The fleet continued sailing.
After passing through the waters of the Spratly Islands, they entered the Straits of Johor.
Johor had to be mentioned when talking about the Straits of Johor. Johor was divided into two parts by the South Sea. Western Johor was located on the Malay Peninsula, bordering Siam to the north and Singapore to the south across the Straits of Johor. Eastern Johor was located in the north of Borneo, bordering Java to the south.
Johor, Siam, Singapore, and Java, as well as the surrounding six countries — Annam, Luzon, Niger, Namjang, Chenla, and Piao — were all members of the Southeast Asian Nations Alliance.
According to the federal division, the ten ASEAN countries were all included in the Southeast Asian region. Therefore, in the game, the ten gaming zones competed with each other and cooperated with each other.
As a member of the ASEAN, Johor was most famous for its tin mines, which ranked first in the world. Historically, Johor had gradually prospered because of the discovery of tin mines.
The tin mines had caused a lot of bloodshed in Johor.
Speaking of tin mines, historically, China had a strong demand for Johor's tin mines, especially high-quality ones. That was because tin was mainly used in the lining of tea chests to prevent moisture.
In addition, Johor's pepper was also renowned in the West.
Other than these two specialties, there was nothing else worthy of Ouyang Shuo's attention. The fleet's final destination for this voyage was to cross the English Channel and reach England. It was an unprecedented event.
Therefore, if the fleet went to Johor to purchase a batch of pepper and shipped it to the West to sell, they could make a fortune. However, Ouyang Shuo didn't plan to do that.
In fact, when the fleet sailed into the Straits of Johor, Ouyang Shuo had already planned to target a tiny country.
It was Singapore.
Singapore was separated by the Straits of Johor to the north and Java to the south. It was adjacent to the southern entrance of the Straits of Malacca, guarding the chokepoint of the Straits of Malacca. Its strategic location was very important.
The Straits of Malacca was the sea passage connecting the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean. It was the shortest route from Europe and Africa to the ports in Southeast Asia, East Asia, and Oceania.
Singapore's territory was less than the size of a county in China. The total number of players in the game was less than 400,000. it was truly a tiny place.
It was such a small place, but it occupied such an important throat. How could it not be eye-catching?!
Even if the game map was expanded ten times, the entire territory of Star Nation was only seven thousand square kilometers. It was not even the upper limit of ten thousand square kilometers of territory of a level three county.
Excluding the area occupied by the only capital city of Star Nation — Lion City, as well as the scattered islands in the periphery, the actual usable area of the wilderness was even smaller.
Therefore, there was only one second-level county in the entire Star Nation. The rest were five to six player villages scattered on the small islands. Apart from that, there were no other player territories.
The largest port in the Star Nation was the Star Continent Harbor, which was known as the number one port in Asia. The capital city, Lion City, was located near the Star Continent Harbor. It was truly a strategic location.
In order to avoid Lion City, a second-class county called Fengshan County was located on the east coast of Star Nation. Lion City and Fengshan County were the only two cities in Star Nation.
As for the players' guilds, there was only one large guild called Temasek Mercenary Group, which was stationed in Los Leones. The rest were either scattered adventurer teams or carefree lifestyle players.
Even so, it would not be easy for Ouyang Shuo to conquer Star Nation.
Ignoring everything else, just the hundred thousand combat professional adventurer players would be enough to make an ocean fleet suffer. Not to mention the Imperial Guards stationed in Lion City.
According to Gaia's settings, the total number of garrisoned troops in the capital city was ten percent of the total number of players in the country. If a country had more than one capital city, it would be distributed evenly, and the total number would remain the same.
Therefore, with a hundred million players in the China server, the total number of garrisoned troops in the nine capital cities would be ten million. On average, a capital city would have more than a million imperial guards.
Because of this, it was extremely difficult for a Overlord player to conquer a capital city. One had to know that the garrisoned troops in a capital city were all elite troops, and they were all well-equipped.
After an Emperor took over the capital city, the garrisoned troops in the capital city would automatically switch to the special troops of that dynasty. For example, the current garrisoned troops in Xianyang City were the famous Great Qin Iron Army that struck fear into the hearts of enemies.
And the ones leading this Great Qin Iron Army were peerless generals like Wang Jian and Meng Tian.
Similarly, the garrisoned troops in Luoyang City were mainly made up of the Great Han Iron Cavalry.
According to the 400,000 players in Star Nation, there were about 40,000 garrisoned troops in Lion City.
If the 40,000 Imperial Guards were to fight in their own territory, Shanhai City would not be worried at all. Any field army could easily defeat them.
The problem was that Ouyang Shuo was now leading a combined fleet consisting of two battalions.
In addition, Fengshan County was a second-class county city after all, and it was a second-class county city that had been built to the peak. A conservative estimate would be that the territorial army would not be less than 5,000.
