Chapter 362: Southern Expedition and Northern War 27 Nanyang Reigns as King
The Dutch relied on tens of thousands of indigenous soldiers and more than a thousand Dutch soldiers and sailors, guarding the inner city of Batavia surrounded by tiger trenches, lion trenches and Amsterdam trenches. The coconuts were originally arranged in rows along the streets along the river. The trees have now been cut down and turned into fence barriers. After occupying Batavia, the Dutch municipal authorities have been rewarding residents with stone houses. Now all the stone houses in the inner city have become fortresses.
More than 10,000 indigenous soldiers were recruited from local indigenous people. During the war for more than half a year, indigenous soldiers hated the Chinese the most and looted the most. The Dutch scared them and said that the Chinese would definitely take revenge and kill them all. Therefore, these indigenous people are still fighting very hard now.
At the same time, Yin Feng did not want his Chinese army to pay too much in Batavia: the overall situation in Nanyang has basically stabilized, and it seems meaningless to him that a mere Batavia struggles to death. Yin Feng thought Just thinking about it is known that the Dutch were waiting for reinforcements from Europe, and the Dutch's resilience to defend the city was trained in the anti-Spain Dutch revolutionary era. In the original historical time and space, when Zheng Chenggong attacked Taiwan, the Dutch was very Under difficult conditions, he managed to defend the city for nine months before surrendering.
While the Chinese Army was mobilizing a large number of troops, the Java Council of East India Company held a meeting at the City Hall to discuss how to deal with the crisis.
Peterson Kun, the governor of Java in the Netherlands, did not command the battle in the fortress of the East India Company Java Store in the western district of Batavia. The Dutch store was established when the Dutch first came to Jakarta. It was an important fortress and stronghold for the Dutch before occupying the entire city of Batavia.
To the west of the mall wall was still a deserted mine. Before the Second Java War, there were expelled Jakarta natives and Banten natives who opposed the Dutch. They often tried to snipe foreigners who were exploring in the suburbs to explore the countryside. , Tigers and beasts often appear in those areas close to the forests. All this made the Dutch in Batavia dare not go out, so they were confined to the city of Batavia and to the outside world. Even though I know nothing.
The Chinese army was already so powerful that it was able to launch attacks on all the strategic points in Southeast Asia at the same time, which the Dutch had not expected.
The Dutch Governor Kun now regrets that he once adopted the policy of "governing China with China" and controlled and indirectly ruled the overseas Chinese by appointing the Chinese Kabidan. However, he looked down on these yellow-skinned pagans from the bottom of his heart, nor did he Believe in the information about the power of the Chinese company by the commander of the garrison, Colonel Fan Leiden, the Madalands had just begun the war against overseas Chinese, and he attacked the Chinese in his jurisdiction, shooting, robbing, and expelling them. He himself The Chinese Khabidan Su Minggang, who was supported, was also confiscated by him and imprisoned him in the East India Company's Store dungeon.
Now, there is not a single overseas Chinese around him, and the Chinese army opposite him is not willing to contact him at all, just launching attacks every day.
Governor Peterson Kun looked east at the top of the fortress. On the east side of the Chilion River, groups of Chinese people were pushing and pulling several heavy siege cannons, and several elephants were playing the role of tractors there, countless black clothes Chinese soldiers gathered on the east bank of the tiger trench, as if they were planning to launch an attack. Various artillery shells were continuously fired from the Chinese artillery positions in the east of the Chilion River, causing smoke to spread and flames to spread. rise.
"His Governor, there is movement in the forest to the west,"
A large group of people appeared faintly in the jungle in the west of the mall fortress. Under the push and pull of elephants and buffaloes, large tracts of wood were dragged out of the jungle area, and countless people appeared on the edge of the jungle. Peterson Kun was shocked: "This tropical jungle simply cannot pass through the large army, who are these people?"
He took the telescope from Rotterdam, observed it carefully for a moment, and sighed with a grimy face: "We are completely surrounded,"
Countless Javanese prisoners of war - mainly Madaran prisoners of war are acting as coolies, in which Chinese soldiers supervise the deforestation of tropical jungles in western Batavia. At the same time, there are also thousands of Japanese coolies, Spanish prisoners of war, and Malacca indigenous prisoners of war in the coolies. Under the supervision of the Chinese soldiers, they desperately drove a road in the dense forest. This road was built to transport five heavy artillery and three heavy mortars. Countless prisoners of war were trapped in the swamp and died in the quagmire. Chinese soldiers Under Yin Feng's strict order, he let the prisoners of war work day and night without hesitation, and must conquer Batavia City before the rainy season in March and April.
The Chinese army now has 100,000 prisoners of war on hand, and the resources of coolies come from endlessly. After Yan Siqi returned to the Fifth Division, he launched a pursuit of Madaran nobles across the island of Java. The generals kept killing the families in various places. During the tragedy, all the people in the village were escorted to the Batavian front to be a coolie.
A regiment of the First Division, the main force of the Third Division and the main force of the Nanyang Brigade have been concentrated around Batavia, forming a complete encirclement of Batavia. A large number of heavy artillery have been transported ashore, relying on countless Malay coolies and Japanese people. Coolie and Spanish prisoners of war were quickly transported to the surrounding artillery positions, especially the jungle area in western Batavia. The Chinese army relied on manpower to open up a road and directly targeted the cannons at the Dutch merchant house.
