Chapter 3 The decisive battle between China and the Netherlands (7)
In hand-to-hand combat, the Chinese army's battleship tonnage and firepower advantages are of course lost, and the Dutch soldiers' superb ship-managing skills have also lost their use. The two sides compete based on the number of soldiers, personal combat effectiveness, including morale, fighting spirit, etc. Of course this also includes the weapons used.
In these aspects, the Chinese army also has a clear advantage. In terms of the personal quality and combat effectiveness of the soldiers, China and the Netherlands are both at the peak of their respective military powers. They are also dispatching the most elite soldiers in the country, and both After rigorous training and actual combat experience, of course the Europeans have a certain advantage in height, weight and strength, which is also the innate advantage of the Dutch soldiers. However, in terms of numbers, the Chinese army has an obvious advantage. After all, it now has six ships. The warships trapped four Dutch warships, and in terms of morale, fighting spirit, etc., the Chinese army greatly surpassed the Dutch army.
Although both sides are modern armies that mainly use muskets, muskets are not very useful in hand-to-hand combat. However, the Dutch muskets are not equipped with bayonets and can only fight with daggers carried with them. The Chinese army can not only use They can kill with bayonets and shoot from time to time. In terms of weapons, the Dutch army is obviously at a disadvantage. In addition, the Chinese army is also equipped with grenades. Although the soldiers of the navy are equipped with fewer grenades than the army, each soldier is only equipped with two grenades. , but in this kind of close combat, grenades are still very useful.
Therefore, after the two sides began to engage in hand-to-hand combat, the Dutch soldiers were clearly outmatched. At first, the two sides were still fighting near each other's ship sides, but soon they fought from the Chinese warship to the Dutch warship, and then from the deck to the cabin Extension.
On the Dutch flagship Breedrod, the Chinese army had completely controlled the situation at this time, because the ones attacking the Breedrod were the joint attack of the Yue Fei and the Sea Rose, which had absolute dominance in terms of strength. Shang Yi personally supervised the battle on the ship's deck of the Yue Fei, while Li Huamei also boarded the Breederrod to direct the battle.
Therefore, the Chinese army defeated the Dutch army steadily. It only took a short time to find the corpses of Dutch soldiers lying strewn on the deck. The Chinese army also allocated part of its troops to expand under the cabin.
At this time, on the deck of the Breedrod, only Trump, the commander-in-chief of the Dutch Expeditionary Fleet, and more than 20 Dutch soldiers were guarding the ship's deck, and beside Trump, there were two more Representatives of the Dutch East India Company, John Chouinard and Rut Roy, did not look relaxed at this time, and they obviously no longer had any confidence in the current situation.
The Chinese army formed a formation under the ship's building and pointed the muzzles of their bayonets at the ship's building, but did not fire. Although the Dutch soldiers also held muskets and stood guard on the ship's building, everyone knew that He couldn't hold it at all, and the reason why the Chinese army hadn't launched an attack yet was because they were waiting for the surrender of the Dutch army.
At this moment, Li Huamei came out from behind the soldiers, looked up at the ship building, and said in Spanish: "Dutch officers and soldiers, you have completely failed. If you continue to resist, you will only die. If you give up, Surrender your weapons and we can guarantee your life safety."
The Netherlands was once a Spanish colony, so several people can understand Spanish. Of course, Trump has no time to be surprised now that there are actually women in the Chinese Army. He looked at John Chouinard and Rut Roy. Said: "Two directors, please think about what should be done now."
Of course the two representatives knew that Trump meant surrender or not. John Chouinard and Root Roy looked at each other. Chouinard said: "Your Excellency, Commander, now we have no chance of winning at all. Continuing to fight will only lead to meaningless sacrifices. I think we should lay down our weapons and surrender temporarily. Maybe there will be a glimmer of hope."
Roy said: "Yes, we will all die anyway. Surrender may be a way out, and the company will also find ways to rescue us."
In fact, it is customary in Europe to surrender to the enemy after defeat. It is not a shameful thing. On the contrary, it is rare to fight to the death. After all, Europe has been fighting and killing for hundreds of years. If we fight to the last man in every battle, it is estimated that all European countries will have fought them all long ago. Therefore, Trump and others can now openly discuss surrender. It cannot be said that they are greedy for life and afraid of death. .
Seeing that both representatives advocated surrender, Trump did not insist on it. He nodded lightly and said: "Okay, that's it." Then he said loudly to Li Huamei downstairs: "We surrender."
