Tongwen Hall is quaint and quiet, with gurgling water.

In the flower hall, Wu Guanghuai held the tea in a restrained manner, and secretly glanced at the face of the regent of the southern kingdom sitting at the top from time to time.

Although he is named Dai Yan, Wu Guanghuai knows that in fact, no matter what aspect he is, his status may not be comparable to that of a Qipin Zhi County in the Southern Kingdom, and the regent will hold a banquet to receive him, and even summon him to the flower hall after the banquet, which is naturally a very grand honor for him, and he is both panicked and nervous.

Tasting tea, Ye Zhao asked lightly: "I heard that your Wu family has a deep relationship with the Chinese company in Pontianak?" ”

Pontianak is a port town in western Borneo with a large number of Chinese and the base camp of Lan Fong.

Wu Guanghuai said respectfully: "Yes, the ancestor of the family and the eldest brother of Lanfang are friends of life and death, but over the years, the small one has had few contacts with Lanfang Company. ”

Ye Zhao nodded slightly, but in fact, Ye Zhao had a bad impression of Lanfang Company. For example, the once most powerful Dagang Company, which had defeated the Dutch who had entered the southern part of Borneo, had sent reinforcements from Batavia (Jakarta), the seat of their colonial political axe in Nanyang, and also encircled the Lanfang Company to attack the Dagang Company, and the Lanfang Company really acted as a pawn of the Dutch, and the Dagang Company was defeated by the Dutch foreign gun team, and was intercepted by the Lanfang Company. The remnants were scattered in the poor mountains and evil waters, and gradually disappeared.

However, Ye Zhao also knew that he could not use his own values to measure these overseas Chinese groups, they were adrift overseas, they were outcasts in Middle-earth, that is, they had no sense of belonging to the country, no program and no goal, everything they did was just to survive for the sake of profit, and it was also a last resort to succumb to the silver power of the Dutch.

"You can speak Hakka, right?" Ye Zhao asked again.

Wu Guanghuai hurriedly said: "Yes, the little one will speak." "The Chinese in Borneo speak Hakka, and even many of the local aborigines speak it.

Ye Zhao snorted and said, "Rest early." ”

"Yes." Wu Guanghuai hurriedly got up, knelt down and kowtowed, and sent the regent away.

…… On the second day, Ye Zhao was flipping through the documents in his hand, the guards came to report, and the Dutch minister Schneider came to ask to see the prince, but he was stopped outside the alley, and the noise was very unorthodox.

Ye Zhao groaned slightly and said, "Bring him here." ”

I looked at the information in my hand again, and it was a detailed comparison of the strength of the Pingyuan Naval Division and the Dutch forces in the Nanyang area.

At present, the Pingyuan Naval Division does not include logistics support vessels such as coal carriers, transport ships, and notification fast ships, as well as modified shallow-sea gunboats and small wooden sailing ships with artillery ties, but 13 warships with ocean-going combat capabilities, including four ships with a displacement of more than 2,500 tons, Jinling, Dinghai, Zhenhai, and Jinghai.

The rest of the nine cruise frigates, including the Guangzhou and Lingbo.

The Dutch army, which was not much in Borneo, probably less than 20,000 men, was mainly concentrated on the island of Guava, across the sea, specifically Batavia (Jakarta), where the Dutch and Indian governors were located, and in Jakarta, the Dutch had about 10,000 troops, and the rest were scattered all over the place, which was also the basis of their rule over the East Indies.

The navy, according to the observation of the Nanyang informant, has about more than forty armed ships operating in the Nanyang, but Ye Zhao knows that this number is very large, not to mention light primary ships, but I am afraid that many armed merchant ships have been counted.

The footsteps sounded, Ye Zhao immediately closed the documents and put them aside, and the gray-haired Schneider walked in, took off his hat, bowed and said, "Your Royal Highness, hello." ”

Ye Zhao bowed slightly, moved manually, and immediately a guard next to him moved to the soft pier, Schneider sat down, but the impetuous heart slowly calmed down, the power of the Oriental people, there is always a shocking and awe-inspiring feeling, this regent of the southern country, the subtle movement of his hand, there is no need to speak at all, and the people around him are as busy as if they have received a holy metaphor.

