Chapter 653: Ethnic Conflict
"Fire!"
On the fort, the officers of the coastal defense corps shouted with hideous faces.
China has only set up two batteries in the port of Sabang Port, which is the only protective measure of China in the port of Sabang, each battery is placed on six cannons, of which four 20-pound guns are fixed, and the firing surface can only be pointed outside the port, and the other eight shore defense guns are half 12-pound guns and half 10-pound guns, all of which can be turned around to bombard the port.
The garrison of the coastal defense force in the port of Sabang has only one reinforced team, an artillery unit of 100 men and a reinforced platoon of musketeers, plus 50 coast guards at the port wharf, which is the entire force of China in the port of Sabang.
The total number of people is only 200, but compared to the overall population of only 3,000 or 4,000 people, this is already a very strong force. In addition, there are many Chinese merchants and Chinese workers in the port area, who can also provide good help when necessary.
Seriously, months of quiet life have made the Sabang Port Governor and the garrison and the Chinese people forget about the potential threat of the natives.
The conflicts they have accumulated with the natives in their daily interactions are getting deeper and deeper, but do elephants care about the feelings of ants?
Where did I think that Elder Wei Dao's words suddenly didn't count, and the people happened to be no longer on the island, this wave of anti-China waves connected by Ah Hum as the center was already difficult to contain.
Chen Ming, who was far away in Nanjing, certainly did not expect that Wei Dao would appear at this time, but this scene was very much in line with his will, allowing the Ottomans to really see the trouble that the Heavenly Sect was looking for for China.
What the? You say it's because China has oppressed the people of the Heavenly Sect???
Hehe. If the Ottomans didn't even know this, what were they doing internationally? Isn't it okay to live a small life of being beaten and angry behind closed doors?
The true God cannot make everyone believe in Him!
Ottoman is not in a position to yell at China now.
"Boom, boom, boom......"
The roaring sound of artillery shook the entire port of Sabang. Then came the sound of gunfire and fighting.
The coast guards and coast guards, who had gathered because of the group fight, quickly rushed to the entrance to the port area, but there was still time there. I don't know how many of the natives of the island of Wei poured into the port area, brandishing knives and pottery filled with fish oil.
Kill people with knives, set fires with fish oil.
Selim, who had returned to the ship, looked at the port of Sabang, whose eyes had become rumbling in the blink of an eye, and his whole body was confused.
"Calm, calm. I need to calm down now! ”
Selim, who repeatedly reminded himself to be calm, first made sure that when he arrived in Hong Kong, the Chinese officials with whom he had contact with him were faintly hostile and repulsive. This is important, and it has to be clarified first.
This hostility and exclusion is unlikely to be purely due to the hostility between the inhabitants of Wei Island and the Chinese.
The contradictions between the Chinese and the believers in the true God are a little too intense.
Second, Mirza got into the events that happened on the island of We. So is he planning this big scene now?
This is even more important, as it has a direct bearing on the future of China and Austria.
The gunfire, fighting and screaming in Sabang Harbor continued for more than half an hour before it began to subside. The shouting and killing began to recur from the port area to the indigenous settlements outside.
"Alas......" Huda Banda beside Selim sighed and patted the side of the boat. When the Chinese artillery began to bombard the indigenous areas outside the port area with impunity, this urgent incident, which was not a war, but was much more serious than riots, was settled.
Although they set fire to a lot of houses, they took advantage of a lot of advantages in the early stage, and indeed caused a lot of losses to the port, but the guys in the hands of the 100 military police in the port were not given in vain.
The coastal defense soldiers are equipped with cuirasses. They don't need to travel long distances, they just want defense, so everyone wears a cuirass, which gives them an innate upper hand in chaotic melee combat.
Even the customs police at the docks had ten iron armors, and each of them was equipped with rattan armor.
The bombardment of the fort and the fighting of the military and police made only three or four thousand people in the entire Wei Island. This small island is just over 100 square kilometres, but not all of its inhabitants live in Sabang, which is arguably the most important place to visit. There are only about 2,000 natives in the entire Sabang, how many young people can there be under the base of 2,000 people?
When some of the people who dared to fight and kill were dead, the remaining fighting spirit and courage naturally faded.
The natives had already prepared and set fire to many houses in the port area with fish oil, and even the goods stacked in the open air in the dock area were burned, that is, the warehouses were built with cement and stones, and they could not be lit. Otherwise, the loss of the port of Sabang will be even greater.
