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Pontianak, the most important port city in West Borneo, was once the most important foreign trade port in the country of Lan Phuong. It's just that the current Pontianak has become a ruin! In the previous battle, dozens of Spanish naval warships poured tens of thousands of shells on the city, destroying the bustling city. The Chinese living here have suffered heavy casualties. The more than 5,000 officers and soldiers of Lanfang who held on to this place were almost completely annihilated, and the innocent civilians paid at least tens of thousands of casualties.

After defeating Lan Fangguo's army, the Jose coalition army set up its temporary headquarters in a small valley south of Pontianak. Commander of the Spanish Expeditionary Force, Admiral Fernand, Army Commander Lieutenant General Callisto, Governor of Luzon, Anthony Fernandes, Governor of Luzon. Pedro, Governor of Indonesia in the Netherlands, Jacques. Dominica, Army Commander Lieutenant General de Boer, and British Straits Settlements Governor Bonham were all gathered here. Although Britain remained neutral in the war, the Straits Settlements helped the Allied Dutch forces in many ways. Such as intelligence, decision-making, and the supply of logistical materials.

Of course, none of this is free. The supplies provided by the Straits Settlements to the Jose coalition forces were charged. It's just that you have to wait until after the Jose coalition forces destroy the Xinhua Kingdom to pay. If the Jose coalition army is defeated by the Xinhua Kingdom, then the money will be wasted!

In addition, Governor Bonham hoped that in the future Britain would face Dutch Indonesia and Spanish Luzon, rather than a powerful Chinese state. That's the case. In the future, it will be easier for Britain to pocket the whole of the South Seas, and it will not be stopped from moving forward!

"Everyone! Now we've won the East Manlaw! I think we should do more. Continue your march north! Take down important cities such as Sankouyang and Kuching as well! When the time comes, the whole of West Borneo will be under our control! The main force of Lan Fangguo has been wiped out by us in Dongwanlu! We only need to send a small part of the army to defeat the remnants of Lan Fang Kingdom! Dutch Lieutenant General De Boer suggested. The Dutch Indonesian colonial authorities had always wanted to destroy the kingdom of Lan Fang, and now with the help of the Spaniards, this goal has finally been achieved!

"That's right! Although we have already eliminated the main force of the Lan Fang Kingdom! However, those yellow-skinned monkeys continue to resist! We can only completely eliminate them, so that when we fight a decisive battle with Xinhua Kingdom, we will not be disturbed! "Jacques. The Governor of Dominica also said. Merely. On this issue, the Netherlands and Spain are clearly at odds!

"Lan Fangguo's main force has been wiped out. We should not waste any more precious troops! Xinhua Guo must have already known about our attack on Lan Fangguo, and they will definitely not give up. Perhaps, their army is already on their way to Lan Fang Kingdom! Therefore, we should now concentrate our forces on a decisive battle with Xinhua. Instead of slaughtering those yellow-skinned monkeys! Wait until we defeat the new Huaguo. There's time to clean up these vulgar yellow-skinned monkeys! Admiral Fernance said. According to the agreement signed with the Dutch, West Borneo is the territory of the Dutch, and Admiral Fernance is not willing to waste his precious troops! Defeating the new Chinese was the first priority of the Spanish expeditionary force. Otherwise, how would they explain to Queen Isabella II?

"I agree with General Fernand! Defeating Xinhua is our main task! We should concentrate our forces in the area of Pontianak and Dong Wanlu and start a decisive battle with Xinhuaguo! After we have eliminated the main forces of the Xinhua Kingdom, it will be much easier to start operations in other directions! "Anthony. Governor Pedro also said.

It's obvious. Although the Spanish Expeditionary Force and the Dutch Indonesian colonial authorities formed an alliance, however. Their respective interests make the alliance between them very fragile, and it can break down at any time for a trivial matter. The two sides also have fundamental differences on whether to eliminate the remnants of Lan Fangguo. The Dutch advocated first destroying the resistance of the entire Lanfang Kingdom, and then fighting a decisive battle with the Xinhua Kingdom! However, the Spaniards insisted on fighting a decisive battle with Xinhua first, and then destroying the resistance of Lan Fangguo! Neither side can convince anyone!

Seeing this situation, the British Governor of the Straits Settlements, Bonham, was very troubled. He came to Lan Fang to ensure that the alliance between the Dutch and the Spaniards would not break down until the Xinhua Kingdom was defeated. Otherwise, the Dutch and Spaniards, who fought separately, would certainly not be the opponents of Xinhua!