The hundred thousand combat professional adventurer players, the forty thousand Lion City garrisoned troops, and the five thousand Fengshan County soldiers were the main military forces of Star Nation. To conquer Lion City, they had to annihilate these three forces one by one.
That's right, annihilation.
There was no other reason. This was a war of annihilation, and there was no possibility of surrender for either side.
The only thing that comforted Ouyang Shuo was that Star Nation belonged to the greater China sphere. Its technology tree was based on China's technology tree, and it did not have the powerful ships and cannons of the West.
Otherwise, there was basically no hope.
20th April, on the ocean fleet, Dragon Head.
The Scarlet Horse Boats that had been sent out to scout the terrain of Star Nation had returned one after another, bringing back detailed information.
In the war room on the third floor of Dragon Head, Zheng He, Chen Dameng, Pei Donglai, and Smoke Demon stared at the map of Star Nation drawn by the intelligence officer and discussed the specific battle plan.
Ouyang Shuo sat in the seat of honor, silent.
Attacking Star Nation was not an idea that Ouyang Shuo had come up with on the spur of the moment. It was a strategy that he had drawn up when he was still formulating the Great Voyage Plan. Zheng He had already known about this plan a long time ago.
The only ones who were surprised were the other three generals. For the sake of confidentiality, the three of them only received the news when the fleet left the waters of the Nansha Islands.
Among the three of them, the one who was the most shocked was Smoke Demon.
As the captain of the guards, Chen Dameng did not think too much about it. His duty was to protect the Marquis. Pei Donglai was also an orthodox soldier, and he only thought about how to carry out the Marquis's orders.
Smoke Demon was different. He was a player and had a broad vision. Smoke Demon was well aware of the significance of conquering Star Nation in the history of Shanhai City's rise, especially in its domination of the sea.
He was once again deeply shocked by Lord Ouyang Shuo's ambition.
It had to be said that Smoke Demon's heart was burning with passion. He was very glad that he had made the wise choice to integrate into Shanhai City. That was why he had the opportunity to participate in such a great cause.
It was not hard to imagine how crazy the domestic players would be once they got the news. In reality, the China players often criticized Star Nation, which was guarding the Strait of Malacca.
The two countries were said to be friends, but in fact, there was constant friction between them.
Once Shanhai City conquered Star Nation, the domestic players could only applaud.
"I think the key to this battle is to take Lion City as soon as possible, and quickly." Smoke Demon stared at the map and continued, "It is foreseeable that if the battle is delayed, the neighboring countries will definitely intervene. By then, the fleet that is besieged by many countries will have no choice but to retreat in defeat. "
Smoke Demon spoke bluntly and pointed out the possibility of losing the battle without any hesitation.
Hearing this, Chen Dameng glared at Smoke Demon.
Smoke Demon naturally would not argue with Chen Dameng. He turned to look at Ouyang Shuo and asked him to make a decision.
"Three days. We only have three days," Ouyang Shuo said.
As for how to conquer Star Nation, Ouyang Shuo had already asked the military office to conduct a detailed simulation before the fleet set off. The conclusion of the military office was that they could not take more than three days. Otherwise, the situation would be difficult to deal with.
However, at that time, the military office did not have detailed first-hand information, so they could not draw up a detailed battle plan.
Ouyang Shuo basically agreed with the military office's judgment. In his previous life, a few famous wars between countries had already warned him that ASEAN was like a hornet's nest. If he was not careful, he would cause a lot of trouble.
Therefore, he had to finish the battle as soon as possible.
"The enemy's mutant army alone has more than a hundred thousand soldiers. Even if they line up and let us kill them, it will take us a long time. Three days is too short. "Pei Donglai frowned.
"Therefore, we can only win by surprise." Smoke Demon suggested again. He suddenly took a step forward and pointed at Fengshan County on the east side of the map with his scabbard. "Lion City and Fengshan County, one in the middle and the other in the east. The key to defeating the enemy is to create a diversion. I suggest that we split the fleet into two, one in the open and one in the dark.
"One of them will be responsible for attacking Fengshan County. It is foreseeable that once Fengshan County is attacked, the mutants of the enemy nation will not let it go. They will spontaneously rush to Fengshan County to provide support. Thus, we can use Fengshan County as bait to continuously destroy the mutant army of the enemy nation. "
Smoke Demon's plan made everyone's eyes light up.
"Continue." Ouyang Shuo remained calm.
"The other group will disguise themselves and temporarily hide on the sea. When the battle in Fengshan County is at a stalemate, they will suddenly attack Star Island Harbor and attack Lion City. By then, there will only be forty thousand Imperial Guards stationed in Lion City. It will be easier, "Smoke Demon explained.
"Forty thousand Imperial Guards and a strong city to occupy. The mutants in the city will probably fight to the death. Can the fleet easily take down Lion City after splitting up? " Pei Donglai still did not believe it. "Once the battle is at a stalemate, the enemy might take advantage of the teleportation formation and attack us separately. It's not a good idea."
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