"Mr. Schneider has something important?" Ye Zhao asked lightly.

The fire in Schneider's heart immediately burned again, and he said with a calm face: "Your Royal Highness, I am deeply dissatisfied with the efficiency of your Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and I don't understand your country's practice of listing pirates like Wu Guanghuai as guests, and I also regret it, I hope that His Royal Highness the Prince can understand our country's proposition and extradite Wu Guanghuai back to Batavia." ”

Ye Zhao frowned slightly, among the three major colonial countries in the South Seas, Spain, which occupies the Philippines, no longer has a few warships, and it has recently been in full contradiction with the United States, and not long ago signed a trade agreement with China, giving Chinese businessmen free trade status in Manila. The British, because of their huge territory, were more happy to see the Dutch dominate the East Indies after wrestling control of the Strait of Malacca from the Dutch. In the East Indies, the British had only a few colonies in northern Borneo, and they were largely the personal actions of British merchants. Brooke and his team helped the Sultan of Brunei suppress the rebels, and the Sultan of Brunei appointed him Governor of Sarawak.

This James? Mr. Brooke was nothing more than a loser in England, but he had an extraordinary adventurous spirit, relying on a 30,000-pound inheritance to recruit a group of homeless people, and when he came to the South Seas, he became a military force, and the Brooke family has been managing Sarawak until the end of World War II, when the British political axe replaced his family to rule Sarawak, but in a general sense, the area around Sarawak is still regarded as a British colony.

Therefore, the most ambitious for the entire East Indies is the Dutch, and the most powerful are also the Dutch, such as the armed forces of the Brooke family, dozens of hundreds of guns, plus mercenaries, in Borneo, where the indigenous tribes gather, is indeed a powerful force, but for the Netherlands, China and other national forces, it can be ignored.

Now, after the bloody suppression of the rebellion on Java Island, the Dutch have begun to set their eyes on Borneo, intensified their infiltration into Borneo, and even began to crack down on various Chinese communities active in Borneo, encroaching on the indigenous tribes or countries that are living in Borneo.

Relying on the agreement signed with the British 30 years ago to divide the East Indies, the Dutch obviously felt that the Chinese did not dare to truly challenge their hegemony in the East Indies, and after feeling that the Chinese had the intention of expanding their sphere of influence to Borneo, the Dutch wanted to start first, speed up the pace of encroaching on Borneo, and grab Borneo in the palm of their own hands in the head of the Chinese.

On the extradition of Wu Guanghuai, Schneider has issued several solemn statements to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the South Korea, but the Chinese have been delaying and have an ambiguous attitude. And last night, Schneider heard that the regent held a banquet to entertain Wu Guanghuai, he couldn't sit still, and after thinking, the surname Suo came to see the regent and asked the Chinese to make it clear.

Schneider is a very arrogant person, and he has a lot of disputes with Ye Zhao in Guangzhou. At that time, the South Korea sent a note to all countries, reiterating that it respects the interests of all countries in Nanyang, and also asking all countries to properly handle disputes with overseas Chinese in Nanyang and respect the right of existence of overseas Chinese in Nanyang, otherwise Nanguo Zhengaxe reserves the right to take further action. Seeing this note, Schneider also went to Changsha to theorize with Ye Zhao.

With the agreement with Britain and the military support of the Netherlands in the South Seas, Schneider did not look at the Chinese very much.

As long as the Chinese can be forced to extradite Wu Guanghuai, the Chinese's plot in Borneo will be severely defeated, which is more practical and effective than expelling Chinese merchants.

