Chapter 295: Revenge on the Dutch

When Chen Xin received the war report, it was already after he launched a purge in the northern Korean administrative region. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

The hand holding the battle report trembled slightly, and for the first time he was extremely angry, and with a punch smashed the table in front of him, blood kept flowing from his hands.

"The general's hand is bleeding, healer, quick, hurry up and call the healer."

"No need." Chen Xin waved his hand, signaling that everyone did not need to worry.

There was no need for the staff around him to call a doctor, and the personal medical system was activated, and the blood was stopped immediately.

Picking up the bloodstained report again and reading it carefully, Chen Xinxin's anger burned and could not be extinguished for a long time.

A battleship plus a merchant ship were sunk, which was a huge loss that the Xuan army had never had.

It's not that Xuanjun's ship hasn't sunk, in this era, any voyage may be the point of no return, and there are one or two hundred ships of various sizes under Xuanjun's command, how can there be no accidents.

In the archives of the Xuan Army, it is recorded that in the five years since the establishment of the Xuan Army's maritime forces, in order to open up shipping routes, there are 24 ships that have sunk because of unreasonable ship design, sunk in a storm, and sunk without repair value after the battle.

So, why is it said that it is a huge loss that the Xuan army has never had.

That's because every time the Xuan army goes out, there will be at least two or more ships dispatched, and when the previous ships were sunk, most of the time, there would be other ships on the side to rescue people.

In Chen Xin's heart, as long as people can come back safely, it is not a loss.

If the money is gone, you can make it again, but if the people are gone, then everything is over.

However, this time, the crew of ship 032, in order to cover the retreat of other merchant ships, fought to the last moment, and all members died and sank with the ship.

239 people, that's a full 239 lives, the Xuan army has just ended the war with the 120,000 army of Houjin, sacrificing nearly 4,000 people, there is bad news on the sea, how can you not make Chen Xin angry.

"Command."

With a "snap", the staff officers in the headquarters all stood upright and prepared to record.

"Navy, assemble."

It was only four words, but it seemed to be heavier than a thousand catties, and the shock made everyone present dare not pant loudly.

Five minutes later, the order was sent by the falcon to the various naval bases, and the formations began to assemble.

However, the first task now is to find traces of Peter's fleet.

It was already a few days ago, after the unsuccessful raid on the merchant fleet of the Xuan army, and the lack of an enemy near the area where the accident occurred, Peter once again cunningly changed course.

Just as Chen Xin was about to give the order to expand the search area, a typhoon appeared in the East China Sea.

In the midst of the storm, the falcon, a bird that lives in the inland area, is completely unable to take off, and its feathers cannot withstand too much rain.

Without the eyes of the sky, it is even more impossible for the Xuan army to find the enemy's fleet above the vast sea.

While waiting for the typhoon to pass, Chen Xin was not idle, although he could not find any trace of Peter's fleet, but Taiwan, no, in this era, should be called Dayuan, Dayuan is at sea, and he can't run.

Since the establishment of the Dutch United East India Company in 1602, the invasion of China began, and in the same year of the company's establishment, the Netherlands sent Wei Marang to lead a fleet to attack Macao, which was repulsed by the Chinese army and civilians.

In 1604, Wei Malang led a fleet to attack Penghu, and Shen Yourong, the capital of Fujian, led more than 50 warships to expel the invading Dutch.

In 1622, the Netherlands again sent an expeditionary force, led by the commander-in-chief Rejods, with 14 warships to invade Penghu to establish a castle and harass the coast of Fujian.

A month later, the governor of Fujian, Nan Juyi, forced the Dutch to demolish the city and withdraw their troops.

Seeing that their plan to establish a stronghold in the coastal areas of the Ming Dynasty could not be realized, the Dutch had to retreat and think of other options.

So, two years later, in 1924, the Dutch invaded Taiwan.

The following year, they built the city of Geranza, and thus began their colonial rule over Taiwan.

And in 1626, the year after the Dutch occupied southern Taiwan, the Spaniards, the titular rulers of the Netherlands, ascended the chicken coop at the northern tip of Taiwan. In 1629, the Spaniards founded the city of Santo Domingo in Tamsui.

Therefore, the current Dayuan is a pattern of Spaniards in the north, Dutch in the south, and Han and local people in the middle.

If you want to clean up the Dutch, you must have a foothold in the big office, and you can't clash with the Spaniards for the time being.

It was not easy to deal with Houjin, but it was mainly the work of the army, so the navy was able to free up its hands to fight against the Dutch.

However, with the naval power of the Xuan army, it is already a very risky thing to fight against the Netherlands alone.

For, now between Batavia and Dacheng, the Dutch are able to gather at least 150 large ships.

This is only the large ships with a load of more than 600 tons that the Dutch can dispatch, not counting the pirate forces they have raised, which of those big pirates is not more than a few hundred ships.

Although most of the pirate's ships are small, it is impossible to guard against the fact that many ants bite and kill elephants.

The most troublesome thing is that the Dutch shipbuilding speed is the fastest in Europe, and they send at least 20 ships to Asia every year.

The more than 20 sea-going ships sent to Asia have exceeded the shipbuilding speed of all shipyards in the Xuanjun district.

Although there are all kinds of difficulties, but the Dutch people, Chen Xin must be eliminated, if the enemy's arrogance is not defeated, let the surrounding pirates who were cleaned up in the early years resubmit to the jurisdiction, I am afraid that the fleet of the Xuan army will not be able to sail safely in the Asian seas in the future.

When it comes to revenge, you can't be carried away, the sea power of the Xuan army is already very difficult to deal with a Netherlands, but at this time, you can't withdraw the Spaniards again.

Although Spain's Armada had been destroyed in a war with the British a few decades earlier, within a decade Spain had gathered a large fleet of ships again and forced the British to sue for peace.

So, at this time, although Spain has weakened somewhat, it is still a great power in Europe, and it is still a stronger empire than England and the Netherlands.

Chen Xin was not arrogant enough to think that the Xuan army, which had only been developed for five years, would be able to fight against a fast-rising Dutch Asian branch while also fighting against a huge empire that had been plundering the world for hundreds of years.

Therefore, if you want to take revenge on the Dutch, you have to attack the people closest to your base.

And if you want to settle in the big office, you have to make sure that you don't arouse the hostility of the Spaniards.

It's really hard.

However, no matter how difficult it is, it must be implemented, and no one can be safe and sound after provoking Xuanjun.