Although Cheng Shijie accepted Anthony's gift submarine, he was not ready to let go of the East India issue, but the problem is that some things did not develop according to Cheng Shijie's plan.

Just when Anthony was negotiating with the Ming court in Beijing to negotiate the annexation of the Ming dynasty by the Dutch East India authorities, the news was unexpectedly revealed.

Because the Dutch Ministry of Justice intervened in the investigation of the Dutch East India Company, many problems were found and many people were arrested, in fact, including the current Batavia police chief Louis Orange, although Louis is an unimportant role in the Orange family, but in fact, he does not agree with Anthony's views from the bottom of his heart, but Anthony promoted Louie, and he became the police chief of Batavia.

When Louis confessed to the officials of the Ministry of Justice that Anthony was going to attach the Ming Dynasty, the officials of the Ministry of Justice were collectively sluggish, which was important news, and Eddie Witt, who was in charge of the team, was the secretary of the Law Enforcement Inspectorate of the Directorate-General of Law Enforcement of the Dutch Ministry of Justice

From the Wittur family.

Eddie Witt immediately decided to gather East Erwin, commander of the Combined Fleet of the Dutch East India Company, Rear Admiral Mace, and Robin van Persie, in the name of investigating the Dutch East India Company.

When Eddie Witt said to the crowd, "Gentlemen, gentlemen, do you know what Governor Anthony has done?" ”

Erwin did not give the Ministry of Justice the face of the law enforcement inspector at all, if the Dutch Ministry of Justice is compared to the criminal department of the Ming Dynasty, then the General Department of Law Enforcement is the level of the criminal division, then the law enforcement inspector is almost equivalent to the level of the outsider.

Erwin, as a general with the rank of general in the military of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands, naturally does not care about a small law enforcement inspector, after all, at Erwin's level, even if he breaks the law, it should not be a law enforcement inspector to deal with him, at least the king signed the authorization to let the director of the General Department of Law Enforcement of the Ministry of Justice come over.

Moreover, unlike other managers of the Dutch East India Company, Erwin managed the fleet extremely strictly, and he himself withstood scrutiny.

Eddie Witt said solemnly: "Your Excellency Elwin, you should know that you, including Governor Anthony, are all playing with fire and being a shameful traitor!" Think about your family, think about your family, is it worth it for you to do this? ”

Anthony wants to lead the Dutch East India Company to attach Daming, as the commander of the Naval Combined Fleet, Erwin must not be able to get around, Anthony has long been angry with Erwin, and what Anthony told Erwin is that he is not betraying the United Kingdom of the Netherlands, on the contrary, he is saving the United Kingdom of the Netherlands.

At present, the Spanish Empire, which was supported by the Ming Dynasty with supplies and equipment, both the Dutch army and navy, suffered setbacks, suffered heavy casualties, and could not even see any hope of gaining independence.

If their Dutch East India Company is united with the Netherlands, it will be hit by the Ming Empire, not only will they not be able to make money, they will have to transfuse blood into the country, and they will even have to rely on domestic support from the Netherlands, which will make the already difficult situation of the Dutch United Kingdom even more difficult.

Anthony is willing to be a traitor, a sinner, and bear endless infamy, just to save the United Kingdom of the Netherlands, once the Dutch East India Company and the United Kingdom of the Netherlands draw a clear line, officially declare themselves to the Ming Dynasty, and become a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty, they will be like Venice, and obtain the most preferential trade rights of the Ming Empire.

Now the Ming Dynasty only levied a small amount of Guan Rui on the merchant ships of Venice, especially in terms of ores, and even tax-free, which made Venice earn a lot of money, if the East Indies had these powers, they would get a lot of benefits, and they could also use the strong industrial manufacturing capacity of the Ming Dynasty to order merchant ships from the Ming Dynasty.

After the Republic of Venice became a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty, it placed orders with the Jinzhou Shipyard and the Changshan Shipyard of the Ming Dynasty, and in just half a year, the Republic of Venice obtained 48 armed merchant ships built by the Ming Dynasty with 8,000 materials, which is a behemoth of 2,600 tons.

