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The fleet set off in the early morning and arrived at the sea near its destination around noon. Using his telescope, Wang Tom could already see several small fishing boats engaged in fishing operations on the sea a few nautical miles away.

"Order the combat ships to move forward at full speed and execute the original plan after entering the harbor!" Wang Tom put down the telescope and began to issue combat orders.

According to the battle plan formulated in advance, the seventeen ships of the fleet will not all rush forward at once. Instead, the warships equipped with artillery will take the lead, suppressing possible resistance and counterattacks on the coastline with firepower, and then control the situation before proceeding.

Use small boats to send infantry ashore, and then capture the port town.

This combat plan had been formulated two months ago, and the fleet also conducted several drills while stationed in the Qiongbei Strait. Although it was not a field drill, and it was not yet familiar with this tactic, Wang Tom was convinced that

This set of tactics is completely sufficient for this small port on Natuna Island, which lacks protection.

When the fleet was about five nautical miles away from the port, it was also discovered by fishing boats on the sea. After all, the huge figure of the "Dignity-class" battleship could not be concealed by the thin mist on the sea.

The Dutch's reaction was slightly faster than Wang Tom expected. When the fleet approached the port, a Western-style sailboat sailed out of the port. However, this ship did not rush up to fight for its life, but sailed toward the southeast.

"Stop it. If the ship doesn't want to stop, you can just fire!" Wang Tom gave the order calmly.

Obviously, this ship did not intend to come out to prevent the invasion of foreign enemies, but wanted to rush out while the port was not blocked and leave here to report to Batavia. Of course, it was impossible for Wang Tom to let this ship leave Natuna.

Island, even going to Batavia to call the police is a trivial matter. Only the leakage of the "Majesty-class" warship's whereabouts may cause real trouble. After all, the Haihan Militia captured Natuna Island under the banner of pirates, and the "Majesty-class" warship

Even a fool knows that a ship that is considered a giant in Southeast Asia cannot be built by a group of pirates.

As for the islanders on the island who saw the true appearance of the "Majesty-class" warship, Wang Tom was not too worried. After the militia captured the island, they would send the islanders to the north in batches to settle. As for the Dutch on the island,

, as well as their subordinates and entourage, will all be escorted to the mines on Hainan Island or Black Earth Port to work as coolies, and women and children will also be imprisoned. At least in the next few years, the Dutch will probably have little chance to learn.

As for the truth about the fall of Natuna Island, even if they suspected that it was the Haihan people in the future, they would not be able to provide any real evidence.

The advantages of the Haihan warship in terms of navigation performance were immediately revealed. After receiving the order, the two "Exploration-class" warships quickly turned and rushed towards the escape direction of the Dutch sailing ship. Their movement trajectories can be described as "flexible"

It is no exaggeration. When the Dutch sailing ship sailed outside the harbor, the two Haihan warships responsible for intercepting were already basically parallel to it. The distance in between was only two to three hundred meters. They had already entered the harbor immediately.

Gun range of the Haihan warship.

Almost at the same time, five other warships headed by the "Majesty" also filed into the port area. The gun windows on the ship's side had already been opened in advance, and the black muzzles were aimed at the buildings on the coast. No telescope was needed now.

, the crew could clearly see the panicked people running away on the shore. In the distance, a group of musketeers were gathering in the open space in front of the dock warehouse. It seemed that they planned to resist the sudden intruders, but unfortunately they

In the eyes of the commanders of the Haihan Militia, the weapons are not much more advanced than fire sticks.

"You successfully attracted my attention!" Wang Tom muttered, and then began to issue combat orders: "Aim on the port side at the target on the shore, three rounds of rapid fire!"

The "Dignity" is equipped with a total of 52 artillery pieces of three calibers: 12 pounds, 24 pounds, and 48. There are three artillery decks on both sides of the ship, a total of 24 artillery pieces. The firepower is very strong. This is also the reason why the "Dignity"

For the first time after entering service, naval guns were used to attack the shore. 24's four artillery pieces roared one after another and fired the shells towards the only target area on the shore.

Although it is difficult for artillery shells fired from a moving battleship to have a high hit rate, the shooting distance was only a hundred meters away, and the dense artillery shells immediately covered the area where the group of musketeers were. The artillery shells stirred up smoke and dust.

