Chapter 335: If you are not of my race, your heart will be different

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At the same time that the Dutch launched the Battle of Banda Lampang against Britain, France, Sweden, Norway, and Germany, the Papuan Dispatch Army of the Chinese Empire was still engaged in colonial wars.

Although the Dutch army inside the fortress of Moresby was defeated, there were many local forces in Papua that opposed the military invasion of the Chinese Empire.

Although these Papuans are not advanced in weapons and are cold weapons, they are quite capable of guerrilla warfare. Mixing in the crowd, sneaking up on the local garrison soldiers today, and robbing the military convoy tomorrow, they don't care about casualties and any price, even if a few hundred civilians are worth exchanging for a soldier of the Imperial Chinese Army, and sometimes even assassinate the lieutenant.

Among the foreign merchants who remained in Papua, many of their family properties were confiscated by the empire and allocated to the use of imperial immigrants.

This has led to the psychological deformity of these foreign businessmen, who secretly collude with the local opposition forces in Papua, and some even export firearms to these rebels through special channels. As a result, there were frequent incidents of members of the Resistance injuring Imperial soldiers and civilians with firearms.

The same thing happened in Luzon, but the governor of Luzon, Zhao Chuanfeng, was a local nobleman, and the empire bought many pro-Chinese local Turkish forces in Luzon, which made it difficult for the rebel army in Luzon to form a serious threat, unlike Papua.

The new colonial governor of Papua is still on the way, and Liu Feng, as the acting governor, feels a headache.

Colonial wars have to pay this kind of price, Liu Feng knows this very well, and he is very calm at night, but he is still uncomfortable.

In order to completely eliminate these rebel forces, Liu Feng implemented a system of armor protection and joint sitting in Papua.

The armor protection system is a long-term social control method in the era of Chinese feudal dynasties, and its most essential feature is that the "household" (family) is the basic unit of social organization, which is different from the individual unit in the West. The Confucian doctrine of politics is to integrate the relationship between the state and the patriarchal relationship, and the concept of family is incorporated into the concept of monarchy. Therefore, there are five families in the Han Dynasty as "Wu", ten as "Shi", and one hundred as "Li"; Tang four for the "neighbors", five neighbors for the "Bao", 100 households for the "li", the Northern Song Dynasty Wang Anshi changed the law proposed ten households for one guarantee, five for a big guarantee, ten for one guarantee; In the Yuan Dynasty, there was a "Jia", with 20 households as a Jia, and Jiasheng was set up. To the Ming Dynasty, the decimal Baojia system was finally formed - "brand A system", with 10 households for 1 card, 10 cards for 1 card, 10 cards for 1 Bao, thus establishing the feudal dynasty's strict control of the country.

Liu Feng then directly implemented the armor protection system in Papua, and all households cooperated with each other to guarantee the insurance, and guaranteed each other not to do anything in common, that is, 1 family was "guilty", 9 families were guilty, and if they did not raise the case, 10 families were jointly and severally guilty.

As soon as the system of protecting the armor and sitting was implemented, the members of the rebels who were hidden among the common people had nothing to hide, and after a bloody crackdown, the Papuan shì tended to stabilize.

Although there are still some rebel activities in Papua, they have fled to remote mountainous areas and generally do not dare to enter villages and towns. However, Liu Feng imposed strict restrictions on foreign merchants in Papua, and also incorporated them into the ranks of local security guards, and used local people to supervise these merchants, which was much better. Because these ordinary people treat foreign businessmen very facelessly, and even full of hostility.

After the situation in Papua stabilized, Liu Feng ordered the dispatch army to continue the attack on New Zealand.

New Zealand is a non-sovereign state, which is claimed by the Netherlands, but New Zealand does not have any foreign influence.

There were only about 600,000 Maori in New Zealand at this time, and they were basically in a primitive society with a chieftaincy system.

New Zealand has two large islands under the jurisdiction of two great chiefs.

The Great Chief of the North Island, Maha Norwara Harris, was very kind to Liu Feng. The South Island's Grand Chief Pierce Rees was hostile.

Liu Feng learned from New Zealand's Grand Chief, Maha Norwa Harris, that there is little value to be used in New Zealand other than the large-scale cultivation of sugarcane and pineapples.

The looting of the Maori outweighed the losses, because the currency they used turned out to be animal feathers, and when Liu Feng heard this, he was really dumbfounded for a long time, and immediately gave up the idea of armed invasion.

The renunciation of armed invasion does not mean that sovereignty over New Zealand has been renounced. Liu Feng then bribed the Great Chief of New Zealand with some daily necessities, and then instigated Maha Norwara Harris to wage war on the South Island.

Mahanowa Harris and Pierce Rees were already at odds, and both wanted to annex the other, with the former controlling 400,000 Maori and the latter controlling about 200,000 Maori.

