On the third day of the first month of the third year of the new year, it is the New Year of the Han people, due to the influence of the Central Plains culture, the countries of Nanyang have followed suit, this day is also the day of retreat in Indonesia, people began to get busy as early as a day ago, men clean the courtyard, make puppets that resemble devils, lions, dragons, etc., and women rush to make new clothes and dishes and pastries for festivals. The day before the festival is a day of festivities, when people are elated and jubilant, wearing colorful costumes to participate in the celebrations. On the morning of the third day of junior high school, people sang and danced, and drums played in unison. In the afternoon, the men beat gongs and drums, carried large puppets around the house, and the women followed the men with sacrifices on their heads.

The Dutch authorities did not forcibly suppress the celebration of the local natives, but increased the number of patrols in the streets, in the port, on several anchored Dutch warships, the sailors rested on the deck against the sea breeze, because it was the third day of the first lunar month, various countries in the South Seas were celebrating the beginning of the New Year with different festivals, and the Han people who could threaten them were also indulged in the joy of the New Year, plus a few days ago, the Nanming court sent an envoy to sue for peace, although the negotiations broke down, but the authorities' wariness of the Nanming has been reduced to a minimum, In view of this, the Dutch fleet stationed in the port of Argoda had a day off today, and most of the sailors had gone ashore to participate in the local celebrations, and only a few sailors who had lost their salaries due to gambling complained about their luck on deck.

Admiral Karis looked at the sea in the distance of the harbor with a very strange monocular, he was a cautious naval captain, today's harbor is really abnormal, from early morning to now, there has not been a single merchant ship sailing into the harbor, although today is a festival day, but this is not the usual time of day, Karis even suspected that a fleet is heading towards the harbor, for the sake of secrecy, they intercepted all ships bound for Argoda. But this was only speculation, and the colonel could not have canceled the soldiers' leave because of a small guess, and even if he had reported to the governor's palace, I was afraid that the civilian officials would have pouted disdainfully and blamed the colonel for making a fuss.

The Colonel's face was gloomy, and he roughly tested the direction and speed of the wind, and the expression on his face became even more worried.

"God, it's really good weather for fleet operations, I hope I'm just thinking about it. The situation should not be as serious as imagined. The Colonel smiled self-deprecatingly, the worry in his blue eyes still not dissipating.

At this time, dozens of huge merchant ships suddenly appeared on the sea level, quietly heading towards the port under the circlery of seagulls. The colonel leaned against the side of the ship, and his heart was abrupt, and he hurriedly raised his monoculars to observe the shadow of the ship in the distance.

Seventeen large merchant ships, the colonel breathed a sigh of relief, in the South Seas. Some maritime merchants often drive several or even dozens of large ships to and fro the sea. Therefore, there was no problem in bringing seventeen large merchant ships at once, and the colonel was at once much more relaxed, and he decided to go to the command room to make a cup of strong tea, and when he turned around, he saw that the sailors on duty on the lookout were gone.

"Damn Singel, this guy must have gone to the bilge to play cards with a bunch of thugs." The Colonel huffed back into the bilge, and he decided to get the damn soldier out and teach him a good lesson.

The large merchant ships approached, behind them. Dozens of ship shadows appeared, and finally more and more warships appeared on the horizon, and hundreds of warships and sea ships of all sizes followed the sea breeze, frantically speeding up the speed and making the final sprint.

"God, what's that?" A sailor leaning on the side of the ship let out a low cry, and after squinting and observing it carefully for a moment, he finally identified hundreds of black dots in front of him. There were 100 large and small warships, and more than a dozen large Western warships were in the back, and in the center was a warship. Hundreds of warships of various sizes ride the wind and waves ahead. The harbor was getting closer and closer, and the warships in the rear were gradually coming to a standstill. Turning the hull of the ship sideways, the pitch-black muzzles of the guns were already aimed at the dock of the harbor. Aimed at the Dutch warships anchored in the harbor.

"Enemy attack!" The sound of the sirens sounded almost at the same time as the roar of the artillery, and the harbor was immediately thrown into chaos, and one after another shells accompanied by the smoke of gunpowder were fired at the docks and Dutch warships, and the inaccurate shells gradually made waves on the surface of the sea.

