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At the castle of Batavia, John Masui sat in his office at the top of the castle, his face was gray and his mood was terrible. You must know that the city of Batavia is the largest base of the Dutch in the East, and once it falls into the hands of the Ming army, the Dutch expeditionary fleet will lose its supply base, and the Dutch will have to withdraw from the Far East.

The city was snatched from the Kingdom of Banten by Governor Peterersson after Governor Peterlsson defeated the local Banten army, and was originally called Jakarta City, which the Han Chinese called Coconut City. After the Dutch occupation, it was renamed Batavia. The former governor, Anthony van Diemen, recruited a large number of Chinese, and after years of construction, it became the largest city in the Far East for Europeans, larger than Manila, which was occupied by the Spaniards.

Once Batavia is lost, John Masui cannot afford to take this responsibility, and the consequences will be very serious, affecting the economic development of the entire Netherlands, and will also affect the balance of maritime power between the Netherlands and the United Kingdom.

The enemy attacked the battery, and, judging by the sound of gunfire, there were quite a few attacking enemies. Assault on the battery, what does that mean? It means that the opponent must have follow-up means! The next step is for the opponent's fleet to come in, land in Batavia, and then attack the castle.

"We must take back the fort before the enemy has gained a foothold!" John Marsuidug gave the order to die.

Hordes of Dutch soldiers raised torches and rushed out of the Batavia castle to attack the fort.

The officers and men of the Nanyang Marine Corps, who had seized the fort, aimed at the torches that were slowly approaching, and bombarded them from a distance, causing the Dutch to fly their flesh and blood and scream in misery.

"The ship of the red-haired ghost in the harbor seems to be lit up!" A special combat team member reports to Khade Diyu.

Emperor Hu Dedi ordered: "Open fire on the harbor and sink a few of their ships!" ”

The Dutch battery had 64-pound and 32-pound super heavy cannons, and the 64-pounder guns of the batteries were not the 64-pounder short-barreled cannons equipped on the Sea King, but long-barreled heavy cannons, which weighed more than 12,000 pounds, which were very heavy and extremely powerful. But the Dutch used a gun carriage that could rotate on the ground, and the muzzle could be rotated, but the range of high and low fire of the gun could not be adjusted.

It is precisely because the high and low firing range of the artillery cannot be adjusted, so the firing range and the hit rate of the artillery are controlled by the amount of gunpowder loaded.

Looking at these super heavy artillery, the special combat team members were at a loss.

The special operators of the Nanyang Marine Corps can operate small guns and accurately hit targets, but they can't do anything to get them to use these highly technical heavy guns. Only the Dutch gunners on the batteries were familiar with the performance of these heavy guns and could accurately fire the shells at the target.

Emperor Hu De, with a few special combat members, escorted the captured gunners to the side of the heavy artillery, pointed to the ships in the harbor and shouted to the prisoners: "Open fire on me, bombard the ships in the harbor!" ”

The interpreter translated Hood's words to the Dutch captives, who immediately blew up their nests: "Don't do it! We are just prisoners and cannot shoot at our own people! ”

Emperor Hu Dedi snorted and sneered, raised his knife in his hand, and cut off the head of the Dutch soldier who screamed the most. The bloody knife pointed at the head of the man on the ground and said to the Dutch captive: "Look at it! If you don't fire, this is the end! ”

"Devil! You're a devil! A Dutch petty officer scolded angrily.

"What did he say?" Although he couldn't understand Dutch, Khadedi still felt that it was a curse.

The interpreter told Hu Dedi: "This red-haired ghost scolds you for being the devil." ”

Emperor Hu sneered: "As long as you don't cooperate, I'm the devil!" You've cooperated, and I can let you go! ”

After saying that, Emperor Hood slashed down, and the Dutch officer who scolded him fell to the ground.

The Dutch captives watched each other, and the threat of death came to everyone, so they had to tremble and fire their cannons at the ships in the harbor. However, only they can operate these cannons, and whether they can be accurately fired depends entirely on the amount of gunpowder loaded. The Dutch captives made a secret move, and as a result, the shells flew into the harbor and all of them landed in the sea, without a single hit.

Emperor Hu Dedi saw that the Dutch were famous, and he didn't say much, so he ordered the five Dutch prisoners to be taken aside, and the five Ming soldiers behind him waved their swords and cut them down, and the five heads rolled to the ground.

"Look! If you don't play accurately, this is your fate! Hu Dedi pointed to the human head on the ground and said angrily.

Seeing their companion's head cut off like a chicken and a dog, the Dutch no longer dared to think carefully, and honestly filled the chamber with the right amount of gunpowder and loaded the shells into it.

