Chapter 1520 (·??·?)???The One Who Fights Is the Strongest!

In the 17th century, the Dutch came to Luzon and established the first colonial stronghold in Java, Batavia, which is the port of Jakarta. Then Java invaded Sumatra to the west and the Spice Islands from Portugal to the east. It even began to occupy Malacca and Ceylon one after another, and it was intensifying competition with the Portuguese Malay Governor Dole Arte Lopez de Preyla and his chamber of commerce.

In the waters of the Ming Dynasty, the Dutch also once invaded Xiaoliuqiu, the territory of the Ming Dynasty, and tried to attack the Portuguese in Macau, and even gained a commercial base in Nagasaki, Kyushu Island, Japan.

By now, the Netherlands has established the Cape of Good Hope Colony in South Africa, making it a powerful relay station for its colonial expansion in Asia. In North America, based on the Hudson River Basin, the Netherlands has built the New Netherland Colony and captured it at the mouth of the river. Manhattan Island establishes New Amsterdam.

In South America, the Dutch colonists occupied some important islands in the Antilles.

In short, the Netherlands is undoubtedly a powerful maritime trade and colonial country. Its shipbuilding industry ranks first in the world. There are at least hundreds of shipyards in the capital Amsterdam alone. The whole country can start building hundreds of wooden sailboats at the same time. Shipbuilding technology is the most advanced in the world.

At this time, it was the most glorious moment for the Dutch. The tonnage of their country’s merchant ships accounted for more than three-quarters of the total tonnage of Europe at that time. They had more than 15,000 ocean-going merchant ships of various types and almost monopolized the maritime trade of the entire world. .

It can be said bluntly that most of the timber from Norway, fish from Denmark, grain from Poland, fur from Russia, spices from Southeast Asia, cotton textiles from India, exquisite silk, tea and porcelain from Ming Dynasty, etc. At that time, Amsterdam in Europe was still the center of international trade, and there were often more than 2,000 large merchant ships berthing in the port. The scale was beyond the imagination of ordinary people.

but……

Now, it happened that such a powerful country, such a 'sea coachman' country that no one dared to provoke, was being targeted by Annie.

After occupying Giadin, she was not satisfied that the Li Family Chamber of Commerce had only one stronghold here in Luzon. She robbed the flagship of Admiral Hedram of the Swedish Navy and organized a local patrol fleet to ensure the basic After she was safe, she led her five big ships southward to capture Brunei, and took Manila and Manado to the east, and finally stopped at the port of Ternate, the easternmost port of the Spice Islands occupied by the Dutch. outside.

Although, before coming here, a guide had warned Annie about the strength of the Dutch, hoping that she would not easily conflict with the Dutch, that is, the Kuhn Chamber of Commerce, but why would Anne care so much?

Anyway, she just wants to completely occupy Nanyang as soon as possible, that is, here in Luzon, and turn it all into the territory of the Li Family Chamber of Commerce.

Then let those Li family caravans organized by her with the stolen merchant ships do business here to make money, and then she can continue to chase westward to a certain big sister Li Huamei who is running fast.

As for the Dutch and whether the Dutch country is strong or not, it has nothing to do with her. She just wants to beat them and rob their colonies and ports. What can they do?

The surrounding islands of Port Ternate are known as the Spice Islands. They are rich in bananas, peppers, cloves, cinnamon, turmeric, cardamom, etc. The Dutch colonized and set up many plantations here, enslaved and oppressed The local aborigines produce those specialty crops for them and grab a huge amount of economic value.

In fact, the Dutch in the port had heard about the Li Family Chamber of Commerce and Giadin before. Although the communication was inconvenient, they still knew about it.

However, they never paid much attention to it.

After all, they never thought that the Li family fleet would be so crazy that they would not attack or defend the war from Malacca while they were fighting against the Malay Governor-General Doyle Lopez de Preyla in Indochina. The threat, instead, went east and hit them directly at the port of Delnate in the Netherlands?

Therefore, after seeing the five huge terrifying giant ships lined up outside the port with masts soaring into the sky like towering mountains, and seeing them open the gun doors and push out the cannons, Del was caught off guard. Port Nat immediately became chaotic.

"That's Port Ternate?"

(.)

Looking at the chaotic port town in front of her, which seemed to have no ability to resist, Annie looked at the first officer beside her.

"Yes!"

"Admiral, that is the colony of Ternate Port occupied by the Dutch Kuhn Chamber of Commerce!"

"That's what the guide said."

The first mate himself didn't know, but since the guide said so and brought them here accurately, it must be correct.

"I don't care whose family it is!"

o(^｀)o Humph!

