Future history should be recorded like this.

On October 27, 1890, the Battle of Surabaya began. The enemy's naval squadron, with a total tonnage of ten warships of more than 20,000 tons, was deceived into the Surabaya Port under our army's careful plan. After several hours of fierce fighting, we

Three naval warships cooperated with the coastal forts to sink three enemy warships, burn three, and capture four. The Dutch Navy's colonial squadron was completely annihilated, and more than 4,000 people, including two Dutch governors, were captured. After this battle,

He Lan's top officials in Java were all wiped out, and the Netherlands fell from strategic initiative to strategic passivity...

October 28th, Surabaya Port.

The South China Navy is using tugs to tow the four captured warships into the dock to try to see if they can be repaired.

The four ships were two 1,750-ton shallow-water heavy gunboats and two frigates. The two shallow-water heavy gunboats did not suffer much damage. The superstructure was half destroyed. The hull was hit by more than 20 rounds of various artillery shells, which severely damaged the ship.

It's in tatters, but the core is not damaged. The navy is going to renovate it and make do with it.

The two frigates were in a bit of a bad situation. Henriquez's ship, the Batavia, served as the flagship for several hours. When it rushed to the port, it was focused on fire and was almost reduced to a sieve. There were seven holes at the waterline.

, he was hit by more than fifty rounds above the deck, and he was almost a torch on the sea at that time.

Even so, it did not sink. There was a reason for the picric acid charge. In the cases of direct sinking, whether it was a smoothbore cannon or a new cannon, they were all large-caliber cannons. Liu Yiming luxuriously loaded Dana for these large-caliber cannons.

In terms of explosives, the Krupp cannon was okay, at least the chance of a dud was not high. The 180-pound forward-loading smoothbore cannon had only one explosion out of three hits. In the captured ship, the 180-pound shells were still left in the cabin.

Another frigate of the same class had only minor damage to its waterline and was hit with more than 20 rounds of standard ammunition. It looked pretty good. However, it took two rounds of 203 shells, and its drive shaft and keel were all damaged to varying degrees. It was not as good as Pakistan.

The Davia has restoration value.

The shipyard's decision was to dismantle it, but it was impossible to repair it. Regardless of whether it was expensive or not, the shipyard's technology and personnel couldn't repair it. Even if it were placed in the UK, it would still have to be dismantled. Even if it was repaired, there would be hidden damage.

In fact, the Nanhua Navy should have captured seven ships, but after three ships were taken over by the Nanhua Army, the extremely unskilled Nanhua Navy failed to control the fire. For safety reasons, Liu Yiming ordered the three ships to be abandoned.

The navy made a last-ditch effort and gave the three ships a few hard blows at the waterline to make them sink. They were ready to free up their hands and then salvage them and dismantle them to see if they could dismantle anything useful. No.

There is no way, the navy is poor!

October 28th, Surabaya, South China Army Headquarters.

Today, the South China Army Headquarters welcomed two special guests - the two governors-general of the Dutch East India.

Liu Yiming and the main officials of the Nanhua government personally hosted the event.

In the conference room.

"What do you want to do?" the new governor asked as he was brought in.

Pinak curled his lips and said nothing. In one day, they had roughly understood that things were different from what they thought. This time it was an organized rebellion by the Chinese, not the emergence of careerists in the Netherlands. This situation was even more difficult.

accept.

"Let me introduce you first. I am Chen Jiangtao, the chairman of the South China Council." Chen Jiangtao received a signal from Liu Yiming before the meeting began. He was the white face, and Liu Yiming was the red face.

"This is the commander of the Nanhua Army, Liu Yiming..." Chen Jiangtao briefly introduced the senior Nanhua officials present.

"I called you two here today to discuss the matter of surrender," Chen Jiangtao said.

"But we have surrendered!" said the new governor.

"Oh! I'm sorry I didn't make it clear. What I meant was that one of the two would issue a surrender order." Chen Jiangtao added.

"To whom? Batavia? We are already prisoners, and Batavia will not obey the orders of a captured governor!" Pinak rushed to say before the new governor.

"How will you know if you don't try it? In order to reduce the casualties on both sides, I think it is necessary for us to have a friendly conversation." Chen Jiangtao said.

"You are just a rebel force. Even if you are lucky enough to capture us, the Netherlands will send more troops, a new governor, and new warships. What is there to talk about?" said the new governor.

"That's not what you say. You and I both know that the Kingdom of the Netherlands, as a permanently neutral country, does not have many troops on the mainland, and the troops on this land are scattered on various islands."

"The assembly of the army takes time, whether it is dispatched from Europe or assembled from the colonies, it always takes two months." Chen Jiangtao said.

"Since you know, why are you rebelling? It only takes two months for the Kingdom of the Netherlands to assemble an army of 20,000 people. Can you stop it?"

"I'm not good at military matters, let our commander talk to you!" Chen Jiangtao pointed at Liu Yiming and said.

Liu Yiming put down the hand he was picking at his nails, cleared his throat and said.

"Both of you, Mr. Governor, I think I need to know first, do you know anything about military affairs?" Liu Yiming said stiffly.

The new governor is a politician and not good at military affairs. Pinac said that he had twenty years of service experience before becoming governor.

"Since someone understands, it's easy to explain, so I don't have to explain it to you."

"How many warships does the Dutch Navy have? My news is that it is more than 40,000 tons." This is the news Liu Yiming got through Charles.

"Now in Surabaya Port, there are about 20,000 tons. What is left in Batavia, except for two 3,500-ton heavy frigates, does not have any commendable warships. Three or five old-fashioned shallow water heavy frigates

Gunboats? A few armored ships from the 1960s, honestly can they still run?" Liu Yiming said boldly, completely ignoring the three 200-ton gunboats of the South China Navy.

