Xinshun 1730

Chapter 757 Performance Battle ([-])
For the negotiation to be truly successful, Dashun only needs to do two things.

The show of force has completely dispelled the Dutch's desire to retake Nanyang.

Show diplomatic vision and let the Dutch know that without Butcher Zhang, they still eat pork, without VOC, and there are BEIC, SOIC, and DOK.

In terms of force, all Liu Yu has done these years is to bring the Chinese back to their rightful place in the history of world wars.

There is no doubt that the Chinese are the real fighting nation.

The Japanese pirates were rampant in the Ming Dynasty, and the Chinese were the main force; in Southeast Asia, the only successful rebellion that killed the Spanish governor and hijacked the ship was led by the Chinese; A group of well-trained people, so that later when Hong Kong was colonized, a large number of Weihai people worked as policemen in Hong Kong, and it also gave birth to Wanchai Wharf Dumplings, a Hong Kong food that is obviously oriented to Shandong people.

Of course, it’s like the Chinese in Weihai serving as soldiers for the British colonists. The reason why they can fight to the death is because the British don’t drink soldiers’ blood. They pay eight taels of silver a month and a year-end bonus of 30 taels a year. .

Of course doctrine is stronger than silver dollars, but if there is no doctrine, in this era, who can give Chinese soldiers three taels of silver a month without drinking the blood of soldiers, and can feed Chinese soldiers, then these Chinese soldiers It will definitely show the qualities of a real fighting nation.

The elite Marine Corps of Dashun currently besieging Malacca is able to receive full pay, and strictly check the blood of the soldiers, so it is only natural that they exploded with amazing combat effectiveness.

In this era when feudal autocracy was at its peak and land annexation was rapidly intensified due to the inflow of silver from overseas trade, whoever fantasizes about fighting for the motherland, fighting for the nation, and fighting for the debate between Hua and Barbarians can make the bottom run without regard for their own lives. , fighting desperately...

In fact, in his subconscious mind, he still regarded the soldiers as Qiu Ba and wooden cows and horses.

Anyway, not people.

The most important thing for a qualified emperor and a qualified feudal ruling class is to be able to treat the people, soldiers, and the people as cattle, horses, and animals.

But most of the ruling class doesn't even have this awareness, and they always want to make them just work and don't eat.

From this point of view alone, Liu Yu, who pays soldiers in full, is already a standard and qualified member of the feudal ruling class.

Dashun's army can already be regarded as the world's first-class and powerful army before the storm of the common people and the addition of nationalism in 93.

To scare and frighten those small Southeast Asian countries, you have to spend some thought and try to be as gorgeous as possible.

Because low-end bureaus can't understand high-end bureaus.

But to scare and frighten the Netherlands, which was the number one hegemon in the world not long ago, although the Netherlands has declined now, after all, the foundation is still there. It is easy to see the huge gap between the two sides in this kind of high-end war.

Diplomatic and commercial intimidation is done with words.

The intimidation of force was actually completed when Fort Santiago collapsed.

If the Dutch were the audience, in fact, the siege of Malacca had successfully completed its mission.

But for those small countries in Southeast Asia, there is still a little fire.

These high-level Dutch officials in the commander-in-chief have already made the conclusion that "at least 20 battleships and 4 soldiers are needed to regain Southeast Asia".

The Dutch officers in the city of Malacca also came to the conclusion that "the city of Malacca can last up to a week" when Fort Santiago was breached and the Dashun Army began to dig holes.

So, at noon the next day, when the engineers of the Marine Corps of Dashun were busy directing the hired Malacca Nyonya people to dig a pit, several Dutch soldiers in the city of Malacca, carrying white flags, came to the site under the leadership of a Dutch officer. outside the city.

Valkner, who was standing with Liu Yu, saw clearly through the binoculars the face of the Dutch officer flying the white flag, his face was very embarrassed.

Two people know each other.He must have met before, and when Valkner was the governor of Ceylon in Ceylon, this person was his direct subordinate.

I surrendered myself, and there was no psychological pressure.But if you meet an acquaintance, and the acquaintance asks him why you surrendered first, why do you ignore us, it would be a bit embarrassing.

However, he knew very well why Liu Yu insisted on fighting Malacca with great fanfare. This was a political battle.Surrender is acceptable in other places, but Malacca, an important place that has been suppressed by Batavia but actually has unlimited commercial potential, does not accept surrender.

Seeing that the people with the white flags were getting closer, Valkner mustered up the courage to make a suggestion to Liu Yu.

"Master Marquis, I think that we Dutch people have already understood that your country's military power is invincible after seeing your country's battleships and after I experienced the failure of Cirebon."

"Now, you have to show the natives of the chiefdom that they may still not accept the surrender of Malacca. But I think, can we accommodate it?"

