JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

HTML

<a href="#">Click me!</a>

<span id="target"></span>

JavaScript

function createTimer(number) {
    setTimeout(function() {
        writeNumber.html(number.toString());
    }, 1000 + 1000 * number)
}

function count(initMessage, numberCount) {
    writeNumber = $("#target");

    setTimeout(function() {
        writeNumber.html(initMessage);
    }, 1000);

    for (var i = 1; i < numberCount; i++) {
        createTimer(i);
    }
}

$(document).ready(function() {

    var initMessage = "Test";
    var numberCount = 4;


    count(initMessage, numberCount);

});