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John Masuiju and his men were like a sandwich, being attacked from both sides. They could not hold out for five minutes and were immediately defeated.
Hu Dahai and Liao Shangzhi led thousands of marines and pursued them all the way. The native vassal soldiers wished their parents had given them two more legs, and fled in all directions, all over the mountains and plains.
John Masuiju and the remaining one or two hundred Dutch soldiers tried to flee back to Batavia. Hu Dahai and his men naturally focused on hunting down these Dutch. There were constant gunshots behind them, and bullets chirped in their ears.
John Massuiju's hat was blown off by a bullet, and he was scared to death. It was the first time in his life that a bullet was shot at such a close distance. In the past, no matter where the Dutch went to colonize, they were the only ones who fought others. They had never experienced the feeling of being chased by bullets.
He ran desperately, one of his shoes fell off and his trouser legs were covered with mud. He finally escaped to the north gate of Batavia.
"Open the city gate! Open the city gate!"
John Massey was shouting hysterically, and the few remaining defenders on the city wall could hardly believe that this was the Governor who used to be so meticulously dressed.
"Put on the bayonet, kill!" Hu Dahai shouted while chasing and fighting fiercely. The two sides were already in close contact and there was no time to stop and reload bullets.
The Type 68 rifles equipped by the Marine Corps had a bayonet slot under the barrel, which was convenient for close-range stabbing. Upon hearing the order, the soldiers put on their bayonets, caught up with the Dutch soldiers and stabbed them hard. There was a blood groove on the side of the bayonet, and when it pierced into the enemy's body from behind, blood spurted out immediately.
Puff! Hu Dahai pulled the bayonet out of a Dutch soldier's body and shouted to his deputy Liao Shangzhi: "Old Liao, your two hundred men will be responsible for suppressing the enemy troops on the city wall, and the rest will be left to us..."
"Yes, General!"
The two hundred men led by Liao Shangzhi immediately stopped and formed a team, approached the city and fired at the defenders on the top of the city. The Type 68 rifle had a high-speed rotation of bullets when it was fired, which not only increased the range, but also greatly improved the accuracy. At a distance of less than 100 meters, it was completely possible to use precise point shooting to annihilate the enemy.
In order to ensure the suppression effect, Liao Shangzhi arranged three shooting formations with 150 people, continuously firing at the top of the city wall, and then ordered 50 soldiers who were usually more accurate in shooting to fire in bursts.
There were only a hundred Dutch soldiers left in the city, and the Qin army had already been in direct contact with John Masuiju and his men, so the artillery could not be used, and they were suppressed by Liao Shangzhi's volleys and bursts of fire. They could hardly raise their heads.
"Oh my God! Open the city gate quickly!" Seeing that the Qin army was less than thirty meters away from him, John Masuiju shouted in despair.
But in this situation, once the city gate was opened, the Qin army would surely rush in. Although there were still a hundred Dutch soldiers and a thousand vassal soldiers on the top of the city, none of them dared to open the city gate.
"Surrender your weapons and you will not be killed!"
"Surrender your weapons and you will not be killed!"
"Surrender your weapons and you will not be killed!"
Hu Dahai and his men began to shout, but few Dutch people could understand Chinese, including John Masuiju, no one could understand it.
But it didn't matter. No matter which country's soldiers were from, seeing that there was no escape, it was almost an innate instinct for them to throw away their weapons and kneel down to surrender, and that's what these Dutch soldiers did.
Hu Dahai charged into the surrendered soldiers under the city. The enemies on the city had grenades but did not dare to throw them down to blow up the Governor. However, Hu Dahai and his men had no such concerns and rushed to the city. They threw a series of thunder bombs at the top of the city.
Boom boom boom!
Boom boom boom… … ..
The sound from the top of the city wall was like thunder, flames were everywhere, and shrapnel flew everywhere. In the fierce explosion, pieces of broken limbs were blown to the bottom of the city wall. John Ma Suiju, who still wanted to maintain his last bit of dignity and refused to kneel down, was hit in the face by an arm flying from the top of the city wall, causing his nose to bleed, and he fell down screaming and holding his nose...
The first things that began to collapse in the city were the vassal troops. They were originally servants of the Dutch. Who would be willing to work for the Dutch at this time
The dozens of Dutch soldiers left after the bombing on the city wall saw that the governor had been captured and knew that resistance would only lead to death, so they quickly chose to surrender.
In less than half a day, Hu Dahai quickly captured the sturdy city of Batavia.
Hu Dahai left 600 men to Liao Shangzhi to control the city, and he himself led 400 men, accompanied by John Masuiju and a group of Dutch soldiers, to quickly attack the fortress in the port.
Hu Dahai was no pushover. He ordered John Ma Suiju and others to line up in a horizontal row to block the way ahead and advance towards the fortress step by step.