"After all, they were my former subordinates. If you can surrender, it is better to die in this meaningless defense. Maybe you don't care about the lives of Dutch soldiers, but even if your soldiers are good at fighting and want to capture Malacca, they will never die." Do you want to lose dozens of people? Why bother?"

Liu Yu can still understand Valknir's thoughts very well. For the sake of this battle, Valknir really feels that he can't hold on.

The moment Cirebon deceived the navy of the Dutch East India Company, it actually meant that it could not be defended, and it was only a matter of time before all the strongholds fell.

It is estimated that there may be many Dutch people who choose to stay in Dashun and will not return to the Netherlands.They will live in Dashun in the future, and may even have to eat a bowl of Dashun's imperial food based on their understanding of Nanyang and trade, so as not to look up and see down.

At that time, the chief of the Malacca garrison will know the details of Valkner's surrender, so why not resent Valkner?Lao Tzu stood firm in Malacca, you surrendered early in Batavia, and even made other fortresses surrender, except for Malacca.Whoever puts it on, the water will also have resentment.

"What do you think? Is it possible to ask me to accept the surrender? As I said, the battle of Malacca is of great importance. A dozen or dozens of people will die today. If these small countries dare not give birth to a dissident resistance tomorrow, they will save hundreds of deaths." indivual."

Valkner hurriedly said: "Master Marquis, since it's just a show for the envoys of small countries, they don't understand tactics. You can let the defenders of Malacca retreat to St. Paul's Church and give up the resistance of the towers and walls."

"Your artillery and engineers can compete with the air. Pretend there are people in the city, pretend that there are defenders on the wall. Or blow up, or dig tunnels to bury explosives... That's how the French beat us back then, I think Your country's siege method is learned from France, and it is also a kind of battle that does not directly confront the defenders."

"We call the French army 'Blue Rats'. They often rely on tunnels and trenches to approach, and they can't see people at all. As long as the Marquis regards the heavy artillery as fireworks, and the explosives buried by engineers as firecrackers during the Chinese New Year in your country, then That's enough fun."

"When the city walls are broken and the towers are occupied, it will be a matter of course for the defenders guarding St. Paul's Church to surrender. Moreover, the purpose of the Marquis has been achieved, and the envoys of these small countries will also be able to witness a magnificent performance."

When Liu Yu heard this, he was happy.

Xindao, isn't this the same as acting together with the Dutch for these small countries?

That's fine.

I didn't have much objection to this in my heart, so I joked to Valknir: "That's fine. Since you are the former governor of Batavia, they are all your subordinates. It's up to you and them Say, how?"

Valknir's face twitched, thinking that this was a bit embarrassing.

But he gritted his teeth and agreed.

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The Dutch officer holding a white flag and walking into the Dashun army camp never expected that the person who greeted him in the Dashun army camp was actually his old boss, the Batavia governor of the company.

It has been more than two months since Cirebon deceived the Dutch fleet.Malacca had known the news that Batavia had been compromised for a long time, but they guessed that the Governor should have been captured. They really didn't expect the many deals that Valkenier and Liu Yu had reached.

Valknier was also awkward seeing the Dutch officer, and the Dutch officer was also awkward seeing the governor, after all, he was here to discuss surrender.

When he was embarrassed and didn't know how to speak, Valknir took the initiative to speak.

"Malacca cannot be defended. We have lost control of the sea. Even if the Chinese do not attack and rely on siege, scurvy will kill our soldiers."

"The agricultural conditions in Malacca are not good, and [-] to [-] boats of rice need to be transported from Java every year. Without command of the sea, it is meaningless to stick to it. Don't make unnecessary resistance."

Since the governor said so, the officer also swept away the previous embarrassment, nodded and said: "Yes. The governor also considered that he could not hold on, and the siege tactics of the Chinese were almost the same as those of the French. Their artillery training was very good. The trenches dug by Su and engineers are as if they were measured with a protractor.”

"No matter what, we can't stick to it. We have completed the company's mission, so let's discuss the matter of honor defeat."

Both Liu Yu and Li Yan were in the tent. Liu Yu could understand what the officer was saying, and added directly in Dutch: "There is no honor to lose."

Valknir also quickly said: "Yes, yes. This is not a defeat of honor, but a surrender. The premise of defeat in an honorable battle is that the attacking party cannot quickly take down the castle. But if the castle does not hinder the attacking party and Without casualties, there is no honorable defeat."

The officers who came to surrender were not too shocked, which was the expected result.If you want to fight for an honorable defeat, it's just a way to sit on the ground and raise the price, thinking what if the other party agrees?

If honor is defeated, personal items can be kept.

If you surrender in defeat, you can be arrested and sent to hard labor.

The Dutch in the city had actually prepared for the worst.Seeing Dashun's terrifying siege ability in attacking Fort Santiago, everyone thought that they would rather go to hard labor than die like this.

(End of this chapter)