The long-standing cruiser "Tsukushi" had weak firepower and relatively thin armor. How could such a warship, which had no advantage in any aspect, be able to resist the 'Tongjiang' class cruiser that pounced on it like a wolf and a tiger, and under the chaos of artillery, the cruiser 'Tsukushi' could only sink to the bottom of the sea helplessly.

After this battle, the Japanese navy suffered heavy losses, and together with the cruiser "Katsuragi", which had been sunk by torpedoes, the cruiser fleet of the Japanese country was completely wiped out. The sinking of the 'Tsukushi' was not without effect, and under the attack on the 'Tsukushi', the Chinese Cruiser Fleet delayed time, and as a result, the 'Kongo' escaped by chance, and after more than ten hours of Zhiludao, it reluctantly returned to the Yokosuka military port with bad news.

In addition to the wounded battleship 'Tongshan' that had returned to Yingkou Port for overhaul accompanied by two cruisers, the other three battleships and six cruisers immediately turned north and sailed in the direction of the Wa Kingdom.

The main fleet of the Chinese army came back to help, but there was still a cruiser fleet left, and the commander of this fleet was still Sun Xiaohu, the captain of the 'Hailin' who led the leading fleet last time, and his order this time was to cover the landing. Under the protection of the cruiser's fleet, more than a hundred freighters carrying the 1st and Special Divisions of the Iron and Blood Army were slowly moving towards the Kingdom of New Guinea.

In Fang Xiaoyu's strategic concept, there must be a series of islands between the Chinese territory and the wild continent as a connection point to ensure the integrity of the territory. The Ryukyu Islands are the first point, the Shrimp Islands are the second, and the third point is the Maluku and Banda Islands of the Kingdom of New Guinea. Although there is still Yizhou Island and the Sulu Islands between the second and third points, Yizhou Island is a province of the Lanfang Empire, and the Sulu Islands are the land of the Kingdom of Siam, which is not something that Fang Xiaoyu can easily obtain now.

The huge fleet sailed at a speed of eight knots and finally reached the vicinity of the main island of the Maluku archipelago, Giroro Island, after a two-day trek. Since the territory of the Kingdom of New Guinea is mostly islands and relatively scattered, most of the unimportant islands have very few defenders, especially those islands without fresh water resources, and basically no garrisons are stationed. However, Giro Island is not among them.

Giro Island is composed of four peninsulas, covering an area of 18,000 square kilometers, and the island is crisscrossed by mountains, with the highest peak, Mount Sura at an altitude of 1,508 meters. It is hot and rainy, with abundant tropical forests and rich in coconut, cereal, tobacco, rice, sugar cane, rattan, resin, cardamom and pearl oysters.

With a population of more than 80,000 people, Giroro Island is one of the more important islands of the Kingdom of New Guinea, so the Kingdom of New Guinea has a garrison of 3,000 troops stationed on the four peninsulas that jut out into the sea on the island.

The northwest peninsula of Giroro Island is home to five active volcanoes and three more on the islands off the coast. Active volcanoes have created a rugged terrain, and the Northwest Peninsula has a steep coast with many coral reefs, making it difficult to climb and a very prone to stranding of ships.

Theoretically, this is the least suitable place for landing operations, so the defenders of New Guinea here are also the weakest on the island, with only 400 garrisons, and most of them are armed with spears and broadswords, and even muskets are few. The commander of the army side of this military operation, Liu Mingzhao, who is well versed in the art of war, made a surprise choice here for the landing field of the Chinese army.

The night was deep, looking at the virtual shadow of the island that could barely be seen in the distance, Liu Mingzhao nodded, this is the best time to launch a sneak attack. He looked at his glow-in-the-dark watch, and it was already one o'clock in the morning.

The time was almost up, and Liu Mingzhao said to the telegraph operator who had been on standby: "Give an order, and the first division of the Iron and Blood Army will start landing." After receiving the order, the soldiers of the 1st Brigade of the 1st Division of the Iron Blood Army quietly went into the water, divided the small sampans transported by hundreds of freighters, and quietly rowed towards the island.

More than a dozen small sampans took the lead, like arrows from a string, rushing to the front of the brigade, shooting towards the shore, and in the dark night there was only the faint sound of oars paddling and the breathing of the soldiers.

The first sampan reached the shore, the bottom of the ship slammed against the coral reef on the shore and made a clanging sound, the soldier at the bow jumped into the water, clasped his hands around the bow and tried to hold the bow, and the soldier behind jumped down with a rifle in one hand, and quickly came to the bottom of the cliff.

Several well-trained soldiers carried large ropes on their backs and relied on their dexterity to climb the steep cliff of the coast with their bare hands. Soon a few ropes were put down, and the follow-up soldiers carried their rifles on their backs and climbed up with big ropes in their hands.

More and more ropes were lowered, and the speed of going up the cliff was also much faster. The small group of New Guinean soldiers on the flat beach did not notice anything unusual, they did not believe that anyone would land from the direction of the cliff, and the soldiers who were unsuspecting in the rear were soon forced forward by the Chinese soldiers who came around the cliff behind, and they could only raise their hands and disarm in the face of the sudden appearance of the enemy.