Taking a sip of tea from the teacup, Ye Zhao said: "Mr. Schneider, my country has a formal trade agreement with the Dai Yan Kingdom, but your country suddenly attacked the Dai Yan Kingdom without declaring war, expelled our merchants, and re-auctioned the gold mines sold by the Dai Yan Kingdom to our merchants. ”

Schneider had long expected Ye Zhao to say this, and said with a raised face: "There has never been a Daiyan Kingdom, but it is an illegal regime for pirates to oppress the natives to serve their lives. ”

Ye Zhao nodded slightly, and did not argue with him, and said: "Mr. Schneider, in fact, your country is heavy on trade, light industry, it is a merchant society, and now China's industry is developing rapidly, if you and I can reach a consensus, this trade circle in the China Sea will be extremely prosperous, in fact, you and I will benefit both countries, so why bother to quarrel for immediate interests, and cause trouble?" ”

Indeed, the Netherlands has always been a trading country, the European Industrial Revolution, but the Netherlands is a stagnant pool, coupled with the decline of entrepot trade, which is also the reason why it has gradually become a third-rate country in Europe.

Ye Zhao was bitter, but Schneider felt that he had been stabbed in the sore spot, as a former European hegemon, Schneider was sometimes intoxicated with the glory of the past, he knocked on his pipe, and said lightly: "It is your country that has been causing trouble in the East Indies." ”

He did not know that he had closed the last door of reconciliation with the Chinese, that the Chinese who had sharpened their knives had been determined to severely defeat the European hegemon of the past, and that the Nanyang place, from his words, would blow the horn of blood and fire and become the focus of the world.

Ye Zhao looked at him deeply and nodded.

…… Deep sea, thick fog.

Near the port of Pontianak, a dozen or so warships float ghostly, the fleet of Chinese sailors, and their supply and logistics ships hide among the scattered archipelagos dozens of nautical miles away.

On the deck of the flagship Jinling, Ma Dayong used a clairvoyant mirror to silently observe this sea area, according to secret agents in various places in the South Seas, there are more and more Dutch merchant ships on the trade route from Pontianak to Batavia, and a small fleet of three Dutch warships often appears in the Pontianak waters to deter pirates and the Chinese community in Pontianak.

Fighting a naval battle with the Taixi powerhouse, although Ma Dayong made a military order in front of the regent, how could he not be apprehensive in his heart? In recent years, except for encirclement and suppression of pirates and exercises, the Pingyuan Naval Division has hardly fought against an evenly matched opponent in the real sense, let alone a Western power.

Although I heard the regent say that the national strength of the Netherlands is no longer as good as that of the Southern Dynasties, and it is farther away from the ocean, these red-haired ghosts have been dealing with the sea all their lives, and they are only afraid of smelling the fishy smell of the sea breeze to know how the wind will turn, and the Pingyuan Sailor has only been active in the sea frontier thousands of miles away for three or two years.

In this battle, it was only possible to use both land and water, transport the naval infantry to Pontianak, and obtain the support of the Chinese community, so that there was a foothold in Pontianak, even if the navy was defeated, it was reliable to expel the Dutch in Borneo with infantry, and it was always possible to maintain an invincible situation.

On the transport ship, more than 20 heavy cannon shore guns were loaded, and as long as they could gain a foothold in Pontianak and lay down the guns, the navy could temporarily retreat into the port if it failed.

Thinking about defeat before victory is Ma Dayong's consistent way of using troops.

In naval warfare, it is a more realistic goal to concentrate the firepower of the whole fleet and destroy two or three warships of the other side first.

"Tell Wu Guanghuai to get off the boat." Ma Dayong turned around and ordered the soldiers standing beside him.

In the lounge, Wu Guanghuai was chanting Buddha with a pale face, and when he got on the boat, he knew that he had come to Borneo to fight the Dutch, and he was scared stupid at that time, the red-haired devil is a hegemon-like existence in the South Seas, and the infantry team of a few hundred people can easily destroy an indigenous country, and a warship appears on the sea, which can make the birds and beasts that resist the power scatter.

