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Chapter 1262 The Orientals Are Too Vicious

"Your Majesty, there are six Xiyi warships standing out on the sea today, and the last general led the attack, but the opponent retreated without engaging in battle."

When Emperor Chongzhen saw the private chat Liang Xiaozhen sent to him in the chat group, he couldn't help being slightly taken aback.Xiyi is here again, which country are they from?It seems that I heard that the Dutch who were originally in Batavia sent supplies back to the country. Could it be that they came back?Or is it from another country?
Nanyang in the past was like a public toilet in Europe. No matter which country people came and left as they wanted, the local aborigines had no power to fight back anyway.But now that Nanyang is already Da Ming's territory, if you still want to use Nanyang as a public place, then come here, and definitely put them in the shithole!
Thinking of this, he replied to Liang Xiaozhen: "When did it happen, and which country did it come from? Where did they flee to?"

The group owner's private chat is notified directly, regardless of whether it is online or not.Therefore, Liang Xiaozhen immediately replied: "Return to Your Majesty, just half an hour ago, I was too late to catch up and was escaped by him. The last general does not recognize this country, and has never seen it in Nanyang before. The flags on their warships are like this ..."

After a brief description, he finally replied: "These western barbarians fled to the east, possibly to Southeast Asia."

Emperor Chongzhen understood as soon as he heard it. It seemed that the British were jealous of the wealth that other countries had plundered from the East, and wanted to intervene.In the original history, the British should not show off their power in the East until the end of the Qing Dynasty, but this history has changed, and precautions must be taken.Besides, they have six warships going to Nanyang. If Nanyang is not prepared, it will be a disaster.

Thinking of this, he issued an order to Liang Xiaozhen: "These are the British colonists. They came to the east to burn, kill and loot. They are a group of robbers. You immediately dispatched warships and kept chasing them, and I will do the same." Inform the Nanyang side to intercept on the key sea surface. Well... In this way, Qing's fleet can return after patrolling the Strait of Malacca."

"The last general obeys the order!" Liang Xiaozhen responded quickly when she heard it, thinking in her heart that she finally had a battle merit to make.

Emperor Chongzhen was still thinking about this matter after he had given his orders. He felt that he was a bit passive like this, and the cost here was much higher for these Europeans to come here once. , wasting a lot of manpower.

Thinking of this, he called up the world map and looked at it.Suddenly, his eyes lit up, and his eyes were fixed on the tip of the Indian peninsula, that is, Sri Lanka in later generations.This is a good place. If Daming stationed troops here, he would be able to use the Indian Ocean as the inland sea of ​​Ming Dynasty.

Thinking of this, Emperor Chongzhen ordered the nearby army to cooperate with Jin Yiwei to spy on the situation in this sharp corner of the Indian peninsula.

The British captain Weddell naturally didn't know, because his appearance made the most powerful empire on earth look a little further, and it will expand its territory again.At this moment, he was a little worried.

Just now, there was such a huge fleet mainly composed of sailing warships, which made him a little worried.He had doubts in his heart, which faction did this belong to?
While he was thinking, some subordinates came over to report that the fleet needed supplies.

When Wedel heard it, it was just right to find a weak native place to resupply, and by the way, he could arrest some people to ask about the situation, which would also solve the doubts in his heart.So, he ordered the fleet to advance along the coastline, looking for opportunities to replenish supplies.

But not long after, the watchman on the flagpole suddenly shouted with a little panic, "Captain, it is very likely that the enemy from just now is chasing us!"

Hearing that, Wedell couldn't help being startled. He had lingering fears about the huge sailing fleet just now.

He hurried to the stern of the ship, picked up the binoculars and looked back.Sure enough, there were faint black spots on the horizon in the distance.Based on his experience, he could tell at a glance that there were quite a few ships.At this time, even if he couldn't see clearly, he could still guess that those ships must be the warships that chased them just now.

"Shet, you are still chasing after such a long distance, you are crazy!" Wedell cursed, and then immediately ordered the fleet to run away.