If the Dutch East Indies can make money in the same way, and then order merchant ships from the Ming Dynasty, this number is not forty-eight, but one hundred, then the Netherlands will have the strength to directly crush the Spanish Armada, as long as the time comes, the merchant ships are in hand, and they can take the opportunity to transport supplies to Europe just now to change the flag.

Erwin was hesitant at first, but compared with the treatment of the Republic of Venice, the Ming did not interfere much in the internal affairs of Venice, and stationed troops in Venice and Crete only to fight piracy, protect merchant ships, and protect shipping.

Erwin pressed Anthony at the time: "They won't interfere in our internal affairs?" ”

"Absolutely not!"

"Won't give us orders either?"

"Absolutely not!"

"How can you guarantee it?"

Anthony explained: "You can only choose to believe in me, or believe that the Netherlands will win, and if you believe that the Netherlands will win, you can hand me over to the king and hang me!" ”

In the end, Erwin chose to trust Anthony's curves to save the country.

Eddie Witt said: "We have received news that some Dutch officers plan to take advantage of the lack of strength of the Ming army and the reinforcements have not yet arrived, occupy the port to seize the port transport ships and warships, and launch an attack on the Ming Dynasty, as you know, many Dutch officials have long been dissatisfied with the compromise in the East Indies!" ”

Erwin nodded and said, "I know how to do it, I'll take someone to get rid of them!" ”

"No!" Eddie Witt replied with a smile, "If we just get rid of them, we can do it!" ”

"Then what do you mean ......"

"I hope that you will take advantage of Anthony's negotiations with the Ming people, the Ming will not be too wary of you, you bring reliable subordinates, and the Dutch officers will learn that the Governor Anthony is preparing to betray the United Kingdom of the Netherlands, and they will eliminate the traitors and kill you traitors. You seek refuge from the Ming Empire's navy! ”

Elven came over in vain: "You mean, let's take advantage of the chaos to attack Daming?" ”

"That's right!"

Eddie Witt said confidently: "We understand that the navy of the Ming Empire is very strong, but they are very scattered, as long as we take the risk and attack Coconut City, no matter how much loss is caused to Coconut City, Daming will definitely not accept Anthony, a traitor, we may go to God, but for the sake of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands, for freedom, are you willing to give your life?" ”

Eddie Witt used his family and family to persuade the East India Company's military leadership, although the Dutch East India Company's military leaders were their family's unvalued roles and marginal figures, but the problem was that with the endorsement of the Witt family in the United Kingdom of the Netherlands, they eventually defected.

Especially Erwin, Erwin felt that Anthony's idea was a little naïve, although the Ming would not interfere with Venice, it was because Venice was too small and did not have enough interests, but the Netherlands was different, the Netherlands occupied nearly one-third of the territory of the Ming Dynasty, and the Dutch East India Company alone had such a strong strength.

It is absolutely impossible for Daming to trust Anthony, after all, Anthony is a Dutchman, not a Daming person, you know, Daming's fleet is in Coconut City, that is, the West Port Area of Batavia, what they want to do, they will be hit by Daming immediately.

So in the night of that day, there were several explosions in the city of Batavia, and then fires were set in several directions, all by the natives, who were accustomed to obeying the orders of the Dutch, and of course some of them because their families were being coerced at the hands of the Dutch East India Company troops.

Then there was a burst of gunfire, and shouts were everywhere in the darkness, as if a riot had been launched in the whole city.

But if you listen closely, it is easy to tell that the gunfire is mainly concentrated in the eastern part of the city, that is, in the harbor.

"The people of the Ming Kingdom have been tricked!"

Eddie Witt raised his glass to Elwin and said, "This is completely expected, Your Excellency! Of course, the Ming people will not be your opponents, and I can't wait to see the annoyance and anger of the Ming people, and I think His Majesty is also looking forward to it! ”

"I'm not bad, right?"

"Great, General!"

Fierce gunfire erupted in Batavia, with flames and cries of killing.