Regent, how do you know how powerful the red-haired devil is? Challenging the Dutch, this, where does this start?

But where did he dare to say these words? From the time I got on the ship, I hid in the lounge to pray, and I didn't dare to go on the deck, if I happened to see the oncoming red-haired ghost battleship, the kind of torment was really worse than death, out of sight was clean, hiding in the lounge, even if the ship was sunk, it was good to be a fool.

"Mr. Wu, please come out and send you ashore!" The iron door of the lounge opened, revealing the face of a young sailor.

Wu Guanghuai sighed deeply in his heart, his task was to go to Pontianak and other Borneo Chinese gathering places to contact the Chinese community, persuade them to serve the Southern Dynasty, and unanimously deal with the Dutch.

Wu Guanghuai didn't dare to say anything, followed behind the sailors, stepped on the iron ladder and went to the deck, the fog was thick, not far away, it seemed to be a black and thick reef, and it seemed to be a ship, and he couldn't see clearly for a while.

In front of the deck guardrail, Ma Dayong patted him on the shoulder with a smile and said, "Don't be afraid. ”

Wu Guanghuai smiled bitterly and did not speak.

At this moment, on the lookout, a siren suddenly sounded, three long and one short, which means to find the enemy's traces.

Ma Dayong frowned slightly, are those Dutch ships? What a coincidence.

"Mr. Wu, how about you go ashore after watching this battle?" Ma Dayong said to Wu Guanghuai with a smile, it can be seen that Wu Guanghuai is frightened, and he needs to give him some encouragement.

Wu Guanghuai felt that his legs were a little weak, and Ma Dayong had already turned around and shouted: "Raise the fire, live ammunition, and prepare for battle." ”

"Prepare for battle!" One after another, orders were passed down, and the entire Jinling began to boil, the machine roared, black smoke spewed out, and in front of the fort, shells with a metallic luster were sent into the rifled guns.

On the four ships, there were all kinds of sounds of ships preparing for battle, which seemed so harsh and murderous in this quiet morning.

Under the morning light, the dense fog gradually faded a little, and on the lookout, a flag was displayed: "More than five enemy fleets have been found in the southwest direction." ”

Ma Dayong was slightly stunned, raised the clairvoyant mirror, and looked southwest, the black spots that were gradually approaching, one, two, three, ......, there were more than a dozen.

Ma Dayong's hands immediately broke out in a cold sweat, but now if the order is given to retreat, the blow to morale can be imagined, not to mention, the Dutch will immediately guess the intentions of the Chinese fleet, and when they come back to their senses and gather ships to find the Chinese fleet, this battle will be even more difficult to fight.

"Hmph, fifteen Dutch ships." Ma Dayong scolded his mother in a low voice, and roared: "Prepare for battle, sound the whistle and signal to order the Dutch ships to leave this sea area, otherwise it will be regarded as a war provocation!" ”

Fifteen? Wu Guanghuai pouted, collapsed to the ground, and fainted.

At this time, there was a mess on the deck, and no one paid attention to him?

…… The slowly approaching flagship of the Dutch fleet was called the Mataran, a three-masted three-deck warship with a displacement of 2,500 tons.

This fleet escorted dozens of Dutch merchant ships to Brunei, intending to settle in Pontianak to replenish supplies, when suddenly saw black smoke rising from the sea ahead, apparently unknown ship activity, so it slowly slowed down.

The fog is gradually fading, and it is not the first time that the Qilin flag fluttering high and faintly visible on the opposing ship has been seen, and the appearance of the Chinese Navy in the South China Sea in the past two years is not new.

But when they saw the signal given by the Chinese, several Dutch officers immediately laughed in the captain's room of the Mataran, as if they had never heard such a nice joke.

A tall general, frowning, with brown hair, a haughty face, and a gloomy look in his eyes, was none other than the commander of this fleet, Kalimans.