"Even if you lose another 10,000 tons, even if the entire Netherlands only adds up to 10,000 tons, your pocket fleet cannot resist it. You just took advantage of the sneak attack, and it was not your pocket navy that caused damage to the Dutch navy.

It's about coastal defense artillery. You can't carry coastal defense artillery to fight!" the new governor said angrily.

"Don't be anxious, dear Governor? Is this the tone?" Liu Yiming fell in love with this pretentious feeling.

"It is undeniable that the current Nanhua Navy is so weak that it cannot survive a wave. However, Nanhua is not dominated by the navy." Liu Yiming took out a map.

"Governor Pinac, you know military affairs. Take a look at this map. This is my map."

Pinak took the map. The Dutch imprint on the map was still very eye-catching. One glance showed that its previous owner was a Dutchman and he took good care of it. There were no traces of ancient use.

Unfortunately, it is now filled with various notes.

"Stop it, I don't believe your tricks." Pinak looked at the map back and forth twice before pressing the map on the table and said.

"Oh? Governor Pinak doesn't believe there are so many of us?" Liu Yiming said.

"No, I believe you have so many people, but I don't believe you have so many soldiers! It's impossible to break the castle without any training!" Pinak said.

"But the facts are here, aren't they? Oh, I forgot, I'll look for it." Liu Yiming pretended to find a piece of paper at the headquarters.

"Found it! Translate it to the Governor to tell you what is written on it."

"Our unit has captured Tuban, the news has been blocked, the first detachment is sent to the advance team, telegraph on October 23rd."

"What does this prove?" Pinak felt a little nervous in his heart and had some ominous premonitions, but he still said firmly. "You can easily make a lot of telegrams like this."

"Well, since you don't believe it, I don't need to show you these battle reports, but the combat effectiveness of your army is really not flattering!" Liu Yiming said easily, and put the forged battle report back on the table.

"It doesn't matter. Tuban is a port city. Our ship has already arrived there. I will transport some companions to you soon."

"I want to protest that you are mistreating the prisoners!" the new governor said.

"You can eat whatever you want, but you can't talk nonsense. Why did I abuse the prisoners? Where is the evidence?" Liu Yiming glanced at him and said.

"The captured Dutch in Surabaya, including Dutch civilians, were forced to eat food like pig food, without medical care, vegetables and meat. Do you want to starve and sick those poor people to death?" the new governor said indignantly.

"First, it's not pig food. We provide corn and rice for free. Many people in the world eat this. They can't even eat it...

Second, we have not cut off the supply of supplies to the Dutch settlement. There are several shops at the junction. They were temporarily closed due to the impact of the war, but they will be open soon. The vegetables and meat you want are all there.

Third, regarding medical treatment, as far as I know, I did not detain Dutch doctors, and I did not stop any doctors from the hospital who were willing to enter the settlement!"

"Are you embarrassed to talk about supply? You should check your logistics. Half of a serving of rice is grain husks. As for your supply store, a kilogram of fish costs two pounds, and a kilogram of vegetables costs one pound.

The pound can only buy one day's worth of bread, why don't you go grab it!" the new governor said frantically.

"Then what do you think I am doing? I am the largest shareholder of those stores!" Liu Yiming said nonchalantly.

The new governor was so shocked that he was speechless...

"What about doctors? Your store doesn't sell medicines. Many Dutch people are suffering because they don't have medicines. I hope you can sell some medicines." Pinak said with a dark face.

"Drugs? I haven't received any requests for more drugs. Are you talking about opium? Sorry, all opium in Nanhua is under military control." Liu Yiming was still a little confused just now. Drugs are huge profits, and there are some commonly used drugs in the store. Then he thought of it.

Opium supply.

"But the Dutch people who have lost their medicine are in pain, and it is your responsibility to provide them." said the new governor.

"Opium has been used for other purposes. The Nanhua government does not have opium, and Nanhua has banned the trade of opium. We cannot provide this." Liu Yiming spread his hands. Several tons of opium were confiscated, all of which were made into morphine and provided to

The army and the hospital.

"It won't work even if we buy it?" Pinak said. Pinak's nephew came with the ship, became a drug addict, and is now tied to the bed.

"There is no special reason. First, it is a controlled product that is prohibited from trading in Nanhua, and we have no import channels. Second, the existing opium has been consumed long ago. You can't find a gram of opium in the entire Surabaya." Liu Yiming

I'm a little impatient, why waste time on this issue?

"Okay, let's get back to the topic. Your suggestions for the living area can be submitted to the government in writing later. The government will consider your suggestions. Now, let's continue to talk about the issue of surrender." Liu Yiming said.

"We have already surrendered to you. How can one person surrender twice?" Pinak said: "Order Batavia to surrender? I don't have such great power."

"Okay, let's put this topic aside for now. In order to welcome the two governors, I have prepared an event. Please move on." Liu Yiming said.

…………

Senior government officials, the remaining senior officials of the army, plus the two governors and some senior officials of the Dutch East India government, rode in thirty oxen carts. Why do you think they rode in oxen carts? Horses, mules and donkeys all supported the army, but this oxen was still

They were taken from the farm to work part-time.

The convoy passed slowly through the industrial area, and Pinac and the new governor were in the same car.

Pinak looked at the smoke-belching chimneys in the industrial area, the busy workers, and the orderly vehicles. He passed by the steelmaking plant and happened to see a furnace of steel being smelted and being transferred.

His face became darker and darker, and finally he sighed and said to the new governor.
To be continued...