Batavia City was founded in 1619 AD, that is, in the 47th year of Wanli of the Ming Dynasty.

In that year, the Ming Dynasty enabled Yang Hao, the general of the defeated army, to pass through Liaodong and fight a decisive battle with the Houjin in Sarhu, but the Ming army was defeated, and the Houjin rose because of this.

That year, the Dutch appointed the ambitious Cohen as governor of the East India Company, and he led his army to defeat the Kingdom of Banten on the island of Java and established the headquarters of the Dutch East India Company in Batavia, which slowly rose to prominence and gradually controlled the trade dominance of the entire Far East.

After more than ten years of construction, Batavia has become a "large" port city with a population of more than 100,000.

Of course, a city of 100,000 people is nothing to the Ming Dynasty, but it is indeed a big city for the Netherlands, because their entire country has a total of only a million people.

Originally, if this development continued, Batavia would become the Dutch colonial center in the Far East, the entire East Indies would become a Dutch colony, and the Dutch East India Company would become the richest company in history, making amazing profits for the Netherlands.

However, all this changed with the arrival of Zhang Bin, or rather, the Dutch East India Company should not have provoked the southeastern governor of the Ming Empire.

If they didn't mess with Zhang Bin, they might still be able to get away with Nanyang for a few years, but they ran to fight Zhang Bin again and again, thinking that they could beat Zhang Bin down and make the Ming Empire succumb with a strong ship and cannons, but as a result, it was themselves who fell down every time.

This time the Dutch Admiral Brauer was particularly miserable, he gathered most of the strength of the Dutch East India Company, with fifty super battleships and one hundred armed merchant ships, ambitiously wanted to clean up the southeast governor of the Ming Empire and recapture Formosa, but was packed up by the southeast governor of the Ming Empire, and finally left twenty super battleships and fled back in embarrassment.

At this time, Brower finally came to his senses, he no longer arrogantly believed that the Dutch navy was invincible in the world, and in Europe, during this period, they may be invincible, but in the Far East, the Ming Empire can definitely fight them all over the place!

He really didn't expect that there were so many warships under a southeast governor of the Ming Empire, and even he had super battleships, thousands of warships, plus dozens of super battleships, in the face of this terrifying force, he didn't dare to hope to recover Formosa, and it was a question of whether he could hold Batavia at this time.

He believed that the southeastern governor of the Ming Empire would raise troops to retaliate after a little rest, because that guy had too many warships under his hands, and if he sent half of them, he could "drown" the whole of Batavia.

As a result, he waited for more than a month, but nothing happened, the southeastern governor of the Ming Empire did not move at all, could it be that he was removed from his post by the emperor of the Ming Empire again!

This kind of thing has not happened before, in 1624, another southeastern governor of the Ming Empire also defeated them, at that time they had just occupied Formosa, and the castle of Geranza was not yet ready, if the Ming Empire continued to attack, Formosa could not hold it either.

At that time, the guards of Formosa were also scared to death, and as a result, after waiting for many months, the Ming Empire did not move at all, and finally, they sent someone to inquire only to find out that the southeast governor of the Ming Empire was removed from his post by His Majesty the Emperor!

This kind of inexplicable thing, they don't understand why it happened, of course, they are quite happy to see this kind of thing, after the Ming Empire's southeastern governor was removed, they quickly gained a firm foothold in Formosa, and also cultivated a large number of pirates, the Spaniards, the Portuguese and the Ming merchants packed up and obeyed, monopolized the foreign trade of Dongying and even the Ming Dynasty, and the profits of the East India Company more than doubled.

This time, is this the case again, did His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Empire "help" them to remove this damn governor of the southeast?

He waited with such illusions, waiting for the East India Company Board of Directors and the Council to send support, he knew that the Board of Directors and the Council would never give up the Far East market, the Ming Empire, they might never mess with it again, but Batavia could not be lost, because the whole Dutch colonization plan was at stake here.

Of course, Zhang Bin was not removed from his post and investigated, if he was replaced, it is estimated that before Brower ran to attack, he would be recalled to the capital by Wen Tiren and them, and he would be a Zhan Shifu Zhan Shi, and then, just find some excuses, impeach him vigorously, clean him up, and then send someone to Fuguang to pick peaches.

Historically, the southwest, southeast, Liaodong, and even the northwest have been constantly in turmoil by their hands, and the people are in dire straits.

If that were the case, Brower would not have been defeated and fled at all, and it was very likely that with the "cooperation" of the eunuchs, he could easily recapture Dongfan and regain control of the foreign trade between Dongying and Daming.

