In the seventeenth century, the Dutch came to Luzon and established their first colonial stronghold in Java, Batavia, which was the port of Jakarta. Then they invaded Sumatra from Java to the west, and seized the Spice Islands from Portugal to the east. It even began to invade Malacca and Ceylon one after another, and was engaged in intensifying competition with the Portuguese Malay Governor-General Dorate Lopez de Preila and his Chamber of Commerce.
In the Ming Dynasty waters, the Dutch once invaded the Ming Dynasty's territory Xiaoliuqiu, and also tried to attack the Portuguese in Macau, and even obtained a commercial base in Nagasaki on the Japanese island of Kyushu.
By this time, the Netherlands had established the Cape of Good Hope Colony in South Africa, making it a strong relay station for its colonial expansion in Asia. In North America, based on the Hudson River Basin, it built the New Netherland Colony and captured the river mouth. New Amsterdam is established on Manhattan Island.
In South America, Dutch colonists occupied some important islands in the Antilles.
In short, the Netherlands is undoubtedly a powerful maritime trade and colonial country. Its shipbuilding industry ranks first in the world. There are at least hundreds of shipyards in the capital Amsterdam alone. The country can start building hundreds of wooden sailing ships at the same time. Shipbuilding technology is the most advanced in the world.
At this time, it was the most glorious moment for the Dutch. Their country's merchant ship tonnage accounted for more than three-quarters of the total tonnage of Europe at that time, with more than 15,000 ocean-going merchant ships of various types, and almost monopolized the entire world's maritime trade. .
It can be said without hesitation that most of the Norwegian timber, Danish fish, Polish grain, Russian fur, Southeast Asian spices, Indian cotton textiles, Ming Dynasty's exquisite silk, tea and porcelain were produced by the Netherlands. It was transshipped by people's merchant ships and resold by Dutch merchants. At this time, Amsterdam in Europe was still the center of international trade. There were often more than two thousand large merchant ships moored in the port. That kind of scale was beyond the imagination of ordinary people.
but……
Now, it happened that such a powerful country of 'Sea Coachman' that no one dared to provoke was targeted by Anne.
After occupying Ji'adin, she was not satisfied with the fact that the Li Chamber of Commerce only had one stronghold in Luzon. She robbed the flagship of Admiral Hedram of the Swedish Navy and organized a local patrol fleet to ensure basic After it was safe, she led her five large ships south to capture Brunei, east to capture Manila and Manado, and finally stopped at the port of Delnate in the easternmost part of the Spicy Islands occupied by the Dutch. outside.
Although, before coming here, a guide warned Anne about the power of the Dutch, hoping that she would not easily conflict with the Dutch, that is, the Kuhn Chamber of Commerce, but how could Anne care about so many things?
Anyway, she wants to completely occupy Nanyang, that is, Luzon, as soon as possible, turn it all into the territory of the Li family chamber of commerce, and then let the Li family caravans organized by her stolen merchant ships do business here and make money. And when the time comes, she can continue to chase a certain eldest sister Li Huamei who runs very fast to the west.
As for whether the Dutch and the Dutch country are strong or not, it has nothing to do with her. She just wants to fight them and rob their colonies and ports. What can they do?
The surrounding islands of Port Delnate are known as the Spicy Islands and are rich in bananas, peppers, cloves, cinnamon, tulips, cardamom, etc. The Dutch colonized and set up many plantations here, enslaving and oppressing them. The local indigenous people produce specialty crops for them and capture massive economic value.
In fact, the Dutch in the port had vaguely heard about the Li Family Chamber of Commerce and Ji'adin before. Although communication was not convenient, they still knew about it.
However, they never paid much attention to it.
After all, they never thought that the Li family fleet would be so crazy that they would not attack or defend Malacca while they were at war with the Malay Governor-General Doyle Atai Lopez de Preila in Indochina. Instead, the threat went eastward and hit them directly at the port of Delnate in the Netherlands?
Therefore, after seeing the five huge ships lined up outside the port, with masts towering into the clouds, like towering mountains, and seeing them open the gun doors and launch cannons one after another, Del was caught off guard. There was immediate chaos in Nut Harbor.
"Is that Puerto Delnate?"
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Looking at the chaotic port town in front of her, which seemed to have no ability to resist, Anne looked at the first mate beside her.
"Yes!"
"Grand Admiral, that is the colonial port of Delnate, which is occupied by the Dutch Kuhn Chamber of Commerce!"
"That's what the guide said."
The first mate himself didn't actually know, but since the guide said that and brought them here accurately, it must be right.
"I don't care who owns it!"
o(´^｀)oHmph!
Anne saw through the telescope that the ordinary people in Port Delnate were making a mess, and the forts and fortresses in the port were even more crowded. It seemed that they did not intend to attack directly like Manado and Manila. Will her Li family merchants raise their flags and surrender?