Flesh and blood were flying everywhere, and I don’t know how many unlucky people died in this wave of shelling. After the second round of artillery fire, there were no more standing figures in that area, so Wang Tom had to change the order temporarily and could not stop.

Necessary third round of bombardment.

Tom Wang also felt that what he was doing was a bit overkill, and he ordered in a half-hearted manner: "The port artillery is on standby, the Majesty is responsible for the security, and the infantry begins to land!"

The boats behind them put down small boats, loaded with soldiers from the Annan Field Infantry Battalion, and rowed to the dock. They needed to land first and control the dock, and then the big ship could berth under their guidance. Mu Xiabai served as the infantryman for this operation.

The commander also personally joined the first batch of landing teams.

Perhaps the previous shelling had a sufficient deterrent effect. At this time, not even a single person could be seen on the pier. The infantry did not encounter even the slightest counterattack or resistance during the rowing and landing process. It was just as easy as when practicing tactics.

The land occupied this dock.

At this time, the two warships responsible for chasing the Dutch sailing ship also opened fire. The chain bomb fired by one of the ships hit the mainmast of the other ship in the second round of bombardment, breaking it from the middle. This can be said to be an instant kill.

The other party had no hope of escaping. After realizing the strength gap between the two sides, the Dutch on the ship did not try to continue to resist, but chose to lower the sails and surrender.

The entire battle at sea lasted only about half an hour and came to an end. As the infantry battalion soldiers continued to land, the Dutch's chance of regaining control of the dock was infinitely close to zero. The process of seizing the port and completing the landing was much faster than that of the military.

It is easier to anticipate when making a battle plan in advance.

Mu Xiabai went to confirm the results of the "Mighty" shelling immediately after landing. Just as he had guessed, it was impossible to count the specific results at the scene. Corpses and large pieces of blood were scattered about half a football.

In an area the size of a field, it is completely impossible to count how many Dutch musketeers were killed by this blast of artillery fire.

However, not everyone was bombed into pieces. The infantry soon found a few lucky ones who were still shivering among the corpses. The militia platoon leader responsible for capturing the prisoners used a saber to carry out the operation in the shortest possible time.

A "surprise interrogation" was conducted, and then the information obtained was immediately fed back to Mu Xiabai.

According to the confession of the prisoners, the musketeers who had just assembled on the dock were the musketeers stationed on the island. It was the Dutch who deserved the bad luck. This day happened to be the training day of the musketeers. As soon as the musketeers left the barracks, they received an enemy attack from the sea.

The warning of an incoming attack. So these people immediately gathered on the pier, intending to resist the invasion of outsiders. However, the opponent had no intention of approaching them to fight, and directly bombarded the large musketry team from a distance.

Some people were sent to see God.

As for the local militiamen, they had not had time to assemble before they had witnessed the destruction of the main force. So these militiamen, who were only equipped with cold weapons, immediately dispersed. Some of them should have fled back to the strongholds where the Dutch lived.

In view of the fact that the Dutch stronghold was equipped with small-caliber artillery, Mushaba did not rush to launch the next attack. Instead, he asked the infantry to clear the dock area first and wait for the ship to dock so that the artillery used by the army could be unloaded. Anyway, the Dutch

If anyone wants to run out now, there will be a dead end. Mu Xiabai is not in a hurry. He will take advantage of this moment to clear out the advance camp.

The Dutch stronghold is not too far from the dock, only two miles away. The residences of local residents are basically distributed in the area from the dock to the Dutch stronghold. While the infantry is advancing, they can also compare the local conditions.

Conduct a simple cleanup of the residential area.

According to the intelligence obtained by the military, the local population is less than 4,000, and most of them live in this port town. The number of Dutch people only accounts for about one-tenth of the population, and more than one-third of them have become

They became minced meat on the dock. The remaining people, plus the local indigenous militiamen who took orders from them, totaled only three to four hundred people, and the field battalion that came specially from Annan to participate in this battle had already exceeded

Five hundred men, with a full range of light and heavy weapons, were enough to defeat the remaining Dutch on the island.

