Episode 40 Even if you are far away, you will be killed
At the same time as the negotiations, at nine o'clock in the morning, an aircraft carrier formation of the Ming Dynasty's East China Sea Fleet moved south. The center of the fleet was the aircraft carrier Tianshu, escorted by the battlecruiser Zhurong, the heavy cruiser Shizhong, and the Xuda
The light cruiser, as well as four troop carriers, three transport ships, and two supply ships. They were escorted by six destroyers: Jiaomujiao, Doumuxi, Jingmuyan, Kuimulang, Kangjinlong, and Weihuo
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. The six destroyers are named after the twenty-eight constellations.
Four troop transport ships transported a total of 18,000 soldiers and one light infantry division. This division is the Southern Division. It has been stationed in the mountains of Fujian for a long time. It is familiar with the subtropical mountain forest combat environment and is also adapted to the hot and humid climate. The number of people in this division
, about twice the size of the Dutch garrison in the East Indies.
The three supply ships carry various supporting equipment, including engineering pontoon equipment, small and medium-caliber artillery and ammunition, etc. Large-caliber fire support is provided by naval guns. Air support is provided by aircraft carrier-based aircraft.
The fleet set off from the Zhoushan Islands Base and headed south at a speed of 22 knots. It will arrive at the sea of Batavia Island in four days. The preparation, organization, shipment, formation, and final departure of this fleet were all carried out with great fanfare.
.This clearly shows that Ming Dynasty is definitely not joking this time. It has organized such a fleet and spent so much military expenditure, and will never return empty-handed. If it cannot get compensation at the negotiation table, it will have to do so on its own
Take it.
As a landing attack, the configuration of the fleet is a bit thin. This is to prevent Japan, leaving the main force of the Ming Navy: five battleships, three aircraft carriers, and one battlecruiser in the Zhoushan Islands. However, considering that the opponent is only
The several thousand Dutch garrison in the East Indies are enough.
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The atmosphere in Batavia is very mysterious and depressing, like a dead city.
The rotten corpses all over the street are being collected, and flies and maggots can be seen everywhere. In many places, such as corners and roadside, there are pools of black blood stains that have not been cleaned. You can often see dark blood stains dragging far away on the ground, in the blood stains
It was also mixed with fragments of skin and flesh tissue, which were all dried and it was difficult to tell which part they belonged to.
The sun at noon shone directly on the street. Maggots crawled on the Chinese corpses, flies flew everywhere, and the rotten stench filled the air, making people breathless.
Some of the surviving Chinese heard the news of the Ming Dynasty's fleet going south from the radio, and also heard the conditions proposed by the Ming Dynasty. Those Chinese whose homes were robbed, smashed, or even burned down, as well as poor locals, although they did not have radios,
But somehow, everyone heard the news through word of mouth.
For a time, the atmosphere in the city of Batavia was extremely tense, and the air seemed to freeze. The Chinese were very excited and full of expectations. They all hoped that the Ming Dynasty would win East India and that they would no longer have to be third-class citizens in the future. But
They are also afraid that if a war breaks out, the future of themselves and their families will be uncertain. Once the Ming army's attack is thwarted, or the Dutch defenders and the local Turkish troops hold on desperately and drag out a protracted war, the Chinese will inevitably become the vent of the authorities and the indigenous people.
Target, a bigger bloodbath may be inevitable.
Therefore, they are excited and nervous in their hearts, but on the surface they are very quiet and low-key. They easily stay behind closed doors. Even if they go out, they only buy some necessities and then return home in a hurry.
But there is another kind of Chinese. Their families have been killed, and their homes and properties have been burned to the ground. These people have nothing but their own lives. Their hearts are burning with hatred, their eyes are red, and they are 30 to 50%
Groups of people wandered the streets, waiting for opportunities to provoke and take revenge on the locals. However, the locals had just been suppressed by the Dutch authorities and did not dare to take to the streets. Although their hatred of the Chinese was even worse than before, they were forced by the high pressure of the authorities to
I dare not do anything to see these Chinese people walking sideways on the street.
There are hundreds of these desperate Chinese on Batavia Street. Most of them are young people. They carry wine bottles, wooden sticks, and bricks. They come in groups. When they see locals who come out by chance, they go over and push them.
, pointed at the nose and scolded him, making him kneel on the ground and kowtow. If the locals were slightly dissatisfied, they would be beaten by a group. The Batavia police had to keep an eye on the locals as well as the Chinese. From noon to afternoon, there were already
A dozen locals were beaten, and several of them were beaten to death. Later, the police followed the Chinese crowd in twos and threes. Once they noticed something was wrong, they immediately stepped forward to stop them.
As a result, a situation that was uncomfortable for both the colonial authorities and the locals emerged: on the streets of Batavia, the locals became the weak and suppressed party, while a group of Chinese became desperadoes and took the initiative to cause trouble.
This was unimaginable before.
On the day the Ming Dynasty fleet set off south, the hatred between the locals and Chinese in Batavia quickly built up again.
