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The 650-ton Dutch battleship "Stubborn John" crashed into the side of a 200-ton Chinese warship under full-speed charge.

There was a big gap in the side hull of the Chinese warship. Under the violent impact, it almost turned over and fell into the sea.The ship was basically hopeless and would sink in a short while, and the navy soldiers jumped into the sea to escape.

Van der Laan roared: "Don't get entangled with the enemy ship, quickly bypass the island and break through!"

Wan Bangyan is located on the southwest side of the battlefield, and is still chasing at full speed with the wind.

Hong Xu's position was due to the west, and he ordered: "Turn to the north, go around the island and intercept the enemy!"

Even if the Dutch fleet could break through from Shi Daxuan, it would have to sail against the wind through a narrow channel.That is the peninsula extending from Busuanga Island, and the channel formed by the long strip of islands in the sea.As long as Hong Xu ran fast, he could block the Dutchman in the narrow passage.

Within 10 minutes of the battle between the two sides, Shi Daxuan's fleet suffered heavy losses, and two ships were damaged by the Dutch battleship.

At that time, the speed of the Dutch fleet also slowed down, and the two sides were entangled at close range in the narrow sea area.

"Boom boom boom boom!"

Both the enemy and the enemy, one fleeing and the other blocking, are firing at the same time.

While shelling, Shi Daxuan ordered to approach the ship.He is Zheng Zhilong's former unit. No matter how many artillery pieces he is equipped with, he always wants to fight on board and snatch the enemy ships by the way.

The lives of soldiers are second to none.

Not long after, another Chinese warship sank.It was too close, and it was full of two rounds of broadside shelling.Of course, the Dutch warship that was bombarded with it was also not much better, and the hull suffered heavy damage in many places.

Only the Dutch battleship Stubborn John, this thing is too big and extremely strong.While firing guns, they rampaged, and all the Chinese warships that wanted to join the ship were knocked away by this guy.

Finally, the Stubborn John successfully rushed out and sailed against the wind in the narrow passage.

Wan Bangyan led the Taiwan fleet, advancing at full speed with the wind, and finally entered the battlefield at this moment, killing the tail of the Dutch fleet.The warships of the two sides were entangled at close range, and it was easy to accidentally injure them by firing. Wan Bangyan also ordered to split the ship.

At this point in the battle, Hong Xu also led his troops around the island, and was about to block the only passage.

Suddenly, the Stubborn John rushed out of the narrow passage, sailed across the wind and fled due north,

Four hundred kilometers away is Huangyan Island.Immediately afterwards, another escaped, a 400-ton Dutch ship.

Hong Xu's ship is the "Datong", a 500-ton galleon snatched from Spain.

Seeing that it was too late to pursue, he simply ignored the two enemy ships that had already broken through, and ordered the entire army to completely block that passage.

The remaining Dutch warships suddenly fell into despair.Some chose to surrender, some stubbornly resisted.

This kind of bad terrain, no matter how good the naval warfare technology is, it will not work.Run a little faster, and the warships of the two armies may collide. It is nothing more than to see who can win the boarding battle.

The result of this battle:

Three ships of the Chinese Navy were sunk, five ships were severely damaged, and more than 600 soldiers were killed or injured.

In the Dutch fleet, one ship sank, four ships surrendered, eleven ships were captured in the boarding battle, and the remaining two successfully broke through.

The Datong Navy suffered so many casualties, most of which were caused by boarding.On one of the enemy ships, there were hundreds of Dutch troops, and the two sides fought from the deck to the cabin.

"Damn it, let the red-haired ghost run two times!"

Shi Daxuan was furious. Ninety percent of the casualties in this battle were soldiers under his command, and the three ships that were sunk were also his troops.

However, the two Dutch warships that escaped said that after sailing northward, they headed eastward with the wind, and soon arrived at the Spanish colonial island of Mindoro.They dare not go back the same way, and they dare not go to Luzon and Taiwan, and they dare not even provoke the Spaniards, but they can bully the natives.

