1172 The South Seas Beacon Rises
On the tall and majestic bridge of the Russian battleship St. Peter, the commander-in-chief of the expeditionary force, Stefansky, and the head of French intelligence, Molière, were standing side by side, one holding a large telescope and looking at the verdant green in the distance.
"This is the Brunei region of Kalimantan? God! I can't help but think of Odessa, Ukraine, where the fields are endless, and where the Dniester River nourishes the wheat fields, it has become the breadbasket of the whole of Europe......
Stefansky served in the Black Sea Fleet as a young man and had a great affection for Ukraine, which is the most famous grain producing region in Europe, where wheat and potatoes are produced in high quantities and tasted so good that even the British have to buy a lot of grain every year.
Molière sneered and put down the binoculars, "That's right, this is Odessa in East Asia and Ukraine in Asia run by Xiao Letian, but there is no wheat and potatoes here, there is only one kind of grain here, and that is rice......"
"The woods in the distance should be rubber and banana groves, and further away are fields of cardamom, cinnamon, and cloves...... Further south is the dense primeval forest, where Xiao Letian's expedition team is said to be busy......"
"This is the largest Kentun District in the hands of Xiao Letian in East Asia, and the number of Chinese laborers gathered is no less than 100,000! His appetite is too great, he actually wants to use the rice of the whole of East Asia to feed hundreds of millions of mouths in the Qing Dynasty, this madman ......"
Stefansky sneered and said, "Our mission here is to put an end to this madman's behavior and put Asia on track as he should be...... There is a lowly people living in the lowly land, and these uncivilized barbarians are not worthy of enjoying this earth with the people of the civilized world!"
"I hope you French bring the right information, if it's not as rich as you say, and if our battle isn't so rich, I don't mind throwing you into the sea to feed the sharks!"
Stefansky was very unceremonious, in his eyes the man whose face had been ruined was a pervert, although he was in a state of cooperation for the time being, but if it was possible, he would never mind feeding him to the shark with his own hands, who made him a hated Frenchman! Who let the French defeat the great Russia in the Crimea!
"Don't worry, the information has been confirmed by many parties, and even confirmed by Ryoma Sakamoto...... This huge island is called Borneo by the Chinese, and the Brunei region has always been called the country of Boni, and the Chinese are familiar with it!"
"In particular, the land between the two cities of Bailayi and Dudong is the richest grain-producing area in the Bomud country, and the Bailayi River and Dudong River flow from south to north into the South China Sea, and the fertile humus soil and convenient irrigation are the most suitable for rice growth......
"That's why this is the place where Xiao Lotian plans to invest the most, especially in Bailayi Port, which is the main trading port for grain trade in the reclamation area, and Lotte Bank and foreign banks are second only to Hong Kong and the Lion City ......in terms of the scale of their branches."
"Believe me, let the brave Russian soldiers go in, Lotte Bank and those large companies, there is gold and silver you want, don't underestimate this small city of only 30,000 people, his wealth is unimaginable to you!"
Stefansky nodded, reached out and patted Molière's shoulder, "If your information is true, I will leave you a generous share of the loot, I hope you cherish your little life and don't lie to me...... The order is to go down! The advance party has landed!"
The Russian fleet began to adjust its posture one after another, one led by the flagship St. Peter, and the other route, led by the second main battleship, the Diamond, and directly inserted into the beach east of Belait, where more Russian landing troops would cut off the road between Belais and Tudong.
Moreover, these landing soldiers can also carry out a roundabout attack on the port of Bailayi, and eventually form a joint encirclement by sea and land. This shows that Stefansky's appetite is so great that he actually wants to outflank the whole city, he actually wants to sack the whole city.
One small boat after another was carried out to sea by cables, and boats of heavily armed Russian soldiers climbed down the rope ladder, and the eyes of these tall polar bears were full of excitement for the war, and the more than three months of sea voyage had made their spirits almost collapse, and the killing at this moment was definitely a good medicine to regulate their feelings.
"For God's sake, let us punish these infidels! Let the heavenly fire of God descend upon this sinful city and advance ......"
"For the sake of the Tsar, for the sake of our Majesty...... All the soldiers who were born as slaves stood up to form the first wave of charging echelons...... Let us repay the great Tsar with victory!"
"Gold...... The city is full ......of gold! The city is full of Asian beauties! Rush in and it's all your ......."
The howls of the barbarians rang out on every landing dinghy, and the frenzied soldiers thumped their chests excitedly and rowed desperately towards Borneo.
At this moment, on the coastline, the Chinese who worked hard to dig oysters and the indigenous monkeys who killed the sun and gnawed bananas were completely stupid at this moment, they did not expect that such a dark cloud of warships would suddenly come on the sea, and then they saw a group of barbarians rushing over.
"The foreign devil is coming! Go back and ring the alarm bell and inform the villagers to go back to the village to copy the guys to protect the village...... Hurry up and send a message to the city, hurry up and ...... "The Chinese retreated south like crazy, and lost a lot of seafood on the beach.
"Great, it's the Westerners! The Westerners are here to kill the Han people! Quickly notify the tribe and let them rob the guys while the fire is burning! Those bastards of Chinese have all made their fortunes and died, and it's time to bleed them......" The black and red faces of the indigenous monkeys lit up with excitement.
The whole Bailayi area has been completely plunged into madness, everywhere the alarm bell is ringing, everywhere there are Chinese people who have returned to the village for refuge, women, children, old and children hiding behind the wooden wall of the village shivering, and the man who can fight can pick up the backward smoothbore guns and climb the wooden wall and guard tower to look vigilantly around the danger.
Soon there were dozens of fire points at the junction of farmland and dense forest, but before the Russian army had logged in, the indigenous monkeys were killed from the dense forest first, and some small villages that were caught off guard and many ancillary equipment between the farmlands were destroyed.
"Kill the Chinese...... rob them of their money...... Snatch their women...... Killing the Chinese ......" The entire tens of thousands of hectares of land in the Kentun district were filled with the shouts of savage monkeys, until finally they did not even let go of the rubber forest, and the raging fire devoured the big trees that were producing rubber in their prime.
The Chinese people holding foreign guns poured out distressed tears one by one: "Damn! they're all brutes! These bastards have burned these bastards for several years...... I can't stand it anymore, open the gate and let's kill it!"
"You can't go out! These black monkeys are easy to handle, but what about the foreigners on the sea? If you go out, you will be sent to death...... Great Compassion Guanyin Bodhisattva, why did this provoke foreign soldiers, what the hell is going on?"
The old people blocked the gate with their bodies to prevent the fanatical young people from going out to die.