Sailing from Tainan to Batavia takes about 30 to 45 days one way, depending on luck.
With good luck and smooth sailing, we'll be here in a month.
If you are unlucky, you may never get there in your lifetime.
The Dutch Taiwan rescue ship was quite lucky and arrived in Batavia in less than forty days.
"Thousands of people attacked Relanze?" Fandelin was so shocked that he almost jumped up.
The messenger said: "Your Majesty the Governor, there are really thousands of people."
Taiwan is the Dutch trade transshipment center in the Far East. Especially after the abolition of the Vietnam trading post, it became the only transshipment station for Japan-Dutch trade.
If Taiwan is lost, Governor Fan Delin will 100% be removed from office.
Fandelin quickly asked: "Why did the Chinese emperor suddenly send troops?"
The informant said: "The Tang people there are dissatisfied with the management and have always had a tendency to riot. There have been several sporadic riots in recent years. Maybe the Chinese emperor had long had the intention of attacking Relanje, so he sent troops to garrison in the north of Relanje.
More than a month ago, more than 10,000 Tang people rioted and were defeated by our heroic Dutch army... But on the third day of the riot, the Chinese army appeared."
Vanderlin asked for some more details, then dismissed the messenger and ordered a company meeting to be held.
There is nothing to discuss, we have to fight if we don’t want to fight.
Otherwise, not only Governor Van der Linde will get out, but most of the congressmen will also be held accountable.
The focus of their discussion was how many reinforcements to send.
It is impossible to send out all the Dutch fleet in Batavia, and the army must leave some defenders. Because the Netherlands has enemies on Java Island, the British and Banten people are eyeing it. Once Batavia is empty, maybe there will be
If they jointly declare war on the Netherlands, Batavia may be lost on the spot.
After repeated quarrels, the size of the Dutch reinforcements was as follows: 18 battleships and 1,600 army soldiers.
This is already the limit of what the Netherlands can dispatch. If they want to send more, Batavia can declare that they don't want to send more.
Dutch reinforcements - a navy commander named Van der Laan. As soon as you hear the name, you will know that he is a noble. They are all from the old Fan family of Zhenghuang Banner in the Netherlands.
The battleship is called "Stubborn John". Like the "Hector", it is an armed merchant ship with a displacement of 650 tons. These two battleships were both built in recent years. There was not even one over 500 tons before.
(Actually, there was a Batavia, which was a real battleship, but it ran aground and sank on its first trip to sea. After the crew came ashore, they killed each other for food).
The army is obviously not popular. The army commander is named Adopu. The veterans at the bottom of the colony are promoted and have nothing to do with the nobility.
When he was in the Netherlands, he was just a bankrupt blacksmith.
Peter, the former commander of the Dutch Army, had joined forces with the Datong Army to attack Manila. This man has been transferred to India. If he was still in Batavia, he would definitely oppose the reinforcement of the troops. He knew the terror of the Datong Army, but he actually fought against Typhoon Tiandu
city, its combat power crushed the Dutch Army.
Before Governor Fandelin of Batavia sent out troops, Zhao Han of Nanjing had already received the news.
Calling the naval commander Gu Jianshan, Zhao Han asked: "When can a warship made of century-old oak be launched into the water at the earliest?"
Gu Jianshan replied: "Next summer at the earliest and next winter at the latest."
"Can't wait," Zhao Han said, "Guangzhou and Fuzhou fleets will immediately reinforce Taiwan. I estimate that the Dutch will send reinforcements. Taiwan is extremely important, and the Dutch are reluctant to lose it. They will fight even if they don't care about the consequences. Also, let's
Fujian and Guangdong maritime merchants,
Send news to Britain, Spain and the Southeast Asian countries. Just say that China and the Netherlands are at war, Batavia is empty of troops, and those who want to cause trouble should take advantage of the opportunity to take action."
"I obey the decree!" Gu Jianshan said with cupped hands.
Just this year, the King of England was executed, and Lord Protector Cromwell assumed sole power.
Cromwell has set his sights on the Netherlands. Although he controls the country, there is a large number of domestic opposition, and he must rely on war to divert internal conflicts.
The Netherlands was Britain's chief enemy.
The Netherlands first controlled trade in the North Sea (the northeastern waters of the Atlantic Ocean), which caused a sharp decline in the profits of British maritime merchants. In the past few years, it took advantage of the British Civil War to make money by borrowing money and forcing the British nobles who could not repay their debts to hand over all kinds of money they had.
Commercial privileges. Even when the Netherlands expanded in the Americas, they went to the British North American colonies to cause trouble.
Not long ago, the British were bullied to their doorstep.
Dutch businessmen fished in the British offshore fisheries, expelled the British fishermen by force, and monopolized the fishing rights of several fisheries. This caused the price of British fish to rise. The Dutch businessmen took the opportunity to sell the fish caught in the British fisheries to the British at a high price.
You know, just ten years ago, Britain provided money and people to help the Netherlands become independent.
Not to mention repaying a favor, at least don't add insult to injury.
The entire United Kingdom, from the nobility to the common people, hated the Dutch very much at this time. As long as Cromwell defeated the Netherlands and regained British interests, he would surely have overwhelming prestige and completely consolidate his rule.
