Ali Khalid said arrogantly: "Of course, the Chinese used to be inferior in Batavia, they couldn't beat the Dutch, and the Dutch couldn't beat us, the Chinese were easy to deal with!" ”

He said that the Dutch were not unable to defeat them, and if the strength of the Dutch was overpowered, Banten would not be an opponent at all!

However, the focus of the Netherlands is on Europe, and there are only a few people in Southeast Asia, and Southeast Asia is so large, so they make money in harmony and deal with the indigenous people in various places.

Most of the courtiers agreed with Ali Khaled's statement, because there were also some Chinese in the Banten Kingdom, who were relatively capable and diligent, and no one else could compete with them, whether it was the goods they made or the goods they trafficked.

The Chinese are docile, like to spend money to eliminate disasters, and have a weak physique, for the Banten samurai, they can fight three Chinese by themselves!

What's more, the Chinese who do business in Banten are very infighting, today you sell a piece of porcelain for a silver dollar, the day after tomorrow I will sell half a silver dollar, the day after tomorrow you sell for a tenth of a silver dollar, and tear each other down. The people of Quanzhou and Zhangzhou in Fujian Province eat dogs and dogs, but when they meet the people of Guangdong Province, they unite to fight the people of Guangdong Province, even if they are not in large numbers, and they form gangs and factions, and often betray each other in order to curry favor with the nobles of Bandan.

For example, a certain Cantonese person trafficked a shipload of goods to Banten, and then the Min people went to the Banten nobles and said the reserve price, but the Banten nobles used a big axe to cut the Cantonese people to a bloody face, and it was possible to lose all their money!

Therefore, the nobles of Banten knew what the Chinese were, and they looked down on the Chinese at all!

Seriously bs them!

Of course, what the Banten nobles never expected was that the southeast province they were about to face was completely different from the Chinese in Banten, although they were both Chinese, the southeast province was a chicken fist combination, it was terrifying, he was able to concentrate on big things, and gather the strength and ingenuity of the Chinese people for production, economic construction and war, while greatly limiting the internal fighting.

With the commander and core, in the past, everyone was scattered, not subordinate to each other, and disobeyed each other, just dismantling your platform to bite me, bite me!

And if anyone dares to dismantle the stage in the chicken boxing group, the commander will give an order, and everyone will rush up, and whoever is not united will be beaten to the head, and everyone can only be a good gentleman, and they will be harmonious.

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However, there was still a person in the Banten royal court who understood, Rashala (i.e., Admiral of the Navy) Adiben, who had a big nose, known as Adi, shook his big nose and followed Ali Khaled's words and said: "Our sailors can't beat the Dutch, and the Dutch have defeated the Chinese, so this matter must be considered in the long run!" ”

One sentence aroused public indignation, and Elder Karim laughed and said, "I understand why our sailors can't beat the Dutch!" ”

Someone immediately quipped: "How can I say this! ”

Karim laughed and said, "The big-nosed Adi is even afraid of the Chinese, how can he beat the Dutch!" ”

If it weren't for the fact that he was the confidant of the chief minister Reza Yusuf, I was afraid that everyone would have ousted him a long time ago, but now it is no psychological burden to make fun of him!

Everyone was full of BS for the Chinese, and in such an atmosphere, it was difficult for Reza Yusuf to make a wise decision, and he no longer saw the envoy of the Southeast Province, and sent an official to refuse him: "We do not recognize this transfer!" ”

Such a matter of state was decided by Reza Yusuf without consulting Sutan Aziz Muhammad, and the ministers were accustomed to it.

Aziz Muhammad was well aware of his puppet status and remained silent, but he thought to himself: "Arrogance has blinded the knowledge of these people, the Chinese in Banten are not the Chinese in the southeastern province, the Chinese in Banten cannot fight, but the Chinese in the southeastern province have defeated the Dutch!"

That officer of the Southeast Province had bad intentions, and he clearly came to find an excuse to start a war, but we stupid people gave them an excuse! ”

The relationship between the forces is complicated, and when such evil neighbors come to the door, since they don't want to pay back, the best strategy is to drag it out, and pay it back a little tomorrow, and never give the result all at once, that is, to ask for a sky-high price, pay back the money on the spot, and everyone will pull the skin, tear but not break, so that the other party can't find an excuse to start a war and be invincible.

Su Dan thought so, Adiben thought too, he found Reza Yusuf and said: "Our fleet is not the opponent of the Southeast Fleet!" ”

Reza Yusuf was the chief minister, of course, not stupid, and he asked rhetorically: "What do you want?" ”

"Protect the ship to avoid the battle, and seek opportunities to destroy the enemy!" Adiben's approach was the best of both worlds, avoiding war, although it was a loss of face, was better than being eliminated by the enemy, who had no chance of rebellion except for unpleasant words. And although the ship was scolded, he was used to being a minister, and he was used to being scolded for a long time, and he spit on himself.

"Good!" Reza Yusuf agreed.

……

Chen De received Chen Tianxiao's return, and jumped up in his office and said, "Immediately convene a military meeting!" ”

The officers came, the navy headed by Hong Xiguan and Yan Zhang, and the army headed by Zhou Quanbin, made a unanimous decision: "Kill people to pay for their lives, pay off debts, since the people of Bandan dare to swallow our money, then they want their lives!" ”

This kind of remark is illogical, anyway, this is how it is told to the participating army, everyone found a reason, and arrived at the port of Banten by ship with peace of mind, the battleship covered the surface of the harbor opposite the sea, and one after another the battleship opened the gun doors and stretched out the artillery, like an angry hedgehog.

The Banten people were terrified, why are the other party's ships so big and so many cannons, and they are more terrifying than the Dutch fleet?!

Karim, the loudest Elder, shouted, "Where is our fleet? ”

No one answered him, and all of them looked at the enemy ships outside the harbor with a requisitive look, while the commander of the army, Ali Khalid, was expressionless, not knowing what was in his mind.

"Boom!"

The Southeastern Fleet did not even give an ultimatum, and directly opened fire to detonate the war!

……

In the morning, the sun was shining, and it was a good time to shoot the cannons.

The cruiser drove over, firing guns while checking the depth and hydrological conditions of the channel.

The intelligence services had already prepared the information of the port, but the battleships were precious, and it was necessary for the cruisers to inspect the fairways.

On the cruiser with the port number "Kaohsiung No. 31", the female general Chen Yuxue stood proudly, directing the battleship to constantly approach the opponent's battery.

The opponent's battery returned fire, and the battle was completely started!

The Banten people have built forts, and through their interactions with the red hair, they know the power of guns, but they are unable to make them themselves, let alone to reserve and manufacture gunpowder and ammunition for a long time.

The forts established by the Dutch in recent years in order to win over the Banten people and military aid them, but the caliber of the artillery is at most 6 pounds, 12 pounds are not, after all, the two sides are close at hand, the Dutch cannot arm heavy artillery to the Banten people, as for them to sell heavy artillery to the southeast province, thinking that everyone is thousands of miles apart, the southeast people cannot use heavy artillery to fight them, and the southeast army can open battleships to fight the Dutch, the ship-building technology is sold by the British who are based in India, and the British think that everyone is 20,000 miles apart. It is impossible for the southeasterners to sail to fight them...... u