In terms of economics, Donghai Town relies heavily on the supply of overseas colonization areas. The Dutch attacked the colonization areas in northern Taiwan with the purpose of destroying the economic and war potential of Donghai Town.

If the Netherlands occupy the entire Taiwan, Jiangdong's grain, iron, sulfur, cotton, tobacco and other materials will fall into a shortage, and Jiangdong's economy will collapse and will be unable to continue to compete with the Netherlands for the Southeast Asian countries, so they can only seek peace from the Dutch.

Rosschaer said coldly: "Zhao's ship is fast, and it's too late for us to return. Send people to ride horses to inform the governor to prepare for the battle. We continue to attack to see who will capture whose logistics center first!"

The senior officials have a bastion, their defense is amazing and they can stand the test, while the defense is relatively ordinary in Taipei's Donghai Town stronghold, so Roskarn has the confidence to bet.

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Dayuan Bay, Chikanburg.

Taiwan Governor Fels is discussing the current situation with the senior executives of the Parliament.

In the conference room, Fels read aloud a letter from Jabko, the commander of the Batavian fleet, saying, "Zhao is the company's most important enemy in the Far East. He is very powerful, but he also has weaknesses. According to the company's observation, Zhao's government and army rely heavily on overseas trade and cannot withstand long-term wars and maritime blockades. In order to force Zhao to admit that the war failed and recognize the company's interests in the Far East, the company made a resolution to seek reconciliation with Spain and Portugal, and tried its best to convince him.

They joined the war against Zhao. After all, Zhao wanted to engage in ocean trade, which not only harmed the interests of the company, but also harmed the interests of Spain and Portugal. The company's senior management suggested that the Taiwan Parliament could seize Zhao's colony in Taiwan. If it could not be occupied, it would try its best to drag Zhao's army to Taiwan. The company would persuade Tatars to attack Zhao, and invite Spain and Portugal to form a fleet to attack and block Zhao's connection with overseas colonies~~~~~~~~~"

Fels read the letter from Batavia aloud and couldn't help but feel full of confidence, "Batavia and our ideas are the same. As long as you capture Zhao's colony in northern Taiwan and delay the war for three months to half a year, Zhao can only ask for peace from the company."

After Zhao Ming's northern expedition, he defeated the Manchu Navy Division and blocked the Bohai Sea, which caused the cooperation between the Qing Dynasty and the Netherlands to be severely damaged. The Qing Dynasty's new army and navy training with the help of the Dutch power was defeated by Donghai Town, which also greatly affected the Qing Dynasty's enthusiasm for military westernization.

This reduced the cooperation between the Qing Dynasty and the Netherlands, but there was no disconnection between the two, and the smuggling trade was still going on quietly. This time, when the Netherlands saw that Donghai Town was clearly intent on advancing south, it decided to fight with Donghai Town, and sent an envoy to Beijing to contact the Qing Dynasty to attack Zhao Ming.

The Qing court was always worried about Donghai Town, occupying Liaodong and North Korea, and threatening their nests. Before the Dutch took action, Yue Le had led more than 30,000 Qing troops to tug of war with Xie Qian in Liaodong.

When the Qing court learned that the Dutch wanted to go to war with Zhao Ming, it was naturally right that it was right. He immediately stated that he would send scouts to investigate. If Zhao Ming advanced south, he would immediately increase troops from Liaodong to attack Donghai Town and cooperate with the Dutch in fighting Donghai Town.

As a Protestant country, the Netherlands was independent from Spain and had a long war with Spain. The two sides had a great hatred, but facing the rising Donghai Town and the United Kingdom, both sides could still find some common interests.

Previously, Zhao Ming seized northern Taiwan from the Spanish. The Spanish were still worried and cooperated with the Dutch to sell arms to the Qing Dynasty and support the Qing Dynasty's war against the Ming Dynasty.