Recently, in the East Indies, the Chinese merchant ships seemed to have suddenly decreased a lot, and he intuitively felt that something was wrong, but in Batavia, those high-ranking officials were celebrating, and under the high-pressure policy, the Chinese finally withdrew from the competition in the East Indies, and the East Indies returned to the glory of the Dutch Republic.

Kalimance felt that things would not be so simple, but he did not believe that the Chinese dared to challenge the interests of the Dutch in the South Seas, not to mention that their naval army had just become an army, although I heard that the Chinese naval army had ironclad ships, but the Chinese who had never fought a naval battle would open fire?

"Order, load, array!" Kalimances roared.

The laughter of the naval staff officers in the captain's room stopped abruptly, and one of the staff officers said hesitantly: "General, the Chinese will not really fire, their usual trick is intimidation." ”

Kalimance's eyes were gloomy, and he said, "Don't you think this hunting game will be fun?" ”

The captain's room immediately whistled and cheered, hunting the Chinese's ship was really a very exciting game, if you want the Chinese to dare not step into the waters of the East Indies again, you have to teach him a hard lesson.

When the Chinese come to intimidate, then let them know what a real naval battle is.

A fleet of more than a dozen ships, even if it hits Guangzhou, it won't encounter any obstacles, right?

In the thin sea fog, several three-masted battleships of the Dutch slowly lined up in a line from end to end, and the battleship was named after it. The muzzles of the guns on the side of the ship were aimed at the black spots of the Chinese fleet in front, and with the direction of the wind, they cleverly drifted to the right flank of the Chinese fleet, and the tactics of naval warfare were very old-fashioned, using the ship's side guns to bombard the enemy's bow and stern, and even avoiding the attack range of the enemy's shipside guns.

Small ships, on the other hand, are flexibly interspersed around, looking for opportunities to strike at enemy ships.

The tricks of the old navy, which has not yet begun, are already in the most advantageous position.

The Chinese fleet, apparently, did not adjust its formation because of this, and was still in ignorance, perhaps, they did not expect the Dutch to fire first.

Ma Dayong really didn't expect that the first shot was actually sent out from the Dutch battleship, and he saw a huge black spot from far and near, smashing with a thunderous momentum, and even the helmsman and sailor of the Jinling were dumbfounded, and before they had time to dodge, the huge black spot smashed on the side of the ship under the Jinling battery, and the Jinling shook violently, and several sailors next to the battery even collapsed to the ground in fright.

Then, in the smoke, countless dense black dots flew up from the Dutch ships, raining down, and on the surface of the sea, columns of water rose one after another.

The Guangzhou, Lingbo and other small ships evaded the artillery fire of the Dutch, and even broke away from the V-shaped formation of the fleet, and the Zhenhai was shot in the stern and burst into flames.

And the key target of the Dutch was obviously the Jinling, the flagship of the Chinese, Bang Bang, the Jinling was hit in several places, and on the east side of the ship, several sailors were blown away.

Ma Dayong has a heart to kill himself, the first time he fought with foreign devils, he suffered a big loss when he came up, this hell! But he knew that it was useless to be annoyed at this time, and he didn't have time to be annoyed, so he shouted loudly and opened fire, and staggered into the command room under the escort of his own soldiers.

As soon as Wu Guanghuai woke up, he saw a huge black ball flying overhead, and the sound of cannons roared everywhere, and he couldn't help but look dark in front of him, and fainted again.

On the Jinghai, although Ding Ruchang was soft in his hands and feet, he still struggled to push the shells into the chamber, and the gunners just opened fire, aiming at the black spots in the distance, not knowing where the shells were flying.

In the mist, he couldn't see the situation of the Dutch fleet clearly, only faintly saw that there seemed to be a fire rising, and Ma Dayong blinked his eyes, but saw that the "Heshun" was slowly tilting and sinking into the sea.

The "Heshun" was purchased by the Chinese businessmen and the proprietors of Shunxing, a wooden steam gunboat with a displacement of 900 tons.

