On March 22, 1858, early in the morning, in the Governor's Palace in the port of Batavia, Count Sinkerson was asking with a gloomy face about the specific situation of the deployment of his new military adjutant, Major Manuk, due to the sudden resignation of the former military adjutant, Lieutenant Colonel Wintuk, the military deployment of Batavia City almost came to a standstill, and the new Major Manukan spent a few days in all the original relations.

However, things did not go as smoothly as Count Hinkson thought, first of all, his plan was resisted by Dutch merchants and colonial officials, for which more than a dozen officials resigned in protest, and secondly, the local natives contacted by Major Manukan, no matter what kind of conditions were tempted, most of the indigenous chiefs expressed their unwillingness to deal with the devil, and only a few extremists agreed to participate.

This was too far from the plan that Count Hinkson had conceived before to kill people with a knife, and Count Hinkson had no choice but to instruct Major Manukan to say: "Count as many natives as there are!" We use our own soldiers. ”

Major Manukan was extremely surprised: "If this is the case, I am afraid that the consequences will be very serious, you know who are in our army, criminals, thieves, liars, butchers, inferior people, they came to the East to make a fortune and risk, once it starts, I am afraid it will be difficult to control the situation, in case there is an embarrassing event such as a massacre caused by looting, it will be devastating to the economy and prosperity of the entire colony, and massacre is also a sensitive word for the country, You must know that in recent years, Congress has paid far more attention to the operation of the colonies than to the reclamation of new colonies, and the result of the destruction of surnames is unacceptable to either side. ”

Major Manukan paused for a moment to wait for Count Sinkson's opinion, but Count Sinkson frowned and had no intention of saying anything, so Major Manukan had no choice but to continue: "Not only the Chinese merchants, but also our own merchants are opposed to raising the excessively high tax amount, they think that it is tantamount to killing chickens and eggs, which will seriously damage and restrict the development of the port of Batavia, and just resist the tax we will send troops to suppress it?" Will it make a big fuss? Would you like me to visit the local natives, without their involvement, we would be hard to say that it is round, you just came from Macklin. Something like this happened when Count Botto took over as governor? I'm afraid you'll be criticized too! ”

Count Hinkson took a deep breath and said: "I'm afraid I can't take care of it so much, Speaker Victor won't have such a good surname, what he wants to see is that I will be better than Marklin. Botto brings him more benefits, you know? Whether it's tax or personal. ”

Seeing that Major Manukan was still talking, Earl Hinkson waved his hand and said, "I have had no way out since the day I took over as Governor. That bastard must be waiting to see my jokes, after you go back, you will start to deploy troops with General Viba, and launch an attack in the evening of the day after tomorrow, the main target is some wealthy Chinese merchants in the city, it is best to strictly control the range, and then declare to the outside world that it has been attacked by local natives colluding with pirates, it is enough to deploy 2,000 soldiers in Batavia, our fleet will attack the old port in the early morning, and then with the support of naval guns, the infantry will land and completely occupy the evil paradise of the old port, At the same time, it is also the richest port in Southeast Asia, where it is looted, where it is completely destroyed! ”

Looking at Count Hinkson, who was almost insane, Major Manukan saluted helplessly and turned to leave, sacking the old port? This kind of thing can only be imagined by Earl Hinkson, and when he thought of the smile on the face of his predecessor, Lieutenant Colonel Wintuk, and the pure gold buttons on his shirt, Major Manukan sighed helplessly, he seemed to be following the wrong person, Macklin. Count Botto's reputation is far better than that of Count Hinkson, at least the guy looks chubby and honest.

It seemed that it was time to leave a way back for himself, and now Governor Hinksen was fighting against all the Dutchmen in the whole of Batavia, and Hinksen had been blinded by resentment.

If he went crazy with Count Hinkson like this, Major Manukan could be sure that he would be the one who was unlucky in the end.

However, Major Manukan also seemed to have reservations about Count Hinkson, and he did not tell Lord Lord Hinkson that the Chinese in the city were basically concentrated in the south of the city, not to mention the deep mansion compound, and were equipped with many rear-loading rifles.

After some hesitation, Major Manukan finally came to the place where Lieutenant Colonel Wentuk had whispered to him before leaving, a Chinese-run rice shop, with its squaint storefront and dusty signs, which did not fit well with the traditional image of hard-working and tidy Chinese, but the guys in the shop were unusually strong, there were no customers in the shop, but everyone seemed to be busy with something unrelated.

Suspicious, Major Manukan walked into the shop, took out a note, and read in a strange tone: "Mr. Wentuk, say that I can come here if I have difficulties?" ”

An old man walked out of the store and said with a smile: "This gentleman, you can use English directly, I can understand it!" ”

"Who is it?" Major Manukan asked vigilantly.