As if to vent their anger, the two Dutch warships, led by Van der Laan, landed in the southernmost part of Mindoro.

There is an indigenous tribe there. A few years ago, when China and the Netherlands joined forces to deal with Spain, the Netherlands turned against the indigenous people here.They took the aborigines to attack the Spanish gathering point. After the war, the aborigines were retaliated by Spain.

Now, Van der Laan pointed to the indigenous village and said, "Let's level this place, we need spoils of war!"

There were hundreds of troops on the two Dutch warships, and Van der Laan even disembarked two hundred sailors to attack innocent natives with muskets.

The aborigines were powerless to resist, and they abandoned their homes and fled one after another.

The Dutch army pursued frantically and captured nearly a hundred natives.Those who are too old are not to be killed directly, and young men, women and children are brought back to the ship.

Van der Laan said: "Take away the food and fur, and burn all their thatched huts!"

A raging fire ignited, and there were many corpses on the ground.

Countless aborigines hid in the mountains and forests, looking at their burnt homes, hugging each other and weeping bitterly.

Since then, sailing south, it is all Spanish territory, and Van der Laan has not provoked it again.They brought the looted food and slaves to Cuyo Island in the Sulu Kingdom, and once again massacred the aborigines in a venting style, burned down their houses, and robbed them of their food.

Then, around the southern coast of Kalimantan, I returned to Batavia in despair.

Standing on the tower of the Governor's Mansion, Van der Lin saw only two warships returning, his heart froze immediately.

It's over, it's over!

The warships of the Dutch East India Company can be rebuilt, but he, the governor, will definitely be dismissed from the headquarters.

Van der Laan and Adorp came to the governor's mansion in disgrace to report to their orders.

"What's going on?" Van der Lin asked angrily.

"We were ambushed," Vanderlaan said.

Van der Lindsay: "The navy is ambushed?"

Van der Laan explained: "Luzon is China's territory. If you want to rescue Zeelandia, you must go through the waters of Luzon. I guess the Chinese navy must be gathered in Manila, so I want to use Busuanga Island as a base. Land on Sanga Island, then send warships to Manila to investigate, and then deploy a combat plan according to the specific situation."

"And then?" Van der Lind asked.

Van der Laan began to shirk his responsibilities: "The defenders on Busuanga Island are all trash. It took a long time for the fortress to be occupied by the Chinese. The sea area near Busuanga Port has extremely complex terrain and is full of islands. , Warships can be hidden everywhere. What’s even worse is that there is an island blocking the vicinity of Busuanga Port. After our army is ambushed, we have to bypass that island if we want to break through!”

Van der Lin didn't bother to listen to the explanation, and said, "Write the resignation letter with me."

Chapter 662 [Make enemies all over the world]

The Netherlands lost 15 warships at one time, and the variables brought about can be large or small.

Because the Netherlands does not rely on large ships to dominate the sea, but the more than 1 merchant ships.

Take the first Anglo-Dutch war as an example. The Netherlands sold its European fleet to only 55 old warships.However, after many frictions with the United Kingdom, the Netherlands felt that war was inevitable, so it requisitioned a large number of armed merchant ships, expanding to 226 in less than half a year.

Only in the past few years, the Second Anglo-Dutch War broke out. .

The Netherlands, whose economy was paralyzed, dispatched hundreds of warships again.This is still the case when the commander of the Dutch Navy led a large number of warships on an expedition to Africa, otherwise the number of warships in the Netherlands must be close to 200.

As far as the Netherlands is concerned, it doesn't matter if it loses a fleet, and it can make up for it with armed merchant ships every minute.

The real headache for the Netherlands is the lack of personnel, and after losing the war, the huge business benefits that are incidentally lost.The Netherlands is not like a country, but more like a big company, and the company's first consideration is profit.

Governor of Batavia, Van der Lin, immediately requisitioned 8 armed merchant ships.

