Chapter 6692 Southeast Decision

Chapter 6692 Southeast Decision
When Gan Ning led the main force of the navy to attack Ceylon Island, Cai Mao in Malacca finally received an official notice from Zhou Yu who was controlled by Pang Tong.

"So, Montcomb is coming?" After receiving the news, Cai Mao was not panicked at all. Instead, he felt a sense of relief as if a huge rock had fallen from the ground.

"Yes, the governor faked his death in order to attract Meng Kangbu. The governor walked out of the ice cellar essentially to make the Kushans completely certain of the fact that the governor was dead." Sun Yi, who came to inform Cai Mao, said with a serious expression.

At this point, the only ones Pang Tong can use are the Sun family members whose interests are completely tied to Jiangdong. Under the current situation, Pang Tong may not be able to trust the Jiangdong family.

"Our main fleet has been taken away. Although there are still some ships in Malacca, they are far from enough to face Moncombe. Even if the governor leads the fleet himself, I am afraid it will not change this fact." Cai Mao's expression became extremely solemn. At present, Malacca does not have enough naval fleets for Zhou Yu to exert his due strength. In this case, even if Zhou Yu has great abilities, what can he do? Without ships and people, no matter how amazing your command is, what can it do?
"The governor had anticipated this matter long ago. Meng Kangbu would retreat when he saw the governor." Sun Yi said very confidently.

Pang Tong’s judgment was actually no different from Zhou Yu’s. After confirming that Zhou Yu was still alive, Meng Kangbu would quickly retreat. After all, Zhou Yu was there, and the naval battle was taking place at the narrowest part of Malacca. Even if the ships were not large enough and Zhou Yu went ashore directly, what problem could Meng Kangbu solve even if he won?
In fact, nothing can be solved. As long as Zhou Yu is not dead, Meng Kangbu has no way to deal with it.

Why did Meng Kangbu come here? He wanted to completely destroy the potential of the Han navy and buy more time for the Kushans. But Zhou Yu came back and the navy couldn't defeat him and had to go ashore. What level of talent does Meng Kangbu have to have to defeat Zhou Yu on land? Isn't this a joke?
Without Zhou Yu, the Han navy would not be able to defeat Meng Kangbu in Malacca, and after Meng Kangbu went ashore, Jiangdong would most likely still not be able to defeat Meng Kangbu. After all, Meng Kangbu was a real commander of a large army, and he was not like Celian who was too biased. Meng Kangbu was still absolutely confident that he could defeat a few unlucky kids on land.

But what about Zhou Yu? As long as Meng Kangbu is sure that the opponent in the naval battle is Zhou Yu, there is no point in fighting. He can just take advantage of the fact that the Han navy has no ships and no people in Malacca to make a few attacks. Once Zhou Yu goes ashore, how can Meng Kangbu chase him? Cai Mao’s water fort training base is in the narrowest and shallowest part of Malacca.

If Meng Kangbu had the ability to quickly annihilate the navy led by Zhou Yu in such a place, the Han Dynasty would not have to fight and could have simply handed over Malacca.

"That means we have to give up the water stronghold and retreat to the shore, right?" Cai Mao quickly understood Zhou Yu's order. "In that case, I still need to make some arrangements at the water stronghold. Please rest assured, Commander-in-Chief. But in that case, General Gan, where have you been?"

Sun Yi shook his head. He didn't know where Gan Ning had gone. He even realized at this time that Gan Ning had taken away the main fleet. With only a few warships and new soldiers left, it seemed that even if Zhou Yu came back, he would not be able to reverse the situation.

"Okay, General Sun, please go back and report now. I will start to arrange all matters concerning the water fort. When the time comes, I will ask the governor to make sure to defeat the Kushans." Cai Mao said cheerfully. Zhou Yu had already made arrangements to lure Meng Kangbu to attack. This was very good, very good. Today would be my day for revenge.

