Once the Chinese are mobilized, they are not something that the Dutch or natives can resist - the Chinese run large and small businesses in Nanyang, and the Chinese who have been walking the streets for many years are more familiar with this land than the Dutch or even the natives. The Chinese, who are still armed with guns today, are no match even if the Dutch and the natives are united. The heads of the families also understand the current situation, and if they are conservative at this time, they will not show mercy to whoever wins the situation in the future. Therefore, each family began to fully cooperate with the Chinese who fought in front. At this moment, the Chinese have confidence, and they have to fight hard.

With manpower support, Li Nanxing, with the cooperation of professional military staff officers, finally surrounded the advancing Dutch troops in a narrow street at midnight, and the guns and guns on the roofs of the rooms in the streets did not stop, and after all the shells were fired, the Dutch were also completely wiped out.

"Kill everyone who can't speak Chinese." When someone asked Li Nanxing what to do with the captives, he gave this order. He didn't understand why such a cruel order had been given from above, but he carried it out anyway.

Kajiang, which had been stained red by Chinese blood, was dyed red again, only this time it was no longer the blood of the Chinese who stained Kajiang red, but the blood of the Dutch and the natives. As long as you don't keep your own blood, it doesn't matter whose blood you shed. The news of the annihilation of the Dutch army came from the front, which relieved the worried Li Guanshan that Pontianak had won, and he believed that Yamaguchi and Sanfa City would also win.

"Go and tell the eldest young master that it is advisable to chase after the poor with the remaining bravery, and not to sell the name of the overlord." After speaking, Li Guanshan laughed. By the middle of the night, Li Guanshan, who was already exhausted, finally lay down and rested. When you are old, you can't compare with the young people. Li Guanshan fell asleep with a smile. He knew that it was too late for the Dutch to react, and that Borneo would once again be ruled by the Chinese in the future.

It's getting brighter. Pontianak, where all the ** forces were wiped out, gradually quieted down. The victorious Chinese had already rushed out of Pontianak, and they were going to kill all the natives who had fled.

"Boom, boom, boom-" A series of dense shell explosions woke up the sleeping Li Guanshan. Li Guanshan, who walked out of the door, beckoned the old servant very low and asked, "What the hell are they doing in Nanxing, can't they even clean up a native person?" Listening to the sound of this cannon, it seems that it is not far away. ”

"Master, something is wrong." The old servant ran forward in a panic: "This is the cannon of the Dutch fleet, the Dutch fleet has arrived." ”

"What? Wasn't the Dutch fleet still in Java yesterday? How did you get to Pontianak today? Li Guanshan panicked at the moment: "Go and ask how many troops the Dutch brought?" Go and inform the eldest young master to bring someone back and block these Dutchmen first. "It's over, the Chinese in Nanyang are finished. Li Guanshan was completely desperate. He hurriedly asked the old servant to find Li Nanxing.

"I can't stop it. The Dutch came at least a thousand people, all well-trained troops. We, the improvised rabble, are no match for this. Li Nanxing came back, and he ran back anxiously with his injuries: "Father." Let's take out the last of the strength in the house. We just have to delay until noon, and we'll win. At that time, the whole of Borneo belonged to us Chinese. Father-"

"We don't have the strength to mobilize, and we were all on top last night." Li Guanshan looked at his injured son and said bitterly: "The Dutch fleet appeared in Pontianak early in the morning, which shows that this is a conspiracy with the Dutch. You've done your best. Father is going to arrange for the men to send you out of Pontianak immediately. Remember. To be alive is to have hope. ”

"No, father, give me the man who escorts the child. At noon, you just need to hold on until noon. Li Nanxing was about to cry, the matter has come to this point, and he must not give up halfway.

"That's the most reliable man in our family, and we must not be so rash. Son, listen to my father's words and leave quickly. If you are saved, you are the roots of the Li family. "Finished. Li Guanshan ordered the servants to take Nanxing away.

