c_t; For Haihan, the ideal outcome would be for the Dutch and the Matarians to lose both, unable to recover for years to come, and to continue to contain each other. The initials of the new domain name Kele Novel Network (k1xsw), the largest free romance Chinese website, hurry up. Read the full text of the latest chapter, so that when the Haihan is full-fledged and begins to expand their sphere of influence south in the future, their strength will not be enough to stop Haihan's attempt. The intelligence that can be collected in the course of the battle between these two countries will also become an important basis for the Haihan military to study targeted tactics for a period of time to come. But it is a pity that up to now, all the information obtained is scattered information from the periphery, and there is not even the slightest accurate information on the central battlefield where the real battle is fought.

"There is still a long way to go in intelligence work!" Tao Donglai sighed: "It's a pity that we can't get a detailed battle report for such a good opportunity!"

Yan Chujie responded: "The local sea area has been completely blocked by the Mataran people, and now we can only wait patiently for the war to end." However, Hao Wanqing gave me a package ticket, saying that the personnel stationed in the local area by the Ministry of Security are very methodical, and they will not disappoint the Executive Committee in terms of intelligence gathering. ”

Over the next ten days, news of the Dutch flotilla's attack on the port of Mataram reached the port of Ambuna and the port of Cam Ranh in the south of Annam. Roger's previous speculation about the layout of the Dutch seems to be becoming a reality little by little. Since these news have reached the ears of the Haihan people, it must be that the main force of the Mata Blue Army fighting in Batavia should also have received the news. I just don't know if the Ma Da Blue Army will be able to persist in this war when the opponent has raided his home.

On the 7th of January, Batavia, Java, South Sea. The siege has been going on for almost a month, and both sides have paid a terrible price during this time.

There was no longer any fortress left outside the northern wall where the Dutch officer Bart was stationed, and even the two seemingly impregnable fortresses outside the north gate, which guarded the only passage of the northern section of the moat, had been completely in ruins. Although the Matar Blues had not been able to destroy the two forts with trebuchets, they still used their hands to pull out the two nails in the siege road. The Matarans paid the lives of about 3,000 soldiers, and the Dutch defenders also had about 600 killed in the flesh mill outside the north gate.

After clearing away the obstructive fortresses outside the city, the Mataran army determined the main direction of the siege to the northern wall, and launched an attack day after day. After all kinds of heavy weapons were tried, the offensive and defensive battles between the two sides finally moved towards the stage of hand-to-hand combat. Although the Dutch defenders were more advanced in weapons and had walls to defend them, they inevitably suffered a large number of casualties in the face of the besieging enemy, who were ten times their size every day.

At the beginning of the war, the Dutch garrison numbered nearly 3,000 men, but as of the beginning of August, there were only more than 1,400 people left who could still fight on the front line, and the loss had reached 50%. The city guard, which is composed of various miscellaneous armed forces, has now been recruited to the third group, and the first two groups have also suffered a considerable number of casualties in the war. Most of the men under the age of fifty in the city were temporarily conscripted into the army, and when the battle situation was tense, the newcomers only had half a day to train, and then they received an iron-tipped spear and were driven to the city wall to participate in the defense of the city. ]

The combat effectiveness and will to fight of these newcomers who were driven to the shelves can be imagined. The area they guarded was repeatedly in critical condition when the enemy attacked the city. Fortunately, the Dutch army always arrived in time to come to the rescue, and quickly wiped out the enemy troops who climbed to the top of the city with muskets. However, the emergence of this situation has actually shown that the walls of Batavia City can no longer be maintained. At this time, a sensible commander should indeed consider whether the goal of the battle should be to preserve strength, but if it were not for the fact that there was nowhere to retreat, Van Dimen might have announced the abandonment of the city long ago.

In order to avoid being slaughtered by the enemy after the fall of Batavia, the military should immediately send someone to negotiate peace with the Matavia army, and let the Matalan army stop fighting first with the conditions such as land reparations - at least open a passage so that the Dutch can withdraw from Batavia with dignity.

