1635 Han style rises again

Chapter 327 The End of the Two Landing Battles
Lieutenant Colonel Jemini Bacona stood on the tower of Karta, the capital of Mataran (now Yogyakarta, Indonesia), watching the Dutch army search for possible wealth in the city with a blank expression.

The Kingdom of Mataland made the most sensible response. They evacuated Karta and evacuated the entire city.This kind of action cannot be completed in just a few days, which makes Lieutenant Colonel Jemini Bacona feel very incredible.You must know that this royal city is said to have a population of more than 2 to [-], and a large number of government agencies of the kingdom are here. Similarly, countless wealth is also accumulated in this city.Now, they evacuated cleanly.Did the natives predict their Dutch military actions in advance?

When did those natives have such a forward-looking strategy and vision? !
The originally expected siege and plunder, quickly captured the royal city of Mataran, captured and killed their sultan king and ministers, and overthrew this powerful kingdom.Now it seems that it is just a farce, and the other party is not willing to perform in accordance with the script compiled by the East India Company.

When they landed, they had planned to rush to the city of Karta in three days. As a result, they were attacked by countless soldiers of the Kingdom of Mataran on the way. It took seven days and nearly a hundred casualties before they arrived here.He also imagined that if the natives failed to withdraw in time, they would still gain some gains.As a result, what was presented to the Dutch army was an empty city.This attack did not achieve any of their goals before the war, but wasted a lot of troops in vain.

"Rejuvenate here tonight, and return to the shore landing site tomorrow." Lieutenant Colonel Jemini Bacona said to his adjutant with disinterest: "At night, pay attention to possible native attacks."

After finishing speaking, he slowly walked down the tower and walked into the city.

In a valley five or six kilometers west of Karta King City, a group of Mataran generals gathered around two Hanzhou officers in blue and black uniforms, listening carefully to their battle deployment.

"The Dutch will be very disappointed when they enter your Karta King City and find it empty. But they won't stay for long. They will probably leave tomorrow after repairing overnight." Cao Ming took a wooden stick and drew a picture on the ground. Pointing to the circle, he said: "At night, you'd better send some soldiers outside the city to make some noise, so that they can't rest in peace. I don't know if you have a tunnel leading to the city. If so, You can also go into the city to attack and harass them."

As he spoke, he looked at the generals of the Kingdom of Mataland around him, and waited for the interpreter to translate his words to them.

"Since the Dutch landed, you sent soldiers to attack them from the dense forest, which proved to be very effective. Therefore, after the Dutch withdrew from Karta King City, you can continue to attack them along the way. Marching, repairing in the middle, They even camped at night and continued to harass them. If possible, it is best not to kill their people directly, but to inflict heavy injuries on their soldiers, causing them a large number of injuries, so as to slow down their marching speed."

Cao Ming explained the relevant essentials of guerrilla warfare he had learned in the army school to the generals of the Kingdom of Mataran, intending that they could cause even heavier losses to the Dutch.

More than 20 days ago, Cao Ming secretly landed on the south coast of Java Island with a black-clothed guard on the "Flying Fish 1". Arrived at Karta King City.

After receiving the report that the Dutch might sneak attack on Karta King City and the suggestion of temporary evacuation given by the Hanzhou people, Sultan Anusabadi II of the Kingdom of Mataran immediately summoned the ministers and leading generals of the King City to discuss .

After some discussion, the ministers and generals all believed that the Dutch were very likely to attack their royal city, and the defense of the royal city was not enough to resist the Dutch attack.Although there are more than 700 soldiers in the city, all they hold are swords and spears. Facing the Dutch artillery and muskets, they are at an absolute disadvantage.In addition, the walls of Karta King City are also difficult to withstand the bombardment of artillery.

The suggestion given by the Hanzhou people is that the Kingdom of Mataland should not just evacuate from the war, but rely on the jungle to attack the Dutch sneak attack troops all the way, and wipe out their vital forces one by one.In this regard, the Sultan Anusabadi II of the Kingdom of Mataland also accepted it and asked Hanzhou military officers to provide corresponding guidance.

Afterwards, the royal city of Karta began two-handed preparations, while organizing troops, scattered along the line from Karta to the coast, monitoring the Dutch landing operations at any time, and launching attacks.While organizing the civilians, they began to evacuate and move the property of the royal city and the daily necessities of the people.

The morale of the Dutch army that captured an empty city was a little low. Although there was no tragic siege battle, everyone's desire to plunder the wealth also dissipated.I was harassed by the natives in the city last night, and some natives even got into the city from nowhere and set a few fires. The startled Dutch thought that the natives were attacking the city in a big way, and they were on guard all night.

Seeing the mercenaries and native servants with low spirits and low morale, the commander, Lieutenant Colonel Jemini Bacona, couldn't help but feel a little worried. Perhaps on the way back to the landing site, there may be endless waiting for the Dutch. It is unknown how many people they will lose.Perhaps, this raid will be a serious failure.

Sure enough, the Dutch army was attacked more frequently on the jungle-covered path than when they first came.In two days, there were more than 40 casualties.The entire Dutch army has become frightened. If there is any movement in the forest, the mercenaries will raise their guns and shoot without hesitation.But this can't stop the unpredictable sneak attack of the natives. The entire dense forest is their natural battlefield.

