Cirebon, more than 70 kilometers east of Batavia, was a small port city in later generations, but Cirebon was a small fishing village, with no Dutch garrison except for some local fishermen. There are two big rivers between Cirebon and Batavia, it is not easy to reach Batavia from Cirebon, the two places are densely forested and the roads are difficult, even if you advance lightly, it will take one or two days, because of this, the Qing assault fleet chose Cirebon as the hidden location of the fleet, of course, the Qing army did not plan to land here at all, what the Qing army really wanted to do was to sneak into the mouth of the Chirion River and land on the flank of Batavia, the purpose was to sneak into the Dutch battery from behind, Relieve the Dutch of their last will to resist.

The Chirion River is a big river, although the length of the river is not long, but the river surface is quite wide, the widest at the mouth of the sea reaches nearly 100 meters, the river is also very deep, enough for the medium-sized warships of the Qing army to sail in it, in the past, there were many merchant ships and fishing boats on this river, but because the main fleet of the Qing army was parked on the outer ocean of the port of Batavia, neither merchant ships nor fishing boats dared to stay near the mouth of the sea at this moment, and the entire Chirion River mouth was empty, and even a small boat could not be seen.

The sixth son of the fifth month of the eighth year of Yuanzhuo has passed, and the entire Batavia city has entered the dreamland, only the two forts at the port are still brightly lit, but the Dutch troops on duty are not too many, and most of the Dutch defenders who have been busy preparing for a whole day are asleep at this time, only some sentry posts and swimming posts patrol back and forth on the forts, and from time to time they take advantage of the moonlight to look at the Qing fleet on the ocean in the distance, ready to blow the horn of preparation for war, but the Qing warships do not seem to have the intention of attacking at all, except for the little lights, The sheer fleet looked daunting in the moonlight like a behemoth lying on the sea.

A moment in the hour. Four large ships from the east quietly entered the mouth of the Chirion River, and the four boats sailed quietly on the river without any lights, and after a certain period of sailing in the river, the four boats slowly approached the west bank, and dropped anchor at a place called Yabeak Rock at the mouth of the river. There was no one at Duckbill Rock in the first place, and in the dead of night, no one would wander around this place where birds don't lay eggs. The arrival of the four large boats did not alarm anyone, and after a while, more than 20 small boats were lowered from these four large boats, and under the moonlight you could clearly see that these small boats were full of loaded soldiers, and the small boats rowed very fast, like petrels shuttling on the sea, and rushed to the shore as quickly as a petrel shuttling on the sea, and many soldiers on the small boats jumped swiftly into the knee-deep water, and rushed towards the shore with their waists and guns flat. The defensive formation was quickly arranged in several dangerous places on the shore, and the skill of the action was breathtaking.

The dinghy shuttled back and forth, sending batch after batch of soldiers ashore, and this series of actions did not alarm others, and Kodoa, who was standing on the foredeck of the "Yanyan", saw that most of the officers and men had gone ashore safely. A big stone in his heart finally fell to the ground, relaxed his fists that had always been clenched tightly, came back to his senses and smiled at Ke Zuomin, the captain of the "Yanyan" who was standing quietly behind him, and said, "Old Ke, it's time for me to go ashore too." See you later. ”

"See, be careful, our ship will wait here, and if things go wrong, our ship will cover the return of the brothers in the land camp. "Lieutenant Colonel Ke Zuomin has always had a good relationship with Kodoa, and he also knows the danger of this operation. Cordoa didn't say anything more. He just nodded with a serious face, led a few guards down the rope ladder to the dinghy, and headed straight towards the shore.

Yazui Rock is not far from the port of Batavia, that is, more than ten miles away, except for passing through two or three indigenous villages that have long been immersed in the land of dreams, there is no danger, although the Qing army is extremely unfamiliar with the terrain of this road, but with the help of detailed maps and bright moonlight provided by the shadows. It's not that hard. It's just that I walked a little slower, and when I got to the port area. It was already three o'clock in the morning, and it was only a little more than half an hour before dawn, and the roosters had already begun to crow, and the fighters were fleeting.

