"Attack!"

Outside Chinatown, the Dutch army rushed in a dense formation to the Han-set checkpoint amid the shouts of the officers, fighting as they went, suppressing the Han with arquebuses and crossbows, while melee infantry armed with European-style round shields and long swords took the opportunity to approach.

Although the combat effectiveness of the colonial army was not high, it was more than enough to deal with the rabble without professional military training, and under the suppression of the Dutch firepower, the Han people hiding behind the bunkers were beaten for a while and could not raise their heads, so they could only take advantage of the gap to return fire with few pitiful firearms and crossbows.

The Han Chinese did not have many firearms, mainly because the Dutch and Indian governments had used administrative means to impose restrictions, and they feared that the Han Chinese would have too many firearms and that if there was any turmoil in the future, it would be a great threat to the rule of the authorities.

With the exception of a small number of Han Chinese who had firearms hidden in their homes, most of them had to fight back with old-fashioned bows and arrows and crossbows, or after close combat, with cold weapons such as knives and guns.

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The Han Chinese resisted desperately, and under the command of experienced veteran sailors who had fought pirates on the sea, they fired arrows that leapfrogged the infantry in front of them with round shields and fell on the musketeers in the back row, armed with firearms, killing several Dutch soldiers in an instant.

Lin Mang held a steel knife in his hand, crouched behind the bunker, listening to the crackling sound that hit the bunker in front of him from time to time, after the snapping sound fell, he roared and shot, and the Han man holding a bow and crossbow next to him suddenly got up and pulled the trigger towards the Dutch army opposite.

Then only a buzzing sound of bows and crossbows was heard, and several round-shielded infantry close to the bunker hurriedly raised their shields to block, but one of them was still shot by the crossbow arrows and fell to the ground with a scream, while the rest of the people did not care about the robes that fell to the ground, and rushed forward with a roar.

Lin Mangxiang hurriedly signaled the crossbowmen to retreat, he looked at the compatriots who were also crouching behind him, shouted "rush", and took the lead in rushing forward with a steel knife.

As Lin Mangxiang took the lead and rushed forward, the Han people with swords, guns, swords and axes behind him also shouted and rushed up, Lin Mangxiang stepped on the cover and jumped up directly, and the steel knife in his hand slashed towards the oncoming round shield infantry, the latter hurriedly raised his shield to block, only to hear a loud bang, Lin Mang's tiger's mouth was shocked and numb, and he almost couldn't hold the steel knife.

And the Han people behind him also rushed out, and the round shield infantry fought together, a young man waved his axe towards the round shield infantry in front of him and slashed, the axe slashed on the shield one after another to make a screeching sound, he was too involved in the attack, but ignored that he had opened the door, and the round shield infantry who was attacking him seized the opportunity, stabbed out the long sword, only to hear the sound of a sharp weapon entering the flesh, the long sword stabbed into his body, and then pierced out of the back, blood gushed out.

The two sides fought fiercely, and on the other side, the retreating Han Chinese also used ladders to climb the roofs on both sides, and they stood directly on the roofs and fired condescendingly at the colonial troops in the street, and the unsuspecting Dutch soldiers were shot and killed many in one moment.

But soon, the Dutch musketeers began to shoot back at the rooftops, and the guns were loud in the streets, and the Han crossbowmen on the rooftops suffered so many losses that they had to reduce the frequency of their firing.

On the other side, the gunshots in the city and the movements generated during the fighting attracted the attention of the Xia army outside the city, and the Xia army, who was in charge of the sentry, hurriedly reported the matter and quickly placed it in front of Liu Yang, the commander of the second brigade.

Without the slightest hesitation, Liu Yang sent people to ask An Chujie to attack the city together, and at the same time ordered the assembly of lieutenants and soldiers, preparing to take this opportunity to launch a siege.

As the Xia army assembled, the artillery they brought with them began to roar at the city walls, all of which was like a replica of the battle of Batavia, as the deafening sound of cannons echoed outside the city, and the faces of the Dutch in the city changed dramatically, and Governor John Matsorkol slapped his head and realized that he had done something wrong.

He knew that instead of appeasing the emotions of the Han people, he was ready to strike first and decided to provoke a civil war in the city, which gave the Xia army the opportunity to attack the city, what is the difference between this and what happened in the port?

