Shen Zhou stood at the bow of the boat holding a monocular lens, carefully checking the waters in front of him, hoping to find some traces of the three Portuguese warships that escaped. Unfortunately, the sea was clean and there was no wooden board at all.

Any trace of a ship passing by.

Just a month ago, Shen Zhou and Qu Lie cooperated to annihilate the invading Portuguese fleet in the Strait of Malacca in one fell swoop, but three Portuguese warships rushed out of the siege and fled back to the Indian Ocean. It would be fine if they were ordinary warships, but the key was to escape.

One of the warships was the flagship of Portugal's Indian Governor Da Gama, and Da Gama himself was on the warship. The Ming Dynasty would not let go of this Portugal Governor who started the war without authorization, so Shen Zhou personally

He led his Second South Ocean Fleet into the Indian Ocean, preparing to capture Da Gama and send him to the Ming Dynasty to question him.

When Dagama's flagship and two other Portuguese warships broke out of the encirclement, they were also injured by the Ming Dynasty artillery fire. One of the warships was seriously injured. At least in Shen Zhou's impression, the Portuguese warship was

When they escaped, a large amount of black smoke had emerged from the upper deck, and the sails were burned down. However, even after being injured so seriously, the warship still escaped, which made Shen Zhou and the others feel

Face is dull.

It was Shen Zhou who knew that all three of Da Gama's warships were injured, so he chased him closely. After all, it was difficult to wipe out most of the power of Portugal. If Da Gama could be captured again,

Then he made great contributions. As for surpassing Qu Lie, it is not a problem. Who dares to say that he has relied on his father Shenying to get to his current position?

Speaking of which, Shen Zhou was also very lucky. According to the original history, he should have inherited his father Shen Ying's position as general, and was transferred to the capital by Jiang Bin. He became one of the main generals of the four foreign families, and was also Zhengde's.

The adopted son, after Zhengde's death, Shen Zhou was implicated by Jiang Bin and was killed together. However, now he has met Zhou Chong, which has greatly changed Shen Zhou's fate. At least he will not become Zhengde's adopted son again, nor will he

He will be implicated by Jiang Bin later.

Shen Zhou is the youngest son of Shen Ying, and he has several older brothers. Unfortunately, he is either incompetent or a concubine, and he cannot inherit Shen Ying's position at all. Therefore, although Shen Zhou is young, his martial arts and courage are both temporary.

The choice is at least much better than his brothers, so he has always been trained by Shen Ying as his heir.

Since Shenying came to Zhou Chong to do things, Shen Zhou relied on his youth to give up his most familiar cavalry tactics and instead learned the method of naval battle from Chang Xiao. He has learned something in recent years, and in addition

His father's relationship quickly attracted Zhou Chong's attention. He was entrusted with important tasks at a young age and became the most outstanding general of the younger generation in the navy.

It was also Shen Zhou's outstanding performance in the navy, so he was appointed by Zhou Chong as the commander of the Second Squadron of the Nanyang Fleet at a young age, and the commanders of the other two squadrons were Chang Xiao and Qu Lie, respectively.

People are old qualified generals in the navy. And Shen Zhou can be ranked alongside them, which will naturally attract a lot of jealousy. Some people even secretly slander, saying that Shen Zhou can reach his current position, all relying on his father.

Shen Ying's care, otherwise with his qualifications, it would not have been possible that he would have become one of the great commanders of the Nanyang Fleet. It is precisely because of this that Shen Zhou was not stable in the position of commander of the Second Squadron.

In fact, to be fair, Shen Zhou was able to become one of the three commanders of the Nanyang Fleet at the age of 30, which is indeed closely related to his father Shen Ying, but Shen Zhou's promotion was facilitated by Zhou Chong,

Zhou Chong's personality, if Shen Zhou did not have real skills, even if Shen Ying personally pleaded with Zhou Chong, Shen Zhou would probably not be able to use it.

It can be said that more than 80% of Shen Zhou's efforts were his own efforts. For example, he used to be a cavalry general and had great experience in land warfare. At least he followed his father Shen Ying to fight in the east.

, he made many contributions to the Ming Dynasty. It can be said that he is not inferior to Chang Xiao and Qu Lie when it comes to the contribution.

Moreover, Shen Zhou was also very studious. After joining the Navy, he kept learning the navy's tactics with Chang Xiao. As a result, he was soon appreciated by Chang Xiao. In just a few years, Shen Zhou had successfully started his army and later became alone.

With a fleet, Li Anliang sent troops to Japan, occupying the Edo Bay and Ishimiko in Japan. It can be said that Japan's strategy was almost implemented by God Zhou, and it was precisely because of this contribution that God made

On Monday, he defeated other competitors and became one of the three commanders of the Nanyang Fleet.

