readx(); The German Foreign Legion led by Li Daizong, with a cruiser and a frigate, for the navy, they have not fought a real naval battle for a long time, even the enemy of wooden galleons is gone. .dt .com So the main work of the Navy these days is to escort the army's transport ships, to escort colonial ships and freighters, and to provide coastal artillery support to the army.

The Sultanate of Brunei is actually the well-known Bo Ni State in history, and it has long been related to China. On August 20, the sixth year of Yongle (1408), King Mana Jakana Nai brought the queen and prince and a group of more than 150 people to visit the sea in the sixth year of Yongle (1408) of the Ming Dynasty, and was warmly entertained by Ming Chengzu. King Bo Ni visited Nanjing for more than a month, and finally contracted an unfortunate illness, although carefully adjusted by the imperial doctor, he finally died of illness in Nanjing. In accordance with the wishes of King Boni, Zhu Di of Ming Dynasty buried King Boni in Shizigang in the south of Nanjing with the ceremony of funeral of princes, and naturalized as a Chinese grave household as a native of Southwest Yi, guarded the tomb for generations, and erected a monument for the mausoleum.

In fact, this King of Bo Ni was not really a king, he was actually a Chinese named Huang Senping who fled to Borneo for refuge in the late Yuan Dynasty and early Ming Dynasty. Huang Senping united the Chinese in Bo Ni, created his own power, and intermarried with the local green forces, and the Sultan of Bo Ni Ma Hemo Sha was attacked by the Sulu Kingdom because of Bo Ni, and asked for help from the Chinese forces led by Huang Senping. Ma Hemusha married his daughter to Huang Senping, Huang Senping married his sister to Ma Hemusha, and the Sultan gave Huang Senping the title of "Mana Jagana", which according to the Chinese understanding is the king side by side. Eventually, they united and defeated the Sulu and saved Bo Ni.

After the death of Ma Hemmosha, Huang Senping was also known as the regent of the prison state, and his position was more stable after the political struggle. In his later years, Huang Senping returned to the Ming Dynasty and was eventually buried in Nanjing, and his son was also named King of Boni. The same thing is not uncommon, in the early Ming Dynasty, it was the shogun who was actually crowned king of Japan, not the emperor. The Huang family has multiplied in Brunei for several generations and has endured for a long time, but eventually it was Muslimized and Malayized, and slowly integrated into the local people, and no longer looked Chinese.

On the other hand, the Sultanate of Brunei survived, having been a British protectorate in the 19th century, but in the 80s, the Sultanate of Brunei eventually gained control of the country and became one of the richest families in the world through oil.

Li Daizong is well aware of these anecdotes, but even if Brunei has ties to China, he is now justified in attacking this country. Of course, even if the name is not right, Datang is determined to win Borneo. In the colonial era, it was possible to claim sovereignty over an entire region by occupying the main city of a region and eliminating the power of the administration. And colonization is often too lazy to find an excuse, it is a complete predator.

The Sultan of Brunei supported the Malays in attacking the Tang people, but in fact the Tang Dynasty did not have any definite evidence, only captured prisoners and obtained intelligence to say so. But this is enough for Datang, who does not want the existence of other forces in North Borneo. The Tang Dynasty now controls all of West Borneo, and most of the mountainous rainforest areas of Central Borneo are indigenous, and the Tang people have little interest in them for a while.

The Tang would wipe out the Malay forces in Sarawak and destroy the Sultanate of Brunei in the north, while continuing to seize Sabah from the Kingdom of Sulu to the east. On the other hand, the Tang will defeat the Sultan of Machen in South Borneo, with the ultimate target being Balikpapan, an oil-producing country. Even if it is not explicitly stated in any of the Datang documents, what Datang has done in Borneo has a clear goal, that is, to de-green education.

The natives who were willing to cooperate with the Tang, the Tang did not mind calling them part of the overseas territory, but the more stubborn Muslim Malays, the meticulous German mercenaries would faithfully carry out their work. The Germanic people were all Protestants, and even many of them happily accepted the fact that they were unbelievers after coming to the Tang Dynasty, so they had no psychological pressure to deal with Malay monkeys.

Such a decision was almost inevitable, and the Spaniards held high the banner of Catholicism and carried out a large-scale purge of local green religion in the Philippines, which eventually made the Philippines the only Catholic country in Asia after the twentieth century. The Dutch occupied Java for no less than the Spaniards, and after they left, Indonesia remained a green country. This, of course, had to do with the fact that the Dutch were Protestants, and their zeal for missionary work was no better than that of spices.

