Chapter 933: Madness

Singapore port.

A steamship slowly docked at the shore.

Admiral Wesley walked down the gangway with a gloomy expression.

Accompanying him was the Governor of Tianzhu, Bolt.

Three days ago, he received news that Commander Maluofu had withdrawn the warships to Malacca.

Naturally, he also learned the reason why the Coalition fleet had retreated to Malacca.

At the time, this news shocked both him and the generals in Tianzhu.

The Coalition's hundred-plus warships had actually been repelled by a mere twelve warships and twelve Sailing Warships of Great Song.

If this news were to reach the Western Lands, it would make the entire Western world mock their incompetence.

"Maluofu, the spit of the Franks, the Stedans, and the Frankish people is about to soak my clothes; you had better give me a reasonable explanation."

Maluofu was waiting at the port to greet him, and Wesley flared up as soon as he disembarked.

This retreat by Maluofu had made the Franks and the Stedans extremely angry.

They even threatened to withdraw their warships and soldiers.

It was he who had repeatedly promised that this was a strategic retreat.

Only then did they calm down, upon hearing that they would eventually launch a counterattack.

As for the Frankish people, half of their Southeast China was located east of Malacca.

Although they were also dissatisfied, they could still remain rational.

Because Southeast China and Tianzhu were connected.

In a critical moment, they could retreat to Tianzhu.

"I also want a reasonable explanation; no one told me Great Song's navy had so many steamships, and no one told me that all the naval cannons on their warships had such immense range and power, damn it." Maluofu's mood was extremely terrible at this moment.

As the Commander of the Coalition navy, having achieved no results and instead losing over ten warships, including steamships, was enough to make him suffer in shame.

"You..." Wesley almost let the word "bastard" slip out.

But seeing Maluofu's bloodshot eyes, he calmed down again.

He had just been blinded by anger, but Maluofu was no fool.

It must have been necessary to retreat for him to have made that decision.

"Alright, tell me in detail what exactly happened." Wesley patted Maluofu on the shoulder.

Maluofu let out a turbid breath and described the process of the naval battle to him.

And Wesley's mouth opened wider and wider.

"You were right; in such a situation, the fleet would only be passively beaten, causing more casualties." Wesley's brows furrowed, "It's terrifying; I didn't expect Great Song's warships to be so superior, damn it!"

"Now we must immediately ask London for reinforcements and send more fleets to Dongtu. One thing is certain: their number of warships is not large. Even if they keep building ships, the number of their warships in the next few years will not catch up to our existing warships in the Western Lands. Winning with numbers is our only chance."

He paused and said solemnly, "We should even jointly write a letter to Queen, asking her to consider letting Britain, or even the entire Western Lands, enter a state of war."

"Is... is this necessary?" Wesley looked at Maluofu; Maluofu seemed a bit crazy at this moment.

He felt that this failure must have caused him to lose his reason.

"Wesley, you must trust my judgment. When Great Song's fleet besieges Tianzhu, it will be too late," Maluofu said.

As the two were talking, the Frankish general and the Stedan general walked over.

They had come from Tianzhu with Wesley.

Just now, they had learned the entire course of the naval battle from their own generals.

"We are very sorry, General Wesley; it was we who misunderstood you. Under such circumstances, retreating was indeed a wise choice," the Frankish general said. "Only, please do not abandon Luzon."

"And do not abandon Yajia," the Stedan general said. "You surely wouldn't want our colonies in Dongtu to be occupied by the swine of Great Song, would you?"

"Of course not," Wesley said firmly. "Please believe that we will definitely win the final victory; even occasional setbacks are only temporary."

The Frankish general and the Stedan general nodded.

In fact, they were also helpless and could only obey Wesley's command.

Because they knew clearly that they certainly could not deal with Great Song by relying on their own strength.

Only the power of the Coalition could preserve their colonies in Dongtu.

In terms of overall strategy, it did not matter if they temporarily lost their colonies.

As long as the war was won, they would take them back.

Having received the assurance, the Stedan general and the Frankish general left.

At this time, Wesley and Maluofu began talking again.

Bolt suddenly thought of something and exclaimed, "What about our Australia? Great Song's fleet will definitely discover this continent."

"When retreating to Malacca, I ordered a warship to leave and go to Wishinan in Australia to deliver this critical situation to Oliver," Maluofu said. "Now is the time to let these prisoners serve Britain. I suggest that Oliver promise the prisoners under his command and their descendants that as long as they participate in this victory against Great Song, their crimes will be pardoned and they will be allowed to return to Britain."

"This decision is absolutely correct; now we should send them a batch of Weapon and ammunition." Wesley's eyes narrowed.

Upon returning to Tianzhu, he prepared to dispatch warships from the sea area south of Yajia, bypassing Malacca, to transport Weapon to Australia.

He believed that these hardened criminals in Australia would definitely fight bravely in order to return to Britain.

After all, they were originally just a bunch of desperadoes.

After discussing this matter, Wesley inspected the Fort on both sides of Malacca.

The next day, he couldn't wait to return to Tianzhu and urgently selected a batch of muskets and Artillery to be shipped to Australia.

Although their navy had retreated this time.

This did not mean that they would hand over the area east of Malacca to Great Song on a silver platter.

If they wanted to swallow it, they would have to lose a few teeth.

At the same time, he sent a steamship to Britain to deliver the latest intelligence and request support.

After finishing this, Wesley dispatched over thirty thousand more soldiers to Malacca.

Previously, Britain already had eight thousand soldiers stationed in Malacca, and Stedan also had over ten thousand soldiers in Yajia.

This brought their troop strength in the vicinity of Malacca to sixty thousand.

This was only the strength of the Western Lands, not including the indigenous armies they trained in Malay and Yajia.

He believed that such a large force, combined with Maluofu's fleet, would be enough to block the Great Song army east of Malacca.

"Shorten the training time for the indigenous armies and let them grow through war; they are needed now to create trouble for Great Song."

After completing the redeployment, Wesley summoned the generals of the various nations.

At sea, Maluofu had suffered a defeat, but he would not admit that the Army had failed as well.

On the contrary, he believed that in the short term, they could only rely on the Army to salvage the critical situation.

This time, the Great Song Navy had dealt them a heavy blow, and he would not just swallow this insult.

He wanted the Army to tear Great Song to pieces during the encirclement of Great Song.

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