Chapter 455 Three Camps
London, England.
Because some people were dissatisfied with the government's weak attitude towards the German Confederation, they decided to take to the streets.
However, this time the London police did not sit idly by like they did with the Charters, and directly sent out mounted police to disperse the parade, causing dozens of casualties.
But that was not the end. Then a large number of special police trained by Robert Peel were dispatched, swinging sticks and beating anyone they saw.
After dispersing the crowd, they began to arrest diehards, and after interrogation, the British government quickly gave the result that this was due to deliberate incitement by foreign forces.
Then they should be sentenced! They should be killed!
Robert Peel was not a mediocre person. He knew very well where his bottom line was, and he would never let anyone interfere with his plans for the future of Britain.
However, he still made some concessions, such as the navy's people investigating the navy's affairs.
Anyone with a discerning eye could see that it was a naked cover-up. In this way, naturally no one on the Royal Navy side would be dissatisfied, and some even felt that this was a unilateral mockery of the German Confederation.
In fact, Robert Peel knew the other side's bottom line, but he just wanted an attitude from the British side. He didn't think the other side really dared to start a war.
But the international situation at this time could not let Robert Peel be careless, because there were many countries that wanted to deal with Britain, and giving them a chance was not what he wanted to see.
Especially the kind of false mediation, which was actually secretly fueling the flames, was unacceptable to Robert Peel.
But what he didn't expect was that the Austrian side really sent a fleet over.
Franz knew very well that it would not work to solve the problem of the Southern Ming Dynasty by mutual understanding, and negotiations with bandits had to follow their logic.
In fact, until today, William Hawke has not reported any intelligence about the attack on Dutch merchant ships, because he felt that he could suppress it.
Regarding the blockade of the Southern Ming regime on the island of Kalimantan, William Hawke still made concessions, and he allowed some Dutch merchants to pass through at some time.
But once this ban was opened, it meant that the so-called blockade was in name only, so that the British naval officers and soldiers responsible for the blockade also became lax.
This gave the Nanming an opportunity. After all, Zhu Qiongying never gave up on winning the war. Although Franz's promise was there, she always felt it was unreal.
Moreover, many high-level officials in the Nanming were immigrants, and they had a special hatred for the British. Because the British were the culprits who caused them to leave their homes, and now they fled to Nanyang and were blackmailed and besieged by the British.
How could these people swallow this breath? Once they saw the British sink the warships flying the Qing dragon flag, they were all overjoyed, and even the British commander-in-chief at the time, Bazari, showed a puzzled expression on his face.
Later, the Qing court increased taxes to maintain its rule, and ordinary people suffered terribly. Then the foreign masters also came to the shore to bully, and those who couldn't survive had to leave their homes.
They thought they were working, but they were called piglets. Nanyang is also a world of the survival of the fittest, like hell, with foreigners, natives, and gangs that oppressed their compatriots.
Later, when the Nanming was established, they had a home and lived like a person. The Southern Ming Dynasty imposed very low taxes on the poor and farmers, and very high taxes on landlords and merchants.
So it quickly gained the support of the grassroots people, and those local forces that followed the Qing system and gang rule were quickly completely disintegrated.
The system of the Southern Ming Dynasty was to support small farmers, and then the state would control business and minerals. This is a typical agricultural resource country thinking, but it was very attractive to most ordinary people who could not survive at the time.
People are not worried about scarcity, but about inequality. At the beginning of the establishment of the Southern Ming Dynasty, even Zhu Qiongying lived in the Guandi Temple, not to mention other high-ranking officials of the Southern Ming Dynasty. It was good to have a straw mat and a broken house, so there was not much internal conflict.
After a little stability, it began to deal with internal corruption. This queen who grew up listening to operas was very murderous, but the more she killed, the more people felt that this was the orthodoxy of the Ming Dynasty.
At the same time, the continuous victories also increased the power of the queen. The Southern Ming army experienced dozens of battles on the island of Kalimantan, and was invincible. Even the Dutch and the British sent envoys.
In fact, the Dutch initially wanted to take it in as a dog, but several Kapitans and a 600-man army sent successively suffered defeats, and Austria's strength on the European continent made the Dutch East India Company afraid to act rashly.
At the same time, out of consideration for being wary of the British, they felt that joining forces was obviously a more reasonable choice.
Due to the four Anglo-Dutch wars, it was difficult for the Dutch to trust the British, and the latter's occupation of a freshwater port in the northeast of Kalimantan naturally aroused the former's vigilance.
In short, the army of the Southern Ming was still very combat-effective at this time.
Zhu Qiongying also established three major camps in imitation of the former Ming Dynasty. The Shenji Camp was responsible for artillery, and the Sanqian Camp was the main force of the Southern Ming at this time. All new muzzle-loading percussion rifles were used.
The percussion rifles are not as easy to fail in the hot and humid jungles of Kalimantan as the matchlocks and flintlocks. At the same time, the 3,000-man Battalion is also the most elite veterans under Zhu Qiongying. In addition to the percussion rifles, they also have leather armor for protection, and even the bayonets are different from those of other troops.
The bayonets of the 3,000-man Battalion are all specially made three-edged bayonets, which are of course the work of Franz.
This kind of bayonet with an angular blade and three blood grooves looks fierce.
In addition to bleeding, the actual function of the blood groove is mainly used for continuous actions.
If there is no blood groove, the thorn will be wrapped in the human body because of the intense contraction of blood pressure and muscles. In this case, it will be difficult to pull out the thorn, which will affect the further action of the soldier.
In the Russian-Turkish battlefield of that year, there were frequent embarrassing scenes where the bayonet was inserted and could not be pulled out. In the end, the soldiers had to give up the bayonet and rifle and wrestle with the opponent with bare hands.
The three-edged bayonet with blood groove will not encounter this problem, because the wound caused is open and usually square.
In this way, the soldiers can make continuous stabbing movements, and it is also a last resort, because there is almost no industrial base on Kalimantan Island, including the Dutch Batavia.
They don’t even have the ability to produce qualified bayonets, but the production of the three-edged bayonet is simple and has low process requirements, which is more suitable for handicraft workshops.
The last five military camps are the elite of a miscellaneous army. They are elite soldiers drawn from various places. They don’t even have uniform clothing. The weapons are also varied, from artillery to matchlock guns to broadswords and spears.
Although there is nothing special, it wins in numbers.
At this time, the three main forces of the Southern Ming Dynasty had been waiting for an opportunity, and the spies had been closely watching the movements of the British warships and the time of their arrival.
In fact, there were not many British people in the port of Mala, but more local natives. Although these natives accepted the British employment, they had no loyalty at all.
So almost all the British intelligence was sold to the spies of the Southern Ming Dynasty, a total of four cruisers, 800 sailors, and 600 native soldiers, which was the entire British force.