In early June 1793, Nanyang, south of Bacheng.

"Boom! Boom!..."

"Da da da da da da da da..."

With two rapid fires of ten 75mm guns and hundreds of bullets burst out from the Northern Navy's positions, thousands of Vandan Sultanate troops advancing with thick wooden shields turned around and ran away after dropping the bodies of more than 200 people, and soon disappeared into the woods at the end of the plantation.

Such an attack has lasted for seven or eight days. Whether it is the mercenaries from Württemberg or the tens of thousands of local soldiers from the Sultanate of Vandan, facing the North Navy's defense line, they have been hit by blood several times.

Since learning that the Dutch were going to attack Bacheng, the Military Control Commission immediately issued a city-wide mobilization order. With the prestige established by over two years to treat malaria patients at any cost, tens of thousands of Chinese and young people in and outside Bacheng joined forces. With the assistance of several excavators, it took only half a month to build a defense system composed of two trenches and sandbag walls in the south of Bacheng.

The total length of this line of defense is 13.22 kilometers. From northwest to northeast, it roughly forms a pocket shape with an opening to the north. In fact, it is divided into many sections. Basically, the entire layout refers to the defense system of the "Battle of Usolier". Each section of the trench or sandbag wall is roughly 700 meters to 800 meters, and is connected to each other by traffic trenches. Fifty meters ahead of the front line of trenches, there is also a high and low pile wire mesh.

The Dutch and the local soldiers of the sultanate countries of Java had never seen this. They suffered a great loss on the first day of the war. Later, the governor of the Dutch East India Company, Overstratten, ordered the weak points to be found in the defense line of Beihai Town. After searching for several days, they all returned in a desperate situation.

At this time, on the positions of the North Navy, the servants who had just arrived in Bacheng and hurriedly entered the battle a few days ago burst into cheers again. At this time, an officer in a dark blue uniform climbed up the trench and pulled out a fan from his clothes like a magic trick. After opening it, he waved it and shouted. The soldiers in the same color uniforms in the trench immediately responded, three times.

“えいい ~~”

“おー!”

“えいい ~~”

“…”

Well, people who often play Glory games in another time and space must be familiar with this set. Strictly speaking, this is a set of martial arts practice rituals passed down from the end of the Heian era, and it first appeared in "The Story of the Hei Family". By the time of the Warring States Period, many schools were divided into different schools.

For example, shouting before the war is called "The Sound of the Bear"; if shouting after victory, it is called "The Sound of the Bear". In "The Story of the Crow Herons", there are strict requirements for how to shout, starting with loud sounds, then gradually becoming smaller.

However, it would be fine if you just shout a slogan. But a group of servants from Xiantai peasants sang folk songs excitedly. The voice that was like stepping on a chicken's neck was really unbearable to others' ears.

Look, on the Hoi An camp defense line composed of Chinese from the Mingxiang Society in the Hoi An area not far away, a company commander in charge wiped the oil sweat from his head and said disdainfully: "I'm so sad when I throw your mother's Japanese soldiers!"

He immediately jumped out of the trench and shouted at the more than 100 soldiers under his command: "Everyone sang to me! The Three Kingdoms generals are brave~~one, two, three, four!"

"The generals of the Three Kingdoms are brave, and they are the first to be Zhao Zilong, and they are heroes in front of Changbanpo! There are also Zhang Yide, in front of Dangyang Bridge, and the thunderbolt sounds and thunderstorms. The bridge collapses two or three holes, scaring away millions of soldiers, showing their might among the five tiger generals! One, two, three, and four! Yun Chang's martial arts skills, killing Hua Xiong with warm wine, showing their power among the millions of soldiers, killing six generals for five passes, walking thousands of miles with one sword, and beating drums and three consecutive sounds..."

This song was taught by the officers of the Special Forces Camp, and the people in the Special Forces Camp learned from Wang Yuanfang. As for Wang Yuanfang, there is no need to say. Although there are many military songs in the North Navy now, such as "Manjianghong" and "Three Discipline Songs", etc., there are more than a dozen songs, but the guys who have nostrils on the special forces camp love this song alone, so everyone must sing the Hoi An army as their apprentices.

The people in the Hoi An camp sang with a gaze and their voices were full of momentum, which quickly led to the singing of several positions. Finally, even the soldiers of the Xiantai were howling together.

You should know that the singer is the Three Kingdoms. People in the island country admire this most. Since "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" was translated into the Japanese version of "Popular Three Kingdoms" at the end of the 17th century, it has quickly become popular among the middle and lower classes, and everyone knows it.

