Episode 40 Although it is far away, it will be punished

At the same time as the negotiations, at nine o'clock in the morning, the center of the fleet was the aircraft carrier Tianshu, and the battlecruiser Zhurong, the heavy cruiser Shizhong, and the light cruiser Xuda were escorted by it, as well as four troop carriers, three transport ships, and two supply ships. Escorting them were six destroyers: Jiaomu Jiao, Doumu Hedgehog, Jing Mu Qian, Kui Wood Wolf, Kang Jinlong, and Tailed Fire Tiger.

The four existing aircraft carriers of the Ming Dynasty are named after the first four of the Big Dipper, namely Tianshu, Tianxuan, Tianji, and Tianquan. These six destroyers are named after the 28 Nakshatras.

Four troop carriers, a total of 18,000 soldiers, a light infantry division. This division is a southern division that has been stationed in the mountainous areas of Fujian for a long time, is familiar with the combat environment of subtropical mountains and forests, and is also adapted to the hot and humid climate. This division was about twice as large as the Dutch garrison in the East Indies.

The three supply ships carried all kinds of equipment they matched, including engineering boat bridge equipment, small and medium-caliber guns and ammunition, and so on. Large-caliber fire support, provided by naval guns. Air support is provided by carrier-based aircraft.

The fleet departed from the base of the Zhoushan Islands, and the whole team headed south at a speed of 22 knots, and in four days it would reach the sea of Batavia. The preparation, organization, shipment, arrangement, and final sailing of this fleet were carried out with great fanfare. This clearly shows that Da Ming is by no means joking this time, he has organized such a fleet and spent so much military spending, and he will never return empty-handed. If you can't get compensation at the negotiating table, you have to take it yourself.

As a landing attack, the configuration of the fleet was a bit thin. This was to guard against Japan, leaving the main forces of the Ming Navy: five battleships, three aircraft carriers, and one battle cruiser in the Zhoushan Islands. However, considering that the opponent was only a few thousand Dutch defenders in the East Indies, these were sufficient.

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The atmosphere in Batavia is very secretive and oppressive, like a dead city.

The streets are full of ** corpses are being collected, and flies and maggots can be seen everywhere. In many places, such as the corners of walls and roadsides, pools of blackened blood have not yet been cleaned. It is often seen that the black blood stains are dragged out of the ground, and the blood stains are mixed with fragments of flesh and skin, all of which are dry, and it is difficult to tell which part it is.

The noon sun was shining directly on the streets, and the maggots and flies were flying on the corpses of the Chinese, and the rancid smell was pervasive, making people gasp.

Some of the surviving Chinese heard the news of the southward movement of the Ming fleet from the radio, and also heard the conditions put forward by the Ming Dynasty. The Chinese whose homes were looted, smashed, or even burned down, as well as the poor locals, although they did not have radios, heard the news from some source, word of mouth.

For a while, the atmosphere in Batavia City was tense to the extreme, and the air seemed to freeze. The Chinese people are very excited and full of expectations from the bottom of their hearts, and they all hope that the Ming Dynasty will win the East Indies, and they will no longer have to be third-class citizens in the future. But they are afraid that if there is a war, the future of themselves and their families is unpredictable. Once the Ming army's attack is frustrated, or the Dutch defenders and the local Turkish army desperately hold on and drag on into a protracted war, the Chinese will inevitably become the target of the authorities and the natives, and a greater bloodbath may be inevitable.

Therefore, they are excited in their hearts, but on the surface they are quiet, very low-key, and easily close their doors, even if they go out, they just buy some necessities, and then hurry back home.

But there is also a kind of Chinese, whose families have been killed, their homes and properties have been burned, these people have nothing left, and they are left with their own lives. With hatred burning in their hearts and red eyes, they wandered the streets in groups, waiting for an opportunity to find provocations and revenge on the locals. However, the locals have just been suppressed by the Dutch authorities, and they are not afraid to go out on the streets, although their hatred of the Chinese is even greater than before, but they are forced by the high pressure of the authorities, they only dare to watch these Chinese walking sideways on the streets, and do not dare to do anything.

There are hundreds of Chinese people on the streets of Batavia, most of them young people, carrying wine bottles, wooden sticks, and bricks, and when they see the locals who come out by chance, they go over to push, point their noses and scold, and make him kneel on the ground and kowtow. If the locals don't accept it, they will be beaten up in groups. The Batavian police have to keep an eye on both the locals and the Chinese. From noon to afternoon, more than a dozen locals have already been beaten, several of them have already been killed. Later, the police followed behind these Chinese crowds, and once they found that something was wrong, they immediately stepped forward to stop them.

As a result, a situation that made the colonial authorities and the locals very uncomfortable appeared: on the streets of Batavia, the locals became the weak and oppressed party, and a group of Chinese became outlaws and took the initiative to find trouble. This was unimaginable before.

On the day the Ming fleet set off for the south, the hatred between the natives and the Chinese in Batavia quickly accumulated again.

