The sandbar faces the sea to the west, but there is no landing site that can be used, so it is necessary to cross the waterway and enter the Taijiang Inland Sea, and land from the east side of the sandbar. This situation is very similar to Zheng Chenggong's battle to restore Taiwan thirteen years after the other world, the difference is that the current seven kun bodies have not been connected, and the North Waterway has not been blocked by sediment.

The first thing the Dutch saw was a hundred large warships led by Zheng Zhilong himself, as well as countless small fireships scattered across the sea.

As he watched the end of the world, he mobilized three Dutch galleons in the South Waterway to intercept them. As for the Luermen waterway and the North Waterway, it was handed over to the shore-based battery.

"It's impossible to win with such a disparity in strength." The voice of the Japanese woman made O'Fowart's heart feel annoyed. But she continued: "The Chinese, in particular, have taken the upper hand. ”

"Even if we lose the naval battle, we can hold on for at least a year." Ofwart Road.

The city of Geranza is a typical European bastion. There are moats around all sides, with sloped earthen embankments as the base. The walls are made of red bricks, and sugar water, glutinous rice, oyster shell ash, and sea sand are used as binders. The inner city is square-shaped, with two floors, the length and width are 115 meters, the city wall is about 9 meters high, 1.2 meters thick, and the four-corner fortress is 1.8 meters thick.

The basement is a warehouse for the storage of ammunition, food and sundries. The upper floor is equipped with facilities such as the governor's office, a church, an observation deck, and a soldier's barracks. The four corners of the annex city are rectangular in shape, 160 meters long and 77 meters wide, slightly lower than the inner city, and there are dormitories, offices, conference halls, hospitals, warehouses and other public buildings.

In terms of defense, there are two bastions in the outer city, one and a half moon forts, and four in the inner city, three and a half moon forts. The Fort and the Half Moon Fort each had three heavy guns, for a total of thirty guns. Shells can be fired from different angles, and there are no dead angles. And to the south of Geranza, there is also a fortress named Utrecht to protect Geranza.

Such a regulated castle could indeed hold on for a long time in a European war. If the besieging side is not very capable of fighting, it is not uncommon to defend it for a year and a half.

"What's more, the Chinese are very timid. One Dutch soldier was enough to withstand twenty-five Chinese. O'Fowart said confidently, "As long as Captain Baker and they put down those troublemakers, our army can make Geranza more stable, as stable as this island!" ”

The Japanese woman bowed slightly and retreated. As a descendant of Eastern civilization, she knew when to advise and when to retreat sensibly. Although the Dutch no longer dare to call the Chinese barbarians, they still regard the world outside Europe as a wild place in their hearts.

- If the Chinese launch a naval attack on Geranza on such a scale, there is absolutely no reason to leave it alone.

- I can only pray for Captain Baker.

The woman said secretly in her heart.

The stalemate on the sea continued into the evening, and it was an impossible time to fight. Ofuwar endured the psychological tempering of the soldiers coming to the city. Finally got through the hardest first day.

"Mr. Van Gogh, I need you to go to the Chinese's warship after dark and ask them what they want to do." O'Fovat summoned the low-level merchants, unable to hide his anger. It was the news that the businessman brought back that convinced people that the Chinese were friendly and open. His words were so conclusive that even Ofowart was shaken, thinking that he was overly concerned.

It turned out that Ofowart's foresight was good, but he was deceived by his own stupid companions.

"They definitely need loot...... Van Gogh shuddered timidly. Whispered.

"I can give them 100,000 taels of silver as compensation for their military expenses, but don't expect me to pay a higher price! I won't give them more! Ofowart growled.

Van Gogh felt a slightly smelly blowout blow in his hair. Hurriedly saluted and retreated, and asked people to prepare small boats to go to the Chinese's warship.

After Van Gogh left, a priest appeared before O'Fowart and said, "Sir, the believers of the Red Lodge Society are willing to send a batch of food to show that they are against God. Loyalty to the republic and the company. ”

That's when O'Fowart remembered the importance of logistics. The Chinese would not have prepared much food when they crossed the sea, and he should have brought all the food they could collect into the city before the Chinese landed, and burned the materials that could not be transported.

"Let them in," O'Fovat said, pressing his temple. "And those Han heads. Send troops to bring them into the city, protect them, and don't give them a chance to betray us. ”

The priest stepped back, and soon the voice of the command could be heard outside.

- Batavia's fools, you can finally see the consequences of what you have sown!

O'Fovat gradually calmed down. Thinking of the post-war corporate investigation and court trial, he hurriedly took out a beautiful book from a drawer wrapped in a pine board wrapped in sheepskin as a cover, which is something that every Taiwanese governor must protect with his life and faith—the diary of the city of Geranza.

