Stephen watched in despair as the Imperial soldiers rushed into the trench like a tidal wave.

The soldiers hiding in the trenches suffered heavy casualties under the bombardment of the shells, and many Dutch soldiers took refuge in the earth holes in order to avoid being killed by the shells.

But now the Imperial soldiers charged, and they had to dig out of the dirt holes to resist, but when they resurfaced their heads, the machine guns fired again, making them miserable.

What was even more terrifying was that under the cover of machine guns, the Imperial soldiers quickly rushed to the front of the trench, and in the face of the Dutch soldiers in the trench, they dropped grenades, which caused the defenses in the trench to collapse instantly.

Simon and Ivor were both in this predicament at the moment, and without a strafing weapon like a machine gun, they would not be able to stop the charge of the Imperial soldiers with their front-loading muskets.

The battle was already doomed from the moment it began, and they were once again at a disadvantage in the face of the Empire's cannonballs falling from the sky.

However, the existence of trenches and earth caves still retained a considerable part of the living force of the Dutch.

After the Imperial soldiers stormed the trenches, a hand-to-hand combat with bayonets began tragically.

"Stephen, we have to retreat, we won't last long if we go on like this." Simon and Ivor rushed to Stephen in embarrassment.

Both of them were covered in dirt, which had been lifted off by bombs and landed on them.

"What about our casualties now?" Stephen asked.

"The bombardment alone has cost us thirty percent of our soldiers, and the natives we have trained have been shaken by the morale of the soldiers, and they will soon fall into chaos, in that case, with only the remaining Dutch soldiers, we will not be able to resist the attack of the Empire." Simon said eagerly.

Although Eiffel was very sad, he knew that he might not be able to abandon the last Dutch colony in Asia.

"I have ruled here for many years, and I am very familiar with the terrain here, and with the rest of the soldiers into the eastern rainforest we can escape their pursuit, as long as we pass through the rainforest, we will be able to reach the city of Boer, a hundred miles away, and we can leave on a merchant ship." Ivor said.

Stephen continued to look at the battlefield, where the sound of gunfire and grenade explosions rang out from time to time in the trenches, which were Dutch soldiers in the trenches being cleared by Imperial soldiers.

On the flanks of the trenches, some of the indigenous soldiers crawled out of the trenches and fled, only to fall under machine-gun fire.

As the Imperial soldiers continued to pour into the trenches and the defensive line was constantly compressed, Stephen said: "Retreat, destroy everything that can be destroyed in Jakarta, and don't leave anything of value for the Empire." “

"No problem, Councillor Stephen." Simon and Ivre said in unison.

Then they sounded the horn of retreat, and when they heard the order, the Dutch soldiers in the trench climbed up the trench and retreated towards Jakarta.

On the Sovereign, Lei Ming was observing the situation of the entire battlefield, and as soon as the Dutch showed signs of dispersal, he immediately gave the order to the front-line commander Sanyu Zhu to pursue.

Sanyuzhu, who received the order, immediately led the Imperial soldiers to intensify the attack, shuttling through the trenches, no longer fighting with the Dutch soldiers with bayonets, but directly using rifles to shoot, and at the same time throwing grenades into every hole in the earth.

They had just suffered a lot of losses because of their neglect of the earthen cave, and some Dutch soldiers suddenly rushed out of the earthen cave after they had rushed over, and attacked them from behind.

"Quick! Fast! Don't waste time with these Dutchmen, don't fucking fight bayonets. Sanyu Zhu scolded.

The Dutch were defiant with their bayonets, and the Imperial soldiers often couldn't help but take the bayonets up to make a gesture.

However, although they were skilled in bayonet technology, the size and physique of the Imperial soldiers were still somewhat different from those of the Dutch, so they did not have much advantage in fighting bayonets.

But in this way, the speed of the attack was delayed, and seeing the Dutch officers retreat with their soldiers, Sanyuzhu became even more anxious, because according to their experience in warfare, these colonists would take a lot of wealth with the city and destroy everything they could before retreating.

And this situation will make their war benefit much less, and they will also lose a lot of money in the settlement after the war.

The soldiers also remembered at this time, and these Dutch soldiers who were still resisting were clearly trying to delay their pursuit.

When they came to their senses, they loaded their bullets one after another, and threw grenades at the enemy one by one, and the fire suddenly increased, and the Dutch soldiers were suddenly unable to parry and retreated.

Sanyuzhu and his soldiers were in hot pursuit, and after fully capturing the trench, he led the leading troops to chase after the city of Jakarta.

Just when they were 200 meters away from the city gate, suddenly a row of Dutch soldiers stood on the wall of Jakarta.

A burst of gunfire rang out, and the Imperial soldiers had no time to react, and the soldiers in the front row were immediately shot and fell to the ground.

"Get down on your stomach!" Sanyuzhu fell to the ground and shouted, "First battalion commander, quickly bring the mortars over and hit me hard at the city wall." ”

After a while, the first batch of thirty mortars was brought in, and after simply adjusting the angle, the soldiers stuffed the shells into the chambers, and with the sound of shells breaking through the air, the city of Jakarta suddenly turned into a sea of fire.

In the explosion, the walls of Jakarta City were littered with stones, and in a short time, the entire city gate collapsed with mortar shells.

Breaking through the city gate, Sanyu Zhu raised his arms and shouted, and the imperial soldiers rushed into the city again.

In the Governor's Palace, the three Stephens, who arrived first, were directing the soldiers to carry gold and silver, but the sound of the city gate collapsing suddenly made their expressions extremely ugly.

The Imperial soldiers seemed to understand their intentions, and they would not have a chance to transport their wealth at all.

Seeing that the gunshots were getting closer and closer, the Dutch soldiers kept fleeing towards the governor's palace, and the three of them looked at each other unwillingly

Stephen said, "Burn down the Governor's Palace." ”

With that, he snatched a soldier's torch and threw it on the curtain of the window of the governor's palace, and the flames burst into the sky.

At the same time, Dutch soldiers threw torches at valuable buildings, shops, granaries, and houses in the city, and everything that could be ignited began to burn.

During the fire, Stephen opened chests full of gold and silver for the Dutch soldiers to loot.

"Soldiers, these are our Dutch possessions, take them all, and now we are going to the city of Boer, come with us, so that those bastards will not get anything." Stephen shouted.

For him, now was the best way to preserve Jakarta's wealth, and he would rather give it to the Dutch soldiers than to the people of the Chinese Empire.

The soldiers let out a cheer and carried the gold and silver on their bodies, and they protected the three Stephens as they made their way to the east gate.

Leaving the city of Jakarta, Stephen looked at the city in flames and smiled mockingly, so that even if he didn't save Jakarta to go back, he would have to give an account.