Half a month later, ten heavy siege artillery, ten heavy mortars "shock the sky thunder", ten medium mortars "shock the sky thunder" and more than 180 other field guns of various caliber were all in place.
Outside the Batavia Harbour, the battleship Zhenyuan opened the gun window, and the three hundred cannons of the Chinese Navy's artillery fleet were already in place. These cannons surrounded the inner city of Batavia from all directions. The Dutch now stands up Place, every inch of the place will be the point of strike of the shell.
On that morning, Yin Feng stood at the bow of the Dingyuan ship, looking at the Orange flag on the Dutch Town Hall, and sneered. He turned around and looked at the generals behind him. Seeing that they were all full of excitement, they were all eager to try , smiled and nodded, and ordered Ye Hua, Li Xing, and Li Kuiqi: "All cannons fire, fire quickly, and then only shoot, and there is no limit on the target,"
The Dingyuan suddenly erupted dense flames and smoke on the side of the ship's side, and then a loud thunder sounded... The entire inner city of Batavia followed by the roar of dense cannons. The sound quickly sounded, and it was no longer possible to distinguish the direction and types of artillery fired. More and more Chinese warships on the sea were joining the shelling, and there were about one thousand cannons firing at the same time.
The city hall west of Prince Street was shrouded in smoke from the explosion of shells, and then the top of the Dutch church tower west of the square was destroyed into pieces by shells... The inner city area of Batavia guarded by the Dutch was completely trapped in smoke after one minute. Going in the flames, soon, countless thunderbolt rockets soared from the four directions of Batavia, east, west, south, north, and north, and rushed towards the inner city guarded by the Dutch, spreading the flames of death wider and more. The thunderbolt rockets' thunderbolt The sound resounded throughout the world, and the sound of cannons and the sound of explosions mixed into a thrilling music, making all the Chinese soldiers watching the battle, Malay indigenous prisoners of war, representatives of the Java League, and merchants from all over the world seemed to be in a daze, without a single sound. Looking at the scene in front of you with a slight silence.
The shelling lasted for a whole day, and the Dutch in Batavia felt like the feeling of the coming of the world: solid bullets, shrapnel, and explosive grenades fell densely into the city, and the oil-burning bombs in the Pili Rocket turned the city into A sea of fire, tiger trenches, and the wooden fences of the Amstadan trenches were ignited and were burning... The city hall collapsed amid the fire and explosions, the cathedral fell halfway, and all the Dutch buildings were next to each other The artillery shells, Dutch defenders and indigenous soldiers were killed and injured in large areas, and their morale fell to a low point.
Yin Feng looked at a large group of businessmen from all over the country watching the battle behind him, representatives of business gangs from all over the country, and shareholders of the company. Seeing that they were all shocked by the scene of dense shelling, he couldn't help but feel funny secretly. Xu Hongji's face was a little pale, He stepped forward and said with a smile: "...Ship owner, this is killing the chicken for the monkey to see, but such shelling is unprecedented,..."
Yin Feng sneered: "I just want to use this method to shock Nanyang. At worst, I can tie Batavia. It's amazing that we can just rebuild it."
Van Leiden was frustrated and stumbled to find Peterson Kun in the inner room of the Dutch Fortress: "Sir, surrender, if you don't surrender, we will be done, town hall, church, workshop, gunpowder bank All finished,"
Peterson Kun raised his head blankly, his face full of dead gray: "The Chinese already have such weapons,..."
"Governor General, if we delay any longer, we will die here, and no one can return to Europe."
Governor Kun lowered his head, covered with the dust of the walls of shelling and falling: "There are so many Chinese people, and with such weapons, the Europeans may never come back as soon as we leave," he looked so cold. The earth raised his head and smiled bitterly: "Ten years of hard work, God bless us, Colonel Van Leiden, surrender to your Chinese friends by taking the white flag, and surrendering to your Chinese friends. Let's go home and leave here forever,"
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In the second month of the 47th year of Wanli, after a full day after the Chinese army's shelling, Hongmaoyi surrendered in Batavia City. The Chinese company announced that Batavia was the company's direct area and changed it back to its original name "Jakarta". Java Island has established a Java custody office, divided into West Java County (the capital Jakarta), Central Java County (the capital Semarang). At the same time, China Company announced all overseas businesses in the Nanyang area east of the Strait of Malacca, Hainan Island, and south of Luzon Island. All trade was classified as monopolized by the Chinese company and officially established Nanyang Province, where Malacca garrison and Java garrison were temporarily established.
The war in South China Sea ended, and the biggest sensational news spread everywhere along the coast of East Asia: Yin Feng was king in Jakarta and proclaimed himself King Jinghai.
After the Dutch surrender ceremony in Jakarta, while the Chinese army entered the city, Yin Feng entered the city surrounded by people and accepted major Chinese families, Chinese companies and all shareholders of the Nanyang company in a square full of debris and rubble. The support of all the soldiers of the Chinese army called themselves the King of Jinghai.
Representatives of major domestic business gangs present also knelt down to Yin Feng. A few months later, the news was brought back to the country by these merchants.