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"Calm down, compatriots. We are not familiar with the situation here, and we still need your help. The wounded should be treated on the spot. We hope that healthy compatriots can guide us and let us remove all obstacles that block the progress of the Ming army and reach Bada. Via Castle."
Hearing Yan Yingyuan's voice, Ming people immediately stopped:
"General, we are willing to lead the way for the army tomorrow, and hope that the army can kill the Dutch and natives for us, and avenge the Ming people killed by them..."
When Yan Yingyuan said a word, nearly ten thousand people shouted and responded immediately, they wanted revenge, they wanted to exterminate the natives here, and make Batavia completely the territory of the Ming people.
Yan Yingyuan, Li Dingguo and Liu Wenxiu looked at each other, and Li Dingguo nodded in agreement with Mingren's request:
"Okay, on behalf of the Daming Dragon Banner Army, I promise you that all the alien races on this road will be wiped out, and the things that belong to you will be wiped out. After taking the entire Batavia, I will return it twice. Let's go now!"
"Long live the Ming Dynasty, the Ming army is mighty, killing the cruel colonists and eliminating the evil natives.
Li Dingguo's words immediately made these Ming people cheer up. Now, it's their turn to fight back and kill those Western colonists and local aborigines.
They want to return the suffering they have endured a hundred times to those colonists and natives, and let them taste the feeling of being exterminated.
Under the leadership of the Batavia Ming people, the Dragon Banner Army immediately began to advance from the coast to the inland after they all landed.
As long as there are aborigines appearing along the way, before the Dragon Banner Army can make a move, the Ming people will rush forward, destroy the aborigines and burn down their houses.
[-] Dragon Banner troops led the Ming people, their morale was high, and they themselves had [-] flintlock guns.
Without the intervention of the soldiers of the Netherlands, the people of the Ming Dynasty were as powerful as a broken bamboo, and no one could stop them. The places they passed along the way were like locusts, seeing people killing people and seeing Buddhas destroying Buddhas.
Once encountering great resistance, Li Dingguo waved his hand, and the Dragon Banner Army raised his hand and fired a volley, and the mini bombs quickly cleared all obstacles.
After coming to Batavia, the Ming people were oppressed by the natives and the Netherlands everywhere. They have never been as strong as they are today. This is the benefit of a strong motherland, and they love Ming even more in their hearts.
The Ming Fleet was divided into four groups. When Zhang Huangyan destroyed the shore artillery and Li Dingguo led the Dragon Banner Army to land, the other three groups also started to move.
There are four gates in the outer city of Batavia, which are Utrecht Gate, Delft Gate, Rotterdam Gate and New Gate (note that Batavia City and Batavia Castle are different, and the high-rises in the Netherlands are almost live in Batavia Castle)
Outside the four gates is a plantation with pleasant scenery. The Jakarta River runs through the city. On both sides of the Jakarta River are orchards and playgrounds, as well as a flat stone wall.
Most of the orchards and manors here belong to the Ming people, but now they have been destroyed by the barbaric indigenous people. They are lazy, but they like to destroy the hard work of the Ming people.
What Zhang Huangyan destroyed was the shore artillery in the direction of Utrecht Gate, while Li Dingguo led the Dragon Banner Army to march towards Utrecht Gate.
Zhu Youjian personally marched, and the direction of their army's attack was the Rotterdam Gate, which was also the most heavily guarded city gate in Batavia.
In the harbor three kilometers outside the city gate of Rotterdam, more than 20 warships from the Netherlands were guarding there, ready to teach the Ming Fleet a lesson.
"Report, a fleet has been found in the front harbor. They have already set up a formation. It seems that they have prepared about fourteen ships."
The walkie-talkie in front of Zheng Chenggong rang again, and there was a report from the observation post. Zhu Youjian did not speak, and he generally would not interfere with Zheng Chenggong's command.
Zheng Chenggong grabbed the walkie-talkie:
"Received, the observation post will continue to monitor the movement of the Dutch battleship in Batavia Harbor, and there must be no mistakes."