This time, the Dutch East India Company gave up part of the interests of the Far East and gave the declining Spaniards, and it is still very likely that they would gain the support of the Spaniards.

The only thing that has something wrong is the Portuguese. Their relationship is good with the Ming Dynasty, but there is a conflict between the Ming Dynasty and the Donghai Vatican, and the Donghai Town wants to conduct ocean trade, which is equivalent to breaking the Westerners' control and monopoly on maritime trade, and also harming the interests of the Portuguese.

Although the Netherlands cannot guarantee that the Portuguese in Macau will cooperate with them, the Portuguese should not help Donghai Town.

In this way, Donghai Town is almost isolated and helpless. No matter how powerful it is, it is hard to defeat four hands with two fists.

By then, as long as the war was delayed for a few months, the Qing Dynasty would restrain the military power of Donghai Town, making Zhao Ming unable to continue to reinforce Nanyang, and Donghai Town could not quickly achieve a decisive victory. The warships from the Netherlands and Spain were maneuvering at sea and attacking merchant ships that were traveling between Donghai Town and overseas colonization areas, which would force Donghai Town into a dilemma of lack of supplies and being unable to continue the war.

At this time, the Dutch's combat goal was quite clear, which was to delay the war, cut off the connection between Jiangdong and overseas colonization areas, blockade Jiangdong, causing Jiangdong's economy to collapse and forcing Donghai Town to admit that the war was defeated.

The senior executives of the Taiwan Parliament, after listening to the Governor and letters from Batavia, had a clear understanding of the war and also knew the way the Netherlands won, and they all became a little excited.

In recent years, the Netherlands has gradually been at a disadvantage in the conflict with the British in Western Europe. The war has caused heavy losses to the Netherlands and the treasury is empty. The Dutch urgently hopes to achieve a decisive victory in the Far East.

If Zhao Ming can be forced to sign a treaty, Donghai Town will give up ocean trade and dissolve the Merchants and Shipping Company, then the Netherlands will be able to monopolize China's foreign trade and gain huge benefits from it, helping the Netherlands defeat Britain.

At this time, while discussing, a Dutch businessman suddenly entered the conference room and said anxiously: "Governor General, Lord Roskarn, and Zhao's fleet arrived in Taiwan and rushed to Dayuan Bay."

Fells and others were shocked when they heard the word, "Zhao came so quickly! How many warships did they come?"

"The intelligence from His Excellency Roskael shows that Zhao's fleet had 100 warships and nearly 10,000 soldiers. His Excellency Roskael believed that Zhao was rushing to come and the fleet relied on the supply of the strongholds in northern Taiwan. He hoped that the Governor could hold on to the senior officials and drag Zhao's fleet, and he would continue to advance northwards and seize Zhao's strongholds in northern Taiwan, causing Zhao to lose the supply base."

When Fels heard this, he immediately ordered: "Chekanburg, Rezhalanburg, enter the alert. The naval fleet retreats into Dayuan Bay and prepares to face Zhao's attack."

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Dayuan Bay is located in Tainan area.

In 1624, the Netherlands occupied this place and enslaved the local people, and built two fortresses here.

A castle called Jelan Chateau is built on a sandbar on the sea, surrounded by the sea, and guards the main waterway to enter Dayuan Bay from the sea.

Another fortress, called Chikan Fort, is built on land.

Both fortresses were Western-style bastions and were difficult to conquer. Zheng Chenggong recaptured Taiwan, which trapped the Dutch for nearly nine months before forcing the Dutch to surrender.

Fels stood on the Hotzelan Castle and stared at Daman Bay. Not to mention anything else, he had the confidence to delay the war for a year with the two fortresses alone.

"Look at the Governor!" On the fortress, Dutch soldiers pointed at the sea and suddenly said loudly.

Fells hurriedly pulled out the Thousand Mile Mile Mile Mile and looked at the sea. In the round lens, a huge fleet was approaching Dayuan Bay in a mighty way.
Chapter completed!