The ships in front quickly broke through, and advanced towards the coastline one after another in the face of the artillery fire fired from the hastily responding fortresses on the coastline. The commander of the Oriental Naval Division personally stood at the bow of the ship, and the ghost head knife was constantly urging to speed up in front of his chest, this was the first battle since he was the commander of the Ming Dynasty, and he made meritorious contributions to the emperor's appreciation today, and the flagship he sat on was originally the official largest warship, although the artillery was not much, but the volume was large enough, and the speed was fast enough, as the best for landing.

The Dutch sailors anchored in the ocean began to jump and flee, most of them were still on vacation in the city, and the remaining sailors could not control the battleships to resist the Ming attack, and they could only save their lives by swimming to the beach, where dozens of batteries served as cover.

This raid was carried out by the Oriental Naval Division as the main landing force, while the Southern Ocean Naval Division used Western warships, a small number of Spanish warships, and the newly launched flagship of the Fuyuan as the firepower to suppress the opposite shore.

Nanyang commander Liu Er and the Spanish governor Hechakin are standing on the side of the Fuyuan ship to watch the battle in the sea breeze filled with gunpowder, Hechakin's face is flushed with excitement, this time his treasure is right, the Dutch have no defense at all, until the Ming army close to the port opened fire before rushing to respond, it will not be long before the Ming army can occupy Argotha, and then send a powerful army all the way to eliminate all the Dutch on the island of Java.

The loss of the island of Java, which the Dutch had operated for decades, meant that they had lost the rear base for the supply of their fleet in the South Seas, and it would not be long before the Dutch power in the South Seas would suffer a devastating blow, and at that time, Ichakin would only need a small help from his friends to recover Luzon.

After a short period of panic, the Dutch began to rely on the fortresses and batteries along the coast to counterattack, but at this time, the fleet of the Oriental Naval Division had already landed, and the dense sailors of the Marine Corps, the Shenji Battalion, and the Shenyong Battalion soldiers had landed with their swords, firearms, and steel crossbows, and the artillery on the battleships of the Nanyang Naval Division Battalion also began to find the target of the attack, concentrating their firepower on several important batteries and spraying artillery.

"Kill!" The landed army began to spread out in formation, fighting with the Dutch infantry garrisoned along the coast, and the crowded docks were not suitable for long-range shooting, they could only rely on the butts of their guns and broadswords for bloody fighting, and the smell of blood gradually spread in the air. Accompanied by the sound of flesh tearing, shouts of killing, and moans and screams echoed in the harbor.

The Dutch in the city began to organize rescue, a small number of Dutch infantry rushed from the city, at this time, a huge explosion exploded in the city of Argotha, in the northwest corner of the land of Argoda rose black smoke billowing mushroom cloud, the city began to hear a burst of shouts of killing. The Dutch who rescued the port finally showed a trace of fear in their eyes, in the direction of the explosion, it was the Dutch powder magazine, the whole city was in chaos, the soldiers of the port began to gradually retreat, because the various departments lost contact with each other, the Dutch scattered everywhere.

The Dutch soldiers on the fort also began to gradually abandon their positions, and the Dutch were suppressed by the guns of the Ming warships in a hurry. Many of the batteries had been blown down by the whistling shells from the battleship. This group of mercenaries, who were still in high spirits, began to flee to the wilderness forest in the southwest corner, and the city behind them had begun to fall into civil strife, hundreds of soldiers from the death camp and the congregation of the Heaven and Earth Society suddenly became in trouble, and immediately took control of the important buildings in the city, while the local natives were panicked and ready to flee, and some began to fish in troubled waters, looting towards the location of the colonial villa.

"Almost, the Dutch are finished." Khachagin confidently put down the monoculars and smiled at the interpreter behind him.

The interpreter translated the governor's local dialect to Liu Er, the commander of the Nanyang beside him, and Liu Er nodded in agreement: "Your Excellency the Governor." Didn't you keep saying that the Dutch were strong? It seems that they are nothing more than that, if we let the Nanyang Naval Division battalion go out, it will not take so much time. ”

Liu Erdi expressed his disdain for the Dutch, mixed with a hint of jealousy that the emperor had let the Oriental Naval Division Battalion serve as the main attack site. Khchatin nodded hurriedly, showing a flattering smile to this Ming admiral, Spain has sunset, Khchatin has foreseen that the Ming is about to rise in the ocean, for the interests of Spain in the South Seas, he has to rely on the Ming. It was inevitable to curry favor with the admiral once in a while.

The war came suddenly. Quietly gone, the Dutch had lost their resistance. Except for the occasional burst of gunfire, both the port and the city were under the control of the 15,000 landed Ming Army. 2,000 Dutch soldiers became prisoners of war, some expatriate Dutch were forcibly taken to the square, the local governor, government officials, and the top officials of the East India Company were all placed under house arrest in the governor's palace.