Since neither side had a boat to cross the sea to the other's islands, the two sides were at peace.

Liu Feng was willing to help Mahanova Harris unify the north and south islands of New Zealand, and promised to send the navy to help transport the troops over.

So Mahanowar Harris agreed to Liu Feng's request, on the condition that the two islands were allowed to live in Chinese, and they could freely build estates. Of course, Mahanowa Harris must ensure that no other foreigners are allowed on the island, and that he will not harass the Chinese. To this end, Liu Feng promised to build a luxurious palace for Mahanova Harris and meet his needs for a luxurious life.

The two sides reached an agreement, and Mahanowa Harris mobilized almost all Maori men, under the cover of the Pacific Fleet, to land more than 170,000 people in the South Island in half a month.

Among these Maori, the youngest was eight or nine years old, and the older was in his sixties, dressed in primitive equipment, and they were grunting to wage war on the Pierce Rees of the South Island.

Of course, Liu Feng had a purpose in provoking war between his two large island chieftains. The promises given to the Great Chiefs are basically fake.

The Great Chief brought almost all the men of the North Island to the South Island to fight, leaving behind women and children.

The 8th Infantry Division of the Royal Army then landed on the North Island and killed all the remaining men, leaving only 130,000 young women and girls in a concentration camp to be sold to Chinese immigrants as slaves.

The North Island has changed dramatically, and no one knows. On the South Island, two Maori fought an unprecedented battle. The Aborigines fought with extreme cruelty, and after a month of fierce fighting, the outnumbered North Island Mori defeated the outnumbered South Island Mori.

Chief Pierce Rees was put to death, and more than 30,000 Maori prisoners of war in the South Island were bound up as slaves and sacrifices. The women of the South Island were distributed as the spoils of war by the Maori of the North Island.

After a month of fierce fighting, Grand Chief Harris of Mahanova in the North Island was victorious, but paid nearly 80,000 dead and wounded.

That night, Liu Feng brought 30,000 jars of spirits to Grand Chief Harris of Mahanova to celebrate, and all Maori people in the North Island had a share.

It was night, when the North Island Maori were intoxicated with the joy of victory, unaware that bad luck was about to befall them.

As the Maori became drunk and unconscious, a detachment of the Imperial Chinese Army drove over.

"Hands-on"

At the commanding officer's order, the soldiers raised their rifles upside down, their bayonets piercing straight into the Maori heart.

Streams of blood spurted out of the bayonet's bloodletting groove, staining a large patch of red in an instant.

After dealing with the Maori in the North Island, the Maori in the South Island in the prisoner-of-war camps were also doomed. In contrast to the North Island Māori, who died peacefully in their sleep, the South Island Māori were not rewarded with any drink, and could only watch in horror as bayonets pierced their chests.

"Isn't it too cruel for us to do this?"

Chief of Staff Wang Lifeng looked at the qi in front of him, this kind of killing was really a bit cruel. Maori are also human beings, although it is quite scary to look red, but at this time it is like killing more than 100,000 wild boars.

"Sooner or later, they will know that we have taken their land, and sooner or later they will find out that the Chinese have taken away their wealth, resources and dignity"

Liu Feng smiled and said, "You have also seen that the aborigines are equal to the cruelty of their own people, if it is used on the citizens of the empire in the future, then we are sinners."

Thinking of the cruel side of the natives, Chief of Staff Wang Lifeng's hairs suddenly stood on end, and he couldn't help but tremble.

"If you are not of my race, your heart will be different, this is the colonial war"

Wang Lifeng couldn't help but smile bitterly.

As the corpses of the Maori were reduced to ashes in the raging fires, all of New Zealand was swept away, and the empire had an additional colony of 300,000 square kilometers.

This colony is by far the second safe colony after Hawaii, as the indigenous people here have been slaughtered.

However, unlike Hawaii, indigenous women were sold as slaves for the first time.

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Back at Moresby Fortress, Chief of Staff Wang Lifeng asked Liu Feng and said, "To the west of New Zealand is Australia pointed out by the emperor, is our next military action to occupy Australia?" ”

Liu Feng shook his head and said, "Although there is already news from the military department that the target of the empire's next colonial war is Australia. However, Australia is very vast, dozens of times the size of New Zealand, and it is not known how much danger there is, so it is difficult for the official order of the military department to come down for a while. ”

Wang Lifeng nodded and said, "I heard that the Dutch have defeated the five-nation alliance and recovered the West Island of the Dutch East Indies, and will soon march to Kalimantan Island, or we here."

Liu Feng thought for a while and said: "It shouldn't be so quick to start a war with the Empire, after all, the Spaniards are on the eastern island, next to Batavia, the old nest of the Dutch, and if they don't solve the Spaniards in front of them, the Dutch will not start a war with the Empire lightly."