Looking at the soldiers struggling in the water and lying together, Ma Dayong's eyes were red, and he saw that the fire on the Zhenhai was getting thicker, and this naval battle was about to be wiped out?

"Herald! Burn the wind! Target! The other party's flagship! Ma Dayong yelled with red eyes.

The helmsman was stunned, then gritted his teeth and turned the rudder with all his might, and the Jinling suddenly spewed out huge black smoke and rushed towards the Dutch fleet.

The Guangzhou, Lingbo and other cruising frigates apparently discovered the Admiral's intentions, and immediately quickly caught up, firing while keeping pace with the Jinling.

Jinling, compared with Zhenhai, Jinghai and Dinghai, three half-sail battleships each loaded with **10 guns, but the least artillery, only 36 guns, the side armor is made of 13 mm iron plates, with two layers of staggered 200 mm hemp chestnut wood plus a layer of wrought iron armor and riveted with nuts and bolts, there are ramming angles in front, which is the most advanced ironclad ship concept in the south today.

Thirty-six guns, all rifled guns, blasting shells, the design of the turret selected the rotating turret of the Canton, more to improve, the cannon is installed in the fixed turret, so that when turning, as long as the gun is turned, regardless of the thick armored wall, greatly reducing the burden of the rotating mechanism. The field of view for aiming and observation is relatively wide, and the pitch angle of the gun can be adjusted relatively large, and there will be no problem that the gunpowder smoke cannot be dispersed after the gun is fired, because the turret itself is a fixed armored wall connected to the deck, and it avoids the drawbacks of the "bullet and rotor seam" of the ship surface rotary table.

As for the heavy guns in the bow, even the latest ironclad steamship with a displacement of nearly 6,000 tons, which has just been launched by the French, has never paid as much attention as the Jinling.

And when the heavy guns of the Jinling sprayed on the side of the Mataram, causing the Mataram to catch fire and slowly tilt, the scouts on the Jinling discovered that three or four Dutch ships had sunk, and the rest of the ships were preparing to retreat.

In the 19th century, the battle between the spear and shield of the ships never subsided for a moment, if the naval battle between the Russians and the Ottomans a few years ago showed how vulnerable the wooden-hulled ships were under the blasting bombs, and how steam power was far superior to sail power, then the Sino-Dutch Pontianak naval battle in 1860 heralded the arrival of the ironclad age, and the solid shells of the Dutch hit the Jinling more than 20 times, but almost failed to damage the Jinling's combat effectiveness.

The Sino-Dutch naval war had an unprecedented impact on the concept of modern navy, and "chaotic warfare" was a new term that reappeared in the field of naval tactics in the world after entering the era of artillery. The general pattern of this tactic is to adopt an overall formation formation to approach the enemy fleet, and then dissolve it into scattered tactical detachments, break through the enemy's ship formation at multiple points, engage in melee, and rely on melee weapons such as ramming angles to win in chaos.

Bow guns, ramming angles, and horizontal formations began to be valued, and rotating turrets completely replaced the ship's side guns, and gradually became the standard configuration of the main ships of the navies of various countries.

"Array, pursue the enemy! Dingbian and Fuyuan two ships rescued wounded soldiers who fell into the water! Ma Dayong gave the order loudly.

Jinling, Guangzhou, Lingbo and other ships quickly assembled in formation, to the embarrassed fleeing Dutch ships, at this time the sea fog gradually dissipated, several sail-powered Dutch warships were soon caught up by Jinling, Guangzhou and other ships, on the blue sea, the artillery roared, and the Dutch ships without steam power could not avoid the artillery fire of the Pingyuan Naval Division.

The Canton ship, which was extremely light, caught up with a fleeing steam-wood-hulled battleship of the other side, dodging the opponent's artillery fire, and at the same time pouring its own shells on the enemy ship, the Canton was equipped with rifled guns and blasting shells like the Jinling, and the white fog rose on the deck, and the Dutch battleship was soon hit with a big hole in the waterline on the side of the ship, and the sea water poured in, and the hull was tilted a little bit.

