Chapter 245
The war at the Batavia Port finally came to an end. In this battle, the Dutch East India Colonial Army dispatched eight regiments of more than 13,000 people. Six of the regiments were maimed, and more than 7,500 people were killed or injured. The total number of Ming soldiers who actually fought against them was only about 4500.
Equivalent to one-third of the Dutch East India Colonial Army, the Ming Army did not have any advantage in terms of equipment, and even the six three-inch cannons it only carried did not have time to fire. Ning Haijun's Tiaodang camp was not equipped with even one musket, while the Dutch East India colonial army had nearly two thousand muskets.
These Dutch East India colonial troops were well-trained and experienced in combat, especially in suppressing the indigenous tribes and Chinese who did not obey the management of the Dutch East India Governor-General. Under normal circumstances, the colonial troops were dispatched.
In fact, the number of casualties among the Dutch East Indian colonial troops was far greater than the gains made by the Ning Navy, because many colonial troops jumped into the river in order to escape. More than 3,000 people were drowned alone. Eight regiments of colonial troops attacked, but less than 1,500 people returned. The others were either drowned or surrendered directly. Ning Haijun captured more than 2,000 people. .
Twenty-seven people from the Ning Navy were killed, and 62 of them were injured. These wounded soldiers were mainly minor injuries. After all, the weapons in the hands of the Dutch East India colonial army were basically unable to cause fatal damage to the soldiers in the Tiaodang camp. Of course, this does not mean that the military equipment of the Dutch East India Company is not good. In fact, their muskets still caused huge damage to the soldiers who jumped into the camp. 99% of the deaths and 80% of the injuries were caused by muskets. of.
Even after the battle was over, Li Weiluan still had some lingering fears. Fortunately, the Tiaodang Camp's establishment would not be expanded any further. With the development of technology, no matter how thick the armor was, it was difficult to achieve 100% safety in the face of muskets.
Regarding this war, everyone is in a different position and has different views on the war. The natives were very frightened because they found that the Ming army was more terrifying than the Dutch. Of course, the Dutch were invincible in their eyes, and at this time, the Ning navy officers had turned into terrible devils in their eyes.
Of course, most Chinese people are very happy. The arrival of Ning Haijun, especially Li Weiluan, also accepted their gifts, which means that the Dutch will not dare to cause trouble to them in the future, let alone the natives now.
The Dutch were both shocked and angry. What shocked them was the combat effectiveness of the Ming army. Unfortunately, they also personally experienced the combat effectiveness of the Ming army...
The West Port area of Batavia finally gradually returned to calm. The corpses of the killed Dutch Indian colonial soldiers were laid out on the ground like piles of tangled mess. There were pools of blood everywhere, and the remains of human bodies and broken arms were everywhere. , there are still many corpses of colonial soldiers floating in the river, which can scare people's courage.
It was under such circumstances that Sidney came to the Westport District. Behind him were the released Chinese, densely packed and dense.
Ning Haijun soldiers had already begun to clean the battlefield. In the same way, all the clothes on the corpse were stripped off. All weapons and equipment, including the money and personal belongings carried on the corpse, were also sorted and put together.
A huge incinerator has been built in the downwind northwest of the port. These corpses will be pulled over and burned. If these corpses are left on the dock, they will soon stink and may cause a plague. This will be very serious. Troublesome things.
As for the prisoners of the Dutch East India colonial army, they were cleaning the blood on the ground, as well as human organs and parts with great meekness.
"stop!"
"Excuse me sir!"
Sidney had a strong sense of inferiority when faced with the heavy infantry of the Ning Navy. He had no choice. These heavy infantry were either from Liao, Beizhili, Shandong, or Henan. Their average height was over 1.85 meters, and they were tall and round-waisted. Otherwise, They couldn't carry the heavy armor weighing forty-eight kilograms, and combined with their Mo Dao, the whole body was carrying more than eighty kilograms of weight.
You must know that when the heavy infantry was recruited, there were more than 20,000 people who met Ning Haijun's selection standards. In the end, they only protected a staff of more than 4,800 people, which was equivalent to selecting one from a thousand.
The heavy infantrymen of Ning Navy who were in charge of guarding were wearing face shields. It was impossible to see their expressions clearly. They were almost the same height, the same body shape, and the same equipment. In Sidney's view, they looked like they were carved from the same mold. Same.
