The Sun Never Sets Great China

Rafael's face was already normal, a gleam of light suddenly flashed in his eyes, a slight joy appeared on his face, and he said, "No, we have, Colonel, what do you think we ask for help from the Chinese Empire?" "Ask for help from the Chinese Empire? "Colonel Marat was stunned, "Oh, God, is there something wrong with my ears? The Chinese Empire has nothing to do with Portugal, so why are the countries in the east willing to support us, and this is our white people's war? People of the yellow race will participate in the entry, my lord, quickly get rid of this dangerous idea."

"Colonel, you didn't hear me wrong, and get rid of your racial prejudice. You should know how powerful the Chinese Empire was just established in the past two years. They defeated half of the main fleet of the Netherlands before the founding of the country. Now they are even stronger , as long as the Chinese Empire agrees to send troops, we will be saved, and we can only ask for help from the Chinese Empire, do we have other options besides the Chinese Empire?" Seeing that Colonel Mala disagreed, Raphael frowned, he was actually very concerned about the fact that The Chinese Empire did not catch a cold. The Portuguese war for Malacca was carried out according to Zhang Huahan's order, but he still wanted to continue to return to Portugal. Unlike Samps, who had a low position, he was in 10 With the paving of ten thousand taels of silver, he now has a certain right to speak at the top of Portugal, and he still has a lot of property and family in Portugal. He also has the heart to act as a peace envoy between the two countries. When the Chinese Empire occupies Malacca, his value For Portugal, it has become a sweet pastry. When he is separated between the two countries, he will be able to obtain more benefits between the two countries.Therefore, Raphael had no choice but to try his best to persuade Colonel Marat. With Colonel Marat's consent, after returning home, the Portuguese high-level officials would not embarrass him.

"It is precisely because no one knows the strength of the Chinese Empire better than us that the lower officials absolutely disagree with asking the Chinese Empire for help. To paraphrase their words, Lord Governor, you are driving tigers and wolfs away."

"Whether the wolf is swallowed will not be known until later. I only know that if we don't call for help now, all our Portuguese soldiers in our attack on Malacca will be swallowed by the Dutch wolf immediately. Colonel, I think you should Understand where we are now."

"We can ask Spain for help. After all, they are our allies." When he said this, Colonel Mara's tone was a little uncertain even for himself.

"Allies? Oh no, no, no, I would rather believe in the Chinese Empire than the Spanish ally. If this place is controlled by the Chinese Empire, we can still trade with the Chinese Empire. If it falls into the hands of the Spanish ally , I don't know if we Portugal can continue to maintain this trade route, our Spanish allies will be like a wolf that eats people without spitting out bones, they eat meat and we can't even drink soup, when the time comes, all the Far East Trade in Southeast Asia will be taken over by our Spanish ally."

Colonel Marat stared at Rafael blankly, seeing his firm expression, he could only say weakly: "My lord governor, since you said so, in order for the thousands of Portuguese warriors here to return to their hometown, I also I can only agree with your opinion." Raphael's face showed a gleam of joy, and he said with a little joy: "Colonel, so you agree?" "If I don't agree, can the governor change his decision? Besides, I’m afraid the Governor has already sent an envoy to ask for help!” Colonel Mala is not a fool, he knows that Governor Raphael has sent someone to contact the Chinese Empire, otherwise why are you still talking to him persistently here?In fact, I just wanted to drag him into the water.

Rafael chuckled, he patted Colonel Marat on the shoulder, and said: "Don't worry Colonel, I have studied this country, they are undoubtedly very powerful, but they have no ambitions for land outside the territory. It has been a vassal state of other countries for thousands of years, but these vassal states are allowed to rule by themselves. If the Dutch are driven away, I am afraid that Malacca will still be a great Portuguese territory." "I hope so, my lord governor, then how do you plan to persuade the Chinese Empire to send troops? ?”

Raphael clapped his hands excitedly and said, "Colonel, I already have a good candidate to go, so don't worry. The governor has his own arrangements."