Because of the inconvenience of transportation, it took eight or nine months to travel from Europe to Asia, so in order to keep a firm grasp of every move of the colonies, the Coalition Company asked the governors of each sub-station to keep a diary of all the events that happened in their territories, send them to Batavia in the form of a diary, and then forward them back to Amsterdam.

These diaries contain not only the accounts of the governors, but also letters, reports, and resolutions of the meeting, which are important materials for the evaluation of the foreign ministers of the Batavian Council.

Ofowatt flipped to the front, making sure that he had indeed warned Batavia about the Chinese invasion. At the same time, he also saw the report about Monsieur van Gogh in his diary, so he picked up his pen and added a sentence in the blank part at the end: I don't believe it.

In this way, as an untrusted Trade Point Chief, his image will be positioned as a "prophet" or "wise man", and all the evil consequences will be caused by ignorant colleagues.

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"Move down, go down." The general instructed the "aborigines" of the Red Lodge Society to carry bags of grain to the basement in the local language, wiping the sweat from their heads, for fear that the Dutch soldiers on the side would see that the tattoos on the faces of these fans were just painted patterns.

The Dutch soldiers, however, were whispering to the Chinese on the sea, not alerting to these friendly "Chijiren", and a few even leaned on their muskets with their backs to the Chijiren who were moving goods, betting on how long it would take for the Chinese to realize their inadequacy and retreat across the strait.

"I can't go back so late, can these people live in the city?" The general stepped forward to ask a Dutchman who was in charge.

The Dutch glanced at the shirtless red-embedded men, their muscles compact, but with no visible scars, and the tattoos on their faces were only embellishments, which undoubtedly indicated that they were not experienced fighters. And they don't have weapons, they don't have many people, and it doesn't matter if they let them stay.

Let alone......

The general stuffed the prepared bribe into the hands of the Dutch steward.

"They can live in the city, but they can't run around." The steward quickly demarcated the place where the Red Lodge spent the night, under a spiral staircase of a fortress.

The general conveyed the kindness of the Dutch lord, and drove the red man quietly to the lodging.

The Dutch steward who took care of the treasury had a strange feeling, and he always felt that these red embedded people were a little different from his impression. He had never seen Fanzai's gestures so neat. However, this did not arouse his suspicions, and after registering the grain in the warehouse, he left the basement and returned to his dormitory above. His young and beautiful Japanese wife is still waiting for him in bed, and she will not cancel all activities because of the arrival of Chinese pirates.

"At present, the enemy has not even sent additional sentry posts. Didn't the Dutch ever fight? The red people talked in a low voice, but it was the official dialect of the Ming Dynasty with a northern accent.

These Ming troops pretending to be Fan people are the "Yu Battalion" that Fang Jiahong painstakingly cultivated.

This group of centaurs has already walked the road in the substitute of Geranza I don't know how many times, even if they are blindfolded, they will not go wrong. Their mission was simple, kill the Dutch soldiers who were on guard, and open the door to allow the large force of the Battalion to enter the city.

The number of the battalion is 500, and on the basis of the special investigation battalion, the killer team soldiers who are good at hand-to-hand combat are selected from the army. They were familiar with every plant and tree in Geranza, as if they had grown up here. They can also easily kill enemies with ropes, daggers, swords, and crossbows without making any sound.

They are just waiting for a signal.

As soon as the men and horses at each breakthrough point outside the city send out the light signal, the warships on the sea will fire cannons, allowing the "red embedded people" in the city to move. Although the sound of the guns would alarm the Dutch, it was only a single cannon shot, which most likely caused the Dutch to fall asleep again after a moment of tension.

Finally, the cannon rang out, and sure enough, the sound of the Dutch commotion could be heard from the upper floors of the fortress.

"Act according to the plan, a team will come with me!"

The captain, who had a blue-black tattoo on his face, quickly made an offensive gesture and led his team to the stone stairs and touched the fortress. There were only six Dutch gunners on it, and they controlled three huge cannons to prevent the enemy from attacking the city. In any case, they would never have thought that the people under their feet were actually disguised by the Ming army.

The team in charge of opening the door touched the agreed gate of the castle, and together with the team clearing the lookout, they killed the wandering checkpoint and opened the gate.

Dressed in rattan armor and armed with sharp blades, the main force of the battalion passed through the gate quickly and quietly, as it had trained countless times, and pounced on the various Dutch barracks, as well as the officers' separate quarters. After several teams completed their tasks, they gathered at the entrance of the governor's office, easily dealt with the Dutch soldiers who were on guard, and rushed in first.

O'Fowart was in his dressing gown, drowsy, and looked in horror at the "devil" gathered around his bedside.

"Mr. Offwart, if you can cooperate in announcing your surrender, the Ming Empire will grant you the right to take refuge in order to avoid being held accountable by the Dutch government and the United East India Company." The "devil" led by the Dutch with an exotic accent made Watt's heart sink completely to the cold bottom of the sea. (To be continued......)

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