In fact, even if Ning Haijun took off his visor and revealed his appearance, in Sidney's eyes, these Chinese people were almost all carved from the same mold.
After getting the translation from the translator, the Ning Navy soldier said coldly: "Wait!"
Just when Sidney arrived, the tall Xu Tong stood next to Li Weiluan and said with a wry smile on his face: "General Li, how will our military exploits be counted?"
In Xu Tong's view, these colonial troops were very weak, and the Luzon colonial troops who fought against them were even stronger than them.
Li Weiluan smiled and said: "Didn't the Marshal say that when he was in Luzon? We are now in a foreign war, and all enemies are counted according to their military merits!"
"But……"
"But what? Are they civilians?"
"no!"
"They are not civilians, but established soldiers, so naturally they have to count their military exploits!"
Li Weiluan smiled and said: "We can't count on how strong our enemies are."
Xu Tong scratched his head and said: "In the battle in Luzon, I beheaded thirty-seven people. In the battle last night, I beheaded one level. Today, I beheaded eleven. The total is..."
"Forty-nine!"
Li Weiluan said: "It's very good. You can get 3,675 acres of land. Have you thought about it? Where are you going?"
"Let's go to Liaoyang!"
Xu Tong smiled and said: "If my father knew that there are less than 2,000 acres of land in Jinzhou, he would definitely be heartbroken!"
"If you want more land, then go to Luzon. With your military exploits in Luzon, you should be able to get nearly 40,000 acres of land!"
"I plan to buy 500 acres in Jinzhou to keep for my father's retirement. I want 2,000 acres in Liaoyang and let my third brother take charge of Jingying there. I plan to keep the rest in Luzon!"
"Stay in Luzon?"
Li Weiluan asked in confusion: "Are you planning to stay in Luzon?"
"I figured it out!"
Xu Tong sighed and said, "Luzon has my inner demons. I can't sleep well without Luzon!"
"What a damn inner demon, I think you can't bear to part with that pretty widow!"
Li Weiluan scolded: "You're such a worthless bear!"
"Ha ha!"
There was a burst of laughter all around.
Ning Haijun's military discipline is relatively strict, especially regarding the relationship between men and women. But the problem is that Cheng Shijie is a person of later generations and has the inertial thinking of later generations.
When formulating this discipline, consideration was given to protecting vulnerable groups. He does not engage in free love, and this issue is not relevant in this era.
However, when we were in Luzon, considering that the population of Luzon was too small, especially the Chinese people, this restriction was relaxed. As long as you are over 18 years old, you can apply to the supervisor for marriage with your partner.
Although Xu Tong was not married, he fell in love with Tao, a pretty widow from Zhenghe Port. Tao was the wife of fisherman Lin Sen. When Lin Sen went to sea, he encountered a Spanish patrol fleet and was targeted by the Spanish fleet. into pieces.
In this way, Tao became a widow. She lived with a pair of children. The eldest son was seven years old and the youngest daughter was five years old. While Xu Tong was guarding the Spanish prisoners, Tao's son Lin Dazhuang, seven years old, hit the Spanish prisoners of war with stones. , at such a young age, he was particularly ruthless, and when he was hitting the prisoner, he hit Xu Tong on the body.
Tao apologized to Xu Tong on Lin Dazhuang's behalf, and Xu Tong felt that Lin Dazhuang was like his nephew who died young. Xu Tong gave Lin Dazhuang the canned food that he didn't want to eat. The gangster who originally bullied Tao disappeared naturally. Mrs. Tao asked Lin Dazhuang to recognize Xu Tong as his godfather.
As time went by, the relationship between the two became natural.
Xu Tong decided to marry Tao.
While Li Weiluan and Xu Tong were chatting, the garbage on the dock, that is, the corpses of the colonial soldiers, had almost been cleaned up. The ground on the dock had also been cleaned, but the smell of blood in the air was still very pungent.
"Tell the general that the Dutch want to restart negotiations!"
Li Weiluan said: "Inform Mr. Xie that it is his business to negotiate with us!"
"yes!"
Xie Jinglin came to Sidney and said coldly: "What are you doing here?"
"I have been ordered by His Excellency the Governor to come to discuss the resumption of negotiations!"
