Chapter 400: The 13th Province

At 9 o'clock in the morning of February 25, 1902, the main force of the Dutch East India Fleet in Jakarta finally arrived in the waters outside the port of Pontianak, including the three most powerful all-steel battleships of the East India Fleet, Amsterdam, Rotterdam and The Hague, more than 20 warships, large and small, the Dutch took out all their family resources, but when the commander of the Dutch East India Fleet Salson saw the fleet led by 6 all-steel battleships and 6 large fast armored cruisers of the Northeast Navy on the sea, It was decided that Governor Van Pittu would use negotiations to resolve the crisis, and not to fight, otherwise Sarson really didn't know what else could happen besides defeat. ⊙ Top Novel, www.

Governor Van Pittu was in the bridge of the Amsterdam, and saw that the Dutch fleet in Pontianak Port was cruising in the sea outside the port, and the Pontianak Port was crowded with some Qing Dynasty transport ships. ”

Soon after, Governor Van Piettu got the news that he was very angry, the Qing Dynasty army actually seized the Pontianak port yesterday, and the garrison of the Pontianak port was ceded to the Qing Dynasty because they received their own orders and did not fire a single shot, shit! Bandit! Van Pittu was eager to order the Dutch East Indies fleet to attack the Northeast Navy in the distance, but reason told him that if he did, the entire Dutch East Indies would tremble and groan under the iron hooves of the army named Lin Daxin.

Governor Van Piettu, who had hidden his anger deep in his heart, took a lifeboat and landed on land from the nearby beach of Pontianak Port. Then entered the city of Pontianak and did not choose to go ashore from the port of Pontianak.

The governor of the Dutch, Van Pittu, has now arrived. Negotiations could then begin, but Governor Van Pittu and Li Hongzhang had a disagreement over the location of the negotiations. Lao Li insisted on negotiating in the port of Pontianak, while Van Pittu insisted on negotiating in Pontianak City, and the two sides have been at loggerheads over this.

The reason why Fan Pittu and Lao Li did not give in to each other for a negotiation location is also to hope that they can take the lead in the negotiations, after all, negotiating on the territory of who controls zhì has some advantages for everyone, right?

The question of the place of the negotiations lasted until the afternoon, when the British arrived, and finally each side took a step back. The British chose to negotiate on the Migratory Bird, a fast-protection cruiser from Singapore, which also carried several Britons sent by the British to mediate the Lanfang issue, led by a Lord named Wiburzi.

Soon the Qing negotiators headed by Li Hongzhang, Wang Yan, and Ding Ruchang, and the Dutch delegates led by Van Pittu held negotiations in an officer's conference room on the Migratory Bird under the auspices of the British Lord Wilburzi.

Li Hongzhang said straight to the point at the beginning of the negotiation: "Lanfang is a subject country of our Qing Dynasty, and the old man can ignore what happened before, but you Dutch must immediately withdraw from Lanfang's land and apologize to us Daqing for what happened in 1884." Compensate Lan Fang for her losses, otherwise, hum-"

In the face of Li Hongzhang's aggressiveness, Van Pittu looked at Lord Wilburzi of England with helpless eyes. I hope that the British can say a word for the Netherlands, and now the truth is not on the side of the Dutch, and they can't be beaten. So Van Pittu pinned his hopes on the British and wanted to rely on the British. Keep Lan Fang, which the Dutch have already occupied.

Lord Wiburzi sneered secretly in his heart when he saw the begging gaze that Van Pittu had cast for help. If it weren't for you Dutch mongrels who supported the Boers in South Africa, my younger brother, who had a bright future and became a lieutenant colonel at the age of 32, would not have died in South Africa, and if it weren't for the interests of the British, I would have even wanted the Qing Dynasty to occupy the entire East Indies of your Netherlands.

Well, Britain actually sent a lord who had a grudge against the Dutch to mediate between the two sides, and the British had decided to stand on Lin Daxin's side on the issue of Lanfang, so Lord Weiburzi cleared his throat and said: "I think what Governor Li of the Qing Dynasty said is very reasonable, Lanfang is a subject country of the Qing Dynasty, and it is illegal for the Netherlands to annex Lanfang without declaring war. ”

Stupid, the Dutch Governor of the East Indies, Van Pittu, was completely stupid, didn't the British come to help him in the Netherlands? What's going on now? How did I hear the words of the British, they were completely on the side of the Qing Dynasty, who invited the British?