The old man took out a pocket watch and said with a slight smile: "Lieutenant Colonel Wentuk also has an identical gold watch, which I gave him, I am his most sincere friend, you can call me Lao Ma!" ”

After a long sigh of relief, Major Manukan suddenly breathed a long sigh of relief, and said mysteriously: "I have intelligence, I need money, a lot of money, understand?" ”

Lao Ma looked at the red bar on the tassel on Major Manukan's shoulder and hesitated: "You just say it, if this information is worth it, we will give you a price that you are very satisfied with." ”

Major Manukan was just about to get angry, but he found that several strong men nearby had their clothes open, and the others inside were two revolvers? Major Manukan, who had no choice but to change his mind, said: "Your Excellency the Governor will use 2,000 Dutch soldiers to prepare to loot the Chinese ghetto in the evening of the day after tomorrow, in order to blackmail the Chinese to approve of his newly promulgated tax law, and at dawn, the Dutch fleet will make a surprise attack on the old port." ”

The old horse's face changed slightly, and then he whispered an order, and several strong men immediately trotted out of the door, and the old horse took out a small box from under the table, and smiled at Major Manukan slightly: "We have never been stingy with our friends. ”

Major Manukan opened the box, and his pupils suddenly dilated several times! Looking at the neatly stacked gold bars, Major Manukan swallowed greedily and said in a slightly trembling voice, "Can you tell me how much this is?" ”

The old horse smiled and said, "Three hundred taels, about seven hundred and five large Spanish gold coins!" ”

"O my God! I'm just lying down and can't finish the flowers! "If Major Manukan was still slightly annoyed and repentant for betraying his countrymen, but now in the face of seven hundred and fifty large Spanish gold coins, his chagrin and repentance were suddenly thrown out of the clouds.

Major Manukan looked at the old horse and grinned, "What else do you want to know?" ”

The old horse then smiled slightly, and Major Manukan rubbed his hands and said, "If I help you get the entire Dutch fleet, how many gold coins can you give me?" ”

While the old horse was shocked, Major Manukan added: "I will do my best to delay the departure of the fleet, do you understand?" Ironclad ships that have not reached the pressure level of life are the same as battleships that have not raised their sails, and they are like dead fish moored in the harbor. ”

After a while, however, the old horse released a few carrier pigeons, and Major Manukan took away a full three hundred taels of gold and a few pieces of jewelry with a smile.

When Lin Haijiang received the information that the Dutch authorities' organized anti-Chinese incident was about to occur in Batavia City, it was already evening, and Lin Haijiang immediately held a military command meeting.

Although some people suggested whether to double-check in case it was a trap of the Dutch, Lin Haijiang tried his best to disagree, he thought that this was completely a snake trick, and the Dutch were not so stupid as to do so.

What made Lin Haijiang very annoyed was that the several plans he had proposed to the new Governor Hinkson had all been rejected? Let's work together to make a fortune! However, Governor Hinkson did not take Lin Haijiang's suggestion seriously at all, and was bent on revenge for getting close to Macklin before the purge. The power of Count Botto, Hinkson is really like Macklin. Count Botto, a crappy bastard who loses his mind very easily.

On the one hand, Lin Haijiang decided to send the Zhenyuan and Dingyuan warships to attack the Dutch fleet in Batavia's port, and on the other hand, he transported 3,000 marines to Batavia's port in batches by merchant ships, and infiltrated the Chinese area in civilian clothes and makeup, ready to cooperate with the special intelligence reconnaissance team's ship-seizing operation at any time.

On the evening of March 24, 1858, the atmosphere in Batavia was eerie, with a large number of Dutch soldiers heavily armed and on high alert, and ships in the harbor carrying supplies that were long overdue.

Standing on the bridge of the flagship of the Nina with a displacement of 5,200 tons, General Wiba was very dissatisfied and reprimanded Major Manukan for his unfavorable affairs.

A large number of local natives who had worked at the wharf were gone, so the speed of shipment was very slow, and General Wiba had no choice but to rob all the Chinese laborers who had been off work near the wharf, and under the threat of rifles and bayonets, the Chinese workers had to return to the wharf to start work.

Looking at an old foreman who did not know that a catastrophe was coming, and Major Manukan were talking about wages, General Wiba felt amused, he believed that in a few hours, the wealth of these Chinese would be in their pockets, and the thought of this naked plunder, General Wiba was extremely excited.

General Wiba looked at his pocket watch with satisfaction, and instructed his adjutant to let his soldiers sleep for an extra half hour, so that they could recuperate enough to send the enemy to the bottom of the sea or hell at dawn.

Since all the Chinese laborers were hired, General Wiba, who had a ghost in his heart, still arranged dozens of armed mobile sentries on each deck to supervise those Chinese laborers from scurrying around the ship.

General Wiba, who was smoking a cigar, poured himself a glass of brandy, the Netherlands was no longer the coachman of the sea world of the past, the glory of the empire was long gone, the country was also caught in a cycle of bad surnames, and in the several wars that broke out in Europe, the Netherlands could only act as a spectator.

Soldiers have to rely on war to get a quick promotion, and only by relying on the colonization and bloody plunder brought by war can they get rich quickly, but unfortunately although General Wiba is a famous Wiba family, but without military merits and a lot of wealth donations, he can only be a general who is called around and drunk, and the title is already the most desired thing in Wiba's heart.

