The Dutch are not here for Guangzhou, but they want to capture Macau!
From India to China, the Netherlands had only four colonial strongholds.
Two of them are on the east coast of India, one is in Batavia (Indonesia), and one is in Taiwan City (southwestern Taiwan).
As the world's largest maritime power, the Netherlands is in a bit of trouble in the East.
After crossing the Cape of Good Hope in Africa, the only supply point for the Dutch was Mauritius.
Looking around, there are Portuguese colonial ports in all directions.
When the Dutch fleet left Africa, they had to bribe the Portuguese to obtain supplies in India. Even the Danish colonial stronghold in India was in a much better location than the Dutch port.
After arriving at the Strait of Malacca, the Netherlands had to pay Portugal so that it could obtain supplies and go to Batavia.
What’s even more funny is that when the Netherlands trades in East Asia and Southeast Asia, it must pay protection fees to Zheng Zhilong...
Regardless of Portugal's joyful fight for independence, once it becomes independent from Spain, it will immediately suffer a heavy blow. A port in Ceylon (Sri Lanka) and the extremely important Malacca will all be taken away by the Dutch.
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Abel Tasman is 35 years old. Due to his outstanding performance on several expeditions, he renewed his contract with the Dutch East India Company for ten years last year.
Historically, in another year, he will serve as deputy commander of the North Pacific Expedition of the Dutch East India Company. Then, he will sail from Mauritius to unknown waters, discover New Zealand and many nearby islands, and explore a circle around Australia.
At this moment, Abel Tasman was just a senior civilian member of the expedition.
Their mission this time is to explore Taiwan's coastal areas, find out how big the island is, and survey and produce Taiwan's coastal maps.
Shortly after arriving in Taiwan, the expedition ship was drafted and sailed to the North Vietnamese port together to transport Taiwanese goods.
After unloading cargo in North Vietnam, the fleet waited half a month for the Dutch Batavia fleet to arrive.
"Abel, do you think you can succeed this time?" asked his friend Patrick.
Abel Tasman replied: "I respond with skepticism."
Both of them stopped talking, lying on the side of the boat and looking at the stars, thinking that their governor was a retard.
Last year, the Netherlands raided Malacca. The raid turned into a battle, blocking the strait for half a year and besieging the city of Malacca for three months. Nothing was accomplished, but trade was delayed.
When I came to attack Macau again this year, I seemed to have forgotten how badly I lost in the battle against Macau sixteen years ago.
At that time, a total of 1,300 Dutch soldiers, Japanese mercenaries, and Malay servants landed. Because they were confident, the Dutch commander refused the British to participate in the war and let two British warships stand aside to watch the fun.
The Portuguese defenders and Chinese auxiliary troops all went to Beijing to work as mercenaries for Emperor Tianqi.
The defense of Macau was empty, with only 80 musketeers left, and the rest were civilians and black slaves.
After the battle, 136 Dutch soldiers were killed and 126 wounded. The Japanese and Malay soldiers suffered more than 600 casualties in total. On the Macau defenders' side, 4 Portuguese soldiers and 2 Spanish soldiers were killed, and some others were killed and wounded.
Black slave.
Abel Tasman was lying on the deck, looking up at the bright starry sky.
He likes to explore unknown areas rather than come to fight a war, not to mention a war that is difficult to win.
The Governor of Batavia received two pieces of news.
First, free trade in Guangzhou, except for the Dutch.
Second, the Portuguese in Macau expelled the Spanish, the Macau Guard has been disbanded, and Macau is now garrisoned by the Chinese.
What are you waiting for?
Quickly seize the opportunity, capture Macau, and then force China to trade.
Two days later, fifteen Dutch warships and twelve armed merchant ships began to bombard Macau's Guangdao and Gaslan forts. The expedition ship aboard Abel Tasman relied on its speed advantage to conduct reconnaissance and observation around Macau Island.
"Boom boom boom!"
Fei Ruhe was removed from his post and is temporarily out of the war. He is now training troops in Macau.
The Macau garrison is now divided into two parts.
One is the Coast Guard Department, which has 100 gunners, more than 80 gunners, and 150 artillery auxiliaries. The commander is Huang Yunxiao, and half of the artillery soldiers are Portuguese and Xiangshan County fishermen recruited locally.
One is the Xiangshan Inspection Department, which has 200 gunmen and 150 ordinary soldiers. The commander is called Tu Tingye, and his duty is to combat smuggling. Although he is stationed in Macau, he will go to the coast of Xiangshan County from time to time and inspect along the river.
"Fuck me, beat me!" Huang Yunxiao yelled.
The Garsilan Fort immediately opened fire. Both the Chinese and Portuguese gunners hated the Dutch.
Especially the Portuguese in Macau have been disgusted by the Netherlands for more than 20 years.
These Dutch pirates, unable to purchase goods in Guangzhou, looted Portuguese merchant ships every two days.
How did you bully the Portuguese?
The Portuguese merchant ships in Macau directly abandoned the European sea-going ship system and replaced all of them with Chinese-style offshore sailing oars. This Chinese-style sea-going ship ran very fast in the offshore seas and immediately ran away as soon as it encountered a Dutch warship.
"Boom boom boom boom!"
After half an hour of shooting, a Dutch warship and two armed merchant ships were severely damaged. They quickly left the battlefield and slowly sailed to a safe area.
As for the Garsilan Fort in Macau, it’s no big deal.
While the two sides were shooting at each other, more than 60 Dutch boats, carrying 1,200 soldiers, landed near the dog ring under the cover of artillery fire.
