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On the morning of October 28, 1838, the 1st, 13th and 4th Brigades of the Xinhua Army launched an attack on the Sultanate of Brunei from East and West Borneo respectively! Of course, the Xinhua Army entered the Sultanate of Brunei under the banner of helping the Sultanate of Brunei stabilize the situation in the country. In this way, Xinhua seems to be trying to show other countries that it has no intention of invading the Sultanate of Brunei.

Long Yufei, the king of Xinhua, also addressed tens of thousands of Xinhuaguo citizens in the square of the Manila Royal Palace. Long Yufei claimed that an indigenous riot broke out in Sarawak, and the lives and property of Chinese compatriots there were seriously threatened. And the government of the Sultanate of Brunei Darussalam is seriously inactive, and the army they sent to suppress the natives was actually defeated by the natives, and if it continues like this, the Chinese in Sarawak will pay heavy casualties, and the tragedy of Batavia and East Manlu will be repeated! For this reason, Xinhua has decided that the Xinhua Army will march into the Sultanate of Brunei to help the Sultanate of Brunei suppress the riot and protect the interests of the local Chinese!

Long Yufei's speech was supported by the broad masses of the people. The tragedy of Batavia and Dongwanlu has made the broad masses of people truly feel what the catastrophe of the Chinese is. Although most of them did not know how many Chinese there were in Sarawak, since His Majesty the King said so, it must be true. The Xinhua Kingdom is a country founded by the Chinese, and has been fighting to protect the Chinese in Nanyang. Now the Chinese in Sarawak are under threat. Of course, Xinhuaguo has to come forward!

"March to the Sultanate of Brunei and protect your compatriots!" The people in the square, under the leadership of people with hearts. They began to chant slogans. Even some radical people shouted slogans for the destruction of the Sultanate of Brunei. Since the Sultanate of Brunei is so incompetent, then Xinhua simply replaces it!

Seeing the people's reaction, Long Yufei was very satisfied. With the support of the people, then the Xinhua army can invade the Sultanate of Brunei without any scruples and destroy the last force of Borneo! Long Yufei believes that this time the Xinhua Army will use three infantry brigades. In addition, the Navy's Fourth Fleet also departed and arrived off the coast of Bandar Seri Bega. With such a powerful army, there will be no problem in destroying the Sultanate of Brunei! As for the British. The First Fleet of the Xinhua Navy is already cruising off the coast of Singapore, and the Second Fleet is ready to support at any time. With the strength of the Far East Fleet of the British Navy alone, it could not compete with the Xinhua Army at all. Even with the addition of the Indian fleet, the Xinhua Navy is sure of victory. Unless Britain dares to draw the main naval force from the country to the South Seas. Otherwise. They will not be able to counterbalance the expansion of the new country!

The invasion of the Sultanate of Brunei by the Xinhua Army was divided into two routes. On the western route are the 1st and 13th Brigades of the Army, which are responsible for occupying the western territories of the Sultanate of Brunei and suppressing local indigenous rebellions. Although these indigenous riots gave Xinhua an excuse to send troops to the Sultanate of Brunei, now, they have lost their use! Xinhua treats indigenous people. In particular, the natives who started the rebellion will never stay. On the east road is the 4th Brigade of the Army. Their mission was to capture the eastern part of the Sultanate of Brunei, and their main target was Bandar Seri Begawan, the capital of the Sultanate of Brunei. When the time comes, the Navy's 4th Fleet will be responsible for launching an attack on Bandar Seri Begawan from the sea to provide fire support to the 4th Brigade of the Army!

At 8 o'clock in the morning, Brigadier General Zhang Wei, commander of the 1st Brigade of the Xinhua Army, gave the order to attack. More than 6,000 officers and men of the 1st Brigade crossed the border from West Borneo and entered the Sultanate of Brunei. Because the Sultanate of Brunei was weak and they had just been defeated by the natives, the 1st Brigade of the Xinhua Army launched an attack directly with battalions as units. In the entire territory of the Sultanate of Brunei, it should be impossible to find a unit that can defeat an infantry battalion of the Xinhua Army!

The 13th Brigade attacked the western part of the Sultanate of Brunei. Although the 13th Infantry Brigade has just been formed, the training of new recruits has not yet ended. But those soldiers, most of whom are from Lanfang country, are more adapted to the geographical environment of Borneo. Anyway, the opponent this time is not strong, so it is just right for this new army to grow in battle, which will help save the time required to become an army!

The 4th Brigade began its attack from East Borneo and, after crossing the border, attacked directly to Bandar Seri Begawan! Although the 4th Brigade only has more than 6,000 people, they have to face tens of thousands of troops of the Sultanate of Brunei! However, the combat effectiveness of the two sides is completely worlds apart. Even the indigenous army was able to defeat the Bruneian army, let alone the well-equipped and battle-hardened Xinhua army?

The border between the Sultanate of Brunei and the new Chinese state is almost undefended. In particular, after the aborigines of Sarawak rebelled, the troops of the Sultanate of Brunei had withdrawn. Therefore, when the Xinhua army entered the territory of the Sultanate of Brunei, it was not hindered in any way, it was like entering a no-man's land!

