1635 Han style rises again

Chapter 324 Adversity
"Bang! Bang! Bang!..." A group of Dutch mercenaries raised their muskets and fired a salvo in the direction of the jungle, and a few screams were faintly heard.

"Go and see some people!" a Dutch officer ordered in a low voice.

Several mercenaries hesitated for a moment, but under the staring eyes of the Dutch officer, they had no choice but to bite the bullet and walked cautiously into the forest with their muskets in their hands. Look at the woods on both sides of the path.

After a while, several mercenaries came out of the forest and shook their heads at the Dutch officer, indicating that the natives had hidden deep in the forest.

Lieutenant Colonel Jemini Bacona frowned as he watched the brief chaos ahead, he couldn't help feeling a strong sense of crisis in his heart.

Four days ago, a Dutch army of nearly 800 people, including more than 500 native servants, landed on the nearby coast, and then, led by a guide, walked along a forest path towards Karta, the royal city of the Kingdom of Mataland. present-day Yogyakarta, Indonesia).At the end of the team, there are four cannons dragged by eight horses, trying to capture Karta in one fell swoop by means of a sudden attack and powerful firepower. this kingdom.

The march went smoothly for the first two days, and the two tribes passing by were all slaughtered under the raid of the Dutch mercenaries.According to the calculation of the distance, it is only a dozen kilometers away from the royal city of the Kingdom of Mataran.

However, when the Dutch army marched to a Bantur place, it was blocked by hundreds of troops of the Kingdom of Mataland.After a fierce battle, the Dutch army repelled the native army, killing and wounding more than 100 people.

After this battle, the Dutch suddenly became a little nervous.The natives who fled will definitely inform Mataran King City of the news that the Dutch are coming to attack, which will make the other party prepare for the defense of the city in advance, or just abandon the King City and flee into the dense forest.

Lieutenant Colonel Gemini Bacona, commander of the Dutch army, hesitated for a moment and decided to continue the attack.Regardless of whether the Kingdom of Mataland is ready or not, he will lead the army to attack their royal city.Because in this way, it will definitely bring heavy pressure to the attacking troops of the Kingdom of Mataland under the city of Batavia.

After setting off from Bantur, the Dutch army encountered their most troublesome thing within a short distance.Relying on the cover of the dense forest, the natives suddenly attacked the Dutch army from the forest from time to time.

The constant traps on the path, the sudden shooting of a few bamboo guns from the side of the road, or the shooting of several muskets made the Dutch tremble with fear and casualties occurred from time to time.And in the middle of the night, the resting camps would be constantly harassed and attacked by the natives.

After two days, the Dutch have lost more than 50 people one after another, and everyone is extremely exhausted, and their morale has dropped to the lowest point.When marching, everyone is on high tension.You never know what kind of traps are waiting for you to step on the path ahead, and you also don't know when a few bamboo guns will fly out of the woods on both sides of the path.

Although the royal city of Mataran Kingdom is not far ahead, countless gold, silver and treasures are waiting for them to obtain, and many beautiful and enchanting royal ladies are waiting for them to taste, but everyone has a feeling that they can't focus on. a feeling of.Perhaps because of this short distance, many of them could not complete the journey and abandoned their lives in this wilderness.

Moreover, it is very certain that if the Mataran Kingdom has been harassed all the way, the defense of the royal city will definitely be strengthened. I am afraid they will not be allowed to easily capture it?Of course, there is another possibility that Mataran will leave an empty royal city to the Dutch.

"We will finally go to Karta to take a look." Lieutenant Colonel Jemini Bacona explained softly: "Otherwise, once the Governor learns that we will return without a fight. Ayan, the former commander of the Batavia fleet What happened to Colonel Van Dijk is what happened to us. So, gentlemen, please cheer up the morale of the mercenaries and native servants, and let us hold on for another two days. Perhaps the natives are not as smart as we think."

Several Dutch officers looked at their commander helplessly and smiled wryly. The natives were not as stupid as we thought.They will definitely not watch us approach their royal city, even if they arrive at their royal city, it will either be a strong city with tight defenses and many defenders, or an empty city where everything has been moved.
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Major Manfred Eigen held up his binoculars and looked at Dili Port for a long time, then looked at the Dutch naval officers behind him with a puzzled expression.

"Are the Hanzhou people fishing at the pier?"

"Major, I think... yes." A Dutch officer also had a look of disbelief.

"They must be short of food in the city, so they have to fish near the pier to supplement food." Another Dutch officer said.

Major Manfred Eigen frowned. Through the binoculars, it could be clearly seen that there were more than 100 Hanzhou people scattered on the shore near the pier, each with a long fishing rod, "leisurely" catch fish.But the problem is that no one suggested dispatching warships to expel and threaten them.

"Order the Scott to approach the pier and shell those... fishing Hanzhou people." Major Manfred Eigen ordered.

"Obey, sir!" After receiving the order, a signalman quickly ran to the stern and sent a flag signal to the armed merchant ship "Scott", ordering it to go out to the pier and bombard those daring Hanzhou "fishers". ".

"Brothers, withdrew, withdrew!" A soldier from Hanzhou who kept an eye on the watchtower on the mountain yelled loudly: "The Dutch warship is coming!"