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The hotel where the Xiang Xiaoqiang delegation stayed was owned by Chinese. There are many Chinese-owned hotels and restaurants in Batavia. This one was not big or high-end. However, during the riots, most of the Chinese hotels were looted.
, burned to the ground. In other words, the condition of this house is still good, and it can be considered relatively intact.
The owner of the hotel was very attentive to Xiang Xiaoqiang and his delegation. He personally served Xiang Xiaoqiang, fetched water and delivered meals. The owner's wife and brother were both killed in the riot. He had been hiding on the top floor,
He was locked on the rooftop for two days, and only occasionally went down to get food, so he escaped death. Although the boss suffered the loss of his wife and brother, he was full of gratitude to Xiang Xiaoqiang. After the riot, his local employees still wanted to come back to work.
, he didn't want any of them, he drove them all away, and took a few close Chinese employees with him. They stopped doing other people's business and only served Xiang Xiaoqiang and others.
In the evening, Xiang Xiaoqiang stood by the window, shirtless, breathing in the stench of corpses, and looking at the sunset on the horizon.
The window glass was all smashed, and the mosquitoes in the tropical evening rushed in without any scruples, accompanied by the smell of corpses. Xiang Xiaoqiang slapped a mosquito as big as a small dragonfly to death, and trampled a scarab beetle to death, watching helplessly.
There was a big gecko in the corner of the roof. He simply opened the window to have a good time.
The wind from the electric fan behind him blew on his sweaty back. Although it was still hot air, it was much more comfortable after all. Although electric fans were not as rare as air conditioners at this time, they were still rare after all. It was better in Ming Dynasty, in Badawi
In a place like Asia, only wealthy Chinese can see one or two in their homes. The boss’s upper room originally had several units, but they were all snatched away by locals. That’s when he went to the Dutch police and told the Ming Dynasty delegation that they were staying there.
At his place, the police got a few fans for the deputies to use.
Xiang Xiaoqiang stared at a chameleon on the palm tree outside the window, while Qiu Qiu behind him looked greedily at his bronzed back. Qiu Qiang gently leaned over and stood next to him, pretending to blow the wind together. But
She knew that Xiang Xiaoqiang was in a bad mood, but she just stood there honestly and did not dare to take the initiative to tease him.
Xiang Xiaoqiang glanced at Qiu Qiu and saw that she was only wearing a thin shirt, slightly puffing out her chest, intentionally or unintentionally showing off her arrogant figure, and he understood.
After he got married, he had been accompanying Xiuxiu, and Qiu Qiu had been waiting for the vacant room for a week. On the first day of boarding the Yongan Princess, before he had time to "compensate" her, he heard about the tragedy in Batavia, and he was not in the mood.
. After more than a day, I was busy sending and receiving telegrams, communicating with the country, loading expatriates at Batavia Port, negotiating with the authorities, and quelling the riots... Poor Qiu Qiu, he has been very involved in helping himself, sending and sending telegrams along the way.
, rescuing expatriates, counting corpses... But after all, she is his wife and has been waiting for him.
Xiang Xiaoqiang suddenly felt that he owed Qiu Qiu a lot. He gently hugged Qiu Qiu, and Qiu Qiu didn't mind the heat and fell softly into his arms.
Xiang Xiaoqiang kissed her lips gently and smiled quietly:
"We'll have dinner later. After dinner, you go and give me a good bath... I'll check on you tonight."
Qiu Qiu's cheeks turned red, she lowered her head shyly, her eyes sparkling, and she nodded gently with a charming smile on her lips.
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After dinner, he asked Xiaoqiang to go for a walk, and Qiu Qiu happily agreed. The two of them walked arm in arm through the streets of Batavia after the catastrophe, protected by two guards and four Dutch policemen.
The colonial authorities in Batavia have basically used their power to suppress the situation, and the work of collecting corpses has been slow. There are still hundreds of corpses on the street that have not been collected, and you can see one after walking for a while.
There were a lot of rats, and they all ate human flesh until they became fat and ran around everywhere. The wild cats and wild dogs in Batavia also turned a blind eye to the rats. They were all full of human flesh, and their bellies were round and their eyes were like wolves.
Similarly, when they see people, they follow them from a distance, as if they are just piles of walking food.
Occasionally, when locals came out and saw them, their eyes were like those of wild dogs, sinister and full of gloomy hatred, as if the police around them would pounce on Xiang Xiaoqiang and Qiu Qiu and cut them into pieces if they turned around.
Not only Xiang Xiaoqiang, but also Qiu Qiu didn't feel much when they saw the corpses on the roadside. Even those corpses that were rotten and swollen with white maggots burrowing in and out. They were more or less numb. If they had seen it two days ago
With such a corpse, the two of them had no choice but to lie on the roadside and vomit.
However, although there was no reaction in their stomachs, the hatred in their hearts was growing.
Xiang Xiaoqiang held Qiu Qiu's hand and said firmly:
"Those who offend my strong men will be punished no matter how far away they are. I have always liked this sentence. Qiu Qiu, work hard with me. We must realize this sentence this time."