The Nanyang Naval Division Battalion also began to land, Liu Er and Hechagin landed on the dock on the half of the damaged artillery fire, Liu Guoxuan had already greeted him with great ambition, his arm was wounded by a gunshot, and a single piece of flesh and skin on his forearm was cut off, and after a simple bandage, he had already moved freely and issued one order after another, and personally came to welcome the follow-up Nanyang Naval Division Battalion landing.

"Lord Liu, what should we do with those captives of the red-haired ghosts?" Liu Guoxuan commanded a naval battle for the first time, and won the victory in a very short time, this young admiral was so excited that he almost wanted to jump into the sea to take a dip, and his heart was even more grateful for the appreciation of the new emperor, without him, Liu Guoxuan was just an unknown junior general under the Zheng family's sailors.

Liu Er originally had a stinky face in front of Liu Guoxuan, if there was no young guy for these credits, I am afraid that they would be their own, at this time, seeing Liu Guoxuan's humble request for advice, Liu Er felt better, no matter what, he is also an old qualification in the Daming Water Division, this kid is still on the road, Liu Er smiled slightly: "The imperial court has long been a rule, these prisoners of war are all temporarily detained, and they will be transported back to Haidu after the pacification of Java Island, the emperor has his own use." ”

Liu Guoxuan nodded: "Okay, first confiscate their weapons and escort them to the barracks to be detained, those old things named the governor of Java ask to surrender, and ask us to ensure their safety, Lord Liu, what do you think about it?" ”

Liu Erdao: "Xiyi is like this, play this set at every turn, let's ignore him first and hang them for a few days." Let's go, let's go and arrange tonight's celebration banquet together, only eat meat, no alcohol, tomorrow morning, you and I will divide into two roads to take the southeast and southeast roads of Java. ”

When Liu Guoxuan heard the word Xiyi, he glanced at Hechajin on the side with bad intentions, but Hechajin didn't understand Chinese, and the interpreter around him naturally wouldn't translate this kind of bad words to him, so he nodded enthusiastically: "Okay, my lord, please first." ”

That night, the two commanders of the naval division, Liu Er and Liu Guoxuan, the commander of the death battalion Wang Qiu, the governor of Luzon, Hechakin, and the local heaven and earth will divide the helmsmen to gather in the governor's palace of Argoda and make a noise.

Khachagin was the most excited, and he said with a red face: "Generals, the Dutch expeditionary fleet is thousands of miles away, even if you get the news of the fall of Argoda and rush back, it will be a month later, I believe that the generals will be able to completely occupy Java during this time, but I have a better proposal." ”

Khchatin sold a pass, asked the interpreter to translate the first half of his words to the people present, and took the tea on the table and drank it, obviously he was not accustomed to Chinese tea, and he couldn't help choking on it with a bitterness in his mouth, and he put the teacup back on the table with a curtle, and continued: "The Governor of Java and the director of the East India Company Mohan are the heads of the Dutch authorities in the South Seas, and I have heard that they have expressed their willingness to surrender, if the generals can make them declare their surrender to their fleet and to the defenders of JavaI think the Dutch mercenaries will lose their fighting spirit, and we will be able to easily crush these Dutch. ”

"Surrendered?" Liu Er was the oldest among the commanders, and although he was from a humble background, he had a very great reputation in the army, and he held his chin and thought about it.

"General, please leave this matter to me, and I will give you a satisfactory answer." Echakin was looking forward to the feeling of appearing proudly before the Dutch governor of Java, and he wanted to get back tenfold and hundredfold of the humiliation that the Dutch had given him.

Liu Guoxuan's expression did not move, seeing that Liu Er was hesitant, he arched his hand at Liu Er and said: "My lord, go to the army to fight, then to fight the enemy, then to attack the army, and then to attack the city." We don't have anything to lose anyway, so if we give it a try, we might get a miracle effect. ”

Liu Eren sighed and said: "Okay, everyone goes their separate ways, our sailors are divided into two ways to capture the ports along the Java coast, and the king commands the soldiers of the death battalion, the Shenyong battalion, the Shenji battalion, and the recruit battalion to capture the inland city by land, and leave another 3,000 people here to defend the city, and the governor will go to interrogate these Dutch ghosts tonight, regardless of whether there is any gain or not, and the division will be on time tomorrow." ” .