Druittel had no direct evidence to prove that the British were on the side of the United States, and there was no domestic authorization to take action against Madras's British East India Company. His decision came from two points, one was his own judgment, and the second was the desire for victory.

When he was in Orangeburg, Druittel kept sending letters to Norton in Madras, asking him to send his main ships to Orangeburg to join forces with the European Combined Fleet, but Norton cleverly refused. He proposed to continue to carry out normal commercial activities in Madras on the grounds that the British East India Company had not yet exposed his identity and provided accurate information for the European Combined Fleet. At that time, Druittel had already doubted the British position.

But after obtaining a set of unproof, he had no time and energy to find evidence, so he could only choose to raid Madras and directly control the British East India Company's fleet by force. The reason is very simple. The strength of the United States Navy is placed there, and the United Fleet wants to defeat this opponent, and the dozens of ships of the British East India Company are indispensable. After already doubting the position of the East India Company, Druittel dared not take risks. Losing the British East India Company's dozens of ships means that the winning rate is declining. If these dozens of ships are put under the command of the United States Navy, then the result will be defeated.

It can be said that Druittel has done everything he can to win the battle, but he still underestimated Norton, an old British jazz.

Norton is not the noble nobles from London. He had more than 30 years old when he was less than fifty years old. Norton's tenacity was forged in life and death. Therefore, after the Dutch controlled the British fleet, Norton did not surrender. He did not order the defenders such as the Madras Castle Port Fortress and other defenders to lay down their weapons and surrender according to Druittel's request. It was useless to use both soft and hard. He could only send Norton's deputy to pass on the order to surrender, but was rejected by the Madras defenders.

Druittel had no choice but to choose a way of combining favor and power. While he offered various favorable conditions to the defenders of Madras, he displayed all the ships of all European Combined Fleets outside the port of Madras to shock the resistance within Madras.

The shock achieved great results, and most of the British chose to surrender and killed the generals of Fort St. George, where the Governor General of Madras was located.

But not all the proud British people were willing to surrender like the Netherlands. Some British merchants and soldiers and officers from the British mainland chose to resist. They did not have the strength to deal with dozens of warships of the European Combined Fleet, but they were unwilling to see the fortress that they had struggled for many years fell into the hands of the enemy, so they chose to destroy.

The British burned down the things on the port warehouse dock, even destroyed some ships, and then fled to the depths of the Great Six. Druittel had no intention of chasing them. The first reaction of the Dutch after landing on the 6th was to put out the fire. The combined fleet was here to replenish supplies, not to attack.

After the tearing of the westerly wind belt, the United Fleet arrived at Mauritius and saw the swept island of Mauritius. After crossing the Indian Ocean, the entire fleet was in a poor state and urgently needed supplies, not only food, food and drinking water, but also sails, locks, wooden boards, etc. used to repair warships. The damage of the British reduced the efficiency of supply and repair. More importantly, Norton's resistance made the United Fleet stay in Madras not three days but ten days.

Madras is less than 300 nautical miles from Trincomali, Ceylon Island, which is closest to China in the Indian Ocean. It is the season when the southwest wind is strong. The British notification ships can sail about six knots per hour, which makes it only take about two days for them to report from Madras to Trincomali.

Druittel didn't know that Norton had sent a notification ship, but he was not worried about the threat from Tinkomali, because when he arrived in Mauritius from Mauritius, Druittel sent ships to disguise themselves as merchant ships and investigated K Tinkomali, and there were no main ships in the military port.

In fact, there was no exact news about the United States Navy fleet in the European Union. Since the Dutch fleet and the Spanish fleet disappeared from their respective home ports, the Chinese fleet also disappeared. When Druittel took charge of Orangeburg, his biggest worry was that the Chinese fleet suddenly appeared outside the Orange port and attacked his own fleet.

For more than a year, no one knows exactly where the Chinese fleet is. The reconnaissance ships dispatched by various countries and the information collected from merchant ships only proves that the main force of the Chinese naval fleet did not appear in major ports controlled by China, such as the Wendao Port in Penang, Singapore, and there is no news about the Chinese naval fleet.

According to Druittel's judgment, the United States Navy fleet should be ambushed on the islands near Batavia, because there can be controlled two waterways, Malacca and Sunda, blocking the two straits with light ships, and blocking the traces of the joint fleet can be determined.

In fact, Druittel's judgment was not good. In the past year or so, the naval fleet has indeed been deployed in this area, usually in small ports on the southern coastline of Borneo. There is calm and there is little bad weather. Replenishing the fleet by the Borneo company can also reduce the probability of being discovered.

However, Druittel still underestimated the impact of the Yunnan-Beijing Incident on the United States strategy. No one can guarantee that the Zhongming Alliance will not change during this period, so the original step-by-step plan became radical, especially after Simmons took over the naval fleet.

After arriving at the naval fleet, Simmons adjusted the fleet's deployment as soon as possible, adjusting the secret anchorage from the southern waters of Borneo to the west coast of Sumatra. There are a large number of archipelagos on the west coast of Sumatra, and there are only some indigenous people who do not contact the outside world, which is very suitable for the secret hiding of the navy.

In fact, when the Dutch fleet disappeared from Palavia, the United States Navy predicted that the Dutch fleet might be hiding here. The search for the west coast of Sumatra made the navy understand this sea area, but it only made people feel unsatisfied. This sea area does not have the ability to repair ships, so it cannot be deployed for a long time.

But Simmons didn't care about this, because his company had received news from the South African colonies and African companies twice that the European Union fleet was heading to the East.

Ceylon, Trincomali.

The scorching tropical sun shines on the castle made of granite, and the hottest season of the year is about to appear, but what is more warmer than the sun is the enthusiasm of local merchants.

