1890 King of Southeast Asia

In 1840, the war in the north had shown that the era of winning by sheer numbers without the blessing of faith was over.

In Tuban City, the sound of gunfire continued until late at night, and the city was gradually cleared in combat groups.

If Wang Yang had not been afraid that the troops would be affected too much, he would not have even ordered the troops to gather.

Although it was a battle order, the soldiers always had trouble taking action. The main targets of the attack were still young male natives. The rest who were willing to surrender were not killed.

With the help of the Chinese and the captives, nearly 4,000 bodies were carried out of the city one after another. There was no time to bury them, so they dug a pit and burned them.

The Chinese's 200 years of elegance and humility did not educate and influence these natives. On the contrary, because of the extreme development of cynicism and the appearance of the Dutch, the Chinese could not use force, and the most important part of education was missing.

In the past 200 years, the natives' impression of the Chinese was that they were weak, easy to bully, and rich!

As a result, the natives had no respect for the Chinese, not even the Chinese soldiers. In their eyes, the Chinese should continue to repay evil with kindness. We robbed your money, insulted your wife and daughter, and killed your parents and son, but you should not complain or resent.

This impression has continued to this day.

It is this kind of thinking that makes them think that it is okay if they can't escape. At most, they will be detained for a few days, just like when the Dutch said that they were not allowed to touch the Chinese, at most they would be detained for a few days.

Unfortunately, the Chinese in Surabaya have changed. Liu Yiming never thought of educating them. Not massacring is just to facilitate future rule, but providing weapons to various tribes, helping them to modernize their armed forces, and then taking over the empty land is not a massacre.

Driving away wolves and swallowing tigers is something our ancestors would play.

After this time, there are still more than 3,000 natives left in Tuban City, including more than 1,000 children under the age of ten, more than 1,000 women, a few elderly people, and hundreds of lucky adult (estimated to be over 12) men.

The elderly, the weak, women and children were luckier. They would stay in the concentration camp until the end of the war, and then be sentenced to war crimes. Their fate was unknown. However, in order to change the disadvantaged status of the Chinese, it was also to prepare for future immigration.

Hundreds of adult men eventually ended up in mines, roads, bridges, reservoirs, and low-grade consumables for various projects. The length of their sentences would depend on the law in the future. Anyway, it would be more than 20 years, and there was no need to think about commutation.

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Cleaning up the battlefield is not something that can be solved in a short time. Military orders will not give you time to clean up.

On the morning of the 26th, more than 3,000 people gathered in Tuban City. Wang Yang received the latest order, and the fishing plan could begin...

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On the other hand, when the South China Army was cleaning up the battlefield in Tuban, that is, on the morning of the 26th, Governor Pinak, who had received another sum of money, finally planned to set sail.

The fleet lit a fire and slowly left the port. When the first ship left the port, the radio waves were transmitted along the cable to the destination of the fleet, Surabaya.

The telegram was very brief, with only one sentence, "The bride has set off, come quickly."

After receiving the telegram, Liu Yiming suddenly relaxed.

Liu Yiming wanted to say something, but it seemed unnecessary. Finally coming or still coming, it can't change the fact that it's coming.

"In the first half, whether it's a win or a loss, or whether it's life or death, depends on today and tomorrow."

"Tell everyone that the Dutch are coming, life or death, be prepared. Everyone proceed according to the predetermined plan!"

Liu Yiming only said two sentences, and his original confidence was not so full now. After all, there are ten warships. Even if they are all old warships, there are dozens of 200mm cannons! Fortunately, the Dutch did not have a cannon of more than 240mm, and because of the long age, the shallow water heavy gunboats used front-loading guns.

Sishui was busy, the soldiers had already written their suicide notes, and kept checking whether the fortifications were complete and whether the ammunition in stock was intact.

Eat something nervously, take a puff of cigarette, and look out to the sea outside the port from time to time, looking for possible Dutchmen.

Unfortunately, the speed of the Dutch warships was too slow, and the overall fleet speed was only eight knots. It was not until near noon that they completely left Semarang. It was a good idea to arrive in Surabaya on the 26th, but it was impossible unless the frigate and the cruise ship set out separately.

In addition, after a trip to Semarang, the number of cruise ships in the fleet increased to three. Ten warships escorted three cruise ships, slowly sailing on the sea. At a speed of eight nautical miles per hour, they could reach Surabaya at night.

