The Dutch defenders in Malacca really only had 180 men, and this situation was the norm.

Taiwan actually has a Dutch defender, which is very outrageous. The reason is that there are often indigenous rebellions in Taiwan, and the local Han people in Taiwan are also very strong, which led to the Netherlands having to increase the garrison one after another.

In addition to Batavia, the number of people in other Dutch colonial cities was 180, and the remaining castles had only 30 or 50 people.

Think about how big the Netherlands is, how many Dutch people are left to colonize the world, and there are more than 10,000 merchant ships sailing?

The same is true for the UK, which has 28 offices in India, all of which add up to just over 90 staff...

"Overseas Hermes-Epitek Chen Erxun, meet the angel!"

"Get up."

Chen Erxun is a Chinese leader in Malacca, who has been breeding here for 200 years, and it is rare that he has not been mixed.

Ordinary Chinese do not have this ability, at most one or two generations are mixed-race, often marrying Malay women. This mixed-race offspring, also known as Nyonya, is called by its full name

"A-A-Perana". A mixed-race man is called Da Da (Baba), and a mixed-race woman is called Nyonya.

For Kuang Hong, an uninvited guest, Chen Erxun was actually very unwelcome.

Because of the mixed Han Chinese and Han Chinese in Malacca, they achieved a high degree of autonomy and were not discriminated against, but the upper class here was second only to the Dutch.

They earned it themselves.

During the reign of the Sultanate of Malacca, the Han Chinese were oppressed. When the Portuguese came, the Han not only provided the palace (castle) building map, but also formed an army to help the Portuguese fight.

Later, Portugal also began to exploit the Han Chinese, and the Malaccan Han helped the Dutch to fight the war.

The Dutch had ruled Malacca for less than ten years, and their strength was very weak, and they had not had time to turn against the Han Chinese, but they had to rely on the Han in all aspects. As a result, the Han Chinese here had a very light tax and had a very good relationship with the Dutch colonists.

For Chen Erxun, the leader of the Chinese in Malacca, the Chinese army is the real aggressor, breaking their beautiful and prosperous life!

Chen Erxun asked, "Lord Angel wants to capture Malacca?" ”

Guang Kuanghong did not give a direct answer, but asked with a smile: "Otherwise, what am I going to do with the troops?" Well, how many defenders are there. ”

Chen Erxun secretly complained, but his arms couldn't twist his thighs, so he could only cooperate in order not to be implicated, and replied: "Less than 2." “

Kuang Hong's eyes lit up when he heard this, this product was very young, and he was thinking about meritorious service, so he forced the Dutch governor to sign a contract, and after completing Emperor Zhao's task, he would touch porcelain. He didn't really plan to take Malacca, but if there weren't many defenders, why not?

That's a great achievement!

Moreover, due to the disastrous defeat of the Dutch fleet last year, although the number of warships has recovered, most of them are temporarily conscripted armed merchant ships, and they do not dare to fight the Datong Navy at sea.

Such a great opportunity must be seized!

Kuang Hong returned to the naval ship and discussed with the naval commander Hong Xu: "General Hong, I haven't fought much, and the defenders in the castle can't be reached

200, how do you knock him down? ”

Hong Xu said: "I observed the castle with a clairvoyant mirror and asked a few locals. There was no other way, the soldiers climbed on all sides in boats, climbed the city walls and fought their way in.

The Malacca Castle is very disgusting and was built by the Portuguese.

It is built in the salient part of the estuary of the river, and is surrounded by the sea on three sides, southeast and west, and a mountain on the north. After more than 100 years of expansion by the Portuguese, the outer walls of the castle became longer and longer, directly connecting with the mountains.

If there are more than 1,000 defenders inside, Hong Xu will definitely turn around and leave, and it will be impossible for tens of thousands of troops to storm down.

However, the Dutch garrison had only a hundred or so long, and they simply could not take care of that long outer wall.

At the very least, the fortifications on the periphery of the castle could be easily taken.

"Then get ready to fight!" Kwong Hung Road.

The area around Malacca, there is not much else, woods and bamboo forests are endless. The Dutch colonizers even complained: the land of Malacca, there is nothing but jungle.

In fact, it used to grow food, but after the establishment of the Sultanate of Malacca, it developed maritime trade in an all-round way, and did not care about the development of agriculture outside the city. Over time, agriculture has been degraded, and the surrounding farmland has been reduced and more woods and marshes have increased.

This became even more evident after the arrival of the Portuguese and Dutch colonists.

The Netherlands even managed only the urban areas, handing over all the land outside the cities to the landlords, and collecting only a small nominal agricultural tax every year.

Chen Erxun was a landlord (and merchant) who usually lived in the city and sent domestic slaves to the countryside to collect rent. He often lamented that there were too few Han people here, all of them were concentrated in the city, and the Malay natives did not know how to farm, so the land was barren and devastating.

As a result, Malacca's grain cannot be purchased and shipped from other places every year.

The Malay natives gathered outside the city were sent by Kwong Hung to cut down trees at this moment, and the boundless forest was cut down at will. After the trees were cut down, the craftsmen in the city were asked to build siege equipment and a large number of disposable wooden boats.

Inside the castle.

Councillor Sanders muttered to himself, "Will we have reinforcements?" ”

Army Commander Hendrick: "Even if there are reinforcements, I'm afraid it will be difficult to hold until then." “

Colonies sent reinforcements to each other, often in months.

The closest Dutch colony to Malacca was Batavia, which originally had nearly 2,000 troops, but many of them sank with ships last year, and now only a little more than 1,000 remain. The other few were all in India and Ceylon (Sri Lanka), and the average number of defenders in each colonial stronghold was not more than 100, and the rescue was not enough for 500 men.

