"Get moving! Get moving!"

"Load the shells, port shelling!"

Rumble –

With a series of deafening explosions, and the impact of the fierce recoil of the battleship under his feet during the salvo, Liu Dingwu's hand clutched the handrail in front of him, and he saw with his own eyes that the side of a Dutch fourth-class battleship close to the third-class flagship trying to engage the flagship at close range was bombarded and the wood flew sideways.

The Dutch sailors on the 4th class battleship suffered heavy losses under this terrible close-range shelling, many of whom were directly torn apart by the shells, and the rest looked in horror at the corpses that covered the deck, and were indifferent no matter how loud the officers shouted orders.

While the gunners in the lower cabins were bombarding intensively, the battle sailors on the deck lined up in a neat line behind the ship's side and fired at the Dutch warships opposite, and the Type II naval rifles they used were constantly fired from the decks of the Dutch warships, killing those who were still standing.

While the Dutch flanks tried to encircle the Xia naval division, the ships on the Dutch center flank also closed the distance between the Xia warships and the two sides, so close that the battle sailors on the deck could directly use their muskets to fire at each other.

The Dutch fourth-class battleship named "Tulip" faced the flagship of the Xia Army, and the two sides continued to fire at each other at close range, shelling each other on the side side, but the third-class flagship of the Xia Army was obviously thicker and thicker, and it was hard to withstand the Dutch artillery salvo, and although the hull was also damaged in many places, it was not seriously damaged.

The Xia army did not finally fire a round of sideside salvo until the Dutch battleship closed the distance to less than 50 meters, and the heavy shelling at such a close range caused heavy damage to the Dutch battleship, most of the guns on the side were destroyed, and the artillery hiding in the cabin also suffered many casualties.

Subsequently, Liu Dingwu pulled out his saber and gave the order to engage in broadside battle, the sailors on the deck threw out thick ropes with barbs, and those thick ropes fell on the deck of the Dutch battleship, and then hooked some salients, under the joint pull of the Xia sailors, the distance between the two ships continued to shorten, and finally several long pedals were put on it, and the Xia sailors shouted and stepped on the pedals to rush onto the deck of the Dutch battleship, and the Dutch army fell into hand-to-hand combat.

In the rumbling gunfire, one after another battleships collided with each other, and a piece of long pedal was erected between the two ships, and the sailors shouted and stepped on the long pedal to jump into the deck of the enemy ship.

A Xia Army fourth-class battleship was besieged by two Dutch warships at the same time, and the Xia soldiers on the deck could only resist with difficulty, they raised their guns and fired a volley at the Dutch sailors who rushed on the long pedal, and in the sound of gunfire, the Dutch sailors who tried to jump on the deck of the Xia Army battleship screamed and fell off the ground from both sides of the pedal.

The sailors of both sides leaned on the side of the ship to fire volleys at each other, and from time to time someone was shot and fell to the ground, but soon someone filled his vacancy, and a Xia sailor roared angrily and raised his gun to stab the bayonet into the abdomen of the Dutch soldier on the long pedal, the bayonet easily cut through the soft abdomen, and the intestines flowed out like liquid, and before the Xia sailor could withdraw his rifle, the Dutch sailor who jumped off the other pedal swung his scimitar and cut him to the ground.

The Dutch sailor was shot and killed by the enemy who shot at him immediately after killing one person, and before he could even let out a scream, the whole person fell limply backwards.

At this time, the captain could only grit his teeth and order most of the guns in the cabin to concentrate on the side of the enemy, and concentrate the shelling on the side of the ship at the risk of being caused by recoil causing rollover.

The enemy and our sailors on the deck only felt the ground shake violently under their feet, the hull shook violently, and dozens of guns opened fire at the same time, and the huge recoil and impact force also made the Dutch battleship that was shelled push out several meters, and the dozens of Dutch sailors who were still about to attack on the pedal did not have the slightest preparation, and fell into the sea from a height of several meters in the air with a scream.

The violent shaking also made the sailors on the deck fall to the ground one after another, and the Xia battleship also slammed into the Dutch battleship on the other side under the impetus of recoil, causing the sailors on both ships to fall one after another, and the sailors on the pedal were directly lifted up and fell heavily on the deck.