But the governor didn't think so. What's the point of going to Surabaya at night? No one saw it, no one cheered, and the fun of coming to Surabaya was reduced by half.

So the fleet found a place to anchor and spend the night.

But many people in Surabaya couldn't sleep, including Liu Yiming. Even if the possibility of the fleet docking late at night was small, there was still this possibility, and Liu Yiming couldn't afford to gamble.

Even if they ran away, it would be fine. Once they landed, it would be a battle that could not be said to be won or lost.

The defenders were separated and asked to take turns sleeping. Even if they couldn't sleep, they had to lie down with their eyes closed.

Time passed slowly.

At 9:00 a.m. on the 27th, a cloud of coal smoke appeared over the waterway northwest of Sishui Port. Immediately, the artillery gave a signal and the entire army entered the final state of combat readiness.

At 9:30, the huge fleet could already be seen. It was the first time for all the soldiers to see so many warships, and they were inevitably a little nervous and scared.

At ten o'clock, the turtle-like fleet approached the port and entered slowly. Three warships of the South China Navy changed their Dutch flags and lined up in a line, as if welcoming the Dutch into the port.

"Hang up the flags and blow the whistle."

On the three warships, colorful flags fluttered.

"Very spirited young men!" The two governors saw that the three warships were trying to maintain order while paying respect to them, and said happily.

Bang~ Bang! Fireworks began to be set off on the turret.

"Oh! Good idea, I like fireworks!" Pinak said.

"Who said it wasn't?" said the new governor.

But what they didn't know was that when the fireworks exploded, a huge fleet hidden in the south of Surabaya slowly sailed to the north.

"Report to the headquarters, the enemy chief has entered the port, and everything went well with the plan!" Zhao Jiaxing said to the staff officer next to him.

As the three cruise ships entered the port, the subsequent warships also entered the port one after another. At 10:30, seven warships had entered the port area.

At this time, Pinak found something wrong.

"Where are the barges in Surabaya?" Pinak took out his ancestral telescope and observed the port of Surabaya without finding any barges.

The port was indeed full of flags, and figures could be seen from afar.

"No!" Pinak always felt an indescribable disharmony.

"What's wrong, old man?" said the new governor.

"Oh, nothing, just a little uncomfortable. The guys in Surabaya are too ignorant. Don't they even have barges? Just let us float here?" Pinak said.

For political reasons, the two were not as harmonious as they seemed.

At 10:40, the last warship passed the port turret, and Zhao Jiaxing took a deep breath.

"Fire three red flares, and the battle begins!"

"Report to the headquarters, our troops will start the attack according to the predetermined plan!"

Bang bang bang.

Three red flares were launched into the air, and some Dutch soldiers looked at the flares with a confused look on their faces. Have the fireworks run out? Use flares instead?

Boom! Boom! Boom!

The cannons that had been aimed long ago roared, aiming at the two warships at the back. The closest distance to the gun platform was only 800 meters, so it was not easy to miss.

The last two shallow-water heavy gunboats had been in service for more than 20 years. They were designed to defend against solid bullets or wooden warships, or in other words, the Dutch did not have ironclad ships this time.

More than 70 guns in the north and south roared at the same time, and the two ships were instantly shot into sieves, with more than a dozen bullets each. The picric acid ignited the hull, and the two ships were no longer saved.

The sudden sound of the guns stunned the Dutch, so that they did not react immediately.

This is because in the port, the angle required to turn the hull is large, and more than a dozen ships are blocked in this position, and they can't turn at all. They can only drive inward and then turn around along the coast.

Only two frigates of the Dutch warships have gun rooms and two backward guns. The other shallow-water heavy gunboats are facing the enemy with their bows, and only three-inch guns can fire backwards.

Even so, it took several minutes for the Dutch to react.

Boom boom boom, for five minutes, Armstrong's 120mm rapid-fire gun exerted its great destructive power against unprotected ships in this era.

In addition to the last two ships that were hit at the beginning, two shallow-water heavy gunboats were damaged, one of which was severely damaged. The picric acid ignited the wooden hull. If it could not leave the battle line immediately to put out the fire, it would probably be burned like Chaoyang.

If the Dutch Army was a third-rate colonial army among third-rate armies, the Dutch Navy would be different. The Dutch Navy is the only navy whose colonial combat power is stronger than the mainland.

