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Chapter 713 Destroying the Coastal Defense Fort
At the coastal defense fort in Batavia, a group of Javanese armed with revolvers or Dreiser rifles attacked dozens of Dutch soldiers guarding the fort, and then destroyed the artillery with picric acid explosives.The power of picric acid explosive is far greater than that of ordinary black powder, and it is extremely flammable. After the explosion, it will produce a sea of ​​flames and make the surrounding smoke billow.

After succeeding, the Javanese ghosts huddled in a fortress occupied by them, and relied on the fortress to resist and outflank the Dutch soldiers.

Hundreds of Dutch soldiers gathered around the fort to attack, but they couldn't attack for a while.

"Cannon, bring the cannon to me! These damned Javanese dare to help the Kyushu army blow up our fort. I must kill them all!" A Dutch officer saw the black smoke billowing from the fort, exclaimed angrily.

Based on their knowledge, the local Javanese natives must not have such powerful firepower. They have gunpowder that can easily blow up the fort. If you think about it with your toes, you will know that the Kyushu Army is behind them.

Almost all the Dutch soldiers in Batavia gathered here, and they also pushed several cannons, ready to use them to attack the fortress that the Javanese were trapped in.

"Some time ago, our plantation here was short of manpower, so we went to the surrounding islands to catch a group of Javanese people to fill the manpower. The boat that escorted them hit a rock and sank. I think the Javanese people missing on board were these People," said a Dutch officer.

"You mean that the Kyushu Army secretly sent people to save them, and then trained them to be killers?" The former Dutch officer said in surprise, "If that's true, how terrifying they would be!"

"I think they should have infiltrated into Batavia a long time ago. There should be many Kyushu Army's eyeliners in the city. Maybe you and I are under their surveillance now." A Dutch officer said.

In fact, the Dutch officer was not mistaken, his eyes were watching them in the dark.

The coastal defense artillery was destroyed, and there were several assassinations in the city of Batavia. People were panicked, especially the dock workers who were evacuated on the pier.One of the dock workers is no different from ordinary dock workers, they all look tanned by the scorching sun.From time to time, he glanced in the direction of the blocked Javanese, and muttered to himself: "Don't worry, even if you die in battle, I will guarantee that your people will have no worries about food and clothing in the future."

"Fire!" Although the angry Dutch knew that the culprit was the Kyushu Army behind them, they would not be able to find the Kyushu Army for a while, so they could only vent their anger on the Javanese who acted as thugs.

Several cannons, which had been pushed under the fortress, began shelling the fortress, and the Dutch soldiers launched an assault on the fortress where the Javanese were located...

In the sea area less than fifty miles away from Batavia, Cohen led the Dutch fleet and finally escaped here. If they continue to drive southeast, they will be able to enter the harbor where Batavia is located.With Batavia's turret on land to block it, he believed that even the fleet of the Kyushu Army would not dare to easily compete with the turret on land.Sailing ships can be sunk, but land cannot be sunk.

Not only Cohen, but other Dutch sailors and navy soldiers also wept with joy, and soon they will gain temporary safety.The chase on the Java Sea made them almost collapse. They were hanged and beaten by the Constitution formation, which was much smaller than their number of warships. Five gunboats were wounded by the Constitution formation, and then were followed by the Victory formation. , The Poseidon formation was engulfed.

But soon they wept with joy and soon fell into despair, because they saw Batavia billowing black smoke.

"Governor, Batavia appears to be under attack!" the Observer said to Cohen.

"Nonsense, don't I have eyes!!" Cohen said angrily.

His mind is blank now, and he no longer knows how to deal with the current situation.At this time, Batavia was emitting black smoke, and the location of the black smoke was exactly where the coastal defense fort was. It is very likely that the coastal defense artillery they wanted to rely on in the end had already been killed.If this is the case, my own fleet entered the harbor of Batavia and was blocked in the harbor by the fleet of the Kyushu Army, which is equivalent to entering the grave.

But if you continue to chase the fleet of the Kyushu Army in the Pacific Ocean, you will be consumed by the fleet of the Kyushu Army sooner or later.One is to die more directly, and the other is to die more persistently, whichever you choose is disgusting.

"Governor, we can't outrun the fleet of the Kyushu Army at all. We should trust the defenders in Batavia. They should be able to prevent the destruction of important coastal defense forts." A sailor said to Cohen.

These sailors were really scared and chased at sea with the Kyushu Army fleet.At least after going ashore, you can still feel at ease, otherwise you will fall into the sea, and you will almost die.

"Bypassing Batavia, you must not be blocked in the harbor! We are familiar with the sea to the east, and we can definitely escape. Even if we return to Europe, don't be caught by the Kyushu Army. Don't you want to be the Kyushu Army's Captives? Who knows what they will do to captives?!"

However, Cohen resolutely judged that Batavia's coastal defense fort had been destroyed, so he ordered the fleet to bypass Batavia and planned to continue heading east. There were still some small strongholds of Western colonists over there. The hydrology throws off the fleet of the Kyushu Army, and they can return to Europe after replenishing some islands in the Pacific Ocean.

The Dutch soldiers in Batavia looked surprised when they saw their fleet turn back, but then they saw that their fleet just passed Batavia and continued to sail eastward. Confused again.

"Isn't our fleet going to support Malacca? Why is it heading east? Could it be passing through the eastern waters to support Manila?" The officers of the Netherlands became suspicious.

But when they saw the huge fleet following closely behind the Netherlands fleet, they all turned pale with fright.

"How is it possible, what kind of ship is that, how can there be such a huge warship!?" These Dutch soldiers swallowed their horrified saliva with difficulty, and they were all stunned.

In the fleet of the Kyushu Army, the Poseidon sailing battleship formation broke away from the Victory formation and the Constitution formation, and came towards the port of Batavia with several troop carriers.Only two fleets are enough to destroy the Netherlands fleet, and this fleet's goal is to occupy Batavia.Batavia without coastal defense cannons is like an undefended virgin land, completely exposed to the artillery of Kyushu Army battleships.

(End of this chapter)