Until there is no way to resist this short bombardment, no matter how many fleets come, they will be sent to death! What's more, the East India Company didn't have so many ships to send to death! Although there were many ships of the East India Company, most of them were armed merchant ships, and they were all floating at sea. The few battleships have already lost quite a bit.

After a long silence, Governor Cohen ordered all war supplies to be collected and all non-Westerners to be driven out of the castle. At this time, an official said viciously: "Your Excellency, those natives don't care. But those Ming people are hidden dangers! They and the pirates are from the same country, and there's a good chance they'll help the pirates! Why don't we gather soldiers now and kill all these Ming people! It might be a little safer that way! ”

Governor Cohen turned around and yelled, "Are you crazy? Slaughter the Ming people at this time? Don't you see pirates in the open sea? Slaughtering their compatriots right under their noses, then what will they think? What will they do to us if they breach our castle? This kind of thing can only be done while keeping us safe, you know? ”

The officer bowed his head and retreated. But Governor Cohen did not stop ordering. On his orders, the soldiers in the castle drove all but the Westerners out of the castle, and even the native servants were driven out.

And the soldiers of the brigade rushed out of the castle and broke into the surrounding villages to grab food, whether it was a native tribe or a village inhabited by Chinese! Their actions certainly provoked resistance, but it was weak. As for the natives, they didn't put up any resistance.

Still, Governor Cohen's orders worked. The soldiers did not do anything drastic. They just knocked those who dared to resist to the ground and stopped when they saw that they couldn't move. In this way, the Dutch people collected a large amount of food and stockpiled it.

Governor Cohen counted the number of people in the castle. There were more than 1,000 soldiers, and more than 1,000 male immigrants who could participate in the war. This gave Governor Cohen some confidence. With these men, and a fortified castle, he felt that he would be able to wait for reinforcements from the East India Company.

That's it

The Delands could not attack without a fleet, while Wu Yizhou could not land without heavy artillery and an army. The two sides were thus locked in a state of confrontation.

Wu Yizhou's fleet was repaired outside the port for three days. After repairing all the ships, two ships were left to monitor Batavia, and the rest of the fleet sailed south. At the same time, after receiving Zhou Donglei's report, Wu Yizhou ordered Zhou Donglei to lead five ships to escort the British fleet to Taiwan.

The Dutch soldiers on the castle were overjoyed when they saw Wu Yizhou's fleet leaving, and immediately reported it to Governor Cohen. The surprised Governor Cohen ran to the top of the castle and observed for a long time, with a wry smile on his face. He whispered to himself: "It seems that we are going to lose the East!" ”

The officials behind him heard him talking to himself, so they stepped forward and asked, "Lord Governor, what do you mean when you say that we lost the East?" ”

Governor Cohen pointed to the fleet in the distance and said, "Don't you understand? They went to attack the Spaniards! As long as they annihilate the Spanish fleet, neither we nor the Spaniards will have to defend the castle to the death! Although we have sent messengers, how many warships can the company help us? And I know very well that there are not many warships left in the company, and most of the remaining ships are armed merchant ships, and they are of little use in this kind of naval warfare. ”

The officials behind him also had a gloomy face when they heard this, but he still mustered up the courage to say, "At least our castle is strong!" And a lot of food! That's enough time for us to stick to it for more than a year! I'm sure the company will have a way to beat them then! ”

Governor Cohen smiled wryly and said, "I hope you're right." ”

After saying that, he called the officers and ordered them to take advantage of the absence of the enemy fleet to collect more supplies outside the castle.

You must know that when defending the city, you need not only food, but also gunpowder, shells and other supplies. These supplies had to be collected by the villagers outside the castle. Even Governor Cohen ordered all the metal in the village to be collected. He also ordered his soldiers to drive the natives to collect more wood.

In this way, the detachments of soldiers were sent out by the officers. One of the soldiers was sent to a Chinese village in the distance

Go. They were going to collect all the metal items in the village and try to scavenge another batch of food.

Fearing resistance from the local population, the squad numbered 100 people. Governor Cohen made each squad 100 men. That's enough to suppress the resistance in the village.

This village is a Chinese village, and according to the industrious nature of the Chinese, the village is surrounded by farmland. As they approached the village, they heard the noise of people in the village. It makes them weird. Could it be that something big is happening in the village?

As soon as they came out of the bushes and were exposed to the ground, they were spotted by the people of the village. The people outside the village ran back to the village shouting. His posture elicited laughter from the soldiers.

The soldiers quickened their pace. They didn't want the people in the village to hide everything. As they went, they could hear the screams of the villagers and the cries of children. It makes them feel more proud!

To their surprise, however, the noise in the village quickly subsided. They didn't know what was happening in the village, and they thought that the villagers had fled, so they quickened their pace and went forward to find out.

But just when they were still more than 100 meters away from the village, a group of people suddenly rushed out of the village. Although they didn't know what these men were doing, the soldiers recognized the guns in their hands! It's the enemy!

The commander who led the team immediately ordered the soldiers to line up. As a result, the soldiers huddled together in a panic and did not carry out the order thoroughly.

It's different from their opponents. They preempted the first move, not to mention, and they were well trained. Quickly formed two horizontal lines outside the village. Under the frightened gaze of the Dutch commander, they raised their firearms in unison and aimed at their opponents.

These soldiers were the Marines on the two ships outside the harbor. After a series of battles, these captains under Liu Pei have matured! They not only have rich combat experience, but also have a stronger desire to fight. So even if they only have two ships, they have to make tentative offensive attempts.