Sidney felt that he was surrounded by wolves, which was very unnatural. From the moment he landed in Batavia's Westport District, he was stared at by hundreds of eyes without even looking.
"I'm very sorry. After the last negotiation was unreasonably suspended by your governor, I think we have no need to negotiate now!"
Xie Jinglin knew very well that Brewer sent people to restart negotiations and use negotiation to reduce losses. This is really a joke, is it possible?
What cannot be obtained on the battlefield is naturally impossible to obtain at the negotiation table. Now the Ning Navy has a huge advantage over the Dutch. This is due to the victory of Luzon and Cheng Shijie's toughness in the face of the Western Yi. This makes Nanyang Chinese people everywhere have more and more confidence in Cheng Shijie.
These Chinese also know very well that if they want to keep the wealth they have accumulated over the years, they can only cooperate with Cheng Shijie. At least they still have a chance to survive and keep their wealth, but the Dutch or other colonial powers will not leave them Next penny.
Originally, once the cannon was fired, there would be thousands of taels of gold, but the problem was that with the Nanyang Chinese's blood transfusion to Ning Haijun, Cheng Shijie was really not short of money now.
Of course, the Dutch East India Company was not short of money, they were just short of people.
"Sir, you can't do this. God is merciful. Too many people have died. As a member of the civilized world, we should not fight bloody like barbarians..."
While Sidney was talking, he found Ning Haijun at the port, registering all the Chinese.
"Name!"
"Lin Bufan!"
"age!"
"Fifty-three years old!"
"Hometown!"
"Huguang Chief Secretary Changsha Xiangyin County!"
"How many people are in the family?"
"Fifteen mouthfuls!"
"What are their names!"
"The eldest son Lin Zhufeng!"
"age?"
"Thirty-seven years old!"
"Marriage or not!"
"Married, wife is Chen, now thirty-five years old!"
…
"boom!"
As the big seal was put on, Lin Bufan held up his ID card and household registration book with a look of emotion on his face.
The ID card in Ning Haijun's system is similar to the size of the physical ID card of later generations, but there is no photo. It is stamped from a copper plate, which is easy to carry and not easy to damage.
"You can't do this. This is the territory of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. What you are doing is illegal!"
Xie Jinglin said with a faint irony: "You are so shameless. You picked up the butcher knife and slaughtered us Ming people without restraint. This is your so-called kindness. Why are you so thick-skinned? Oh, by the way, you should have no shame... "
Sidney was very helpless and returned to the Dutch East India Governor's Palace to report the attitude of the Ming people to the governor.
Brewer also understood that Ning Haijun wanted too much. Now he can only pray that the Dutch Navy can live up to its expectations...
For the Chinese prisoners released by the Dutch, Xie Jinglin asked Lin Bufan to start providing food to these Chinese. They had been detained for nearly two months and had some physical problems.
When food and water were distributed, choking sounds could be heard from the Chinese people. Most of them had already accepted their fate. After all, the massacre of Chinese people was not happening once or twice.
Under the management of the Dutch colonial authorities, the Chinese were actually raised as pigs. In the process of accumulating wealth for the Chinese, the Dutch colonial authorities set no restrictions.
Once the wealth of the Chinese reaches their psychological expectations, they will raise the butcher's knife.
"Long live the Ming Dynasty!"
"Thank God!"
When registering the household registration of Chinese prisoners, Ning Haijun did not have enough manpower, so Xie Jinglin had to make use of these Chinese. Thanks to the material environment of Nanyang, the literacy rate of the Chinese was much higher than that of the Central Plains.
Among the more than 1,500 prisoners, more than 400 were actually literate. Except for the elderly, weak, women and children who were temporarily resettled, other Chinese were fully utilized.
Lin Bufan looked at Xie Jinglin and said, "Mr. Xie, what should we do next?"
"Clean up the garbage in the port and repair the ruined houses and warehouses. Our fleet is coming, so we must be prepared!"
Lin Bufan asked in confusion: "Didn't you defeat the Dutch? Why did you still send troops?"
"The Dutch are not as weak as they thought. They will not give in. You must know that the Dutch East Indies have thirty-five strongholds. Excluding the senior officers, there are thirty-four more. They are armed with hundreds of thousands of colonial troops. These troops, They were just cannon fodder, and the Dutch will definitely come back again!”