This may sound like a plan to save one's life and last bit of face, but it is undoubtedly a great humiliation for the military, which has been fighting for nearly a month and has suffered huge losses. And after the news spread, it also had a great impact on the defenders and people in the city, and many people did not know whether to fight or negotiate peace next, and people's hearts suddenly became panicked.

Fan Dimen was hardened at this time, and he did not oppose the council's proposal, so he directly expelled the person who made the idea from the north gate out of the city, and asked him to negotiate with the Mada Blue Army - whoever came up with the idea would be responsible for solving it.

Of course, Fan Dimen knows very well in his heart, the war has been fought at this stage, the price paid by both sides is very large, and the anger has long been unable to be calmed down, let alone peace, even a temporary truce is unlikely. The Mata Blues are now holding their breath to take Batavia, regardless of casualties, and the first thing they will do after the city is broken is probably to kill all the Dutch in the city. Now it seems that the destruction of the city is just around the corner, and how can it be possible to let the Dutch in the city leave safely at this time.

Sure enough, the council delegates who went to negotiate with the Matar Blue Army did not end well, and soon the Mataran returned his head and said that there would be no armistice negotiations of any kind with the Dutch Mataran in the city.

After seeing the lessons of the past, the members of the council finally quieted down and did not dare to make any more accusations against the command of the military. Because Van Dimen has already announced that anyone who proposes a truce, retreat and other negative plans may be the spies of the enemy forces outside the city, and must be dealt with harshly. At this point in the war, Van Dimen no longer cares about the identities of these people in the council, because no one knows whether there is still a life to survive until the end of the war, and he will survive the difficulties in front of him first.

The small stove that Bart has enjoyed since the beginning of the war has also had a noticeable decline in quality recently. Dishes such as chicken, duck, and seafood are no longer available in the recent supply. After all, the siege has been too long, and Dacheng's reserves have not been replenished, and it is no longer possible to supply these good things. However, basic meat and alcohol were still available, and Bart was able to enjoy an even better standard of food than that of Council and his immediate boss, Van Diemen.

But now Bart can no longer enjoy the small stove provided by Cheng Dapeng as easily as he did when he first started the war, and his multiple injuries have affected his daily eating. Barth's left hand was injured by a musket explosion in battle a few days ago, and his entire forearm is now wrapped in gauze, which Cheng Dapeng vividly calls a fiddler crab.

In addition, Bart had been wounded in the face by a Mada Blues bow and arrow in the previous day's battle, but luckily he would have shot through the eye if he had been a little higher. It's just that this injury affected his eating, and he couldn't chew food, so Cheng Dapeng could only change the main content of Xiaozao to preserved egg and lean porridge.

However, Bart's interest in enjoying the food was not affected by the injuries on his body, and he drank porridge with a bowl in one hand, which made Cheng Dapeng also breathtaking. Although he hadn't been on the city wall to watch the battle these days, he listened to Bart tell about the battle every day, and he also had a sense of being there. Cheng Dapeng asked himself if he had fought on the city wall for so many days, I am afraid that his spirit would have collapsed a long time ago, and where would he have the leisure to enjoy food.

"This is amazing!" Bart put down the porridge bowl, picked up the scallion oil egg cake and shook it down, and said indistinctly: "Cheng Dapeng, I must admit that you are indeed right!"

"Ah, what's right?" Cheng Dapeng didn't come back to his senses for a while.

"This ......" Bart pointed to the scallion oil egg cake with his left finger holding the big claws of the fiddler crab, and said with a satisfied expression: "A few days ago, you said that you could no longer provide chicken as food, I thought it was a pity, but now I think you are right, leave the chicken at least we still have eggs to eat, very good!"

Cheng Dapeng replied with a smile and a smile: "Little things, small things, Lord Bart has won the prize!"

