The Sun Never Sets Great China

When Marton Tropp and his adjutant heard the shouts of the sailors, they immediately looked up the Yangtze River at the same time, but they saw that about seven or eight miles away from them, countless people were lighting torches along the river bank toward the river. While moving, the winding flame body is like the fire dragon in the Chinese legend of porcelain. "It's the support troops of the Chinese Revolutionary Army!" Marton Tropp's adjutant called out, "They're finally here!"

Marton Tropp's adjutant was right. What the sailors of the Dutch fleet saw was indeed the reinforcements of the Chinese Revolutionary Army. The vanguard of the reinforcements composed of revolutionary militiamen, since most of them held torches, looked like a dragon winding forward from a distance.Seeing this scene, Marton Tropp was startled. He looked back at the Japanese army position and said to his adjutant, "It looks like the Japanese are going to die." Marton Tropp's adjutant asked Said: "Then what should we do? Will our army provide support?"

Hearing the adjutant's words, Marton Tropp shook his head slightly and said: "I don't want to send our poor [-] infantry ashore to fight the porcelain Chinese. They have a large population, and I have to fight for us. responsible for the lives of precious Dutch soldiers."

Hearing what the boss said, Marton Tropp's adjutant asked again: "Then is our fleet sailing back upstream to bombard the reinforcements of the Chinese Revolutionary Army?" Marton Tropp looked towards the upper reaches of the Yangtze River Look, then shook his head again, he said: "My child, you must understand that there is no suspense in the war at this level, our joint attack plan has failed, even if we kill more porcelain The Chinese can't let us successfully reach Nanjing, let alone take Hangzhou, the only thing we can do now is to retreat, and retreat as soon as possible before we run out of ammunition and food." He looked back at the main mast , Then ordered to the adjutant: "Change the signal light, order the upstream squadron to come to us immediately and join the main fleet. Send someone ashore to inform the Japanese and let them board the ship quickly. I will only give them three hours .”

Not long after the Dutch fleet discovered the reinforcements of the Chinese Revolutionary Army upstream, Zhang Huahan also received a report from the soldiers, and now his hanging heart can finally be let go.Although the troops of the Chinese Revolutionary Army successfully regrouped under the guidance of the handsome flag and the bugle, and firmly held nearly half of the positions in the south, but after all, they lost too much, and they lacked ammunition and had many wounded. So if the reinforcements can't arrive in time, I'm afraid Zhang Huahan will have to order the whole army to retreat.A total of 2 reinforcements were dispatched by Wang Fuzhi and others, of which 7000 were the forwards who arrived at the position first.

Although there were only 7000 reinforcements, the morale of the soldiers of the Chinese Revolutionary Army on the entire position immediately rose from bottom to top. In their view, what the 7000 people held in their hands was not torches, but hope and courage. When both the revolutionary army and the Japanese army fought extremely fiercely and the remaining strength was insufficient, the support of the Chinese Revolutionary Army with such a viable force was tantamount to the straw that broke the camel's back. The victory or defeat was already doomed.

Zhang Huahan quickly sent someone to contact Shi Lang, and sent Zhao Feng to the reinforcements to take charge of the command. More than 100 soldiers of the personal army were all killed. Zhao Feng didn't have to continue to be the captain of his personal soldiers. Although Zhao Feng was not smart, he Fighting bravely, he is a strong general, and he is still competent as a mid-level officer. After Zhao Feng was dispatched, Zhang Huahan, Mo Xiao, and Pan Hongtu took advantage of the rare opportunity to organize the soldiers to regroup and prepare to launch a counterattack against the Japanese army.

When Zhang Huahan and others organized the soldiers of the Chinese Revolutionary Army to launch a counterattack, the Japanese army fell into panic and chaos. They never imagined that the Chinese Revolutionary Army would have reinforcements and they would arrive at this time , and the Chinese Revolutionary Army guarding the position is obviously also gathering, and it seems to be about to launch a counterattack.

