"My lord, a telegram from Singapore: Yiqiē is well."

Fan Debang pinched a telegram and came to Liu Xian. Singapore is fine, which means that Singapore's British Navy and Army have not made any moves so far. The British had not yet been involved in West Borneo.

Liu Xian still maintains peace in his heart. Singapore's intelligence station will immediately send a report to Hong Kong as soon as there is an emergency, and then Hong Kong will transfer the news to Tainan. And if the situation is always calm, then a report will be sent every five days. Let Liu Xian always firmly control the change in the attitude of the British.

At the same time, the city of Guangzhou. Huo Guangzheng, who was dressed in a dress, said goodbye to Barrick, the British consul in Guangzhou, who saw him off, with a smile, and his mission was completed today. For 500,000 taels of silver, an order was placed with the British for textile machinery, machine tools, grinding machines and other mechanical equipment.

This is not spending money to buy peace, but just a straightforward gesture of goodwill. It's just that it's hard to say whether the British eat this set or not.

……

Higashimantsu, in a military camp.

Under the leadership of more than a dozen instructors, a regimental [1,000-man] Chinese volunteer army is scattered in various training grounds in the camp, carrying out military training that has never been interrupted every day.

In a shooting range. A battalion of more than 300 volunteer soldiers, under the leadership of instructors and officers, is doing live-fire training. At the edge of the shooting range, Wang Kun was watching in the company of a teacher.

The whistle sounded, and more than 300 soldiers lined up in three neat columns and marched from the other end of the shooting range. Upon arrival at the pre-firing site, everyone quickly stood still. Then the soldiers, under the rapid orders of the officers at all levels, quickly formed a formation, and the counterclockwise line made a big rotation, from three columns to three horizontal columns in an instant.

Throughout, there was no instrumental accompaniment in the range, not even the most monotonous drum beats.

"All are determined!"

"Gun under the shoulder!"

With a loud shout from the head of the instructor, more than 300 people unloaded their rifles from their shoulders in unison. Then aim and shoot, and row after row fired a neat series of shots.

In the tumbling waves of flames, hundreds of wooden targets 100 meters away were smashed into debris.

The final order to charge was given, and hundreds of people roared in unison, rushed out with bayonets, and then stabbed and overturned the wooden targets that had already been beaten to pieces.

Immediately after that, the whistle sounded again, and the Chinese rebels who had just completed a round of charge withdrew one after another, but in two minutes, they lined up again. Then a teacher in charge of military discipline stepped out, took out a dozen or so minions and even officers who had made mistakes in the previous volleys and charges, and took off their coats at the edge of the range in front of everyone and began to whip them. One person gave ten strokes, and then rushed to the side of the shooting range, standing in a military posture under the sun, without even dressing medicine.

Wang Kun is now the first-rate figure in the rebel army, as the chief steward of the Shilongmen Chinese workers uprising before, and now he is still doing the work of the chief steward in the rebel army. I haven't been in contact with the army for more than half a month, and when I came to the Dongmanjin Barracks today to take a look, I didn't expect to see such a wonderful scene. Although the battalion in front of him is one of the most elite in the barracks here.

"Wei Jiaoxi, officers and soldiers are one, and rewards and punishments are clear. Orders are forbidden, and orders are the same. With such an elite, we will definitely be able to break the Dutch, and the great cause can be accomplished! Wang Kun couldn't help but be overjoyed. Such an army has completely exceeded his previous expectations, when the Shilongmen uprising, the Chinese workers just dared to fight, but in fact, it is completely inferior to the current army. Yes, this is an army! And the rebels back then were just a group of militias.

Wei Tao smiled, and he was not greedy for his own merits. "It's still everyone's foundation. The soldiers were miners and obeyed orders. In addition, there was the original training of soldiers to become officers, and with the backbone, it was rectified and formed in just half a month. Wei Tao's laughter sounded the Taiping Army of the year, and the real ones in the old brothers in Guangxi were the miners and coal workers in the Bauhinia Mountain. And these people in front of him have almost all seen life and death with foreigners, so it is better to train elite soldiers. Except for the age of the soldiers, there are generally some fights, and there are no shortcomings.

"I am also relieved to see our army like this, and the team is pulled to the front line to fight." When Wang Kun and Wei Tao returned to the barracks headquarters, several important officers and instructors in the barracks had arrived.

"The Dutch army has begun to assemble on its way to Bengajan. There were more than 1,000 Dutch soldiers and more than 3,000 indigenous soldiers. Although Sarawak did not send troops, Charles provided too much convenience for the Dutch and Indian armies. More importantly, he has paid for the recruitment of Malay soldiers in the Malay community. When Wang Kun said about the Malay soldiers, his eyes radiated with hatred. That's the hatred carved into the bone marrow!

His father, Wang Jia, was one of the leaders of the Shilongmen Chinese Workers' Uprising. The biggest reason why the Shilongmen Chinese Workers' Uprising failed that year, in addition to the fact that the leader Liu Bangshan was betrayed and killed by traitors, was that the Malay community sided with James.