"Damn Vanderlin, he shouldn't anger the Chinese!" Sanders was furious.

He was a member of the council of the East India Company and belonged to one of the bigwigs, but he was usually based in Malacca, and he usually held a parliament to let his representatives attend. Malacca has a lot of oil and water, Sanders finally got this errand, and before he could get enough, he was attacked by the Chinese.

Cutting off people's financial means is like killing your parents.

Sanders did not hate the Chinese, but hated Governor Vanderlin.

"If there is enough food, are you sure to hold on?" Sanders asked.

Hendrik: "The outer walls are too big to hold with our current forces. However, the core area of the castle,

180 people can still defend. “

Saunders: "When it matters, abandon the outer walls and hold on to the castle for reinforcements. ”

"Dangdang, dang!"

A bell rang from outside the castle, which was a signal of an enemy attack.

Sanders immediately ran out and climbed the outer walls to check on the situation. I saw that on the sea on the southeast and west sides, there were hundreds of small boats rowing over, all of which were disposable small wooden boats, which looked more regular than rafts. Without the bombardment of city defense artillery, it is possible that a single wave will overturn.

"Fire!"

"Boom, boom, boom!"

Both sides were firing cannons, and the ships of the Datong Navy were constantly cruising and firing at the outer walls of the Malacca Citadel. The city defense artillery of Malacca fired at the boats in the sea.

Often a cannonball hit, two or three meters away from the boat, and the splash overturned the boat.

It doesn't matter if it's overturned, everyone can swim and swim back with the boat.

At this time, if the artillery wants to directly hit the sparse boat, the difficulty is similar to winning the lottery.

In fact, it's all a feint, and the boats are all Malay natives hired for money!

These Malay natives are not even qualified to live in the city, and live like dogs on weekdays. Just give some food, and you can make them sell their lives,

When the Portuguese invaded Malacca, they hired several thousand natives at once.

The Dutch opened fire for a long time at this time, and although the waves overturned countless boats, they only killed and drowned more than 20 natives.

Although Kuang Hong has never fought in a war, he has read military books and still has some military theories.

Let the natives row a feint, firstly, to consume the shells of the Dutch defenders, and secondly, to paralyze the Dutch defenders.

For several days on end, the natives continued to row and attack. Every time they were several hundred meters away from the outer city walls, the natives could not hold up the artillery fire and retreated.

Paddle the boat and quickly escape the range.

The Dutch paid for shells, and Kwong Hung only paid for food.

He went to sea to trade in passing, and earned a lot of gold and silver. These gold and silver can also buy grain from Banten and Johor, and there is no need to worry about the shortage of military rations at all.

Gradually, the Dutch artillery became numb and fired at the small ships at sea every day. The rest of the Dutch defenders listened to the sound of cannons and counted lice.

And complained about the deterioration in the quality of food, and the most odious thing was that you couldn't go to the city to find a woman.

North of the city, St. Paul's Hill.

The 5,730 troops of the Seven-Nation Alliance, plus 1,000 Datong Navy non-commissioned officers, have all carried light bamboo ladders up the mountain.

They hide in the dense forests of the mountains, where they cannot be detected by the defenders.

The defenders were attracted by a feint from the sea, and here on the north side of the mountain, there were only 3 Dutch soldiers. Moreover, the feints at sea for several days have caused the Dutch soldiers on the backing side to become a little lax.

"Enemy attack!"

Thousands of people approached the city wall in the woods, but they were only discovered dozens of meters away, and it was someone on the attacking side who accidentally rolled down the hillside, causing a movement that attracted the attention of the defenders.

There is no artillery on this side of the city wall.

Because it is aimed at the hillside and the woods, the shell cannot bounce, and the effect of hitting it is not much different from shooting directly.

"Bang bang bang!"

Three Dutch defenders fired indiscriminately into the woods, and dozens of Johor soldiers fled immediately when they heard the gunshots.

It is no wonder that Johor has been beaten and the capital has been moved several times, and these Johor soldiers, all with arquebuses, and everyone wearing leather armor, only to have a single appearance of someone fleeing.

"Rush!"

When the Datong Navy sergeants saw the exposed traces, they immediately rushed down the hillside, and some simply slid down the hillside.

"Reward for those who go first!"

Among the forces of the Seven Kingdoms, the Siamese prince Nalai was the bravest, carrying a spear and leading the charge.

His two advisor friends are also fierce people.

Yang Dongkui carried a Chinese-style waist knife, and Hua Erkang carried a Western-style long sword, following behind Nalai and shouting excitedly, the two of them regarded the war as an adventure game.

"Bang bang bang!"

As the distance got closer, the Dutch's muskets became more accurate.

Of the 3,000 Johor soldiers, only a dozen were actually killed, but they turned around and fled one by one. But this is a hillside, it is easy to come down, but it is difficult to climb up, in fact, it is safer than charging forward.

On the contrary, there are several small countries, which are sandwiched between "big countries" on weekdays, and the soldiers' will to fight is much stronger.

Kuang Hong stood on the top of the mountain watching the battle, and when he saw this situation, he scolded angrily: "What kind of soldiers are you in this Johor country?" This is their former capital, and they don't even know how to fight back! ”

By the time the Datong Navy and Siamese soldiers rushed to the outside of the city walls to set up ladders, all 3,000 Johor soldiers had already broken up, and it was the Prince of Johor who took the lead in escaping.

It is no wonder that there are very few Dutch defenders in Malacca, because the colony of Malacca is surrounded by the territory of the Kingdom of Johor.

In the face of such garbage soldiers, how could the Dutch colonists garrison heavy troops for defense?

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