Panic quickly spread among the various units of the Japanese army. Before the officers gave any orders, some Japanese soldiers retreated one after another. The Dutch convoy shouted.

The Dutch transport fleet had just received an order to assist the Japanese army in retreating, so their reaction was a step slower than that of the Japanese army. When more than 5000 Japanese soldiers crowded the river, the Dutch transport fleet approached the river and lowered their boats. Prepare to take the Japanese troops back to the ship.

Although the general of the Japanese army, Matsudaira Nobuzuna, was flustered, but because of his face, he had to put on an unruffled look. He was riding on the purebred Arabian white horse, holding the rein with his left hand, and holding the samurai with his right. Dao, running around among the chaotic soldiers, yelling at the timid soldiers, ordering them to return to their respective positions and stand firm.But what made him very embarrassed was that those soldiers had no intention of stopping at all. They either walked around from a distance, or simply threatened the officers who tried to stop them from escaping with their weapons.

Although it was only a small part of the Japanese army that was shaken, their confusion caused the entire Japanese army position to fall into chaos. The Japanese army was panicked, and panic was rampant among the Japanese army.Zhang Huahan, who was paying close attention to the Japanese army formation, was clearly aware of the chaotic state of the Japanese army, and he also saw that the Japanese army seemed to want to escape. He knew that the opportunity must not be missed, so he quickly ordered the Chinese Revolutionary Army troops in the offensive formation to launch an attack on the Japanese army immediately. counterattack.As the horn of the attack sounded, 2 soldiers of the Chinese Revolutionary Army held fast guns with bayonets and launched an attack against the sporadic bullets on the Japanese positions.

"Kill the Japanese pirates, kill!" "Come on! Avenge the brothers who died in the battle!" I don't know who yelled first, and suddenly the entire charge of the Chinese Revolutionary Army burst into shouts of killing, and the entire battlefield In addition to the sound of guns and artillery, there was also the sound of shouting and killing. The soldiers of the Chinese Revolutionary Army, with their waists bent, lined up in an evacuated formation, and rushed towards the Japanese army position on the opposite side, shouting, Soon under the rapid fire of the Chinese Revolutionary Army's charge team, the soldiers who had not engaged in the first line of defense of the Japanese army turned around and fled. The soldiers of the Chinese Revolutionary Army quickly broke through the first line of defense of the Japanese army.

The infantrymen of the Chinese Revolutionary Army attacked together with the artillerymen. They carried the horses and dragged them, and moved more than 100 cannons brought by the [-] small warships to the riverside. After the position, the artillery immediately set up the cannons, and then fired with the most violent firepower at the Dutch transport fleet assembled by the river.At the same time, the naval fleet of the Chinese Revolutionary Army led by Shi Lang upstream also began to rush downstream, and soon became entangled with the Dutch warships, preventing them from rushing to support the transport fleet on the shore.

Under the fierce artillery fire of the Chinese Revolutionary Army, dozens of Dutch transport ships were immediately beaten to the side. Seeing that the situation was not good, they ran to the middle of the river one after another, until they ran out of the effective range of the Chinese Revolutionary Army's artillery.Seeing that there was no way to escape, the Japanese soldiers huddled by the river had no choice but to turn around and start a fierce battle with the soldiers of the Chinese Revolutionary Army who were pressing forward.However, at this time, the Japanese army was completely in chaos, and they could no longer effectively organize their defenses due to their scattered formation. Therefore, when the [-] reinforcements commanded by Zhao Feng rushed to the position, the balance of victory in the war immediately A heavy weight was added, and the defeat of the Japanese army was set.

Seeing that the battle on the shore broke out again, and the Japanese army's retreat was cut off by the army of the Chinese Revolutionary Army, they had to use most of their warships to fight Shi Lang's war fleet beside them, and at the same time, they had to draw some warships to sail. Near the river bank, the naval guns on the ship suppressed the artillery fire of the Chinese Revolutionary Army Army Artillery, in an attempt to cover the transport fleet approaching the river to meet the Japanese army.