However, the 61st succession in line to the throne, the possible surnames that can inherit the title of Duke of Viba are almost zero, so General Viba is destined to turn himself into His Excellency Baron Viba and His Excellency the future Earl through his own struggle.

While General Wiba was still dreaming of his spring and autumn dreams, he suddenly realized why there was so silence on the ship? Where are the Chinese laborers who are shouting and carrying coal bags and buckets?

"Adjutant! Adjutant Michelle! Damn, is anyone there? "General Viba is a little angry, why didn't anyone inform him after the supplies were shipped? Michelle, the damn adjutant, really needs to be replaced, and as an adjutant, he doesn't have the slightest sense of being an adjutant?

Damn, even the second officer who was supposed to be on duty in the bridge was gone? General Wiba walked out of the bridge with an angry face, only to find his adjutant Michel, Major Manukan, second mate, and six or seven officers squatting on the ship in a small circle? Black smoke was coming from the ship's chimney, and it was clear that the boiler was being boosted at the moment.

"What are you doing?" General Wiba walked over and kicked his adjutant over, General Wiba looked at the pale Michel and was just about to ask, when he suddenly found that there were more than a dozen Chinese workers with revolvers standing beside him, and his sailors were all collapsed next to the turret, and they didn't know whether they were dead or alive!

General Wiba touched his saber, but finally resisted the impulse, and after the saber was confiscated, he still shouted: "You can't succeed, you people can't control this battleship, you surrender quickly!" I will consider forgiving your sins. ”

Adjutant Michel and Major Manukan and the second mate and others looked at General Wiba with idiot eyes, Lao Ma appeared at this time very timely, he smiled and looked at General Wiba who was performing a one-man show alone and said: "I advise you not to bother, your soldiers have been locked up by us, we never wanted to take control of this battleship by arms, we want your entire fleet, understand?" General Wiba! ”

It was only then that General Wiba collapsed to the ground like a deflated ball, and his head hit the cold deck and fainted.

Lao Ma had already sent a signal of success to Wang Faren through the light signal, Wang Faren extinguished the lighthouse in the port three times in a row, and personally commanded Lin Haijiang, who was sitting on the Dingyuan ship, to command the Zhenyuan and Dingyuan ships to enter the port slowly.

Facing the silent port of Batavia, Lin Haijiang was extremely shocked, 600 marines and 120 intelligence detectives actually captured eight warships, including two ironclad ships, without firing a single shot? Captured at least 2,000 Dutch officers and soldiers?

All this is like a dream for Lin Haijiang, and it seems impossible to describe it just by the word miracle, is it that the Dutch will to resist is too weak, or is their own commando too strong? Perhaps the war itself requires a sudden surname to achieve a miracle.

The cadets and sailors of the Old Port Military Academy who followed the two ships of Zhenyuan and Dingyuan to the port of Batavia quickly received two Dutch ironclad ships.

After laughing, the two ships Zhenyuan and Dingyuan, as well as the two Dutch ironclad ships, began to adjust their guns and shoot Zhuyuan, because according to the reconnaissance results of the special intelligence reconnaissance team, a large number of Dutch troops and a small number of natives were assembled in the large square in front of the governor's palace.

Come and don't be rude! Lin Haijiang himself is not a kind lord, but Lin Haijiang has his own principles of doing things, and he should be reciprocated by the grace of people, but the Dutch in front of him belong to the category of your unkindness and injustice.

Lin Haijiang decisively gave the order to shell the Dutch soldiers' assembly area, because the two captured ironclad ships were equipped with British eight-inch Armstrong front-loading guns, the soldiers were naturally not as fast as the Zhenyuan and Dingyuan Krupp breech guns, which were usually practiced.

Because of the tonnage of the ship, Zhenyuan and Dingyuan are the only ships that have not replaced the twin 260 mm main guns, but in order to ensure their fire projection density, a single-barreled 100 mm Krupp secondary gun in addition to the front and rear twin main guns has been added on the premise of reducing the use space of each ship. A hundred-mm rapid-fire gun, with an advantageous rate of fire, was naturally much more desirable.

With the explosion of the side shells of the 100-mm Krupp rapid-fire guns in front of the main guns of the Zhenyuan ship, a total of 20 100-mm Krupp rapid-fire guns on Zhenyuan and Dingyuan began to rain shells on the square in front of the Governor's Palace in Batavia.

The whistling shells were constantly exploding violently, and the flashes of explosions made the city of Batavia in the night constantly shake, as if the whole city would sink to the bottom of the sea at any moment?

The glass windows of the Doge's Palace had been shattered by the blast wave and shrenchnel from the explosion, and Governor Hinkson was shivering and hiding under the table, and the square outside the Doge's Palace had now been ploughed by artillery fire, and the Dutch soldiers in dense formations had suffered heavy casualties.

The hellish square was littered with smoke-filled craters and severed limbs, foul blood and internal organs splattered everywhere, the wounded wailing and screaming, the living hugging rats, and there seemed to be no safe place in the whole city of Batavia?

(To be continued)