The Dutch ignited the damp gunpowder, and thick smoke suddenly rose from the shore, obscuring both sides' view of the battlefield.
"Chinese General, I'm here to help you fight!" Congressman Cavallino said.
This is Cavallino's villa, closest to the landing site of the Dutch.
Huang Yunxiao glanced at it and warned: "After this battle is over, hand over all the muskets you have secretly hidden!"
"No problem, let's beat the Dutchman away first," Cavallino said with a smile.
Cavallino's family joined the battle, as well as six black slaves, with a total of eight matchlocks.
This guy loaded the ammunition very quickly, smiled and said in broken Chinese: "Sixteen years ago, 800 Dutchmen also attacked from here. I led 150 civilian warriors and shot and killed more than 40 enemies on the beach."
"Not bad, very impressive." Huang Yunxiao praised.
Cavallino pointed to a female slave and said: "In the final pursuit, she killed two Dutchmen, one of whom was a Dutch colonel."
Huang Yunxiao looked over curiously and saw that the female black slave was in her forties or fifties, with a big body and a round waist. It seemed that she usually had good food.
Cavallino boasted: "In that battle, the Dutch soldiers suffered nine hundred casualties, while we only lost less than ten. Padre Geronimo (an Italian Jesuit) casually fired a cannonball and hit the Dutchman on the seaside.
Temporary arsenal. The explosion was so wonderful that I could feel the earth shaking even as I retreated to the fort."
"Boom boom boom boom!"
Twenty field guns were firing at the beach from the fort. Due to the thick smoke, it was unclear what the result would be, and Huang Yunxiao couldn't see clearly from here anyway.
From the direction of the beach, a burst of Japanese was suddenly heard.
But I saw hundreds of Japanese ronin, their faces covered with gauze, rushing out of the thick smoke caused by wet gunpowder.
At this time, the Dutch Army had Japanese and Malays as its backbone. There were even Chinese soldiers in Batavia, the Dutch home base.
When Batavia was besieged for the first time, 20,000 Sudanese soldiers surrounded the castle, and the Dutch defenders only had a few hundred people. They relied entirely on the Chinese, Japanese, and Malays to defend it. Otherwise, the Netherlands would not be able to gain a foothold in Southeast Asia.
The colonial port has long been occupied by the Sultanate of Mataram.
"Put it closer and then hit!" Huang Yunxiao shouted.
"Bang bang bang bang!"
Cavallino had already brought his family and black slaves to open fire. They had no formal training and only knew how to aim at the enemy and shoot freely.
Eight muskets fired randomly and only knocked down one Japanese soldier.
While cleaning the barrel of the gun, Cavallino shouted to Huang Yunxiao: "Huang, quickly order your soldiers to shoot!"
"Don't be in a hurry." Huang Yunxiao smiled.
At this moment, hundreds of Malay soldiers rushed out of the thick fog and wanted to occupy the villa.
Huang Yunxiao only had 100 Datong Fire Gun soldiers under his command. These 100 people were divided into four groups and shot in turn.
"First row, raise the gun!"
"shoot!"
"Bang bang bang bang"
Twenty-five Datong fire rifle soldiers hid within the villa wall and fired volleys at the charging Japanese soldiers.
After shooting, reload the ammunition immediately.
"Second row, raise the gun!"
"shoot!"
"Bang bang bang bang!"
"The third row... no need to shoot."
With two consecutive rounds of shooting from a distance of about twenty meters, the Japanese Ronin fell down like wheat.
Before the third platoon fired, the remaining Japanese ronin all collapsed and fled with the Malay soldiers behind them.
Cavallino was dumbfounded. He knew that shooting at close range was very powerful, but he had never seen any army dare to put the enemy so close and then open fire.
"boom!"
A cannonball flew and smashed a big hole in the roof of Cavallino's villa.
These Dutchmen dismantled ship-borne guns and were shooting on a beach somewhere, which immediately attracted counterattack from the Macau Fort.
Thousands of Dutch, Japanese, and Malay soldiers reorganized and moved around the two sides of the villa.
At this time, 150 soldiers from the Inspection Department were sent by Tu Tingye to support them.
"Why didn't Lao Tu come?" Huang Yunxiao asked.
A military attache replied: "Inspector Tu asked us to fight slowly. Zheng Zhilong's fleet has been hiding at Guanghaiwei and is probably still on the way. How can we deal with the Red Fan ghosts if they are driven away now?
Fleet? The town has an agreement with Zheng Zhilong that we can share half of the captured Red Fan Ghost battleship."
"Then stop fighting. I'm afraid I won't be able to resist and wipe out all these red ghosts," Huang Yunxiao said, "Get out of the back door!"
The Cavalino family and the black slaves were all forcibly taken away by Huang Yunxiao, and the villa was directly given to the Dutch.
Not long after they withdrew, they heard cheers from behind.
The Dutch commander drew his saber and said: "Pursue the victory, the enemy has been routed!"
Thousands of enemy troops were divided into two teams and attacked the two forts respectively.
The Japanese ronin were even more crazy, thinking that after rushing into Macau, they could loot the civilians there. The salary given by the Dutch was very low, and they all relied on the dividends from their daily robberies.
As they ran, the Malay soldiers came from behind and actually rushed in front of the Japanese ronin.
Huang Yunxiao retreated to the fort, looking at the enemies below who were completely out of formation, and felt the urge to countercharge after taking turns.
With just one round of fire and a direct countercharge, he could wipe out this rabble.