At this time, he realized that it was too late, and he could only mobilize the people

The soldiers were sent to the city wall to strengthen the defense on the city wall, and at the same time mobilized other ethnic groups except the Han Chinese, telling them that if they did not want to be slaughtered by the Xia army after the city was broken, they would all take up arms and join the ranks of the defenders.

As soon as the Madai guests, the Turen, and other ethnic groups heard that the authorities were sure that the Xia army would massacre the city after the city was broken, and most of them, except for a few who could still keep their sanity and sobriety, were agitated and took their weapons to join the defenders.

Governor Matsokol did not send everyone to the city wall, but sent half of them to Chinatown, hoping to suppress the Han people in the city as soon as possible, and free up troops to send to the city wall for support.

Not only that, in order to strengthen his force, he insisted on opening the arsenal and taking out all the swords, guns and ordnance inside to equip the militia in the city.

As more militia were mobilized, the pressure on the Han Chinese in Chinatown increased, and the first line of defense was soon broken through by the Dutch, where more than half of the Han Chinese were killed or wounded, and the rest had to retreat into Chinatown and retreat to the barricades to fight back.

The terrain in Chinatown was complicated, and the Dutch army was attacked from all sides after breaking through the first line of defense, and for a time they could only be beaten passively and retreated in disarray, but when they came back again, they formed a strong shield array to resist arrows flying from all directions.

On the side of the city wall, the Xia army quickly completed the assembly, and under the cover of their own artillery, carried various siege equipment to advance to the city wall, but was soon bombarded by the city fire cannons erected by the Dutch army on the city wall - Batavia City, as the governor of the Dutch East India Company, was naturally more advanced in defense than other places, and artillery was erected on all four walls.

After the fire artillery of the Dutch army city was launched, the Xia artillery outside the city quickly shifted the target, concentrated their firepower and prepared to destroy the artillery fire point of the Dutch army first, and the gunners of both sides immediately started an artillery battle, while the Xia infantry could only endure the shells flying overhead from time to time, and jointly pushed the siege equipment forward.

In addition to attacking the city walls, the Xia army also tried to attack the city from the three canals, and they sailed into the canal with their brigs and brigs belonging to light warships, and broke into the city of Batavia, and some soldiers of the 1st Brigade were assigned to these warships, and as soon as the battleships broke into the city, they landed and fought.

The movements of the Xia battleship were soon discovered by the Dutch, who hurriedly turned their guns and shelled the enemy ships on the canal, and the Xia sailors also hurriedly returned fire with the guns erected in the bow of the ship after being attacked, trying to force their way through the firing range of the artillery.

But they soon encountered another problem: in order to prevent the Xia army from attacking from the canal, the Dutch army had already pulled up a heavy chain on the canal at the beginning of the siege, which could block the passage of any ship, and even if the ship forced to ram, it would only damage the ship itself.

In order to break through the blockade of this chain, the Xia army could only put down the boat that could pass under the chain, and carry the assault team to force the landing on both sides of the canal and put the chain down.

Xia Jun was originally going to use a large amount of gunpowder to blow up the chains, but considering that the power of gunpowder might not be able to break the iron chains, he had to abandon this idea and find another way to find another way.

Subsequently, dozens of boats were put down one after another, the Xia soldiers paddled hard, braved the fire of the Dutch troops on the city walls on both sides to sail forward, from time to time there were cannonballs falling on the water, blowing up a column of water, projectiles, arrows fell like raindrops, the Xia army on the boat from time to time someone was shot and fell into the water, but they could only bury their heads in the oars.

The Dutch army also realized the intention of the Xia army, when the Xia army was about to land, the Dutch army hurriedly assembled on the shore, they condescendingly fired a salvo of muskets on the canal, only to hear a string of gunshots like bursting beans, the Xia army on the boat near the shore was shot and fell into the water, and the soldiers in the distance looked at this scene with tears in their eyes, they didn't care about their sadness, and paddled desperately, hoping to be able to land before the Dutch army finished loading.

But how could the Dutch army give them a chance, after the people in the front row shot, they quickly turned around and retreated, giving up the firing position to the people behind them, and fired down several rows of volleys in a row, and the Xia army on the river surface of the canal was completely dead and wounded, and a large area of the river was stained red with blood, and the corpses of the Han people floated on it.

The commandos sent out were all wiped out, and the Xia army could only stop

Stopping the risk, he turned to the side and concentrated his fire on the pulled chains, hoping to break them with shells.