Thinking of this, it seems that if the reinforcements from the Chinese Empire do not come, the [-] Portuguese soldiers who came to attack Malacca and try to retake it will all die here. If the Chinese Empire's army can come to support, this is China. After the empire occupied, the Portuguese could also trade with it to earn wealth, which is better than the Dutch occupation. Since the Dutch occupied Malacca, it was almost difficult for the Portuguese to enter Southeast Asia. He did not think of Raphael at all. In fact, he had already taken refuge in the top management of the Chinese Empire. He thought that Raphael could see the strength of the Dutch reinforcements from a far-sighted perspective, and let the Chinese Empire occupy Malacca, which was a strategy that was beneficial to the Portuguese.

The reinforcements that made the Portuguese hopeless are approaching Priango at this moment. Pulianko’s city lord Huang Zongyan and the commander of the sixth fleet Zhao Zixuan have declared the entire Pulianko martial law, the port is blocked, and all the middle-aged men in Pulianko are sent to prison. Gather up and prepare to move supplies for the coming Grand Army Fleet.

Two lines of welcome crowds have already stood at Pulian Gedi Wharf. Huang Zongyan and Zhao Zixuan are standing at the front. Although they know that the naval fleet will arrive at least at noon or afternoon, they lead people to start the meeting early in the morning. Waiting at the dock, the one who will come will be Admiral Shi Lang, the commander in chief of the navy with the highest position. Huang Zongyan and Zhao Zixuan dare not be slow in the slightest.

"Here we come, here we come." Just as everyone was waiting impatiently, a warship emitting black smoke appeared in the distance. Moving forward, due to the first battle in Malacca, it will definitely be exposed that the naval fleet of the Chinese Empire uses steam-powered ships, so there is no need to cover up in the future.

Seeing the billowing black smoke, the people on the pier immediately became agitated. However, after seeing Huang Zongyan and Zhao Zixuan standing still, the commotion subsided immediately. They were first afraid of the strange ship, and then looked at it. When the two big men didn't move, they knew it was their own ship, and everyone stretched their necks to look at the huge chimney protruding from the sea and emitting black smoke.

On the grassland, Wangshan ran dead horses, especially on the sea. Although black smoke was seen early on the pier, all the ships began to slow down and stopped the steam boilers after approaching the pier. The ship slowly approached the pier, and it took nearly half an hour and less than an hour for the fleet to approach the pier.

An incomparably huge fleet appeared in front of everyone's eyes, as many as 400 huge warships seemed to cover the entire sea surface, and the huge number of ships blocked Priango's new large port at once. It was full, and every battleship exposed a large number of murderous muzzles. All of them were warships without sails but with two puffs of black smoke. The steel armor and iron coating and anti-rust paint made everyone A warship looks extremely powerful.

In the mixed fleet, there is a huge steel-clad battleship at the forefront. Admiral Shi Lang, Commander-in-Chief of the Navy, Lieutenant General Hao Junjie, Commander of the Fifth Fleet of the Navy, and Lieutenant General Liu Guoxuan, Commander of the Seventh Fleet of the Navy, are in the front of the huge iron-clad warship On the way, they walked off Shi Lang's ship "Shi Lang" in the main fleet with ease. Huang Zongyan and Zhao Zixuan hurriedly stepped forward, one cupping their hands and the other saluting: "Welcome to the three generals."

For the time being, this is the southernmost seaport of the Chinese Empire, and it is also the place where this mixed fleet will be replenished. It is possible to encounter the Dutch at any time in the future. Shi Lang was not polite, and asked directly: "I think this is the Lord Huang. , Is there any problem with the supply of the fleet?"

Huang Zongyan quickly replied: "My lord, don't worry, I have already mobilized enough fresh water and food." Shi Lang nodded and said: "That's good, that's good, is there enough manpower?" Huang Zongyan continued to answer: "The next official A total of 5000 people from all the people in the city were mobilized to ensure that the ships will be resupplied before dark."

