The surviving Dutch soldiers in the second fort raised their matchlocks and pulled the triggers, hoping to intercept the Ming army's charge.
The crackling gunshots kept ringing!
During the charge of the Ming army, people kept falling to the ground, but their footsteps did not stop at all.
Boom! Boom!
This is shotgun blast
Dense masses of shotguns were fired, causing large areas of the Ming army to fall into a pool of blood.
Blood flowed horizontally, and the living lives turned into cold corpses!
However, the momentum of the Ming army remains unabated!
Even if the comrades around him fall down, even if the body of the man in front of him is torn apart by the shells, his blood will shoot out and his internal organs will spray out.
Such a terrifying scene could not dampen the courage of the Ming army soldiers to charge.
At a distance of two hundred meters, in just the blink of an eye, a large number of Ming troops rushed outside the fort.
The muskets they were holding finally pulled the trigger for the first time!
Amidst the crackling gunfire, a large number of Dutchmen in the fort were shot dead in the face.
The remaining Dutch were drowned in the Ming army's successive bayonet charges in just the blink of an eye!
The Dutch's hand-to-hand combat ability is really impressive!
The well-trained, well-equipped, tall Ming army faced off against the short Dutch. When the two sides fought hand-to-hand, they basically used one sword at a time.
Soon, the second fort changed hands!
The twelve-pointed sun and moon flag of the Ming Dynasty was raised over the fort, announcing the outcome to all spectators.
The Ming army's warships turned their shelling target to the third fort!
One after another, the cannonballs drew arcs in the air and landed on the top of the fort.
Amidst the continuous roars, artillery shells rained down!
It’s impossible to resist!
After conquering two forts in succession, the Ming army did not launch an offensive immediately. The landing troops began to repair and restore their strength in the second fort.
After only half an hour of repair, the Ming army was ready to attack again.
The sound of artillery fire became more and more intensive, and the sound of artillery stopped suddenly when the Ming army reached 200 meters away from the fort.
Under the successive charges of the Ming army, the third fort changed hands!
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Luo Bei stood at the top of the city of Batavia, looking at everything that happened on the battlefield, his eyes filled with bloodshot eyes.
My heart is cold!
This is the fort that the Dutch worked so hard to build!
In such a short period of time, three buildings were captured one after another!
The fighting power of the Ming army was simply terrifying!
"This... what should we do? If this continues, won't the six forts at the port not be able to hold on for even one day?"
When Luo Bei was asking other people around him, the arm holding the telescope was visibly shaking.
"Can we send men to negotiate with the Ming people and pay a certain price to have them withdraw their troops from Batavia?"
Luo Bei asked Shi Luo next to him.
Silas did not answer, but the expression on his face seemed to say everything.
For the defeated party, what they cannot gain on the battlefield will only lose more at the negotiation table!
Just when many big shots in Batavia were discussing how to respond, they saw that the fourth fort in the port, which was being bombarded, actually raised a white flag... Surrender!
Seeing the first three forts being pulled out one by one, the defenders in the fourth fort were frightened.
Faced with the overwhelming artillery fire and the piercing sound of charging horns, they simply couldn't muster the courage to resist!
The Ming Army's landing force took advantage of the situation and dispatched manpower to take over the defense of the fourth fort.
Imprisoned all the living Dutch soldiers in the fort!
However, just when the Ming army was about to take out the last two remaining forts in one go, white flags were raised on those two forts.
There were a total of six forts in the Port of Batavia, and the Ming army captured four of them in succession until they surrendered!
How can the remaining two forts have the courage to resist?
Besides, it is different from the soldiers in the East who are ashamed to surrender and regard surrender as the greatest shame for soldiers.
For Westerners, surrendering if you can't defeat them and waiting to pay the ransom after the war is a perfectly normal operation!
It can be said that there is no psychological pressure at all when surrendering!
As all six forts were captured by the Ming army, the Ming army began a large-scale landing.
Transport ships and troop transport ships docked one after another, and a large number of soldiers and ordnance supplies were transported off the ships.
Countless workers on the dock were like a dense swarm of ants, transporting supplies for the Ming army.
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At this time, the city of Batavia was filled with panic!
The six forts held out for less than half a day before they fell one after another. The Ming army began to land on a large scale, and the target was quite clear.
Countless Dutch merchants and people wanted to escape, but there was no way to escape!
Visible riots occurred in the city!
Luobei returned to his mansion in Batavia, locked himself in his study, and drank rum in large gulps.
The spicy wine entered his throat, making him feel very uncomfortable.
But there was no expression on Luo Bei's face, and he was still drinking heavily.
It’s as if he wants to numb himself with alcohol!
Because he really doesn’t want to face what’s coming next!
At this moment, the door was knocked from outside, and a clear girlish voice sounded.
"Father, mom asked me to bring you dinner!"
Luo Bei's daughter stood outside the door and said softly.
Luo Bei looked up drowsily and looked out the window. The sky outside the window had completely darkened. He didn't know when he had been drinking all afternoon.
There are countless empty wine bottles lying around!
The expensive Persian carpets on the floor were all stained with wine.
Luo Bei tried to get up from the ground in a daze, but almost pushed the table next to him.
The wine bottle on the ground was kicked by him and scattered all over the floor.
Luo Bei patted his head, forced himself to regain consciousness, walked to the door with three unsteady steps, and opened the study door with a bang.
As the door was opened, Bena felt the smell of alcohol coming over her face, and her delicate eyebrows wrinkled unconsciously.
His green-white fingers pinched his small nose.
Luo Bei, who was smelling of alcohol, actually sobered up a little the moment he saw his daughter.
Looking at his lovely and beautiful daughter, he seemed to have made up his mind.
He must not let his family be harmed, even if the price is his humiliating surrender!
He waved his hand and said.
"Put the food down and go back and rest!"
"Tell your mother and let her relax, I won't let anything happen to you!"
Beina looked at her father with concern, and Luo Bei gave him a relieved expression.
After Bena left, Luo Bei sat on the sofa, threw all the drinks aside, and ate the dinner his wife had prepared for him.
After finishing dinner, even licking the plate clean, Luo Bei stood up, opened the door, and spoke to the servant at the door.
"Go and invite Commander Raymond!"
After that, he sat back on the sofa.
As the alcohol in his body continued to take effect, Luo Bei felt that the world in front of him was shaking even when he was sitting on the sofa.
Not long after, Raymond was invited over.
Luo Bei rubbed his eyebrows, forced himself to wake up from his drunken state, and then spoke.
"If I surrender, will the people of the Ming Dynasty really treat me and my family well?"
Raymond sat down opposite Luo Bei and then spoke.
"Yes, Lord Governor!"
"What happened to the Portuguese in Macau is the best proof! After they surrendered, they were not retaliated against, and the senior officials were treated decently."
"The kings of the East are all very particular about their words, and the promises they make are always effective!"