Chapter 211 Transit Station and Bridgehead

Xiao Tianjian was very concerned about this matter and personally participated in the formulation of this action plan. After a joint discussion between the Ministry of the Navy and the Sea Trade Group Company, Xiao Tianjian personally set two locations by the coast of the Li Dynasty in Vietnam.

One of these two locations is Toulon, that is, Da Nang in later Vietnam, and the other is Jinlan, which is also known as the famous Jinlan Bay.

The reason why Xiao Tianjian chose these two places as a supply base for the Great China and North Korea is for no other reason. It is precisely because these two places are both natural ports, and since ancient times, these two places have been necessary places for Chinese sea merchants to go to the South China Sea, and they are also used as safe havens and have a unique land. Advantages.

The other is that Xiao Tianjian naturally has a hostile attitude towards Vietnam because of future generations. In his eyes, Vietnam is also a confidant of China in the old time and space. It must be completely eliminated, so that it can be returned to the territory of China and North Korea, and completely eliminate the hidden danger of China in the future. .

Now is the best time to deal with them, because the Li Dynasty is now in a state of division between the north and the south. The north is controlled by the Zheng Group of the Li Dynasty, while the south is controlled by the Ruan Group. As the royal family of the Li Dynasty, it is now just a puppet. There is a constant struggle between the Zheng and the Ruan family in the north and south, and the Greater China Dynasty is enough. There are enough reasons to deal with them.

Whether it is the Ruan family or the Zheng family, in order to obtain benefits, they all collude with pirates, serve as their so-called mariners, and then share with these pirates the goods obtained by robbing and robbing Chinese merchant ships in the past.

Since the establishment of the Haimao Group, it has fought with these pirates attached to the Later Li Dynasty many times, so the Greater China Dynasty has enough reasons to repair them, and the capture of Toulon and Jinlan Bay is equivalent to inserting two knives in the waist of the Later Li Dynasty. After solving the matter of the Strait of Malacca, it turns back. The Great Zhong Dynasty can attack from both land and sea, destroy the later Li Dynasty in one fell swoop, restore Jiaozhi Province, and return it to the territory of the Great Zhong Dynasty. In this way, there is Jiaozhi Province in the east and Luzon Province in the west. After occupying the Strait of Malacca, the whole South China Sea has completely become the inland sea of the Chinese people. In the future, no matter who wants to enter Asia, they will look at the faces of the Chinese people.

After listening to Xiao Tianjian's opinion, the Ministry of War immediately agreed to his proposal to include the occupation of Jinlan Bay and Toulon Port in the action plan of the expedition to Malacca, as two small items in the main battle plan.

As for the last place to rest before attacking the Strait of Malacca, Zheng Zhilong put forward an idea that he could contact the Johor Sultan, now at the southeast entrance of the Strait of Malacca, to obtain a front base in the Riau Islands.

After hearing this, Xiao Tianjian immediately believed that he had asked about the Sultan of Johor, so Zheng Zhilong told Xiao Tianjian in detail what he knew.

It turned out that the current Sultan of Johor was actually the descendant of the king of Malacca. After Malacca was occupied by the Portuguese, the king of Malacca was ineffective, so he fled to the Mintan Island on the Riau Islands, continued to fight against the Portuguese, and changed its name to the Sultan of Johor, occupying the largest of the Riau Islands. Bintan Island also controls the nearby Batam Island. Dozens of miles to the west is the Lion City, which can fully control the southeast entrance of the Strait of Malacca.

In the meaning of Zheng Zhilong, the Great China and North Korea can contact the current Johor Sultan and tell him that the Ming Dynasty had ignored the matter before. Now the Greater China and North Korea is willing to help the Sultan of Johor recover Malacca and let him take the position of King of Malacca again, but the premise is that it is Johor. The sultan should provide two bases on Batam Island and Mintan Island as a resting place for the Zhoushi of the Great China Dynasty. In addition, the Sultan of Johor should provide logistical support for the Dazhong Army, especially the supply of fresh water and food, and send a guide to lead the Dazhong Chaozhou Division to attack Malacca.

After listening to Zheng Zhilong's words, Xiao Tianjian immediately nodded and affirmed his suggestion. This is the best way at present. As long as he can get a front base on Mindan Island as a resting place for the boat division of the Dazhong Dynasty, it will be a place to attack Malacca and control the whole Strait of Malacca in the next step. It is a great help. In addition, it can also provide some supplies to the Great China and North Korea through the Sultan of Johor, which saves a lot of trouble for the Great China and North Korea.

Therefore, according to the results of everyone's discussion, the naval department began to rest and formulate the whole battle plan for going south to Malacca. At the same time, it was handed over to the cabinet for approval. Xiao Tianjian approved the battle plan.

