In the face of the fierce Northeast Navy coming to the fleet outside Pontianak Port, the Dutch finally relented and agreed that Li Hongzhang would take a small entourage into Pontianak City, but Li Hongzhang's Xuetang luxury yacht did not dock at Pontianak Port first, but more than 20 transport ships escorted by the Fourth Fleet of the Northeast Navy, and several of them entered Pontianak Port first, and then the officers and soldiers of the Third Marine Division set foot on the land of Pontianak Port.

This Lan Fang is a vassal state of the Qing Dynasty, how can he only bring a few followers when he enters the capital of the vassal state of the Qing Dynasty! Comrade Lao Li strongly disagreed, waved his hand, and gave it to the old man!

As soon as they entered the port of Pontianak, the officers and men of the 3rd Marine Division, who were like wolves, drove away the port battery and the Dutch soldiers in the port, and took over the entire Pontianak port and more than 30 old-fashioned guns from the fort decades ago, while the Dutch soldiers received orders from their superiors to avoid conflict with the Qing Dynasty, and took the very barbaric and unreasonable behavior of the Qing Dynasty people, and did not fire a single shot, and gave up the Pontianak port to the marines.

When the Pontianak port was in the hands of the marines, the Xuetang luxury yacht entered the port and docked at the pier, and then Wang Yan and Ding Ruchang accompanied Li Hongzhang to get off the Xuetang luxury yacht and stepped on the land of Lanfang.

The officers and soldiers of the 3rd Marine Division saw that the Dutch were so weak, not to bully you, but to bully whom, so they were ready to take over the city defense of Pontianak, but the mud people still have three points of temper, the Dutch army officers and soldiers saw that you Qing Dynasty people also did not take our Dutch soldiers in their eyes, it was simply to ignore the situation, it was unbearable, the Dutch army officers and soldiers relied on the city fortifications, resolutely refused, you Qing Dynasty people don't deceive people too much.

The Dutch garrison in Pontianak is actually not small, there is a reinforced regiment of the Dutch regular army of more than 3,000 people, and a division of servant army, all of which add up to 12,000 troops, but the division of the servant army is only equipped with less than one-third of the guns, and most of them are gunpowder guns that have been eliminated for many years, and the rest are also equipped with cold weapons, and the combat effectiveness is really not flattering.

Seeing that the anger between the two sides is getting bigger and bigger, and if you can't get it right, you have to do it, at this time, Captain Ludwig, who had already arrived at Pontianak Port from the coastal defense battleship Provexin, originally saw the Marine Corps taking over Pontianak Port, gritted his teeth angrily and crunched, and was about to go over to find Li Hongzhang and a few people to theorize, but before the results passed, he received the news of the tension in Pontianak City, which made Ludwig's blood surge, and the green tendons on his head jumped up, and he was already angry to the extreme.

However, when he thought that Governor Van Pittu had ordered the army and navy of Pontianak to refrain from exchanging fire with the Qing Dynasty, he suppressed his anger and identified himself to the marines in the port, and then came to Li Hongzhang, saluted Li Hongzhang and said: "Rear Admiral Ludwig of the Royal Dutch Navy, I have seen His Excellency Governor Li!" ”

There was a translator next to him who translated Lu Dewei's words to Li Hongzhang.

Li Hongzhang looked at Lu Dewei in front of him and felt very good, in the past, only foreigners showed off their might in front of him, but he didn't expect feng shui to take turns, today Lao Li can also fork in front of foreigners, Lao Li smiled and stroked his beard with his hand and said: "Thank you Major General Ludwig, come to greet the old man, there is a chance for the old man to invite Major General Ludwei to a Chinese dinner." ”

Ludwig said in his heart, the psychotic will welcome you, an old immortal, "Your Excellency Governor Li, on behalf of the Netherlands, I would like to lodge a strong protest against the occupation of the port of Pontianak by your soldiers, and even more strongly protest against your soldiers' delusional attempt to take over the defense of Pontianak, I hope you can make your soldiers return to the transport ship, our Viceroy of the Dutch East Indies, His Excellency Van Pittu, has arrived in Pontianak on a warship, and will be here tomorrow, I hope you can keep your soldiers restrained before you talk to Governor Van Pitttu." ”

After listening to the translator next to him, Li Hongzhang relayed Lu Dewei's words, nodded and said: "Major General Lu Dewei's protest, the old man received it, but Lan Fang is a subject country of our Qing Dynasty, and Pontianak is the capital of Lan Fang, what is the matter with your Dutch army here!" If the name is not right, let the old man see, you Dutch should not only give up the port of Pontianak, but also the city of Pontianak, and even you Dutch should immediately withdraw from the entire land of Lan Phong. ”

Ludwig stiffened his neck and said, "Governor Li, our Dutch army entered Lanfang at the invitation of Lanfang to protect Lanfang from being occupied by the rebels. ”

Li Hongzhang sneered, his eyes suddenly widened, and he said toughly: "Rebels? The rebels you Dutch are referring to are the army of the Lanfang Chinese! Don't think that you Dutch got that thing that wants to cover up the old man doesn't know, a few years ago, that is, our Qing Dynasty did not spare his hands, and now the old man is here, and he wants to seek justice for the tens of thousands of Lanfang Chinese who died tragically! Hmph—"