Instead of sending troops to Taiwan, he wanted to stabilize the situation on Java Island and prevent the United Kingdom from sending troops to Banten.

The British East India Company and the Dutch East India Company competed fiercely in Asia. The Netherlands even massacred the British and killed all the British on an island.

"Bang bang bang bang!"

It wasn't anyone who was shooting, but a merchant ship in Batavia Harbor, and suddenly the crew set off firecrackers on the deck.

Xiangzhu Zheng Hua waited for the firecrackers to be set off, and shouted towards the shore with a smile: "Great victory, great victory, the navy of the imperial court defeated the Dutch navy in the Sulu Sea! Long live your majesty! Long live the Datong navy!"

"Long live Your Majesty, long live the Datong Navy!"

The Chinese businessman on the pier shouted with his buddies.

The Chinese coolies who settled here couldn't help smiling, but they were afraid of causing trouble, so they didn't follow suit and shouted long live.

Zheng Hua is Zheng Zhilong's confidant. Now Zheng Zhilong is out of the sea, busy building bridges and paving roads in his hometown, donating money to the school frantically, and wants to let all Zheng's descendants go into official careers.

However, the Zheng family's trading fleet is the largest in the country.

As for the incense master held by Zheng Hua, it belongs to the regular configuration of the fleet. Its main duties are: to take care of the Mazu gods on board, worship Mazu and the compass, and make tributes to the straits and islands along the way (the straits and islands have spirits, which can be bless the fleet).

To put it bluntly, the incense master is dedicated to incense, which can be understood as the Minister of Rites in the fleet.

News about the war quickly spread to the shipyard.

Lin Changfu was still working in the shipyard at this time, but a few years later, his son had grown up and married a mixed-race woman as his wife

—Mixed blood of Han Chinese and Malays.

After finally staying up until the meal time, Lin Changfu said to Chen Dongshan: "The emperor won the battle, have you heard?"

"I heard, don't implicate us." Chen Dongshan worried.

A few years ago, Chen Dongshan said that he wanted to return to his roots, and he took his wife and children back to China to repair his ancestral graves.

But he didn't leave after all, because he suffered a serious illness and spent a lot of money on treatment.And because he didn't believe in religion, the Batavian colonial government increased the poll tax for those who refused to convert.Here, Europeans have the lowest tax, followed by the Malays, while the Chinese have the highest tax.

This situation is not a special case, it is the same throughout Nanyang.

The main reason is that the Han people are too capable. The colonists of Spain, the Netherlands and other countries had to suppress the Han people through taxation.

Lin Changfu sighed and said, "That's right, I'm afraid Hongmao will lose the fight and take his anger out on us Tang people."

Chen Dongshan looked forward to it: "I heard from the merchants in Bacheng (Batavia) that after the emperor occupied Luzon Island, the Tang people in Luzon would no longer pay heavy taxes. This time they are attacking Taiwan again. The Tang people in Taiwan must definitely They also don’t pay heavy taxes. It would be great if the emperor sent troops to occupy Bacheng one day, and we would all have a good life.”

Lin Changfu grinned: "That's great."

His son Lin Yaozu interrupted suddenly: "Uncle Chen, my father said that the Tang Dynasty is very big, and the city of Guangzhou is bigger than that of Bacheng. Is he bragging?"ъìQυGΕtV.℃ǒΜ

"Go away!" Lin Changfu yelled.

Chen Dongshan suddenly laughed, and said disdainfully, "Compared to Guangzhou, Bacheng is nothing!"

Lin Yaozu asked again: "Adjoining Bacheng, Wandan and Matalan are the largest. Are Wandan and Matalan together as big as Tang?"

"Tang Kingdom is bigger than ten Wandan Kingdoms!" Chen Dongshan said.

Lin Yaozu couldn't believe it: "How big is that, can the emperor manage it?"

Chen Dongshan said: "The emperor is a star in the sky, and he knows everything in the world. Can you manage it?"

