Chapter 888: Attacked Ma 6 Jiacheng

On the battleship "Southeast Asia II", the stars were shining and the long-gun and short-gun binoculars were piled up, and the officers carefully observed the battle.

The Southeast Fleet attacked the city of Malacca!

Competing in the vast seas of Southeast Asia, cruisers and frigates are like a fish in the water. An inappropriate metaphor is like a cheetah chasing a gazelle. Of course, the armoured merchant ship of the Orchid is not as easy to annoy as the gazelle, or it may be called yes. Leopards deal with wolves.

Although the battleship has great firepower, it is an elephant and cannot catch up with a wolf.

Battleships are the most important weapons of the country. Naturally, there are places where they should go, such as the Malacca fortress in front of them. They can talk to the fortress cannons, while the cruiser will not necessarily be a strong fortress after a hundred years of fighting.

Officer Hong Xi was in charge of this battle. After he "gift" the Hong Maofan fleet out of the Malacca Strait, he felt guilty in his heart. He felt that he did not have a strong record and could not take action (Hong Maofan kept running, he and Hong Mao Fan did not have a long-lasting naval battle, and the Red Hair Fan was won by the former commander Chen De), and he used battleship formations to attack the city of Malacca.

Malacca City is located in the middle of the Malay Peninsula and the Malacca Strait. The topography is very important!

The port is wide and deep, making it easy for large-tonnage ships to pass safely; the port has no dangerous beaches and is protected from storms and is easy to defend; the port has dense mangroves as a barrier; there is also a towering hill overlooking the sea entrance, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack. .

In 1402, Bairimisura established the Malacca Sultanate on the Malay Peninsula. The Ming Dynasty in our country called it the Kingdom of Mantra, and its capital was Malacca.

In the early days of the founding of the Malacca Sultanate, gold was paid to Siam every year for protection.

During the Yongle reign of the Ming Dynasty, Bairimisura paid tribute to the Ming Dynasty after paying respects to Ming Chengzu. Ming Chengzu named Bairimisula as the king of Mantraja and provided protection for Malacca.

Between 1405 and 1433, Ming Chengzu sent Zheng He seven voyages to the West. Almost every time Zheng He went to Malacca, he brought many treasures, silver seals and robes that Zhu Di rewarded the Malacca king.

At that time, the Chinese from Guangdong and Fujian followed Zheng He's fleet to settle in Malacca. They were engaged in commerce and farming here, and they also brought Chinese customs to the local area. The houses in the city were imitations of Chinese style, which seemed to be in a trance. Land area.

Malacca has been under the rule of eight generations of Sultans. In 1511, it was captured by the Portuguese who expanded eastward, and Daming's forces have since withdrawn from the Strait of Malacca, not to mention the Indian Ocean.

Since then, Chinese Pianfan will not sail out of the Indian Ocean!

The Chinese power decayed terribly, and the South China Sea became the inner lake of Hong Maofan.

Until the millions of Chinese descended to Southeast Asia, the leader Yan Changwu was unambiguous and took the Malay Peninsula. However, instead of attacking the city of Malacca, he had nothing to do with the Portuguese.

In the past, many rambutan boats went to Malacca City for supplies, so Malacca City is still very prosperous.

Today finally waited for the time and found an excuse. Officer Hong Xi commanded the battleship formation to attack the city of Malacca.

He gave an ultimatum first, but the Portuguese did not accept it.

Everyone started to practice, first of all, the artillery battle, the battleship fired shelling at the city of Malacca, and the Portuguese retaliated.

The 32-pound cannon banged and banged like a knock in everyone's heart.

The sound of the cannons kept on, and groups of shells flew to the coast. The battleship was very brave and fired in close combat.

The Portuguese were also prepared. The Chinese officers and soldiers saw the dazzling glare, and the sound was also shocking. It spread to the battleship. It was the Portuguese turrets firing. There were more than 20 or 30 square turrets. More than one tongue of fire, and the speed is not slow, the attack power is still very strong.

The fire blasted into the sky, and the shells flew across the sea, hit the water, or on the battleship.

The conditions on the battleships engaged in the battle were enthusiastic, and they were busy firing artillery, manipulating ships, damaging management, and treating the wounded.

Hong Xiguan looked for a while and frowned slightly!

Because he saw that the opponent's fort was shot in succession, but there was no sign of collapse, so as long as the Portuguese had the protection of the fort and enough ammunition, they could continue to fight.

If the losses of the party have been too large, or a few ships have been sunk in the battle, Hong Xiguan feels that Yali Mountain is big.

He just opened his bow without turning his head back. Official Hong Xi only bite the bullet and hit it down. On the surface, he was chatting and laughing, pointing and pointing, "This ship is hitting well, the shells are hit on the turret", "That ship has a posture." There is no reality. The shells hit the mountain, but unfortunately many of them missed the fort." "Yeah, it looks like the training of the red hairpin is OK, and the shot is quite accurate."

The next moment he changed his face. He saw that the fort had fired three rounds in five minutes. At least half of the shells fell on the battleship "Nanhai 21". The sound of the guns continued, and the shells fell one after another. The upper mast of "Nanhai 21" was broken and the wood chips flew across the deck. Official Hong Xi had to order it to retreat temporarily.

And our shell hit the turret, the turret still doesn't move!

He couldn't help but angrily said: "The fort built by the Portuguese is still quite strong!"

A high-level ginseng next to him replied helplessly: "It is the fort built by our Chinese for them!"

At that time, the Portuguese captured the city of Malacca. The original castle consisted of a city wall and four main towers, one of which was a four-story main building, and the other three were the ammunition room, the captain's room and the officer’s quarters. Most of the residents live in the towns inside the castle. As the population grew, the castle was expanded in 1586.

Most of the expansion project was undertaken by the Chinese.

Since ancient times, Chinese have been infrastructure madmen~www.wuxiaspot.com~ When we Chinese were building the Great Wall, Westerners were still picking wild fruits from trees!

Those Chinese used huge city bricks as the outer layer, glued with glutinous rice and egg white, and there was a layer of rammed earth and thick logs inside. When the idle shells hit it, there would be no one-shot destruction. Numerous potholes appeared on the outer layer of masonry, but it was only so, even the rammed earth layer was not exposed, let alone collapsed.

Now, the exquisite craftsmanship of the Chinese ancestors has caused future generations to suffer!

Is it a grandson? !

Several battleships were injured and had to retreat.

However, Officer Hong Xi insisted on attacking and trained his troops here!

The fragrance of plum blossoms comes from the bitter cold, and the steel comes from uninterrupted forging. The army is used for warfare. It is better to disarm and return to the fields for fear of casualties.

He sent someone to observe with a binoculars to see which ship played well, and rewarded him, and criticized the one who played badly!

The main purpose is to record the impact of the shells. Of course, there are times when it is inaccurate. Let's look at the general data.

It was the donkey that came out of the horse drawn stumblingly, causing the captains to be very nervous, fearing to fall behind, many captains went down to the gun deck to supervise the battle, and everyone who fought well would have meals, and those who fought badly would double their training.

Of course, official Hong Xi is also under pressure. He must break the city and minimize casualties and losses.

He deeply felt the pressure of the former commander Chen De. In private, he sighed: "The commander is an honor, but it's not easy to sit in this position!"

After three days of fighting, the battleship was in vain, and the Portuguese's fort was as solid as a rock!

Our side has no battleship sunk, but the number of casualties is rising.

Official Hong Xi had to find another way and prepared to send the Marines to land and attack the city of Malacca from the land.

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