Ma Dayong stood on the deck, looking at the battlefields everywhere, and secretly said in his heart that it was dangerous, maybe? The regent already knew that this trip was dangerous, right?

In fact, for nearly 50 years at the end of the last century, six of the seven naval provinces of the Netherlands did not have a penny allocated to the navy, and just over 30 years ago, because the Netherlands was annexed by France and became a French subject, it was also involved in the Anglo-French War, and its South Ocean Fleet was destroyed by the British navy in the Strait of Malacca.

Today's Dutch naval power in the South Seas is no longer comparable to a hundred years ago, and although it is not a paper tiger, it is obviously a little powerless to challenge the Chinese's new ships. Its splendid naval tradition, in the current era of transition from wooden sailing ships to ironclad steamships, has gradually become unable to bridge the gap with new technologies.

It may also be said that it is not that the Dutch Nanyang Navy is weak, but that the Chinese naval division has gradually become a force to be reckoned with in the regional waters.

On the sea, Dutch merchant ships fled in all directions, including several armed merchant ships that had just taken part in the naval battle.

The Jinling signaled that it was not allowed to pursue the merchant ships, and the eager Guangzhou and other cruising frigates slowly turned around.

After the arrival of the transport ship, the naval infantry regiment immediately landed at Pontianak Port to deploy artillery defenses.

The Jinling also slowly approached the Zhenhai, ready to tow it into the port.

Although Ma Dayong found that the Dutch were not as powerful as he imagined, and their ships seemed to be a little backward, such a Western maritime power could not be underestimated, not to mention that even in such a completely unequal battle in terms of the total tonnage of ships, the number of guns and technology, one of the frigates was still sunk, and the hull of the Zhenhai, one of the four capital ships, was seriously damaged, which shows the gap in tactical quality between oneself and the opponent.

Even if he was in a hurry just now, there was even a moment when he had the idea of dying with the other party, which made the Jinling approach the enemy ship at full speed. But they did not know that under the fire of their own fleet, the losses of the Dutch warships were even more serious.

If it weren't for the mist, the Dutch wouldn't have been the first to fire, and if the Dutch hadn't fired first, perhaps their own losses would have been smaller, and how could they have made it clear for a while the pros and cons of the gains and losses in the encounter?

In any case, this naval battle was extremely important to improve the self-confidence and morale of the Pingyuan Naval Division, and Ma Dayong felt more vaguely that he had touched the threshold of naval warfare tactics, rather than the dogmatic naval warfare knowledge instilled by those British naval officers.

But now, instead of reflecting and summing up, it is imperative to occupy Pontianak Port as soon as possible and prevent the Dutch from retaliating.

From the Dutch stronghold of Batavia to Pontianak, coupled with the Dutch's mobilization of the fleet for decision-making, etc., I thought that I would have at least five days to prepare for the Dutch counterattack.

This time, it will be a real test, a test of the combat effectiveness of the Pingyuan Army's naval division.

"Junmen, I've found Mr. Wu!" The two soldiers put Wu Guanghuai over, just now he didn't know which corner of the deck to roll, the thrilling naval battle, Ma Dayong naturally felt that it was just a moment, in fact, several hours had passed, and now the sun was shining.

A basin of seawater poured down, Wu Guanghuai said "um-", slowly opened his godless eyes, and then was so frightened that he held his head in his hands and shouted: "Don't kill me, I surrender, surrender——! ”

Ma Dayong frowned slightly, and the pro-soldier next to him had already pumped the melon seeds, crackling a few times, and then Wu Guanghuai slowly came back to his senses, looked at Ma Dayong in a daze, was startled, and said: "This, this ......" looked around, and his mouth opened wider and wider.

"Fight, finished?" He was clearly on his toes.

"Yes." Ma Dayong smiled and said, "After a while, I will ask Mr. Wu to land with the infantry team to declare the goodwill of the southern country with the local overseas Chinese." ”

"What about the Dutch?" Wu Guanghuai asked blankly.