Lin Bufan was very surprised that Ning Haijun actually fed the captive natives. The food provided was actually quite good. Note that there were vegetables. Not only are there vegetarian dishes, but each person also has a fried fish that is golden on both sides.
Soldier Ning Haijun was eating the food sent by the Chinese and watching the Chinese children coming over. As long as they said hello and spoke a word of Chinese, they would get a can of canned food.
Even if the Chinese in Nanyang are rich, they are actually relatively rich. There are also many Chinese who work as workers or servants and have little property. For them, canned food is still a luxury product.
Stimulated by Ning Haijun's whips and delicious food, the work of the more than two thousand prisoners was progressing quite well. As more and more Chinese joined the repair process of the port, the appearance of the entire port changed dramatically.
First, the garbage piled up in a hill was cleared away, and then sprinkled with white ash. After the streets were cleaned, the blue-gray slate underneath was exposed. All sanitation, including the garbage behind the corner houses, and even the garbage on the roof were also removed. After cleaning up, a large area of dilapidated and unsightly shanties around the pier were also demolished.
All kinds of rubbish accumulated on the water surface in the port that had been ignored for many years have also been cleared away. Fishing boats and merchant ships are neatly arranged on the side of the port in accordance with regulations. They can no longer park in the same disorderly manner as before. They were originally so crowded that they would even affect the environment. The problem of channel access was solved instantly. After seeing the brand-new port, not only Lin Bufan, but also Breuer reflected on what the port authority had done during the Dutch rule over the years.
After racking his brains, Brewer had to admit that the Port Authority had done nothing but collect taxes at the Port of Batavia over the years.
There is another problem that we have to face, that is, Ning Haijun has no intention of leaving. In the current Batavia West Port area, Ning Haijun formed a patrol team and began to patrol the surrounding area and set up sentries.
At the same time, Batavia Westport was officially renamed Coconut City.
Several stonemasons carved a stone tablet overnight with the words "Yecheng Port!"
Below is engraved with small characters in running script: In October of the seventh year of Chongzhen in the Weiming Dynasty, the Minister of the Ministry of War, the Grand Governor of the Fifth Army Governor's Office, the General of the Conquest, the Governor of Liaodong, and the Governor of Liaodong all commanded the prince-in-law and Gongcheng of Haiguo to hear the news in Nanyang , the calamity of the red sheep, the disaster was deep in Java, the Western barbarians invaded, ravaged and ravaged tens of thousands of citizens, and their loyal eyes could not forget the help of the king, and the Nanyang was in turmoil. With a sincere heart, we are fighting for the eternal festival, and the great achievements of our country have led the army. We have ordered General Zhaoyong to lead the Tiaodang camp and command Li Weiluan to supervise the troops for a surprise attack. The Western barbarians were unprepared, and the three armies fought hard, killing more than 10,000 enemies and defeating Yecheng."
Batavia West Port was renamed Coconut City Port.
Like Luzon, a temporary executive committee was established. Xie Jinglin was the director of the temporary executive committee. Lin Bufan, Li Sixi, Guo Sijia and others became temporary members of the executive committee, and began to issue Ming Dynasty ID cards and household registrations to the Chinese people in Yecheng.
As the household registration statistics work began, Yecheng Port began larger-scale construction, and more and more Chinese came to register. As the Ning Navy occupied Batavia West Port, it began to expropriate local residents.
The natives have no wages and only care about food. The Chinese are paid for their work. According to the level in Liaodong, the daily salary is 50 yen, or one, two or five yen per month.
While the construction of the West Port of Batavia was in full swing, the Dutch East India Combined Fleet on the Java Sea was also going in circles with the main fleet of the Ning Navy.
Taking advantage of the more familiar terrain, they have never engaged the Ning Navy. Although the Ning Navy's warships have the advantage of speed, the problem is that they will lead the Ning Navy to waters with complex sea conditions and dense reefs, and then sneak away quietly. Walk.
This made Ning Haijun very angry, but there was nothing he could do.
"Oh, these grandsons are running very fast, but they got away again!"
Li Zhixiang was very angry at this time.
Naval battles are actually similar to cavalry battles on the grassland. They also have a lot of room for detours. It can even be said that naval battles are more complicated than cavalry battles.
If the other party doesn't want to fight, they can just circle around on the sea.