After separating from Sun Yi, Cai Mao hurriedly made arrangements in the water fort. After suffering a loss in Bengal, Cai Mao had a very important understanding about building a water fort, that is, the water fort must have the function of self-destruction, so that even if it is caught off guard, it can die together with the opponent. Well, even if it cannot die together, it can still beat the opponent into a miserable state.

The water fort used for training naval recruits in Malacca has a special cloud-based self-destructing formation, which was learned from the Kushans. It stores and compresses the cloud, and uses the cloud as material to inject into a special etched military formation at the last moment, causing a violent explosion and causing huge damage to both the enemy and ourselves.

"Whether I can take revenge depends on today. Damn Meng Kangbu, you have fallen into the trap of the governor this time. I will make sure you are well punished if not dead!" Cai Mao said to himself angrily, his face distorted. To him, the last loss was simply his inner demon. Originally, the profession of the Cai family in Jingzhou had long been to sell sago to the Han Dynasty. Now they don't have to sell it anymore. Just do it!
At this time, Moncombe had already entered Malacca. As the water depth decreased, the ship was forced to float on the surface, but Moncombe did not encounter any attacks. Even the special reconnaissance rituals did not reveal any ambush or other calculations.

"General, our own people inside Sumatra have confirmed the situation and have begun to paralyze several important naval guns in the Han Dynasty's inner harbor. When the time comes, after we have wiped out the Han Dynasty's navy, we can quickly land and directly take over half of Sumatra, restoring the situation to the past. Moreover, this time we have a navy and the Han Dynasty does not, so we will have a clear advantage in the overall strategy." Ben Bhutto said with some excitement, but Moncombe's brows were furrowed.

"General, what are you doing?" Bebout asked Moncombu in surprise.

"Not quite right. If Zhou Yu is really dead, the Han navy in Malacca should be retracted even if it is to maintain its position. But now the entire Han army's deployment in Malacca has not changed at all. This is not right." Meng Kangbu said solemnly, "I am increasingly suspicious that this is a trap. We can't treat our opponents as fools, not to mention that the Han army is not stupid."

"But our internal reconnaissance intelligence shows that the main battleships of the Han Dynasty left the port not long ago, and the relatively excellent navy also left Malacca. In fact, only some old, weak and sick people are left in Malacca. It's not that there is no change as you said. Obviously, the main force and backbones have left, and they just left a framework to try to deceive us." Ben Bhutto asked puzzledly. They had obviously received accurate intelligence, so why was Moncombu still in doubt?

"It's a big problem. Those that left were indeed the main battleships, and those who left were indeed the backbone. But the future hope of the Han Navy still lies in Malacca. Benazir, let me ask you a question. If our Kushan Navy must suffer heavy losses, do you think it is better for the current backbone to suffer heavy losses, or for the naval training system in the rear to suffer heavy losses?" Meng Kangbu asked with a frown.

Benazir instantly understood that the outstanding naval backbones at the front were indeed important, but compared with the entire naval training system, they were nothing.

"The Han Dynasty never mobilized the soldiers of the Malacca Naval Training Camp from beginning to end. To be honest, my own goal is this naval training base. As long as this base is destroyed, when I encounter the main force of the Han Dynasty Navy later, I will directly fight a life-and-death naval battle with the other side. Because if we destroy the naval training base, a mutual defeat will actually mean that we have won. I don't believe that Zhou Yu does not have this awareness." Meng Kangbu's expression became extremely solemn.

"Either we don't retreat, and Zhou Yu lives and uses his main force to fight me head-on inside Malacca. Or Zhou Yu dies, the entire navy withdraws, and I let Sumatra be destroyed, and then Malacca changes hands. There are essentially only these two answers, but in this situation..." Meng Kangbu's face was gloomy. He couldn't understand his opponent's operations, which was not a good thing on the battlefield.

"If Zhou Yu is still alive, and the main battleships and naval backbones were all transferred away by Zhou Yu, what does the other party want to do?" Nikaya looked at Moncombu and Bebutu and asked.

"What else can they do? Go around through the Isthmus of Kra Canal and then block us on the west side of Malacca." Benazir explained casually. Then Moncombe and Nikaya were both stunned and looked at Benazir as if they had seen a ghost. How did they come up with this answer?

