Chapter 586: The aftermath

Dutch originated from ancient Low German. In terms of language classification, it belongs to the west branch of the Germanic language family of the Indo-European language family, between German and English. However, as sea coachmen, the Dutch who sailed around the world mostly mastered the language in order to conduct trade smoothly.

At least two languages. When the man saw that Mu Xiabai and Wang Tom didn't respond, he spoke a few more words in English. Mu Xiabai understood half of it now, but he still followed Wang Tom's instructions.

Pretending not to understand.

Seeing that he couldn't communicate in English, the man switched to Spanish and French one after another. Later, he even said "Thunder Monkey" and even Cantonese. This guy spoke five or six languages ​​in one go, which is considered a talent.

Already.

Mu Xiabai made a gesture, and immediately the arranged Annan militiamen came forward and spoke to the Dutchman in Cantonese with an Annan accent. The Dutchman was really powerful, and he could actually understand everything.

Immediately, he started communicating with the militiamen with gestures and gestures.

As the Haihan militia saw, the Dutch who were huddled in their stronghold chose to surrender and save their lives after seeing the strength of their opponents. However, the negotiator asked the victor to save the lives of all the Dutch and let them go.

They left the island, and as a price, the Dutch in the stronghold were willing to give up their personal property in exchange for freedom.

After hearing this, Mu Xiabai shook his head and rejected his proposal: "We do not accept any form of exchange of conditions. We believe in winner-take-all. Immediately order the people inside to surrender. We can save all your lives, but

All other conditions are negotiable."

The Dutchman was still waiting to speak, but Mu Xiabai impatiently gave him an ultimatum: "I now order people to light a stick of incense and make your decision before the incense burns out, otherwise we will use artillery shells to replace it."

You make the decision!”

Haihan has no intention of letting the people on the island leave freely, and of course he will not agree to the other party's exchange conditions. As for using personal property to redeem one's life, this is even more of a joke in Mu Xiabai's view - even the people can't be saved.

Still want to keep your property?

The Dutch did not waste much time and made their choice. In fact, surrender was their only choice. Almost all the young Dutchmen on the island died in the gunfire at the port dock. Now the Dutch in the stronghold regard women and children as

Most of them were young and old, and there was no way they could resist the armed invaders outside. If they didn't surrender, they would be dead.

Soon the Dutch lined up and walked out of the gate of the stronghold. They will be sent to several warehouses that have just been vacated on the dock for detention. After the militia has completely controlled the situation here, these Dutch will be loaded onto the ship.

The ship was sent to the north. According to the militia's count, a total of 167 Dutch were captured, and there were also 174 indigenous residents dependent on the Dutch, most of whom were Malays.

It seems that the people with real Han ancestry are not trusted by the Dutch, and they basically live in areas outside the stronghold.

However, even if they are of Han descent, it is difficult to gain the trust of the Haihan militia. In the next few days, the militia will still need to screen these local people, and then move them in batches to different places in the north for resettlement. As for this

On the island, in addition to the infantry battalions transferred from Annan, some immigrants from Annan and Ming Dynasty will be slowly sent over to settle down after the situation stabilizes.

Although there is no natural harbor here, the climate is very suitable for growing tropical cash crops. The Ministry of Agriculture has already made a planting list and is waiting to organize the construction of collective farms on the island. As for the funds required, there is no need to worry.

Well, the Ministry of Agriculture held a project promotion meeting at the end of last year, specifically describing this place suitable for growing spice crops to the shareholders of "Qiong Development", and the Ming Dynasty investors with a lot of money had already invested in Yazhou's collective

Farm investment has tasted the sweetness of Haihan-style agricultural development. Although only a few of them have been to the Natuna Islands, this does not hinder the investment enthusiasm of the investors.