"Quickly, send someone to deliver a message asking them to surrender immediately in one hour!"
o(*｀ー´)o
"Otherwise, they will just blow their shabby fortress and fort to pieces!"
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This place in Nanyang is very big. There are many ports and many ships of the resistance forces waiting for her to clean up. Therefore, Anne must act quickly. She will not have time to stay in this shabby place for long!
"yes!"
"My subordinates will do it immediately!"
Soon, following the chief mate's order, an assault boat that could only accommodate a dozen people was lowered on the deck of the battleship with a winch. Then a group of sailors rowed the boat and took two local guides and translators holding high white flags. Sent towards the port.
"Annie..."
"Are we going to fight again?"
"Isn't this a little bad?"
Looking at the artillerymen gearing up on the deck, and then looking at the port in the distance, Song Yifeng, the second admiral who had been practicing Taoism in the mountains since childhood and had a lively temper, but was not bloodthirsty or violent, planned to persuade Anne again.
Come to think of it, how long have they been here in Nanyang?
In this way, they captured Ji'adin Port, robbed countless ships and goods from other chambers of commerce, and now occupied two more ports one after another, and planned to bombard a third port. Why did she always feel that they were more like a group of bandits? Same?
"What's wrong?"
ヾ(=･ω･=)o
"Aren't we the Li family's pioneering fleet? We are here to develop routes and markets. If they insist on monopolizing it and won't let us do business, then we have no choice but to fight!"
o(´ω｀*)o
"However, as long as they surrender, others will definitely not make things difficult for them!"
(=´ω｀=)
Yes, in Anne's opinion, it doesn't matter what the process is. She only wants the final result, and her final result is:
Here in Nanyang, no one will embarrass their Li family fleet, allowing the Li family Chamber of Commerce fleet to trade freely, and no one will dare to drive them away like they did to the hot idiot Sister Li Huamei!
To achieve the above points, she thought about it, but she couldn't think of any better way besides using force to knock down and drive away all the bad guys.
"ah?"
"But……"
"I remember, didn't we say we were coming to see Sister Li Huamei?"
"Why did it suddenly become a pioneering fleet now?"
Song Yifeng was a little at a loss. She blinked her big black eyes and thought again and again. Finally, she finally confirmed one thing, that is, when they set sail from Hangzhou, they did not seem to have said that they would carry out routes and trade routes. They really just came to find sister Li Huamei!
Only later, after Ji Ading accidentally grabbed a lot of merchant ships, they, at the suggestion of the flagship mate, recruited sailors and some locals, plus the elite of the Li family fleet, to form a Several caravans and escort patrol fleets plan to do business in the waters between Nanyang and Daming.
"in spite of!"
(´ε｀)
"We've fought anyway, so there's no point in stopping now. If we don't defeat some bad guys, we will definitely not be able to continue heading to the Indian Ocean and chase Sister Li Huamei and the others."
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Anne still saw this very clearly. In this case, if the Preila Chamber of Commerce and the Malay Governor were not completely defeated, the other party would definitely not let them have an easy time.
As for the Kuhn Chamber of Commerce and the East India Company, which seems to be a strong opponent, it is just incidental. After all, Anne has thought about it. Fighting one hostile force is a fight, and fighting two hostile forces is also a fight. Then just fight them all. Let them be defeated and driven away together.
(…)
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"I always feel like we might get into a lot of trouble..."
"Maybe it's a hundred times bigger than the trouble I got into when I was practicing Taoism with my master and brother on the mountain. Or maybe it's a thousand times bigger?"
Lying on the edge of the ship unhappily, looking at the port in the distance that didn't seem to be planning to surrender, and then looking at the densely packed black cannons protruding from the hull, Song Yifeng sighed in frustration.
Anyway, she finally understood that Admiral Anne was here to cause trouble on purpose, and that guy just wanted to find some target so that he could play with these big 'toys'.
"Do not worry!"
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"As long as we are powerful enough, there will definitely be no trouble!"
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Anne said that although she often caused trouble, she was also very good at solving it, so she didn't take it to heart at all that Song Yifeng, the second admiral, was worried about.
"Huh?"
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"Look! Someone is coming. Are they here to surrender?"
ヾ(^▽^*)))
At this time, Annie saw it. It seemed that a small boat carrying local people was rowing towards them, and the people on it kept waving at them?
Unfortunately, she soon fell down again.
Because, the first mate came to tell her that it seemed that the merchants from the Ming Dynasty living in the local area came to her to celebrate and 'welcome the Ming Dynasty King', not the envoys sent by the enemy to ask for surrender, as she thought.
"Let our second admiral go talk to them, they are not free!"