At 10 a.m., the 1st Battalion of the 1st Brigade of the Xinhua Army encountered the first wave of enemies in a small town called Tipyidaw, but these enemies were not the troops of the Sultanate of Brunei, but the indigenous army. The indigenous army arrogantly demanded that the Xinhua army withdraw from here, and this is already the territory of the indigenous people!

Zhang Wei, commander of the 1st Brigade, directly ordered the troops to open fire and annihilate this indigenous army. Although the indigenous army numbered in the thousands, most of them used cold weapons such as spears and bows, and only a few were armed with rifles captured from the army of the Sultanate of Brunei. That kind of old-fashioned breech gun can't be compared with the Exocet rifle of the Xinhua Army at all. The two sides went to war, and the final result can be imagined! In less than 20 minutes, the 1st Battalion of the 1st Brigade of the Xinhua Army completely annihilated this indigenous army, and the casualties paid were only one soldier who was wounded by the bow and arrow of the indigenous army.

Because of the roads, the Xinhua army did not carry heavy weapons, but even the Thunderbolt mortars or even the grenades in the hands of the soldiers were not something that the indigenous army could withstand.

The 1st Brigade and the 13th Brigade of the Xinhua Army were devastated all the way, and one after another the towns in Sarawak fell into the hands of the Xinhua Army. The local Chinese were also rescued. Those natives who hurt the Chinese did not end well, and they were all killed!

Compared with the 1st Brigade and the 13th Brigade, the 4th Brigade of the Xinhua Army faced a much stronger enemy! From the border between Xinhua and the Sultanate of Brunei, four days later, the 4th Brigade was less than 10 kilometers away from Bandar Seri Begawan, the capital of the Sultanate of Brunei.

In the face of the menacing Xinhua army, the Sultanate of Brunei chose to hold on to the city. As the capital of the Sultanate of Brunei, Bandar Seri Begawan is also considered a large city in Borneo. Although it has no walls, it has many buildings, including the magnificent royal palace and mosque, the mansions of the powerful people of the Sultanate of Brunei, and the homes of many ordinary people. If the Xinhua Army fights with the Brunei army in Bandar Seri Begawan, although the Xinhua Army will be victorious, the casualties will certainly not be small. After all, the weapon superiority of the Xinhua Army was not obvious in street fighting. Plus the Brunei army is more familiar with Bandar Seri Begawan. Taking these factors into account, the advantage occupied by the Xinhua Army is not great.

However, at this time, the Fourth Fleet of the Xinhua Navy sailed into the bay and rained artillery shells into the city of Bandar Seri Begawan less than two kilometers from the shore. The navy of the Sultanate of Brunei is almost equal to zero, and the coastal defense is almost blank.

"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! "12 'Shark-class' cruisers, shelling Bandar Seri Begaga Bay with the fastest rate of fire. The sound of intensive shelling sounded like muffled thunder over the bay.

The violent explosion caused panic among the Bruneians of Bandar Seri Begawan, who packed up and wanted to flee from here. As a result, the road leading to the outside of the city has been controlled by the Xinhua army.

The Sultan of Brunei, Omar Ali Saifuttin II, was as dead as ashes the moment he heard the sound of the cannons. He knew that the Sultanate of Brunei was completely finished. When a cannonball fell into the royal palace, Omar Ali Saifudin II was terrified. He immediately ordered the Brunei army to abandon resistance and surrender to the Xinhua army. Trying to use this kind of cooperation, begging Xinhua to bypass him!

The sudden surrender of the Brunei army was unexpected by the Xinhua army, but it also allowed the Xinhua army to occupy Bandar Seri Begawan without blood.

In the afternoon, the Xinhua Army took control of all the strategic points in Bandar Seri Begawan, and an infantry battalion was stationed in the palace of Sultan Omar Ali Saifudin II. Because, the wealth collected by the successive sultans of the Sultanate of Brunei is hidden in the royal palace! Long Yufei had already told the 4th Brigade that after capturing Bandar Seri Begawan, it was necessary to find the wealth accumulated by the Brunei royal family for hundreds of years and transport it back to Manila! The large-scale construction of Xinhua still needs money! Xinhua has limited tax revenues of its own, so it can only plunder from the enemy!

When the treasure house of the Sultanate of Brunei was opened, Lu Ming, the commander of the 4th Brigade of the Xinhua Army, and many officers and soldiers were shocked! The treasure house was glittering with gold, and the gold cast into ingots was piled up like a hill. There are also a lot of pearl gemstones. As for silver, it is simply not to be found in the treasury!

It took a while for everyone to come back to their senses, and Lu Ming ordered this place to be strictly guarded, and at the same time, the treasures inside were immediately counted!

The inventory took a day and a night to complete, and the gold in it alone was as high as a hundred tons! With the addition of other jewels, the value of the entire treasure trove is as high as 80 million Chinese dollars! This is already twice the wealth that Xinhua gained after the elimination of the Dutch Indonesian colonial authorities! When converted to pounds, that's 20 million pounds! In this day and age, that's definitely a lot of money! It is important to know that the annual revenue of the British government in 1838 was only 50 million pounds! (To be continued......)