Chapter 3: The Rise of the Great Powers 269: Unification of Lanfang Island

This is a palace building with an Islamic flavor. The gates of the building are piled with rejects and sandbags, and behind the fortifications are heavily guarded British soldiers. Balter immediately realized that this must be the residence of a senior British commander. He waved his hand and shouted: "Cut off the cables and attack."

The officers and soldiers under the 6th Cavalry Town knew that they would make great contributions after seeing the scene. Stimulated by the military merit reward system of the 6th Army, everyone was like a little tiger going down the mountain, taking the lead on a dark rainy night, and rushed in with all their bodies.

Pu Dingcha was left with only a battalion of infantry, and the sudden sound of fighting outside surprised him.

The command room was also suddenly knocked away at this time, and Pu Dingcha looked at the voice in surprise. His adjutant said anxiously: "General, go quickly, the Chinese are coming."

"Go, go there." Pu Dingcha said sadly: his hands were waving violently in the air, and the dim oil lamp flashed a few times in the lampshade. Pu Dingcha's shadow, which was dragged by the light, danced like a ghost in the rainy night as the wick jumped.

The adjutant did not care about Pu Dingcha's frustration, so he quickly walked forward and dragged Pu Dingcha out.

"Watch the rules" with a horse's neigh, Barth jumped into the room. A cold light flashed by, and a loud noise from the horse stayed at the door. The exquisite door was knocked down and fell to the ground with a plop.

A human head drew a parabola in the air like a ball in Pu Dingcha's eyes and fell to the ground. It bounced a few times and rolled into the corner.

Pu Dingcha seemed to have forgotten that it was the adjutant's head. He pushed away his body, splashing blood, and said, "Who are you?"

Unfortunately, the other party couldn't understand what he said, but Pu Dingcha made the other party recognize him with a noticeable different general's uniform. As a result, Pu Dingcha saved his life and became a prisoner, and met his old friend General Aaron Kwok in a special place.

The Daka coalition suffered considerable losses. In this battle, the coalition forces participated in the battle and nearly 300,000 soldiers from various countries. After the war, the coalition forces were counted and lost 30,000, of which nearly 5,000 Chinese soldiers were killed. The British army's 150,000 troops returned only 50,000. The rest of the people were either killed or injured or dispersed, and their commander Pu Dingcha was captured. All the materials in the Daka area fell into the hands of the coalition forces.

The fall of Dhaka basically controlled the Ganges Plain, but due to the arrival of the rainy season and the reinforcements from the British army from Persia, they were in a stalemate during the war. In order to reduce the shortage of supplies brought by the huge number of personnel, the coalition forces scattered their troops to important towns near the west of the Ganges River, confronting the British army across the river.

Shortly after the rainy season ended, the Indian Governor of Kolkata, Duke Dachaush, sent a peace talksman. Obviously, the documents that allowed Duke Dachaush to settle peace talks in the UK were a timely rain for him, and he couldn't wait to send a peace talksman.

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Compared with the battle of South Asia's Sub-Generation 6, the battle on Lanfang Island (Kalimantan Island) was much smoother. The Governor of Lanfang Island Hu Linyi actively prepared for war after the Sino-British War began in January 1850. Since the following year, General Cheng Tinghua of Lanfang Island used four infantry towns on the island and 50,000 temporary recruitment militia to attack the British-occupied area on the north of the island. The British army used the naval advantage to block Lanfang Island, so that the island could not get local supplies.

However, this blockade can only be limited to the supply of ammunition and weapons. Since Lanfang Island became a territory in China in 1842, it has immigrated and opened a large number of Lanfang Island in eight years. Not only can agriculture be self-sufficient. Even industry and commerce have also developed rapidly. After the island was blocked, Hu Linyi established a batch of production sites for muskets and ammunition in the rear, and armed local militias with old-fashioned muskets. At the same time, Cheng Tinghua used the seized British army equipment during the attack to arm the army, and the use of standard rifles was only placed in the decisive battle with the British army.

After more than half a year of hard fighting, Hu Linyi and Cheng Tinghua forced the British army to several coastal strongholds. These strongholds finally retreated after several months of persistence with the support of the British Navy's artillery fire. At this point in September 1851, the entire huge Lanfang Island was completely controlled by the Chinese. This island is self-evidently important in the Southeast Asian archipelago. It is located in the center of the archipelago in Southeast Asia. From here, China spread its influence to the surrounding Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, etc. Chinese immigrants went from here to make gold everywhere in Southeast Asia. Lanfang Island became the center of Southeast Asian immigration, so that Chinese became the main language in Southeast Asia in the future.

After the complete occupation of Lanfang Island, Hu Linyi sent a messenger to the court. In addition to reporting the results of the war, he also asked the court for military supplies.

In November 1851, the Chinese Navy sailed to Southeast Asian waters again since the Battle of Singapore. Since a series of naval battles in 1850, the Chinese Navy lost nearly forty warships. Such huge losses have kept the Chinese Navy in a downturn. This time, the Chinese Navy mobilized the best warships to Lanfang Island. Determined to regain the control of the sea in the South China Sea, the navy was commanding the operation by General Peng Yulin.

The Chinese Navy currently has a total of six ironclad ships. At this time, five ironclad ships were in the fleet led by Peng Yulin. Among these ironclad ships, except for the Fubo and Anlan, they are newly built ironclad ships. They are of the same tonnage as the previous batch of ironclad ships. The firepower distribution on the ships is slightly different, which reduces the positioning and increases the caliber of the main gun. In addition, there are ten old warships and two supply ships in the fleet.

The breeze on the sea was light, and the leading ironclad ships rode the wind and waves, and the rolling waves formed a white wake behind the ship. The twelve ships behind them were divided into three columns and followed closely behind the ironclad ships, forming an arrow-shaped queue. The entire fleet was under the banner and kept moving south smoothly at the 10-minute junction.

Everything was arranged and Peng Yulin returned to his lounge. He used to looking at the chart for a while. Now the fleet was passing through the Zhongsha Islands, and there was no sign of the nearby islands on the chart. After taking off his coat, Peng Yulin lay on the bed. He wanted to take a rest, but he couldn't sleep in his mind. After entering the Zhongsha Islands, the fleet was approaching the blockade area arranged by the British. This made Peng Yulin feel a sense of humiliation in his heart. It can be clearly seen from the map.

In the south China Sea, the South China Sea has become China's "inner lake". The narrow and long South Ocean is tightly held in its arms by China's territory or sphere of influence. It relies on China's Great Six to the north, Vietnam, the vassal state of China to the west, the Philippine Islands as the screen in the east, and the Lanfang Island is connected to the south. Unfortunately, the Chinese navy fleet allowed the British fleet to rush around the South China Sea and blocked the Lanfang Island. If the Chinese navy could not seize the sea power at home, how could it expand its power from the ocean to the whole world like the great powers?

Peng Yulin, who was upset, heard the sound of knocking outside the cabin door, and he asked, "Who?"
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