"It seems that this is indeed possible." Meng Kangbu nodded seriously. His previous inferences, which were like seeing flowers in the fog, became much clearer at this moment. But in the end, Meng Kangbu shook his head, "Zhou Yu cannot beat me now. The seventh generation of ships of the Han Dynasty will take two days to complete. According to our efficiency, after we withdraw from Malacca, the seventh generation of ships of the Han Dynasty will be able to catch up."

"Isn't it possible that Zhou Yu also guessed this, so he intercepted them on the west side of Malacca and bought time for the seventh-generation ships?" Nikaya said with a somewhat speculative tone, while Meng Kangbu looked solemn, he was not too sure now.

"It's unlikely. The Han navy is not strong enough. If we fight head-on, even if Zhou Yu has the upper hand now, it is unlikely that he can rely on those ships to block me on the west side of Malacca. To put it bluntly, once we get there, unless there is an absolute gap in strength between the two sides, which makes it impossible for me to escape from the battle, Zhou Yu will basically have no way to stop me from leaving." Meng Kangbu shook his head and said.

To be honest, Meng Kangbu had never considered the possibility that Gan Ning would block him in Malacca. On the one hand, Gan Ning did not have enough hard power. Even though Meng Kangbu often let Gan Ning win when he met him, Meng Kangbu had not been in any trouble until now, which was enough to show the difference in strength.

Therefore, if Gan Ning led the main battleships of the Han Dynasty to block him on the west side of Malacca, Meng Kangbu thought that after he destroyed the training base of the Han Dynasty Navy, he could also cut off the main force of the Han Dynasty Army. In this way, it didn't matter whether Zhou Yu was dead or not. Without ships and people, what could Zhou Yu do against the will of heaven?
"Could it be possible that the seventh-generation ships can arrive ahead of time?" Benazir asked with a frown.

"It's unlikely. Our people have been keeping an eye on the seventh-generation ship. It will take at least two days for them to arrive, and we are taking advantage of the time difference this time." Nigaye shook his head and said, and Meng Kangbu agreed with Nigaye's answer.

Even though the data obtained by Kushan had a significant deviation, the data of the seventh-generation ships was terrifying enough under such circumstances. According to Meng Kangbu's estimation, Zhou Yu, who was now lacking naval backbones, might really be able to fight against himself head-on after being equipped with the seventh-generation ships. And if such a plan could be implemented, Zhou Yu's chances of winning would be higher. After all, Meng Kangbu had fought with Zhou Yu so many times, and he knew what kind of person the opponent was. Therefore, he dared to do this. The true performance of the seventh-generation ships would only be stronger than they knew.

However, when Montcombe was planning from the very beginning, he had already calculated the mobility of the seventh-generation ship, and did not hesitate to expose several insiders to confirm the seventh-generation ship, which led to this plan.

"I don't know about that. Zhou Yu's blocking of the west side is worth considering." Ben Bhutto felt that he should stick to his speculation.

To be honest, Lu Xun's spiritual talent of misjudgment is indeed very useful, but this thing is not invincible. Lu Xun also needs to put in some acting to use this talent well. And this time, it was obvious that it was Lu Xun's acting that successfully fooled Meng Kangbu and his party.

"Forget it, let's deal with the Han Dynasty's naval base in Malacca first. As for the other things, we can talk about them later." Meng Kangbu suppressed his inner anxiety and spoke calmly.

In the cabin, Gorna's face was filled with anxiety. The three brothers around him were already accustomed to Gorna's anxiety by this time.

"Gorna, you've been so anxious all the way. When will we guys be finished?" Singer said with some sarcasm.

"Nothing has changed. I am still going to die. There is nothing special about it." Gore's face was very solemn. "I think it is necessary to inform General Montcomb of my judgment. Although the overall feeling has not changed, the feeling of heading towards death is too strong. This is not right. It is really not right."

"Ah, is it so serious?" Singh and others looked at each other.