When Li Weiluan received the news, he was asleep.

"What's going on? How did the Dutch East India Company have internal strife? ”

"It is said that Anthony is preparing to annex the Ming Dynasty, and the news has leaked that the officers of the Shaozhuang faction have staged a mutiny, preparing to kill the surrendering faction and traitors, and return to the Netherlands with their warships and armed merchant ships!"

Li Weiluan sneered with a sneer on his face: "They are dreaming!" ”

"Order the fleet to seal off the Strait of Malacca at once, and if the Dutch merchant ships and warships want to pass through, persuade them to go back, and if they don't, sink them on the spot!"

"Civil strife in Nabatavia ......"

"That's a matter of the Dutch, what does it have to do with our Daming?"

At Li Weiluan's level, he must know more news than a staff officer, Anthony wants to attach Daming, but what he wants is the prince, the internal affairs are completely free, only nominally subordinate, and he also needs the most preferential privileges in trade, which is absolutely impossible for Cheng Shijie to accept.

Of course, being able to resolve the East Indies issue through negotiation is also what Cheng Shijie is willing to see.

"Yes!"

It wasn't until the morning that the line of sight gradually widened, and three scarred Dutch warships, even on fire on the deck, and a dozen armed merchant ships asked to enter the port of Coconut City for refuge.

Li Weiluan really didn't expect the Dutch to dare to attack Daming in the way of the death squad, not only personally greeted these Dutchmen who wanted to Daming, but also held a grand welcome ceremony through them.

"You're welcome!"

Erwin looked at the Daming warships in the port and felt a little disappointed, because the port of Coconut City, which was originally crowded, at most, could dock about two hundred large warships at the same time, but now there are only a dozen warships.

But the arrow is on the line, and it has to be sent.

Erwin took the opportunity to shake hands with Li Weiluan, and quietly made a gesture, and more than a dozen armed merchant ships that were entering the port suddenly opened the window on the armor, revealing the barrels of the black holes.

"Boom Boom Boom Boom ......"

The hidden fleet of the Dutch armed merchant ships, at a position of two or three hundred meters, launched an artillery bombardment on the Ming warships, the distance at this time was too close, and the Ming warships were docked in the port, many of the warships did not even have soldiers on them, in fact, these dozen warships were all in the maintenance period, parked in the port for maintenance.

When thirty-two-pound shells, chain shells, flowering shells, and all kinds of shells bombarded the Ming warship, the Ming Dynasty did not have time to react at all.

In the first round of shelling, four Ming battleships were hit by guns, and the entire upper deck was in shambles.

Erwin took advantage of holding a handcuff, but he didn't aim at Li Weiluan, but at his own head, and he didn't hesitate to pull the trigger.

"Bang!"

Li Weiluan pushed Erwin's hand away, and the bullet almost grazed his scalp and flew into the distance.

"Shouldn't you explain this to me, Lord Elwin?"

Erwin sighed and said, "Kill me, I won't betray the United Kingdom of the Netherlands, I'm not that despicable traitor of Anthony!" ”

At this moment, the naval guns on the shore defense batteries suddenly opened fire, and the dense shells hit the Dutch sneak attack on the battleships and armed merchant ships, you must know that because the recoil of the five-inch naval guns is too large, it has exceeded the maximum bearing capacity of the wooden sailing ships, except for the whale shark-class battleships, the five-inch naval guns have not become the main naval guns of the Ming Dynasty.

But the shore defense battery used this kind of naval gun, when a large cloud of smoke rushed up, even if there was a standing hoe, it didn't work, the heavy body of the five-inch cannon still moved back three feet fiercely, and the spring steel almost finger-thick was pressed to the limit, stirring up a large cloud of smoke and dust!

Blazing and furious flames erupted from the muzzle of the black hole, and in a thunderbolt of thunder, heavy projectiles spun out at high speed along the rifling line, and fiercely chiseled at the Dutch battleship.