"This time I'll be on time! If you can't hit it accurately, Lao Tzu's knife will kill again! Hu Dedi sneered.

The interpreter translated Hood's words to the Dutch captives, each of whom had a numb scalp and was covered in a cold sweat. They knew that the person in front of them was simply a devil, but now they couldn't help it, their own lives were in the hands of others.

The sixty-four-pounder and thirty-two-pounder heavy cannons were slow to load, but the Dutch captives were quick on their hands and feet, fearing that they would be stabbed again, and that they would be the next unlucky person to be killed. After about five minutes, the heavy cannons were reloaded.

"Get some good for me!" Hu Dedi took out a cloth and wiped the knife.

The interpreter told the Dutch gunners what Hood had said, and the Dutch were covered in a cold sweat and trembled and lit the artillery. As for whether they can hit accurately this time, it is luck, under the threat of death, they have tried their best to reload according to the appropriate amount of charge, and it is only the same when dealing with foreign enemies, but the artillery has a hit rate, and it is really not their responsibility to hit accurately.

While the Dutch were reloading their gunpowder and preparing to fire at the harbor again, the Dutch attacking on land had already reached the bottom of the battery, and the special operators on the battery were engaged in a fierce battle with the Dutch.

The small cannon fired four rounds, and the Dutch were bloody.

But the Dutch received a death order that the battery must be recaptured, and although they suffered heavy losses, they did not dare to retreat.

On the turret, muskets roared, and each special combat member had eight to ten loaded muskets by his side, and after the musket in his hand was fired, he could pick up another musket from his side and continue firing. The gunfire continued incessantly, and it did not stop for a moment, and fifty special operators fired one after another, killing and wounding the Dutch under the battery.

The Dutch, who did not know how many people were on the battery, heard the constant gunfire and thought that there were at least four or five hundred people on it. In fact, there were only more than 100 Ming troops, but there were too many muskets.

On the battery, the guns, already loaded with gunpowder, were aimed at the Dutch ships in the harbor, and the Dutch set fire to the guns.

"Boom" a deafening roar of heavy cannons, the fire on the fort flickered, and a large iron ball weighing sixty-four pounds roared across the sky and landed in the harbor. The shelling was quite accurate, and two Dutch ships were hit by shells, and the consequences of being hit by such heavy shells were very serious.

The long-barreled 64-pounder cannon is much more powerful than the short-barreled 64-pounder cannon on the Sea King, because the barrel is long, the gunpowder charge can be larger, the bore pressure is higher, and the shell has a higher muzzle velocity, so it has more kinetic energy.

The Dutch ship that was hit was immediately smashed to pieces with wooden planks shattered, the sailors on board suffered heavy casualties, and large holes were smashed into the planks. One of the Dutch ships was hit by a sixty-four-pound shell above the waterline, which broke a large hole and began to flood.

However, Emperor Hu Dedi was obviously still very dissatisfied, several cannons did not hit the target, and Emperor Hu Dedi did not care whether it was a natural error or the Dutch deliberately manipulated it, so he couldn't help but let the Ming army pull several Dutch gunners aside and cut off their heads.

"I'm not happy with your performance! Keep firing! If you can't hit it accurately, slash! Emperor Hu said coldly.

The Dutch gunners, under great pressure, trembled and reloaded the gunpowder and shells, and five minutes later fired another round of fire, this time with a slightly higher hit rate, and several Dutch ships were shot.

Hood looked through the binoculars and saw countless sawdust planks rising from the Dutch ship that had been shot, some of which had been shot multiple times, and it seemed that they were not lightly injured.

"Good! Just hit it like that! If you can't hit, you want your head! "Emperor Hood asked the interpreter to tell the captives.

Although there were still cannons that missed the target this time, it was a reasonable error, so Emperor Hood did not embarrass the Dutch prisoners again.

Hearing this, the Dutch captives finally let go of their hearts, and they nervously loaded gunpowder, loaded shells, and opened fire on the Dutch ships in the harbor, causing a mess in the harbor, and many ships began to sink.

Behind the battery, the special operators who had occupied the battery were still engaged in a fierce battle with the attacking Dutch. When the captured muskets ran out of ammunition, the special operators used their double-barreled short guns to open fire on the Dutch. Crossbowmen use crossbow arrows to shoot the Dutch with precision. More than 30 special operators were reloading muskets.

The reloaded cannon roared, and the shotgun scattered like flowers at the Dutch.

There was a scream, and a large number of Dutch soldiers fell in pools of blood.