Van Pittu was surprised and said to Lord Wiburzi: "Mr. Lord, you British mean to ask us in the Netherlands to give up Lan Fang?" ”

Lord Wilburzi shrugged his shoulders and said: "It's a pity, although we Britain and the Netherlands belong to both European countries and friendly neighbors, but we Britain have always stood on the side of justice, Lan Fang's affairs, justice is on the side of Governor Li Hongzhang and Governor Lin Daxin, so we Britain and the Netherlands will return Lan Fang to Governor Lin Daxin, of course, this is not a requirement, and specific matters need to be discussed between you and each other." ”

your justice! If there is any justice for the British, the sows can go up the tree! Van Pittu was about to explode, but in the face of the Qing Dynasty and the British, what could the little Holland do! Van Pittto suddenly thought that the support for the South African Boers in the Netherlands over the past few years was now tasting the consequences of provoking the British.

Li Hongzhang next to him said with a smile: "This Dutch Governor-General, you have also seen that even the British think that Lanfang should belong to us, which is called the Daoist to help the unenlightened and the unenlightened, you Netherlands should withdraw from the land of Lanfang as much as possible!" ”

In fact, the most important thing is that the Dutch were afraid that the Northeast Navy and the Dingbei Army would attack the Dutch East Indies.

The Dutch Pontianak Agreement was to occupy the land of the Republic of Lanfang, which meant an area of about 100,000 square kilometers in the western part of Kalimantan, and returned it to the Qing Governor Lin Daxin. And the original government of the Lanfang Republic should disappear, and the Lanfang Republic was directly incorporated into the Qing Dynasty. became Lan Fang Province, of course, the governor of Lan Fang Province is Lin Daxin.

The agreement stipulated that the Dutch army in Lanfang had to do so by 15 March 1902. Otherwise the Qing Dynasty army had the right to attack the Dutch troops stranded on Lanfang's land, and the Dutch symbolically compensated a small amount of money, about 30,000 pounds sterling, as the loss of the Chinese in Lanfang due to the Dutch occupation.

Li Hongzhang's main purpose was to get Lan Fang in his hands, so he made concessions on the amount of compensation, so that the Qinghe Pontianak Agreement was signed very quickly. Negotiations began on the afternoon of the 25th, and the treaty was signed on the morning of the 27th, knowing that there was no support from the British. was unable to resist Lin Daxin at all, so he didn't have hope, so he happily signed the agreement.

In this way, on the way to Britain, Comrade Lao Li helped Lin Daxin's territory to add another province without spending a single shot, and it was equivalent to laying a nail in the Dutch East Indies.

Lin Daxin was very happy to receive the Qinghe Pontianak agreement, and almost effortlessly obtained 100,000 square kilometers of land for nothing, making the territory under his command into 13 provinces. Can you not be happy?

Lin Daxin immediately ordered a large number of administrative personnel to be transferred from Luzon Province to Lanfang Province to take over the administrative system of various places, and ordered the 10th Field Army of the Dingbei Army in the southern part of Mukden Province to be personally led by the army commander Xie Jun. Under the escort of the Navy, he immediately rushed to Lan Phong Province to receive the entire Lan Phong Province together with the 1 division of Marines in Lan Phong Province.

At the same time, Lin Daxin also secretly ordered Xie Jun. After entering Lan Fong Province, the local indigenous people of Lan Fong Province were liquidated. The aborigines who brutalized the Chinese in 1884 should be brought to justice, and the blood of the Chinese could not be shed in vain.

In addition, Lin Daxin decided to implement the same policy as Luzon Province for the indigenous people of all ethnic groups in Lan Fang Province. Under various pretexts, the young and middle-aged indigenous people will be put into labor camps and transported to the northern provinces to build railways.

In order to build the railway in recent years, Lin Daxin brought a large number of natives from Luzon Province to join the railway construction project, but for these natives, the army responsible for taking care of them gave the natives very poor food, coupled with high-intensity labor, so that the mortality rate of the natives has been high.

Some people also reported this matter to Lin Daxin, but Lin Daxin said in a heartfelt manner that we are not short of personnel to build railways, and the population of the northern provinces has reached 120 million, that is, there are currently hundreds of thousands of Chinese railway troops building railways in various places, and the reason why these natives are used in this way is to reduce a part of the indigenous population and make the Chinese in the entire Luzon Province an unquestionable subject.

