On the morning of the 20th, Zhang Wei and Li Zhaoshui embarked on the return voyage on a 1935 torpedo boat, with an estimated sailing time of 30 hours. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 infoSince the speed of the torpedo boat can reach 36 knots at the fastest, there is no fear of the Dutch warship on the road, and it can run if it can't be beaten, but there is no ship that can catch up with this torpedo boat in this era.

At this time, in the Dutch Governor's Palace in Batavia, Governor Van Gogh Hamst was sulking, and now there are rumors everywhere that a large number of bandits have appeared around Pontianak, not only robbing the gold mines and estates of the Chinese, but also massacring a large number of local aborigines, creating a large area of no man's land, and the initiator of the incident is the Dutch Governor in Batavia Van Gogh Hamst. The governor first collaborated with the natives to rob the wealth of the Chinese, and then exterminated the natives to destroy the evidence of the crime. And the Dutch army did nothing less than do similar things, which convinced everyone who heard the rumors that it was true. The Governor is having a hard time arguing right now.

It's just that such rumors are circulating in London, Paris, Berlin, San Francisco, and New York, and the Governor does not know about it yet.

The angry governor has not seen anyone in the past few days, and I feel that all the people in the world are laughing at him as if he is a fool, and he is extremely aggrieved, isn't he just uniting with the natives to grab a few manors, as for holding on to the pigtails, he must be a political enemy in the country, and he wants to let himself obediently give up the position of the governor, which makes many people's eyes very hot. These annoying old guys always like to use this kind of unseemly tactics against political opponents, but the effect seems to be really good.

The governor also regretted that he had been careless and had let his opponents seize the handle, and that he should have taken strong measures when Gal came to report last time, blaming himself for not decisively exterminating all these natives and bandits, so that today's bitter fruit has been caused.

It was Governor Van Gogh Hamst who was sulking when a guard ran in in a panic and shouted: "Lord Governor, something bad is wrong, something is wrong." ”

The angry governor really wanted to hack this ignorant guy to death. "Say, what's the matter? What makes you so flustered? And is there a little bit of the appearance of a soldier of the Kingdom of the Netherlands? “

"Your Excellency the Governor, it's not a good thing, Pontianak has been occupied by bandits."

"What? You repeat. “

"Your Excellency the Governor, Pontianak is occupied by bandits."

This time, the Governor listened to the truth, and he heard it correctly. With a wave of the governor's hand, the guard obediently exited the governor's room.

Van Gogh sat down in his chair and gasped heavily.

"These damned natives deserve hell."

Crackling and smashing all the precious porcelain in the room could not relieve the raging anger in the heart of the Governor.

What to do? I'm going to send all these damn bugs to hell, or I'm going to get rid of the anger in my heart.

This incident will not be a simple bandit riot, there must be someone behind it, otherwise these natives would not dare to rebel even if they gave them ten guts. Who could be behind this? The Qing Dynasty must be the first to be eliminated, and Britain, France, and the United States should also be excluded, and now these countries have common interests in Asia, and they should support each other. The only thing left is these political enemies in the country, and they have no bottom line at all when they do things. This time, these bedbugs must be completely eradicated, which can be regarded as a warning to domestic political enemies, and I hope that they can recognize the situation in the future and stop meddling here. Ignoring things like this will have unexpected effects on yourself. The Governor's mood slowly calmed down, and he began to think about how to deal with these natives.

The Governor called the guard in again and inquired in at length what had happened.

Finally, the guard said: "Your Excellency, this matter is still uncertain, but it is not far from ten, and we have not received any information from Kalimantan Island for almost half a month. It must have been the bandits who blocked the port, and the ships could only enter and not leave, so no one came to report it, which is in line with the merchant's words. ”

"Okay, I know, you go out first, I'm going to think about it."

There was certainly no need for the Dutch merchant to deceive himself, it would not do him any good, and it would only be said that Pontianak was occupied by bandits. It's not terrible to be occupied, it's just a matter of taking it back, and by the way, I want to teach these natives who don't know the height of the sky.

Since the decision was made, he immediately sent someone to inform the warships stationed in Semarang, Mazen and Belitung to return to Batavia and prepare to fight the bandits in Pontianak; Army soldiers are to assemble 1 division, and at the same time a colonial division is to accompany them; At the same time, personnel were arranged to begin preparing war materials, and merchant ships were organized to transport baggage and soldiers.

All the soldiers complained that Christmas was coming soon, and they would not let people rest and spend Christmas with peace of mind.

Merchant ships are very well deployed, and as long as there is money, they can be hired.

The supplies are well prepared, the stocks of weapons and ammunition are still very sufficient, and the fighting with Aceh has not stopped in the past few years, so there has always been no shortage of ammunition.

On December 25, the soldiers who went to Machen to convey the governor's order came back and reported: "Your Excellency the governor, Machen is also occupied by bandits, and there are small gunboats patrolling the sea off Machen, and we can't get through at all, it is estimated that the situation is similar to Pontianak, and we can only enter but not leave." ”

The Governor waved the herald's soldiers back.

This time, the Governor was furious, originally he just wanted to make a small profit, and he could cause the natives and the Chinese to fight, so that he could sit back and reap the profits, but he didn't expect that the development of things exceeded the original expectations, so that these natives lost control, and they made themselves ugly. The Governor was so angry that he smashed all his chairs, and he couldn't quench the anger in his heart.

The governor also remembered that at this time in previous years, the garrisons and administrative officers in various places would send people to give them Christmas gifts, but this year, several political officials and the regimental commanders and captains of the garrison on Kalimantan Island did not send anyone, indicating that they were all controlled, not only Pontianak and Machen, but also Yamaguchi Yang and Sanmarinda, this time there was really big trouble, the number of indigenous rebels must be quite a lot, otherwise Ma Chen's fleet and a regiment of soldiers would not have escaped without even a single soldier, At least it's normal for someone to come back and report the news. Thinking about it, the Governor's back began to feel cold.

The governor decided to teach these native bandits a lesson, and he had to win, otherwise he would really not be able to get over this hurdle this time. In order to arouse the enthusiasm of the soldiers, it was decided to take out all the proceeds from the robbery of the Chinese gold mines and manors on the basis of normal funds to reward the soldiers with military achievements, even if they were bankrupt, they must win this war, and they must not let Kalimantan Island become the second Aceh, otherwise it is not as simple as losing the position of governor, these political enemies want their own lives, and after passing this hurdle, they must not easily bypass these selfish guys.