There are two forts in the port of Batavia, there are two forts in the east and west, these two forts are about three kilometers apart, they are all built on the cliffs, almost parallel, the port of Batavia is protected in the middle, there are forty-eight cannons in the east fort, and there are fifty-one cannons in the west fort, all of them are old-fashioned heavy artillery, the firing range is not too far, about three thousand meters away, almost completely covering most of the sea area of the port of Batavia, if the Qing army intends to use warships to storm these two forts, even if it can be taken, the loss will not be small.

Although more than 1,500 soldiers of the Qing Marine Corps have quietly arrived at the foot of the east battery in the port of Batavia, the problem is that a difficult problem is placed in front of the Qing army - the two batteries are too far apart, and the middle is the port of Batavia, and it is difficult for the brigade to quietly pass through the port of Batavia to reach the west battery, and what is even more difficult is that in view of the backwardness of the means of communication, it is almost impossible for both sides to start at the same time, and the sky is already bright. If you want to divide your troops and rush to the West Fort, I'm afraid that it may not be too late.

Kodoa lay on a hill not far from the East Battery, carefully observing every move on the brightly lit East Battery, and found that the Dutch garrison was not relaxed because the day was about to dawn, there were many sentry posts and patrols, but most of them were facing the sea, and there was almost no special arrangement on the side to the land, there was no problem at all in taking the East Battery with the strength of the land camp, but after taking the East Battery, if you want to conquer the West Battery, it will be difficult. Seeing that the time of dawn was approaching, Kodoa had to make up his mind and call his two battalion commanders to his side.

"Wang Biao, your battalion is ready to attack immediately, move fiercely, and take the East Fort as soon as possible. Li Dongguo, as soon as the East Fort starts, you take two companies to rush along the dock, don't care about the Dutch troops along the road, be sure to stick behind the West Fort, and launch an attack as soon as you arrive, and send troops to support you as soon as our army takes the East Fort. How? Are you having any difficulties? Cordoa lowered his voice and explained the battle plan.

"Guaranteed to get the job done. Wang Biao and Li Dongguo glanced at each other and replied in a low voice.

"Alright, let's go!" Kodoa didn't say anything more, and immediately gave the order to fight.

The darkest hour before dawn came, the moonlight and starlight were gone, and in the darkness of the five fingers, the Qing soldiers who were hiding close to the East Fort quietly wiped out all the bright and dark sentinels behind the fort, and the officers and soldiers of the first battalion were under the leadership of the battalion commander Wang Biao. Quietly approached the Dutch barracks on the mountainside of the East Battery.

"Hit!" With Wang Biao's roar, a row of guns rang out, knocking over more than a dozen Dutch sentry posts outside the barracks to the ground, and more than 800 Qing officers and soldiers shouted, like arrows from the string, the soldiers divided into two ways, one rushed to the fort at the top of the mountain, and the other road broke into the Dutch barracks with murderous violentness, and suddenly the explosion of gunfire and grenades became loud. The entire hill where the East Fort was located was in full swing, and the Dutch soldiers who woke up from their sleep were in a mess and were beaten to pieces by the Qing soldiers. As soon as the battle on the East Fort began, the two companies of the Second Battalion, under the leadership of the battalion commander Li Dongguo, let go of their feet and rushed towards the West Fort. Ignore the Dutch defenders who were disorganized along the way, alarmed by the sound of guns from the East Battery.

Xiao Sanlang, who had not slept all night, was standing on the foredeck of the "Weihai" at this time, and as soon as he saw the flames on the east fort, he knew that the marine battalion had moved, but he was a little suspicious about the silence on the west fort. Silently frowning and looking in the direction of the West Fort—according to the original plan, the East and West Forts should have been started at the same time, but at this time, the East Fort had become a pot of porridge, but the West Fort was still quiet.

"Lao He, what do you think? Kodoana kid shouldn't have messed up the show, right? Xiao Saburo thought about it and asked without looking back.

"It shouldn't be, but the Marine Battalion must have his problems, well. I think Kodoa should be planning to take the east battery first and then make plans, maybe he also divided his troops to attack the west battery, but the men and horses have not yet arrived, why don't you let the fleet press the west battery and attract the attention of the Dutch? Rear Admiral He Haitao, chief of staff of the Second Squadron, who was standing behind Xiao Sanlang, thought for a while and replied.

