After chatting for a while, Li Fushou's eyes suddenly became solemn. He saw a messenger galloping over and dismounting outside the reservoir area, and handed an emergency letter to the guards who were guarding the guards.

Generally speaking

This kind of urgent letter of direct delivery is very important, not to mention that we are fighting with the Dutch now, and the emergency military information from the front must be delivered directly at any time, even during night breaks.

A few minutes later

Secretary-General Fan Zhongzhai walked over quickly with a letter in his hand, and presented it with respect.

Li Fushou took it and looked at it. It turned out that it was the strong protest note issued by the Kingdom of the Netherlands, and he couldn't help but laugh.

On April 1, we occupied Qimalinda, the capital of Borneo. Today is April 27. The note from the Kingdom of the Netherlands has just arrived late. This efficiency is too low!

Well, considering the telegram exchange between the Governor's Office of the Dutch East Indies and the Prime Minister's Office of the Kingdom, coupled with the long distance from Batavia to the Red River Valley, the response is slower and acceptable.

This formal diplomatic note should be presented in person, and you cannot send a telegram to explain it. Therefore, after the Dutch representative arrived in the Red River Valley, he submitted the diplomatic note to Mayor Xin Changjun in person and transferred it to the noble Earl of Queensland.

Li Fushou took apart and looked at it. The content inside was exactly as expected;

It is nothing more than that Borneo has always been the sacred and inviolable territory of His Majesty the King of the Netherlands. It is inexplicably surprising that your side uses force to occupy it. You must withdraw unconditionally and compensate for the losses as soon as possible, eliminate the bad influence in the international community, otherwise you will be responsible for a series of serious political consequences caused.

They are all clichés. If the verbal cannon is useful, what should I do with the navy's cannon?

This kind of diplomatic rhetoric does not need to be dealt with, so naturally, there is Xin Changjun to deal with the Dutch representative. Anyway, it’s just finding a reason!

The hardworking and brave Chinese have survived and reproduced in Borneo since ancient times. Haven’t you seen the country of Lanfang on Borneo?

When Li Fushou thought of Lan Fang Kingdom, he felt a little angry. What is Liu Asheng, the commander of the Southern Kingdom?

The foolish person will ruin the country and the people.

Because he was afraid of offending the Dutch, he flatly rejected the olive branch extended by the Red River Valley, saying that we are not the same as you. The territory of Lanfang Kingdom does not allow anti-Holland forces and behaviors, and it is impossible to support the Red River Valley in fighting against the Dutch colonists, let alone participate.

A group of extremely stupid guys, don’t you know that the Dutch have been eyeing Lan Fangguo and want to get it quickly?

What is the current situation in the Kingdom of Aceh?

The war of aggression launched by the Dutch colonists has lasted for a full 10 years. This is the most distinctive role model for Lan Fangguo in the future, and there is no exception.

Once you are freed, Lan Fang's country will be in danger!

The brave resistance of the Kingdom of Aceh won 12 years for the country of Lanfang. If the army was fully integrated, the soldiers were trained, and the war was fully prepared, the Dutch would not be able to do anything.

But in fact, Lan Fangguo did nothing, and Lan Fang's leadership had completely become a puppet of the Dutch. The Dutch even asked the Republic of Lan Fang to provide it with guns, ammunition and food to help suppress other Chinese uprisings.

It's really a mess, and I can't even say it...

If history had not changed, after the Dutch resolved the Kingdom of Aceh, they had less than a year of rest, so they could lead their troops north to attack the territory of Lanfang in 1884, completely destroying the Chinese republican country.

It is now April 27, 1882, and there is not much time left before the complete demise of Lan Fangguo.

Last year, when Li Fushou sent a special representative, Tian Shan, and his party, were close to Liu Asheng, the commander of the Lan Fangyuan, pointed out in person that the major crisis facing the Lan Fang country must be united and resisted the aggressive Dutch colonists.

Judging from the current situation, Lan Fangguo is indifferent at all.

This is a country that has become a decayed country. Although it is famous for its republic democracy, it has essentially become a corrupt feudal dominion.

In the past 30 years, the Liu clan has served as the commander of the Lanfang Kingdom. The Liu clan has firmly controlled the high position of the Lanfang Kingdom and has become a family inheritance.

Over the past decades

Dutch colonists frequently acted against Lan Fangguo. During the reign of Liu and Tai, they were bewitched to Batavia to accept the appointment of "Kapitan", which was undoubtedly a great insult to the leader of a sovereign state.

The Netherlands did this, in fact, to use Liu Taier as their puppet, and then interfered in the internal affairs of the Lanfang Republic, and to demand that the Lanfang Republic ced the land in the west of the Bus River to the East India Company office.

The Republic of Lanfang was repeatedly defeated with the indigenous Nawan tribes. The Dutch rebelled against different ethnic groups in the Republic. There were many internal conflicts, economic development regressed, grain production was severely reduced, and it was forced to accept the alliance under the city. This led to the severe shrinking of the area of ​​Lanfang Republic and successfully eroded a large piece by the Dutch colonists.