As the only stronghold of the United States on the southwest island, Trincomali is also called Hong Kong. It produces the world's best-quality lilacs, and this spice that needs to be grown for more than ten years is still not exhibited on large-scale plantations. Ceylon and Trincomali are indispensable in the trading system of the United States and the entire world.

The liaison officer sent by Norton was able to directly meet Wu Weishi, the commander of the Ceylon garrison of the United States, with the token marked with the mark of the elders.

The liaison officer saw Wu Weishi sitting on a chair in the office. He was wearing a decent linen shirt. His thick and hard head was mostly white. He had wide shoulders and thick back, his limbs were thick, and there were many scars on his exposed skin. Obviously, he was also a general when he was young.

Wuwei is indeed a veteran of the United States, especially in the navy. From the Battle of Guam to the Battle of Java, all of which were not lost, all of them participated in the important naval battles on the rise of the United States. They were also promoted from sailor to the commander of the chief frigate of the first lieutenant frigate captain cruiser squadron. Unfortunately, he was too old and could only get off the ship and be a commander of the garrison and manage everything locally.

"Thomas, it's you." Wu Weishi smiled and said, seeing the contact officer, he knew that this was David's son, and he was also David's old friend.

Thomas didn't have time to reminisce about his old relationship with Wuwei. He said: "God of General, the Dutch fleet attacked Madras, and Sir Norton sent me to inform you of this news."

Wu Weishi's face changed slightly. He asked, "How many ships are there and how many people are there?" Thomas said, "When I left Madras, I only saw fourteen ships, but six of them were battleships of no less than your country's Aviation Beast-class battleships, and the rest were armed merchant ships with large tonnage."

Wu Weishi asked: "Why did Thomas go to war with you? Did you have any conflicts?"

Thomas shook his head and said, "No, no, Sir Norton had prepared many gifts carefully when he went to meet them."

Wu Weishi nodded. With his rich experience, he realized that this was not a conflict, but a long-planned plan.

"If it's been planned for a long time, why are there only a dozen ships?"

He did not hesitate much, but called a messenger. Soon two captains entered the office, which were the two most experienced captains under Wuweishi. He sent one to lead three ships to the anchorage of Singapore in Penang and the main naval fleet, and then sent another captain to Madras for reconnaissance, and summoned all ships in the port, and put Hong Kong into a state of combat readiness.

At this time, Wu Weishi did not have many warships under his command. All warships above the frigate were transferred to the main fleet, with only a few notification ships under his command, and several armed merchant ships of merchants.

Five days later, a notice ship in the fleet responsible for the reconnaissance returned to Trincomali, and the news was that the enemy's main fleet was still in Madras, and the flags were produced include the Netherlands, Spain, Denmark and France. All the supplies in the port had been concentrated, and all merchant ships entering the port of Madras were detained.

Wuweishi decided to march into Madras to delay time for the main fleet. According to Wuweishi's estimate, it will take about 12 to 15 days to get from the west coast of Sumatra to Madras. If the enemy can be held back, the United States Navy can annihilate all the European main fleet in Madras.

This is also in line with the combat commands issued by the Navy, and the encirclement and suppression were exhausted.

Of course, Wuwei, who has rich experience in maritime combat, would not choose to hit stones with eggs. After all, the schooners under his command are not the enemy's opponents at all. However, the Tingmali Arsenal, which is headed by Wuwei Stone, has the latest secret weapon developed by the United States Naval Arsenal - Water Mine.

Originally, these mines were used to block the Port of Galle, after all, it was one of the two major ports of the Dutch in the Indian Ocean.

Water mines are not unfamiliar to the Chinese. During the Jiajing period, this weapon appeared because of the request of anti-Japanese war. At that time, it was named the Dragon King underwater. Since then, water mines have been improved several times in the Ming army, resulting in time thunder that uses pan incense as a delayed fuze, and Lare that uses pull fuzes. Although these water mines were developed to fight against Japanese devils, they have made many extraordinary achievements in the war against pirates in the late Wanli period.

The principle of mines is not complicated. Compared with the old-fashioned fuses of the Ming army, the United States also has mechanical fuse structures similar to Suikong. Moreover, with the improvement of the United States' metal smelting and processing capabilities, there is no need to only use poorly twisted seams for sealing, so the style of mines has become extremely rich.

That night, Wuweishi commanded the shipment of fifty mines of various types on board and recruited sailors from the fleet merchant fleet. In order to break through the Dutch's blockade cordon, Wuweishi recruited a large number of foreign crew members, especially indigenous and European crew members. Thomas and his subordinates were no exception, and the young Thomas was also packaged as the captain of the British East India Company.

Wuwei actually chose a warship instead of choosing a Yahat ship with a displacement of about 400 tons and sailed directly to Madras.

The Yahat ship is the most common type of merchant ship in the Indian Ocean and is also a type of ship that Europeans like to use, so this ship is not conspicuous, but it is much slower than small boats such as schooners. It took about three days to go from Trincomali to Madras.

Moreover, outside the sea, which was still one day away from Madras, he encountered the Dutch reconnaissance ship. The Dutch saw the ship full of indigenous and European faces less vigilant, especially the cabin was full of oak barrels, which immediately made the group of soldiers who had not drunk beer for months feel excited. After giving them ten barrels of beer, the Ahat ship named Nightingale was able to break through the Dutch's blockade and enter the surrounding port of Madras.

Because I had already learned that all merchant ships would be requisitioned immediately once they entered the port, Wuwei did not, so he let the Nightingale approach Madras too early, but chose to enter the port of Madras at night to bree.
Chapter completed!