Chapter 1037: Interlude

"Your Highness, the Stedan people call this place Kalimantan Island. We are currently on the west side of Kalimantan Island; from here, it only takes one day of sailing to reach Malacca."

After the Azure Dragon Army and Vermilion Bird Army moved south, Zhao Xu stayed in the Siam Capital City for a few more days, then set sail with Zhou Yi and arrived at the outpost established by the navy, which was closest to Malacca.

This outpost once belonged to the Stedan people, as the Western Lands Allied Forces now focus their troop deployment on Malacca.

With the strength of the Stedan people, they naturally could not withstand the attack of the Marine Corps, and the outpost fell smoothly into the hands of the navy.

Later, the navy successively transported a large amount of supplies here for backup.

"Mm." Zhao Xu nodded lightly; he was naturally no stranger to this place.

Java is the contemporary Indonesia.

This country, like Luzon, is not a single continent, but is composed of several islands.

Among the three largest islands, one is Sumatra Island, located to the southwest of Kalimantan Island, and one is Java Island, located to the southeast, facing the Nanzhan Continent across the sea.

Currently, the Marine Corps has only occupied Kalimantan Island and has not yet taken action against Sumatra Island and Java Island, which the Stedan people are defending heavily.

The reason for this is, first, that Kalimantan Island itself is located to the west of Luzon, separated by only five or six hundred kilometers.

The second reason is that Kalimantan Island faces Malacca directly, making it the most suitable springboard for attacking Malacca.

At the same time, it is also convenient for transporting supplies from Luzon to here.

"By the way, the Marine Corps, the Azure Dragon Army, and the Vermilion Bird Army should all be in position. You should also prepare, advance the fleet toward Malacca, and coordinate with their attack." After pondering for a while, Zhao Xu said to Zhou Yi.

Supplies are no longer an issue; the next focus is this decisive battle with the Western Lands Allied Forces.

In order to support each other, the troops of the Western Lands Allied Forces are mainly deployed on both sides of the Malacca Strait.

In this way, the Fort on land can support the Western Lands Navy in resisting the Great Song Navy.

The Western Lands Navy warships can in turn support the Army on both banks, shelling the Great Song Army.

Facing this deployment of the Western Lands Allied Forces, he naturally cannot let the other side take advantage.

Since their navy and army can support each other, the Great Song's navy and army can also support each other.

"Yes, Your Highness." Zhou Yi responded.

Once Yan Wang spoke, he understood Yan Wang's intention; in fact, he had also thought of this point.

After two days of preparation, the fleet headed toward Malacca.

This time, they dispatched thirty Steamships and sixty Sailing Warships.

As for the remaining Steamships and Sailing Warships, they were deployed in the eastern waters of Great Song to prevent the Sam Country from sending a fleet again from the east.

To boost morale, Zhao Xu chose to accompany the army on the expedition, and he and Zhou Yi boarded the Flagship Jinghai to head toward Malacca.

After one day of sailing, they arrived at the mouth of the Malacca Strait.

At this time, Zhou Yi ordered the Steam Reconnaissance Ship to go to the positions of the Marine Corps, the Azure Dragon Army, and the Vermilion Bird Army to pass information and orders back and forth.

After about half an hour, the reconnaissance ship returned.

"Your Highness, the Marine Corps is currently stationed twenty miles south of the strait. According to the confessions of captured prisoners, the Western Lands Allied Forces have deployed forty thousand Army troops and forty thousand indigenous troops on the south side."

"The Azure Dragon Army and the Vermilion Bird Army are stationed thirty miles north of the strait. On the north side, there are sixty thousand Western Lands Allied Forces soldiers and eighty thousand indigenous troops," the captain of the reconnaissance ship reported one by one.

Hearing this, Zhao Xu nodded slowly, a cold sneer appearing at the corner of his mouth.

Currently, if the indigenous troops are excluded, the number of Westerners' soldiers is clearly at a disadvantage, and their troop strength is stretched thin.

In this era, crossing such a long distance to fight him in Dongtu, the Westerners are simply blindly confident.

It can be said that this is entirely their arrogance at work.

After all, they know that the Great Song Army is now very powerful, but in their hearts, the Great Song Army is still a barbaric indigenous army.

Since that is the case, this time he will give the Westerners a memory they will never forget, letting them know that their days of running rampant are gone forever.

"Pass on this King's order: give them one day of preparation time.

Tomorrow morning, launch a full-scale attack; we will drive the Westerners into the sea to feed the fish!" Zhao Xu said sternly.

The captain of the reconnaissance ship responded and turned to leave the Flagship.

Before long, two reconnaissance ships headed south and north respectively.

Zhao Xu turned to Zhou Yi again, "You should also prepare. The range and power of our Naval Cannons are both superior to the opponent's; we must bring them into play in this war."

"Yes, Your Highness." Zhou Yi gave Zhao Xu a military salute.

Meanwhile.

At the moment Zhao Xu issued the order, Wesley was standing in the Trench fortifications on the coast, looking at the fleet on the sea.

A group of Coalition officers stood by him, each with a grave expression.

The Great Song Army had arrived successively three days ago and was currently in a standoff with them.

Now the Great Song Navy's fleet had arrived as well.

The Yan Wang of Great Song had put on such a massive display; he was clearly determined to go to war with their Western Lands Allied Forces.

"Send someone to say that we are requesting peace talks." Putting down his Telescope, Wesley suddenly said.

His purpose was, of course, not to truly negotiate, but to use a delaying tactic.

If the Great Song people fell for the trick, he would be very happy to drag it out and wait for reinforcements to arrive.

The officers naturally understood Wesley's meaning.

Not long after, a Steamship came out from the strait and headed toward the Great Song fleet, but halfway there, the ship was intercepted by a Steamship of the Great Song fleet.

Navy soldiers escorted a Britain officer onto the ship and sent him to the Flagship.

At this time, Zhao Xu was observing both banks of Malacca. Upon learning the purpose of the Britain officer, he gave a light hum, "Go back and tell your General Wesley to put away his childish tricks. Now there are only two paths left for him: first, you Westerners lay down your Weapons and get out of Dongtu; second, we beat you until you are battered and bruised, and you flee out of Dongtu. You choose one of these two."

Hearing Zhao Xu's words, the Britain officer turned red with shame.

Returning to his own warship, he went back to Malacca and relayed Zhao Xu's words to Wesley.

"The Yan Wang of Great Song came in person?" Wesley exclaimed.

He did not expect that the officer had actually met the Yan Wang in person.

"That's right, he's a guy in his twenties who hasn't even grown his feathers yet, and he is truly arrogant to the extreme." The officer was still fuming with rage.

Wesley frowned deeply and muttered, "This is simply inconceivable. I didn't expect him to be so young. If the current reforms in Great Song all originated from his hand, then he is too terrifying."

Immediately, his thoughts returned to the matter of the war.

Thinking of the two paths Yan Wang had proposed to him, a fire of rage burned in his heart.

Facing the sea, he shouted, "No one has ever dared to threaten us Britain. We will not take either of these two paths; instead, we will take our third path, which is to have the Great Song army completely wiped out here!"

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