Annie saw through the binoculars that the ordinary people in Port Ternate were in a mess, and the forts and fortresses in the port were even more crowded. It seemed that they did not intend to directly attack the city like Manado and Manila. Will her Li Family Chamber of Commerce raise the flag to surrender?

"Hurry up, send someone to deliver a message and ask them to surrender immediately in an hour!"

o(*｀ー)o

"Otherwise, they will just blast their broken fortress and fort to pieces!"

(ψ｀╭╮′)

This Nanyang is very big here, and there are many ports and many ships of the rebel forces waiting for her to clean up. Therefore, Anne must act quickly, she will not have time to stay in this ruined place for a long time!

"yes!"

"Subordinates to do it immediately!"

Soon, following the order of the chief mate, an assault boat that could accommodate only a dozen people was lowered on the deck of the battleship with a winch, and then a group of sailors rowed the boat to bring two local guides and translators holding high white flags Send it towards the port.

"Annie..."

"Are you going to fight again?"

"Isn't that a little bad?"

Looking at the eager artillery on the deck, and then at the port in the distance, Song Yifeng, the second admiral who practiced Taoism in the mountains since he was a child, has a lively temperament but is not bloodthirsty or violent, planned to persuade Annie again.

Think about it too, how long have they been here in Nanyang?

In this way, the port of Giadin was taken down, and countless ships and goods from other chambers of commerce were robbed. Now they have occupied two ports in succession, and plan to bombard the third port. Why does she always feel that they are more like a group of robbers? Same?

"What's wrong?"

ヾ(=ω=)o

"Aren't we the development fleet of the Li family? We are here to develop routes and markets. They insist on a monopoly and won't let us do business, so we have to fight!"

o(ω｀*)o

"However, as long as they surrender, they will definitely not embarrass them!"

(=ω｀=)

Yes, in Anne's view, it doesn't matter what the process is, she just wants the final result, and her final result is:

Here in Nanyang, no one will embarrass their Li family fleet and let the fleet of the Li family chamber of commerce trade freely, and no one will dare to drive them away like the hot idiot Li Huamei big sister!

Wanting to achieve the above points, she thought about it, but she couldn't think of a better way except to directly knock down and drive away all those villains by force.

"ah?"

"But……"

"I remember, didn't we say that we are here to find Sister Li Huamei?"

"Why did it suddenly become a pioneering fleet now?"

Song Yifeng was a little at a loss. She blinked her big black eyes, thought and thought, and finally confirmed one thing, that is, when they set sail from Hangzhou, they did not seem to have said that they would carry out air routes and trade routes They really only came to find Sister Li Huamei!

Only later, after Giadin accidentally snatched a lot of large and small merchant ships, they recruited sailors and some locals at the suggestion of the flagship mate, coupled with the capable Li family fleet, formed the Several caravans and escorting patrol fleets planned to do business in the waters between Nanyang and Daming.

"in spite of!"

(ε｀)

"Anyway, we've already fought, and it's useless to stop now. If we don't win some bad guys, we will definitely not be able to continue to the Indian Ocean and chase sister Li Huamei and the others."

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Annie still sees this very clearly. Under such circumstances, if the Preyla Chamber of Commerce and the Malay Governor are not completely defeated, the other party will definitely not let them have a good time.

As for the Kuhn Chamber of Commerce and the East India Company that seems to be very strong on the other side, it is just incidental. After all, Annie thought about it. It is a fight to fight one hostile force, and it is also a fight to fight two hostile forces. Let's defeat them together and drive them away.

(…)

(●￣()￣●)

"I always feel that we might get into a lot of trouble..."

"Maybe it's a hundred or a thousand times bigger than the trouble I caused when I practiced Taoism with my master and brother on the mountain?"

Lying on the side of the ship sullenly, looking at the distant port that didn't seem to intend to surrender, and looking at the densely packed black cannons protruding from the hull, Song Yifeng sighed in frustration.

Anyway, she figured it out, the admiral Annie came here to find trouble on purpose, and that guy just wanted to find someone to play with these big 'toys'.

"Do not worry!"

(*^▽^*)

"As long as we are strong enough, there will definitely be no trouble!"

(-)

Annie said that although she often caused troubles, she was also very good at solving troubles, so she didn't take the things that the second admiral Song Yifeng worried about at all.

"Huh?"

Σ(°△°|||)︴

"Look! Someone is coming, are they here to surrender?"

ヾ(^▽^*)))

At this time, Anne saw that there seemed to be a small boat carrying locals rowing towards them, and the people on it kept waving at them?

It's a pity that she soon lost her face again.

Because, the first mate came to tell her that it seemed that the merchants of the Ming Dynasty who lived in the local area came to her to congratulate and "welcome the master of the Ming Dynasty", not the envoys sent by the enemy as she thought.