As soon as he finished speaking, the guards came in.

"Report to the Military Department of Urgency"

"Reading"

"The Ministry of War ordered the Papuan Dispatch Army to stop the expansion operation, immediately rest and recuperate, and wait for orders"

Liu Feng waved his hand and sent the guards away.

"It's time to wait for you."

Wang Lifeng nodded and said, "It's time for us to be majestic, but I don't know if we fight with the Dutch or the Spaniards."

"Neither of them is a fuel-efficient lamp" Liu Feng smiled faintly and said: "It will not be the turn of the army for a while, we can rest for a while"

Wang Lifeng thought about it, and in the war in Southeast Asia, the first thing to do was to conduct a naval contest, and only after gaining sea supremacy would the army engage in a ground war.

It was clear that the Dutch East India Fleet had the upper hand at the moment, so the battle at sea would be a tough one.

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After the Dutch eliminated the Five Nation Alliance, representatives of the Five East India Company immediately went to Batavia to negotiate with the Dutch.

At this time, the East India Company of the Five Nations all understood one thing, that is, from beginning to end, the Chinese Empire treated them as monkeys, then they were used as gunmen, and the ultimate victims were themselves.

The Five East India Company demanded an end to the war, but the Dutch East India Company demanded huge reparations from the Five East India Company, totaling up to 500 million guilders.

Naturally, the Five Nations East India Company could not come up with so much money, so it did not agree. But the Dutch didn't talk to death, and there was room for manoeuvre, so the six companies engaged in a tug-of-war negotiation in Batavia and bargained.

Of course, the Netherlands and Spain were the biggest victims, as Spain lost the Philippines, while the Netherlands lost vast colonies such as Kalimantan and Dutch Papua. Dutch merchants suffered even more losses, especially the Dutch East India Company, and after Arnhem listened to the report, the company lost as much as 800 million guilders in the past few years of war.

The culprit of this qiē capital was pointed to the eastern superpower to the north, the Chinese Empire.

However, the Dutch could not go to war with the Chinese Empire at the moment, and first had to deal with the Spanish army that was close at hand.

"This damned Spanish remnant"

Arnhem wanted the Spaniards to counterattack the Philippines and then withdraw from the Dutch East Indies, but the Spaniards stared at the Dutch's promise and demanded that they be given weapons first.

But the Dutch obviously did not dare to do that, and if the 30,000 troops of the Spaniards were armed, it would pose a great threat to the Dutch army.

Recently, the Chinese Empire has stationed a large number of troops in the Philippines, how can it be easy to counterattack back? The Spaniards were not stupid, and Ryshard saw this, so he asked the Dutch for weapons and equipment, and first stabilized his current territory.

"Your Excellency the Governor," said Army Commander Kakinca: "The Spaniards have killed so many of us at the fortress of Matapura that we cannot let them go lightly"

Turner nodded and said: "It is true that the Spaniards should not be spared As far as I know, although there are only 30,000 combatable soldiers in Reshad's hands at this time, only more than 20,000 people have firearms, and the others all use cold weapons such as spears, and our army has a great chance of winning."

In the battle of Matapura, the Spaniards paid the price of blood, but also inflicted heavy casualties on the Dutch defenders. During this period, once you are injured by musket buckshot, you are basically certain to die. Most often, the wounds of the injured person become infected, leading to death. Even if the soldiers who survived by chance, most of them survived by amputation. As a result, there were several thousand disabled soldiers in the city of Batavia.

Arnhem said: "If we can let the Spaniards attack the Philippines, then we will not only save our strength to fight the Spaniards, but also severely damage the Chinese Empire's army in the Philippines."

"But the Spaniard has opened his mouth, and he wants too many things," Turner replied.

Arnhem looked at Kajinka and asked, "Didn't the army capture a large number of artillery and muskets from the Five Nations Alliance?" It's better to give some to the Spaniards and let them attack the Philippines."

"No," Kakinka suddenly refused, startling Arnhem.

I only heard him explain: "I think we should destroy the Spaniards first, and then think about whether to fight or live in peace with the Chinese Empire."

"What do you mean by that?" Turner asked suspiciously: "We are now stronger than the Chinese Empire, and they will definitely not be able to make peace without compensating us for our losses."

Then he looked at Governor Arnhem and said, "Your Excellency the Governor, the Chinese Empire occupied our Taiwan before, and we chose to retreat, and this time they will intensify their efforts and occupy our Kalimantan Island and Guinea. If it's backing down, then Batavia will lose it too."

Arnhem nodded, "We can't back down" and then looked at Kajinka and asked, "You seem to have something to say just now"

"Yes, Your Excellency the Governor"

Kakinka nodded and replied, "I thought the same as you before, but when I saw the new equipment captured from the Five Nation Alliance, I felt in danger."