"It's okay, let 'Weihua' and 'Authoritarian' lead the three Yanzi ships to the west fort, put a little pressure on the red-haired ghost, and be careful not to enter the range of the Dutch artillery. The rest of the ships will not move for the time being. Xiao Saburo looked up at the white sky that had already revealed the belly of the fish. He nodded. As the signal soldiers on the "Weihai" used lights to convey Xiao Sanlang's order to all ships, the warships of the Qing army, which had long been preparing to launch an attack on the port of Batavia, immediately took action. The five battleships that received the order slowly turned around, hung up their sails, and sailed towards the West Battery, with the posture of intending to storm the West Battery.

The Dutch troops on the West Fort had already been awakened by the huge movement of the East Fort at this time, and ran out of the barracks in a hurry, all gathered on the Fort and looked at the East Battery, everyone was panicked, no one knew what was happening, and in panic, they suddenly heard someone screaming: "Look, the fleet of the Qing Dynasty has been killed!" Seeing the five huge ships rushing towards the West Battery, the Dutch officers and soldiers who were in a mess could no longer care about what was happening on the East Battery, and under the shouts of the officers, they ran to their respective gun emplacements in a panic, nervously preparing to meet the Qing fleet.

The Qing army fleet came very quickly, but it did not enter the range of the shore defense artillery, but only moved in the distance, which made the defenders of the West Fort quite confused, and before the Dutch army understood what the Qing army wanted to do, but after hearing the gunfire and explosions in the back mountain, a group of Qing officers and soldiers could be seen attacking the hilltop fort by the already bright skylight, and the Dutch officers and soldiers who could not resist the Qing army's offensive retreated towards the hilltop fort. This made the chaos on the West Fort, which was already in chaos, even worse.

There were more than 800 Dutch troops guarding the east and west forts, and in terms of numbers, they were more than the Qing army that launched the attack, how could the Qing army far surpass the Dutch army in terms of training level, individual combat ability, and weaponry, plus the Qing army was unprepared, how could the Dutch army withstand the powerful offensive of the Qing army, the battle on the east battery ended in less than half an hour, and the Dutch soldiers who had no fighting spirit stopped resisting one after another after being wiped out more than 200 people, and surrendered under the leadership of the Dutch commander. After taking the East Fort, the Qing army immediately dispatched two companies of troops to assist the officers and soldiers of the second battalion, who were fighting fiercely with the defenders of the West Fort, and after half an hour of fierce fighting, when the sun rose, the West Fort also fell into the hands of the Qing army.

Without the threat of the East and West Batteries, the main force of the Qing fleet immediately rushed into the port of Batavia, first bombarding hundreds of shells into the city of Batavia, and then sending messengers to order the Dutch governor to surrender unconditionally.

The demonstrative bombardment of the Qing army turned the city of Batavia into a city of panic, and both the local natives and Dutch officers and soldiers were frightened by the fierce bombardment, and together the merchants of the East India Company and the Dutch generals flocked into the fortified governor's palace, surrounded the Governor Glinka, who was stunned by the sudden attack of the Qing army, and begged Glinka to come up with an accurate idea.

"Gentlemen, gentlemen, please be still, be quiet. Glinka shouted sweaty for a long time and finally stabilized the panicked crowd, looked around at everyone, took out Bai Juan from his pocket and wiped the sweat on his face, shook his fat cheeks, and said with a sigh: "The Qing Dynasty sent a letter, stating that we want to surrender unconditionally, and I, as the governor of Batavia, cannot make such a major decision, please discuss, what should I do?" ”

"How can this be, didn't you say that the Qing Dynasty only needs to compensate? Did your governor's palace secretly make a mistake? Surrender? Surrendered, what to do with our cargo? You, the Governor's Office, must be held accountable for this. The merchant shouted wildly, threatening to swallow Glinka. At this time, the second round of artillery bombardment of the Qing fleet began, this time the shelling was aimed at the Governor's Palace, and the whistling shells exploded around the Governor's Palace, so frightened that the merchants fell to the ground and trembled.

"Surrender, we surrender. ”

"Surrender, stop firing!"

……

The frightened merchants shouted loudly. Glinka looked up to the sky and sighed, and muttered, "Surrender, surrender......"

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