However, unfortunately, this did not happen, and the reason why Zhang Bin did not immediately come to attack was because he wanted to be on the safe side and build more Zhenyuan cruisers and Weiyuan battleships to come over.

Time flies, and soon it is October, and at this time, the temperature in Batavia is not slowly getting cooler than in the east, and it is still relatively hot during the day, and only a little cooler at night.

That night, Zhao Xing still didn't rest, but he didn't sit in the courtyard like last time, but sat directly in the house, lit the oil lamp, and waited excitedly.

Suddenly, a man in black silently rolled in through the window, ran behind him, grabbed his neck and said viciously: "Tell me honestly, why are you looking for us?" ”

Zhao Xing pretended to be righteous and awe-inspiring, and said righteously: "I won't say anything about death." ”

The man in black let go of his hand, patted him on the head, and scolded with a smile: "You kid, why are you so careless, if someone really touches and sneaks up to attack, you won't burp." ”

Zhao Xing said helplessly: "Boss Zhang, I know that you are defenseless, besides, who has the boss of yours, ordinary people dare to sneak attack me, I will overturn him at once." ”

Zhang Cha was very useful to this sycophant, but he still scolded with a smile: "Sycophant, you know that you are lazy, go back and let's practice to see who you can overturn." ”

Zhao Xing begged for mercy in fright: "Don't, boss, I don't want to be beaten." ”

They laughed under their breath for a while, and one by one the men in black arrived, and the room was soon filled with people.

Zhang Cha, Zhao Ru and other six guards were all present, and everyone was naturally eager to meet, but they all knew that this was on the enemy's territory, so they didn't shout, and their voices were very low.

It wasn't until everyone had arrived that Zhao Xing coughed and said excitedly: "Brothers, let me tell you a good news, the Governor is about to lead the fleet to set off." ”

When everyone heard this, they all lifted their spirits, this ghost place, really about to make them sick, not to mention that they are hot to death, and they have to do chores everywhere every day, this kind of thing, it is nothing to do for a few days or even ten days, this is almost daytime, they are really going crazy.

Zhao Xing then conveyed: "Your Excellency the Governor has sent an order, let everyone prepare well and prepare to take the city." In addition, the Governor also made a special statement that if the two places of the Governor's Palace and the City Hall could not be taken, they should not be reluctant. As the Governor said, the Governor's Palace and the City Hall can be bombarded on the sea, and it is a big deal to waste some shells, and there is no need to fill them with human lives. ”

When Zhang Cha heard this, he was moved: "You report to the Governor, please rest assured that my side is ready, and there is eighty or ninety percent certainty that I can take it down." ”

Zhao Ru was also moved and said: "My side is similar, the scale of their two fortresses is not large, much smaller than the Geranza Castle, and there are two or three hundred people stationed in them, as long as we sneak in, even if it is clear that we will do it with them, they will not be able to do it." ”

When Zhao Xing heard this, he was relieved: "That's good, that's good, the sneak attack on the fortress really makes people's scalp tingle just thinking about it, it's good if you are sure." ”

The crowd chatted for a while, and then slowly dispersed.

In the early morning of the next day, outside the city of Dongfan Dayuan, in the inland sea of the Taijiang River, warships gathered.

Twenty Zhenyuan cruisers and forty Weiyuan battleships were neatly arranged together, and the huge hull looked daunting.

There are also more than 200 wheels arranged neatly together, and the dense formation looks like it can also make people break out in a cold sweat.

Zhang Bin had already arrived at the port wharf at this time, he looked at the neat fleet lined up on the sea, and then explained to Lu Xiangsheng who was seeing him off: "Jiandou, Fuguang will be handed over to you, it will take at least a month for me to come back when I go to Nanyang, if there is anything, you carry it first, don't let the court know about my expedition to Batavia." ”

When Lu Xiangsheng heard this, he nodded solemnly and said: "My lord, you can rest assured, Fuguang and the capital are so far apart, just drag it out for a month, and nothing will happen." ”

Zhang Bin nodded, and then said to Zheng Zhilong, who was seeing him off: "Zhilong, Dongfan will be handed over to you, take care of those stinky boys under you, don't let them cause trouble for me, you know?" ”

At this time, the entire Far East Sea can compete with the Ming Dynasty is the Dutch East India Company, he is not worried about Dongfan being attacked, the reason why he warned Zheng Zhilong is not because those people under him are not honest, it is purely a precautionary shot, after all, these people have been pirates, if it is not good to cause trouble for him because of pride and complacency.

