Chapter 299 Pirates, a group of pirates!
The first thing Gronin, the Governor of the Dutch East India Company, does after breakfast every day, is to walk the dog on the large neat lawn of the garden of the Governor's Mansion, walking his beloved Italian twist Polyton.
The dark-black fur of this dog named Killer Jack is strong and powerful, and seems to have endless power. The hanging corners of his eyes are indifferent and gloomy, which makes people shudder. Sometimes Groning even feels that the vicious dog, which makes all the servants and visitors feel gloomy, seems to be powerful. The power of evil.
Because once it is provoked and attacked, it will be immortal. An unlucky indigenous servant was torn alive by it because he stepped on its tail. If it hadn't arrived at that time and tried its best to appease it, it would have even regarded the indigenous man who had been bitten by him as edible prey.
This fierce and extremely cruel dog is also his best guard. Any guy who is hostile to him will feel the fear of trembling his soul.
Groening felt very perfect. His beloved killer Jack was simply his sweetheart, which made him feel that this notorious dog in Jakarta was the most suitable to show the strength and horror of the Dutch.
"Those savage and vulgar natives and Chinese only deserve to shudder in front of us, my little baby." Groning patted the killer Jack's head covered with short and smooth hair, and looked at the dog's wrinkled face with a doting smile. The wrinkles on his face extended to his chin and then hung down to his neck to form a very obvious pawn bag. The sharp fangs in his open big mouth flashed with cruel cold light. The saliva is dripping down the corners of the mouth, like the magma spit out by the dragon.
Its gray-black eyes, which are the same as the fur on its body, are still as gloomy and indifferent as usual. Only the broken short tail shook, signaling its closeness to the master.
The sun in the morning is not poisonous, but it still makes people feel an unspeakable sultry heat. Groning, with his hands behind his back and looking at his dog trotting in front of him slowly and lightly, he felt that he seemed to be in a much happier mood.
Since these days, Gronin has not been in a good mood. The origin of everything is because of the Lanfang Company, which occupies a large part of the fertile land of Borneo.
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The rich gold mines and other minerals there, as well as the large-scale plantations there, are a piece of fat that Groning and Dutch colonial officials have seen for a long time. However, this fat meat is not so easy to swallow, because the huge empire in the north makes the Dutch dare not act rashly.
But now, with an excellent reason, he can finally justly send troops to Borneo, bite the fat hard and swallow it into his stomach. However, he was still a little uneasy about sending troops this time. After all, the powerful empire in the north was definitely not something he could afford as a governor of the Dutch colony.
However, the adventurous surname of Europeans also exists in the bones of Gronin, the governor of the Dutch colony. Moreover, if the Netherlands is in conflict with Britain for the colonies of the Southern Ocean, most of the time, the Dutch are always at a disadvantage, which makes them lose a lot. Whether it's money, territory, or minerals.
And the current operation of the Dutch colony is also a little difficult. In such an environment, Gronin will certainly take a hard time. If he succeeds, he will become a hero in the eyes of the Dutch people, and even be praised and honored by His Majesty the King.
Of course, the premise of all this is that it must be successful. For this reason, in order to be more confident, Groning has invested almost all his money, the whole fleet of the Dutch colony, and the army of 7,000 people.
In addition to Jakarta, which is guarded by 2,000 soldiers, the Dutch colony has almost become an undefense zone.
With such a powerful army, Gronin finally didn't have to worry about failure, but his only worry was whether this dispatch of troops would anger the Eastern Empire.
"Maybe, as before, I hope they continue to sleep." Gronin shook his head. In the Southern Ocean, there were countless disputes between the Dutch and the Chinese. Each time it ended with the Dutch raising the butcher's knife. Of course, the huge empire was as unresponsive as a sleeping bug.
However, more than a month has passed since the dispatch of troops. Except for the beginning to report that they occupied the already uninhabited Kendavan bank, there is no news coming back.
"I hope these guys can be more rational and don't kill all those timid Chinese. Our plantation lacks a lot of labor." Groning was not worried. The only thing he was worried about was whether his troops were so red-eyed that he wanted to occupy the whole Lanfang before telling himself the governor.
At this moment, the killer Jack suddenly stopped. Its huge and exaggerated head tilted to one side. Groning looked along the turn of his beloved dog. A guard was rushing towards this side, and even the military cap on his head had run a little crooked.
