An unprecedented naval battle ended in this way, and Zhang Bin, the governor of Fuguang, gathered almost all of his naval warships and finally destroyed the main fleet of the Dutch East India Company.

This is a big victory that is enough to shock the world, the Netherlands is the hegemon of the sea today, gathering so many super battleships and armed merchant ships have been overturned by the Ming Empire, it is estimated that the entire European continent will cause shocks, and the great powers are estimated to dare not fight the idea of the Far East hegemon of the Ming Empire for a long time.

The world must have been shocked, and the great powers were probably frightened, but this incident did not make any waves in Daming, because Zhang Bin didn't want people to know that he had won such a big victory!

After the battle, he thought about it a lot, if ordinary people achieved such a big victory, they would definitely report to the court immediately, ask for merit and reward, and wait for the court to give a reward, but Zhang Bin did not do so.

First of all, most of the people in the Ming Dynasty have the idea of valuing agriculture over business, and defeating the maritime overlord Holland is like not defeating these people, they don't know the huge benefits at all, and they don't need to tell them that making a lot of money is the king.

Historically, Zheng Zhilong did not brag much after defeating the Dutch in the Battle of Liuluo Bay, just beat the Dutch down, and as long as he could control the trade between the southeast coast and the South Seas, he would not get any substantial rewards at all, because the imperial court had no money at all.

Secondly, Zhang Bin also wants to "raise Kou self-respect", of course, he does not want to fatten the Dutch, but wants Chongzhen to think that the Dutch are still very fat and strong, Yuegang, Zhuhai and Dongfan are not very safe, and they are always facing the threat of the Dutch, so he must also sit in Fuguang.

In this way, Chongzhen will not be stupidly deceived by Wen Tiren and transferred himself back to the capital.

Finally, the most important point is that it is not a good thing to make great contributions in the Ming Dynasty at this time, not only will you not get the rewards you deserve, but you will also be hated.

There are simply too many such examples, the Apocalypse Dynasty and the Chongzhen Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty Hall is so strange, and the officials who have made great contributions basically have no good end!

For example, in the fourth year of the Apocalypse, Nan Juyi organized an army to fight hard with the Dutch for half a year and won a great victory in Penghu, but as soon as he returned to the capital, he was framed by Wei Zhongxian, dismissed and cut his status, and died of anger at the wrong point.

For another example, in the sixth year of Chongzhen, Zou Weilian organized an army to fight hard with the Dutch for eight days and eight nights, and won a great victory in Liuluo Bay.

There are also Xiong Tingbi, Sun Chengzong, Yuan Chonghuan, etc., in short, as soon as you make a great contribution, the eunuch party or the remnants of the eunuch party will target you, and if you make a great contribution, you want to get promoted, you want to grab their position in the court, that is simply no door, as soon as there is a chance, they will desperately impeach, and the best result is to dismiss the official and cut the nationality.

Zhang Bin didn't want to be targeted by Wen Tiren at this time and become his main target, so he didn't report the victory in the east, but just wrote a letter to show that he had once again repelled the attack of the Dutch.

Of course, if you win a big victory, you still have to have the rewards that your soldiers should have.

He directly handed over all the more than 1,000 heads he had captured, not to ask the court for the first merit, but to promote his subordinates.

He asked Zheng Zhilong and Yu Chenglong for the title of the right governor of the Five Armies, Cao Wenzhao directly asked him to be promoted to the general army of Guangdong, and other generals who participated in the war asked Chongzhen for the corresponding positions, anyway, these do not need to pay money, Chongzhen is still relatively generous in this regard.

As for the bereavement of the fallen soldiers and the military rewards of other soldiers, he can only pay for it himself, and in the end, he will have to take out a reward of nearly one million taels of silver at a time, fortunately, this year Dongshengtang has slowly stepped on the right track, and this bit of silver is nothing to Dongshengtang.

However, to his surprise, not only did he not lose money this time, but he also made a small profit, because the captives were bought by the Spaniards.

He originally thought that the Spaniards would not accept such a large number, but he didn't expect that when he sent someone to contact him, the Spaniards were quite interested, one hundred and two, they didn't hesitate, they all wanted!

I don't know if the Spanish governor of Manila wants to buy it to invite merit, or if they want to blackmail the Dutch, anyway, Spain and the Netherlands are mortal enemies at this time, and he is not worried at all about selling them to them.