Shi Lang didn't speak any more, he stopped on the pier and watched the coolies coming and going to load various materials on board, such as fresh water, rice, vegetable tea, fruit, meat, canned food, etc. Most of these coolies were short in stature, with dark skin, But the muscles are strong, and a bucket of more than 100 kilograms of fresh water is still walking like flying on his shoulders.

It was just late autumn and early winter, but the temperature here was still high. Seeing these coolies running barefoot on the concrete road like flying, Shi Lang couldn't help asking: "Are these the Annan people who came here?" "Yes, Your Excellency, in fact, not only Annan people, but also Khmer people, and those supervisors are Han Chinese."

Seeing Shi Lang and other senior naval officers standing under the scorching sun, Huang Zongyan said with a smile: "My lords, the weather is hot. Do you want to go to the city to rest? My subordinates have already prepared meals." "The weather here is so hot, now It’s already very cold in the north.” Hao Junjie, who was born in the north, said.

Everyone has been sailing at sea for more than half a month. In order to catch up with time, they only stopped at the shore once. Although the supplies on board were sufficient, fresh vegetables would rot in less than two days in this weather, and fresh meat would be even worse in a day. They couldn't let them go, they could only eat some dry goods and a small amount of precious canned food, all of which tasted so bad in their mouths, when they heard that they would soon be able to eat a sumptuous meal, everyone salivated wildly, and all looked at Shi Lang eagerly.

Shi Lang's mouth was full of saliva. He originally wanted to know about the situation in Malacca, but he couldn't resist the temptation to have a big meal. He looked at the fleet that was rushing to transport supplies, and asked, "Huang My lord, I wonder if there are any meals prepared for the other officers and soldiers of our navy?"

There are more than 6 naval officers and soldiers dispatched this time, and most of them cannot disembark. They will leave tomorrow after completing a supply here. If other people cannot eat fresh food, Shi Lang, who has always shared weal and woe with the soldiers, will Knowing how to eat alone, his habit has not changed since he followed the Zheng family, so he had to ask first.

Fortunately, Huang Zongyan was aware of the hardships on the ship. He had already prepared for it. In order to receive the officers and soldiers of the navy, he invited all the chefs and cooks from Brother Pulian to cook for the soldiers of the navy. Hearing Shi Lang's question He immediately said: "Don't worry, my lord, the meals prepared by the officials are enough for tens of thousands of people, and they can be delivered to the soldiers now."

Shi Lang immediately spoke highly of Huang Zongyan. Pulian only had more than 3 people in total, and less than 2 people in the city. It was not easy to find so many great chefs to cook meals for tens of thousands of people at once.

Huang Zongyan called a soldier and ordered a few words. After a while, the carts of food began to be pulled to the pier. Suddenly, there was a burst of aroma, which caused the naval soldiers and generals to twitch their noses. First, the naval officers and soldiers who moored on the pier were the first to receive the meals and cheered immediately. They are all veterans. For them, it is no problem to stay on the ship for many years. The only thing they can't stand is the same diet , Fortunately, in winter, many vegetables and meat can be stored for a long time, but in summer, you can only eat all kinds of dry goods, even if you have canned food later, but because the price is high and the storage time is not too long, so the equipment is relatively small, after all, at that time China's vacuum technology is not yet perfect, and the technical equipment is relatively expensive, but Zhang Huahan and the Beijing Ministry of Education's Science and Technology Research Institute are developing more advanced vacuum canning technology.

The pier was not far from the city, smelling the food, all the generals of the navy couldn't wait to set off for the Santo's Mansion in a carriage, and the naval soldiers who had disembarked ran behind the carriage, and arrived at Huang Zongyan's Santo's Mansion in less than a quarter of an hour.

At this moment, the City Lord's Mansion has become a huge banquet hall. The banquets are filled from all the halls to the open space outside, and the tables are full of steaming pots and pans of delicacies. The teacher has been on the sea for many years, and there is no seafood in the dishes. They are mainly slaughtered pigs and sheep, beef, and various local specialties. The generals of the navy have not entered the mansion, and they are all salivating. up.