The smoke filled the air, the flames of war raged, and the battle entered the cruelest stage. Whether it was the Japanese soldiers or the soldiers of the Chinese Revolutionary Army, they fought with all their strength. The Japanese army was trying to retreat and flee for their lives, while the Chinese Revolutionary Army was trying to wipe out all the Japanese troops. , so the battle was extremely fierce. In the smoke, the sound of gunfire, shouts of killing and screams intertwined. The entire battlefield was filled with broken limbs and blood, turning into a dark Shura hell.

In order to cooperate with the land battle of the Chinese Revolutionary Army, Shi Lang transformed the sixty small warships transporting artillery into fire attack ships. In the Dutch warships that bombarded the township army on the riverside, under the rumbling bombardment and soaring flames, sixty fire attack ships destroyed seventeen Dutch warships, and severely damaged seven Dutch warships, making the Netherlands Human artillery fire on land has been weakened by most.

Seeing that the fire attack was effective, Shi Lang ordered his subordinates to change all the severely damaged Chinese Revolutionary Army warships into fire attack ships, preparing to use fire attack ships to attack the main Dutch battle fleet again.Seeing the naval fleet of the Chinese Revolutionary Army in front of him go crazy, Marton Tropp, the supreme commander of the Dutch fleet, had to order the entire fleet to evacuate here and keep a distance from the naval warships of the Chinese Revolutionary Army in order to reduce losses.Looking at the farther and farther river bank, listening to the shouts of killing from the shore, Marton Tropp's adjutant asked Marton Tropp: "Mr. General, do we ignore those Japanese? ?”

Marton Tropp said calmly: "Now we have to abandon our former allies! For the benefit of the Netherlands, we can only do this." Marton Tropp's adjutant asked: "But we have nothing Didn't get it? If you retreat like this, I'm afraid the parliament will embarrass you."

Marton Tropp put the sword back into the scabbard. Looking at the flames on the distant battlefield, he said, "This military adventure was originally a gamble, but unfortunately we lost." He said Sighing, he continued: "You know, our strategy in the Netherlands should be to occupy the main maritime traffic routes and control the world's maritime trade, because our country is too small, and resources and manpower are problematic, we have no way to conquer For any big country on land, instead of staying here to struggle uselessly, it is better to return immediately and protect our maritime interests. I can only say that the members of the parliament and the top executives of the company have been deceived by the Japanese rhetoric , they only saw the surface of the problem, but did not see the essence of the problem. If we, the Netherlands, want to continue to be the overlord of the ocean, then we must abandon those land disputes that drag us down and put all our minds on the ocean. Seriously Run our fleet."

"Are we leaving just like this?" Marton Tropp's adjutant was obviously still a little unwilling, "but we also suffered a lot of losses. What makes me especially angry is that those damn Brits secretly Slip away, and they'll be spreading the word about our loss."

"If we don't retreat now, we will suffer even greater losses. As for those British guys, we will have a chance to deal with them in the future!" Marton Tropp pointed to the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, "You turn around Look, those porcelain Chinese so-called Chinese Revolutionary Army's naval fire attack ships made up of pirates and civilians rushed down again. Have you ever seen such a crazy team of pirates and civilians? They are completely insane Among them, they are no longer fighting, they are going to die with us! Our losses are already great, I don't want to suffer any more losses, I only hope that my sailors can return to Holland safely, to fight with theirs Family reunion!" After finishing speaking, he walked to the rudder platform on the back deck with his hands behind his back, and ordered: "Hang up the signal lights, order all ships to immediately change course, sail east, and withdraw from this cursed battlefield!"" Where are we going?" asked Marton Tropp's aide-de-camp, "to Batavia?"

