537 The Dutch are gone, and Orne is dead
The Dutch felt this unbelievable and shocked feeling about Australians because it all turned their basic perception of the Oriental people upside down.
According to the past experience and the notes of many missionaries, especially the reports of the members of the envoys who visited Beijing a few years ago to the Batavia headquarters, all the ethnic groups in the Far East, especially the Han ethnic groups in the East, except for a very small number of marginalized and undesirable folk scholars, on the whole, whether they are Han or Tatar, whether they are intellectuals or people, whether they are shopping malls, Officialdom is also an aristocratic circle, and they are not only almost uninterested in overseas affairs, but also completely ignorant of them.
Some of them were only exchanging strange goods from the West with us for business purposes, but there was little interest in in-depth exchanges.
They think that the world they live in is perfect, and that this is what the world is all about, the center of the world.
They generally believed that outside of their own kingdom, all around them were barbaric, desolate, and full of strange things.
Although the northern Tatar Emperor was glad to receive our envoys, to tell the truth, the Shunzhi Emperor's performance in front of the envoys was more like boasting and showing off in front of a group of barbarians.
Obviously, the foreign emperor continued the tradition of this ancient Far Eastern empire---- creating the appearance of a dynasty of all nations to boast and consolidate his internal rule.
However, the reality is that since the collapse of the old empire, almost all the families with overseas ties have either left the mainland or are fighting against the Tatar emperor, while the conquered Han Chinese who remain on land seem to be completely cut off from the outside world.
Even those who rebelled, those who went into exile, their knowledge of Europe and the world was very superficial, and some of them were ridiculous, and they did not even believe that they lived on earth at all, and most of them still stubbornly clinged to the ancient traditions of the round world.
Suffice it to say, the upper elites of the new empire called the Qing Dynasty, which had enslaved billions of Han Chinese by chance, did not have as much knowledge and average knowledge of Europe and the world as an ordinary housewife in the city of Amsterdam......
Obviously, in this regard, the mainland peoples in the east are not as broad-minded as the archipelago peoples across the sea from her, at least, "Lanxue" can more or less spread in the upper strata and folk intellectual circles of that island country, but even so, the upper, middle and lower strata of that island country are also full of surprising ignorance and conservatism.
Then the question arises, where is this group of Han people who claim to be Australians and the Australian Federation?
This group of Han Chinese people claims to be from the old world, but what kind of people are they?
What are their beliefs?
Where is the old world in their mouths?
Where is their Confederation now?
Subsequently, the intelligence officers in Ambon sent the latest information:
The Portuguese and Australians were ready to unite to recover the island of Timor, and the Viceroy of Timor, who was in exile in Macau, had reached some kind of secret agreement with the Australian Commonwealth, and that the Viceroy's fleet would be supported by Portuguese merchants in exile in Ambon, and that there would be not only the strangely shaped, but beautiful blue sailboat, but also a huge ship, said to be entirely made of iron.
Upon receiving this information, the Board of Directors immediately sent two additional warships to the port of Dili, hoping that their numerical superiority would prevent the Portuguese from having the urge to go to war against them.
The Board's order to the Fleet Commander was that the first shot was never fired---- and that your first task was to observe, especially to observe the Australians carefully, and that was the only clear instruction the Board gave to the Fleet Commander.
Obviously, this does not give the fleet commander the "discretionary power", which often means that the fleet commander has the right to decide whether or not to go to war on the fly, and under normal circumstances, the board of directors would definitely grant this power to the fleet commander, but this time it is obviously a bit unusual that the board of directors of the company has not given the fleet commander this power at all.
The fleet commander and his captains carried out the orders of the board of directors very carefully, and although they were far from the docks, as the fog on the sea gradually dissipated, if the lookouts stood on the lookout and looked closely with binoculars, they could still faintly see what was happening on the pier and the fort.
Some of the captains even took on the role of lookouts themselves, and when they witnessed the battle, they had to rejoice that the company's board of directors had made a wise and prudent decision.
Before the Portuguese flag was hoisted at the East and West Forts, they were finally amazed to see with their own eyes the legendary "Castle of the Sea".
The commander of the fleet could not use his own knowledge to determine that it was a ship, and that it was a "ship" that could sail without oars and sails.
The well-trained Dutch Navy then took a closer look at the cannon range of the giant ship and the "Blue Ghost Ship", as well as the sharp firearms fire.
And, of course, the memorable massacre that took place in Pier Square.
When they finally determined that these two "magic ghost ships" could really sail freely without relying on sails and slurry, the fleet commander decisively gave the order to return home.
Anyone with a modicum of military knowledge on the scene can recognize that there are no ships here that are a match for the Australians, and no amount of ships will do, so it is wise to hurry away and get out of this dangerous sea as soon as possible.
The captains hoisted their sails, closed their guns, and greeted them with unparalleled efficiency---- as they were somewhat horrified to find that the "blue ghost ship" seemed to be turning its bow towards them.
Fortunately, the "blue ghost ship" stopped halfway through, and the Australians not only stopped the boat, but also politely sent a reply flag to the Dutch:
"The Australian Federal Navy wishes the Dutch United Provinces and Republic Navy all the best! Good bye! ”
…… Not long after Pimont's soldiers landed, news came from the street: Orne was dead.
It is said that he came to the bottom of the East Fort with a few of his retinue, where he was furious and forced the soldiers to return to the fort to fight, so that he was killed by mutinous soldiers while he was facing away from an officer or a group of soldiers.
As for who made the first move, no one can say, because the murderer seems to have a group of people, and as for who stabbed Orne in the back with a spear, that person has never been found, because those present saw several spears flying over, and one of them was fiercely inserted into Orne's waist.
According to the soldiers, King Orne was already in a state of madness, and he had just shot and wounded an officer who had begged Orne to allow them to retreat.
The soldiers believed that His Majesty was to blame, for almost all of the soldiers on the battery had lost the will to fight after witnessing the scene in the square, but King Orne suddenly appeared under the east battery, and he ordered the soldiers to return to the battery and shoot at the enemy ships with their cannons.
At this time, an officer told the king, not to mention that the distance was too far and the range was not enough, and that the explosion of the three shells fired from the blue sail was enough to make the soldiers on the battery lose their souls, so just as Orne frantically took out his handcuff and loaded it again, a spear was fired from behind, and Orne fell to the ground, and his attendants immediately knelt on the ground and begged for mercy, and the soldiers did not embarrass these retinues, and apparently no one at that time gave any help or any help to the wounded king, The people watched as King Orne bled profusely, and he eventually died of blood loss......