But after reacting, the military and police fought back more ruthlessly.
The eyes of the Chinese and the official military police in the port area were red. After the fanatical natives were killed and dispersed, they all chased after their butts and went after the aboriginal settlements. If it weren't for the fact that the customs commissioner still had some reason and let everyone go, the indigenous women and children outside the port of Sabang would not know how many people would die.
Anyway, the 'war zone' does not limit the port area, and the whole of Sabang is encompassed. Indigenous people wept silently all night.
After dawn, all the military and police and the newly organized Chinese volunteers lined up in the port area, divided into ten military police and ten Chinese, and began to enter the indigenous residential area.
"Listen to me carefully. It is forbidden to kill people indiscriminately, and it is forbidden to shoot casually. ”
"Whoever wants to kill again, Lao Tzu will cut him."
"Pull all the Ah Hum to the dock, whoever dares not to come, that is the culprit of last night, see you again in the future, kill directly!"
The people of the Heavenly Sect are making trouble, and if there is no Ah Hum tandem organization, it will be impossible. "Take control of the Tianfang Temple." The whole of Sabang is a Tianfang Temple.
The chief, who hadn't closed his eyes all night, thought of the list of losses and casualties that had been counted, and he was eager to fire all the natives.
Not only were many things and materials burned, but there were also considerable losses among the personnel, including more than 20 Chinese businessmen and civilians, more than a dozen military and police officers also killed or wounded, and nearly 50 serious casualties in addition to the foreigners and sailors who were affected.
The Commissioner knew that the hat on his head must be unstable, but as long as he was the boss of Sabang Port for a day, he could take revenge.
The natives outside the port area were crying, and the chief did not feel pity at all in his eyes.
The pile of corpses piled up in the port area, and the military and police Chinese who entered the indigenous area shouted at the aborigines to come out to identify the bodies, and as long as they really came to identify the bodies, the whole family was immediately taken into custody. Anyone who dares to resist will be suppressed immediately.
Ah Hum was controlled, and his family members were all controlled.
In the afternoon, the military and police began to search from house to house, but anyone who saw no young and strong men in the house was immediately taken into custody; If a single shot finds that the young and strong laborers in the family are injured, not to mention the knife wound or not the gunshot wound, as long as the family is not destroyed by a shell and the injury is smashed, then all of them will be taken into custody.
As for the people who found bloodstained clothes and bloody machetes from their homes, everyone dared to resist the slightest and killed them immediately.
The Commissioner established a tribunal at the wharf, which is itself in the port of Sabang. Selim and his entourage were attended by dignitaries of the Ottoman mission, as well as those who were criminals. And the hums from several indigenous settlements other than Sabang also came here, whether they wanted to come or not, they all had to come, and if they didn't come, they would be arrested. Everyone gathered to listen to the accounts of the events on both sides.
"My lord, we have been wronged. They were the ones who did it first and were going to demolish our hotel. This hotel is in the port area, what does it matter to them? I eat whatever I like, I look for girls if I like to find girls, they can go to court if they are not satisfied, and they can go to the court to smash them directly, how old are they? ”
"If you can't get used to seeing wine and meat dancers, it's the same as Batavia and Palembang. Why don't the Celestial Cultists there chatter? Why don't you dare to lift the table and smash the bench and burn the house? Co-author, do you still think that Chinese people are easy to bully? "The Chinese businessmen are very confident, their words are also very organized, and they put all the responsibility on the local residents.
"This is the land of the Isle of Way, and we will not allow Kafir to come and desecrate our faith! This is our land! ”
When the Chinese merchant's words were translated, a young Ah Hum immediately stood up and gave the main reason for their attack on the port area.
Several Ah Hum who were pressed into the position of the defendant in the court all looked approving and firm.
Selim closed his eyes helplessly, what a brainless idiot, a turtle with no knowledge at all!
"That's what you all think? Do you think it's up to you to decide on this land? With a sneer on his face, the chief asked the other Humm.
"Of course we know Sabang, now you have the final say. We are not as strong as you, so you can only occupy the port. ”
After all, the brains of Ah Hum are not a mess, and the most basic strength and weakness can still be distinguished.
"If you know that we are strong, why do you dare to attack the port?"
"Because we believe the wrong people." Hum spoke, his eyes looking at Selim with contempt.
