"General, if the fleet crosses the South Seas and travels long way to reach Java, by that time we simply will not have enough supplies and gunpowder to fight the Ming navy, the fortifications of Java are the strongest except for the Netherlands, but now they are under the control of the Ming army, and if we try to retake Java rashly, the feasibility is not high." One of the captains stood up, and after being shocked, he smoothed out his slightly wrinkled uniform, and expressed his high opinion: "In Luzon, we still have an expeditionary force stationed, but they are not strong, and due to the years of fighting, the Luzon side may not have extra supplies to deal with this war, therefore, I think the fleet must find supplies as soon as possible, and block the news to all the soldiers, once these soldiers know that their relatives have become hostages of the Orientals, our morale will plummet." ”

"General, in this case, I personally think we should surrender to the Ming army." Another captain stood up and said, his words immediately drew the sideways glances of the officers in the command cabin, and the officer changed his stance and continued: "Our artillery does not have enough ammunition to support us in a conventional war, so why can't we fight a land war?" We have nearly 10,000 land mercenaries, as long as we land on the shore and suddenly attack them, I think, the Ming army will not be able to resist our attack, our target is Haidu City, the capital of the Ming Kingdom, I estimate that they have transferred most of their troops in order to occupy Java, their capital guards must be quite weak, as long as we occupy Haidu, detain their emperor, the governor and director captured by the Ming army in Java and tens of thousands of expatriates will be safe. ”

"Colonel Cartf, you seem to have missed a link, why did we land in Haidu Harbor? As far as I know, the fortifications of the port of Haidu were not bad, they built many forts and batteries along the coast, and in addition, there was a part of the water forces cruising outside their harbor. Even if we can defeat them. Haidu City will also be on alert immediately, and a sudden landing and attack is basically empty talk. "Some people questioned it.

Colonel Cartef pursed his lips and smiled mysteriously: "You are right, this is exactly why I proposed to surrender to the Ming army. ”

"We can show our obedience to the Governor's Covenant with Your Excellency the Director, and send our fleet to the port of Haidu to surrender to the Ming army. Normally, we lay down our arms when the fleet is anchored at the dock to prepare for embarkation, but what if we suddenly attack the Ming army when we arrive at the harbor? ”

"They may have been prepared, but they could never have expected us to choose this time to attack, and as soon as our ships approached the dock, they could immediately attack the coast with muskets and the remaining artillery. Under the superior firepower, our mercenary army quickly landed during this period, and occupied important facilities such as ports, and at this time, I believe that even if the Ming army reacted, it would not be possible to pose any threat to us. ”

After Cartef finished speaking, Knuckles tapped on the long table and continued, "This is an extremely risky operation, but I believe that God will bless us with a smooth victory in the land. ”

"I agree with Colonel Cartef's plan. If successful, we will not only be able to save our company and our diaspora, but we will also be able to destroy the nest of this group of barbarians in one fell swoop. ”

"Well, that's a good idea, and I'm with Colonel Cartf."

The atmosphere in the command was finally a little lively, and Colonel Cartif gave everyone hope. The captains all set their eyes on Rear Admiral Lane, the captain of the fleet, hoping to get his statement.

Major General Lane stroked the scattered golden strands on his forehead and pulled them back to his head, and stood up straight in front of everyone: "For the glory of the royal family of Orange, for the benefit of the United East India Company, I approve this plan, although he is a little risky, but as soldiers, what day has we not spent in danger?" Colonel Katf, I hope you will be able to write a detailed plan immediately. ”

"It's the ground. Sir. "Everyone stood up together. They raised their heads proudly. The eagle emblem of the triangular hat glittered in the candlelight of the ground in the command module.

Kinmen is located in the southeast sea of Fujian Province. It stands on the west side of the Taiwan Strait. Since the defeat of the Zheng Navy. The Dutch rightfully led their ground fleet to occupy the place. Due to the deepening contradictions with the Qing court. The Qing army began to drive out the Dutch fleet off the coast of Taiwan. The Dutch were helpless. He had no choice but to set up the base camp of the fleet in Kinmen and use it as a base to harass the Qing army.

By the time of the Zheng Clan's defeat, most of the people had already moved away. Most of the people who stayed were merchants from various countries in the South Seas and some old and weak. Merchants are borderless. Not to mention the fact that it is an alien merchant. The Dutch ground fleet has just been stationed here. Merchants from all over the country saw the business opportunity and set up a simple liquor shop on the ruins of Kinmen. Canteen. There were even hundreds of bewitching Nanyang women who were sent to the Dutch soldiers on vacation. It's only been a little over a month. Kinmen Island is gradually becoming lively again.