Although the Dutch also set up several cannons on the walls of the stronghold, this was not a big threat in the eyes of the Haihan militia. Mushaba ordered the artillery to set up positions at a distance of 400 meters, preparing to eliminate these few first.

Potential threats.

The Dutch in the stronghold tried a round of artillery fire, but their old-fashioned Franco machine guns were simply not enough to threaten Haihan's artillery position at this distance. They only exposed their strength again in vain before the battle began.

That's all.

When the artillery position was set up, Wang Tom had also landed in front of the formation to watch the battle. Seeing this, Mu Xiabai asked: "Has the Dutch ship been dealt with?"

"Well, all the living people on the ship have been captured. The ship was seriously damaged and was scuttled." Wang Tom said with a matter-of-fact expression: "My people only used two rounds of shelling to smash the ship into a sieve."

.”

Mu Xiabai smiled and nodded, then walked to the artillery position, called the commander of the artillery company in charge of ranging and aiming, and whispered: "The navy chief is waiting here to see our joke, I will give you three

When the opportunity comes, destroy the artillery emplacement in front of the stronghold. If you do it well, you will be rewarded when you go back. If you don’t do it well... you will be transferred to the cooking company as the company commander when you go back!"

The artillery company commander responded and quickly returned to his position to confirm the calculated sighting position again. In fact, at this distance, the hit rate of the Haihan artillery can already be quite high, but Mu Xiabai's words were so serious.

, the artillery quickly readjusted its tactics, reducing the original targets from three to one, and concentrated firepower to conduct a covering strike to ensure that the target could be hit as soon as possible.

"Old Mu, if you're ready, let's start!" Wang Tom pointed to the watch on his wrist and said, "I've been busy all day, and after finishing playing, it's almost time to have dinner!"

Mu Xiabai nodded expressionlessly, and then gave the order to the artillery to fire.

The result did not disappoint Mu Xiabai. In the first round, a shell hit the wall near the opponent's gun position. The distance from a direct hit was only about two or three meters away. When Mu Xiabai saw this scene through the telescope

I almost beat my legs in anger. However, after the correction, the second round of shelling no longer missed the target. At least three shells hit the same gun emplacement, cutting off more than half a foot of the wall. Although the casualties of the opponent were unknown.

, but this gun position must have been removed.

"Lucky lucky!" After confirming this result, Mu Xiabai's expression finally became relaxed.

Of course Wang Tom was not blind, so he naturally understood Mu Xiabai's emotional changes. He spread his hands and said, "Comeon! Old Mu, we have fought together before, why do you care about these details!"

"No, no, no, this has nothing to do with personal relationships! Tom, this is the dignity of the army!" Mu Xiabai replied seriously.

"Okay, as long as you are happy!" Wang Tom shrugged and said, "Now is the time for you to have the final say."

According to the battle plan formulated in advance, the maritime part of the island attack was commanded by Wang Tom, while the road battle was commanded by Mu Xiabai. The army and navy each performed their duties and assisted each other. However, facing such a weak opponent, it was obvious that

The commanders of the army and navy are still competing silently, hoping that the troops under their command can perform better.

After successfully clearing the second gun emplacement, the door to the Dutch stronghold was opened, and a red-haired man came out holding a white flag, signaling a truce. Upon seeing this, Mu Xiabai also ordered a suspension of shooting to let the man

Come and talk. After all, the goal of the militia is not to massacre the Dutch, but to occupy this place as soon as possible. It can save some ammunition and time and reduce the possibility of casualties, which is also a good thing for the militia.

After the man's body was searched, he was brought to Wang Tom and Mu Xiabai. The red-haired man mumbled a few words, but Mu Xiabai didn't understand, but Wang Tom lowered his voice and said, "What this guy said

It’s German.”

"The Dutch don't actually speak Dutch?" Mu Xiabai couldn't help but muttered after hearing Tom Wang's explanation.

Wang Tom gently patted Mu Xiabai and signaled him not to respond to this person. Mu Xiabai immediately realized that their current identities were the so-called "Annan pirates". If they could understand German, then it would really be

It was like seeing a ghost. At that moment, Mu Xiabai coughed dryly, showing an expression of confusion.
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