For the Tang people, although they are backed by the Chinese as a large ethnic group and occupy an absolute population advantage, at this time, immigrants are needed everywhere in the Tang Dynasty, and if you want to rank the importance, it is obvious that North America will overpower all overseas territories. Even if the Malay population and other green religions in Borneo were at most 100,000 at this time, the Chinese population would immediately have an absolute advantage if they emigrated to hundreds of thousands, but it would take many years. And those that are more extreme will still be potential safety hazards, so simply completely defeat those who are not convinced, pull one faction to fight another, and tame these people.

Blucher looked at Brunei with a telescope and said in dismay: "Comrade Brigade Commander, I heard that this country has existed for six centuries, but how is the capital like a big village?" ”

Li Daizong said: "This is a good question, it stands to reason that Bo Ni has been doing business with Indian Arabs and even us Chinese for thousands of years, and there is good output here, but they have not established any commendable civilization." It was also quite backward, and although Europeans visited it, it did not bring much enlightenment, and there were almost no muskets and cannons in their armies. ”

"This is really delightful and at the same time somewhat disappointing news, and our soldiers are eager to prove themselves on the battlefield," Blucher said. ”

In Brunei Bay, the ships of the two navies have arrived on the coast, and the guns on the ships are ready, but at this time, Li Daizong got a piece of news that made him cry and laugh.

"Commander, the cruiser Chenghai ran aground 300 yards from the shore, and it is not clear how serious the collision was, but according to the captain's estimate, they were traveling at a relatively low speed, so there should not be much damage, and the ship did not enter the water."

Li Daizong was helpless and said, "Okay, this is not the first time. ”

Although Datang has mastered hydrological information in many places, many of which were brought over from later generations, the hydrological information of later generations is definitely different from now, and they do not master all hydrology, so occasionally there will be a little accident on Datang's ships. It is very common for the Navy to run aground or even run aground four or five times a year, and not long ago there was an accident in Shanghai where a frigate collided with a merchant ship. However, a relatively large shipwreck did not happen.

"Let the navy mean it, Brunei doesn't have any decent ability to resist, they just fire a few shots, scare the Brunei, and then find a way to find someone to save their cruiser." Li Daizong did not want the navy to destroy most of the city like a bombardment of Edo. The destructive power is too great, although he came with the idea of killing.

The two island-class transport ships both carried a large number of assault boats, and all of them were dispatched at once, and at least nearly two battalions of troops could be sent to land. Moreover, the transport ship Shanghai is equipped with a large number of inflatable boats, which can throw all the soldiers on board to the shore at one time without considering the operating space.

The grounding of the cruiser Chenghai made several transport ships with a deeper draft dare not continue to approach, and Li Daizong also ordered the soldiers to board the raft in advance to launch a landing operation.

Because the Bruneians were not anticipatory enough of the enemy from the sea, they did not have any reliable coastal defense weapons, not even the watchtower on the shore, which made the Bruneians almost unresponsive when a large number of Tang German soldiers stepped on the beach.

Blucher then arrived on the shore, his second time participating in the landing operation, and in the barracks he had learned a great deal from the Tang officers, and Blucher immediately ordered his soldiers: "Immediately take the royal city of Brunei, and at the same time carry out the clearing of the streets, and not allow any Bruneians to go out into the streets." ”

At this time, Brunei's population had tens of thousands, but in the face of 5,000 armed enemy troops, it was really too much for the royal guards of Brunei to even resist after the Tang German soldiers in the team, and threw away their swords and guns and surrendered. In the whole city, there were only sporadic gunshots, but more Germanic insults and the sound of them beating people. Even in this era, the Germans were not as tall as they were two hundred years later, but compared to the Malays at this time, they were already giants.

The most disappointed was Blücher, when he stood in the palace of Brunei, the shivering Sultan of Brunei was tied into a rice dumpling, and a few unruly soldiers were doing something to the princesses of the Sultan, he felt very lost.

Li Daizong patted him on the back from behind and said, "Actually, you should realize what kind of war this will be on the way here." ”

Blucher nodded and said: "Yes, I once fantasized about serving the most heroic and powerful army, so I chose Prussia, and then I came to Datang, and I am even more convinced that Datang is the most militarily powerful country in the world, but now I am distressed by this, because it is too strong, it is difficult to meet the enemy of the opponent." ”

Li Daizong laughed and said: "Now we are still only in the stage of colonial wars, and we are still dealing with backward countries and regions, but in a few years, we will face the armies of Europe directly, maybe this can make you a little more excited." ”