Kajinka then talked about the weapons and equipment exported by the Chinese Empire to the East India Company of the Five Kingdoms, and introduced its combat performance. Arnhem and Turner were stunned.

"The firearms of the Chinese Empire have made rapid progress, and judging from the seven-year infantry cannon of the Apocalypse alone, its casting process has been quite mature, and it can be seen that it was mass-produced. And the steel used for their artillery was very good, equivalent to the fine iron made by the best blacksmiths of the Republic. Even more than the level of iron smelting in France. ”

France is the most advanced country in the European iron-smelting industry, which cannot but attract their attention and attention.

"The most terrible thing is that this is the artillery of the seventh year of the Chinese Empire's Apocalypse," Kajinka said, "and now it is the fourth year of the Chinese Empire's Shenwu"

Arnhem pulled his fingers and counted them, and said, "That means this is a product from seven years ago."

Kajinka nodded, noncommittal.

Turner said in a deep voice: "The Chinese Empire strictly restricts foreign exports, but it has exported this weapon to the East India Company of the Five Nations, which means that this weapon has been eliminated in the Chinese Imperial military, and they have more advanced firearms."

"It shouldn't be so fast," Kakinka said, "the Chinese Imperial Army in Guinea, they still use this kind of artillery, but sooner or later more advanced artillery will come out, and we have to guard against it."

Turner nodded and said: "This is indeed a mysterious country more than ten years ago, when it was still the Ming Dynasty, they didn't have our warships, and one of our frigates could show off their might along the coast of the Ming Dynasty." Looking at the restrictions again, the navy of the Chinese Empire already had battleships of the first rank, the most powerful warships in the world. Although they didn't build it themselves, they could already build a third-class battleship on their own, and it was no longer out of reach of a first-class battleship."

Arnhem sighed and said, "So it's best if I don't start a full-scale war with the Chinese Empire, after all, we are merchants, and it is not wise to wage war with a powerful country for a long time."

Turner said angrily: "But how long are we going to endure it?" ”

"When you can't bear it anymore, don't bear it anymore"

“……”

"Then you mean that we acquiesced in their seizure of Kalimantan and Guinea this time?"

Arnhem nodded and said, "We recognize the actual occupation of these two regions by the Chinese Empire, and they hand over a part of the trade share to our company for transportation, so it seems that compared to the all-out war with the Chinese Empire and the eventual bankruptcy, we still make money."

Kajinka sighed: "In other words, in this game, we did not choose the one that gained the most benefits, but chose the one with the lowest losses."

"Yes," Arnhem replied affirmatively: "Losing money is for sure, now we can only choose the option with the least loss, if we were not a businessman, I think I would choose to lose to the end to defend our dignity"

Kakinka nodded in acknowledgement, and Turner hung his head with a look of dismay.

After the meeting, the Dutch East India Company came out with a navy and army. The naval assault on Baolong and Lalong forced the Spanish army to abandon the two coastal towns and move inland.

The army, under the command of Cakinka, fought a major battle with the Spanish army outside the city of Bandung.

The two sides first mobilized their own artillery units and engaged in an hour-long artillery battle in the field. The Dutch concentrated all their artillery fire. Among them were the captured 83 Apocalypse 7th Year infantry guns, which were put to good use. Originally, there were 100 infantry guns of the Apocalypse 7th Year, but in the Battle of Bandanamphang, eleven were destroyed, and when the Dutch tested this advanced infantry gun, six were destroyed, leaving eighty-three. The Spanish army had only thirty artillery pieces and was short on ammunition.

The artillery battle between the two sides ended with the Spanish side being outnumbered and defeated by insufficient firepower, and then the Dutch 30,000 musketeers fought against the Spanish 20,000 musketeers in the wilderness outside the city.

Because the Dutch army had artillery to assist in the battle, the Spanish army was shelled for more than ten minutes, and the Dutch army with an additional 10,000 people was engaged for more than ten minutes, and it was already suffering heavy casualties. Close quarters combat ensued, and the Dutch were outnumbered by the Spanish in victory.

The elimination of the main Spanish force did not mean that the Spanish army lagged behind the Dutch army, but only because the Spanish remnants were not well supplied with ammunition, and in the artillery and gun battles, they ran out of shells and bullets, and finally the Dutch army was completely annihilated.

After the main Spanish force was destroyed, the Spanish defenders of less than 2,000 in Bandung surrendered immediately, and the Spanish army, which had been arrogant for two and a half years, was finally lost to the Dutch.

Within a month, the Dutch reoccupied the East Peninsula of the Dutch East Indies and restored Dutch jurisdiction over the islands.

However, after the war, the population of the East Indies fell by one-third, and the Seven Kingdoms were left in ruins after nearly three years of killing and plundering by their armies. E