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On June 25, in the sea near Pontianak, 10 'Shark-class' cruisers of the Xinhua Navy flying the dragon flag on a blue background broke through the dense fog and appeared less than 10 kilometers away from Pontianak. This is the warship of the First Fleet of the Xinhua Navy, there are still ten in total, and the other two have been withdrawn from the battlefield ahead of schedule because of the damage. Although most of the remaining ten 'Shark-class' cruisers were also damaged, they all retained at least half of their combat effectiveness. For example, the flagship of the First Fleet, the cruiser 'Xinhua', only one of the two 105 mm main guns in the bow of the ship can still be used, and the other has been damaged in the previous naval battle!

When these warships appeared in the sea near Pontianak, they immediately caused panic among the officers and soldiers of the Jose coalition on the shore. The news of the destruction of the Spanish expeditionary fleet by the Xinhua Navy was only known to a very small number of high-ranking officials of the Dutch-Western coalition army, and the low-level officers and soldiers below did not know anything about it at all. Although, the warships of the First Fleet of the Xinhua Navy looked a little embarrassed, the superstructure was scorched black, and some of the warships even had big holes in their sails. However, this did not detract from the majesty of this fleet in the slightest, but added to the solemnity after a fierce battle.

"Oh God! That's the warship of Xinhuaguo! How did they end up here? And what about our Navy? A lieutenant colonel of the Spanish Army exclaimed. In his heart, he already had a bad premonition. The Spanish expeditionary fleet left Pontianak and headed for the northern part of the Java Sea to meet the Xinhua navy. Everyone knows that. But now, the navy of the new Chinese state appeared in Pontianak, and the Spanish expeditionary fleet was nowhere to be found. What does this mean? Even a fool knows what to say. It's just that it's really hard to accept!

"How is this possible? Could it be that our fleet has failed? This must not be true! How could a powerful expeditionary fleet, with a full sixty-five warships and 18 powerful battleships, be defeated by the Xinhua Navy so easily? The vast majority of Spanish officers and soldiers questioned this outcome. However, those warships of the Xinhua Navy on the sea. But it's reality!

As for the Dutch, the gaze is a little complicated. They want the Spaniards to be deflated, but. If the Spaniards were to be defeated, it seemed that they would also be in a desperate situation. After all, now they and the Spaniards are allies, and Xinhua is their common enemy. The crushing defeat of the allies for them. Not a good thing.

"Dog's day foreign devils. It's damn that Pontianak has been plagued like this! "On the cruiser 'Xinhua', Wei Yong, commander of the First Fleet of the Xinhua Navy, put down his binoculars and couldn't help but curse. When he was a pirate, he also came to Pontianak. Pontianak is one of the most prosperous cities and ports in West Borneo, but now, Pontianak is in ruins. There is no doubt that the Spaniards and Dutch did it. You don't have to think about it to know that the Chinese people live here. They must have all suffered greatly. How can the senior generals of the Xinhua Kingdom, who regard the Chinese in the world as their family, stand it? Although the senior generals of Xinhuaguo looked down on the leadership of Lan Fangguo very much. However, for ordinary Chinese people, they completely regard them as their own!

"Commander, give the order to fire! Let those damn foreign devils pay for their blood debts! A Xinhua naval officer suggested.

"That's right, tooth for tooth, blood for blood! Make those damn foreign devils pay! The other officers and soldiers also shouted!

"Give orders to all the ships! Shell Pontianak and kill all those foreign devils! Wei Yong also complied with everyone's wishes and gave the order for shelling. The other two fleets returned to Manila to receive the Army. They just cleared the way for the army to land!

Ten 'Shark-class' cruisers approached Pontianak and, after only three kilometers from Pontianak, stopped. The officers and men of the Jose coalition army on the shore were in a commotion. They also realized that these warships of the Xinhua Navy seemed to have bad intentions. In the eyes of those foreign devils, the 10 'Shark-class' cruisers of the First Fleet of the Xinhua Navy struck their hulls across the sea and aimed at the shore with the port side of the battleships. The naval guns on the battleship have already been loaded with shells and aimed at the coast!

"Fire!" The gunnery chief of the cruiser 'Xinhua' ordered.

"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! "Three 105-mm guns and four 75-mm naval guns began to rage. Crimson gunpowder shone in the muzzle, and the shells roared towards the shore under the action of huge kinetic energy. The other nine 'Shark-class' cruisers also opened fire one after another, and for a while, the sound of artillery on the sea rumbled, and the smoke of gunpowder spread across the sea.

"Oh God! Those Xinhua warships have launched an artillery bombardment, hide quickly! The officers and soldiers of the Jose coalition army on the shore exclaimed one after another, and everyone scrambled to find a place to hide. It's just that when the Jose coalition army attacked Pontianak before, the city had already been razed to the ground, where were there so many bunkers for them to hide.