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The hotel where the delegation Xiang Xiaoqiang stayed was run by Chinese, and there were many hotels and hotels opened by Chinese in Batavia, which was not big or high-end. But during the riots, most of the Chinese restaurants were looted and burned. That is, the condition of this house is acceptable, and it is relatively intact.

The owner of the hotel was very attentive to Xiang Xiaoqiang and his delegation, and he personally served Xiang Xiaoqiang, fetching water and delivering food. The boss's wife and brother were killed in the riots. He had been hiding on the top floor, locking himself on the rooftop for two days, occasionally going down to get food, and only then did he survive. Although the boss suffered the loss of his wife and brother, he was full of gratitude to Xiang Xiaoqiang. After the riots, his local employees still wanted to come back to work, but he didn't ask for any of them, and drove them all away, so he took a few Chinese employees with close friends, and stopped doing business with others, and specially served Xiang Xiaoqiang and these people.

In the evening, Xiang Xiaoqiang stood by the window, shirtless, breathing in the smell of corpses, looking at the sunset on the horizon.

The windows were all smashed, and the mosquitoes of the tropical evening rushed in with the smell of corpses. Xiang Xiaoqiang slapped a mosquito the size of a small dragonfly, trampled a scarab to death, and looked helplessly at a big gecko in the corner of the roof. He simply pushed open the window, trying to be refreshed.

The wind of the electric fan behind him blew on his sweaty back. Although it is also hot air, it is much more comfortable after all. At this time, although electric fans are not as rare as air conditioners, they are also rare after all. The Ming Dynasty is better, and in a place like Batavia, only wealthy Chinese can only see one or two in their homes. The boss originally had a few upper rooms here, but they were all snatched away by the locals. It was only when he found the Dutch police that the Ming delegation lived with him, and the police got a few electric fans for the deputies.

Xiang Xiaoqiang stared at a chameleon in a palm tree outside the window, while Qiu Yu behind him looked greedily at his bronzed back. Qiu Yun leaned over lightly and stood next to him, pretending to blow the wind together. But she knew that Xiang Xiaoqiang was in a bad mood, so she just stood there honestly and didn't dare to take the initiative to tease him.

Xiang Xiaoqiang glanced at Qiu Qiu, and saw that she was only wearing a thin shirt, gently holding her chest, and showing off her proud figure intentionally or unintentionally, so he understood.

Since he got married, he has been accompanying Xiuxiu, and Qiu Yu has been vacant for a week. On the first day of riding the Yongan Princess, before she had time to "compensate" her, she was in no mood when she heard about the tragedy in Batavia. For more than a day, he was busy receiving and sending telegrams, communicating with the country, shipping expatriates at the port of Batavia, negotiating with the authorities, and quelling the riots...... Poor Qiuyu has been very involved in helping himself along the way, receiving telegrams, rescuing expatriates, and counting corpses...... But after all, she is her wife, and she has been waiting for her.

Xiang Xiaoqiang suddenly felt that he owed Qiu Yun a lot, he gently hugged Qiu Yun, Qiu Yun was not too hot, and fell softly in his arms.

Xiang Xiaoqiang kissed her lips lightly and smiled quietly:

"We'll have dinner later, and when you're done, go and give me a good bath...... I'll check you in the evening. ”

Qiu Yu's cheeks were flushed, and she lowered her head shyly, her eyes flashed, and the corners of her mouth smiled charmingly, and she nodded gently.

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After dinner, Xiang Xiaoqiang proposed to go out for a walk, and Qiu Yu readily agreed. The two walked arm-in-arm, protected by two guards and four Dutch policemen, through the streets of post-Holocaust Batavia.

The colonial authorities in Batavia were largely used to suppress the situation, and the work of recovering corpses was slow. There are still hundreds of corpses on the street, and one can be seen after a short walk. There are a lot of big rats on the streets, and they all eat human flesh and eat fat, and they are running around. The wild cats and wild dogs of Batavia also turned a blind eye to mice, and they were all full of human flesh, with round bellies, and eyes like wolves, and they followed people from afar when they saw them, as if they were piles of walking food.

Occasionally, the locals came out and saw them, and their eyes were like those wild dogs, gloomy and full of gloomy hatred, as if the police around them would pounce on Xiang Xiaoqiang and Qiu Yu as soon as they turned their faces.

Not only Xiang Xiaoqiang, but also Qiu Yu now saw the corpse on the side of the road, and he didn't feel much anymore. Even those swelled, white maggots burrowed in and out of the corpses. They were somewhat numb. If they had seen this kind of corpse two days ago, the two of them would have to lie on the side of the road and vomit.

But while there was no longer a reaction in their stomachs, the hatred in their hearts grew.

Xiang Xiaoqiang held Qiu Qiu's hand and said firmly:

"Those who offend me as a strong man will be punished even if they are far away. -- I've always liked this phrase. Qiuyun, work hard with me, we must realize this sentence this time. ”

Qiu Yu looked at him and nodded excitedly.