"Yes"
After the observation post gave the order, Zheng Chenggong gave Zhu Youjian a military salute:
"Your Majesty, we are ready to attack the Batavian Netherland battleship, and I hope that Your Majesty will enter the safe cabin."
The emperor of Ming Dynasty was on the battleship. Although it was an iron-clad battleship, Zheng Chenggong still didn't dare to be careless. He was worried that the emperor would be injured accidentally.
Daming has just been revived. If the emperor has any accidents, Zheng Chenggong is the sinner of Daming through the ages. He dare not make this bet, so he asks Zhu Youjian to enter the safe cabin.
Zhou Yuji shook his head and smiled confidently:
"I'm not a greenhouse flower, don't you still care about a few red-haired fans, you just direct the battle, don't worry about me."
Zhu Youjian said it easily, but in Zheng Chenggong's ears, it still made him very embarrassed. Looking up at the emperor's resolute eyes, Zheng Chenggong shook his head helplessly, and grabbed the walkie-talkie:
"All the battleships obeyed the order. The fleet has entered the Batavia harbor not far away. They immediately entered the combat state. The shells were loaded and all solid bullets were used. Once the battle started, they would directly bombard their waterline and try to destroy the Dutch battleships in one fell swoop.
In addition, the Zhengde and Hongzhi do not participate in the artillery battle. You are responsible for destroying the shore artillery on the shore. All the shore artillery on both sides of the harbor must be destroyed to remove obstacles for the army's landing operations. "
"Yes"
Zheng Chenggong gave an order, and the fleet began to accelerate forward. At the same time, all naval guns were ready and ready to fire at any time.
But the Dayu, as the flagship of the fleet, sailed at the rear of the fleet, Zhu Youjian didn't pay attention for a moment, he kept watching the direction of Batavia with a telescope in his hand.
It wasn't that Zheng Chenggong was timid to fight, the emperor was on his battleship. In order to ensure the safety of the emperor, Zheng Chenggong could not let the Dayu rush up to fight with the opponent.
As soon as the fleet approached the port of Batavia, the commander of the Netherlands Navy on the Batavia flagship Prince William received the information.
Of course, it is impossible for them to have such an advanced communication tool as a walkie-talkie, but the soldiers directly broke into the command cabin of the battleship to report:
"Report, a strange fleet was found outside the harbor, and the battleship in front has no sails at all." TV update fastest.tv./ m.tv./
Meden, the commander of the Netherlands Navy in Batavia, stood up from his mount at once, his face became very serious. He knew that Ming had ironclad warships.
"It should be the Daming iron-clad battleship. It appeared when they attacked Taiwan. I didn't expect that they would actually come to Batavia and order all the warships to quickly enter the combat state and be ready to fight at any time."
"Yes"
Chapter 486 Warning
In the waters of Batavia, the twelve sailing warships of the Netherlands quickly made preparations.
Although he knew that the Ming Fleet had iron-clad warships, the commander of the Batavian Netherlands Navy, Maiden, did not panic at all.
They think that these twelve warships can sweep the Asian navy, and there is absolutely no opponent.
Even if Daming has the so-called iron-clad warships, they are capable of fighting, so they should not be left behind.
Now Maiden still believes that there are no real iron-clad warships in the world.
Even if there is an ironclad battleship, it is only armored, and the inside must still be a wooden hull.
One or two shells cannot penetrate the armor, and a hundred shells can definitely smash the so-called iron-clad warship.
With Maiden's order, twelve Dutch warships left the port and lined up in front of the harbor to meet the enemy.
Meden, the commander of the Netherlands Navy stationed in Batavia, picked up a single-tube telescope and looked in the direction of the Ming fleet.
The Ming Fleet has already appeared in the lens of the telescope. When he saw the size of the Ming Fleet clearly, the face of the confident Dutchman couldn't help but change. The number of the Ming Fleet far exceeded his expectations.
In front were twenty huge sailless warships, with only two huge chimneys emitting billowing black smoke.
Behind the battleship without sails, there are dozens of warships with sails closely following, and the scale is quite large.
How did Maiden know that these twenty ironclad warships were only one of the four Ming fleets, not all of them.