A 1,400-ton Dutch armed merchant ship was hit in the center of the ship by the first cannon shell, and the entire 1,000-ton giant ship was smashed directly through the four decks, causing an explosion at the bottom of the ship.

The Dutch soldier flew into the air like a piece of paper, and the loud explosion of the cannonball shook everyone's mind, and everything was as terrifying as a nightmare in their frozen sight. The soldiers near the blast site either disappeared in a flash of the blast, or were blown high by the blast wave, and then torn to pieces and fell one after another, pouring blood down.

This was not a battle on one level at all, in just a quarter of an hour, the Dutch warships and armed merchant ships that came to attack the Ming Dynasty only had time to fire the first round of shelling, and some were blown to pieces or turned into flaming torches before they could even fire their guns.

After the Dutch made their move, Li Weiluan immediately ordered the troops of Daming Coconut City to attack Batavia, and the army of two regiments fired shells at Batavia with two field artillery companies and two rocket shells, and four artillery companies with more than 100 artillery pieces of large and small sizes.

This is almost a one-sided performance, the Ming army artillery deployed in Coconut City has long been aimed at Batavia, and the shooting has long been calculated, and it can fire shells at any time, under the nose of the enemy, all the undefended Ming Dynasty is the smoke of fortification to the Dutch.

The artillery group of the Ming Dynasty opened fire one after another, and the whole earth was shocked by the unprecedented violent loud noise, and the large group of flames tore the ground, looking down from the sky, the entire Batavia City was like a volcano erupting from the foot of the mountain, and the scene made everyone who witnessed it shocked!

Especially when those deadly rocket launchers fired, the sky turned into a big red-hot iron cauldron, which was heavily clasped above the city of Batavia, and on the hearts of every Dutchman.

Rockets dragging smoke and flames poured into the city like a torrential rain, thousands of flames rushed to be the first to burst out in an instant, and thousands of explosions converged into a thunderous sound that tore the ground, destroyed houses, uprooted trees, fortresses, will, and courage......

Even if the Dutch are the troops of the firearms age, but at this moment, their confidence is ruthlessly shattered, no matter how powerful the army is, in the face of this torrent of steel and flames, it can only be ruthlessly devoured!

In the city of Batavia, the soldiers and civilians were no different, they were terrified by the overwhelming artillery fire, covering their ears and screaming in the falling fire, running wildly, trying to find a safe place to escape the fire.

But where can they hide when shells rain down? From time to time, shells fell into the crowd, and after a loud bang, there was a rain of blood, and broken limbs and rags flew in the air, which was terrible!

The mere shelling had already made them desperate, and in the face of such an opponent, they had no hope of victory, and they could get nothing but destruction!

The shelling lasted a full two hours. In just two hours, the Ming army used dozens of warships and tens of thousands of shells from countless ox carts and carriages to knock out more than half. When Li Weiwan ordered the shelling to stop, the walls of Batavia were reduced to piles of rubble, almost no longer existing, and the smoke in Batavia was billowing and a sea of fire, and the shouts and shouts came one after another, like the end of the world.

The god of war came out of the fog and revealed his most hideous face, and with a single blow, the Batavian city defense system that the Dutch had painstakingly managed for decades fell apart!

A flare rises into the sky, and the general assault begins.

At this time, it was no longer important to attack Batavia, because there was no need to attack the city, there were hardly many people alive, and hot air balloons were used to indicate targets in the air, and as long as there were resistance fire units, they would be hit by artillery.

The army infantry is also complaining, the artillery has done all the work, what will we do in the future?

In fact, the current Ming Royal Army is an artillery unit dominated by artillery, with three infantry battalions and one artillery battalion under each infantry regiment. An artillery battalion has a field artillery company, a rocket artillery company, a fire support company, and a baggage company.

At the same time as the infantry attacked Batavia, Li Weiluan reported to Cheng Shijie on the radio, and learned that the Dutch actually preemptively attacked Coconut City Port.

Cheng Shijie was furious.

PS: There is one last chapter, chapter 520 This story has come to an end, thank you for your continued companionship and support. (End of chapter)