The Dutch Navy still maintains a little of the glory of the sea coachman and the second-rate colonial empire, and still has a little combat power, although it is not strong.

In the Dutch fleet, a frigate suddenly hung a flag signal, took over the command, and blew a long whistle, then its chimney emitted thick smoke, accelerated forward, passed the yacht, and drew an arc, he wanted to turn.

One after another, the warships fired back with three-inch guns while turning along the trajectory of the acting flagship.

"Order, focus on the ship in front, sink it!" Zhao Jiaxing said calmly as he watched the Dutch gradually get in order.

The guns that could not reach the distance continued to attack the ships that fell behind. If they were farther away, they would lose their effect. These old-fashioned muzzle-loading smoothbore guns were too old, and they dared not load more gunpowder at all, as long as they did not explode.

Nearly fifty guns concentrated on attacking the frigate that was turning. The speed of the frigate was increasing. As the distance was pulled away, fewer bullets were hit. So far, only two stray bullets were hit. The first one was a 120 gun, which hit the stern and caused a fire, but it was quickly extinguished. The second one was an 80-pound muzzle-loading rifled gun (caliber 2), which used a special shrapnel shell and hit the middle of the hull, the gun room.

Unfortunately, the picric acid was too sensitive and could not penetrate and explode again, and it also blew a gap in the gun room.

Five minutes later, the frigate was not hit by a single shell.

Seeing that the distance was getting farther, the accuracy of the artillery fire dropped exponentially, and the enemy didn't fire many shots even when turning. As expected, time was still too short. Zhao Jiaxing knew that he couldn't fight like this.

Sighing, Zhao Jiaxing said:

"Order, each artillery group to focus on the two enemy warships at the rear, sink them first."

The last two shallow-water heavy gunboats were currently only sailing at a speed of three knots. It was not that they couldn't increase their speed in half an hour, but that they had to bypass the cruise ship in front, and the channel was very narrow, so they couldn't go faster.

Just like that, they were unlucky. After half an hour of full-hearted shooting, the Nanhua artillery entered the state, gradually became less nervous, and the hit rate was greatly improved.

The artillery fire was no longer so urgent, but slowed down, firing rhythmically. The best one was the Armstrong 120mm rapid-fire cannon. Although it could not cause fatal injuries, each shot would ignite a place. Unfortunately, there were too few guns. Two were mobilized to the army, leaving only four. Ten minutes of concentrated fire, hitting 17 and 24 rounds respectively, with a hit rate of more than 17%.

The most fatal one came from a 180-pound muzzle-loading smoothbore gun (203 mm). Because it was impossible to attack the warships in the distance, it aimed at the warships at the rear. Three 180-pound shells loaded with dana explosives hit accurately, one on one ship and two on another. Unfortunately, the modified round-headed bullets with inert dana explosives made two duds, and the third finally exploded!

Boom! The 180-pound shell passed through several decks, rushed into the boiler room, exploded, and caused the boiler to explode.

From the outside, the warship shook, black smoke came out, and then it was suddenly lifted up, steam gushed out, a large number of parts or fragments flew out, and the hull was hit hard on the water. The huge vibration caused most of the sailors to be killed or injured. The damage control could not come together and could only watch it slowly sink.

"Okay! That's how to fight." Zhao Jiaxing said excitedly.

Unfortunately, he was too excited too early.

Boom!

There was a violent explosion on the turret.

"What's going on!" Zhao Jiaxing heard the explosion before he recovered from the excitement, and secretly thought it was not good.

"There was a violent explosion at the No. 17 turret, and the reason is unknown!" The reason why the reason is unknown is that the Dutch have not fired now, and all their attention is turned to it.

"Report, a 48-pound gun at the No. 17 turret exploded, and the artillery judged that the gun body temperature was too high!" Another messenger ran over.

"What are the losses?" Zhao Jiaxing asked.

"Two dead and six injured, no combat effectiveness."

Zhao Jiaxing was silent for a moment, pulled out the telescope, and looked at the target fleet that had run more than three kilometers away from a distance, especially the first frigate that was about to complete the turn. It was so lucky that several shells flew over its head.

"Order, except for the new 150mm and 203mm guns, the rest of the guns will temporarily suspend firing to cool down the gun body. The same goes for the 120mm guns, don't fire like this, it's all bitter acid, slow down, the Dutch are rushing out! There's a battle to fight!"