"Governor, Governor, Wang Jiaxi, Wang Jiaxi has fallen." After the guard ran to Groning, he didn't even have time to wipe the sweat on his face. He handed the letter that was a little deranged by him to Groning, and his tone was full of anxiety.
"What are you talking about?!" Groning raised his ears and looked at the guard in some astonishment. After hearing that the guards repeated it again, Groning's heart suddenly sank, snatched the letter, and quickly opened it. After seeing the contents of the letter, Groning's red face in the sun was as pale as paper in an instant.
"My God, how is this possible?!" Groening waved the piece of paper in his hand regardless of manners and shouted loudly. The letter was sloppy. It was a letter of help from Cruyff, the governor of the company in Makassarcy Province, and there was also a letter paper attached, which was still written by Cruyff, the governor of Makassarcy Province. However, the content of the letter was no longer a request for help, but only to tell His Excellency Governor Gronin that Wangcaixi had already The pirates occupied and protected them.
According to the letter, a powerful fleet of unknown identity and nationality suddenly appeared outside the port of Makassar a month ago, asking the Dutch in the port of Makassar to lay down their weapons and surrender without any resistance.
The governor of Wanggaxi Province, Cruyff, used various ships moored in the port to organize a fleet to attack, but was quickly defeated, and the enraged opponent almost razed the dock with naval guns.
Less than two days later, the Sultan of Poni and the Sultan of Gowa on the island of Suravasi suddenly rebelled, killing all the officials stationed in the Dutch colonies, and each dispatched nearly 10,000 soldiers to surround Wangkashi.--------------------
The captain of the fleet once again asked Wang Jiaxi to surrender to them. Cruyff, the governor of Wang Jiaxi Province, was a brave and proud Dutchman who not only did not surrender, but also recruited and armed nearly 3,000 European civilians to defend the city in the shortest time. Then, a messenger who was ready to send a helper rushed to Jakarta.
However, what I didn't expect was that on the third night of the trap in Wangkashi Port, that is, after the deadline required by the other party, the east gate wall of Wangkashi City collapsed a gap due to a fierce explosion. The indigenous people on Sulahwesi rushed into Wangkashi City like crazy, burning and looting. All night, if it hadn't been for the unknown fleet seeing the uncontrollable situation in the city and issuing a warning, I'm afraid that 10,000 Dutchmen in the city of Wangkashi would not have left a survivor.
However, even so, there are only more than 3,000 left with 500 soldiers and more than 10,000 Dutch civilians. In addition, those in the gathering areas of other countries living near the port have only been slightly disturbed, and there are only 100 casualties of more than 2,000 civilians in other countries.
Cruyff, who was injured and fled into the port area under the cover of the guards, was searched by the soldiers sent from the fleet after dawn of the next day. Then, he was asked to write to Gronin, the Governor-General of the Netherlands, telling the Governor-General about the whole incident. Finally, the other party asked that the Governor-General of the Netherlands Immediately release all the slaves in the Dutch colony, otherwise, the indigenous riots in Port Wang Kahash will repeat in other areas controlled by the Dutch.
"Who the other party is?" In the office of his governor's mansion, Gronin asked his subordinates, Cruyff, the commissioner of the East India Company stationed in Mangkashi Province, with a gloomy face, and everyone could hear the suppressed anger and displeasure in his tone.
"Pirates, a group of pirates, Mr. Colonel, are a bunch of damn British hired pirates." Cruyff wiped the corners of his eyes. There was also a shackle scar, which was the wound left by the damn local natives. If he hadn't been alert, he would have fallen in the crowd and pretended to be dead. I'm afraid that his last name could not live to this day.
"British?!" Groning just talked about a newly ignited hardcover Baiyunshan cigarette, which was the best product exported from Guangzhou in Qing Dynasty. Before the first cigarette could be inhaled into the lungs, I heard such shocking news. This is impossible, absolutely impossible. The British are being stopped by us outside Sumatra. How can they run to the east of us?
"Dear Governor, I also hope this is a joke, a stupid joke, but he is the truth." Cruyff sat in the chair dejectedly, as if there was an indescribable grievance. I even doubt that this terrible war, even those damn British men united with those Chinese to deal with us.
"What are you talking about..." Groning looked at the subordinate dullly, and even the white feathers of the quir next to him emitted a burning smell.
(to be continued)