After running for a long time and completely losing sight of the pursuers again, all the Brits, including Wedell, breathed a sigh of relief.The guide patted himself on the chest and said to Wedell: "Don't worry, Captain, we are far enough away from the port now. If we are crazy, we will continue to chase. It should be fine."

Generally speaking, after escaping the pursuit of that fleet before, it should not be pursued.It's just that I didn't expect that the fleet of this kind of force would hold a grudge so much and want to chase after it.But it is indeed very far away now, they were thrown off, knowing that it is impossible to catch up, they should go back, right?
Wedel thought so, then nodded and said: "It should be, I'm tired, go to rest first, and report when I have something to do."

In the past few hours, he was frightened and frightened, and he felt a little tired, so he was going to rest for a while.The others are similar. After all, they have been nervous before, and it is quite tiring to cooperate with each other to operate the sailing warship.They all thought that they had already got rid of the pursuers anyway, so they also went to rest.

As a result, the six warships sailed at a regular speed again, while the watchmen paid attention to the distant coastline to see if there was any place to rest.

After more than an hour, the sun set in the west, and the sunset glow reddened the sky and the sea.The six British battleships were quiet, and except for the necessary posts, everyone else was resting. Everything seemed so peaceful, except for the cries of seagulls, which occasionally sounded a few times when passing over the battleships.

But at this moment, a sharp whistle suddenly sounded, and the sound of "beeps" immediately broke the tranquility.

Immediately, I saw panicked British guys jumping out of the cabin, asking about the situation while rushing to their respective posts.

Wedell also rushed onto the deck with a nervous face, looking up at the lookout post, but before he could ask any questions, the lookout post had already shouted: "Captain, those fleets are catching up!"

"Walter? Shet!" Wedell turned his head to look while swearing violently.At this time, without using binoculars, you can see the sea behind the fleet. Visually, there are at least 20 sailing warships chasing after them.

"Shet, Shet, Shet!" After seeing it clearly, Wedell swears a series of swear words, his face is very ugly, and he is very annoyed.However, he couldn't do anything. There were so many warships and he couldn't fight them, so he had to order to run quickly.

When the sun rose high the next morning, Weddell's men reminded him again that the fleet needed supplies.

Since he got rid of the "follower" before sunset yesterday, he really didn't think that the fleet would persevere in pursuit this time.After hearing this, Wedell ordered to approach the coastline route as before, looking for opportunities to replenish.

However, the reality is about to disappoint again, or in other words, almost desperate. The "enemy attack" alarm broke the tranquility of the fleet again. With the sound of Wedel's "Shet", they could only raise the sails and start their escape again.

This time, Wedel was really furious, and kept running, without stopping, for three days in a row. After being really exhausted, he began to find a coastline to rest on the shore.

At this time, the guide gave him good news and said to him: "Captain, one day before, we will probably reach the Strait of Malacca. This is the territory of the Portuguese. After this is Nanyang, we can take a good rest. As long as we don't go to the territory of the Dutch and the Spaniards, we can dock anywhere else!"

Hearing this, Wedel heaved a sigh of relief. It was really bad luck to come here this time, stabbing a hornet's nest, causing him to run away all the way, what a fucking dog!

Thinking this way, after his subordinates replenished fresh water on land, he prepared to go to Nanyang in one breath and take a good rest.As for the Portuguese in the Strait of Malacca, they are not worried. Before that, Ceylon (that is, Sri Lanka) was also the territory of the Portuguese, but their number cannot be large. The sea is so big that six warships can easily pass. of.

However, when Wedel led the fleet to reach the Strait of Malacca, another sharp siren sounded.

Wedel, who rushed out of the cabin, was about to go crazy. Was it really impossible to chase after him so far?

"Captain, it's not the back, it's the front, look at the front!" The lookout seemed to know what he was thinking, and pointed to the front and shouted, "I found three sailing warships, and the ones hanging were the same red sun and yellow that I saw before. Moon overlapping banner."