On a machine gun position more than 30 meters north of the Sendai officer who was like a great jumping god, the two Northern Navy were leisurely loading bullets for the newly fired magazine. The machine gunners put their eyes on the telescope and observed the situation in the distance. It seemed that what happened around them had nothing to do with them, but the content they were muttering revealed their loving gossip.

"I said, these two gangs are fighting again. What do you think they are trying to do?"

"Who knows, every time I finish the fight, I feel like I'm going crazy!"

"That group of Xiantai soldiers are like big markets on the positions, so they don't look like fighting."

"Hey, don't look at these guys who are not tall, they will be reincarnated like starved ghosts when they are ready to eat."

"No! I saw a family of brown rice two days ago. I ate ten bowls of brown rice in one meal, and it looked scary."

The machine gunner who had been paying attention to the battlefield ahead suddenly turned his head and interrupted, "Yu Deshui, our elder brother won't laugh at the second brother. When you first arrived in Beihai Town, you killed six big steamed buns in one meal? If the nurse hadn't asked you to keep walking and digesting food, you wouldn't have been able to hold on to death."

Several soldiers from Henan who came from the Land Camp could not help but be happy after hearing this. The machine gunner said again: "Do you think they are eating too much now? Do you know what they did before joining the army?"

"What are you doing?"

"Build a railway!" The machine gunner turned his head, put his eyes on the scope, and said, "These Japanese soldiers have never had a full meal before coming to our Beihai Town."

"Ah, they are all poor people."

Yu Deshui decided to end this topic so as not to say more embarrassing things to him as a fellow villager and a few years older than him. He took out the towel tucked around his waist and wiped his sweat, complaining: "It's just April, and the ghost weather can make me so hot! Brother Ermao, when will we just guard the position and not attack? "

The machine gunner said, "What are you worried about? Don't look at who is in charge of this battle. Look, maybe there will be big moves in the next two days."

At this moment, on a star fortress on the south side of Bacheng that was once called "Nordweck Fort" by the Dutch, Zhao Xin put down his telescope and looked at the map handed over by the staff. On a clearing ground not far from the cannon base, there were twenty 75mm cannons. It was obvious that the artillery position of the North Navy was located here, and the castle was the front-line command.

In 1657, the Dutch East India Company built the "Nordweck Fort" with the purpose of preventing the frequent stolen cattle outside the city. Before the "Red Creek Massacre", the Chinese riots and resisted. Because the castle was isolated outside the city, the Dutch burned the place. A year later, the Dutch restored the castle, but the defenders were only responsible for the operation of the Gillion Canal Gillion. When Wang Yuanfang attacked Bacheng, he ignored it because there were only seven soldiers here.

"Is there any news from that team Wen Dai?"

He Xiwen, who was standing beside him, replied first, "No", thought for a while and said, "Do you want to send another team of people?"

Zhao Xin shook his head and said, "No, I'm too anxious. It's more than 300 miles from here to Wandong, and it's not that fast."

The "Wandong" he mentioned is Wanlong in another time and space. The reason why Zhao Xin did not let his troops attack the west was waiting for information from Wandong. According to the news sent by Gu Lihuan three days ago, the previous governor of VOC, William Arnold Artin, took three thousand mercenaries to the Yogyakarta Sultanate in southern West Java a month ago.

Both his subordinates and Zhao Xin speculated from this that Artin would likely lead the troops of the Yogyakarta Sultanate and the Thoreau Sultanate to launch an attack from the Wandong direction, because the march would be shortest and more unexpected.

In 1741, the Madras Sultan "Pakkubwana II" sent troops to aid Chinese workers fighting the VOC and besieged Semarang together. However, in the face of the powerful force of the VOC, it failed in the end. Since then, the strength of the Madras Kingdom was further weakened, and then it gave up a large area of ​​territory in the Wandong area and became the direct jurisdiction of the VOC; while Madras himself was split by the Dutch into the Yogyakarta Sultanate and the Thoreau Sultanate.

Yesterday morning, a platoon from the Special Forces Battalion was sent out by Zhao Xin. They will follow the road built by the Dutch and reconnaissance to Wandong. You should know that the rainforests in Java Island in the 18th century were everywhere, and most areas were simply covered with the sky and the sun. It was difficult for the Northern Navy drones to detect the whereabouts of the enemy. The people of the reconnaissance team could only go deep into the rainforest under the guidance of the guide, so that they could understand the specific situation of the enemy.

Still the same thing, Bacheng was short of troops before, so he never launched an attack on Wandong in the southeast, which gave the Dutch time to survive and gathered a large group of vassals.