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In order to avoid being slaughtered by the enemy after the fall of Batavia, the military should immediately send someone to negotiate peace with the Matavia army, and let the Matalan army stop fighting first with the conditions such as land reparations - at least open a passage so that the Dutch can withdraw from Batavia with dignity.

This may sound like a plan to save one's life and last bit of face, but it is undoubtedly a great humiliation for the military, which has been fighting for nearly a month and has suffered huge losses. And after the news spread, it also had a great impact on the defenders and people in the city, and many people did not know whether to fight or negotiate peace next, and people's hearts suddenly became panicked.

Fan Dimen was hardened at this time, and he did not oppose the council's proposal, so he directly expelled the person who made the idea from the north gate out of the city, and asked him to negotiate with the Mada Blue Army - whoever came up with the idea would be responsible for solving it.

Of course, Fan Dimen knows very well in his heart, the war has been fought at this stage, the price paid by both sides is very large, and the anger has long been unable to be calmed down, let alone peace, even a temporary truce is unlikely. The Mata Blues are now holding their breath to take Batavia, regardless of casualties, and the first thing they will do after the city is broken is probably to kill all the Dutch in the city. Now it seems that the destruction of the city is just around the corner, and how can it be possible to let the Dutch in the city leave safely at this time.

Sure enough, the council delegates who went to negotiate with the Matar Blue Army did not end well, and soon the Mataran returned his head and said that there would be no armistice negotiations of any kind with the Dutch Mataran in the city.

After seeing the lessons of the past, the members of the council finally quieted down and did not dare to make any more accusations against the command of the military. Because Van Dimen has already announced that anyone who proposes a truce, retreat and other negative plans may be the spies of the enemy forces outside the city, and must be dealt with harshly. At this point in the war, Van Dimen no longer cares about the identities of these people in the council, because no one knows whether there is still a life to survive until the end of the war, and he will survive the difficulties in front of him first.

The small stove that Bart has enjoyed since the beginning of the war has also had a noticeable decline in quality recently. Dishes such as chicken, duck, and seafood are no longer available in the recent supply. After all, the siege has been too long, and Dacheng's reserves have not been replenished, and it is no longer possible to supply these good things. However, basic meat and alcohol were still available, and Bart was able to enjoy an even better standard of food than that of Council and his immediate boss, Van Diemen.

But now Bart can no longer enjoy the small stove provided by Cheng Dapeng as easily as he did when he first started the war, and his multiple injuries have affected his daily eating. Barth's left hand was injured by a musket explosion in battle a few days ago, and his entire forearm is now wrapped in gauze, which Cheng Dapeng vividly calls a fiddler crab.

In addition, Bart had been wounded in the face by a Mada Blues bow and arrow in the previous day's battle, but luckily he would have shot through the eye if he had been a little higher. It's just that this injury affected his eating, and he couldn't chew food, so Cheng Dapeng could only change the main content of Xiaozao to preserved egg and lean porridge.

However, Bart's interest in enjoying the food was not affected by the injuries on his body, and he drank porridge with a bowl in one hand, which made Cheng Dapeng also breathtaking. Although he hadn't been on the city wall to watch the battle these days, he listened to Bart tell about the battle every day, and he also had a sense of being there. Cheng Dapeng asked himself if he had fought on the city wall for so many days, I am afraid that his spirit would have collapsed a long time ago, and where would he have the leisure to enjoy food.

"This is amazing!" Bart put down the porridge bowl, picked up the scallion oil egg cake and shook it down, and said indistinctly: "Cheng Dapeng, I must admit that you are indeed right!"

"Ah, what's right?" Cheng Dapeng didn't come back to his senses for a while.

"This ......" Bart pointed to the scallion oil egg cake with his left finger holding the big claws of the fiddler crab, and said with a satisfied expression: "A few days ago, you said that you could no longer provide chicken as food, I thought it was a pity, but now I think you are right, leave the chicken at least we still have eggs to eat, very good!"

Cheng Dapeng replied with a smile and a smile: "Little things, small things, Lord Bart has won the prize!"