Chapter 40 Occupying the Tiger’s Mouth
There were five figures in that place. They paused when they heard the shouting, looked around, and then ran away. Unfortunately, their way back had been blocked.
Still trying to struggle, the bayonet was placed on his neck, but he obeyed. After being tied up and gagged, he was sent to the squadron commander's office.
"I'm asking you an answer, do you hear me clearly?" The squadron leader polished the bayonet in his hand, looked at the five people in front of him, picked one who was neither tall nor short, and was of average age, and asked.
"Yeah, yeah, yeah." The man whose mouth was blocked kept nodding.
"What's your name? How old are you this year? Who are the people in your family?" the squadron leader asked in Javanese.
"My name is Li Tielin, I am twenty-eight years old and a good man. I have an eighty-year-old mother and a two-year-old child. I will give you whatever you want. As long as I have it, don't kill me, don't kill me." Yin Dian.
The failed camouflage uniform, which looked like the tattered clothes of a bandit, had a confusing effect for the first time. I don't know whether I should feel speechless.
"Stop talking nonsense, Chinese?" Li Abing, the squadron leader asked.
"Yes, yes, hero, for the sake of being Chinese..." Li Tielin seemed to have grasped a life-saving straw.
"Stop talking nonsense, how many people are there in the town? How many Chinese, how many Dutch?" Li Abing asked.
"There are more than a thousand people in the town, more than 500 Chinese, and three Dutch. Do you want to be a hero?" Li Tielin found that Li Abing had no intention of killing him, and observed the people around him. They were all wearing similar clothes.
Holding a gun, some ideas come to mind.
"We are the South China Army, and we are here to fight the Dutch this time," Li Abing said.
"Take our people to kill those Dutch people and gather all the Chinese together. We have something to announce."
"This... hero, I'll go right away, I'll go right away!" Li Tielin couldn't believe it and hesitated until the bayonet was placed on his neck again.
"Squad 1, follow him, Dutchman, and catch anyone alive. See if you can get any information!" Li Abing shouted to the side.
When Li Tielin got up, he saw another small boat coming to the port. Many people got off the boat, all carrying guns and wearing strange clothes. The port was not accessible, and some boats ran aground directly on the beach on the shore. The people on top jumped off and stopped.
The boat is pushing back to deep water.
His companions were also Chinese. The people who had just come up were divided into five teams and followed them into the town.
Li Tielin gingerly led more than a dozen people to the only stone building in the entire town, which is also the tallest building. The two-story watchtower serves as the mayor's residence and office.
I watched the soldiers in front of me open the door and rush in. There was no sound after that.
Bang, the sound of a gunshot startled Li Tielin and woke up the entire group.
But it didn't end, then there was a burst of gunfire, and after the gunshot there was silence.
After waiting for a while, Li Tielin saw the soldiers escorting two people and dragging what could be considered one person out.
The leader walked toward him with a gun, and Li Tielin's feet couldn't stop shaking.
"I guess everyone can't sleep anymore. Go call them all and let's announce something while it's cool."
At 6:10 in the morning, two of the three Dutchmen at Dahukou were captured. There was no need to worry about the impact here. In the end, they would not survive. The South Chinese Army occupied Dahukou and lurked there.
At seven o'clock in the morning, at the urging of the soldiers, everyone gathered at the port, and Wang Xu gave a speech.
"We are the Nanhua Army. Nanhua is a newly established country governed by Chinese people. We are all Chinese. We are here to perform a military mission. During the mission, we must wrong everyone and do not leave the tiger's mouth."
With that said, he dragged out the dead Dutchman.
"Dahukou now belongs to us in Nanhua. The mayor of Holland is dead. The new mayor will be selected from among you. We are the army and do not understand politics. From now on, military control will be implemented in Dahukou. The rest of your new towns
I will talk to you later, so I won’t say more.”
"By the way, our people will maintain order, but if someone disturbs the public, you can report it to us and I will give you justice!"
After speaking, Wang Xu left, leaving only a few soldiers to maintain order, while the others were busy.
At eight o'clock in the morning, the first transport ship docked, carrying equipment for building a temporary dock and 200 tons of food.
Of course, the special detachment cannot require so much food. This is used as a backup. If the Batavia garrison cannot leave, the main force will receive supplies directly from here.
Including ammunition, one thousand three-inch artillery shells are stored here, but there are no three-inch cannons.
The construction of the temporary dock took time. It took four hours of intensive work until noon before the temporary dock was set up. Of course, the first ship's supplies had already been transferred by small boats.
The first transport ship unloaded the cargo and left directly. By the way, the transport ship pulled people and a little cargo at the same time, while the cargo ship pulled cargo but not people.
The first ship returned to Surabaya to report the news. Even if the remaining ships had temporary docks, it would take two days to unload their cargo.
"It's too slow." Zheng Lei, political commissar of the special detachment, said, "I have an idea."