Shells explode in the middle of a crowd, whether 105 mm or 75 mm, and can easily tear a fragile human body to shreds. Countless officers and soldiers of the Jose coalition army died in the explosion, and their limbs and broken arms were scattered everywhere.

"Run! Get out of here! "The officers and soldiers of the Jose coalition army, who were lucky not to be killed by the bombing, fled everywhere like flies without their heads. However, there are still many people who died in the shelling of the Xinhua Navy!

The combined strength of the Spanish and Dutch armies amounted to more than 56,000 men. Before the destruction of the Lanfang Kingdom, they also suffered less than a thousand casualties. After the dispatch of the Xinhua Navy, the Jose coalition forces stopped the operation of exterminating the remnants of Lan Fang and concentrated their main forces in Dong Wanlu and Pontianak, the capital of Lan Fang Kingdom. Get ready for the landing of the Xinhua Army! Of course, the vast majority of the officers and men of the Jose coalition army put their hopes on the Spanish expeditionary fleet. Only the Spanish expeditionary fleet can defeat the Xinhua Navy, and if the Xinhua Navy wants to land in West Borneo, it will be impossible. Therefore, when it came time to build fortifications, these guys were also obviously not able to work. Well, now that the Xinhua Navy has annihilated the Spanish Expeditionary Fleet, and the Xinhua Army will soon land in West Borneo, these lazy guys are about to reap the consequences!

The main battlefield prepared by the Jose coalition army was the plain near East Wanlu, the capital of the Lanfang Kingdom. However, Pontianak, an important seaport, they did not give up. After all, if the Xinhua Army chooses to land here, it can use the strength of the navy to clear the obstacles. And they can also use the fortifications here to delay the attack of the Xinhua army, and even kill and injure the vitality of the Xinhua army, so as to create conditions for defeating the Xinhua army. Therefore, the Jose coalition army deployed more than 15,000 people in Pontianak, including more than 10,000 in the Spanish army, and the rest were Dutch!

The shelling of the First Fleet of the Xinhua Navy lasted for half an hour. The main reason was that the Jose-Western coalition forces retreated out of the range of the naval guns of the Xinhua Navy, and in order not to waste shells, the Xinhua Navy stopped shelling. However, in the shelling just now, at least thousands of Dutch-West allied officers and soldiers were killed and wounded.

At this time, a sixth-rank battleship of the British Navy flying the St. George flag headed for the First Fleet of the Xinhua Navy. The signal corps on this warship constantly used flag language to communicate with the Xinhua Navy, claiming that they had come to mediate and had no ill will towards the Xinhua Navy. In order to show that they had no ill will, all the guns on the battleship remained in the gun compartments and were not pushed to the gun emplacements!

"Commander! The British claim to be coming to us for negotiations? Do we need to ignore them? The communications officer reported to Wei Yong!

"What the hell are the British doing? This is our war with the Spaniards and the Dutch, what does it matter to them? Wei Yong frowned. He knew that the British were not good birds. In previous naval battles, warships of the British Navy's Far East Fleet often appeared near the Xinhua Navy, in order to spy on the intelligence of the Xinhua Navy, and even provide intelligence support to the Spanish Expeditionary Fleet. If it weren't for the fact that he didn't want to make many enemies now, with the temper of the admirals of the Xinhua Navy, he would have already made a move on the British Navy!

"Commander, the British must have come to be lobbyists for the Spaniards and the Dutch. The Spanish expeditionary fleet has been wiped out by us, and it is impossible for them to win this war. The British are now jumping out, and they must be trying to let us go of the Spaniards and the Dutch! Said the communications officer.

"Humph! Daydreaming! Those foreign devils are killing in Lanfang Kingdom, and this account has not been settled? If you want us to let them go, that's simply not possible! Let the Englishman come in a small boat, and I'll see what he has to say! The other ships are ready to sink the British if they make any move! Wei Yong ordered.

"Yes, Commander!" The communications officer replied.

Half an hour later, Captain Bonham of the Straits Settlements, accompanied by two British naval officers, boarded the cruiser Xinhua. However, his face was a little unpleasant. On the sea, the small boat was too turbulent, and there was even the possibility of capsizing, and this short voyage of three or four kilometers made him frightened and frightened, and the Xinhua Navy was full of delays. If he hadn't wanted to mediate the war between the Xinhua Kingdom and the Jose coalition army, he might have walked away a long time ago!

"Your Excellency, I am the Governor of the Straits Settlements of the British Empire. Whereas, the war between Xinhua and the colonial authorities of Spain and the Dutch Indonesia had already undermined the peace and stability of the South Seas and had caused serious damage to the interests of the British Empire! Therefore, the British Empire wants to be able to mediate the war between you! Wen Xian looked at Wei Yong and said indifferently! (To be continued......)