If the rain that began the night before continues, and a large number of muskets and artillery in the hands of the Dutch will inevitably fail to play their due role on the battlefield, then the Mata Blue Army, which is better at cold weapon combat, will still have a greater chance of winning, after all, the Dutch armed men inside and outside the city combined, the strength of the Mata Blue Army is only half of the Matara Blue Army. The first Chinese of romance was w?w?w?w?.?8?1zw.com and the two sides fought hand-to-hand combat in close combat, and the advantage of the Mada Blue Army in terms of strength could easily be transformed into victory.

But for the Matarans, the heavens were so unpretty, and almost at the same time that the Dutch landed in the port of Batavia, the rain miraculously stopped. Otherwise, if the Dutch wanted to disperse the defenders of the port, they would not be able to use weapons such as arquebuses, and I am afraid that it would take more time to complete the battle of Deng6. At the same time, this also provided convenience for the Dutch to set fire to the rest of the fire, otherwise it would have been a troublesome thing to set fire to the dozens of warehouses on the harbor where war supplies were stored and the hundreds of sailing ships on the shore under the rain.

If it weren't for such an erroneous detail, it would not have prompted Lang Sang, the commander of the Mata Blue Army, to hurriedly transfer troops out of the city to rescue. Even if it was only an hour or so late, perhaps the last stronghold in the city would have been conquered by the Mata Blues.

However, there are no ifs on the battlefield, the Mataran people were not able to conquer Batavia in the original historical trajectory, and after the butterfly effect created by various time-travelers in this time and space, they finally fell short and fell short.

The main force of the Mada Blues rushed out of the city in a panic, leaving not enough troops to suppress the Dutch, who they thought were already in a state of survival, and this move laid the foundation for the subsequent defeat. The Dutch in the council castle went from despair to blood, and the time to change state was very short, and as soon as the Mada Blues walked on the front foot, the Dutch felt out of the castle stronghold on the back foot. They soon showed the movement of the Matar Blues, and Van Dimen did not hesitate to order a counterattack, biting the Matar Lans baggage force, which was walking last and trying to withdraw the artillery outside the city.

In order to conquer the barricades in Batavia, the Mata Blues had just brought all their artillery into the city a few days earlier, which also led to the fact that when the Dutch landed in the harbor 6, the defenders had almost no heavy weapons available, and it was difficult to assemble to resist the Dutch who had just landed 6. Knowing the methods of the Dutch, Raden Langsan learned that the Dutch fleet had counterattacked in the port, and his first reaction was to transport the artillery out of the city to prevent the Dutch reinforcements from approaching the city of Batavia. However, it took a long time for the heavy artillery to be reloaded and transported away, so the baggage troops responsible for transporting the artillery were pulled at the rear.

Although Lang Sang also left more than 2,000 men to cover the retreat of the baggage troops, no one could have imagined that the Dutch counterattack would come so quickly. At a very small cost, the Dutch dispersed the overwhelmed Mada Blue Pad troops with a volley of muskets.

The troops who had rushed out of the city to try to support the harbor were shocked to find that the Dutch had set up a defensive line on the outskirts of the port in a very short time, and that there were at least ten intimidating guns on this defensive line. But the warehouses and sailboats that were burning in the harbor made the Mata Blues have to rush up, and if they lose these supplies and ships, it will be tantamount to a salary draw for the Mata Blues.

But the Dutch force, who had just returned to the port of Batavia, was clearly not the same as the exhausted remnants of the city, and they responded in a very tough way to the counter-offensive of the Matar Blues. A team of 1,000 men who took the lead in the charge only rushed to a distance of 100 meters, and chose to retreat because they could not withstand the gunfire from the opposite side, and the more than 100 corpses on the ground proved that this Dutch army was not bluffing.

If someone like Sukeyi who was familiar with the top of the East India Company was present, he would have been surprised to see that the officers who commanded the Dutch army in the harbor positions were Van der Wegen, who was rumored to be driven back to Dayuan Port because of poor negotiations with the Haihan, and Spikes, who had disappeared from public view in Batavia after the Battle of Ambuna last year. These two senior military attaches of the East India Company, who had suffered repeated setbacks last year, seemed to have long since faded out of the company's upper echelons, but they miraculously appeared at the same time in the port of Batavia at this time.

This is, of course, no coincidence, but is part of a plan to adjust military deployments that began last year. Cohen relocated Van Diemen to Batavia, and then made an excuse for Spikes and Van der Wegen to leave and quietly train another group of troops in the overseas colonies. Even people like Su Keyi, who had close ties to the top brass of the East India Company, really thought that they had been banished from the council because of their poor appearance.

The plan was so large and complex that both Spikes and Vanderwegen had to temporarily disappear from public view in a humiliating way in order to avoid leaking the news in advance. Of course, this was not Governor Cohen's punishment for their previous defeats. Although they may have left Batavia with a lot of reluctance, when they returned with the fleet this time, they knew that this was the best time to clear their name. As long as this battle is won, no one will mention their previous defeat in Fujian and the Ambuna Islands.

Seeing that their war materials were burning out little by little in the skyrocketing fire, that kind of taste was obviously not pleasant, and the Mata Blue Army did not hesitate and continued to attack the port wave after wave. However, due to the lack of long-range weapons in their formation, it is difficult for this method of consuming the opponent's ammunition purely on human lives to last long, and morale is also declining in the enclave. Seeing this situation, Raden Langsang was naturally furious, and asked his subordinates loudly why the artillery did not appear on the battlefield for a long time.

However, at this time, the artillery that dragged the Mataran army finally appeared at the gate of the city, but it was not the Mataran soldiers who pushed it out, but a group of Dutchmen. They didn't even have time to erect a decent gun mount before they opened fire on the rear of the Matar Blues lined up outside the city.