At the bevel of the broken wall in the middle of the island. A wine shop with a wine flag flying high in the air. The shopkeeper's surname is Liu. Mingdong. His father was Han Chinese. Her mother was a Sumatran singer. Although with the paternality. But Liu Tong looks like a lively Nanyang. He claimed to be a Sumatran businessman. And opened this liquor shop here.

The backyard of the wine shop is Liu Dongdi's bedroom. At this moment, Liu Tong was in the humble bedroom when he received a secret letter from a man in the clothes of a young man. The din of drunken Dutch soldiers in the front hall grew louder. The candlelight flickered in the bedroom. Liu Tong finished reading the secret letter. Immediately place the letter on the candle flame and ignite it. He didn't drop it on the ground until the light of the Jumping Ground was close to the corner of the stationery.

"Brother Huang. For Wang to Chen Zongrud... No. Say hello to Commander Chen. The rudder lurking in Jinxiadi is basically in place. Please Commander Chen to rest assured. ”

The man in Xiao Er's costume reported to Liu Tong: "This time, Commander Chen has come down to make a potential come, and there is one more thing. ”

"Now that the army has occupied Java, the emperor is very concerned about the movements of Jinxia Island, what wind did Brother Liu hear?"

Liu Tong muttered: "There is no change, there is no difference from usual, it's just that a Dutch officer got drunk in the box the day before yesterday, and said nonsense about attacking Haidu, but these should be empty words, there is a shortage of materials on Dutch warships, especially gunpowder, without gunpowder, these warships will become decorations, and they will not become climate." What's more, the recent news on the street is that the Dutch fleet intends to go to Haidu to surrender to our Daming, but the versions of the rumors vary, and I don't know what they are doing. ”

The man frowned, most of the ordinary businessmen did not know that Java Island had been occupied by the Ming army, so the rumors of surrendering to the Ming army should not be groundless, this message was spread by people within the Dutch Expeditionary Force, but the officer claimed to attack Haidu when he was drunk, what is this an angry sentence, and there is something else.

Liu Tong suddenly thought of something, and continued: "By the way, there is another thing, I heard that the Dutch are negotiating with the Qing army on the island of Taiwan recently, I don't know what the specific terms are, this matter is also heard from a few bitches who are happy with the Dutch officers in the brothel across the street, and several porters in the brothel are our people. ”

The man's face sank and said, "Is it really something?" If the Dutch really planned to surrender to our Ming Dynasty, why did they negotiate with the Qing army? There must be some plot in this, Brother Liu must be careful, send more people out to investigate, maybe he can find something. ”

Liu Tong nodded and said with a smile: "This matter is on Liu, Brother Huang is far away, let's go, let's go upstairs to the box to have a drink." ”

In late January of the third year of the new year, news came from the headquarters of the Dutch Expeditionary Force stationed on Jinxia Island that all members of the Dutch Expeditionary Force had formally surrendered to the Ming Dynasty, and that the fleet had abandoned Jinxia and headed for Haidu, and was willing to hand over weapons and warships to the Ming army.

On this day, the dock was crowded with Dutch soldiers on board, they boarded the warship, pulled anchor and set sail, and arrived at Haidu after half a month of turbulence in the sea to prepare to surrender their weapons to the Ming army.

The man who was a spy with Liu Tong was wearing a short coat, mingling in the crowd, thoughtfully recalling every piece of information sent by the Jinxia rudder.

"Brother Huang, I have inquired clearly, a batch of merchant ships from the direction of Taiwan have brought a batch of supplies, and there are ten ** loaded with gunpowder."

"Brother Huang, the Dutch officers have behaved very strangely lately, since they have released the news of surrender, those mercenary soldiers are very depressed all day long, but some officers are elated, and they have not been affected by anything, could there be any conspiracy in this? And the soldiers of this conspiracy did not know, only those officers knew the inside story? ”

"Yesterday in the brothel, an officer said goodbye to his good bitch and told her that in a few months he would come back to redeem that bitch. Brother Huang, since these Dutchmen are going to surrender, they must be disarmed and either captured by our Ming Dynasty, or sent back to Franco, where is there any chance to return to Jinxia Island? The officer swore to the bitch, and I saw that he was either hiding some plot by the Dutch, or he was trying to trick the bitch into making her happy. ”

In an instant, a chill came from the man's back, and he raised his eyes to look at the battleship moored on the shore in the distance, and shouted: "Could it be that the Dutch have faked their landing?" Taking advantage of a gap to suddenly sneak attack Haidu? That's right, it must be. ”

If it was a surrender, why could the Dutch officers still be elated and swear to the prostitutes? Eighty percent is what they know. Moreover, the Dutch, who had been in secret contact with the Qing army, must have reached some kind of agreement with the Qing army, and although the two sides were still hostile, they also had a common enemy, and the gunpowder loaded with the merchant ships from Taiwan was part of this secret agreement.