A majestic momentum with bloody wind rushed towards Ludwei, so that Ludwei involuntarily took a step back, Comrade Lao Li has led the troops for many years, and the momentum cultivated by a very human minister suddenly frightened Ludwig, and Ludwei stumbled and said: "This ...... This one...... Misunderstanding, yes...... Misunderstanding, we are ...... in the Netherlands"

Li Hongzhang interrupted Ludwig's words with a wave of his hand, and then said: "The old man didn't have to meet with you Dutch soldiers this time, otherwise he wouldn't have looked for your governor and was ready to negotiate on the issue of Lan Fang. Major General Ludwig, do you think the old man is sincere enough to do this? ”

Ludwig was relieved when he heard that Lao Li was willing to recall the soldiers sent to Pontianak City back to the port, feeling that this was already the best result, and the anger that had been angry disappeared at once, but he said with some gratitude: "Your Excellency Governor Li, thank you very much for your sincerity, I will definitely convey your sincerity to Governor Van Pittu, and if there is any need, we will try to provide it." ”

Lao Li stroked his beard and said with a smile: "Since Major General Ludwig is so enthusiastic, then the old man is not welcome, the old man brought 27,000 soldiers this time, please ask Ludwei to prepare a dinner for 27,000 people, oh, I want Chinese food!" If the old man's soldiers don't eat well or don't have enough to eat, maybe they will have to enter Pontianak City to find food for themselves. ”

Ludwig really wanted to give himself a little more talk, what to do with more mouths, now he has to prepare a dinner for 27,000 people, but he heard Li Hongzhang's threat, it seems that it will not work if he does not prepare, so Ludwei has to agree to it.

Ludwig then walked dejectedly to Pontianak City, where a dinner for 27,000 people awaited him!

Wang Yan saw Lu Dewei's distant back, and said respectfully to Li Hongzhang: "Zhongtang, you are really clever, the Dutch really did not dare to act rashly, let us occupy the port of Pontianak without much effort." ”

It turned out that the idea of letting the marines seize the port of Pontianak was the idea of Comrade Li, who said with a smile: "The old man guesses that the Dutch don't want to fight us, but the Dutch still have some backbone, and the old man thinks that they will even give up Pontianak City!" Hahaha, now that the old man has increased his grasp of success, there is at least sixty percent hope that he will take back Lan Fang's land from the Dutch without blood. ”

At this time, one of Wang Yan's entourage ran down from the luxury yacht Xuetang, came to Wang Yan's side, and handed Wang Yan a telegram.

Wang Yan read the telegram quickly, and then said with a smile: "Zhongtang, good news, Daxin sent a telegram that the British agreed to stand on our side on the issue of Lanfang. After speaking, Wang Yan handed the telegram in his hand to Li Hongzhang.

Li Hongzhang hurriedly took the telegram from Wang Yan's hand, and after reading it, he said: "If the British can stand on our side, the chance of success can be increased by 20%, but the British demand that we can only claim back the original land of Lanfang, alas, the old man is also ready to let the Dutch pay some interest!" ”

Wang Yan said with a smile: "Zhongtang, as long as we can get back Lanfang from the Dutch, then we are equivalent to planting a nail in the Dutch's East Indies, and when the time is ripe, the entire Dutch East Indies will belong to us, and I believe Daxin will be able to do it in the future." ”

Ding Ruchang then sighed and said: "Zhongtang, I didn't expect that we could now forcefully demand that foreigners return the land of our subject country, oh, in fact, it is not our subject country, but a country established by us Chinese. This kind of situation was really unimaginable 10 years ago, you see that Dutchman Rear Admiral, who was almost scared by Lord Nakado, and it was enjoyable to watch! ”

Li Hongzhang said with a smile: "The old man is also using the power of Lin Daxin's kid, the fox is just a fake tiger, the Dutch are afraid of Daxin's kid's millions of troops and hundreds of warships, but this feeling of overwhelming people, especially for foreigners, is really happy!" ”

Ludwig returned to Pontianak City, found the commander of the Dutch Army in Pontianak City, the commander of the Dutch regular army reinforcement regiment, and told the regiment commander that Li Hongzhang was going to dinner for 27,000 people, and asked the commander of the Dutch Army to scold his mother, the dinner of 27,000 people had to be Chinese food, which was not a small amount of work.

After some discussion with the regimental commander, Ludwig decided to hire the Chinese in Pontianak to prepare a Chinese dinner for 27,000 people, for which the Dutch in Pontianak suffered a hemorrhage.

After all, the Chinese warships and a large number of troops were in the port outside the city, and the Dutch did not dare to treat the Chinese in the city too much, so they had to spend money to buy dinner materials, and then spend money to hire Chinese to cook them, and the Dutch and natives would not make Chinese food.

So the officers and men of the Northeast Navy and the Marine Corps happily ate a sumptuous dinner, as well as a lot of hometown dishes from the south! R1152