(ಠ~ಠ)
Without thinking, Annie directly pushed the matter to Song Yifeng, who could only complain.
Now she doesn't want to deal with those troublesome guys, she just wants to play the naval battle game with her giant ships and cannons, and won't care about the troublesome 'internal affairs'!
"I?"
"That's okay..."
"I hope they can speak Ming Dynasty's official dialect, otherwise, I can't guarantee that I can understand what they want to say!"
Song Yifeng did not refuse, and walked directly off the command platform with her title of second admiral of the Li family fleet, and walked towards the so-called "Da Ming" who were pulled onto the deck and were standing on the bow deck tremblingly. People' go.
Soon, Song Yifeng roughly figured out the details and purpose of the visitor.
Probably those people's ancestors were indeed people from the Central Plains. More than a hundred years ago, merchants on the southeastern coast of the Ming Dynasty had frequent exchanges with Luzon. Gradually, people began to settle here, including the ancestors of those people. But later, After the arrival of the Portuguese, life gradually became difficult, especially after the Dutch invaded and occupied the place, they also targeted and suppressed the Ming Dynasty people who were doing business in a responsible manner.
But now, after seeing the arrival of the giant ships and besieging the port of Dernate, and seeing the banner with the character Li and the flag of the Ming Dynasty hanging on the mast, I decided that it was the King's Division who came to expel the Westerners, and felt that the King's Division had a great chance of winning. They hurriedly rowed out to show their loyalty.
When it got hot, he also promised to help lead the way, provide supplies, and appease the port and other matters. Anyway, Song Yifeng himself didn't quite understand some of it, but Anne just didn't want to listen at all.
An hour, or half an hour later, the deadline for the ultimatum came quickly.
boom! boom!
boom! boom! boom!
The Dutch in Port Delnate still had no intention of surrendering, so on the sea, a round of artillery bombardment was directed at their fort and the dilapidated small fortress from a distance.
result……
Although the Dutch in Dernate Port acted very brave and stubborn at first, however, after six hundred shells flew over and they were instantly blinded by the precise shelling, they discovered that the shore guns The counterattack was completely unable to reach the Li family fleet, so they quickly and wisely hoisted a big white flag high.
Following Jiadin, Brunei, Manila and Manado, the Dutch colonists in Port Dernate found that there was no hope of resistance and quickly surrendered in frustration.
Of course, it is said that some die-hards did not surrender, but went to the plantations inland to defend themselves?
However, Anne and her fleet did not take that kind of thing to heart, and had no intention of sending anyone to clean it up. They just started to tidy up and reorganize the defense business at the port with the help of those 'Ming people'.
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While Anne and her five super battleships bullied the Port of Dernate and successfully captured the port, and by the way captured a group of "big-bellied" merchant ships from the Kuhn Chamber of Commerce, in the Strait of Malacca, the Portuguese Malay Governor-General Doua Tai Lopez de Preila finally organized a huge fleet consisting of seven second-class battleships and dozens of armed merchant ships.
At this time, Swedish Navy Admiral Hedram Joachim Bergstrom and his three remaining second-level battleships were also on the list!
Because, his flagship, the first-class battleship, was brutally taken away by Anne without compensation, and then he and his subordinates were expelled...
That incident was a great shame for him!
Therefore, he also participated in this grand expedition ceremony today, and was prepared to cooperate with the Malay Governor Doalate Lopez de Preila to command the other ten armed merchant ships in this large fleet, and Together with the battleships under his command, they serve as a squadron of the main fleet commanded by the governor, responsible for protecting the flanks and rear of the main force.
"Ladies and gentlemen!"
"The Li family fleet will pay a heavy price for their stupid behavior!"
"Will!"
"None of them can even think of escaping back!"
"It turns out that the Ming Empire will no longer have any influence here in Indochina. We all know that their emperor has been killed by the rebels, and their empire has begun to collapse. Therefore, their navy Don’t even think about coming back to point fingers at our ocean!”
"Before next month's full moon, we will return in triumph. At that time, everyone who went to war and came here to welcome us will be able to get a bottle of rum from the New World!"
In the unloading square of the port terminal, the Portuguese Malay Governor Doalate Lopez de Preila, wearing a navy uniform, surrounded by guards, enthusiastically followed the Westerners, men and women who came to see him off. The soldiers gave speeches, and after setting a time limit for their triumph and promising various rewards, they turned around and boarded his second-class battleship that was docked beside the dock bridge.
Soon, the warships and armed merchant ships that had been supplied and ready for departure began to raise their sails and turn away from the port in an orderly manner. They first gathered in the spacious strait and formed two large and small formations, and then turned in unison, heading towards To the east, they rushed towards Brunei, which was captured by the Li Family Chamber of Commerce.
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