Immediately, the Maritime Trade Group sent people and ships from Guangzhou to start the preliminary survey of the route as a businessman. In addition, it also went to Mindan Island to find contact with the Sultan of Johor to negotiate future cooperation.

After more than half a year of intense preparation, Haimao Group Company brought back the good news that the Sultan of Johor immediately agreed to all the conditions proposed by the Great China Dynasty after learning that the Great China Dynasty was willing to help him restore the country. The Sultan of Johor also said that he would be the vassal state of the Greater China Dynasty in the future. Accept the title of the Dazhong Dynasty and never betray the Dazhong Dynasty.

After receiving such a guarantee, the expedition of China and North Korea began to start. In the past six months, the navy has cooperated with the Haimao Group Company to find out the waterways and terrain around Toulon Port and Jinlan Bay, as well as the situation of the local post-Leanese army.

The Ruan Group of the Later Li Dynasty did not have strong control over these two places, and the troops were very few. The local people of the Li Dynasty lived a very hard time. In addition, there are some local Chinese who are very familiar with the local situation and can occupy these two places without any effort. The Ruan Group of the Li Dynasty may not answer. Yes, but as long as the Dazhong army builds a solid bridgehead in these two places with lightning speed, it is expected that even if the Ruan Group does not agree, it will be unable to expel the Dazhong army.

Moreover, these two places do not need to station too many troops. Each has a battalion or so, which is enough to deal with the counterattack of the local Ruan clan group and control this area.

So in the autumn of the ninth year of Tianyuan, the fleet that first hit the front station set sail again in Guangzhou. In addition to carrying two naval battalions, these ships were also loaded with a lot of artillery for their stationing. In addition, two capable engineering battalions were sent to prepare sufficient construction tools before leaving together. To Toulon and Jinlan Bay.

After more than half a month of sailing, the fleet suddenly appeared in Toulon and Jinlan Bay. The local Ruan clan had no preparation at all, and the Dazhong army also landed in these two places on the grounds of building a shelter for merchant ships in these two places.

The naval barracks with the ship immediately landed and set up temporary camps to control the two bays. The accompanying engineers immediately unloaded a large number of construction tools and recruited local people at a high price to help them build a fortress.

After only more than a month, two strong forts appeared in Toulon and Jinlan Bay. Although the two forts had not been finally perfected, the fort was first to be built, and the cannon was set up on the fort, which had the ability to resist the attack of the local Lebanese army.

When the Nguyen Family Group of the Li Dynasty learned the news, their reaction was very slow. When they learned that these Chinese had actually built castles in these two places, they realized that the matter was a little beyond their expectations, so they sent officials to Toulon and Jinlan Bay to find the local Dazhong army to garrisons and ask the Dazhong army to demolish the castle and withdraw. This place.

However, the request of the Li Dynasty was immediately rejected by the local chief officer, and took out money to bribe these incoming Li Dynasty officials. These people were open-minded and short-handed. After returning, they lied that the Chinese had only built a small stockade, and there was no sign of long-term stay, so they actually fooled the past. Ruan of the Li Dynasty. After listening to it, it was over.

However, the appearance of the Dazhong army threatened the interests of the local pirates. The pirates saw that the Li Dynasty did not move, so they gathered one or two thousand pirates by themselves and launched an attack on Toulenburg, trying to drive away the Dazhong army that was stationed here.

The result was naturally very miserable. How could the pirates be the opponents of the Dazhong army? Not only could they not capture Toulenburg, but they were surrounded by the local defenders and almost all of them annihilated them in the port of Toulon. They also captured more than 800 pirates. After killing the leader, the rest were locked up in the labor camp and given to the local The garrison was used as laborers, which once added more than 800 free workers to Toulonburg.

After the completion of Toulenburg and Kullenburg, some engineering troops sailed south again, leaving some people to continue to lead the laborers to build the dock trestle, and the rest immediately went to Mintan Island.

After contacting the local Johor Sultan, the Dazhong military engineering troops immediately began to build fortresses in Port Batang. The Sultan of Johor also gathered a large number of local indigenous people to help Dazhong Army build port wharfs and trestles.

After nearly half a year of preparation, the preliminary preparations for the expedition to Malacca have been completed, and a batch of supplies and fleets have also begun to sail. A large number of combat materials have been shipped to Batam Port Castle in advance and stored as a supplement to the future war. In addition, in Toulenburg and Jinlanburg, they have also begun to advance. They hoarded grain and gathered a lot of fishing boats to go to these two places to fish at sea in advance in order to provide fresh catch for the fleet at any time, so that the fleet can obtain enough meat along the way for the people on board to eat.

Such a preparatory action allowed time to enter the ten years of Tianyuan. After learning that the preliminary preparations had been completed, Xiao Tianjian immediately ordered the expeditionary troops that had already prepared to start the operation.

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