As early as January this year, the Natuna Island agricultural project investment fund registered by "Qiong Development" had exceeded 50,000 Haihan yuan. According to the consistent operating model of "Qiong Lianfa", the Haihan Ministry of Commerce will also

The shareholders' investment amount must be the same amount to obtain absolute controlling rights in the project. In other words, before the militia took action on Natuna Island, Sanya had already prepared more than 100,000 yuan to develop it. Although

The military value of this place is relatively limited, but that does not prevent it from becoming a popular place in the eyes of investors.

However, before developing this place, the Haihan militia still had to ensure that this place would not be easily taken back by the Dutch colonists. The Dutch's defensive measures were obviously undesirable. After Haihan occupied this place, they could not repeat the same mistakes, so they established

Some more defensive shore defense facilities are an imperative measure.

The Haihan Military and the Ministry of Construction also made corresponding preparations in advance for this. They removed a batch of the first batch of coastal defense guns that had been equipped in Victory Port in 1628 and transported them here for deployment. As for Victory Port,

Bian also happened to free up space to install the new coastal defense artillery that was only started trial production at the end of last year. In addition to the coastal defense artillery, the more than ten artillery pieces brought by the Army this time will also all stay here as local

The heavy weapons configuration of the garrison.

According to the military's point of view, if the Dutch want to launch an attack from the sea to retake this place, they will definitely suffer heavy losses from the attack of coastal defense artillery. Coupled with the assistance of these dozen mobile artillery, the Dutch will not send

With three to five thousand men coming, it would be difficult to defeat the garrison here. And this is without local naval assistance. When basic military facilities are built in Cam Ranh Port in the second half of the year, an armed fleet will be stationed there.

Once there, if the situation warrants, we can head south in time to assist Natuna Island. In comparison, the Dutch's voyage from their base camp in Batavia in the south to here is at least 100 miles further than the voyage south to Cam Ranh Bay.

Haili, if the Dutch want to spend a lot of money to fight the Haihan people here, it will definitely not be the Haihan side that suffers in the end.

After dealing with matters at the Dutch stronghold, Li Dagui and another colleague Du Rong, who had been waiting nearby for a long time and disguised his identity as a barefoot doctor, were finally received.

"I will truthfully report your contribution this time to the Executive Committee and your superiors after I return to Sanya. There will definitely be rewards when the time comes." Wang Tom praised the two of them for their military exploits as soon as they came up.

And took the initiative to ask for credit for them.

The intelligence information obtained by the militia before attacking Natuna Island was basically from the hands of these two people. It was they who had been lurking here for a long time, collected information, and provided very detailed information to the military for formulating

With reference to the combat plan, the militiamen successfully captured this port town in less than three hours. When discussing their merits after the war, the two detectives from the Security Department will definitely be credited.

The two of them quickly bowed and thanked them. After all, they themselves could write a report afterwards and ask for credit, so they certainly couldn't compare to a high-ranking official like Tom Wang asking for credit on his behalf.

Wang Tom added: "You two divide the work. One person will go to the dock to identify the Dutch we caught and see if there are any big fish or dangerous elements that have slipped through the net. The other person will follow the militia to conduct an inventory.

The local people classify and identify skilled craftsmen, literati who can read and write, and veterans with military experience and register them. When the immigrants are transported back, they can also arrange their places to go."

The two of them agreed and then went to do their own work.

There are still more than 3,000 unidentified people on the island. Registering them by category is not a task that can be completed in a short time. Although Wang Tom is the commander of the navy, this expedition to Natuna Island was due to the

The voyage is far away, and the fleet is not enough to carry troops and supplies. Therefore, it is not equipped with civil affairs officials. Now the military can only temporarily take charge of the civil affairs of the island.

Mu Xiabai led his men to turn over the Dutch stronghold first, collected all the valuable things in the stronghold, and ordered them to be packed and packed on ships - these things were trophies that had to be transported back to the base camp.

As for the rewards for troops participating in the war, the military will issue them separately in the form of circulation coupons.

This Dutch stronghold has a vague flavor of a fortress. It is surrounded by a stone wall, which is about four feet thick but only a little over two meters high. This stone wall has four protrusions on the front, which were originally erected.