"Bang Bang Bang" had already reached the Dutch soldiers under the battery and stood in a row and opened fire, and rows of musket projectiles shot into the city wall, crackling non-stop. The iron projectiles slammed into the masonry, striking rows of messy and irregular holes. And accompanied by a burst of firelight.

The Dutch fired back, causing the special operators at the head of the city to immediately retract their heads. There are many people on the other side, and the guns and bullets are dense, once you are hit by a bullet, it is not fun, it is better to avoid the edge for a while, anyway, the Dutch will definitely attack the city.

Except for a few artillery pieces that counterattacked, and ten crossbowmen fired, the rest of the men hid behind the female wall battlements, waiting for the Dutch to attack the city.

If the Dutch wanted to recapture the fort, they could not just stand below and shoot with muskets all the time, they must have set up a ladder to climb the city. When that happens, the opportunity for the special operators to fight back will come. Each special operator had four grenades on them, and when the Dutch were panting and climbed up, a row of grenades was thrown, and I don't know how spectacular it was.

Several small cannons fired shells from time to time, and the guns were positioned outside the range of the Dutch muskets, and they could calmly fire at the Dutch, who could not reach the gunner's position.

The cannonballs kept falling on the ground, the huge impact force made the ground tremble, and the landed cannonballs shattered the earth, bounced, and continued to smash down, and the Dutch formation was full of flesh and blood.

"Paste it up! Enter the dead end of the enemy's artillery! The Dutch officer shouted.

The Dutch soldiers rushed up and rushed under the walls of the battery. At this time, the small cannons in the city could no longer shoot at the Dutch.

The Dutchmen under the city set up a ladder and climbed up to the top of the city like ants.

A volley of smoke-filled grenades was suddenly dropped from the top of the city, which landed in the crowd of the Dutch and exploded. The flames flickered, shrenching shrapnel flew, ladders broke one after another, and the Dutchmen, who had climbed halfway, screamed and fell. There was also a scream from the Dutch crowd below, and many Dutchmen who had been hit by shrenchnel covered their wounds and collapsed.

The weapons of the defensive fort at the head of the city were also moved out by the Ming army, and the ignited fire oil cans and rolling wood and stones were smashed down, and the Dutch soldiers besieging the city under the city suffered heavy casualties.

The heavy artillery on the batteries was still bombarding the harbor fiercely, and the Dutch captives, who were held by the Ming army with knives to their necks, did not dare to slack off, and nervously reloaded, firing hot shells at their own ships.

It was already dark, and Hood could see clearly the terrible situation of the Dutch ships on the sea after being bombarded by the heavy artillery of the batteries. Many ships were smashed to pieces, the decks were in shambles, the cabins were smashed open and holes were broken, the masts of the ships fell, rivers of blood flowed from the ships, and some ships were sinking.

The Dutch ships also counterattacked with naval guns, but the guns on board had a short range and were much less powerful, and most of the shells did not hit the batteries, falling into the sea and raising columns of water.

A few shells landed on the battery, killing and wounding many captured Dutch soldiers.

"Don't quit! Death to those who retreat! An interpreter dropped his knife and slashed down a Dutch soldier who had turned to run.

The Dutch were taken aback, so they continued to maneuver their guns and fired at the ships in the harbor.

On the sea, there was a rumbling cannon sound from outside the port, the Nanyang Navy warships flying the flag of the Ming Army, the Portuguese warships flying the Portuguese flag and the Spanish warships flying the Spanish flag entered the port, the guns on the ship opened, the guns rumbled, the fire flickered, the gunsmoke was filled, and the battleships sprayed tongues of fire from head to tail, and the cannonballs smashed into the port area like hail and fell on the Dutch warships.

In the castle of Batavia, John Marsui, standing at the window of his office, looked at the sinking ships in the harbor, and two lines of tears flowed from his old face.

This time it was a terrible loss, the battery was occupied by a sneak attack, the cannons on the battery opened fire on their own ships, and the infantry attacking the battery suffered heavy losses, but the enemy fleet outside also came in and was slaughtering the Dutch ships in the harbor.

The number and tonnage of the combined fleet's warships were far above the Dutch fleet in the port of Batavia, not to mention the cooperation of the coalition forces and the batteries, and the attack on the Dutch ships in the port was simply a one-sided massacre, like killing chickens and dogs to send Dutch ships to the bottom of the sea.

"Stop attacking the battery! All the troops are shrinked, and they are back in the city of Batavia! "John Marsuidig suddenly gave an order to the Dutch Army, which was attacking the battery. (To be continued.) )