On May 18, the tenth year of Chongzhen, Anthony handed over the sword to Di Wei and formally surrendered.

From Anthony to the point where the Dutch in Batavia became prisoners of the Jingzhou Group. When Van Ruya led the fleet back to the vicinity of Batavia, he confronted the Western fleet in the nearby waters. When he saw that things were no longer possible, he led the fleet to the Maluku Sea to defend the core of the Dutch's interests in the South China Sea: the source of spices.

After trial by the ad hoc supervision department, the vast majority of the Dutch did not commit unforgivable crimes against the Han people and were released. Only four or five thousand soldiers including Anthony, Naz, Moffni were prosecuted for war crimes and sentenced to five years of hard labor.

After the trial results were reported to Lin Chunhong, Lin Chunhong pardoned Anthony, Naz and other senior officers of the Governor's Office, and Moffni and other senior officers, and released them immediately. As a reward, the Dutch East India Company donated Ambon Island to Jingzhou Group.

Ambon is rich in meat* cardamom. Meat* cardamom seems inconspicuous, but as long as it is transported back to Europe, you can get more than ten times the profit. Therefore, Ambon is fiercely contested by Portugal, Dutch and British.

Jingzhou Group has long been coveting Ambon Island, and now it has obtained the island through negotiations. It immediately caused a sensation in Guangdong and Fujian coastal areas, causing a meat-and-cardamom fever in the Ming Dynasty. Countless adventurers go to Ambon Island to seek opportunities to make a fortune every day.

Since then, in the Nanyang region, the Dutch still controls the source of lilacs in the Moluca Islands, while the source of meat cardamom is controlled by Jingzhou.

The strong and fierce firepower of Batavia fell, and the news spread rapidly across the South Ocean region like a gust of wind and spread rapidly to the West and the Atlantic Ocean. Of course, Martino, the Governor of Malacca, Portugal, was also shocked.

In the entire Nanyang region, Malacca is the core of Portugal's rule. Any expansion and trade revolve around Malacca, just like Batavia compared to the Dutch. Therefore, the Portuguese built the Santiago Castle in Malacca and guarded the key points of the Strait of Malacca.

The castle is backed by Mount St. Paul, facing the sea, and the terrain is dangerous. The city wall is more than ten meters high and three meters wide. The walls are covered with forts. However, strangely, the guns of the fort are not pointing to the sea, but to the inland. This may be related to the fact that the main threat when the castle was built was from land.

Over the years, Portugal's national power has been declining and has even been annexed by Spain. It has long been unable to manage overseas colonies. Several governors, including Martino, have long wanted to rebuild the fort and transform Santiago into a bastion, but due to insufficient financial resources, they have not been able to implement it.

Since Martino took office as governor, Portugal has been constantly strategically shrinking. First, the Spice Islands were stolen by the Dutch, and later the power on Java was expelled by the Dutch. Later, Macau was taken back by Jingzhou, and finally, even Japan banned the Portuguese from going to trade.

Originally, Martino regarded the Dutch as the biggest threat to Portugal. Unexpectedly, Lin Chunhong appeared out of thin air, not only driving the Spaniards away from Luzon, but now he is playing even bigger and destroying the Dutch's nest Batavia in one fell swoop.

Martino was soberly aware that Malacca was guarding the entire South Ocean's throat to the West, and it would be impossible for Lin Chunhong to be unmoved. Therefore, once Lin Chunhong gained a foothold in Batavia, the attack on Malacca would inevitably follow one after another. The Dutch had hundreds of warships and had the almost difficult castle Batavia City, which was easily captured by Lin Chunhong. The troops were weak, how could the Santiago Castle, whose city was aging, resist the Western fleet?

Martino was restless, staring at the map in a daze, falling into extreme confusion and anxiety.

On the map, the islands of the South Ocean surround the Ming Dynasty like stars holding the moon, like a clenched fist, reaching between the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean, while Malacca is like a fist, looking so important and eye-catching.

In other words, once Lin Chunhong gets Malacca, he will swing his fist towards India and expand his sphere of influence in India. In this sense, Malacca is the last shackle placed on Lin Chunhong's neck. Lin Chunhong broke through this shackle. Isn't Lin Chunhong willing to communicate in the entire Indian Ocean?

In ten or twenty years, Lin Chunhong drove the fleet to Lisbon, which was not a joke!

When Martino thought of the vast territory of the Ming Dynasty and the population of hundreds of millions, he became more and more afraid. He slapped India and almost fell to the ground. This is no longer a problem that Portugal can solve, but a serious reality that the entire Europa must face!

We must unite the Netherlands, Spain, Britain and France to stop Lin Chunhong's attempt!

This crazy idea came to Martino's mind.

Soon, Martino shook his head, sighed, and drove away this crazy idea from his mind. Now Europa is in chaos, fighting fiercely between each other. In the foreseeable future, the Dutch will break out with the British. How easy is it to unite to deal with the "Ming Dynasty threat"?

More importantly, before the Dutch lost Batavia, they were eyeing Malacca and India, and they had long wanted to completely drive the Portuguese out of the Indian Ocean. If Lin Chunhong hadn't emerged, I wouldn't know if Malacca was still in the hands of the Portuguese.

From this perspective, Lin Chunhong saved the Portuguese's life.

Martino frowned and suddenly thought of a very serious fact: the Dutch's upward momentum is very obvious, and they are snatching strongholds and colonies everywhere. After suffering a great loss this time, will a lasting war break out with Lin Chunhong?

After pondering for a long time, Martino denied this possibility. After all, Lin Chunhong is not only super strong, but also has a strong upward momentum than the Dutch. What's more, Lin Chunhong also has a home advantage and is definitely not something that the Dutch can fight. Martino believes that the Dutch will not be so stupid that he will continue to compete with Lin Chunhong in Southeast Asia.

In this way, will the Dutch shift their focus to India?

When Martino thought of this, he couldn't help but sweat all over: This possibility is too great. Portuguese soldiers are scarce and the weather is weak. Are there any persimmons in the world that are softer than Portugal?

"We must stop the Dutch from snatching India!" Martino gritted his teeth and suddenly stood up from his chair.
Chapter completed!