When Zheng Zhilong heard this, he said embarrassedly: "How can it, they have all taken turns to study in the Navy Martial Arts Hall several times, and they can be regarded as scholars at this time, and they are in order." ”

When Zhang Bin heard this, he laughed and said, "That's good, it's always right for everyone to pay more attention, okay, everyone doesn't have to send it." ”

With that, he waved his hand and said loudly: "Let's go." ”

Behind him, one by one the generals quickly boarded their respective warships and warships with their personal guards, while he took Xie Zhenggang's group of personal guards and strode towards the Zhenyuan cruiser parked in the harbor.

This time, he mainly brought Yu Chenglong's men and horses, about 20,000 sailors and soldiers, and 10,000 Qi family troops, a total of 30,000 horses, crushing less than 10,000 Batavian defenders is definitely enough.

The sea was relatively calm all the way, and after eight days of sailing, the fleet finally reached the outer waters of Batavia.

At this time, the governor of Batavia, Brauer, had only received the news not long ago, he did not have the fast wheels in Zhang Bin's hand, and the peripheral sentinels did not have the ability to spread too far, when he received the news, the fleet led by Zhang Bin had already entered the Java Sea, and he didn't even have time to react, so he could only order all the warships and armed merchant ships to retreat to the protection of the two fortresses of the governor's palace and the city hall, and prepare for a war of attrition with the Ming army.

After Zhang Bin led the fleet to the outer waters of Batavia, he took a short rest, lined up the formation, and then ordered the fleet to set off and press towards Batavia as a whole.

As a result, they did not encounter any resistance along the way, until the outline of Batavia could be seen in the distance, and there were still no warships coming up to stop them!

Zhang Bin raised the binoculars and looked at it, his brows suddenly frowned, it turned out that the Dutch had gathered all the warships on the sea in front of the fortress.

This Batavia City is really a bit strange to build, looking along the coast, there are two docks side by side in the front, and the funny thing is that the middle of the two piers is not very wide, that is, a small river about twenty meters wide, and this small river extends all the way in, dividing the entire Batavia City into two halves.

To the left and right of the port was a bunch of barracks, which, according to intelligence, were the headquarters of the navy, and behind the garrison was a small river, and then the governor's palace and the town hall.

This kind of layout is really incomprehensible, but this is not the time to study the layout of the city, how can the enemy break such a turtle formation?

They did this, and their more than 200 wheels were in vain, because everyone was lined up with their backs to the fortress, and there was no chance to go up and set fire to the ship!

It seemed that he could only hit the bombardment, he raised the binoculars and counted the number of super battleships on the other side, there were only twenty-six in total, even if the artillery on the fortress was added, the number of artillery was not as large as his own, so he did it.

He immediately ordered: "Order the Zhenyuan cruisers and wheels to line up in a phalanx about eight miles outside the fortress, twenty Zhenyuan cruisers are lined up in front, and all the Weiyuan battleships are ready to take turns to fire a salvo from the sideboards." ”

The tricolor flag waved, the Zhenyuan cruiser and the wheels moved first, the twenty Zhenyuan battleships lined up in front of the governor's palace and the city hall, and more than two hundred wheels lined up in the back.

As soon as the formation on this side was completed, the Weiyuan battleships behind began to line up, slowly stepped forward, and prepared to fire a salvo from the sideboards.

Brower stood on the watchtower of the Governor's Palace and saw the lineup of the Ming army, and his face slowly showed despair, forty super battleships, and twenty battleships as large as super battleships, even if they were in their heyday, they could only fight with them in a draw, at this time, there were only more than twenty super battleships left, how to fight with others, even if they added the fortress, it was useless, this kind of small fortress only had dozens of guns, and it could not be compared with the castle of Geranza at all.

The speed of the steamship formation was much faster than that of the sailing ships, and less than half an hour after the arrival of the Ming fleet, forty super battleships approached and began to fire a volley from the side.

"Boom, boom", this Batavia suddenly resounded with a dense roar of artillery, the super battleship of the Ming army was like a wheel, slowly rotating around the cruiser and wheel in the middle, it was a round in less than ten minutes, the shells poured over like raindrops, the city walls, barracks, and even battleships and warships were all dilapidated at a speed visible to the naked eye, Brauer could only look at it in despair, there was no way at all.

In the past, they used to bully others with strong ships and cannons, but this time, they finally tasted the taste of being bullied by others with strong ships and cannons.