"I'm going to find General Montcombe. I hope he can realize what's going on." Gorna stood up and walked out of the cabin. As a top centurion, it would not be a problem for him to meet the commander-in-chief. After all, in a place like the army, if the battle reaches a certain level, even the highest level will have some understanding.

Ye Diaocheng, Sun Ce and Zhou Yu successfully flew back, and immediately summoned all the officers, civil officials, and Jiangdong families.

"It's finally over, but I have arranged everything." Zhang Dun was extremely calm when he received the news that Sun Ce had returned. To him, Sun Ce's return meant that everything was over. As for whether his entire family would die or something else, it didn't matter anymore. He had already arranged everything for his younger generation, and if necessary, he would blow himself up and stab the Pang family to death.

"Mr. Wu is back. There will be a formal answer to what we have done soon." Zhu Ran said to the elders of the Zhu family with a somewhat relieved tone. Zhou Yu did nothing after his resurrection, which put great pressure on the people of the Jiangdong family. To the extent that they have even fallen into a state of deterioration. But now these days are finally over, and Sun Ce will definitely deal with these things.

Many of the heads of the noble families who came to the meeting had relieved looks on their faces at this time. Things had come to this point and it was useless to say anything. They just had to let Sun Ce handle it. During this period of time, they had sent away all the young people they could, except for a few guys who always showed up in public, the rest had left with the family heritage.

"Zhongmou, you have worked hard recently." Sun Ce nodded slightly to Sun Quan. Sun Quan did not say anything, but just nodded in response. Then he turned his head to glance at Zhou Yu who was sitting beside him with his eyes closed. Sun Quan was somewhat confused about this Zhou Yu.

Soon after a group of people arrived, Sun Ce did not want to get entangled with them, and went straight to the point: "Meng Kangbu will soon lead the Kushan navy to our naval training base. Gongjin's plan to lure the enemy has succeeded. The next step is to take revenge and avenge the previous humiliation. It depends on today."

The whole audience was in an uproar, especially when they learned that Zhou Yu was really dead. Zhang Dun, who was controlled by Pang Tong, was completely confused. What was going on?

Zhou Yu, who maintained his divine status, appeared directly before the crowd.

"Why are you panicking? I was assassinated just to lure the Kushan navy to attack. I'm not dead yet!" After Zhou Yu appeared, he spoke with a bit of indifference.

"Shiyuan, I've troubled you recently." Zhou Yu nodded to Pang Tong. When Zhang Dun heard this, blood oozed from the corner of his mouth. Damn it Zhou Yu, damn it Pang Tong, damn it!
After saying that, Zhou Yu returned directly to his body. Then Zhou Yu, who was sitting in his seat pretending to be dead, woke up directly. He swept his sharp eyes across everyone present. Immediately, the originally noisy meeting place became quiet. Zhou Yu sneered and glanced at everyone present.

"General, now all the main battleships of the navy have been taken away by General Gan, and even the excellent naval backbones have been led away. How can we face Meng Kangbu?" Seeing the silence in the audience, Lu Meng immediately stood up and asked, "If we mainly rely on the navy to train new recruits and ships to meet the enemy, we will not be able to deal with Meng Kangbu's attack. Even if we have coastal defense artillery, it will not solve the problem."

"You are right, but in Malacca, there is more than one way to deal with the navy. Moreover, when Meng Kangbu sees that I am alive, he will realize that he has been plotted against and will naturally retreat." Zhou Yu nodded to Lu Meng and said.

"I believe this, but how can the other party be sure that you are alive? If you really lead those 30,000 new recruits and those ships in the naval training camp, at such a scale, Montcomb may not be able to see you. Even if you demonstrate some special skills and tactics to make the other party aware of your existence, how much time will it take? And even if they realize it, things have come to this point, why don't they just kill them directly?" Lu Meng asked with a bit of rhetorical question, and his words were very impolite.

The whole place was silent. All the officers looked between Zhou Yu and Lu Meng, but no one spoke. Zhou Yu just smiled and did not make any excuses.

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