But the accuracy of the artillery at this time was not high, and the shells flew up and down the chains, or fell into the river in the distance, or flew to the banks to hit the buildings on both banks, and after several rounds of shelling, the chains were unscathed.

The movement of the Xia army attacking the city from all sides also reached the ears of the Han people in the city, and they were pleased to find that Wang Shi was responding to them and storming the city wall, and their morale was greatly boosted, and the crumbling front under the siege of the Dutch army was much more stable for a while.

On the city wall, the Xia army finally advanced to the bottom of the city wall despite the shells that fell from time to time, and then they raised their guns to shoot at the top of the city wall to suppress the fire of the Dutch army, and the tall grenadiers took the opportunity to climb the ladder, they lit the grenade when they were about to climb the city wall, and after shouting, they threw the grenade over their heads, blowing up the Dutch troops inside the city wall, and the grenadiers then jumped into the city wall and engaged in hand-to-hand combat with the Dutch troops inside.

In addition to the ladder, the Xia army also hit the city gate with a battering ram, and the inlaid city gate began to shake violently under the impact of the battering ram, and the dust accumulated for many years continued to fall, but there was no sign of hitting the city gate, and above the gate hole, the Dutch army suddenly pulled open the plank, exposing the Xia army below to the shooting range, and then condescendingly, shooting at the Xia army below, or throwing grenades.

In the continuous gunfire, several explosions sounded in the doorway, and the Xia army who was crowded inside was suddenly killed and wounded, and the survivors hurriedly dragged the wounded soldiers out of the doorway, avoiding the attack range of the Dutch army.

On the other side, the tall siege towers were also slowly approaching the city walls, and the light infantry at the top of the siege towers were able to shoot directly at the Dutch troops on the walls from a high position, and they called the Dutch soldiers who did not join the melee battle, but wanted to shoot on the sidelines, quickly increasing the number of Dutch casualties.

But they were also quickly counterattacked by the Dutch army, the city artillery turned its muzzle in the shouts of the Dutch soldiers, aimed at the siege tower and roared, the round black solid bullet roared and hit the siege tower body, leaving a big hole in the tower, and the Xia army hiding inside was also torn apart by the shells that penetrated it, and suffered heavy losses.

This did not stop the siege tower from approaching the city wall, and soon, the siege tower leaned against the edge of the wall, and in the roar of the officers, the drawbridge was lowered with a bang, and the soldiers with rifles rushed to the drawbridge with a loud bang, and the soldiers with rifles shouted and rushed to the drawbridge, but in the next second, they were fired by a volley of muskets from the Dutch army, and several people were shot and killed at once.

The soldiers who followed behind ignored their fallen comrades, stepped directly over their bodies, jumped into the city wall, and engaged the Dutch in a white-knuckle battle, some soldiers shot at the Dutch soldiers on the drawbridge, and after shooting the projectiles in the chamber, they jumped into the wall and joined the melee.

As the siege towers approached the walls and sent the soldiers inside the towers to the walls, the pressure on the defenders on the walls increased dramatically, and although the militia was initially high-spirited, as the number of casualties increased, they soon wavered, and some even took advantage of the chaos to escape.

Under the fierce offensive of the Xia army, the Dutch army on the city wall began to retreat, and the battle was transferred from the open wall section to the tower, where fierce fighting broke out, and finally ended in the defeat of the Dutch army.

After clearing the Dutch army on the city wall, Xia *** and fought for control of the city gate, although the Dutch army knew that the city gate must be in their own hands, but they were obviously not the opponent of the Xia army who attacked the city, after a fierce battle, the control of the city gate was also ceded, and the defeated Dutch army watched the city gate open, and more Xia troops poured into the city.

The news of the loss of the city walls soon reached the ears of Governor Matsokor, who instantly realized that the city could not be defended, but he did not dare to surrender - it was he who gave the order to suppress the Han people in the city, and with the Xia army's character of retribution, once he surrendered, the Xia army would definitely not let him go easily.

Therefore, Governor Matsokol hurriedly left the governor's residence and rushed to the front, preparing to collect the rout troops who had retreated from the city walls, relying on the complex street terrain of the city to engage in street battles with the enemy, and resist until the last moment.

He ordered the troops to withdraw to suppress Chinatown, retreat to the area where the governor's residence was located and the quarters where the Europeans lived, he was the governor of the Dutch, and in the event of the imminent fall of the city, he was the only one he could protect Ou

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