Marton Tropp thought for a moment and said: "No, we are not going to Batavia. Our ship is badly damaged and there must be a place where it can be repaired. We will go to Formosa (Taiwan) first. We are on this The Zheng family built a bridge to match the battle in the battle. Although the Zheng family took Formosa (Taiwan) from us, for various reasons, now they have established a certain friendly relationship with us. We can go to Repair the ship there, and replenish some food and drinking water, although it is more expensive, but we can also complete other tasks, then we will sail to Batavia to escort the ships carrying spices." He paused After a while, he said softly again: "Even if we arrived at Batavia non-stop, we were still many days late. I wonder if those spice fleets have left Batavia?"

Mukai and Sakai Tadaki stood by the river in a daze, watching the Dutch ships leave. They couldn't believe that they were mercilessly abandoned by their allies. They shouted desperately to the river, hoping that the Dutch could Hearing their voices, I hope they can show their kindness and transport the Japanese troops back to Japan.

But their efforts were in vain. The Dutch fleet went further and further away, and the light of the lights hanging on the stern became increasingly dim. After drifting for a certain distance on the river, they finally completely disappeared from the river.

More than a dozen small boats gradually approached the river, and they were full of Japanese soldiers.They were part of the soldiers who had boarded the Dutch transport ship, but the Dutch drove them all off when they retreated. However, the Dutch finally saved a little face for their allies and did not throw them all into the water.

Seeing those Japanese soldiers wading ashore in a state of distress, Mukai suddenly felt a little dizzy in his head. He couldn't believe that all this was real. He would rather believe that it was just a dream, a nightmare.

"Cough! What are you doing standing here? Are you all scared to death?" Matsudaira Nobuzuna's irritable voice came from Mukai's ear, which startled him and woke him up from his imagination at the same time. After returning to reality in his conjecture, he soon found that he was completely in a real nightmare, because behind him there were muzzle flashes everywhere, the screams of Japanese soldiers everywhere, and the encirclement of the Chinese Revolutionary Army. It has started to shrink.

Sakai Tadakiyo was obviously calmer than Mukai. He grabbed the girth of Matsudaira Nobutsuna's saddle and shouted to Matsudaira Nobuzuna: "Your Excellency General, please give the order to break out and retreat! The enemy is blocked, and our army can retreat successfully!" Hearing what Sakai Tadaki said, Mukai also came to his senses. He is the staff of General Tokugawa, and he is the most confidant of staff. The general made a plan, he didn't want to die, he also shouted at the top of his voice when he got here first: "Please order!"

Hearing what the two said, Matsudaira Nobutsuna glared, and he shouted violently: "Am I a person who is afraid of death? For your Excellency, I will die here!" Mukai begged: "Please think about it, General." , if we are wiped out by the Chinese, then who can go back to defend the general? Without the deterrence of these troops, those dissatisfied names will definitely attack the general!"

Matsudaira Nobutsuna was taken aback for a moment, he had obviously never thought of this question, but then he remembered his mission, he was unwilling to go back and face the general's scolding, he said: "I will not retreat with the reputation of failure." Yes!" Sakai Tadaki saw Matsudaira Nobutsuna's tone softened, and he hurriedly said: "Your Excellency General, you can't just think about yourself, you have to think about the remaining 2 soldiers in the army, so you must order Retreat!" In fact, there were more than 1 disabled Japanese soldiers, but they were all abandoned by the Japanese officers.

Mukai said: "If the general agrees, our army should immediately retreat to the east. Not far to the east, there are several very wealthy cities in China, among which Suzhou is the richest. It is not far from here. If all goes well , our army can arrive within two days. When our army occupies Suzhou, our army will stick there and wait for the reinforcements sent from China.”

Matsudaira Nobuzuna had no idea at all, he took out the map that Mukai had sent from his arms, and asked, "Show me that Suzhou." Mukai had stayed in China for many years, so naturally he was very interested in the map of China. He knew it well, otherwise he would not be able to draw a general map of China's coastal cities and other cities. He ordered a soldier to stand beside him holding a torch. Point out the location to Matsudaira Nobutsuna.

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