The four small-caliber Franco cannons, in addition to attacking the enemy, can also use the angle to shoot at the enemy attacking the stronghold gate. There are also relatively simple musket shooting holes and lookout holes on the wall, but there is no moat or trench outside the wall.

After a corner of the wall was destroyed by the artillery of the Haihan Militia, this wall was equivalent to a second gate with no cover. Therefore, the Dutch in the stronghold decisively gave up resistance.

, chose to surrender to Haihan.

Although this stronghold of the Dutch is relatively simple and not even qualified to be called a castle, but considering that the local population is only about 3,000 and there is no special production, it is already quite big for the Dutch to build such a stronghold.

However, from today onwards, the ownership of this stronghold is controlled by Haihan. After seeing the buildings at the port, Mu Xiabai has decided to convert it into a local official residence and barracks.

Of course, it is difficult to carry out a relatively large reconstruction project at this stage, that is, let the soldiers clean up this noisy place first and move things such as livestock sheds out of the stronghold, so as not to prevent the entire stronghold from being filled with chaos all the time.

It smelled like a stench. The residences vacated after the Dutch were driven away were used to house militia soldiers.

Mu Xiabai first moved the battalion headquarters here from the port, laid solar cells on the highest roof of the stronghold, and then connected the radio station to send a message to the base camp to occupy Natuna Island. It was already around 6 p.m., and the militia group

Starting in the morning, it only took one day to capture the only port and town on the island.

Although it was easy to capture this place, Haihan's various preparations beforehand and the work required to transform it afterwards would take at least a whole year. The military spent more than 100 years on this operation.

40,000 yuan, which will be replenished by the economic benefits created after the development of Natuna Island.

Five days later, the registration work of local people finally came to an end. Except for the Dutch who have been detained, the current population is 3,471, and there are about less than 300 people scattered in the area.

It takes time to slowly collect statistics on various places on the island.

Among the current population, Han Chinese or people with Han ancestry make up the vast majority, and Southeast Asian natives account for less than 20%. What makes Wang Tom happy is that local folk Chinese and Chinese characters are still relatively popular means of communication.

In this way, the temporary headquarters can use the method of posting notices to appease local residents.

Of course, the notice to reassure the people did not use the banner of Haihan, but claimed that they were overseas Chinese and came here to rescue the Han people who were ruled by the red-haired ghosts. In order to appease people's hearts, the Haihan Militia also distributed a small amount of money to the local people on a family basis.

Salt and rice. And this has achieved relatively good results, and the hostility of the people has been significantly reduced. In the eyes of these people, it is certainly better to be ruled by the Han than to be ruled by the red-haired ghosts. At least they are of the same origin and the same race.

As scary as a red-haired ghost.

At the same time, the port reconstruction project was also carried out. The militia group temporarily recruited more than 300 civilians from the local area to build coastal defense artillery batteries near the port. The Haihan militia group also specially shipped more than ten tons of cement during this expedition.

It is for building a fort here. The sooner the fort is built, the sooner the safety of Natuna Island can be guaranteed.

On April 24, the headquarters issued the second notice to calm the people, announcing that Natuna Island would be changed to its name before the Dutch occupied it, namely Ampurna Island. This resolution was unanimously supported by the locals, and the Dutch in 17

After occupying this place at the beginning of the century, the island was renamed Ambona Island, and later Natuna Island, gradually severing the relationship between this place and the Ming Dynasty. But now that things have changed, so changing the name of the island is also

A matter of course.

Of course, this change will not return Ambona Island to the rule of the Ming Dynasty. It is only based on the personal opinions of the executive committee and several senior military officials.

On April 27, a Dutch cargo ship from Batavia sailed into the port in a daze. The cargo ship, destined for Taiwan Island, originally wanted to replenish food and fresh water at this port, but it never expected that it was already here.

The owner has changed.

The Haihan Militia took control of the ship without any effort. In order to temporarily keep the secret of the island, all the personnel on the ship were temporarily detained, and the ship naturally became another trophy of the Haihan Militia's trip.

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Chapter completed!