Reynolds fled with a few battleships, throwing the unsuspecting George on the battery, leaving him completely in the dark.

After a whole day of fierce fighting, countless shells blew up the Batavian battery, almost all the defensive offensive was forcibly destroyed, more than 100 artillery pieces are now less than 60, more than half of the artillery was destroyed by the Ming naval guns, and the Batavian Dutch army suffered heavy losses.

It was not until evening, when the night completely covered the Batavia battery, that the attack of the Ming fleet gradually stopped.

George let out a long breath, in just one day, the ammunition of the fort was directly consumed two-thirds, the intensity of the Ming fleet's attack was too great, the fleet on the sea had hardly stopped shelling from the beginning to the present, and the three horizontal teams were shooting in turn on the sea, not giving the fort a chance to breathe at all, and if it continued like this, at most by dusk tomorrow, the ammunition of the fort would have to be used up.

"General!"

Just when George was worried, Captain Nizos walked quickly to George and said urgently: "General Qiyu, it's not good, there was a report from the soldiers just now, at four o'clock in the afternoon, General Reynolds's fleet was completely destroyed, and General Reynolds's whereabouts are unknown......"

"What?"

Before Captain Nizos could finish speaking, George had already jumped up, grabbed Captain Nizos by the collar, and roared, "You said Reynolds' fleet was completely wiped out? How could it be, how could it have been destroyed so quickly? What about Reynolds? ”

Captain Nizos said bitterly: "General George, according to some soldiers who escaped and came back, General Reynolds's boat seems to have finally forcibly broken through and ran down in the northwest direction, but I don't know if it ran away in the end, General, the Ming fleet is too powerful, it has been strong to the extreme, General Reynolds is only thirty small warships, the largest is no more than two hundred tons, how can it be the opponent of the Ming fleet?" However, the most hateful thing is that the fleet attacking General Reynolds turned out to be not the battleships of the Ming fleet, but the fleet led by the Spanish Marquez, thirty capital warships surrounded us, against thirty small warships, the tonnage difference was more than four times......"

George was stunned, did not speak for a long time, Reynolds's fleet completely collapsed, and he had no way to retreat, but to fight to the death......

"Nizos, it seems that we only have to fight to the death, and the battery will be supported until tomorrow night at most, and there will be no shells, what do you say next?"

Although Nizos is young, he is George's most trusted rising star, and he has a knack for fighting.

Hearing George's question, Nizos said in a deep voice: "General, since we know that the fort can't be defended, then why are we still holding the fort and fighting for all the ammunition and food?" The island of Java covers an area of more than tens of thousands of square miles, with a vast area, which is enough for us to deal with the Ming army on land, and the Ming army came from afar, and is not familiar with the terrain of Java Island, and is not adapted to the climate of Java Island. We will bring the Ming army up and fight the Ming army in the jungle, as long as their army cannot occupy Java Island, we will still have a chance to hold Java Island, and even turn defeat into victory! ”

"A decisive battle with the Ming army on the island of Java? Are you sure you'll be able to defeat the Ming army? ”

George asked.

Nizos smiled bitterly: "It's not so easy to defeat the Ming army, I'm not so powerful, but it may not be impossible to deal with the Ming army for a year and a half, just avoid the real and the virtual, don't give the Ming army a chance to fight a decisive battle, our 100,000 troops can be saved, the Tianxiong army will not be able to gain a foothold on Java Island, if the main domestic fleet can arrive in time, then we will usher in the opportunity for a counterattack!" Moreover, we can't defend the fort anymore, with the only ammunition left, we can set a trap for the Ming army, even if we can't wipe out the Ming army, we can also severely damage the main force of the Ming army! ”

"Huh? Let's talk about it! ”

George came to his senses.

Nizos said in a deep voice: "General, you see, this area of Yazui Beach is located in the center of us, the sea is deep, and it is the most suitable for landing, but since the Ming army can send spies to Java Island, it shows that their intelligence ability is still very strong, and they absolutely have mastered these situations, if the Ming army lands, they must choose to land and break through from here, and then divide their troops to storm the fort and advance towards Batavia, what we have to do is to let the Ming army concentrate on landing here, and then pour out all our shells, the Ming army has just landed, The army will not be able to spread its formation, and in the face of our dense artillery fire, it will definitely suffer heavy casualties! ”

"Hahaha......"

George swept away the gloom in his heart, patted Nizos on the shoulder hard, and laughed: "Yes, Nizos, you have a good idea, this battle, even if you can't completely annihilate the main force of the Ming Army, it is still very possible to inflict heavy damage on it!" Immediately give the order to start a war tomorrow, only need to carry out several waves of artillery bombardment, then stop the flag, wait for the Ming army to land, adjust all our artillery Zhuyuan, and focus on the Yazui Beach, Lao Tzu wants to blow these Ming troops into meat foam, revenge! ”

George and Nizos were calculating the Ming army, the Ming army was also calculating the Dutch, and on top of the super battleship, Zhu Jie, Cha Xuan, Qin Mufeng and others sat around, analyzing the situation on the coast.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that the ammunition of the Dutch is about to run out, and tomorrow at noon, we can launch a landing operation towards the military port of Batavia, as long as we rush up, the Dutch will definitely be defeated!"

Qin Mufeng said in a deep voice.

Zhu Jie shook his head and replied: "Mu Feng, don't be careless, now the enemy is dark and I am clear, the Dutch can clearly see our strength, but we can't make an accurate judgment on the military deployment on Java Island, reckless action, it will only be bad, wait, tomorrow will carry out a day's artillery bombardment, completely destroy the Dutch devil's battery, and then launch a landing operation, in order to ensure that nothing goes wrong, now the initiative is in our hands, there is no need to take risks!" ”

Cha Xuan said on the side: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that it is better for us to send an amphibious combat battalion again, and in the second half of tonight, let the amphibious combat battalion swim over, and when we launch a landing operation, at the same time, let the amphibious combat battalion raid the fort and take the Batavian military port in one fell swoop!" ”

(End of chapter)