The Chinese and Dutch navies are very clear that this naval battle in Java is straight

The future of Batavia is at stake, so both sides are ruthless and desperately fighting.

On the other side, the Xia army troop carriers ventured to force the beach near the city of Batavia, and the batteries built by the Dutch along the coast hurriedly opened fire, intending to block the approach of the Xia army ships, but the Xia army ships were not moved at all and forcibly braved the bombardment of the Dutch army to reach the shore.

Subsequently, the boats were lowered one by one, and the officers and men of the Marine Brigade who were good at water recruited from the southeastern coastal provinces shouted slogans and paddled together to bring the boats close to the shore.

One of the shells even hit a small boat directly, and the boat was immediately blown to pieces, and the ten Xia officers and soldiers on it suffered heavy losses, and the soldiers who were lucky enough not to die after falling into the water did not care about their weapons and equipment, and desperately swam to the shore.

In the face of the bombardment of the Dutch army, the boats approached the shore, and even when there was still some distance from the shore, many anxious soldiers jumped down and strode towards the beach with the water up to their thighs.

On the beach, the troops of the Batavian Parliament, which had been gathered from among the natives for a few days, were organized in a chaotic formation under the orders of the Dutch officers—and the Dutch, seeing that they could not stop the landing of the Xia army's ships, decided to start a war on the beach and forcibly drove the Xia army back to the bottom of the sea.

Therefore, under the orders and shouts of the Dutch officers and instructors, these natives, who were difficult to train for military discipline, held aloft all kinds of weapons and rushed towards the Xia army that was gradually landing on the beach.

The Dutch could not trust the Han Chinese, let alone the greedy and savage natives, so they did not give them heat-raising weapons, and most of the indigenous colonial armies used traditional bows and arrows, javelins, and bamboo spears.

When the dark-skinned indigenous colonial army rushed noisily, the Xia army, who was the first to land on the coast, did not care about the original formation, and hurriedly gathered everyone, they formed a weak line with their backs to the sea, and then hurriedly loaded the rifles in their hands.

After a hectic reload, the soldiers raised their rifles in unison at the officer's command, aiming at the chaotic native army, and after tens of seconds, after the native army had rushed into a distance of one hundred and fifty paces, the officer finally gave the order to shoot at the top of his throat.

Immediately, only a series of dense popping beans were heard, and the infantry of the Xia army unleashed their dense fire on the opposite aborigines like a storm, and the running natives were immediately shot and killed, and fell to the beach one after another, blood flowed out, staining large areas of red sand.

Seeing this, the Dutch officer who led the team hurriedly ordered them to continue to advance, and threatened to kill them, so that the natives finally had the courage to continue forward.

At this time, after the Xia army fired a volley, they did not pursue a second salvo, but adopted a free-fire tactic, and the soldiers fired themselves according to their respective loading speeds, although the firepower was not as terrifying as the salvo, but it was also continuous, so that the aborigines had to fall several people every few steps forward.

What's more fatal is that behind the thin line of the Xia army, there are more and more soldiers who land by boat, they did not wait for the boat to run aground, they couldn't wait to jump off the boat in advance, raised the rifle above their heads with the seawater, and quickly joined the line column, making the scale of the line column bigger and bigger, and also making the thickness from the original single row to two rows and three rows.

As the number of Xia troops who landed grew, the natives were finally routed by terrible rifle fire, and they fled screaming and fleeing, completely ignoring the shouts and orders of the Dutch officers.

Seeing this, the Dutch commander could only order a retreat, and the whole army withdrew to the city of Batavia, intending to hold on to the city.

However, what the Dutch did not expect was that the flames of war burned around the city of Batavia, which caused many barbaric indigenous people*** to rise, and they took advantage of the chaos to attack the European and Han Chinese immigrants in and around the city, and set fire to the houses.

Soon, when the Xia army landed, the city of Batavia fell into chaos, everywhere the natives could be seen looting the shops along the street, attacking the houses, the Dutch garrison in the city was dispatched at the first time, and the battle broke out with the natives on the streets, and successfully killed many natives in the city, barely suppressing the situation in the city.

But the city

Seeing that the Dutch in the city were not easy to deal with, the natives turned to the gentle Han Chinese, who broke into the homes of the Han Chinese, looted their property, killed men, tortured women, and then set fire to their houses.

