Chapter 261: Post-war harvest

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The smoke from the battlefield gradually dissipated, and there were countless ship remains and debris floating on the solitary sea. The fleet led by Li Han and Mei Dongxing had immediately engaged in the waters and returned to Natuna with the captured personnel and materials. Islands.
The battle in the Andaman Sea ended successfully. As the winning party, the Navy of the National Defense Force not only captured 36 worthy pirate ships, but more importantly, captured more than 5,000 pirates and more than 10 Chinese captains. .
More than 5,000 captives belonged to 13 Chinese pirates and 17 Chinese captains. Four of the 13 pirate forces died in the fighting, and the remaining nine were captured, while 17 were Chinese. None of Kapitan and Kirby, the Englishman who was back and forth in series, died, and all were honestly captured by the Wehrmacht navy.
According to the distribution plan previously negotiated by Li Han and Cai Jiu, 700 Chinese pirates without major evil were assigned to the Kismayo stronghold. Among the remaining 4,500 captives, in addition to more than 400, they were directly involved in crimes. The executions, others were assigned to northern Annan, Songkhla and Natuna Islands as the main labor force for the construction of fortifications.
The disposition plan of more than 5,000 captives was easy to reach consensus, but when discussing the final disposition plan of the nine pirate bosses and seventeen Chinese captains, there were obvious differences among several people.
The naval fleet led by Li Han is the main force of the ambush pirate fleet. From the perspective of the soldiers, Li Han believes that in addition to doing bad things, since all the pirate bosses and the Chinese captains have been captured, it is natural to kill them all. Maritime safety issues for stranded migrant transport fleets.
However, Mei Dongxing did not agree with Li Han's point of view from the perspective of Han's long-term security in the Nanyang stronghold.
"General Li, the Chinese Jiabidans are dependent on the existence of the Dutch and the British. They do not resolve the colonial forces of the Dutch and the British in the South Sea. Even if they kill these Jiabidan, the foreigners will soon support a new group of Chinese leaders. Replace their position, so it is not difficult to kill seventeen Chinese Jiabidan, but after all, these Chinese Jiabidan are subsidiary forces of the Dutch and the British. Once we kill them all, the Dutch What do they think about the British? Do they think that we want to incite the Chinese in the Nanyang region to fight against them, or that the ambitions of the Han country are expanding and they want to dye the guide foreign colony? "
Mei Dongxing carefully explained, "The core interest of the Han country lies in the local area. His Majesty established a transit base in Nanyang. The main role is to transport Chinese immigrants domestically, not to replace the position of foreigners, and to take Nanyang as his own.
General Li, Your Excellency, you have to understand that the navy fleet has a limited time in Nanyang. Now it offends the foreigners, and they are completely deadlocked. Due to the deterrence of the naval fleet, the Dutch may not act lightly, but after ten days and a half months, the navy The fleet escorted Miss Wu back to the mainland. The Dutch had no scruples, and they might have led the British to retaliate with us. Therefore, for the sake of your majesty and the safety of the Nanyang stronghold, we still have to be patient for a while and let these Chinese Jiabidan temporarily . "
"Mr. Mei, I do n’t understand what happened. The pirates who attacked the transport fleet were supported by the Dutch. Now they are all wiped out by our army. Do n’t we have torn our faces with the Netherlands? Even if we are captive, the Chinese captain We release and go back, the Dutch really want to swallow the dumb loss and live with us peacefully? "
Li Han asked.
"The Dutch want to expel our forces from the East Indies, but it is not enough for the Dutch to have enough troops in the South Ocean. If the two sides tear their faces and face the full confrontation, it will only lead to both defeats."
Mei Dongxing said as he looked at the old gunboats of the captives, explaining that "The Dutch are not the sea coaches two hundred years ago. Their original colonies in Africa and the Americas were either snatched by the French or sold to them at a low price. The British, now their remaining colonies are mainly the East Indies. The Dutch government attaches great importance to the possession of the East Indies. As long as we don't tear our face with the Netherlands on the bright side, they dare not treat the Natuna Islands and Our affiliated Taiping forces will act. "
Territory area and population are the main factors for measuring a country's overall strength. Of these two factors, territory area often occupies a more important position.
In the early days of the great voyage, there was not a big difference between the population of the Netherlands and the population of Britain. Later, the first industrial revolution arrived. Benefiting from a wider territory, the population of Britain grew rapidly, and it soon opened up the gap with the Netherlands, making the Netherlands compete with Britain for the sea. The hegemonic war was at a disadvantage, and finally ended in failure. The colonies and overseas trade markets were mostly taken away by the British, leaving only a few colonies such as the East Indies to survive.
At the same time, due to the loss of huge overseas interests, the industrial development of the Netherlands is much slower than that of Britain and France. The iron naval ships equipped by the Dutch navy and warships that maintain colonial rule also have a huge gap compared with Britain and France.
Li Han, Mei Dongxing, and others can see the dilemma of the Dutch's lack of strength in ruling the East Indies, but because the Netherlands stands behind Britain, Mei Dongxing has been afraid to underestimate the Dutch colonialists. When dealing with 17 Chinese captains More consideration is to maintain the apparent peace between the two parties and not to make things uncontrollable.
War is only a means, and the contention of interests among nations is more an exchange of interests and compromise on the back side.
After hearing Mei Dongxing's explanation, although Li Han understood that it was inappropriate to directly kill seventeen Chinese Jia Bidan, but he let them go, but he felt very uneasy.
It is not only Li Han who is unwilling, but Cai Jiu and many middle and high-ranking officers who participated in the battle are also unwilling to let go of the captured Chinese bibitans. Therefore, after more than an hour of discussion, Mei Dongxing and Li Han, Cai Jiu and others reached a final plan to dispose of the captives: One Li Han selected four intact pirate ships as Zizhong transport ships and placed them under the jurisdiction of the National Defense Forces Navy. All the remaining captured vessels were handed over to the transport fleet for the transportation of Chinese immigrants. And protection of air routes.
All twenty-nine pirate leaders were executed. The National Defense Forces Navy accepted their belongings and their family members, young and old, while the construction site was accepted by the surrendering pirate leader Liu Wu.
Thirty-seven Chinese Chinese bibendan were paid by their relatives and subordinates according to the amount of ransoms ranging from 220,200 to 400,000 each, and a total of about 5 million silver was required ~ EbookFREE.me The government asked the Governor of the East Indies to cancel the discriminatory policy against Chinese businessmen in exchange for the safety of 17 Chinese capitans and Han's understanding of the incident.
Of the four conditions, only one is targeted at the Dutch colonial government. Of course, it is impossible for the Dutch government to cancel the high taxes imposed on the Chinese. However, this incident was used to put pressure on the Dutch colonists and ease their impact on the Chinese in the East Indies. Exploitation is of great benefit to the Han government for the support of Nanyang Chinese, especially wealthy Chinese businessmen.
In the second half of the 19th century, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom have not yet completed full control of the Nanyang region. The Chinese armed forces and Chinese businessmen have a much higher status in the local area than in the early 20th century.
Chinese businessmen are also better at controlling their own personal wealth than in the early 20th century. During this period, the Qing government did not pay much attention to the Nanyang Chinese community, which led to the wealthy Nanyang Chinese businessmen, but they were afraid to invest their funds. The funds were transferred to invest in the mainland, so that a large amount of funds were not effectively used. The domestic development of Han country is rapid, and heavy industry, light industry, commerce and other industries need to invest a lot of funds. Therefore, providing security for overseas Chinese and attracting overseas Chinese investment funds is a task that Mei Dongxing attaches great importance to. One of the requirements of the person in charge of the Nanyang area.