Chapter 2827 Nanyang Homecoming

Although Shen Long's fleet now has only a few ships, it is enough to deal with the Dutch. The Dutch had a good time in the last century and were called "sea coachmen". The number of merchant ships in the Netherlands exceeds the sum of the number of merchant ships in all European countries. , to establish colonies and trading posts around the world.

At its peak, the Dutch East India Company already had 15,000 branches, and its trade volume accounted for half of the world's total trade volume; more than 10,000 merchant ships flying the Dutch tricolor flag were cruising on the five oceans of the world. There are 20,000 ships in the world, and the Netherlands has 15,000. It is more than the total number of ships of Britain, France and Germany.

However, in the late 17th century, the Netherlands fought successively with Britain and France. The Netherlands was defeated by Britain at sea (the Anglo-Dutch War), and the Netherlands was defeated by France on land (the Franco-Dutch War), thus declining.

In May 1652, the fleets of the two countries clashed in the Strait of Dover, and they clashed with the Dutch maritime trade. The fuse was the British attack on the Dutch merchant ships, which led to large-scale ship operations, and officially declared war on July 8.

The British Navy blocked the Strait of Dover and the North Sea, intercepted Dutch merchant ships, and the Netherlands organized fleet escorts. The naval battle between the two sides gradually developed from a trade war of blockade and anti-blockade to a decisive battle between the main fleets for sea control. In August 1653, the Netherlands concentrated its naval forces and Britain was defeated in the decisive battle, and Britain controlled the command of the English Channel, paralyzing the Dutch economy that relied on trade for survival.

The Second Anglo-Dutch War took place in 1999. It was caused by the British enacting stricter navigation laws and occupying New Amsterdam (now New York), the Dutch colony in North America. Overall, although the British lost, they did not hurt the foundation. Beginning of the Third Anglo-Dutch War.

It just so happened that after King Louis XIV of France came to power in 1661, he tried his best to dominate Europe and launched an expansion war. So he chose Spain as the target of the army in 1667 and launched the Heritage War (year), but he just occupied a large area of ​​​​the territory and was planning to attack the Northeast The entire Spanish Netherlands (now Belgium) was intervened by the Dutch Republic.

So the two sides signed the Secret Treaty of Dover in 1670. King Charles II of England formed an alliance with King Louis XIV of France and jointly attacked the Netherlands. France won a huge victory and Louis XIV became the Sun King. There was an armistice, but Britain had been brewing a fourth Anglo-Dutch war and was looking for allies around the world.

Back then when Zheng Chenggong defeated the Dutch, there were their shadows. Later, the British tried to cooperate with the Manchus. Unfortunately, the Manchus had no intention of this at all, but when it comes to Shen Long, they can take advantage of the differences between European countries. contradiction.

Now the fourth Anglo-Dutch war has not yet started, and the Netherlands has not yet completely declined, but their main forces are in Europe and the American continent, and they have some radiation capabilities in East Asia. Shen Long can easily deal with them.

At the same time, he also regarded the attack on Batavia as a good opportunity to train his troops. It is also time to let these soldiers know what real modern naval warfare is. It is not enough to just bully weak chickens like Japan. It doesn't matter if you can't win, the Netherlands is just right for some strength.

So the port was quickly mobilized and ready to go to war. The huge fleet set off from the big crew and sailed south. The pirates along the way avoided the edge. These days, Shen Long kept asking his men to clean up the pirates in the strait for military training. , Now those pirates have been driven to the Guangdong and Guangxi sea areas by him.

Now when they saw this posture, they thought that Shen Long was going to kill them all. It was not until they saw Shen Long continue to go south that they breathed a sigh of relief and secretly prayed that it would be best for them to die together with those red-haired eunuchs. Otherwise, there will be no good days for us in the future.

When the fleet arrived in Batavia, Shen Long declared war on the Dutch, enumerating all their crimes against the Chinese in Nanyang for many years, telling them to leave the city and surrender immediately, or kill them all.

The Dutch were confused at the time, what is your identity? What qualifications do you have to declare war on us? The governor of Batavia was furious, and immediately ordered the navy to attack. The captains of the Batavia warships were a bit hypocritical. These warships looked like the latest models of the British. Did the British find allies in East Asia?

This cost is really big. These new warships are not something our old warships can compete with. I hope that these enemies are all newbies and can't exert the full power of the warships, right?

It's a pity that they were wrong. Under Shen Long's strict supervision, although this navy is a new army, its driving skills, shelling skills and other combat skills are much better than the Dutch. The Dutch are the most powerful The troops in China are all in Europe, and the ones in Asia are just scumbags.

After experiencing the initial turmoil, the soldiers of the Shenlong Fleet gradually calmed down, and their tactical actions became more and more standard. The Dutch gradually couldn't stand it anymore. One after another warships were sunk, and their navy was destroyed. Long began shelling the port again, destroying their batteries, and sending the landing force ashore.

The governor of Batavia originally wanted to rely on the city wall to hold on, but unfortunately Shen Long's artillery was far superior to them, and even had mortars specially used to attack the city. In addition, the Chinese in the city who had long been dissatisfied with the rule of the Dutch began to rebel. After persisting for a few days, they had to surrender in Kaesong.

The governor who caused the Hongxi tragedy is dead, but there are still many executioners who stayed in Batavia back then. Shen Long asked them to identify them one by one and sentenced them to death. The remaining ones who did not oppress the Chinese , all property was confiscated and driven out.

And let them inform the Nanyang forces on the way back, whether you are Dutch, Spanish, Portuguese or anyone else, if you dare to kill Chinese, Shen Long will not let them go.

When the news spread, the Spaniards began to worry. They did a lot of similar things, but the British and French were extremely excited. They came late, and before they had time to do these things, a powerful force suddenly appeared here. Maybe you can consider working with him to weaken the influence of the Dutch and Spaniards in East Asia.

As for the Chinese everywhere, they were overjoyed when they heard the news. We have been living overseas for many years and have no one to rely on. Now we can finally have a backer!

So groups of Chinese went to Batavia, Pontianak, and even Dayuan Island to join Shen Long. In addition to the Chinese gathered by Shen Long in Pontianak and Batavia, for a while, Shen Long The Chinese directly ruled have exceeded one million people.

After digesting these people, you can directly raise the flag to rebel!