Especially the sea is not always calm. If the visibility is too low, it is entirely possible to pass by. The key problem is that after the cavalry, as long as a large-scale cavalry passes by, it will definitely leave traces. Experienced cavalry will find it. , you can also pursue it.
But after the battleship passes by, no trace will be left behind.
Cheng Shijie smiled very relaxedly and said: "Since they are playing hide and seek with us, then we will attack them and save them, and go directly to Batavia. I want to see how long they can hide!"
"The commander-in-chief means..."
Cheng Shijie smiled bitterly and said: "We have no time. Zheng Zhilong is only three or four days away from us. If Zheng Zhilong's fleet catches up, this battle will have to be fought! We will go straight to Batavia!"
Although Zheng Zhilong's fleet is large in number, and Ning Haijun relies on its own equipment advantages, fast ships, and powerful naval guns, the problem is that the Dutch's armed merchant ships and warships are also large, unlike the five to six hundred-ton Wuwei The ship is not as good as a Junk ship of eight or nine hundred tons.
Ning Haijun's three-inch naval gun has no ability to hit the Dutch's thousand-ton armed merchant ship, and the four-inch gun can only hit the powder barrel on the Dutch warship with the blessing of luck. But the problem is, now The Dutch and Zheng Zhilong have already learned this well. They no longer put barrels of gunpowder on the deck. Instead, they put the gunpowder in the bottom cabin and have people carry it when needed.
Because Ning Haijun's blooming artillery shells came out ahead of schedule, it forced the Zheng fleet and the Dutch combined fleet to adopt a fixed gunpowder method to avoid sinking a warship with one shot.
Just as the main battleships of the Ning Navy were sailing towards Batavia, densely packed sails appeared on the sea in Batavia. This was Zheng Zhilong's fleet.
In fact, as early as when the Ning Navy turned around and headed south, traces of the Ning Navy's main battleships would have been discovered, because when crossing the Penghu Strait, the Dutch discovered the Ning Navy's main fleet.
Zheng Zhilong immediately judged that Ning Haijun was definitely not afraid of the Zheng fleet, but turned around first to deal with the Dutch, and then turned back to deal with him.
Zheng Zhilong also knew the truth of the situation. Now the Spanish power no longer exists in Nanyang, and the Spanish warships that surrendered have been converted into armed merchant ships by Cheng Shijie.
Cheng Shijie looked down upon the Spanish warships because their warships could not keep up with the Shanghai Shark-class warships. Cooperating with the main warships of the Ning Navy would only slow down the overall speed of the Ning Navy.
The second thing is that Ning Haijun is not short of ships now, but it is short of excellent sailors.
Cheng Shijie turned around and dealt with the Dutch first and then dealt with the Zheng fleet. He also had the intention of recruiting the Zheng sailors. When Zheng Zhilong went south, he moved forward at full speed.
Arrive at the Port of Batavia first.
Although Ning Haijun occupied the West Port area, the fort was blown up by Ning Haijun's reconnaissance team. Now they lack the means to attack the sea and can only watch the Zheng fleet slowly enter the port.
Zheng Zhilong has learned enough lessons and does not dare to be careless now. His fleet entering the port is only part of the fleet, and the other fleets are scattered on the sea to be on guard.
Putmans immediately reported a shocking news to Governor Brewer: "Your Excellency Governor, something bad has happened. Our strength on Daguang Island has been wiped out by the Ming army!"
"How is this possible? Don't we have the City of Orange?"
Brewer said in disbelief: "We bought a large amount of cement from Mingren. Did they do anything in the cement? No, we tried it and smashed it with a hammer. Every time we hammered it, it was just a white dot. I can't help it." I don’t admit it, the Ming Army’s army is very strong, it’s not an exaggeration to call it the best in the world, but how did they capture Orange City?”
Putmans said with a wry smile: "Actually, I also want to know how that bastard Metz lost Orange City!"
Brewer really couldn't figure it out. Even if they used 32-pound heavy artillery to bombard the cement castle, it had almost no effect. But according to their intelligence, neither the navy nor the army of Ning Navy was equipped with 32-pound heavy artillery. .
“Can you ask Zheng’s people to help us recapture Batavia West Port?”
"I'm very sorry, Your Majesty the Governor, Zheng's appetite is not small!"
(End of chapter)