Lin Daxin will also implement the family planning policy for the natives in Lanfang Province, as well as the preferential policies for indigenous women to marry Chinese, anyway, the natives in Nanyang all over the years, following behind their white masters, have come to repay all kinds of evil deeds against the Chinese, and they will have to add heavy interest.

After the Dutch army, in accordance with the Pontianak agreement between the Qing and the Netherlands, completely withdrew from Lanfang, 1 division of the 10th Field Army and 1 division of the Marine Corps began the liquidation of the natives of Lanfang Province, and a large number of natives were shot in a planned group, these natives were all involved in the massacre of the Chinese in Lanfang 8 years ago, and a large number of indigenous young adults were put into labor camps and transported to the northern provinces to build railways. But looking at Lin Daxin's eyesight of the Dutch East Indies, where can the fleeing natives flee to?

Immigrants from Guannai, especially those from the southern provinces, have another place to go to, Lin Daxin's Lanfang Province. The policy of immigrating to Lanfang Province is still generous, regardless of age, 20 acres of land are given, the first year's rations will be given, seeds and farm tools will be issued, and all taxes will be exempted for the first three years, and only one-fifth of the harvest will be paid as agricultural tax after three years, and other harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes will be exempted, which is the same as the immigration policy of Luzon Province.

Lan Phuong Province currently has 100,000 square kilometers of land, but less than 800,000 are Chinese or people of Chinese ancestry, and the other 2 million are indigenous, and the Dingbei Army will get a large amount of land from these natives to distribute to Chinese immigrants.

In Lanfang Province, a militia organization will also be established in accordance with the old model of Lin Daxin's territory, and Lin Daxin is also preparing to build a new garrison army in Lanfang Province, you must know that the 12 garrisons established by Lin Daxin have placed 1 in each province on his territory, and now 1 province has been added, and the garrison army will naturally establish a new one.

Lin Daxin is also preparing to establish a naval base in Pontianak, preparing to build the Pontianak garrison fleet, and the naval garrison brigade of the Pontianak naval base, and the jurisdiction of the Northeast Navy's Fourth Fleet has also been expanded from Luzon Province to Luzon and Lanfang Province.

Considering the location of Lan Phong Province and its proximity to Singapore, where the British Navy's Far East Fleet was stationed, Lin Daxin decided to build the Pontianak garrison fleet into a sub-fleet second only to the main fleet.

The fleets of the Northeast Navy adjusted a while ago, and the Third Fleet accepted eight city-class all-steel battleships, while the Fourth Fleet replaced all the battleships with the battleships of the original Third Fleet, and the battleships of the original Fourth Fleet were divided between the Fifth Fleet and the Sixth Fleet.

The battleship formation of the Fifth Fleet has increased by 3 German-class all-steel battleships with a full load displacement of 11,780 tons, such as Yade, Yude, and Yide, and the original all-steel battleships have become 7 all-steel battleships.

The battleship formation of the Sixth Fleet has increased by five ironclad battleships with a displacement of more than 15,000 tons, such as the Flying Bear, the Flying Tiger, the Celestial Bear, the Celestial Tiger and the Celestial Aquila, plus the original ironclad battleships Flying Eagle and Flying Fox.

In addition, the armored cruiser formations of the Fifth and Sixth Fleets have been replaced with 4 large fast armored cruisers of the Temperance class, so that many large fast armored cruisers are free, which can increase the strength of each garrison fleet.

In order to strengthen the strength of the Pontianak garrison fleet, Lin Daxin suddenly vacated the large fast armored cruisers of the Fifth Fleet and the Sixth Fleet, including the large fast armored cruiser Xinghai with a displacement of 7,000 tons, six general-class large fast armored cruisers with a displacement of 7,069 tons, such as the Great General, the Second General, the Third General, the Fourth General, the Fifth General, and the Sixth General, and two large fast armored cruisers with a displacement of 10,500 tons, Xingzhong and Xingning. Two large fast armored cruisers with a displacement of 7,900 tons, the Xinghe and Xingsheng, were transferred to the newly formed Pontianak garrison fleet.

In addition, 12 fast protection cruisers, 12 destroyers, and 24 torpedo boats were also transferred to the Pontianak garrison fleet. (To be continued......)

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