March 24, 5 pm, Ambon Bay.

When the huge figures of the two battleships "Hanping" and "Hanhe" appeared at the narrow headland of Ambon Bay, Colonel Carsten Kuritz, commander of the support fleet of the Dutch East India Company, knew that his side had no more

Maybe we can break out of the headland and return to Ambon Port safely.

An hour ago, more than ten Hanzhou warships rushed towards them after passing through the headland. They lined up in a column and fired their guns in sequence when passing the Dutch warships. It was a typical line tactic. Moreover, the Hanzhou people

It seemed that after countless trainings, after being counterattacked by the Dutch warships, the ships did not change their formations and silently withstood the artillery bombardment. Then, when passing the next Dutch warship, they continued to fire round after round.

Round salvo.

After the dozen or so Hanzhou warships sailed past the Dutch support fleet, Colonel Kuritz thought he could find an opportunity to break through the headland and escape from the bay with the ten ships that were still intact. But what was horrifying was that the headland's entrance

Seven or eight Hanzhou warships came from everywhere, blocking the headland entrance less than 500 meters away.

At this time, the only way to survive was to fight hard. The Dutch ship, which had just been beaten by more than ten Hanzhou warships with line tactics, mustered up the courage and rushed towards the headland.

In order to completely block the Dutch's escape route, nine Hanzhou armed merchant ships that arrived one after another were waiting at the headland and did not take the initiative to fight. At this time, there was a slight breeze and the sea was quiet, which was good for launching a charge.

This was very disadvantageous for the Dutch fleet, which had to attack slowly against the weak northwest wind.

Some Hanzhou armed merchant ships have turned their hulls sideways, using their sides with numerous artillery guns to deal with the swarming Dutch warships. At the same time, they have also expanded the interception area accordingly. They are very calm, and when the Dutch

When the ship rushed to a position of more than 100 meters, it fired the first round of salvo, which smashed the forward Dutch ship into pieces and scattered wood. Among them, more than a dozen chain bombs rotated and flew towards the mast.

The Dutch fleet did not dare to make any further entanglements here, and fled towards the gap between the headlands. However, how could the intercepting Hanzhou warships allow them to rush out easily? They continued to fire bombardments while facing the Dutch warships.

He stuck close to him and fought with him.

The arrival of the two battleships made the struggling Dutch even more desperate. The other side just fired a salvo, and more than forty shells were fired at them. The 36-pound heavy guns among them were even more powerful, directly knocking out several Dutch ships.

Several terrifying large holes were opened on the side of the armed merchant ship.

The battle lasted less than an hour, and three warships of the Dutch fleet were seriously damaged. Two had their main masts broken, lost power, and floated on the sea. They were allowed to be bombarded by Hanzhou warships. One was at the waterline.

Several large holes were opened by the Hanzhou battleship, and turbulent seawater rushed in instantly. The ship began to tilt. The sailors on top threw down the barrels, then jumped into the sea and swam out with all their strength.

The Hanzhou battleships that had just finished the line bombardment had completed their turn and were surrounding them in a scattered manner.

On the Dutch flagship "Scipion", the fleet commander Captain Kuritz looked sadly and angrily at his own ship that was trapped in a tight siege and was constantly being besieged by Hanzhou warships from several sides. The battle scene that happened two hours ago was in

At this time, the situation has completely reversed. The Hanzhou people seem to have ambushed all the ships they can use for combat here, just wanting to use Ambon as a bait to eliminate the Dutch one by one to support the fleet.

At the beginning of the war, they did not hesitate to engage in a partial naval decisive battle with the navy of the Dutch East India Company. Their courage and courage surprised Colonel Kuritz, and he was also deeply shocked.

Facing this war, the Han people seemed to be rushing to annihilate the main maritime power of the Dutch East India Company. They not only wanted to challenge the East India Company's maritime hegemony in the region, but also completely replaced the maritime dominance of the East Indies.

force.

More than a dozen Hanzhou warships tightly entangled the Dutch warships trying to escape, and the two battleships seemed to be two huge mobile forts on the sea, slowly moving their bodies to attack the Dutch warships within their sight.

Bombarded violently.

Continuously flying cannonballs, shattered ship sides and slipways, flying sawdust, the wounded lying on the ground wailing in pain, officers shouting at the top of their lungs, the scarlet deck stained with blood...

"Flow the white flag, we...surrender." Colonel Kuritz said with a painful expression.

"Sir, we still have a chance...the Flying Eagle has already emerged."

"No, we have no chance." Colonel Kuritz shook his head and glanced behind him, where more than a dozen Hanzhou warships were slowly approaching, "If the fight continues, it will be a massacre. None of us should...uselessly

The earth will die here. I have to admit that the Han people designed a perfect trap, but we lost our due vigilance."

When the Dutch raised the white flag, lowered the sails, and gradually stopped resisting, the officers and soldiers of the Qi Navy fleet burst into warm cheers.

