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Chapter 701 Total War in Nanyang
"If the Toungoo Kingdom intervenes, it may not be a good thing for us. Our troops in Ayutthaya can wipe out the Siam King Qin army and the Toungoo army in one fell swoop, saving a lot of effort." Zhao Youguang from the staff department said.

"There are 3 soldiers in the South Conscripting Corps. Even if they face Siam Guoqin King's Army and Toungoo King's Army at the same time, it shouldn't be a problem. I am the first to equip their troops with the second batch of hand-cranked machine guns produced by the General Armament Bureau. How is the situation on the Malay Peninsula?" Chu Yun asked.

"According to the latest news from the Malay diaspora coalition forces, after they overthrew the Siamese government, they united with some northern Malays to attack the southern Malay city-states, and flattened more than a dozen small city-states in one fell swoop, leaving only Several big city-states bought artillery from Westerners and hired Western craftsmen to build Western-style bastions, so they were unable to attack for a long time. Later, the Frangji people of Malacca intervened in their war with the Malay city-states and sent hundreds of Soldiers help Malay city-states.” Xiong Wencan replied, “This is already confirmed, but it took some time for the news to come from the Malay Peninsula. We suspect that the Malay nationals may have been captured during this period The Francoids and the coalition forces of the Malay city-states have pushed back a certain distance and are confronting each other."

"The question now is whether to send troops to support the Malay diaspora, and take the opportunity to take down the Malay Peninsula. If you want to send troops to support, how many people should be sent to support, and how to deal with the possible reactions of other Western forces?" Xiong Wencan pointed at Bada Via and Manila, "an attack on the Straits of Malacca would obviously have a strong reaction from the Dutch and Spaniards."

Chu Yun looked at the three cities of Malacca, Batavia, and Manila, forming a stable triangle: "Nelson, can the two fleets of the Admiralty and the Marine Brigade capture three cities at the same time and control the entire Spice Islands?" .”

Simultaneously attack three Western forces in the Spice Islands? !Xiong Wencan couldn't help but gasped when he saw that Chu Yun wanted to flatten the entire Nanyang in one go. Now, a full-scale war is really about to break out.

Nelson asked the director of the Military Intelligence Department: "Do you have any information on the fleets of these three forces?"

The director of the Military Intelligence Department replied: "The person in charge of our Military Intelligence Department here should have collected the most detailed information on the enemy."

The Military Intelligence Department is an agency that specializes in collecting enemy intelligence, and has a large number of personnel on the front lines such as the Chief Secretary of Cochin.When the person in charge of the Military Intelligence Department heard that the military leader Chu Yun had brought his superiors to the Chief Secretary of Cochin, he immediately rushed over and brought with him information about the French, Dutch, and Spaniards living in the Spice Islands. intelligence.

"Of these three armies, the Dutch fleet is the strongest. The number of armed merchant ships in the Spice Islands varies from 13 to 19. The flagship is the 700-ton Orange. The other two countries are in the Spice Islands. The number of armed merchant ships in the archipelago is relatively small..." The staff of the Military Intelligence Department reported to their chief nervously, and there were military commander Chu Yun, admiral Nelson, and civil affairs officer Xiong Wencan listening in, and they almost couldn't speak. They all trembled.

"The 700-ton Orange is the flagship...Our Zhili fleet has a displacement of 3500 tons, and the Constitution has a displacement of 2000 tons. The Nanyang Fleet's four sailing battleships, the Daqin, also have more than 1000 tons. To put it bluntly, in our In front of battleships, their armed merchant ships are not to be feared. Master, please let us Zhili Fleet and Nanyang Fleet fight, and we will be able to completely destroy them." Nelson said to Chu Yun.

Chu Yun thought a little bit in his mind. In terms of tonnage, the armed merchant ships of this era are younger brothers in front of the sailing battleships that Chu Yun summoned from the European battlefield at the end of the 18th century. It is estimated that the artillery and performance are also a lot worse.Not to mention the summoned warships such as the Victory and the Constitution, the four sailing battleships produced by Chu Yun and the others locally, the Daqin, the Dawei, the Dazhao, and the Daehan, can also blow up these armed merchant ships.

Since the Admiralty believes that they are sure to wipe out all the Western armed merchant ships on the Spice Islands, Chu Yun has no worries, and the next step is basically to discuss the tactical arrangement: "If we want to attack three places at the same time, we only have two Fleet, how to distribute it?"

"According to the information provided by the Military Intelligence Department, the Nanyang Fleet can be responsible for attacking the Strait of Malacca, helping overseas Chinese in Malay, and protecting the waterway. Our Zhili Fleet is divided into two fleets, the main force is to attack Batavia, and the main force is to attack Manila. Marine Brigade The large number of people can also be divided into three parts. The main force landed on the Malay Peninsula to help the Malay overseas Chinese deal with the Flang robots, and attacked Malacca from land. The other two parts landed on Luzon Island and Java Island respectively, mainly eradicating Manila and Bada Enemy forces on Via," Nelson suggested.

"Will the troops be divided into three groups and they will be defeated one by one?" Chu Yun was a little worried. In history, there are often countless cases where the troops were divided into three groups but were defeated by the enemy individually.

"No, our warships absolutely crush them in terms of quality. Even if we encounter them joining forces, as long as we want to leave, they will not be able to stop them." Nelson said.

Zhao Youguang from the General Staff said: "There is another problem. If we attack Nanyang in an all-round way, we must take these three strongholds within three months, otherwise reinforcements from Western countries may arrive."

"Is there any problem for three months?" Chu Yun asked Nelson.

"No problem, their fleet can avoid the battle, but the city is there, they can't escape... just need a lot of gunpowder to destroy their bastions... We need a lot of explosive gunpowder to blast..." Nelson said , "In addition, we don't need to attack three cities at the same time within three months, we only need to take down two of them. At that time, only one reinforcement from a Western country will arrive, which will not pose a threat to us. At worst, we will destroy their The reinforcements will also be wiped out."

After Chu Yun and the others decided to attack Nanyang in an all-round way, they discussed detailed combat arrangements day and night.Total war is not just a matter of mobilizing troops, it also involves various departments such as intelligence and logistics, and every head that needs to be arranged in detail.

Deng Qianlong, the commander of the Nanyang Fleet, Liu Wang, the brigade officer of the Marine Brigade, and others immediately returned to Thang Long City after knowing Chu Yun's arrival, and participated in the tactical arrangement for this comprehensive conquest of Nanyang.

After the tense deployment, the navy of the Kyushu Army was divided into three temporary naval formations, one formation to reinforce the Malays, and the remaining two formations to attack the Dutch and the Spaniards respectively.

The Dutch and Spaniards who originally wanted to threaten the Kyushu Army did not expect that they would also be involved in this all-out war in Southeast Asia triggered by the Malay overseas Chinese. They did not get the information until the Kyushu Army Navy was about to go out.

(End of this chapter)