Lin Yaozu turned to his father and said, "Father, I want to visit the Tang Kingdom."

Lin Changfu slapped his son on the back of the head, "Your wife just gave birth to confinement, work hard in the shipyard, don't think about what you have."

Lin Yaozu pouted, feeling unspeakable grievance in his heart.

He was born and raised in Batavia and has never set foot on Chinese land, but he has heard countless stories about China from his elders.He fantasizes about going back to the country of his ancestors, to see the cities there, to see the people there, to learn everything about it.

Governor's Palace.

Van der Lin heard the cheers from the pier, and he clenched his fists angrily: "These damn Chinese!"

The adjutant asked, "Do you want to send someone to stop it?"

"Go," Van der Lin warned immediately, "beware of stirring up riots. Don't be chaotic at this time, otherwise the British will take advantage of it. After a while, I will deal with those Chinese. I will impose additional taxes on them." Poll tax and port tax!"

The adjutant immediately went out to issue an order, and soon a group of Dutch soldiers came to the pier with matchlock guns, and no one was allowed to make any noise.

Van der Lin continued to convene the council, and the theme was still the same: whether to let the defenders of Zeelandia abandon the castle and surrender, and then return to Batavia.

Meetings and discussions have been held for several days, but there has been no result. No one wants to bear the responsibility of losing Taiwan.

Then procrastinate, anyway, the food of Zeelandia Castle can last for more than half a year.Even if the war is lost, the Chinese army must consume more food and grass to besiege the city.

The latest order from the headquarters that Van der Lin received was for him to establish a supply base at the Cape of Good Hope.

With this damn order, the Cape of Good Hope is obviously closer to Europe, and the Dutch headquarters will not send anyone there, insisting on letting Batavia arrange staff.

The stronghold established by the Dutch at the Cape of Good Hope, later called Cape Town.

The first group of pioneers were Dutch, the second group were all Asian immigrants.Because the place is so remote, Europeans don't want to go there, so they can only send the Asian aborigines to Cape Town - kill the local African aborigines, seize their land, and then let the Javanese cultivate it.

Van der Lin wanted to scold his mother very much, and felt that everything was not going well.

First it lost the Vietnamese market, and then lost Taiwan, and its expansion in the Arabian Peninsula was not smooth.After being defeated by Myanmar last time, he tried to reconnect with Myanmar, but the king of Myanmar killed the envoy.The market share in trade with Japan is also shrinking. Not only are Chinese businessmen grabbing the market, but the Japanese shogunate has also set a cap on trade volume this year.

Now let yourself open up a stronghold in the Cape of Good Hope, open up your sister, only ghosts are willing to go to that shitty place.

In the absence of the Suez Canal, the Cape of Good Hope is the only place where the East and West sea routes must pass.Once the Netherlands establishes a stronghold there, it will be tantamount to choking the sea throat of the East and the West. It is indeed a very powerful decision.

However, if the Dutch hold the Cape of Good Hope, it is tantamount to disgusting all European countries and want to play the character of Sea Teddy to the end.

Historically, after the British captured Cape Town by force, they immediately declared Cape Town a free port in order to avoid intensifying conflicts with other countries.

Unlike the Netherlands, they only eat alone and do not want to share leftovers.

Counting the countries, the current enemies of the Netherlands are: China, Britain, Spain, Portugal, Ottomans, Persia, Mughals, Myanmar, Vietnam Ruan Thi, Banten, Mataram, Brunei, Sulu... unknown small countries and The tribe is too lazy to say.

By the way, because the Netherlands controls the North Sea trade, it has a bad relationship with the three Nordic countries.

Van der Lin announced the adjournment of the meeting and wrote to the Dutch headquarters again.He has finished writing the resignation letter, but he has to wait for the fleet to return to Europe before he can bring the letter back.Now I am writing another letter, asking for the approval of the shipbuilding, and at the same time requesting to suspend the establishment of the Cape of Good Hope stronghold.

After writing the letter, Van der Lin fell into deep thought.