Qi Dajiang quickly sent people to take over the Dutch ships, salvage the people who fell into the water on both sides, and repair the damaged ships.

In the evening, after an inventory of battle damage, it was found that four of our own warships were seriously damaged and all needed major repairs, especially the "Yangwei" armed merchant ship. In addition to a broken mast, the sails were also beaten to pieces. As for the

The sides of the ship, the slipways and cabins on the deck are even more riddled with holes. Naval officer

A total of fifty-three soldiers were killed and 285 were injured. Among them, Admiral Luo Rucheng of the Ryukyu Fleet was injured in the head and face, but there was no danger of life. The captain of the "Yangwei" Lu Zhengliang was seriously injured.

, after simple treatment, although his life was temporarily saved, the situation is still not optimistic.

As for the results of the battle, it was a huge gain. In this battle, three Dutch ships were sunk and ten were captured. Only one armed merchant ship from the other side took advantage of the chaos to escape, almost annihilating the Dutch reinforcement fleet, and basically achieving the initial strategic goal.

That night, the Qi Navy's task force attack fleet withdrew from the headland of Ambon Bay and sailed to the north shore of the bay to temporarily stop and discuss the next battle plan.

Considering that the Dutch East India Company has sent a support fleet to Ambon, it is estimated that the Dutch will not send any more ships to come here in the short term. If the task force is stranded here, it may be difficult to obtain more results, the combat staff suggested

Directly implement the second phase of the battle plan, attack Timor Island, capture the two strongholds of Oecussi and Kupang, and completely expel the Dutch forces from the island.

If the Dutch sent ships to rescue, they would just use this as a strategy to encircle the point and annihilate all the ships that came to the rescue. Because according to the information obtained after interrogating the captured Dutch officers, the East India Company still used the last war model as a reference to respond.

The country's guerrilla tactics of breaking and attacking never imagined that the Qi Congress would gather all its main warships together and actively seek a head-on confrontation with the Dutch.

So, when facing the Qi fleet attacking the two strongholds of Kupang and Oecussi, would the Dutch East India Company still think that Qi was implementing the same attack tactics as before, and then only dispatched a small number of armed merchant ships?

The fleet came to the rescue. In this case, it would be annihilated and gradually weaken the Dutch sea power.

Qi Dajiang was deeply convinced of this, so he fully accepted the recommendations of the combat staff and ordered the captain of the Qiming, Wan Changshu, to lead four warships tomorrow to escort the damaged ship through Middelburg, Seram Island (now Kaili on the southwest coast of Seram Island, Indonesia).

Latu City), returned to Xuanwu for repairs and resettled the injured officers and soldiers. He then led a large fleet of ships to escort the captured Dutch ships to Zhenhai City on Timor Island, and then attacked two Dutch strongholds on the island.

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March 28, Kupang, Timor Island.

Sheriff Captain Serge Samper hurried to the Governor's Palace and met with the Governor of Kupang, Vons Maynard.

"Captain Samper, in order to avoid future troubles, please clear out all the Chinese imprisoned in the city!" Governor Fons Maynard said murderously: "I don't want the Han Chinese to come to attack Kupang.

, a group of Chinese will secretly open the city gate for them."

"My Lord Governor, they have been imprisoned in a hard labor camp and do not pose any threat." Captain Serge Samper was stunned.

"No, no, no..." Governor Fons Maynard shook his head and said: "Only dead people do not pose any threat. Captain Samper, can you guarantee that when the Hanzhou people attack, you can draw out enough

Do you have the manpower to guard them? You have to know that ten years ago, Kupang was conquered by the Han Chinese, and it was a group of Chinese who betrayed us internally. I don’t want to repeat the same mistake and become a shameful prisoner of the Han Chinese!"

"Your Majesty the Governor..." Captain Serge Samper hesitated, "There are more than 160 Chinese people. If we deal with them all, in the future..."

"Are you worried that Kupang will be conquered by the Han Chinese and they will retaliate?" Governor Fons Maynard said disdainfully: "No, Kupang will not be conquered by the Han again. As long as we can hold on for half a month,

, Batavia will come to support us. Moreover, after ten years of reconstruction in Gubang, the city defense facilities are stronger than before. Coupled with your loyalty and bravery, I believe that the Hanzhou people will not replicate the previous ones.

Result."

"..." Captain Serge Samper looked at the confident Governor Maynard, but he still hesitated in his heart. In war, anything can happen, and Gubang is not like a European castle.

It is so majestic and solid, and has sufficient reserves. As the commander of the garrison in the city, he cannot guarantee that he can defend this stronghold 100%.

Why is Governor Maynard so confident?

"The native kingdom within our sphere of influence, the Kingdom of Palisudan, is willing to fully assist us in fighting the greedy Hanzhou people!" Governor Maynard said with a smile: "As a member of the former Weihari Kingdom, Suo
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