After this "slave trade", not only did he earn back all the one million taels he had rewarded, but he also made a small profit of five or six hundred thousand taels, which made him a little nervous at this moment, and wanted to go to the headquarters of the Dutch East India Company in Batavia, where there were more than 10,000 or 20,000 people, and I heard that they had tens of thousands of employees!

As soon as this idea came out, it was out of control, and it was not as simple as capturing tens of thousands of prisoners to conquer Batavia, there were also Dutch spice production bases, as well as palm oil, grain, cane sugar, etc., anyway, those were all produced in the colonies, almost no cost, and once they were beaten, they could add millions of taels of income every year!

More importantly, it can also dominate the South Seas, the Spaniards, the Portuguese do not have many warships in the South Seas at this time, there are tens of thousands of defenders in Manila, and it is still an army, there is no threat at all, it can be said that as long as Batavia is defeated, the South Seas will become the inland sea of the Ming Dynasty.

At this time, the Dutch did not have much combat power in Batavia, even if Brower escaped back with twenty super battleships, Batavia only had a total of about thirty super battleships, as for armed merchant ships, it is estimated that it would be difficult for them to gather fifty, and it would not be difficult to take them down with such a little combat power.

However, he still prefers to use a steamer, because the uncertainty of the sailboat is too great, the wind direction is a little wrong, and he will float on the sea for a month or two at every turn, in case of a storm, it will be over, at least half of the entire fleet will be buried at the bottom of the sea, and the rest will be blown to the bottom of the sea, and he doesn't know where it will float, and he can blow the sailor that he has accumulated so hard to accumulate in his hands without a trace!

If you use a steamer, it will be much safer, and you have ten Zhenyuan cruisers, twenty Weiyuan battleships, and more than 200 wheels in your hands at this time.

Of course, there is no need to fight hard at this time, because the European continent is tens of thousands of miles away from Batavia, and it will take half a year for them to send the news back, which means that there will be no reinforcements in Batavia within a year, as long as Batavia is taken before May next year.

Zhang Bin thought about it for a few days and decided to go on an expedition to Batavia, just a few years ago, to take Batavia!

After the summary and commendation meeting of the first battle, he immediately began to arrange the expedition to Batavia.

On this day, he summoned his personal guard captains Zhang Cha, Zhao Ru, Wang Er, Sun Biao, Li Ji, and Qian Liang to a small conference room, and then spread out a map on the conference table and introduced: "This is a sketch of Batavia, I will lead the naval division warships to attack Batavia in about four months, and you will bring the elite of your special operations battalion to do internal response." ”

When everyone heard this, they all showed excited expressions, they followed Zhang Bin all the time, but they didn't have much chance to make meritorious contributions, they were all just Qian Zong at this time, looking at Zheng Cai, they were also guerrilla generals and commanders of the guards, they were all red-eyed, and now they finally had the opportunity to make meritorious contributions!

Seeing that they were in high spirits, Zhang Bin didn't need to be encouraged at all, nodded with satisfaction, and then continued to introduce: "There are not many Dutch defenders in Batavia, according to what He Bin and Guo Huaiyi have learned, the real foot soldiers in the Batavia defenders are less than three thousand, that is to say, as long as each of you kills three or four people, this Batavia will be taken!" ”

This task is simply too simple, not to mention three or four, even ten or eight of them can be easily killed!

Seeing their understated expressions, Zhang Bin immediately poured cold water and said: "Don't be too happy, the city built by the Dutch is very strange, and they led the moat into the city, so the entire city was divided into four parts." Among them, the governor's palace and the town hall in the front are double-decked bastions, and the two commercial districts in the back are two small towns. ”

Now, Zhang Cha and they were dumbfounded, the fortress, and there are still two, and what is even more terrifying is that these two fortresses are still next to each other!

Although they have confidence in themselves, they are not that kind of blind confidence, they still know the horror of the fortress, and if they want to conquer these two fortresses, they need at least 20,000 people, and their hundreds of people are not enough to see.

Zhang Bin saw that they knew that they were afraid, so he said lightly: "You still have a chance to break through these two fortresses, because there are some miscellaneous ones in addition to the defenders, He Bin and Guo Huaiyi said that they can arrange more than ten people to do chores in each fortress, all of which are sweeping the floor, cleaning up garbage, and emptying the toilet, are you willing to do it?" ”

Just kidding, even if you empty the toilet, it's better than taking your life to pile it, they must be willing, the six of them nodded vigorously, as long as they can get in, who cares what the job is.

