Batavia, formerly known as Jakarta, is a port city with a short history, which took shape more than 600 years ago, when it was called Sunda Galaba, which means coconut.

In 7522, the first year of Jiajing, the Kingdom of Banten conquered the area and re-expanded the port city, and renamed it Jakarta, which means City of Victory.

However, with the arrival of the Dutch East Indo-Du Company, Western colonists were ushered in, and Jakarta was renamed Batavia.

It can be said that Batavia's prosperity was indispensable to the help of the Chinese, and the main expansion projects at that time, such as the construction of moats, city walls, and houses, were contracted and implemented by immigrants from Daming, and many people who chose to flee to the sea because of the war in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties came to settle here.

For example, in Anyuan 7699, excluding the population outside the city and counting the city of Batavia, overseas Chinese accounted for as much as 40%.

But what is a pity is that the history of overseas Chinese in Nanyang is a history of blood and tears.

Historically, in order to compete for the dominance of trade in the South Seas, the Spaniards raised butcher's knives against the overseas Chinese in the Philippines in 7603, resulting in the death of more than 24,000 people; After that, many ventured to the South Seas, despite the great dangers, and in 7639, the Spaniards forced the overseas Chinese to pay high taxes, which led to an uprising, which again resulted in more than 20,000 casualties in this second persecution.

Whether it is the Ming and Qing dynasties, the Tang and Song dynasties, the imperial courts of all dynasties have paid much attention to overseas expatriates.

Because those who went to the South Seas were either merchants or outcasts, one was of a humble status, and the other was an outcast of the Celestial Empire, so they were naturally not welcomed.

When Emperor Wanli of Mingshenzong learned of what happened in the Philippines, he only ordered: "Luzon, too, is strictly admonished, do not listen to the instigation of traitors and disturb the merchants." ”

Although he expressed a more stern attitude, it was meaningless, and the Ming Dynasty after the three major expeditions was unable to conquer, and it was impossible to go to sea for this matter.

The attitude of local officials in the Ming Dynasty was more disdainful and explicit, and Xu Xueju, the governor of Fujian, said: "It is also an overseas competition, and the culprit is unknown." The four people of China, the businessmen are the cheapest, how can they be untouchables and raise up soldiers? The soldiers are opposed to the ...... of the laborers"

The Qing Dynasty officials were even more contemptuous, and their attitude was basically ridicule and disdain - the Celestial Empire abandoned the people, did not hesitate to abandon the ancestral tombs, and went abroad to make profits, and the imperial court did not care; The Han people who went to sea lived in Fandi for a long time, abandoned the king, and were killed by him, but in fact, they did their own crimes.

However, at this time, the Later Ming Dynasty reinstated the Old Port Propaganda Division, which deterred the Spaniards and the Dutch for a long time, but this was only temporary.

After the fall of the Old Port Propaganda Division again, the Dutch East Indus Company was pleasantly surprised to find that the overseas Chinese in their sphere of influence were so wealthy, and they were worried that these large numbers of guys might rebel and make trouble, so the Dutch decided to shear sheep!

On the grounds of prohibiting weapons, the authorities of the Dongindu Company demanded that the overseas Chinese in the city hand over all weapons, and at the same time ordered the army to go door-to-door to search for overseas Chinese, and encouraged the locals to participate in persecution and robbery.

At the end of the five-and-a-half-day bloody persecution, tens of thousands of people were killed, and only a few dozen were able to escape. Because the killing was so "complete", and because the Later Ming was confronting it at the time, forbidding the exchange of merchant ships between the two sides, the matter remained unreported for many years, and it was not known until modern times.

The tragedy in Batavia has always been the hatred of the Ming Dynasty today, and it has been mentioned by the people for more than 30 years.

The Dutch themselves knew that this was the perfect pretext for a declaration of bell, so they paid a large amount of reparations in four instalments and made a public apology, but this still did not suppress the anger of the whole people.

"It's strictly forbidden to leave without permission, and if you find out, it's over." Zhou Changfeng, who crossed his waist, said.

On the outskirts of the northwest city, in the basement of an abandoned small processing factory, all twenty members of the team arrived, in addition to Shen Yu who came with him, and several agents of the Intelligence Service at the Batavia site.

In order to avoid being noticed, they took a total of three flights, two of which arrived in the early hours of yesterday morning and afternoon, and one that arrived this evening.

The table was filled with all kinds of guns, boxes and boxes of bullets, as well as many explosive blocks, fuses, and detonators.

Seven Type 34 submachine guns and 22 Type 36 pistols, these Ming army standard weapons were brought in parts, and other weapons were provided by the intelligence department.

Winchester M7894 lever rifle, Winchester M7897 shotgun, Bergman MP18/28 submachine gun, Colt M7917 revolver, Browning M7911 pistol, the number is sufficient, but Zhou Changfeng is not very satisfied with this.

The M7894 is an upgraded version of the famous M7873 lever rifle, with the biggest improvement being the ability to fire smokeless powder rounds.

Although this gun is not suitable for front-line infantry, it is generally good, and the unique internal tubular magazine can hold a full ten rounds. The problem, however, is that the eight M7894s supplied by the Intelligence Service are all .32 caliber versions!

The caliber is 0.32 inches, the bullet weighs more than 10 grams, and the muzzle kinetic energy is more than 900 joules, which is enough for a shotgun, but it is too weak for a rifle.

"Uh... Don't you have more energy? Zhou Changfeng looked expectantly at the Batavia agent.

The latter was stunned, "What does Chief Zhou mean?" Don't you look down on these guns? ”

Shen Yu held the cigarette between his scissors and said with a smile: "He wants mortars and heavy machine guns, haha-"

The agent thought it was a joke, so he quipped, "We can't get those things, but the enemy barracks have them." ”

What surprised him was that Zhou Changfeng actually really thought about it.

Oh, it must be that long-range fire delivery is safer and safer, if you are not in a hurry, you should let the navy's submarines secretly transport mortars and heavy machine guns in.

He stared at the map for a moment, then pointed to the barracks that had been circled in big red and said, "Is there any information about this place?" Is it heavily guarded? ”

Brother, wasn't it just kidding? Are you serious???

He was stunned for two seconds before the agent replied: "Naturally, there is, there was rough information before, and recently since the situation of Chai Guoyi's house has been revealed, I have carefully investigated it again." ”

"Okay, then bring the information and tell me about it."

"Chief Zhou, do you really have the idea of this place? There are hundreds of soldiers and horses in it. ”

After speaking, the agent looked at Shen Yu, and Shen Yu looked like "it's none of my business" with a cigarette in his mouth.

He reluctantly took out a stack of nailed materials from the bag next to him, then stretched out his hand and pointed to the map and said: "This is the station of the third regiment and three battalions of the first division of the Dutch royal family, the full strength is about 700 people, but there is currently a shortage of more than 200, that is to say, there are still 500 people. ”

Zhou Changfeng nodded and asked, "Are they foot infantry or motorized infantry units?" ”

"Motorized, with four armored vehicles and two combat vehicles at the same time."

"What? How can a motorized infantry battalion still have combat vehicles? ”