Great Warlord: The Second Ancestor of the Empire

Lin Yi's words moved Pan Chengzhang.

Indeed, there can only be one powerful country in Asia, and that can only be Daxia.

Asia is the Asia of the empire, and only the fleet of the empire can travel unimpeded in the Asian ocean.

Therefore, Pan Chengzhang, in the name of the military department, gave an order to the imperial fleet, requiring them to capture Malacca at all costs.

Imperial Navy Minister Zeng Sen received Pan Chengzhang's order and did not dare to delay. He also called Sha Zhenhai, Commander-in-Chief of the Imperial Fleet, asking Sha Zhenhai to prepare for battle and capture Malacca as soon as possible.

When the two messages were placed on Sha Zhenhai's desk, he knew that he could not refuse them.

Since you can't refuse, then go for it.

In recent years, the Imperial Fleet has almost become a vassal of the Yinglong Fleet.

But everyone in the Imperial Fleet also has their own pride, and they all want to restore the former glory of the Imperial Fleet.

Therefore, over the years, the imperial fleet has continued to purchase warships and trained hard, not daring to relax for a day.

Now, here comes your chance to prove yourself.

Therefore, Sha Zhenhai issued an order to the fleet stationed in Penglai (Penglai military port is the same military port used by Yinglong Fleet and Imperial Fleet) and Quanzhou, requiring them to set sail today and assemble in Qionghai, Hainan Island, southern Guangdong Province.

Then we headed south together, heading straight for Malacca.

The two imperial squadrons that received the order did not dare to delay and sounded the alarm one after another and gathered their soldiers.

All of a sudden, sirens sounded loudly inside Penglai Military Port and Quanzhou Military Port.

All Imperial Fleet soldiers already know what this siren means.

Since the Empire had declared war on the Allies, the Imperial fleet had long been prepared for war.

Now you just need to wait for everyone to gather, and you can leave the port at any time.

Four hours later, the boilers of all the battleships had heated up, and a large amount of black smoke was rising from the chimneys of the battleships.

After two long blasts of sirens, the fleet began to slowly leave the port and sail towards the Empire's South China Sea.

1913 1 Month 10 Day.

On the tenth day after the war, Sha Zhenhai arrived at Qionghai with the Quanzhou fleet and raised the command flag. The fleet stationed in Penglai still needed one day.

The next day, January 1913, 1, the Penglai fleet arrived at Qionghai. Sha Zhenhai did not give the Penglai fleet any time to adjust.

He knew that what he was dealing with now was a surprise, and he needed to reach Malacca before everyone reacted.

Based on the information he has obtained now (the information was provided by Fang Xiao's Bureau of Statistics), Malacca at this time only had less than 30 warships of various sizes.

Almost half of the warships went to the Indian Ocean. At the same time, after the empire declared war on the Allies and raided Oahu, the John Empire felt threatened and mobilized two fleets from Tianzhu and South Africa on its way to Malacca.

By that time, the total tonnage of Malacca's fleet will reach 40 tons.

Therefore, Sha Zhenhai is a little anxious. He feels that now is the best opportunity for the imperial fleet.

The enemy's division of troops and the lack of reinforcements greatly increased his winning rate.

On the evening of January 1913, 1, taking advantage of the darkness, Sha Zhenhai issued an order to march south.

The imperial fleet formed a battle formation and began to move south.

1913年1月13日，凌晨4点23分。

After two days of sailing, the imperial fleet passed through the Riau Islands and arrived in the waters off Malacca, still 28 nautical miles away from Malacca.

Sha Zhenhai ordered the imperial fleet flagship "Qin Huiwen King" to raise the "Z" flag and the empire's unique Blood Dragon flag.

The Z-shaped flag means victory, and the Blood Dragon flag also means fighting to the death!

In this battle, Sha Zhenhai was really ruthless.

As the Blood Dragon flag was raised by Sha Zhenhai, everyone in the imperial navy knew that today, either they would capture Malacca, or they would collectively sink in Malacca.

Twenty nautical miles, very close, Sha Zhenhai could already see the dotted lights of Malacca.

Half an hour later, Malacca had entered the range of naval guns.

Sha Zhenhai immediately ordered all warships and guns to fire freely at the Malacca military port.

A series of gunshots rang out, and the Malacca Port was filled with flames. Sha Zhenhai could vaguely see people moving inside the port.

However, it was this round of shelling that ignited the interior of the port, and the flames shot into the sky, but Sha Zhenhai frowned.

Because, he just took advantage of the firelight and didn't notice any warships in the harbor!

At this time, Sha Zhenhai was a little anxious. Logically speaking, at this time, all the warships of the John Empire should be at the military port.

A thought arose in Sha Zhenhai's mind. The fleet stationed in Malacca would not run away.

He was not worried that John's Empire fleet would sneak attack him, after all, the total tonnage of the two sides was too different.

Moreover, the imperial fleet has already formed a battle formation. At this time, even if the John Empire wants to make a sneak attack, they can at most get the upper hand. After one round, he is confident of reversing the situation.

What he was worried about was that the fleet stationed in Malacca had already left the port before they arrived.

If it is to retreat to the Indian Ocean, then it is better to say that if we hold Malacca by ourselves, they will not be able to easily come in.

What he was worried about was that the Malacca fleet had gone to Bactria.

You must know that Daxia currently has two fleets. One is on the west coast of Milicia and is attacking their coastal industries. The other is the imperial fleet led by him.

Therefore, there are no warships in Daxia's territory now. If at this time, the Malacca fleet is sent behind him to destroy the coast, then even if he dies, it will be difficult to wash away the shame of the Imperial Navy.

Just when Sha Zhenhai was about to order a collective turn and retreat to the empire, his adjutant quickly ran over and told Sha Zhenhai that an enemy fleet was found behind the fleet.

Upon hearing the news, Sha Zhenhai breathed a sigh of relief.

As long as he didn't go to the coast of the empire for sneak attacks or anything like that, he, Sha Zhenhai, wasn't afraid at all.

Therefore, Sha Zhenhai gave the order and the fleet turned to attack the Malacca fleet.

It took the Imperial Fleet more than ten minutes to turn around, and at this time, the Malacca Fleet was already approaching the Imperial Fleet.

At the forefront were a group of destroyers and torpedo boats.

These destroyers rushed to a distance of ten nautical miles and fired a round of torpedoes at the Imperial fleet.

After Sha Zhenhai saw it, he ordered to avoid it. But some warships were still hit by torpedoes.

Fortunately, because Sha Zhenhai had prepared in advance, only some destroyers and frigates were hit, and none of the capital ships were damaged.

But even so, Sha Zhenhai still felt humiliated.

They had not suffered any losses yet, but as soon as they came up, they sank 3 warships and damaged 6. Among them, two of them could tell at a glance that they had no combat effectiveness.

"Send the order, fight to the death! Let me sink the opponent's flagship first!" Sha Zhenhai gritted his teeth and issued the order to sink the Malacca flagship.