Ferdinand, who was guarding the fortress, looked at John Masuju, whose face was bruised and swollen, and was being escorted by the Qin army step by step towards the fortress. He couldn't help but cover his face and lament: "Oh, God! Please forgive me."
Don't get me wrong, Captain Ferdinand did not order the artillery to fire at their Governor, but wisely ordered two hundred Dutch soldiers to lay down their weapons and walk out of the fortress with white flags.
Ferdinand's decision was wise. The city of Batavia had already fallen, and it was meaningless for his two hundred men to defend the port fortress, and they could not hold out for long.
Afterwards, the Qin fleet sailed into the port of Batavia smoothly without firing a single shot.
Tens of thousands of Chinese in Batavia (Jakarta) were jubilant. They had worked hard to start their own businesses here, but in the past they were always in danger of being deprived of everything, even their lives.
Now, they can finally turn the tables and become the masters. From now on, the Chinese will officially become the masters of this city.
Hai Rufeng took off his black eye mask, put on shiny leather boots, and wore a command knife at his waist. Led by a large Qin army flag with seal script, he stepped into the north gate of Batavia.
John Masuiju, Ferdinand and others were forced to kneel beside the city gate. Hai Rufeng walked past them and his shiny leather boots stopped in front of John Masuiju.
John Ma Suiju knew that he was the commander of the Qin army, so he quickly seized the opportunity to beg: "Dear General, we have surrendered. Please treat us surrendered people well."
Hai Rufeng laughed a few times and answered John Ma Suiju, who was crawling on the ground, with that classic saying:
“I came, I saw, I conquered! Hahahaha… … … … ..”
From this day on, the city of Batavia was officially renamed: Baiqi City.
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Quanzhou.
As one of the captives, the British envoy Clauswell counted cockroaches in Quanzhou prison for a month. His face was covered with stubble and he was covered in dirt.
When he was taken out of the prison and saw the light of day again, he could hardly help but kneel down immediately and kiss the sunlight shining on the stone slabs.
In his excitement, he asked the jailer who brought him out in confusion: "Excuse me, sir, has anyone come to redeem us?"
The Qin Dynasty was a country of etiquette. Whenever a Westerner was captured, they would not kill him. Instead, they would ask the country for a corresponding ransom and release him as long as the ransom was paid in full.
Important people like Clauswell have been locked up in prison, but ordinary soldiers are not so lucky and have to do hard labor. The Qin Dynasty will not support you for nothing.
"Why are you asking so many questions?" the prison boss answered rudely.
Clauswell suddenly realized that he was too naive. Even if it was from India to Daqin, the round trip would not be so fast. That meant that it was definitely not the country that used money to redeem him.
Faced with an unknown fate, Clauswell became uneasy again.
He was soon handed over to two men by the prison boss, who took him to a bathroom, washed him from head to toe, and then made him change into clean clothes and took him to a luxurious house.
Compared with the damp and smelly cell, this luxurious mansion was even more beautiful than heaven, at least that was what Clausl thought when he first entered the mansion.
In a flower hall of the house, he met a young man in his twenties. He was obviously a nobleman at first glance. He was handsome and elegantly dressed. He wore priceless gems and was served by two beautiful maids behind him.
"Mr. Clauswell, please take a seat," the nobleman said politely.
"Excuse me, your Excellency, are you...?"
"Let me introduce myself. My name is Xu Yongshun. I run a shipyard in Nanjing with my friends, as well as some other businesses. I was favored by His Majesty the Emperor of the Great Qin Dynasty and was granted the title of First-Class Viscount."
"Your Excellency redeemed me?"
"Mr. Crosswell is really smart. You guessed it right."
"Why did you redeem me?"
"If my information is correct, Mr. Crosswell is not a British envoy at all, but only an executive of the British East India Company."
"you... ... ."
"Of course, in fact I can also say that you are just my servant now."
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ps: I am really sorry, I have something going on at home these days and cannot update normally, but no matter what, I will ensure at least one update a day.
Some people may say that the protagonist is militaristic. In fact, the expansion at sea is not militaristic. Westerners can occupy a large island as a colony with only a few hundred people from thousands of miles away. Such a war is a sure win. As for the nomadic peoples in the north, this was a war that was forced to be waged. Looking at the Tang, Song and Ming dynasties, they were forced to frequently use troops against the north at the beginning of the founding of the country. This was inevitable. Now it is not the protagonist who takes the initiative to fight others, but others who fight back. Some people in the book review area are worried that the Qin Dynasty will collapse. Don't worry, with the navy's blood transfusion, the people of Qin will not have to bear the heavy burden of war, and they will not collapse. Because of Zheng He's voyages to the West, Yongle fought a four-year civil war, and then hundreds of thousands of troops invaded Mongolia five times and 800,000 troops invaded Jiaozhi, but the Ming Dynasty did not collapse, and even created a Yongle prosperous era. (To be continued...)
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