Seeing that everyone had no opinions, Zhang Bin immediately ordered: "Zhang Cha, you take ten teams of people to take charge of the Governor's Palace; Zhao Ru, you lead your ten teams to be in charge of the city hall. When the time comes, He Bin and Guo Huaiyi will help you mix in a dozen or so people, and you can observe the terrain carefully and see where it is more appropriate to sneak attack from. ”

Zhang Cha and Zhao Ru immediately stood up and saluted: "My subordinates understand. ”

Zhang Bin waved his hand and motioned for them to sit down, and then said loudly: "Wang Er, Sun Biao, you and your subordinates are in charge of the commercial area behind the Governor's Palace; Li Ji and Qian Liang, you and your subordinates are in charge of the commercial area behind the city hall. There are a lot of Ming traders in these two business districts, He Bin and Guo Huai will arrange for you to do chores for those vendors, you pay attention to carefully observe the movements of the defenders, and it is convenient to do it when the time comes. ”

Wang Er, Sun Biao, Li Ji, and Qian Liang immediately stood up and saluted: "My subordinates understand." ”

Zhang Bin waved his hand and motioned for them to sit down, then pointed to the map and admonished: "Zhao Xing, they have rented a house in a small fishing village about ten miles away from the city, you go over in batches, first meet him there, and then mix into the city." Don't be in a hurry, I'll lead the fleet of sailors to pack up their navy in about four months, and when I destroy their navy, I'll send people to attract their attention on the periphery, and you can agree to do it together in one night. ”

Everyone immediately stood up and arched their hands and said, "My subordinates understand." ”

The reason why he said about four months later was because the Kaohsiung Shipyard had put into operation ten more Zhenyuan cruisers and thirty Weiyuan battleships, which had already started construction for almost half a month, and it was expected to be launched before the year.

The enemy only had more than twenty super battleships in total, and he naturally didn't need to bring fifty with him, thirty or forty were enough, so he concluded that he would be able to go on the expedition in about four months.

After arranging the affairs of the personal guards, he immediately rushed to Kaohsiung again, summoned all the management personnel of the military factory, and held a meeting in the large conference room of the shipyard.

At this time, the shipyard, machinery factory, cannon factory, gun factory, and gunpowder factory were all in charge of Wang Zheng, Sun Yuanhua, and Song Yingxing, and each factory and workshop had managers, but they all had to listen to the director Wang Zheng and the deputy directors Sun Yuanhua and Song Yingxing.

He has always attached great importance to technical personnel, so he did not ask everyone to wait for him during the meeting, but sat there early and waited, and when everyone arrived, he immediately said aloud: "Everyone, we still have a battle to fight in October, so the original plan needs to be revised." ”

The managers of the arsenal did not show any surprised expressions, this war naturally did not need their participation, the Governor understood what he meant, that is, to make a batch of things first, they just had to listen.

Zhang Bin then said: "First of all, the production plan of this battleship must be changed, and ten Zhenyuan cruisers must be available, as for the Weiyuan battleship, how much can be built by October, you can roughly estimate it." ”

When the people below heard this, they immediately discussed in a low voice, and after a while, Wang Zheng coughed and arched his hand: "Your Excellency Governor Qiqi, we have estimated that by October, in addition to ten Zhenyuan cruisers, we can build twenty Weiyuan battleships. ”

Twenty plus twenty is forty, enough to crush the more than twenty super battleships of the Dutch, Zhang Bin heard this, nodded and said: "Okay, let's build ten Zhenyuan cruisers and twenty Weiyuan battleships first, in addition, this expedition must be equipped with 500,000 shells and corresponding gunpowder, and 100,000 sky-shaking thunders and 5,000 flintlock guns, Liangfu, is there a problem?" ”

When Wang Zheng heard this, he immediately discussed in a low voice with the steward below, and soon, he nodded firmly: "Your Excellency Governor, there is no problem. ”

Zhang Bin nodded, then got up and said, "That's it, let's get busy." ”

The issue of warships and weapons and ammunition can be regarded as arranged, and then the personnel will go out.

There were 20 Zhenyuan cruisers, 40 Weiyuan battleships, and more than 200 wheels on this expedition, and the wheels did not need special training, because the people on them were already complete, but the cruisers and battleships needed to be trained, a cruiser needed 50 sailors, a battleship needed more than 300 sailors and gunners, and the operators of the newly built 10 Zhenyuan cruisers and 20 Weiyuan battleships had to organize drills.

Of course, he doesn't need to worry about this, he just needs to send a word, at this time, his eyes have been set on the South Seas, how to control the South Seas after defeating Batavia?