Everyone was already hungry when they smelled the smell of food on the pier, and they were even more hungry when they entered the city lord's mansion and were blown away by the aroma. After they got on the table, pairs of chopsticks quickly picked up the delicacies on the table, and the whole city lord's mansion was devoured. The voice, which looked like a refugee camp, made Huang Zongyan, who had never seen this scene, open his mouth, and had to swallow all he wanted to say.

This meal made the admirals eat as if they were all reincarnated from starvation. The tables were refilled several times, and everyone was full. Shi Lang was full, so he immediately asked Huang Zongyan for a room. In the quiet room, only Lieutenant General Hao Junjie, commander of the Fifth Fleet of the Navy, Lieutenant General Zhao Zixuan, commander of the Sixth Fleet of the Navy, and Lieutenant General Liu Guoxuan, commander of the Seventh Fleet of the Navy, stayed in the room.

Now the Chinese Empire has eight fleets, one general fleet and seven sub-fleets. This time, a general fleet and two sub-fleets have come. This harbor also has a sub-fleet stationed. It can be said that this time for this battle, Gathered nearly half of the naval ships of the Chinese Empire.

"Lieutenant General Zhao Zixuan, you are relatively close to Malacca, so you should get some news. How is the war between the Dutch and the Portuguese?" Shi Lang began to ask Zhao Zixuan.

Although the Navy of the Chinese Revolutionary Army fought a battle with the Dutch Navy, the Chinese Empire and the Dutch did not tear each other apart. Although the warships of the Chinese Empire had robbed Dutch ships on a large scale twice, one was to raise military expenses. The navy pretended to be pirates who had been exterminated nearby. The Dutch didn’t even know who robbed them, so there was some friction between the two sides and there was no large-scale war, because the Dutch also tolerated the Chinese Empire. If there was no Chinese Empire The production of the Dutch in Southeast Asia will drop by at least half. Therefore, the Dutch are relatively polite to the merchant ships and warships of the Chinese Empire. Zhao Zixuan was able to get a lot of information by virtue of the advanced telescope, even though he could not enter the battle area.

"Returning to General Shi Lang, the two sides are still at war. The Portuguese are already defeated. They were pushed back to a high ground by the Dutch reinforcements before they took down the mountain city. They established a perfect position on the high ground and faced two or three times the Dutch army. They defended their positions tenaciously."

Shi Lang pondered for a while, then he said: "Then how long do you think you can keep in the city?" Zhao Zixuan's face suddenly showed embarrassment. He didn't know the details of the situation on the battlefield, so he had to bite the bullet and reply: "Return to the general, I can't understand the humble position."

Obviously stronger than others, and the warships are still advanced, Shi Lang is naturally confident that he will win the battle with the Dutch now, but there is no doubt that the longer the Portuguese in Malacca delays, the better it will be for the Chinese Empire. Their two armies attack when they are most exhausted, but now because of the unfavorable intelligence, it is impossible to determine when it is most beneficial for the Chinese Empire's army to intervene.

Seeing the disappointment on everyone's faces, Zhao Zixuan hurriedly said: "Don't worry, generals. I have sent dozens of people to lurk in the Lion City (Singapore). If you want to know the details of Malacca, I can order them to sneak into the battle zone." in contact."

Hearing his words, Shi Lang was overjoyed and said, "Really?" Lieutenant General Liu Guoxuan, commander of the Seventh Fleet of the Navy, was a little suspicious and said, "Lieutenant General Zhao, you have only been in Pulian brother for a little over a year. How are you? Can you lurk so close to Malacca?"

Zhao Zixuan explained: "Everyone may not know that there are Han Chinese living everywhere in Nanyang, even in Malacca. There are no less than a thousand Han Chinese in Lion City. Among them is a big family named Liu who is willing to work for China. His manor occupies hundreds of land. Mu, more than enough to collect dozens of people."

"Okay, then you immediately order people to sneak into the city, get in touch with the Portuguese on the ground, and clarify everything." Admiral Shi Lang immediately ordered. "Follow the order."

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