So whether it is Wang Kun, Li Yongfei or Liu Kangsheng, they all hate the British and the Malays!

"There is news from Singapore that the British have not moved for the time being, so they should not be sure. At this time, we exerted our strength to sweep away the Dutch and Indian armies in one fell swoop and deter the British. So that the British did not dare to stretch out their hands lightly.

Therefore, the General Headquarters decided to readjust the two battalions of the 2nd Regiment [Dong Wanjin] and the 3rd Regiment [Gaoping] to merge the entire 4th Regiment [Mengjiaying] to completely wipe out the 5,000 Dutch and Indian troops with a thunderous force. ”

"Now I announce the order of the General Headquarters, ordering Xi Weitao, the chief instructor of the Second Regiment, to be the commander of the entire Second Regiment, Li Changyu to be the deputy commander and chief of staff of the Second Regiment, Qiu Lingyuan, the commander of the Fourth Battalion, to be the commander of the Fourth Battalion, to teach Chen Heng to be the deputy battalion, and the fifth battalion to ......."

The chief and deputy battalion commanders of the three battalions of the entire Second Regiment, as well as the chief and deputy regiment commanders, chief of staff, military police captains, logistics chiefs, and more than 10 other important official posts, all issued letters of appointment. This is equivalent to saying that the training period of the entire Second Regiment has ended since then, and the entire Second Regiment has completely become an army. At noon the order reached the whole regiment, and all the soldiers were in high spirits, and there was no fear of going into battle.

In the afternoon of the same day, except for a few dozen people who remained in the barracks, the rest of the more than 1,100 soldiers of the entire Second Regiment marched out of the camp in an orderly manner and marched towards Bengaying in the north.

Two days later, the soldiers of the 2nd Regiment, led by Wei Tao and Li Changyu, arrived at Heman, who was close to Ben Kaying. The people here have long been rumored to be closed, not to mention that there is no one in most of the houses, and everyone is running away.

Wei Tao didn't stay here much at all, and after eating a meal, he went non-stop until Ben Kaying. That night, he met Li Yongfei, the head of the Fourth Regiment, and Dai Achun, the deputy head of the Third Regiment. The latter is Liang Luyi's good brother.

Among the three, Wei Tao is of course the most experienced. Although they have never revealed their former identity background. But in terms of fighting, Li Yongfei and Dai Achun are very convinced.

After the convergence of the three divisions, the strength reached 3,000 people, and Wei Tao immediately ordered Li Yongfei to lead the fourth regiment of the headquarters to camp overnight at a position three miles on the side of the Benjia Cinema, dig trenches, and arrange positions.

Li Yongfei did not hesitate at all, and soon after receiving the order, he led his troops to the city.

This camp lasted for three days, during which one group after another of Dayaks fled into Lanfang's territory. Lan Fang gets along well with the local Dayaks and even the Malays. Compared with the previous decades, Lan Fang has always belonged to the absolute dog faction, praising the stinky feet of the Dutch, and the social environment in the jurisdiction is quite stable. As soon as the social environment is stable, it will definitely form a commercial trade cycle within a certain radiation range. Whether it is the Malays or the Dayaks, no one will be unable to live with money and a stable life, and naturally there will be no more fierce contradictions between the different ethnic groups on both sides.

After camping, the four regiments, which were still a little giggling, were also a little nervous by waves of 'refugees'. So when the news of the Dutch and Indian troops crossing the border and attacking Benkajang arrived, the air in the entire barracks seemed to be frozen. Then the spies that were constantly sent out kept coming back, reporting the news that the Dutch and Indian troops were approaching one by one.

Soon, the Dutch and Indian troops, numbering nearly 5,000 men, finally appeared less than ten miles north of the Chinese camp. At the head of this force was the Dutch governor Johann Murphy. William's guard captain, Colonel Robben. This is a soldier who has been widely praised in Batavia's high society, born into a wealthy family in the country, and his handsome appearance and strong posture have made Colonel Robben always stand out in balls and salons, and win the hot eyes of countless noblewomen. And as for his ability to really fight...... Well, that's hard to say.

The Dutch scouts soon sent their commander the necessary information. There were only about a thousand rebels in the barracks outside the Benga Studio, and there was no heavy artillery and no cavalry. Robben immediately made up his mind to launch an all-out attack as soon as it was dawn the next day.

At this time, among the Chinese army, a large number of young young officers were still full of blind self-confidence. They trust their partners and think that with the weapons in their hands, they will definitely be able to defeat their opponents.

Nothing happened overnight.

As soon as it was white the next day, all the soldiers in the Dutch and Indian camp began to wash and eat. Then 5,000 Dutch and Indian troops left the camp gate in a fairly neat line and rushed directly towards the position of the fourth regiment.

The whining sound of military trumpets and the strong rhythm of the snare drum sounded, and the nervous Chinese soldiers in the camp shook their bodies, grabbed their rifles like a reflex, and began to form a formation under the organization of junior officers.

"Quick! Fast! Ten battalions in front, twelve battalions in the rear, mortar pairs to accompany them! The 11th Battalion remained in position. Li Yongfei ordered loudly. R1152