Therefore, starting this year, Cromwell spent money frantically to expand the British fleet.
Coincidentally, the Netherlands had just concluded an armistice with Spain, and in order to make up for its huge war expenses, it decided to sell large warships to replenish its finances.
Historically, it only took three years for the British naval warships to soar from 39 to 80. The Netherlands, on the other hand, sold ships like crazy, leaving only 55 warships in its European fleet, and all of them were not that strong in combat effectiveness.
As a result, Britain used the warships sold by the Netherlands to defeat the Dutch navy. This was the first Anglo-Dutch War.
This is not the first time the Dutch have done this.
A few years ago, the Netherlands fought for independence and wanted to break free from Spanish rule.
The Spanish royal family's finances collapsed and they could only borrow money to organize the army to suppress it. Most of those loans were paid by Dutch businessmen - the Dutch lent money to Spain to suppress the Dutch War of Independence. The eight royal merchants felt ashamed when they saw it.
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The Dutch reinforcements were afraid of being attacked along the way and did not dare to go along the eastern coast of Indochina. Instead, they went straight to Tainan along Kalimantan Island and via Luzon Island.
The Sultan of Brunei is Zhao Han's cheap father-in-law and has received news of the war between China and the Netherlands.
Although he was trembling with fear, he still had some backbone and did not dare to allow the Dutch fleet to dock for supplies. He even gathered more than 20 offshore oarsmen, pretending to be ready for a decisive battle with the Netherlands.
The Dutch fleet fired a few cannons, and the Brunei fleet was so frightened that it hid in the port.
Then, all the crew members abandoned the ship and fled, as did the Arab merchants on the shore, for fear that the Dutch would take the opportunity to land and plunder.
The old Sultan Abba was seriously ill and could die at any time. As people grow older, he had to think about his descendants and could not easily offend China, while the Netherlands could be offended.
I can't defeat you at sea. I just want to hold on to my own royal city. You are awesome and take your time to lay siege to the city.
In the name of the Sultan, Abba even ordered no one to sell supplies to the Netherlands, otherwise he would be charged a high port tax in the future.
The Dutch reinforcements had no temper for this. They were in a hurry to go to Taiwan for rescue. How could they stop halfway and besiege the city.
We could only land with arms, find a few wells, and load fresh water onto the boat ourselves. As for food, we couldn't bear the lack of vegetables and fruits, and the food they brought was more than enough.
Immediately, the Dutch fleet headed for Sulu.
This time I was too lazy to dock, and didn't dare to waste any more time, so I headed straight to the Dutch island of Busuanga.
This island was assigned to the Netherlands through a post-war treaty when China and the Netherlands joined forces to fight against Spain a few years ago. Over the past few years, only more than 80 people from the Netherlands have immigrated there, half of whom were army soldiers.
Dutch Army Commander Adop said to Navy Commander Van der Laan: "Your Excellency, I feel something is wrong. Both Brunei and Sudan seem to be on guard against us. They may have received orders from China in advance."
Vander Laan said: "These two countries are both vassal states of China. We have sent reinforcements. Of course they also know the news, so they must help China."
"Have you ever been to this island?" Adop asked.
Vanderlaan shook his head and said, "Not really."
Adop said: "I once passed by here by boat. The sea topography of Busuanga Island is very complex. There are some reef islands around it, and there are large bays on the southeast, northwest and four sides, which can hide several fleets. China's navy,
Will it be hiding there waiting for us to pass?"
"Even if the Chinese navy is ambushing, it will be near Luzon Island instead of coming here," Vanderlaan said with a smile. "If we don't come, and their fleet keeps ambushing, how much military expenditure will be wasted? You know, this
There aren't many natives on the island,
We can’t grow much food, so all supplies have to be transported from outside.”
Adop hesitated to speak. He had been promoted from a low-level soldier, and he really didn't have much qualifications to speak in front of a nobleman like Vanderlaan.
Vander Laan, who had been in Ceylon before, was used to bullying Sri Lankan and Indian natives. He admitted that the army of a big country like China must not be provoked, but he did not take the Chinese navy seriously at all.
Vander Laan said: "Go ahead at full speed and rest on Busuanga Island. Then use Busuanga Island as a base to explore the situation on Luzon Island and be ready to fight the Chinese in Luzon at any time!"
This Sino-Dutch war is different from Zheng Chenggong’s recovery of Taiwan in history.
Zheng Chenggong had no foothold on the mainland, so he led his troops to fight in Taiwan. As for Zhao Han, he not only won Vietnam,
It also has troops stationed in Luzon, and there are two tributary states, Brunei and Sulu, in the middle.
Therefore, the reinforcements sent by the Netherlands did not dare to go directly to Taiwan. Their planned battlefield was the waters of Luzon Island.
The Dutch fleet accelerated its sailing and sailed into the northeastern bay of Busuanga Island. There was a Dutch colonist's castle on the shore.
Adop climbed up to the observation tower himself and observed carefully with a telescope. Suddenly he shouted in horror: "Get out of the bay quickly. Our castle has been shelled. The Chinese must have occupied this place!"
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