In addition, the difference between Shen Zhou and Chang Xiao and Qu Lie is that before he served as the commander of the Nanyang Fleet, he specially participated in the crash course of the Navy Military Academy, where he learned more about the Navy's generals, and also learned

Knowledge of astronomy, mathematics and other knowledge made him more professional than old-style naval generals such as Chang Xiao and Qu Lie.

It was precisely because of his fondness for Shen Zhou's eagerness to learn and his talent in naval battles that Zhou Chongcai disagreed with the public and promoted him to one of the three most elite commanders of the Nanyang Fleet, with Chang Xiaohe Qu

Lie, the two veteran generals, are on par, and this naval battle in Malacca also shows that Zhou Chong did not misunderstand others. Shen Zhou and Qu Lie cooperated to almost wipe out the invading Portuguese fleet, and Shen Zhou was still persevering.

He chased into the Indian Ocean and wanted to capture the Portuguese Indian Governor Da Gama in one fell swoop. As long as he could make such a contribution, no one would dare to question him in the future.

It's just that good things get worse. Although Shen Zhou was determined to catch Da Gama, in his opinion, the other party's three warships were injured, and it should not be particularly difficult to catch the other party. But he ignored it

One thing is that the Portuguese Da Gama and other Portuguese are very familiar with the fleet from India to Malacca. After they fled into Malacca, they immediately hid on this route, especially the route has several archipelagos, which is very beneficial to

The hiding of the ship caused Shen Zhou to chase the fleet for a full month, but in the end, Da Gama's three warships escaped, and now he could not even find a shadow.

"General, further forward is the Lion Kingdom, which is famous for its rich gems, which prompted the Lion Kingdom to have been fighting against the Tamils ​​on the Indian mainland. The country is not peaceful, so if you want to go there, ordinary merchant ships will take risks

A certain risk." Just as Shen Zhou was thinking about his thoughts, someone suddenly came over behind him to report.

The person who spoke was a middle-aged man in his forties, who was round and fat, and looked kind. This man was named Sheng Kang. He used to be a businessman who traveled to Southeast Asia. The most important thing was to transport goods from Malacca to India.

The sea areas in this area are very familiar, so this time he was summoned by Shen Zhou as the guide of the fleet. Thanks to Sheng Kang's guidance along the way, they did not get lost on this infamiliar route.

"Shengkang, where do you think the Portuguese will escape?" Shen Zhou still said unwillingly. Three days ago, under Shengkang's guidance, they had already put all the three Portuguese warships in an archipelago under the guidance of Shengkang.

It was blocked, but unfortunately a sudden storm forced them to temporarily release the encirclement. As a result, the Portuguese escaped at the risk of the ship being overturned by the storm. After the storm stopped, Shen Zhou and the others would once again

The loss of traces of Da Gama and others.

"Reported to General, the first few storms came from the east. The Portuguese rushed into the storm regardless of danger and could only be blown to the west by the storm. If their warships were not overturned, then they would probably blow to the lion.

Near the country, with the Portuguese familiarity with this sea area, they are likely to rush to the lion to replenish their water and repair the ships. But I don’t know if the other party is still there when we arrived at the Lion Country?" Sheng Kang was very good.

I explained my analysis with confidence.

Shen Zhou also thought when he heard this. It has been a month since the Battle of Malacca. During this period, neither side had time to stop the shore and supply. Now the supplies in Shen Zhou and their fleet are almost used up. It is estimated that the Portuguese situation is only

It will be worse than them, so if Da Gama is still alive, he will definitely find the nearest place to replenish his water. Moreover, their warships were seriously damaged in the previous naval battle and had just experienced a storm, so they must be in urgent need of repairs, so no matter what,

From any analysis, the Portuguese are likely to lead the way in the Lion Kingdom.

"The analysis makes sense, but although the Lion Kingdom is an island country, its area is not small. Shengkang Where do you think the Portuguese will stop in the Lion Kingdom?" Shen Zhou nodded in approval, and then asked again.

Regarding Shenzhou's question, Sheng Kang replied without thinking: "General, although the Lion Kingdom is big, they have been fighting with the Tamils ​​in the Indian mainland for many years, and the country is also very chaotic, with coastal ports.

There are very few places where Portuguese warships can dock and provide supplies and maintenance, only the largest port of the Lion Kingdom, Beloris. It is said that when the eunuch of the Sanbao period went to the West, he once docked in Beloris.

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"Don't Rory!" Shen Zhou Gang felt a little familiar when he heard this name. When he heard it was related to the eunuch of the Three Guards, it immediately reminded him of the "Zheng He Navigation Chart" he had read in the military academy.

It seems that there is an introduction to this port. Since the treasure ship of the Sanbao eunuch can be docked, the Portuguese warships can definitely be docked as well.
Chapter completed!