When the Dutch governor Rokote learned of the defeat of the Batavia fleet, he strengthened the defense of the Batavia castle and asked the British consul in Batavia to ask the Governor of the Straits and even the Governor of India for help.

He also did not expect that the Dutch East Indies fleet, which had once crisscrossed the East Indies, would be so unbearable that it would be defeated by the newly established naval fleet of a backward Eastern country, or it would be completely annihilated.

Because the news was so sudden, he didn't have time to react, so he could only raise the price in a hurry, and without the consent of the Netherlands in Europe, he proposed to cede the entire Borneo and Aceh in northern Sumatra to the British, in exchange for the British to send troops to rescue Batavia!

This is also an extremely helpless move. He knew that after this incident, not only would he not be able to keep his position as governor, but he might also be stripped of his nobility and prosecuted by Congress, but he had to do it. After all, the Dutch kingdom's roots in the East Indies are still on the island of Java, in Batavia.

However, he didn't expect the fleet of the Orientals to come so quickly. After learning of the large-scale invasion of the Batavia docks by the Chinese fleet, Rocote began to despair in his heart, and even if the British promised to help, it might not be too late.

The city of Batavia is divided into the citadel, the military district and the commercial district. In order to concentrate his forces, Rokote arranged most of the Dutch soldiers in the castle.

To say that there were more than 1,000 Dutch soldiers stationed in the castle of Batavia, plus some local Javanese people, was not a weak force in his previous concept, but that was only in the past, against almost unarmed Chinese laborers or stupid and savage natives. More than 1,000 well-armed Dutch soldiers were entrenched in the castle with plenty of ammunition, and tens of thousands of Chinese laborers or natives armed with knives, forks and sticks were no opponents, as was the case with the so-called Red Creek Massacre more than 100 years ago. But now it's different, facing professional soldiers with exactly the same weapons and equipment as their Dutch soldiers.

What is even more tragic is that when the Batavia Castle was first built, it was built against the natives of Java to defend against their attacks, and it was defenseless against the shelling of warships at sea, so that the entire castle was completely under the fire of warships on the sea channel into the city.

There is no way to do it, who let the Kingdom of the Netherlands fall!

The ancestors of the original Kingdom of the Netherlands dared to build castles like this, mainly to receive supplies and assistance from the sea, and also because at that time, they were known as the empire on which the sun never sets, the coachmen of the sea, and had the most powerful fleet in the world, so they had absolute confidence in their fleet, and it was impossible for any country to come to Batavia with warships from the sea, let alone attack.

Therefore, the forts of the entire Batavia Castle, which were mainly defended on the other three sides, used the sea channel as their back. Now, I have tasted the bitter fruit!

Rokote could only draw the cross over and over again, hoping for a miracle, and the British had sent a powerful Indian fleet to the rescue of Batavia.

"Direct bombardment! Don't worry about the ammunition! Capture the castle of Hongmaofan, and you will definitely be able to capture and replenish. Tan Tiyuan ordered loudly. The herald quickly conveyed the order to the main warships of the three detachments. Because the channel is still a little narrow after all, although it can accommodate three or four thousand tons of large ships in and out, it is not easy to change direction, therefore, each of the three sub-fleets gives priority to sending gunboats and frigates, while the cruiser, which is the main warship, is on the outer edge of the channel, and the distance is a little far, obviously the smoothbore guns cannot open fire and attack, but nearly half of the additional Krupp rifled guns have enough effective range and do not affect it at all.

The shelling began!

In the sky above the castle of Batavia, there was a whistling sound, and soon the hundred-year-old roar became sharp, booming, at first it was still sporadic, gradually becoming dense, and later, it was a continuous loud noise, and the whole Batavia castle seemed to beat, and the earth trembled. This is the power of dozens of artillery pieces fired in unison.

Rocote's heart shook, and even the hand holding the cross unconsciously paused. His ears were filled with the roar of the shelling, his body was crooked, and he had been standing in the middle of the room, but now he was also frightened and retreated, leaning against the wall, his heart beating to the sound of the explosion.