This person was definitely not a devout Tianfang cultist, and he watched the Chinese slaughter the Tianfang cultists with guns and cannons, and was indifferent. There was also the Ottomans involved in the whole incident, and this hypocrite, who should have gone to Hell, watched like that.
Before the whole event was planned, they could get a detailed idea of the strength of the Ottoman fleet from Mirza's mouth. A group of four Western-style sailing ships, a full four hundred elite Praetorian Guards, plus sailors, could easily draw a team of thousands of people. The entire fleet consisted of one warship and three armed merchant ships, carrying one hundred and forty or fifty guns. This strength far surpasses that of the Chinese in Sabang Harbor, but it is this hateful hypocrite, watching the believers of the true God shed their blood and die in vain.
Compared to the Chief, at this moment, the Hums seem to hate Selim even more. Looking at Selim's eyes, they all exuded the murderous aura of the red fruit. As soon as the 'confessed' Ah Hum confessed like this, Guangchang and Selim realized that these turtles had also turned two circles in their minds, but unfortunately their horizons began to be too small.
To expect the entire Ottoman mission to come to war with China because of them? How ridiculous is that.
Compared with the alliance between China and Austria, what is the small island of Wei? What is faith? In the eyes of Selim, a qualified diplomat, the Chinese have killed all the natives on the island of We, and it is more important than not getting out of Mirza.
The Ottomans were very clear about which was more important.
"Mr. Mirza was just bewitched by these natives and committed something that was not worth making a fuss about. The main culprits and masterminds are all these natives, and the envoy can pick them up on the ship at any time.
Just as a friend, I have a few words to tell the envoy with caution.
Even after these people arrive in Nanjing, it is best to stay on the ship to recuperate. Nanjing is not the port of Sabang. ”
According to the "Central Plains Daily" brought by the previous meeting, an official died in the bombing attack, and although the director of the customs department does not know the subsequent fermentation of influence, he is very clear about the attitude of the country towards the Tianfang Sect during this time period. This would inevitably affect the journey of the Ottoman envoys to China.
Selim's face was flushed, and by this time he already knew something about China. For a person like Mirza, it is indeed inconvenient for him to let him walk in the city of Nanjing.
But what about Mirza, who was also on the side?
At this moment, he felt that his cerebral cortex was numb, and a huge sense of shame annihilated his whole person, and every pore of his body was instantly impregnated with a strong sense of humiliation, driving the nerves around him to converge into a strong anger, rushing to his nerve center......
"You Kafir, who deserves to go to Hellfire, are not in a position to punish me. I am the deputy chief of guard of the mission, and no one is qualified to put me under house arrest......"
The Chief's words were translated into Mirza's ears, and Mirza, who had been so humiliated that he was about to stand up, but he was caught between the two policemen left and right. As soon as the two policemen found that Mirza was struggling, they used their strength together to beat Mirza, who had been beaten so hard that day, that he was sore all over his body, firmly pressed him to the bench.
The chief couldn't understand Mirza's words, but he knew that those words were definitely not good words, and the smile on his face was even brighter and he said to Selim: "You see, this person's nerves may have been traumatized, explosive and irritable, and it is better for such a patient to recuperate." ”
Swinging his hand back, "Translate for him." ”
The Ah Hum around the port of Sabang was completely annihilated. The court sentenced them to death directly. Pay the price for the sacrifices and losses that night.
Their families, along with the families of the natives who committed the crime, will be sold in the port of Sabang, with all the proceeds to make up for the night's loss.
Selim left with an enraged Mirza and the others, and when the man returned to the cabin, his ears still echoing with the Governor's words to the hums of the other indigenous settlements on the island: Faith is a big matter, and I have never ignored it. For the Heavenly believers in my dynasty, I am to be tolerated, but you are not Chinese. If you are not Chinese, you will not enjoy this treatment.
Ever since we put down roots here, this place has belonged to China. Whatever the change, as the vanquished, you can only endure and take the initiative to fit in.
We are never asking for your opinions, nor are we going to consult with you. We are the masters here, what we say, what we will, everything here.
Whether you agree or not, obey and obey.
Those who do not want to obey, who do not want to obey anymore, can report to the true God themselves. It doesn't matter if it's one or two, or one hundred and two hundred, or one thousand two thousand.
You are like a small fish in the reef, and we are the sea. There are not many fish in the sea, and there are many fish without you.
Be ye aware of your own weight! (To be continued.) )