The Han people did not expect that the natives would be at such a time, after the initial surprise, they quickly reacted, began to form a joint defense association, jointly against the natives who attacked them, although the Han people were banned by the Batavian authorities to use firearms, but many of them still hid prohibited firearms, or took bows, crossbows, knives and guns, and fought against the natives under the organization of the respected village elders.

On the other hand, more and more Xia troops landed on the beach, and after the landing, the Xia army did not stay on the beach, but continued to advance inland, and the Han people living near the city of Batavia responded to the Wang Shi from the mainland.

At the same time, they also complained to Xia Jun about the unequal treatment they had suffered in a foreign land, and asked Xia Jun to obtain justice for them, and Xia Jun naturally agreed to their request and began to suppress those *** natives.

Under the iron-fisted suppression and killing of the Xia army, those *** natives were killed one after another, even if someone knelt down and surrendered in time, they were still kicked over by the Xia officers and soldiers, and then stabbed into the vital point with a bayonet and took their lives.

The Xia army was full of disgust with the uncivilized natives of Nanyang, how could they accept the surrender of the natives?

After landing, the Xia army did not rush to surround the city of Batavia, they also knew that the victory or defeat on the sea had not yet been decided, and they should not be in a hurry to besiege the city, under the instruction of Liu Yang, the commander of the second brigade, the Xia army almost unloaded all the baggage on the warships overtime, and they used the Han gathering point outside the city as a temporary base to build barracks and set up fortifications.

It was not until the afternoon of the same day that the fierce battle in the Java Sea finally decided the winner, and the Xia army's East Sea Division defeated the Dutch navy, sinking nine enemy ships, severely damaging ten ships, and capturing three of the remaining ships at the cost of four of their own warships, four seriously damaged, and the rest of them were mostly lightly wounded.

Later, they pursued the Dutch retreat, sinking three more ships and capturing two on the way.

In the melee, the Dutch flagship IVTH battleship was heavily damaged, and although it managed to make it to retreat, it was sunk on the way to retreat, and the Dutch admiral drowned.

After the Battle of Java, the Dutch temporarily lost control of the sea off Batavia, and the Xia army immediately blocked the sea routes in Batavia, making it impossible for ships inside and outside the city to communicate.

At the same time, Admiral Liu Dingwu ordered the four battered warships and the five newly captured warships to return to Makassar together, and ordered them to be repaired in Makassar before returning to the army.

It is worth mentioning that the third-level flagship he was riding on also suffered a lot of damage in the battle, so he asked the third-level flagship to return to Makassar for repairs, and he temporarily changed the flagship to a third-class battleship with a lower degree of damage.

On land, after receiving the good news, the Marine Brigade of the Second Marine Army began to besiege the city of Batavia, deployed heavy troops at the gates of the city of Batavia, built siege camps, and prepared for a long-term siege.

Considering that the Second Brigade alone might not be able to accomplish this, Liu Yang also mobilized from the local Han diaspora, perhaps in order to avenge the hatred of the Dutch in the past, many Han Chinese young and middle-aged people signed up for the Xia army to assist in the siege of Batavia.

While the city of Batavia was under siege, far east of the island of Java, the Xia army was also fighting with the Dutch here.

A small number of Dutch East India Company ships were also sent to defend themselves in eastern Java, and these warships bravely sailed out of port to meet the Xia army's sailors, but after a fierce battle, the Dutch ships were either sunk or severely damaged, and had to flee back to the harbor in a hurry.

The Xia army ships immediately landed on land, and the 1st Marine Brigade of the 1st Navy Army successfully occupied the Dutch stronghold in eastern Java with only a slight resistance, and captured the few Dutch warships that fled into the harbor.

Immediately, the Dutch stronghold in eastern Java fell under the control of the Xia army, and the commander of the 1st Brigade left only one target force to defend, and then led his army to board the ship again.

Embark on a voyage to the aid of Batavia.

This was planned in advance, and the 2nd Brigade alone could not take the city of Batavia, so the 1st Brigade had to go to the city of Batavia to join the 2nd Brigade after completing the combat mission, and jointly launch a siege of the city.