"Father......" Li Nanxing knelt down and begged: "As long as you hold on until noon." Father, trust the son. ”

Li Guanshan saw that his son was so persistent. Just think about it and you'll understand what's going on. Without using his family and his own belongings, he bought such a large number of firearms, and the confidence of the son to hold on until noon was the one who could take out these firearms. So Li Guanshan said sharply: "Tell my father, where did you get these guns from?" ”

"Father, now is not the time to say this. If the Dutch had come in, it would have been in vain. Li Nanxing jumped up anxiously.

If you don't make it clear, the Father will never agree. That's our family's last resort. Li Guanshan's words are resolute, it is a matter of life and death of the family, and it cannot be hasty.

Li Nanxing saw that he couldn't move his father, so he could only drag his father to the room. When he waved his subordinates away, leaving only the father and son in the room, Li Nanxing approached and said, "It's the imperial court, and now the imperial court's fleet is heading here." It will be there by noon at the latest. ”

"It's the imperial court!" Li Guanshan suddenly came to his senses: "I'm afraid that there will be artillery, if the imperial court really has the heart to help my Nanyang Chinese." And why remove the fleet yesterday? ”

"This involves the strategy of the imperial court, and the child doesn't know. I was ordered to hold out until noon, and the imperial fleet would arrive. ”

Li Guanshan keenly heard the key point of his son's words just now, and asked suspiciously: "Ordered?" Whose command are you? ”

Hearing his father's questioning, Li Nanxing repeatedly emphasized that he must not leak it, even his mother can't say it. After getting his father's permission, he hugged his fists and said: "Below, the pioneer of Nanyang Ke Lanfang of the Asian Division of the CIA of the Qing Dynasty has met the head of the Li family. ”

"My son is already an official of the imperial court? The grass people are about to see the official master. Li Guanshan smiled and was about to salute.

Li Nanxing hurriedly grabbed his father: "The child's official identity is a very confidential matter, just for the imperial court to restore the country, it is really nothing." ”

"Since my son is an official, the court has not forgotten me Nanyang Chinese. Not to mention being a Nanyang Chinese, even if I do my best for my son to go to the next level and for my father. Li Guanshan happily patted Li Nanxing's shoulder: "My son has grown up, my son will go on an errand by himself, and my father will dispatch the last manpower." Help my son. ”

There is no need to wait until noon, the Li family will not be able to withstand it. Even if the last elite force of the Li family joins, it can only delay the speed of defeat, after all, they must be good at fighting alone. And not against each other. The militia cannot be compared with the regular army in terms of combat effectiveness or will to fight, let alone the tactical cooperation of the regular army. The armed forces of the Nanyang Chinese Provisional Organization. It's okay to fight a tailwind battle, but when you encounter this kind of battle that requires a head-on battle, you will be defeated by the Dutch in an instant. Now the Dutch army has been attacking the city of Pontianak, if it weren't for the fact that the city was full of Chinese, cold guns and arrows, I am afraid that the Dutch would have already hit the Li family.

Panic inevitably spread, and each family diverted forces from other directions to the direction of the docks. The heads of the family gathered in Li Guanshan's house again, and they wanted to ask a clear question: "What should I do?" ”

"What else can I do? Strengthen the courtyard wall and send additional manpower. Stick with it. Li Guanshan said firmly: "The Dutch instigated the natives to massacre our Chinese in order to plunder the property of our Chinese. Yesterday's incident is today the Dutch appeared, and there is a fleet. What does this mean? This shows that the Dutch had actually premeditated. I know some of you want to surrender to save your lives. But don't forget. Last night we killed all the Dutch troops stationed in Pontianak. Surrender at this time. Do you think the Dutch will let you go? Anyway, sooner or later, it's a death, so it's better to fight it at the end. Hold on, hold on. Only when the clouds are open can we see the sun. ”

What Li Guanshan said makes sense, but everyone's thoughts are different. But most of them began to arrange defense, but from the way of arrangement, Li Guanshan could also see that at this time, some people had begun to have the idea of preserving their strength. It's still not united. At critical times, I always think about working together, and Chinese people always do this. It's hard to say whether this will last until noon.