"Let our second admiral go talk to them, they don't have time!"

(~)

Without even thinking about it, Annie directly pushed the matter to Song Yifeng, who could only complain.

Now she doesn't want to deal with those troublesome guys, she just wants to play naval battle games with her giant ships and cannons, so she won't take care of that troublesome 'internal affairs'!

"I?"

"That's fine..."

"I hope they can speak Ming's official language, otherwise, I don't guarantee that I can understand what they want to say!"

Song Yifeng didn't refuse, and directly walked off the podium with her title of second admiral of the Li family fleet, and walked towards the so-called "Da Ming" who were pulled onto the deck and stood tremblingly on the bow deck at this moment. People' go.

Soon, Song Yifeng roughly figured out the background and purpose of the visitor.

Probably the ancestors of those people were indeed from the Central Plains. More than a hundred years ago, the merchants on the southeast coast of Ming Dynasty had frequent exchanges with Luzon, and gradually some people began to settle here, including the ancestors of those people, but later, After the arrival of the Portuguese, life gradually became difficult, especially after the Dutch invaded here, they still targeted and suppressed the Daming people who were doing business very dutifully.

But now it’s all right. After seeing the giant ship coming and besieging the port of Ternate, and seeing the Li character flag and Ming’s flag hanging on the mast, I think it’s Wang Shi who came to expel the Westerners, and I think Wang Shi has a great chance of winning. They hurriedly rowed out to show their loyalty.

When it was hot, and at the same time, he promised to help lead the way, supply, appease the port and other matters. Anyway, Song Yifeng himself didn't quite understand it, and Annie didn't want to hear it at all.

An hour, that is, half an hour later, the deadline for the ultimatum is coming soon.

boom! boom!

boom! boom! boom!

The Dutch in Port Ternate still had no intention of surrendering, so on the sea, a round of shelling blasted towards their fort and the dilapidated small fortress from a distance.

result……

Don't look at the brave and stubborn Dutchmen in the port of Ternate at the beginning. However, after six hundred shells flew over one after another, and after they were blinded by the precise shelling in an instant, they found that the shore artillery Their counterattack was completely out of reach of the Li family's fleet, so they quickly hoisted a big white flag high with interest.

After Giadin, Brunei, Manila, and Manado, the Dutch colonists in Port Ternate found that resistance was hopeless, and they quickly surrendered aggrievedly.

Of course, it is said that some diehards did not surrender, but ran to the inland plantations to defend?

However, Anne and her fleet didn't take that kind of thing to heart, and they didn't even intend to send people to clean it up. They just started to clean up and rectify the defense business of the port with the help of those "Da Ming people".

...

While Annie and her five super battleships bullied Ternate Port and successfully captured the port, and captured a batch of Kuhn Chamber of Commerce's "big belly" merchant ships, in the Strait of Malacca, the Portuguese and Malay Governor Dole Ty Lopez de Preyla finally organized a huge fleet consisting of seven second-class battleships and dozens of armed merchant ships.

At this time, Admiral Hedram Joachim Bergstone of the Swedish Navy and his remaining three second-tier battleships were also on the list!

Because, his flagship, the first-class battleship, was savagely taken away by Annie for free, and then he and his subordinates were expelled...

That incident was a great shame to him!

Therefore, he also participated in this grand expedition ceremony today, and prepared to cooperate with the Malay Governor Dole Artes Lopez de Preyla to command the other ten armed merchant ships in this large fleet, Together with the battleships under his command, they are the sub-squadrons of the main fleet commanded by the governor, and are responsible for protecting the rear of the main force.

"Ladies and gentlemen!"

"The Li family's fleet will pay a heavy price for their stupid actions!"

"Will!"

"None of them can escape back!"

"It turns out that the Ming Empire will no longer have any influence in Indochina. As we all know, their emperors have been killed by rebels, and their empire has begun to collapse. Therefore, their navy And don't even think about coming to our ocean to dictate!"

"Before the full moon next month, we will return home triumphantly. At that time, everyone who fights and welcomes here will be able to share a bottle of rum from the New World!"

In the unloading square of the port wharf, the Portuguese and Malay governor, Dole Artes Lopez de Preyla, wearing a navy uniform, was surrounded by guards and enthusiastically followed the Westerners, men and women who came to see them off. The soldiers gave speeches, and after setting a deadline for their triumph and promising various rewards, they turned around and boarded his second-class battleship that was leaning against the pier.

Soon, the battleships and armed merchant ships that had already been replenished and ready to go began to raise their sails and turn away from the port in an orderly manner. They first gathered on the spacious strait and formed two large formations, then turned in unison, heading towards In the east, they rushed towards Brunei, which was captured by the Li Family Chamber of Commerce.

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