It is said that after the fall of the Manzhebayi Kingdom, which ruled the entire Java Island for more than two hundred years and respected Hinduism, was destroyed in 1527 (the sixth year of Jiajing in the Ming Dynasty), the rule of the entire Java fell into a state of fragmentation and was ruled by a large group of sultans. Except for the Sultanate of Vandan in the west of Bacheng and the Sultanate of Jingleb in the south, the other Sultanate of other Sultans have been the changing king flags on the city in recent years, and have all become vassals of VOC.

Zhao Xin will go south this time to completely solve the problem of Java. Since the sultans in eastern Java have been sitting firm for a few days, he doesn't mind sweeping them together. However, if Beihai Town wants to completely control Java Island and Kalimantan Island in the north, it will have to make huge investments in transportation and communication lines in the future.

After leaving the front line command center, Zhao Xin, surrounded by several guards, boarded a small patrol boat with machine guns on the side of the ship. This time he came to Bacheng to reveal his identity. Although the morale of the soldiers on the front line greatly boosted and surprised the Chinese in Bacheng, the danger coefficient also increased accordingly. Every time he traveled, he brought at least seven or eight guards with live ammunition.

Because the logistics transport ships traveling from Bacheng and the front line on the Gillion Canal kept shuttled, the patrol boats could not drive too fast, and it took more than half an hour to arrive near the Military Control Commission building. Although the Military Control Commission implemented public security controls in the city after the war, and gun-carried military and police officers patrolling guards could be seen everywhere on the streets, the tension in the city was not serious.

Although the combat effectiveness of the five thousand men transferred from the Cam Ran Bay base is not as good as that of the North Navy's own troops, who can I compare with? At least in the limited understanding of the people of Bacheng, the equipment and mental state of the Servant Army from head to toe far exceed that of the Dutch army before.

Furthermore, the Military Control Commission hired a large number of Chinese people to build trenches, make military supplies, transport supplies, and provide wages and food. This attitude of not being short of money is unprecedented. After receiving the white Beihai Town silver dollars, many Chinese people in Bacheng even hope that this battle would be best for a year and a half to let everyone earn more.

As soon as he returned to his office, A Miao, who was considerate, brought the tea he had made, and the temperature was just right. Zhao Xin took a sip and picked up the King Duofu who had just occupied his seat. He rubbed it a few times. The satisfied guy immediately started to hum.

When King Duofu was "abducted" by Zhao Xin, he looked almost two or three years old. Now nine years have passed, and this guy is at least 11 years old and has entered his old age. However, because A Miao takes care of him carefully enough, and the residents of Beihai Town, regardless of men, women, age and young, spoil it, except for the thick and rough hair, everything else is pretty good.

"Give it to me. Dofu is a little attached to you recently."

"No, when will it not clingy? Alas~~ Do you think I look like the godfather?"

A Miao spat lightly when she heard this and said with a smile: "I'm talking nonsense again. I'm less than forty, and I don't look old at all."

The beauty smiled and the room was full of spring. Zhao Xin couldn't help but be stunned. A Miao saw Zhao Xin's gaze and his expression instantly became a little shy, but she quickly raised her fair and thin oval face and looked at Zhao Xin. There was a layer of water vapor between her eyebrows, which was both a hint of charm and a sense of innocence.

"I was not shy but cute, but I stood in front of the wind and put on the cream...Oh~~ This little girl grows more and more harms the country and the people."

After so many years, although Prince Zhao is "fictional", his mentality towards A Miao is different from that of others. He has always been doting on this girl like a treasure, both like a child and a sister, and does not let him suffer any grievances. However, his attitude is very subtle in the eyes of many people around him, so A Miao is seventeen this year, and there is no one who dares to propose marriage.

Although Chen Xuan had hinted in the past two years, Zhao Xin never expressed his opinion. He actually understood A Miao's intentions, but this matter is really unwilling to be verbally.

King Dofu, who jumped to the table, narrowed his eyes, glanced at this person, and then turned his head to look at that person. He thought he was really a hypocritical human being. He was so familiar with him, so why are you still struggling with?

The two of them stared at each other with smiles between their eyebrows. At this time, the sun was shining outside the window. Two swifts flew over each other at some point, combing each other's feathers, murmuring, and making a brisk chirping. The atmosphere in the room began to become a little ambiguous.

"Amiao."

"Um."

“The weather is good today.”

"Um."

"I have something I want to ask you."

"Um."

It seemed that he had a premonition that the other party was going to ask, and the blush on A Miao's face became even thicker, and even his slender neck was covered with a faint red frost.

"this......"
Chapter completed!