"Your Majesty!"

Qin Mufeng on the side said excitedly: "Now that the Western fleet is finished, the remaining thirty-eight main warships, the navy is still as many as twenty-five ships, which can be used to fight with the army, and the remaining dozen or so warships can temporarily return to the port of Manila and deploy troops to protect our transportation lines. ”

Cha Xuan on the side echoed: "Mu Feng is right, the emperor, strike while the iron is hot, this time Deng Xiong and the others have even destroyed the arsenal of the Dutch, without weapons and ammunition, the Dutch and the indigenous army are a group of ornaments, and the 60,000 Tianxiong army can easily crush them into powder!" The most important thing is that if we move slowly, the Dutch may slip away with the rest of the fleet, and when the time comes, the tiger will be in trouble......"

Zhu Jie nodded and replied: "Today's fierce battle, we have consumed a lot of ammunition, Dou Huai, immediately lead a force back to Manila, transport ammunition, the rest of the troops, march into Batavia together, besiege Batavia Port, I want to finish the battle!" ”

The Ming fleet and the Tianxiong army only made a slight repair at sea and treated the wounded, and the army rushed towards the port of Batavia again.

Batavia, now George and Reynolds have long been completely desperate, if the Western Fleet is there, the two of them still have the confidence to protect themselves, now the two of them have completely fallen into despair, the Western Fleet is over, especially the Dutch Fleet is over, this is the biggest blow suffered by the Dutch since the Ming Empire declared war, this fleet is based on the Far Eastern Fleet sent by the Kingdom of the Netherlands, after decades of operation of the East India Company to develop, There are more than 60 main warships with a tonnage of more than 1,000 tons alone, and more than 200 large and small warships, before the appearance of the Ming fleet, it was definitely the number one maritime power in the Eastern world.

Even if he fought with Zheng Zhilong twenty years ago and let Zheng Zhilong defeat him in Liuluo Bay, it was because the main fleet of the East India Company did not come out, otherwise, Zheng Zhilong would definitely not be the opponent of the Dutch fleet.

Now it's okay, the main battleships of the entire fleet have all been annihilated by the Ming fleet, and there are few small warships left, and what's worse is that the ammunition depot is gone, what should I do? It's a complete desperate situation, a desperate situation!

"George, we can't hesitate, immediately withdraw all the Dutch soldiers in Batavia, act quickly, if we don't leave, we really have no chance, it turns out, with the whole fleet, we can retreat at any time, but now, we only have less than one-third of the sea combat power, in the face of the powerful Ming fleet, we will definitely die!"

Reynolds almost roared at George.

George gritted his teeth and nodded, "Okay, I promise you to prepare for the retreat immediately, but we must get specific news from Marquez." Did he succeed in getting rid of the Ming fleet? Where are you now? Ran to Borneo, or Semarang? Or was it wiped out by the Ming fleet in one fell swoop? Or are they still fighting with the Ming army on the sea? Moreover, our supplies are still being sorted out, so we still have 20,000 or 30,000 troops here, and if you want to run, you have to bring enough weapons, ammunition, money and food, otherwise, the army will withdraw halfway, and you will have to rest......

After all, George is the commander-in-chief of the army, and he thinks about things more deeply, and at the same time, he is more reluctant to work hard, and when the South Seas are over, it means that the entire East India Company will collapse, at least not ten years, and he is moving towards returning to his peak state.

"Oops!"

Reynolds stomped his foot angrily and shouted, "George, are you so crazy?" Where can you still take care of Marquez now? Where can you take care of twenty or thirty thousand mercenaries? We only need to take our core Dutch soldiers with us, as long as it can support us to reach Mumbai, we only need to bring enough weapons and ammunition and gold and silver, and even gold and silver are not needed, as long as we have people, guns and cannons, we can grab them at any time, what are we afraid of? The Ming fleet will pounce at any time, and when the time comes, the Batavia seaport will be blocked, and how much food and baby will have to be Ming's, and even our lives will have to be Ming's! I tell you, in one night, at the latest by noon tomorrow, we must withdraw from Batavia and go to India! If you don't go, then I won't spend it with you, I'll take the fleet with me myself! ”

Reynolds has been frightened by the Ming fleet, so many warships, once the Batavia harbor is encircled, no one will survive, and what's worse is that there are still tens of thousands of Tianxiong elites?

George gritted his teeth and said: "Reynolds, give me a half-day delay, I only need to delay for half a day, before dusk tomorrow, we must go, can't we?" After all, I still have to gather troops! ”

"Alright! Hurry up, pack up your baggage overnight, and transport it all to the merchant ship, as much as you can take away! ”

Reynolds reluctantly agreed, hoping that now he can only pray for God's blessing, hoping that Marquez's fleet can delay the Ming fleet for two or three days, or retreat to Semarang according to his orders, then at least he can give himself and George a few days to buffer, otherwise, this time it will really be dead!

It's just that what Reynolds didn't expect was that Marquez was too useless, and when they were discussing things, the Ming fleet had already surrounded and annihilated the fleet under Marquez, not to mention a few days, at most tomorrow at noon, the troops would arrive at the port of Batavia.

Only one night later, at noon the next day, the extremely large Ming fleet appeared on the sea of Batavia again, and the number of warships was even larger than yesterday!

The sentinels on the lighthouse who were observing the enemy's situation were so frightened that they ran down the lighthouse to deliver a message to George.

"What? The Ming fleet has arrived? ”

George and Reynolds were dumbfounded, the Ming fleet came so fast, and didn't give the Dutch the slightest time to slip away......

"George, what now? What to do? The Ming army has arrived, and our strength will not last long at all! It won't last long, it's over, it's completely over! ”

"What are you yelling at?"

George burst out: "The matter has come to this, we have only one desperate stop, order the fort to prepare for battle immediately, all the battleships are cowering in the harbor, and the fort will defend together, no matter what, we must hold the port of Batavia, immediately mobilize the army, and prepare to fight to the death with the Ming army!" ”

(End of chapter)