The soldiers on the side laughed: "They are all disabled!" Fifteen red-haired ships, eight sunk and taken prisoners, and two surrendered, where do you say they went? ”

Wu Guanghuai raised his head in disbelief, but looked around at the sea, just on the left side of the Jinling ship, a ship with a white flag was slowly dragged by, and on the deck of the ship, there were red-haired soldiers, standing with their hands raised.

Wu Guanghuai swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and didn't know what to say for a while.

"Report to the military gate, fall into the water and catch the biggest officer of the red-haired soldiers, the commander!" A pro-soldier happily ran to say goodbye.

In a short time, Kalimance was pushed over, and although he was soaked and embarrassed, he still held his head high.

Before giving the order to fire, he could never have imagined that this would be the end, and when the Chinese's shells easily shredded the armor of the Sappe, the main ship of his fleet, Kalimances knew that he had made a fatal mistake.

The Chinese were actually using explosive shells, Kalimance could hardly believe his eyes, and when the Sape sank first, the entire command room was silent, and the officers who were still preparing to hunt the Chinese ship and joke lightly, all had faces that were more bitter than Huang Lian.

It was too late to retreat, and when the mist faded, looking at the steel ship that broke through the sea, and looked at the fury that erupted from its bow, Kalimance knew that it was all over.

"General Kalimans, I accept your request to surrender." Ma Dayong looked at the senior Dutch naval commander with a solemn face, and suddenly, an emotion surged uncontrollably in his heart, proud, excited, excited, solemn, all kinds of emotions mixed together, and it was difficult for him.

"I didn't surrender!" Kalimance raised his head and fell into the hands of the Chinese, his heart was full of shame, just now his flagship Mataran was shot, slowly sinking, there were indeed officers began to hang the white flag, but this is not what he wants to see, he would rather sink into the sea than accept the humiliation of surrender.

When he came to the East Indies, he naturally brought an interpreter who was proficient in Dutch, and after listening to the interpreter translating Kalimans's words, Ma Dayong nodded slightly and said, "Anyway, as a prisoner of war, we will give you humane treatment in accordance with the Southern War Act." ”

Kalimance was stunned, this sentence may be more surprising to him than the sharp artillery fire of the Chinese, because in his old impression, China is a barbaric and backward country, taking pleasure in killing prisoners of war, although the Dutch also torture the natives, but that is because the natives are inferior peoples, animals, and completely different from their own compatriots.

Ma Dayong said: "As for the brutal sneak attack on our fleet just now, it will be regarded as your declaration of war against our country, and I will report it to the regent, and at the same time, in the East Indies, our navy will no longer guarantee the safety of Dutch merchant ships, and will also have the right to carry out any kind of attack on your armed forces." ”

Kalimances snorted and said, "It's just my personal behavior. At this moment, he realized how serious the mistake he had made, the Chinese, the Chinese, who are becoming more and more powerful, it is entirely possible to officially declare war on their country, if war really breaks out, the outcome of this battle is very unpredictable, at least he feels that the Dutch army in the East Indies is not sure of defeating the Chinese.

Ma Dayong smiled and said, "General Kalimans, do you think your statement works?" ”

Kalimans was silent. Ma Dayong immediately waved his hand, and his own soldiers pushed him down.

The first encounter between China and the Netherlands began and ended in this extremely chaotic situation, and the first attempt of the Chinese Navy to step into the deep sea seemed so immature, but it was so determined.

Ma Dayong stood on the deck, looking at the deep sea in the distance, I don't know why, his eyes were slightly wet.

But he knew that the battle with the Dutch had just begun. The red-haired ghost who once conquered the world will not give in so easily, and next, he will use all his strength to give it heavy blows again and again, until it hurts, hurts its muscles and bones, and hits it to know that the influence of the Chinese in the South Seas has existed for thousands of years, and now, it is back!

(To be continued)