A group of marine soldiers and country soldiers who were fishing picked up their fishing rods and barrels with curses in their mouths, and trotted towards Dili City.

The Hanzhou marines and township soldiers trapped in Dili City not only reused the arable land left by the Portuguese outside the south city to grow rice and potatoes in order to hold on for a longer period of time, but also planted rice and potatoes on the land of some experienced Ming immigrants. Under the professor, I made some fishing rods, rummaged through the farmland for some baits such as earthworms and reptiles, and secretly fished on the shore near the pier.

Every day, there are still a lot of fish caught.Xu Chuanxing was overjoyed, so he rushed to make a lot of fishing rods and organized people to fish by the sea.At the beginning, there were only a dozen people, but they did not attract the attention of the Dutch, and then gradually increased to more than 100 people, who gathered on the shore to fish.

Now, the Dutch finally paid attention to their fishing behavior, and began to dispatch armed merchant ships to expel and destroy the Hanzhou people to obtain more food.

"In the future, don't all gather around the pier to go fishing. The goal is too big. If I were Dutch, I would send a boat to drive them away." Xu Chuanxing said to several marine team captains: "You guys People can be spread out, except for the pier, and the coast by the mountains, you can go. However, you must pay attention to the bites of mosquitoes, snakes and ants.”

"We rely on mountains to eat mountains, and water to eat water." Qi Dalu said with a smile: "If the Dutch don't send troops to surround us, we won't be trapped to death no matter what!"

The potatoes that were carefully planted two months ago have mostly turned yellow. It looks like they will be harvested in ten days or so.Although the number was not very large, it gave all the soldiers and civilians of Hanzhou in Dili City a glimmer of hope.Even if it is blocked by the Dutch for another year or two, so what?All the members were self-reliant and barely supported themselves, and in the end they still defended the city of Dili.

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At the door of a laboratory in Jianyecheng Hospital, Ding Chuangen looked at his childhood friend Yazmir in Luzon in surprise, but now he has changed his Chinese name to Mir.

Dressed in a blue-and-black Hanzhou navy uniform, with a peaked military cap on his head, and a short knife slung under his waist, he looked extremely heroic.Coupled with his high nose and deep eyes, his face is very different from that of the Han people. Although he looks a little weird, he has to admit that he is very handsome.

Four years ago, in the small town of San Fernando in Luzon, the two of them, together with Chang Chunsheng, planned to rob and kill the single Spanish sailor on the road in order to avenge the Xiaoyu family who died tragically of the Spanish sailor.As a result, he missed and was chased by them. Fortunately, he met Cao Xiong and his party who were temporarily taking refuge on the coast.Then, attack the town, capture the Spanish galleon, kill the sailors who deserved it, and finally follow to Hanzhou.

However, Chang Chunsheng and Ding Chuangen were ambushed by the vicious He Laoliu three years ago. Chang Chunsheng died and Ding Chuangen was seriously injured.

In a blink of an eye, several years have passed. Ding Chuangen followed Peng Laogui to study medicine while recuperating his body and treating diseases. Mir entered the naval academy and would become an officer of the Hanzhou Navy in the future.

"We haven't seen each other for two months." Ding Chuangen said with a smile: "Are you going to graduate?"

"Well, I will be graduating soon. This time, a dozen of our students and teachers will go to sea with a few Portuguese officers for practical training. When I come back, I will be an officer of the Hanzhou Navy." Mill said excitedly.

Looking at Mir with a happy face, Ding Chuangen was really happy for him from the bottom of his heart.

"Where are you going for sea training?" Ding Chuangen asked casually.

"..." Mir hesitated for a moment, his expression turned serious, and he said softly, "I can't tell you, the officer forbids us to say it."

When Ding Chuangen heard this, he laughed at himself, patted Mir's arm, and said, "The sea is dangerous, you have to be careful. When you come back, remember to bring me some rare items."

"Of course!" Mir was happy again, and he stretched out his arms to hug Baoding Chuangen, and said, "You are my best friend. If you get a precious gift, I will definitely give it to you!" his back.

"Cough, cough..." Ding Chuangen suddenly coughed violently.

"Oh, sorry, Chuangen," Mill said apologetically.

"It's okay, it's okay." Ding Chuangen waved his hands and said, "I'm sick, just cough a few times and I'll be fine."

Saying goodbye to old friends, Mill began to prepare the carry-on items for overseas training.

This group of students from the Naval Academy can graduate after more than two years of theoretical study and more than half a year of practical training.The next step is to constantly learn and summarize new problems encountered through sea voyages. If they experience a few more naval battles, they will definitely become the backbone of the Hanzhou Navy.

For this maritime training, some captured Portuguese officers and sailors were transferred, as well as a large number of naval school instructors and gunners of the coastal defense team.They will use the newly built fast cruiser "Yangming" as a training ship, and they will start from Jianye Port, go to the waters of Xinxiangbao, Weiyuanbao, Haijiaobao, and finally return to Jianye Port via Beikoubao.

In addition to being equipped with 22 cannons with improved performance, the "Yangming" is also equipped with a large number of Shenhuo crows, preparing to simulate attacking various targets and practicing various tactics during sea training.

(End of this chapter)