Just after a short pause, another round of more intense bombardment hit. This was the beginning of the second round of shelling of those warships at sea. This bombardment was significantly more accurate than the first round.

Rokote felt the whole house tremble, and the white ash on the windows and corners shook off. He heard a few screams outside the door, and turned his head to look out, but a small two-story building next to it was hit by two huge solid iron bullets, the walls shattered and collapsed, and the wooden beams fell down, smashing several fleeing Dutch soldiers into a bloody blur.

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Rokote hid in a corner shivering, he thought it was the end of the world, and he went into hell mode. I don't know how long it took, but the sound of the cannon seemed to have stopped.

The room where Rokote was indeed very solid, made of all stone, but even then it was a little crumbling. Several of the attendants yelled at him, and as soon as he was pulled out, the room thudded, and a stone wall collapsed.

Rokote looked up and couldn't help but be in pain, what a scene at this time, full of devastation, the whole castle, full of broken walls and wooden beams, the humble wooden house was a pile of debris and ruins, everywhere bloody corpses and stumps and broken arms.

The whole world seemed to be silent, and it was humming. This was because the cannon that had just exploded was so loud that it deafed Rocote's ears. After a while, the whole world seemed to move from its stillness, and the screams and cries of the wounded Dutch soldiers and the native Javanese were in his ears.

Rokote's face turned pale, he grabbed his hair, his lips had been bitten at some point, and there was a trace of fishy saltiness, he rubbed his eyes vigorously, as if he wanted to confirm whether everything in front of him was true, Batavia, which had been occupied and operated by the Dutch Empire for more than two hundred years, was broken in this way!

The frightened squire officer next to him also came to his senses, and asked with a mournful voice, "Your Excellency the Governor, we ......?"

"Surrender! Batavia Castle no longer exists, and I hope they stop it and can't let Batavia City become like this again.

As a Christian, even if he knew that the city that had been occupied by the Kingdom of the Netherlands for more than 200 years was lost, he did not want to be blown up by artillery. Not to mention that there are tens of thousands of Dutch people living in the city's business district. He wondered if if he hadn't surrendered earlier, and would let the Eastern Devil even let the Dutch in the city's business district spare.

Soon, on the roof of a tilted attic of the ruined Batavia Castle, several white flags fluttered. Seeing that the artillery was no longer firing, the attendant of the governor of Batavia, Rokote, waved a white flag and walked out......

The Dutch East Indies Governor surrendered to the Chinese Empire on behalf of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.

Zeng Guoquan led 2,000 soldiers of the 38th Infantry Division from the troop transport, and as soon as he landed, he was immediately surrounded by a large group of Chinese laborers. Thousands of Chinese laborers cheered in Cantonese vernacular or Hakka, shouting: "The military master of my hometown, this is the military master of my hometown, I will not be afraid of being bullied by foreigners in the future!" ”

The castle of Batavia has been occupied by the captives, and the castle is being searched for supplies and wealth.

On the streets of Batavia, I watched groups of soldiers in gray uniforms pass by, and these tanned Chinese laborers flocked to follow the soldiers to help capture the scattered Dutch soldiers and Javanese guards. There were even some Chinese women standing on both sides of the street, pointing and winking at the soldiers of the begging army who passed by.

From time to time in the streets, Dutch soldiers came out of their houses with their hands raised and shouted, or were immediately taken into custody when they were searched by the soldiers and Chinese laborers.

And many Javanese natives, whose faces changed drastically, hurriedly hid in corners or closed doors and windows, or prayed to Allah or learned to make crosses with foreign masters, and while they were worried, they also knew that the way of the world was about to change.

And Rokote, the governor of Batavia, who was tied with his hands behind his back, looked at the chaotic streets and gradually calmed down, and his mood slowly calmed down.

"In Batavia, and even in Java and the East Indies, perhaps the time of our Kingdom of the Netherlands has passed, and a new era is coming." Rocco muttered, "Perhaps, only the British can stop this Eastern devil!" ”