London, United Kingdom.

Dissatisfied with the government's soft attitude towards the German Confederation, some people decided to take to the streets.

However, this time, the London police did not sit idly by as they did with the Chartists, and directly sent mounted police to disperse the procession, causing dozens of casualties.

But that's not all, and then a large number of special police officers trained by Robert Peel are dispatched to pick up a big stick and beat people on sight.

After the crowd was dispersed, the arrest of the die-hards began, and then after interrogation, the British government quickly determined that it was deliberately instigated by a foreign power.

After that, the verdict, the verdict! Kill, kill!

Robert Peale is not a mere talent, he knows exactly where his bottom line is, and he will never let anyone interfere with his plans for Britain's future.

However, he still made some concessions, such as the Navy people to check on the Navy.

This discerning person can see that it is completely naked cover-up. In this way, there will naturally be no one in the Royal Navy who is dissatisfied, and some even feel that this is a one-sided mockery of the German Confederation.

In fact, Robert Peel knew the bottom line of the other side, but he just wanted an attitude from the British side, and he didn't think the other side really dared to go to war.

But at this time, the international situation could not be left careless by Robert Peele, because there were many countries that wanted to deal with Britain, and it was not what he wanted to see if they were given a chance.

In particular, that kind of pretended mediation, which is actually secretly arching the fire, is even more unacceptable to Robert Peele.

But what he didn't expect was that the Austrian side really sent a fleet over.

Franz knew very well that mutual understanding would not work to solve the problem of Nanming, and that negotiations with the robbers would have to follow their logic.

In fact, to this day, William Hawke has not reported any information about the attack on the Dutch merchant ships, because he felt that he could hold it down.

William Hawke made concessions to the blockade of the Nanming regime on the island of Kalimantan, allowing some Dutch merchants to pass for part of the time.

But as soon as the ban was opened, the so-called blockade was rendered useless, so much so that the British naval officers and sailors in charge of the blockade became scattered.

This gave Nanming an opportunity, after all, Zhu Qiongying never gave up on winning this war. Although Franz's promise was there, she always felt that it was not real.

Moreover, many of the high-ranking people in Nanming are immigrants, and they have a special hatred for the British. Because the British were the main culprits who caused them to leave their homeland, and now they fled to Nanyang and were besieged by the British.

How could these people swallow this breath. Once they saw the British sinking the warship with the dragon flag of the Qing Dynasty, they were all overjoyed, and even the British commander at that time, Bazari, showed a puzzled look on his face.

Later, the Qing court increased taxes in order to maintain its rule, and ordinary people were miserable, and then foreigners also came to the shore to do their power, and those who could not survive had to leave their homes.

They think they are part-time workers, but they are called piglets. Nanyang is also a hellish world, with foreigners, natives, and gangs that oppress their compatriots.

Later, Nanming established them to have a home and live like a person. Nanming paid very low taxes to the poor and peasants, and high taxes to landlords and merchants.

Therefore, it quickly gained the support of the people at the bottom, and the local forces that followed the Qing system and the rule of the gangs were soon completely dismantled.

The Nanming system was to nurture small farmers, and then the state controlled commerce and minerals. This was typical of the thinking of an agricultural resource country, but it was very attractive to most ordinary people who could not survive at the time.

The people do not suffer from few, but from inequality. At the beginning of the establishment of the Nanming Dynasty, even Zhu Qiongying lived in the Guandi Temple, not to mention other high-level Nanming officials, it would be good to have a straw mat and a dilapidated house, so the internal contradictions were not big.

After a little stability, she began to deal with internal corruption, and the queen who grew up listening to the drama was not ordinarily murderous, but the more she killed, the more people felt that this was the orthodoxy of the Ming Dynasty.

At the same time, successive victories also increased the power of the queen, and the army of the Southern Ming went through dozens of battles on the island of Kalimantan, and was invincible, and even the Dutch and the British sent envoys.

In fact, the Dutch originally wanted to take him as a dog, but the successive defeats of several Kapitan and a force of 600 men, coupled with Austria's strength on the European continent, made the Dutch East India Company a mouse.

At the same time, out of concern for the British, they felt that joining forces was obviously a more reasonable choice.

It was difficult for the Dutch to trust the British due to four Anglo-Dutch wars, and the latter's capture of a freshwater port in the northeast of Kalimantan naturally aroused the former's alarm.

All in all, Nanming's army was still very effective at this time.

Zhu Qiongying also followed the example of the former Ming Dynasty and established three battalions, the Shenji battalion was responsible for artillery, and the 3,000 battalion was the main force of the Southern Ming Dynasty at this time, using a new breech rifle.

Shotguns don't fail as easily as arquebuses and flintlock pistols in the hot and humid jungles of Kalimantan. At the same time, the 3,000 battalion is also the most elite veteran under Zhu Qiongying, in addition to the firing gun, there is also leather armor to protect the body, and even the bayonet is different from other troops.

The bayonets of the 3,000 battalions were all specially made triangular military spurs, which of course was the handiwork of Franz.

This kind of bayonet with a prismatic body and blood grooves on three sides looks fierce.

In addition to bloodletting, the actual function of the blood tank is mainly for continuous movements.

If there is no blood trough, the thorn will be wrapped in the body because of the blood pressure and muscle contractions, which will make it difficult to pull out the thorn, affecting the further movement of the soldier.

In the Russian-Turkish battlefield that year, there were frequent embarrassing scenes where bayonets could not be pulled out, and finally the soldiers had to give up their bayonets and rifles and scuffle with their bare hands.

Triangular thorns with blood troughs do not suffer from this problem, as the wounds caused are open and usually square.

In this way, the soldiers could make a series of assassinations, and at the same time, they had to do it as a last resort, because there was almost no industrial base on the island of Kalimantan, and Batavia, including the Dutch.

They didn't even have the ability to produce a qualified bayonet, but the production of the triangular military spur was simple and the craftsmanship required was low, making it more suitable for handicraft workshops.

The last five military camps are the elite of a motley army, they belong to the elite soldiers drawn from all over the country, they do not even have uniform clothing, and the weapons are also varied, from artillery to arquebuses to broadswords and spears.

Although it is not distinctive, it is better than the number of people.

At this time, the three main forces of Nanming have been waiting for an opportunity, and the meticulous workers have been closely monitoring the movements of British warships and the time of entering the port.

In fact, there are not many British people in the port of Mara, but more local natives. Although these natives accepted the employment of the British, they did not have any loyalty to speak of.

Therefore, almost all the intelligence of the British was sold to the spies of the Southern Ming, a total of four cruisers, 800 sailors, and 600 native soldiers, which is the entire strength of the British.

(End of chapter)