"That's it! Guys, I don't think we need to quarrel about this anymore! According to the latest intelligence obtained by the Far East Fleet of the British Navy, the navy of Xinhua has entered the South China Sea! It's only a two-to-three-day flight from the Java Sea! This time, the Xinhua Navy made a big move, and all three fleets, a total of 36 new warships, arrived! However, their army did not move. Obviously, Xinhua wants to defeat the Spanish Navy first, seize sea supremacy, and then fight a land war with us! Wen Ham said.

"In this way, when the Spanish Navy fights the Xinhua Navy, we can concentrate our forces to eliminate the resistance of Lan Fangguo first!" Jacques. said the Governor of Dominica. Until now, he hasn't forgotten to make his own little calculations!

"Your Excellency the Governor of Dominica, I think the most important thing now is how to deal with the attack of the Xinhua Kingdom! As for Lan Fangguo, you can put it aside for the time being! Fearing that the two of them would continue to quarrel, Governor Bonham spoke.

Although he was a little dissatisfied, he saw that the Governor of Bonham was clearly biased towards the Spaniards. Jacques. The Governor of Dominica had no choice but to say no more! Although this alliance was an alliance between the Spanish Expeditionary Force and the Dutch-Indonesian colonial authorities, the British also had a great influence in the alliance. In terms of intelligence and the supply of war materials, they also urgently need the support of the British!

"Your Excellency Governor Bonham is very right! Only by destroying the new China can we occupy this fertile land forever! Admiral Fernance said. Governor Bonham's attitude made him very satisfied. In his opinion, this seemed to indicate that the Spaniards had once again gained the upper hand in the fight against the Dutch.

"Your Excellency, General! The Xinhua Navy was dispatched this time, a total of 36 new warships! Although the Spanish navy is twice as large as theirs, the Admiral cannot underestimate them! Governor Bonham reminded. Although the number of warships in the Xinhua Navy is small, the perverted and shameless tactics have made the navies of Western countries very uncomfortable. Can't catch up, can't reach, only passively beaten, this is enough to make anyone crazy!

"Your Excellency, please rest assured, I have the arrangements in place! Those yellow-skinned monkeys are just relying on the speed of the battleship and the range advantage of the artillery! I already have a countermeasure to this! The battlefield of this decisive battle at sea will be in the narrow Java Sea, not in the South China Sea! The Spanish fleet will be divided into several sub-fleets, although after the fleet is dispersed, we are not as numerical as the Xinhua navy. But in terms of the number of naval guns, we are still far ahead. As long as one detachment can entangle the Xinhua Navy, the other detachments will be able to rush up and surround the Xinhua Navy! When the time comes, even if the Xinhua Navy has the advantage of speed and range of naval guns, don't think about it! We have won this battle! Admiral Fernance said confidently. The Luzon Fleet of the Spanish Navy was wiped out by the Xinhua Navy, and the East India Fleet of the Dutch Navy was also wiped out by the Xinhua Navy, which made Western countries pay more and more attention to the Xinhua Navy. After learning about the performance of the warships of the Xinhua Navy, Admiral Fernance was anxious and the staff officers pondered for a long time and finally came up with a set of combat plans that he thought would be effective. Of course, this scheme has not been tested on the battlefield, and it is difficult to say whether it will be effective!

The others all nodded their heads, very much in favor of Admiral Fernands's tactic.

"Your Excellency, your tactics are indeed very effective! However, we had to prepare for the worst! What should we do if the Spanish Navy is wiped out by the Xinhua Navy? Governor Bonham said. It's not that this is the cold water of Admiral Fernans, he just hopes to be prepared for the worst, so as not to have an accident and cause chaos!

"Your Excellency the Governor, the Spanish Navy will definitely not fail this time!" Admiral Fernance said with great certainty.

"Your Excellency, you must know that those yellow-skinned monkeys are very cunning. Your tactics may work, but there's no guarantee that anything will happen before the battle begins! Governor Bonham insisted.

Governor Bonham's words made Admiral Fernans a little dissatisfied, but he didn't show it, but he just made up his mind in his heart that he must defeat the Xinhua Navy and let Governor Bonham see the strength of the Spanish Navy! Although Spain was defeated by the British in Europe, the Kingdom of Spain is still one of the world's great powers!

At the request of Governor Bonham, the Jose coalition made a set of plans on how to face the Xinhua army after the defeat of the Spanish navy, and they believed that even if the Spanish navy failed, with more than 50,000 troops, it could still have a decisive battle with the Xinhua country on the land of West Borneo! It's just that in this way, the requirements for all kinds of combat materials are very great. At the same time, they also needed to build fortifications in Pontianak and Dong Wanlu.

Before the attack of the Xinhua Navy, the Spanish Navy began to prepare for battle, and at the same time, the Spanish Army and the Dutch Army also began to actively build fortifications and prepare for a decisive battle with the Xinhua Army! (To be continued......)