"What do you think?" Wang Xu said.
"The Chinese here are not living well, so we took out some supplies and asked them to help us unload the goods and set up a camp. In addition, we don't have much dry food, so we can buy some vegetables." Zheng Lei said.
"You can also give me some money. Didn't the Dutchman find a lot of money there? Labor money plus supplies."
"Yes, yes, what does it mean?" Wang Xu didn't understand.
"We have been hiding our interests. They have never heard of Nan Hua. They only know that we are Chinese, but they have not let go of their guard. Using interests to communicate will also facilitate our next activities."
He did what he said, and he also found Li Tielin. He took the lead and brought about a hundred young men to carry supplies and build a camp.
This went on until night. Zheng Lei paid them fifty pounds from the confiscated six hundred pounds of wealth. This was an extremely high income. In the UK, the average income of a teacher is 48 pounds a year. In the UK,
Teachers are quite middle class.
At the same time, it is impossible for soldiers to say that Qiu did not commit any crimes, but he did not feel sorry for anyone. The long-term military education on fish and water conditions made the troops have no bad habits. That night, the Chinese felt a little relieved, but soon they became anxious again.
Late at night, the moon was not very good and there were many clouds.
It will be the 18th in another hour, and everything is quiet. South China Army soldiers have also moved into temporary tents. Apart from the chirping of insects, the only sound is the roar of the sea breeze.
If someone was in the sky, they would have seen dozens of figures walking in the dark toward the vegetable field outside the town, and then crawling in the vegetable field. Because it was a vegetable field, they never made any sound.
The moon happened to be half covered by dark clouds, so the soldiers never noticed it until...
Boom...the broadsword mine exploded.
The explosion woke up the whole town and alerted the soldiers.
Bang! Gunshots rang out, and the remaining shadows got up and rushed out.
Boom boom boom.
There was a series of explosions until the last few remaining black figures dared not move forward.
But the soldiers would not stop shooting. Although there were many broadsword mines behind them, no one was sure whether these people would escape.
In the end, only two people were left kneeling on the ground and were captured.
The special detachment's temporary headquarters for fighting against the tiger's mouth.
Wang Xu glanced at the two prisoners. They were pitch black and looked like they were not Chinese. However, he still had to ask them routinely.
"Name, age." The two Javanese trembled, but kept silent.
"Let me ask you one last time, we didn't do anything to you, why did you run away?" Wang Xu asked.
"Spare your life, spare your life," the Javanese said in unskilled Chinese.
"Drag him out and kill him." Wang Xu shouted.
Bang bang.
The two natives were dragged down and killed.
At this time, Zheng Lei rushed over.
"How's it going? What's going on?"
"It's nothing, a few Javanese people want to crawl out under the moonlight." Wang Xu said calmly.
"By the way, political commissar, there is an old saying that you can only be a thief for a thousand days, but there is no way to prevent a thief for a thousand days."
"I think it's better to wait. There are so many Chinese people next door. It's hard to keep our mouths shut and the impact will be bad!" Zheng Lei said.
"Political Commissar, we have no retreat. I understand your thinking, but so many have been killed today. They will definitely want to escape. If one of them escapes..."
Wang Xu did not continue.
"Okay! If there is any problem, we will decide it together!" Zheng Lei said.
"It's okay, no one will say anything. Our mission is very important. Once exposed, it is unacceptable. Any signs that may be exposed must be strangled to death, stepped on, and sealed with cement!" Wang Xu
Say it harshly.
"This should be done sooner rather than later. Let's assemble the troops now!" Zheng Lei said.
A quick whistle sounded, and the soldiers who were awakened by the gunshots and were waiting immediately gathered together.
At the same time, Li Tielin was brought here again.
"You go and gather the Chinese. Don't accidentally hurt us later. Send us some guides to distinguish the Chinese from the natives." Wang Xu said to Li Tielin with a pleasant look.
Hundreds of soldiers were divided into dozens of teams, and screening began based on the criteria of whether they could speak Chinese, whether they could understand Han history, and whether they wore Han costumes (the Chinese at that time also wore Han costumes. There were just some changes.).
If Li Tielin and others were to identify themselves, there were only over 500 people, and they were all more or less related. If the Javanese were not unfriendly to the Chinese, it would be really difficult to clean them up.
Half an hour later, the screening was completed. During the screening process, some Javanese wanted to resist, but the outcome was certainly not good. The rest were imprisoned. Wang Xu did not do anything, after all, there were people nearby.
"A man over 1.2 meters tall." Although Wang Xu was also full of hatred for the Javanese, he was at the end of his rope and could not take action.
"I order all executions. For the sake of the mission, even if I want to be the executioner and bear the infamy, I pulled the trigger today so that my children will not be killed by the native riots tomorrow!" Zheng Lei gave the order in time.
Chapter completed!