In order to speed up the retreat, Lieutenant Colonel Jemini Bacona ordered the soldiers to discard the excess luggage, and even the artillery they brought were thrown by the roadside.The current plan is to return to the landing place as soon as possible, then leave this dangerous place by boat, return to Batavia, and try to defeat the army of the Kingdom of Mataland under the city.

Five days later, the Dutch finally retreated to the seaside landing point, but the price they paid was quite heavy. The mercenaries and native servants lost a total of more than 300 people.Moreover, this kind of loss is a real loss, because these more than [-] people were all lost on the road from Karta King City to the coast.

So far, a landing attack, which the Dutch had high hopes for, ended in a dismal way.

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A few days ago, the battle that took place on Xinsheng Island was already coming to an end when four warships from Hanzhou appeared in the nearby waters.At sea, the Portuguese armed merchant ship "Mirandra" immediately chose to retreat, and several other Ming merchant ships and Johor merchant ships also left after seeing this, leaving many small boats of the Guangnan National Navy there.

The four warships of Hanzhou did not get close to the many small boats of the Guangnan National Navy at all, but just maneuvered on the sea near Xinshengbao, quickly rushed to the small boats that were alone outside, and fired grape bullets at the head and face, knocking out the Guangnan people on board. The soldiers of the Nanshui division cleaned up everything.Then it moved on to the next target and carried out a similar strike.The sailors on the ship also held muskets and kept shooting those sailors on the small boat who dared to approach.

On the outskirts of a group of weak "antelopes", four "lions" stared at each other, bombarding the gathered boats with artillery from time to time.When they fled and avoided, they unceremoniously "bited and devoured" those prey that were in a hurry.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!..." As the soldiers of Xinshengbao dragged several cannons to the shore and began to violently bombard the ships of Guangnan Kingdom, they immediately stirred up the chaos of many small boats.The crowded small boats collided with each other, scrambling to escape to the periphery.The village soldiers with muskets stood leisurely on the shore, shooting bullets at the Guangnan soldiers in the nearby sea and on the boats who were still trying to escape.

Seeing that they could not escape by boat for a while, the collapsed Guangnan soldiers raised their hands and surrendered to the Hanzhou soldiers.

After some hard work to break through, more than 60 Guangnan navy boats fled in all directions like a flock of sheep.Half of the remaining small boats were sunk and overturned by Hanzhou warships, and the rest were all captured.

Ruan Yucheng, the commander-in-chief of the Guangnan Army, and more than ten generals and 400 soldiers were captured. More than [-] were killed and injured, and the entire army was almost wiped out.

In this battle, the Hanzhou Marine Corps and Xinshengbao Township soldiers killed 52 people and injured 69 people. Compared with the huge loss of Guangnan Kingdom, it is considered extremely slight.

Presumably after this battle, the Guangnan Kingdom will definitely face up to the strength of Hanzhou, and will not dare to send a large army to attack the island in the short term.Moreover, this battle will definitely cause shocks in the surrounding small countries, and will also affect some changes in the nearby situation.

On the fifth day after the disastrous defeat of the Guangnan army, a prince from the Kingdom of Champa came to pay a visit to Hu Pingjiang on Xinsheng Island with many gifts.And euphemistically proposed that the army of Xinsheng Island should be hired heavily to go to Champa and expel the Guangnan army and immigrants who had penetrated into the country.

The representative of the Kingdom of Cambodia, who came later, expressed eagerly whether it is possible to buy a large number of firearms held by Xinsheng Island, whether it is gold, silver, food or cloth, they can be exchanged with them.

Because Siam (now Thailand) in the west made many unreasonable demands on them when their new and old kings were changing.The newly appointed King Ibrahim I must go to Bangkok to accept the canonization, the annual tribute needs to be increased, and the territory near the border must be ceded.

All this made King Ibrahim I feel extremely angry and humiliated, and he decided to take some tough measures against Siam.But this requires strong military support, and those Malays seem to be unable to quench their thirst.And now Han Zhou, who had cooperated against the Dutch, became their choice.Especially when I heard that they wiped out the [-] troops from Guangnan in one fell swoop on that small island, it even impressed the Kingdom of Cambodia.

Both Qi Dajiang and Hu Pingjiang were a little confused about the request of the two small countries, and for a while, they didn't know how to respond.

It is naturally unrealistic to send troops directly to Champa, as the military strength of Hanzhou is not rich.Selling firearms and Cambodia, which seems to seriously offend Siam, the big country in the region.However, if you do not sell firearms and Cambodia, it seems that you will offend Cambodia. In the future, the purchase of food, cloth and other daily necessities nearby may cause obstacles.

"Let's wait until I return to Hanzhou to report to the Commander's Mansion, and then reply to them." Qi Dajiang shook his head and said.

Such an intricate regional situation has exceeded their cognitive scope and ability to solve it.A little carelessness will attract the hostility of local forces like Guangnan Kingdom, which is not conducive to the future development of Xinsheng Island.

(End of this chapter)