Wedell was startled when he heard the sound, and quickly raised his binoculars to look. Sure enough, what the lookout post said was right, and this time, he was a little stupid.From this flag, it seems that from Bangladesh to Nanyang, this is the sphere of influence.But isn't this a Portuguese place?How could there be such a force, so powerful?
Just as they discovered each other, the other also discovered them.One of the three boats immediately turned and went back.Although the remaining two ships no longer greeted them, they did not leave either, they just kept their distance.

Wedell knew with his toes that the sailing warship that went back probably went back to call for reinforcements.At this time, he suddenly had a feeling, maybe the hornet's nest that can poke is not just the port, but the entire East that is connected?
But this thought was just a flash, he would not think that the news from Bangladesh could reach here faster than them.However, for the sake of prudence, he still fled back and did not come into contact with the warships in front of them with overlapping flags of red sun and yellow moon. Who knows if there will be a nest here!

As for the warships chasing from the port of Bangladesh, they are so far away, if they can't catch up, they must go back, right?
Thinking of this, he ordered the way back and forth to withdraw, and moved quickly. Relying on his proficiency in sailing warships, he finally slowly got rid of the two lingering ships.

"Captain, what should we do next?" The others were also depressed, as if they were running away.

Wedell was also confused. Before coming here, he had heard that there were six sailing warships. After leaving Europe, as long as they were not facing the fleets of European countries, they could all go sideways.In Africa before, this statement was correct, but why, since Bangladesh, it feels that six ships are not enough at all, and sixty ships may be okay.

"Let's have a look before we talk!" He couldn't figure out the situation, so he could only reply helplessly.After finishing speaking, he turned his head to look at the guide, and really wanted to say, what do you want a useless guide for?But after thinking about it, he still didn't say it in the end.I hope that this kind of confusing days will pass quickly, cross the Strait of Malacca, or it will be better!In this way, this wizard is still used.

However, what he never expected was that in the next few days, he fled eastward and encountered pursuers, and then turned eastward and encountered pursuers again.The most important thing is that whether it is the east or the west, they are all sailing warships with red sun and yellow moon overlapping flags, and there are still a lot of them, at least twenty or so ships are chasing and intercepting them.

Seeing that there was not much room for him to move and escape, in the end, Wedel played a trick.Sailing to the east, he encountered pursuers. Taking advantage of the pursuers' net-like search, the formation of the fleet was relatively scattered. He gathered six warships and rushed through the middle.

In this way, it is inevitable to fight.The number of battleships between the two sides was about the same at the beginning of the battle. There were six British warships and seven Ming navy warships. Under the mutual bombardment, the two warships of the Ming navy were seriously damaged, and one of them was about to sink. .On the British side, only one battleship was seriously damaged.

In this contact battle, in terms of the battle loss ratio between the two sides, it is obvious that the British won.

However, this is the home field of the Daming Navy, and the scattered warships rushed over immediately.If the damaged battleship can be towed away, it will be towed away, and if it cannot be towed away, people will be transferred, it's okay!

On the British side, there was no time to repair the damaged warship, because behind their fleet, a large number of Ming army warships were chasing.The British guys on the damaged battleship cried when they saw the densely packed enemy ships behind, because they knew that their ship was doomed.

On the basis of losing a battleship, Wedell finally threw off the enemies behind and rushed into the Strait of Malacca.But before he had time to breathe a sigh of relief, he saw in front of their fleet, sailing warships with overlapping flags of red sun and yellow moon, many more appeared, as if they were endless.

At this moment, Weddell no longer had any hope of completing the task entrusted to him by Charles I.

Who said that the east side is easy to rob, I will report to the king when I go back, the people in the east here are too cruel, sailing warships are like asking for money, and they are the kind of endless pursuit!
After another battle, thanks to the vast and boundless sea, Wedell escaped from the Strait of Malacca after finally losing two more warships, and did not dare to continue along the coastline, sailing directly into the depths of the sea, or only In this way, it is possible to have a little life to go back alive!
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