, Zhou Yi ordered the steam reconnaissance ship to go to the positions of the Marine Corps, the Azure Dragon Army and the Suzaku Army to pass intelligence and orders back and forth.

About half an hour later, the reconnaissance ship returned.

"Your Highness, the Marine Corps is currently stationed 20 miles south of the strait. According to the confession of the captured prisoners, the Western Earth Alliance has deployed 40,000 land forces and 40,000 indigenous troops on the south side."

"The Azure Dragon Army and the Suzaku Army are stationed 30 miles north of the strait, and there are 60,000 Western Earth Alliance soldiers and 80,000 indigenous troops on the north side." The captain of the reconnaissance ship reported one by one.

Zhao Xu heard this and nodded slowly, with a sneer on his lips.

If the indigenous troops are excluded, the Western Earth soldiers are obviously at a disadvantage in terms of number and are stretched in terms of manpower.

In this era, the Western Earth people are so confident that they can fight him in the East across such a long distance.

It can be said that this is entirely due to their arrogance.

After all, they knew that the Dasong army was very powerful now, but in their hearts, the Dasong army was still a barbaric indigenous army.

In this case, this time he would give the Westerners an unforgettable memory, so that they would know that their days of rampant tyranny were gone forever.

"Pass on the king's order, give them one day to prepare, and launch a full-scale attack tomorrow morning. We will drive the Westerners into the sea to feed the fish!" Zhao Xu said solemnly.

The captain of the reconnaissance ship responded and turned to get off the flagship.

After a while, the two reconnaissance ships went south and north respectively.

Zhao Xu turned to Zhou Yi again, "You should also prepare. The range and power of our ship guns are superior to those of the other side, and we must play them out in this war."

"Yes, Your Highness." Zhou Yi saluted Zhao Xu.

At the same time.

When Zhao Xu gave the order, Wesley was standing in the trench fortifications on the coast and looking at the warships on the sea.

Standing beside him were a group of coalition officers, all of whom looked solemn.

The Dasong Army arrived three days ago and is confronting them.

Now the fleet of the Dasong Navy has arrived again.

The King of Yan of Dasong has put up such a huge battle, which means he is determined to go to war with their Western Alliance.

"Send someone to ask for peace talks." Wesley suddenly said after putting down the telescope.

His purpose is certainly not to really go for peace talks, but to delay the war.

If the Dasong people fall into the trap, he is happy to delay and wait for the arrival of reinforcements.

The officers naturally understood what Wesley meant.

Not long after, a steamship came out of the strait and headed towards the Dasong fleet, but halfway, the ship was intercepted by the steamship of the Dasong fleet.

The navy soldiers took a British officer on board and sent him to the flagship.

At this time, Zhao Xu was observing both sides of Malacca. When he learned the purpose of the British officer's visit, he snorted softly, "Go back and tell your Admiral Wesley to put away his child's tricks and leave them to him now." There are only two ways. The first is for you Westerners to put down your weapons and get out of the East. The second is for us to beat the shit out of you and escape from the East. You can choose one of these two."

The British officer blushed after hearing Zhao Xu's words.

Returning to his battleship, he returned to Malacca and conveyed Zhao Xu's words to Wesley.

"Prince Dasong Yan is here in person?" Wesley exclaimed.

He didn't expect the officer to meet King Yan in person.

"That's right, he is a guy in his twenties with no hair at all, and he is really arrogant." The officer was still angry.

Wesley frowned and murmured, "This is simply unbelievable. I didn't expect him to be so young. If all the changes in Dasong today come from him, then he would be terrible."

Immediately, his thoughts returned to the war.

Thinking of the two paths proposed by King Yan to him, a rage burned in his heart.

Facing the sea, he shouted, "No one has ever dared to threaten us in Britain. We will not take either of these two roads. Instead, we will take our third road, which is to let the Dasong army be completely annihilated here!"