Governor Brandel knew something about the team.

When the Nanyang Fleet sailed into Sarawak a while ago, it was discovered by a fleet of British merchant ships and reported to him. Because the number of warships in the three places in the strait was insufficient, and when he heard that there were more than ten warships in the Nanyang Fleet this time, Brandel did not pay much attention to it. However, he also reported to the Viceroy of India, who had reoccupied Calcutta, requesting that warships be brought back to Malacca and Singapore as soon as possible. Although he also believed that no one would dare to attack the British Empire, it was a very bad feeling to see an originally backward fleet of oriental countries crisscrossing the South Seas.

He had already received news that the original Qing Empire in the east had now changed its dynasty to become the Chinese Empire, and had also established three offshore fleets. However, in his impression, the inland river division that was still stuck in the Manchu era more than ten years ago and was defeated in the first war, he almost wondered if those so-called warships of the Chinese Empire would fall apart when they were at sea? Unexpectedly, the fleet that suddenly appeared had more than ten new warships, and it seemed that they were all purchased from the West! He could not help but feel a threat, and secretly made up his mind to alert the Viceroy of India and London to the newly rising eastern nation.

But that's about it. Even with twenty warships, Brandel still felt by and large that the eastern country was far from a match for the British Empire.

Therefore, when he saw Tan Tiyuan, Brandel did not bow his head because the other party had more than ten warships docked on the river, on the contrary, he held high his noble head of the British nobleman, and his heart was full of sneers: That is, to bully the weak Dutch Kingdom, if it is the British Empire, not to mention those fleets in Europe, even if it is the East India Fleet, as long as it is dispatched, it is enough to defeat this South Sea Fleet, a powerful naval fleet, which you can know at a glance that it is purchased with a lot of money, It is not just a few Western warships, the Dutch East India Fleet can only be said to be too dilapidated and the Dutch are too poorly trained and incompetent.

"This lord of the Far East, I am Brandel, the sixth Governor of the British Channel, and I make a solemn protest and warning to you on behalf of the British Empire regarding your country's undeclared invasion of the East Indies and the invasion of the Netherlands and my British Empire!" Brandel looked serious: "Your country must immediately apologize to the British Empire and the Kingdom of the Netherlands, and compensate for all losses. Secondly, you must immediately release the captured Westerners, and your fleet and soldiers must immediately withdraw from the East Indies. ”

"Smack!" Tan Tiyuan slapped the table, stood up suddenly, and said angrily: "This Mr. Strait Governor, I don't know when your Strait Governor came to the Nanyang region of my empire?" What does our Chinese empire have to do with you to rescue our own compatriots and recover the territory where our compatriots live? Besides, this is our affair with the Dutch. Are you England going to declare war on us? ”

Brandel said angrily: "The East Indies was an internal matter between the Netherlands and the British, and the Treaty of London was signed by the British and the Dutch thirty years ago, which agreed to ...... In every way, you are an invasion, a direct declaration of war on the British Empire, and I will report your invasion to the Prime Minister, and you will pay for it! ”

"Whatever!" Tan Tiyuan no longer paid attention to Brandel, turned his head to Anderson and said, "Mr. Minister, it seems that you don't need to go to Batavia, just stay in Pontianak!" After saying that, despite the opposition of the British, let the soldiers drive Brandel out of Pontianak.

Since he had even destroyed the Kingdom of Bullock, he had already offended the British, and besides, the Emperor had already made him decide for himself, he was the commander of the most powerful South Sea Fleet in the Empire, how could he be afraid of a small British governor!

Brandel was still sane, and although he was full of anger, he only brought two warships, and he was no match for a fleet at all. Both sides were actually quite sensible and did not entangle, and on the same day, Brandel left on two warships.

The next day, Tan Tiyuan led the three detachments of the Nanyang Fleet, a total of more than ten warships and dozens of troop transports, to leave Pontianak Port and go straight to Java Island in the south, Batavia, the capital of the Dutch East Indies!

Through the interrogation of the captured Dutch soldiers, Tan Tiyuan, Zeng Guoquan and others have confirmed that the details of Batavia that they had heard at the beginning were the same. It's just that the number of troops stationed is even smaller than originally expected!

Originally, Van Basten said that Batavia had stationed more than 2,000 troops, but now it is known that these 2,000 troops also include more than 1,000 naval soldiers on the captured Dutch East India fleet, so that the regular Dutch army stationed in Batavia is only more than 1,000 people.

Therefore, Tan Tiyuan simply didn't do anything, and since war had been declared, and that Andersen still went to Xingjiapo to move the British as rescuers, he simply sent troops directly to Batavia and occupied it first.

Because Tan Tiyuan learned in Pontianak that Najava Island has a large population and fertile land, and is the most abundant and densely populated place in the entire Nanyang region. Moreover, the most important thing is that, according to the people of the Lanfang Company, there are about 250,000 Chinese in the entire South Seas (East Indies) area, and there are 100,000 people on the island of Java, and the number of Chinese who make a living in and around Batavia City and the surrounding areas has reached 40,000 or 50,000, second only to Javanese. This is already more than the small cities of the Chinese Empire, and the population of Batavia is more than 100,000. Moreover, the leaders of the Republic of Lanfang also said that they could help persuade the Chinese compatriots in Batavia to help attack the city.

Tan Tiyuan's heart was hot. He knew that there were many Chinese laborers in Nanyang, but he didn't expect that there were so many Chinese people making a living in this colonial stronghold called Batavia. Isn't this the land of the Chinese? We must rescue those compatriots who have been oppressed by foreigners!

Two days later, the Nanyang Fleet led the troop transports to the seaport off Batavia.

Batavia is a maritime city, built by the Dutch and with a unique Dutch style. In the beginning, the Dutch built a complete canal system to facilitate the transportation of goods by merchant ships, and the entire city of Batavia was crossed by the Chiliwang River for the transportation of goods. The canal was directly connected to the sea, and it became a shipping channel for foreign ships to and from Batavia, and at the forefront, the Dutch authorities built several forts, and when they entered the city, the banks of the river were inhabited.

Seeing the arrival of the mighty enemy fleet, the only two small warships left at the mouth of the Chiliwang River took refuge in the channel. Tan Tiyuan ordered the pursuit, but he didn't expect that the Nanyang Fleet was careless and injured a cruiser by the two large batteries at the front of both sides of the channel. Tan Tiyuan hurriedly ordered to retreat, taking advantage of the range advantage of artillery to attack.

Originally, the Krupp guns on the warships had an optimal firing range of only six or seven hundred meters when fighting at sea, but because the target was a warship moving at high speed, it was now dealing with fixed batteries, and these warships of the South Sea Fleet were also moored motionless on the sea, so that the original effective range of the Krupp rifled guns was immediately brought into play. After a few rounds of shelling, although there were several batteries on both sides of the approach channel behind, they were all old smoothbore cannons guarding the channel, and there was nothing they could do against the Nanyang Fleet far away at the mouth of the river.

Therefore, the desperate Dutch artillerymen withdrew from the batteries and fled into the city of Batavia.

The two warships that had taken refuge in the channel immediately flew the white flag, and some of the Dutch soldiers on the warships had already disembarked and fled, leaving some local aboriginal sailors and Chinese laborers to stay on the warship, all kneeling on the deck and surrendering.

Without the protection of the Dutch East India Fleet and the inferiority of the battery's artillery range, the originally well-defended city of Batavia was completely exposed to the South Sea Fleet and the 38th Infantry Division like a stripped bamboo shoot.