After accepting the appointment of the "Karbidan" of the Dutch East Indies Governor's Office, the Liu clan has actually become a puppet of the Dutch. They have controlled the highest power of Lanfang for generations, eliminated dissidents, and helped the Dutch brutally suppress the Chinese uprisingers. This republic democratic system has completely deteriorated and has fallen to a hopeless level.

In the second half of the 19th century, the Dutch used various means to prompt the Liu family to sign various land cede contracts with him, and gave up the land except the capital Dongwanlu, and the actual territory of Lanfang Kingdom was only a small piece.

Unexpectedly, the local Peranakans made tenacious resistance to the Dutch colonial authorities, which made the Dutch unable to fully rule the Lanfang area for more than 20 years.

Looking at this small Nanyang country that was established for less than a hundred years, it has completely betrayed Lan Fangbo's original ideal of democratic governance and became a feudal big family for power and profit. It is a crumbling wooden building that has rotted from its foundation.

Just a gust of wind blew, it collapsed with a bang.

Sitting in the carriage returning and watching the beautiful scenery outside the car window retreating, Li Fushou withdrew his complex thoughts and sighed;

A person's strength is limited, and the Red River Valley is limited, and he is also in serious internal and external troubles. He can only take good care of his own bowl first. He is temporarily helpless to Lan Fangguo.

The battle in Moresby area is in a stalemate and cannot win or lose for the time being.

The landing forces of the Royal Dutch Army were fierce and powerful, causing major casualties to the defensive forces, with more than 3,000 casualties. The Third Regiment had replenished several rounds of troops, and several militia regiments were also crippled. The combat effectiveness decreased rapidly. The strong blocking sites such as the Three Dao and Two Daoliang have been lost one after another. They have retreated to the Toudaoliang area.

On April 1, the landing operation of the Al-Fleet in Borneo's Sanmalinda Port interrupted the process of the Dutch's continuous transport of troops and weapons to the front line. After paying the heavy price of more than 2,600 casualties, the Royal Dutch Army had to stop the offensive pace.

The Dutch Royal Privileged Escort Fleet headed by the "Seven Provinces" returned to Surabaya Port, which is the closest important port to the Sanmalinda Port, the capital of Borneo. The two sides faintly formed a confrontation.

The Third Regiment took this opportunity to gain a rare respite, seized the time to replenish the troops, and mobilized a large number of militia forces to build forts, preparing for a more arduous battle.

For the third regiment, they had been forced to go to Liangshan, so they must not lose the favorable terrain of Toudaoliang, because after crossing Toudaoliang Village, there was a large area of ​​plain terrain, and there was no suitable position to block the enemy until Moresby Port.

If it really doesn't work, we can only use the human sea tactic to fill it in. However, given that the current new immigrants are farmers who have put down their hoes for a while, the training time is short and the combat effectiveness is worrying, and it is difficult to stop the old colonial army like wolves and tigers.

More than two months of hard fighting

The third regiment, a new unit that has been established for only four months, has only 1,600 people. After several rounds of blood swaps in the cruel battle, it finally withstood the harsh test of blood and fire, and independently supported the battle under death and huge pressure, and performed extremely well.

You should know that the troops they were fighting against were old-fashioned well-known troops such as the Royal Drente Musket Battalion of the Netherlands, the Royal Utrecht Grenadier Battalion, the Royal Amsterdam Dragoon Battalion of the Netherlands, and the fierce combat power. The combat power was extraordinary, and even facing the elite German and French troops.

After resisting the fierce attack of the Dutch in the first month, the white colonial army in the Aceh area that was subsequently added was obviously inferior, and its combat effectiveness was incomparable.

However, the garrison troops in the Moresby area paid a heavy price. The Third Regiment was destroyed, the backbone militia team was destroyed, and the four militia regiments formed by Shangri-La General Manager Wu Xuewen were also filled in, which barely blocked the Dutch offensive.

If it were not for the decisive occupation of the Port of Sanmalinda, the capital of Borneo, and forcing the Royal Dutch Fleet to return to defend Java Island in its fundamental interests, it is still unknown who will eventually die.

The confusing situation of the ocean competition made Li Fushou worried.

News from Europe shows;

The sister ship "Seven Provinces" transformed in a German shipyard has been on the sea for several days of trial voyage and will lead a small iron armored team to the East Indies to reinforce the Royal Task Force of the East Indies.

The small fleet is led by the 2,650-ton Iowstein steamboat, and accompanied two 1,470-ton light cruisers, the Furious and the Courage, to join the existing forces of the Royal Dutch Navy Task Force, which will put greater pressure on the combined fleet of the Sanmalinda Port and its prospects are worrying.

Add up the two

The strength on paper is already stronger than the Queensland Combined Fleet, especially the ironclad fleet led by the "Seven Provinces" and "Iowine", which poses a great threat to the Combined Fleet.

After all, everyone is crispy. The so-called light armor of the Seagull Type 2 patrol ship cannot bear the bombardment of 239 mm heavy artillery. It will be injured when it is rubbed, and will be killed when it is touched.
Chapter completed!