As he spoke, Trump took the lead in throwing away the weapons in his hands, and then Jonard and Roy also threw away their weapons, and then the other soldiers also threw away their weapons to show that the Dutch soldiers had given up resistance and decided to surrender. , the Chinese army also lowered the barrels of their guns, no longer facing the Dutch soldiers, and gave way to the passage of the stairs, indicating that they accepted the surrender of the Dutch soldiers.
Trump first came down the stairs, met Li Huamei, saluted her with a military salute, and said in Spanish: "I am the commander of the Dutch Expeditionary Fleet, Vice Admiral Madden Trump."
Li Huamei also nodded and said: "I am Li Huamei, commander of the Fourth Squadron of the Nanyang Fleet of the Chinese Navy. I think we have already fought against each other in the last battle."
Trump was also startled. He originally thought that this woman was just a translator, or at most an adjutant, but he did not expect that she was actually the commander of a squadron, and she was against him in the last battle. It was this woman, so he looked at Li Huamei carefully, opened his mouth, but finally said nothing, and waited on the deck under the leadership of Li Huamei.
Then the Dutch soldiers also walked down the ship building one by one, and sat down on the deck under the designation of the Chinese army. The other Dutch soldiers, sailors, and crew members below the deck learned that the commander-in-chief and representatives of the Dutch East India Company were After surrendering, they all gave up resistance and surrendered. Of course, some people had already surrendered.
The Dutch flag and the Dutch navy flag on the Breedrod were lowered, and the soldiers were gathered on the deck of the ship. The crew and sailors were responsible for steering the ship, but they all confiscated their weapons, but the guns below the deck. The Chinese Army sent soldiers to guard the cabin, and sixteen major military officers headed by Trump were escorted by Chinese Army soldiers, led by Li Huamei, and boarded the Yue Fei.
Originally, Shang Yi was quite interested in Trump. After all, he was a famous general in the sailing era, but now there are too many things to deal with the aftermath, and Shang Yi had no time to pay attention to him, so he ordered Trump and others to be imprisoned. In the cabin.
At this time, the fighting on the other three Dutch warships also stopped, because they all saw the Dutch flag on the Breedrod, and the Dutch navy flag was lowered. Everyone knew what this meant, although they did not I don’t know that Trump has surrendered, but the influence of the flagship on the hearts of the soldiers is quite large, not to mention that there is no possibility of the Dutch army winning now, so other soldiers have also put down their weapons and raised their hands to surrender. In a short time, all four Dutch warships were captured by the Chinese army.
Then, under the command of the Chinese army, the four Dutch warships raised their sails again and sailed towards the battlefield. After all, they were about two to three kilometers away from the main battlefield at this time.
After returning to the cabin, Blake asked Shang Yi: "Your Majesty, after winning this battle, we have also won this battle. It is only a matter of time to capture Batavia, but I'm sorry. I take offense and would like to ask Your Majesty how you plan to deal with the relationship with the Dutch East India Company."
Shang Yi smiled faintly and asked: "So how does General Black want me to deal with the relationship with the Dutch East India Company?"
Blake said: "Now that the situation in Batavia is over, I don't think the Dutch East India Company is unaware of this, so I guess they will definitely send people to make peace with His Majesty. If there is anywhere where we in the UK can help, We are willing to do our best for His Majesty."
Shang Yi nodded. He understood what Black meant. The British wanted to be a mediator between China and the Netherlands. Of course, they could take advantage of the opportunity, so he smiled and said: "General Black hopes that we can have a good relationship with the Netherlands." Peace talks.”
Blake did not deny it and said: "There are always casualties in war. I don't think your Majesty would want your loyal and brave soldiers to make unnecessary sacrifices. It would be best if the disputes between the two sides can be resolved peacefully." , of course the Dutch must also pay the necessary price for launching this stupid war and compensate China for its losses, but personally, I still hope that your Majesty will not give up hope for peace."
Shang Yi smiled. Although he was determined to win Java, it would certainly not be bad if it could be solved through negotiation. Moreover, China now has enough leverage on the negotiating table to achieve its goals, so he also said: "Look General Black is still a pacifist, well, China is also a peace-loving country, let’s wait until Batavia sends a negotiator.”
While they were talking, a group of warships had sailed back to the battlefield, but by this time the battle was all over. Some Dutch warships escaped, some were sunk, and the rest were captured by the Chinese army.
And now the soldiers are cleaning up the aftermath of the battlefield, rescuing their drowned soldiers from the sea, salvaging useful personnel who fell into the sea, collecting prisoners on Dutch warships, collecting weapons, taking over the warships, etc. There are also some people who are doing some simple maintenance work on their warships, blocking the leakage gaps, cleaning up the blood stains and corpses on the warships, treating the wounded, etc.
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