"There's something bad to say. It was the Chinese who killed our army in Pontianak first. This is a rebellion, and we are just counterinsurgent. "There are doubts about whether the large-scale massacre of the Chinese will lead to retaliation from the Qing state. Karl was confident that he would not, although the Dutch were not the opponents of the Qing State, if they were really retaliated against by the Qing State, then the Qing State would have to face questions from Britain, France, Italy and other countries, and even Germany, which was close to the Qing State, would be unhappy, because the Netherlands must still be the orthodox white man in Europe.

"However, the Qing fleet has already appeared on the surface of the Batavia Sea!"

"What?" Karl was a little surprised, didn't the Qing fleet return yesterday? It's farther south than Pontianak. Carl pushed open the window and held up his binoculars to look out to sea.

The Dutch Far Eastern Governor's Palace is located on top of a hill in the middle of the city of Batavia, where you can see the sea in the distance. On the sea, four Tiger-class cruisers flying the dragon flag of the Qing Navy have been lined up, and four destroyers with four cargo ships are ready to dock. Close enough to Karl, he could clearly see that the Qing soldiers on the freighter were sorting out their equipment.

"Hell, what do the Qing people want to do?" The commander of the Dutch Far East Fleet similarly asked his first mate. Because he didn't need a telescope to clearly see that the two Qing Dragon-class battleships were going upriver on the Kajiang River, and the gun barrels of the Qing battleships had been raised.

"What? You still have the face to ask me what you are doing early in the morning? I want to ask what you're doing? Why is it that forty-eight hours have passed, and the Nanyang side told me that you Dutch not only did not calm the incident, but attacked us Chinese together with the natives? What do you want to do? Early in the morning, Guangxu summoned the Dutch minister to Jin. In the Taihe Palace, Guangxu angrily reprimanded the Dutch minister.

"I'm very sorry Your Majesty, I really don't know about the matter over there in Nanyang." The Dutch minister said apologetically. He was telling the truth, because he really didn't know what was going on in the South Seas. But he doesn't need to know what's going on, doesn't he do it every once in a while, Qingguo has never said anything. Nothing will come of it this time, the Dutch minister and Karl have the same idea. They all believed that the Qing did not dare to declare war on the Netherlands, so there was no need to pay attention to the reaction of the Qing State, and the etiquette at the diplomatic level was just done.

"Since the Netherlands has this attitude, then I have nothing to say." After Guangxu finished speaking, a letter was thrown at the feet of the Dutch minister.

The Dutch minister frowned, if he bent down to pick it up, it would mean submission, and this kind of behavior was diplomatically humiliating. So he didn't pick it up but asked, "Your Majesty, what is this?" ”

"It doesn't matter what it is, what matters is that the war began." After speaking, Guangxu turned his head and left.

The Dutch minister was taken aback, is this the Qing Kingdom going to war with the Netherlands? He immediately picked up the letter and opened it to see that it was really an edict declaring war. The reason for the declaration of war was that the Dutch government had failed to effectively protect the legitimate rights of life and property of the Chinese in Nanyang. Oh God, the Dutch minister looked down at his watch, it was exactly nine o'clock. He jumped to his feet and ran back, and he had to immediately inform the Far Eastern Fleet.

Before the news of the declaration of war reached the Imperial Palace, the telegram transmitted the news to Canton, and then converted it into a wireless telegraph and sent it to Nanyang. Five minutes later, Wu Deren received the telegram.

"Open fire and sink all the Dutch ships." With Wu Deren's fingers, one shell after another began to fly towards the Dutch Far East Fleet docked at the dock. (To be continued......) u