Take the arsenal to Da Ming

Chapter 333 Capture of Batavia
The Dutch in the northern city of Batavia are still waiting for reinforcements, but they are retreating so quickly that they may not be able to wait for the arrival of reinforcements.

Karel Reinierz was very anxious. He knew very well that if the attack of the Ming army was not blocked, once the North City was lost, the whole of Batavia would be over.

With a bang, Karel Reinierz killed the nearest deserter with a firecracker, and then cursed: "You cowards, idiots, stop at me."

This move did have some effect. It stopped the soldiers from retreating, but it could not improve the morale of the soldiers. The faces of these soldiers who had just retreated were still full of nervous expressions. Deterrence, so I dare not continue to escape.

"If we don't repel these damn Ming people, we will all become slaves like pigs, warriors of the Netherlands..."

Karel Reinierz tried his best to improve the morale, so that his soldiers could muster up the courage to continue fighting, and his expression was very excited.

Suddenly, with a whoosh, a blood mist erupted directly from Karel Reinierz's chest, and the deep red blood quickly stained his clothes.

Karel Reinierz looked down at his chest in disbelief. He couldn't figure out how he could still be hit by a bullet in his relatively rear position, at least a few hundred meters away from the nearest Ming army.

Maybe he didn't know the concept of sniping until he died. The snipers of the Ming army hadn't noticed him yet. He shot deserters and yelled nonsense here. It was hard to prevent the snipers of the Ming army from paying attention. .

Although the Ming army sniper is not sure how old he is, an officer is always right, and it is the responsibility of the Ming army sniper to snipe the officer.

This shot not only killed a governor, but also dispelled the last bit of courage of the Dutch soldiers.

"The governor is dead, run away, run away."

"The governor is dead, Batavia can't hold it anymore, it's over..."

Frightened and bewildered, the shouts of killing in the distance became louder and louder. The Dutch soldiers in the northern city collapsed completely, and another gate of the bastion was opened.

At this time, the reinforcements from the Netherlands from several other directions arrived in a hurry, but they saw a chaotic scene in the northern city, most of which were occupied and controlled by the Ming army.

The condescending attack of the Ming army made it impossible for them to approach at all. When they heard the rout soldiers shouting that the governor was dead, they collapsed without holding on for a while.

Not long after, tens of thousands of Ming troops rushed into the city from the northern city, and the Dutch fled in a hurry. Some knew that there was nowhere to escape, so they dropped their weapons and knelt down to beg for surrender.

Others, especially some family members, fled the city with some belongings in a panic, rushed to the port, and prepared to escape by sea.

Because for them, escaping from the sea is the only way out. If they leave from other directions, once they fall into the hands of the locals, the end may be even worse.

However, the Dutch navy did not dare to compete with the Ming army navy. After the Ming-Portuguese allied forces arrived, they escaped from the port immediately, only dared to peep from a distance, and did not dare to approach at all, allowing the Ming army to control the port .

So in the current port, there is not even a single Dutch ship, almost all ships from the Ming army and the Portuguese army. When they rushed to the port, they just threw themselves into the trap. Some people even fell into the water in panic and drowned alive.

In the end, few Dutchmen in Batavia were able to truly escape. Of the more than 300 people including their families, except for more than [-] soldiers who died in battle, the rest were all captured by the Ming army. .

Since then, the most powerful stronghold of the Dutch in the Far East has been directly uprooted in this way. Apart from the Ming army, the most exciting thing is the soy sauce Portuguese army.

From Manraga to Luzon, and then from Luzon to Batavia, the Portuguese felt that they had just witnessed the various miracles and powerful combat effectiveness of the Chinese army along the way.

Except for their performance in the Battle of Manlaga, they did little in the battles against the Spaniards in Luzon and the battles against the Netherlands in Batavia. The two strong cities were easily taken down.

Although they did not personally participate in the siege, the Portuguese were very aware of the difficulty of capturing such a city. In the 30-year war that had just ended in Europe, there should not be too many such cases.

As long as it is huddled in the bastion, as long as it does not make low-level mistakes, it is difficult to capture it in a short period of time even if it is besieged by an elite army. It is normal for the war to last for more than half a year.

The siege of Breda in the Thirty Years War lasted for eleven months, and Breda was not directly captured, but the defenders voluntarily left the city and surrendered.

There is also the Battle of Fuentravia. The conditions for the Spanish defenders are even more difficult. They only have more than 1000 people, but their opponents are the French elite with more than 2 people.

As a result, they struggled for three months with the strong city until the reinforcements arrived, and the reinforcements easily defeated the exhausted French army that had been fighting hard for three months.

With the various conditions of Batavia City, I don’t know how much better it is than Fuentravia City. Even if it is placed in Europe, it is impossible for any army to attack it without more than half a year. of.

However, it took the Ming army less than a month to take such a fortified city very easily, and the casualties were very small, even less than the Dutch who had a huge advantage in defending the city. This is very unimaginable .

Among them, in addition to the powerful combat effectiveness of the Ming army, it is also inseparable from its various magical and effective tactics.

The 30-year war in Europe has been fought for so long, and I have never seen a hot air balloon, let alone heard of airborne troops, radios, machine guns, parachutes, etc., which are all unheard of.

The Portuguese can imagine, if the Ming army is moved to Europe, will it become an invincible existence?
Compared with other European countries, the Ming Empire has considerable advantages in terms of population, military strength, resources, etc., even as much as the whole of Europe combined.

But now that there are constant battles in Europe, if the troops of the Ming Empire successfully reach Europe, they will probably be invincible.

The Portuguese are very glad that they have made good friends with the Ming Empire, especially they have established a good relationship with the King of Light Tangning a long time ago, and now there is even a marriage relationship between the two parties. These decisions are really correct .

If it weren't for these decisions, I am afraid that the Kingdom of Portugal would have been cleared out of the Far East just like the Spaniards and the Netherlands.

Ye Dacheng didn't care about the Portuguese's thoughts, he was just carrying out the mission Tangning assigned to him, and now the mission of this expedition was almost completed.

After learning that the city of Batavia had been captured, the Dutch navy no longer dared to wait and see from the open sea, and fled in desperation immediately.

In the next three years, Tangning continued to send troops to wipe out all European forces from Asia except the Portuguese, and wiped out the strongholds they had established one by one.

And Daming's Chamber of Commerce also took the opportunity to almost monopolize the ocean trade in the entire Asia, reaping huge profits and providing sufficient logistical support for Tangning's next actions.

(End of this chapter)