Although the Dutch only pushed four small-caliber guns to the gates, this move immediately caused confusion among the Mata Blues. Everyone suddenly realized that not only had they not completely taken the city of Batavia, but they were also losing the supplies to keep the army fighting and running, and if they hesitated any longer, they might not even have a boat to go home.

Some of the officers tried to direct their troops to turn back and attack the city gates, knowing full well that there was not much Dutch force left in the city, and that by killing these recalcitrant men, the Mata-Blues could retake Batavia in a very short time. When the time comes, you can always get food by looting the people in the city, and the Dutch outside the city want to retake the city of Batavia, which will not be achieved in a day or two. If the top officials of the East India Company can be captured, then the two sides may be able to sit down and negotiate the terms, and even if the Matar Blues want to withdraw, they can at least leave with dignity.

But more people can't think about it so much in this chaos, and Lang Sang is one of them, and the sudden change in the tide of battle turns his brain into a mess, and at this time he gives a second stern wrong order, asking the army to retake the port in the shortest possible time at any cost.

Although the Dutch deployed some artillery in the harbor, after all, the time was very short, and the imperfect defensive line was not enough to stop the large-scale counterattack of the Matar Blues. A dozen large warships docked in the harbor had made a safe place in the harbor with their guns for their retreating companions, and all the men had successfully boarded the ship, while the horses that tried to stop them did not dare to chase too closely—the range of the guns was not far, but it was still far beyond the bows and arrows and short spears in their hands, and after a bombardment of a unit that was chasing too fast, the men behind wisely chose to watch the Dutch board and leave.

At this time, the small number of Matars who tried to counterattack the city of Batavia did not achieve the desired results, and the Dutch armed men in the city quickly completed the assembly at the city gate, and blocked the only road into the city north of the city with artillery. Although such a defensive measure paled in comparison to the previous siege battles, the Matar Blues were clearly in no mood to repeat the previous engagement. At least half of the Mata Blues were immediately involved in fighting the fires in the harbor, not only to get supplies from the fires as much as possible, but also to extinguish the burning fleet of sailing ships.

Of course, the trouble didn't stop there, for the damned Dutch fleet was hanging around the harbor, and every now and then a few ships would go to the shore and fire a cannon at the sailing lines that had not yet caught fire. The number of armed ships placed at sea by the Mata Blues was extremely limited, and although they tried to drive the Dutch fleet away from the harbor, it was clear that the results were not satisfactory. It was not until noon that the Dutch fleet sailed north and voluntarily broke away from the battlefield.

By this time, the warehouses on the shore were almost burned, and the quartermaster began to count the remaining supplies with trepidation. The situation at sea was also a mess, with large swaths of burnt sailing ships on the shore, and a conservative estimate of hundreds of ships had lost their ability to sail in the fire and subsequent shelling, and the loss of personnel was difficult to count in a short period of time. The price paid by the Dutch was staggeringly small, with only two Dutch galleons being damaged and capsized as they burst into port.

In the afternoon, the statistics of material losses also came to a general conclusion, and the biggest loss was the food supply that everyone was worried about, and more than 100,000 catties of grain in the whole three warehouses were reduced to ashes in this fire. The economic losses were secondary, but for this expeditionary army, it was at least half a month's worth of combat rations. And the food reserves currently in the hands of the Mata Blue Army are only needed to maintain this army for less than a week. This is also one of the main reasons why after the Ma Da Blue Army entered the city a few days ago, the first time they found the grain merchants and asked them to purchase grain from other places, but compared to the time when there was room for maneuver, the grain reserves at this time have sounded the alarm.

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The range of the guns, though not far, was still far beyond the bows and spears in their hands, and after a bombardment from a force that was chasing too fast, the men behind wisely chose to watch the Dutch board and leave.

At this time, the small number of Matars who tried to counterattack the city of Batavia did not achieve the desired results, and the Dutch armed men in the city quickly completed the assembly at the city gate, and blocked the only road into the city north of the city with artillery. Although such a defensive measure paled in comparison to the previous siege battles, the Matar Blues were clearly in no mood to repeat the previous engagement. At least half of the Mata Blues were immediately involved in fighting the fires in the harbor, not only to get supplies from the fires as much as possible, but also to extinguish the burning fleet of sailing ships.

Of course, the trouble didn't stop there, for the damned Dutch fleet was hanging around the harbor, and every now and then a few ships would go to the shore and fire a cannon at the sailing lines that had not yet caught fire. The number of armed ships placed at sea by the Mata Blues was extremely limited, and although they tried to drive the Dutch fleet away from the harbor, it was clear that the results were not satisfactory. It was not until noon that the Dutch fleet sailed north and voluntarily broke away from the battlefield.

By this time, the warehouses on the shore were almost burned, and the quartermaster began to count the remaining supplies with trepidation. The situation at sea was also a mess, with large swaths of burnt sailing ships on the shore, and a conservative estimate of hundreds of ships had lost their ability to sail in the fire and subsequent shelling, and the loss of personnel was difficult to count in a short period of time. The price paid by the Dutch was staggeringly small, with only two Dutch galleons being damaged and capsized as they burst into port.

In the afternoon, the statistics of material losses also came to a general conclusion, and the biggest loss was the food supply that everyone was worried about, and more than 100,000 catties of grain in the whole three warehouses were reduced to ashes in this fire. The economic losses were secondary, but for this expeditionary army, it was at least half a month's worth of combat rations. And the food reserves currently in the hands of the Mata Blue Army are only needed to maintain this army for less than a week. This is also one of the main reasons why after the Ma Da Blue Army entered the city a few days ago, the first time they found the grain merchants and asked them to purchase grain from other places, but compared to the time when there was room for maneuver, the grain reserves at this time have sounded the alarm.