The fighters who occupied the beach informed the fleet by light signals, and the ships behind arrived one after another, and from this small beach area they came ashore, and the fighters quickly climbed onto the beach to establish a beachhead, and then the elite troops of the reconnaissance company began to break into small groups and grope inland.

Most of the defenders of New Guinea were now stationed in the open space on the edge of the rainforest, and had no knowledge of the landing of the Chinese army. In their view, the war was a naval affair, and their task was only to defend the island, but unfortunately these ignorant New Guinea defenders were destined to pay a heavy price for their carelessness.

The New Guinea barracks, which did not even have sentinels, were surrounded by the iron-blooded army that arrived one after another, and several grenades were thrown into the barracks, and with the sound of violent explosions, the soldiers rushed into the barracks with guns in hand.

The New Guinean soldiers who had not yet woken up turned into prisoners in a daze, and a few of them tried to rush to the gun rack to grab their guns and resist, but they were immediately shot and killed by the Predator soldiers, and the other New Guinean soldiers saw their killed companions and immediately became honest.

After solving the defenders of the northwest peninsula of Jiro Island, the 1st Brigade of the 1st Division of the Iron and Blood Army quickly dispersed and occupied the commanding heights as a company to prevent possible attacks by the defenders of other peninsulas.

"Deputy commander, the landing has been successful." Peng Dechao, the commander of the first division of the Iron and Blood Army, reported to Liu Mingzhao, the deputy commander of the Iron and Blood Army.

Liu Mingzhao nodded and said, "Very good, let the first brigade of the special operations division land with all the supplies, leave enough supplies, and we will go to the next target." I believe that there are those elven special forces who are good at jungle warfare, and they should be easy to succeed. ”

Liu Mingzhao then added: "Leave them enough sampans to occupy Jiro Island and then occupy all the nearby islands, and within a week they must occupy the entire Maluku Islands." ”

Three days later, the Predators occupied Kobrol in the same way, leaving behind the 2nd Predator Brigade and the 2nd Brigade of the Special Operations Division, demanding that they occupy the entire Banda Islands. Since the Banda Islands are relatively close to the island of New Guinea, Liu Mingzhao also asked Sun Xiaohu to send two cruisers to protect a group of cargo ships to stay here and prevent the fleet of the Kingdom of New Guinea from attacking.

The last target was Darlan Island, which had been Fang Xiaoyu's transit point outside the Savage Continent. Located at the easternmost tip of the Nusa Tenggara archipelago, Dharan Island is the largest island in the entire archipelago, with an area of 34,000 square kilometers, facing the Darlan Sea and the wild mainland to the south.

The island is steep in mountains and has a steep coast, with the highest peak, Fatamilo, reaching 2,960 meters above sea level. The only inhabitable island in Dhahran is the seaside plain, a narrow seaside plain with mud volcanoes and ground fissures that give rise to the abundance of hot springs.

Due to its proximity to the equator, the climate here is hot, with annual rainfall of 1,500 mm, and there are distinct dry and rainy seasons. The population of the plains area reached 850,000, of which 40 percent were Chinese, and the largest seaport, Kupang, was the transit station that Fang Xiaoyu once rented.

Duran Island is rich in timber, various tropical fruits and cash crops, and is an important source of finance for the Kingdom of New Guinea due to its strong agricultural products and fisheries.

As the freshwater island closest to the Savage Continent, the importance of Dhahran Island is self-evident, so Fang Xiaoyu focused on asking the army to occupy it and actually control it. However, the island of Dhahran is populous, and the garrison of the Kingdom of New Guinea is as high as 10,000 people, and a detachment of the Northern Fleet of the Kingdom of New Guinea is stationed here.

In the face of a strong enemy, Liu Mingzhao only had two brigades in his hands, and there were also only 10,000 troops and two cruisers, so he planned to outwit, but outwitting required enough accurate intelligence, so he felt that he would send a capable team to go ashore in advance to reconnoitre.

With a whistle, a regular passenger liner docked slowly at the pier in Kupang Harbour, and the New Guinean sailors standing on the shore caught the ropes thrown from the ship and tied them tightly to the pillars by the dock. A gangway hits the exit of the passenger ship, and passengers begin to line up to disembark.

Most of the passengers who came to Dalan were merchants from the eastern continent, with the largest number of Chinese people, who came to buy agricultural products. As the passengers gradually stepped off the passenger ship, a crowd gathered around a handsome man in a gorgeous dress and walked down the gangway.

The vendors on the dock quickly gathered around to sell their tropical fruits, and the seemingly guarded men parted the crowd and let the handsome man out of the dock.

The group walked around the wharf, and found that although there were many guards here, there was not much nervous expression on their faces, it seemed that the information blockade was also beneficial, the news of the landing of the Chinese troops on the two islands had not yet reached here, and after observing the situation nearby, these people stayed in a small hotel near the wharf.