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From Britain's ascension to the supremacy of the sea, until before World War II, the pound was the strongest currency in the world! Of course, gold is the hard currency! There are many gold mines in the South Seas, which are rich in gold. As a result, many small countries in the South Seas have accumulated a large amount of gold. The Sultanate of Brunei, as one of the great powers of Borneo, has ruled Borneo for hundreds of years. The wealth accumulated by the Brunei royal family is even more astonishing. Even if it was clear that Sultan Omar Ali Saifutin II was an incompetent monarch, he would not be able to lose all this wealth!

"Come on, gather another infantry battalion! This place must be protected closely, and not a single piece of gold or jewel can be lost! Also, inform the Navy that we will immediately transfer these treasures to the Navy's warships! Lu Ming, commander of the 4th Brigade, ordered. Originally, there was only one infantry battalion stationed in the palace of the Sultan of Brunei, and after counting the value of the treasures in the treasure house, Lu Ming became even more nervous. Two battalions of infantry, 1,500 men guarding this place, are enough to ensure the safety of these treasures!

Of course, only by transporting these treasures back to Manila as soon as possible will we be truly safe! A fortune worth 20 million pounds is enough to make all the countries in the world go crazy! It is important to know that even the most powerful first-class battleship of the Western Navy costs only more than 100,000 pounds. These riches. That's enough to build two hundred first-class battleships! Of course, no country has the financial resources to maintain so many first-class battleships, not even the British! This wealth is for Xinhuaguo. is even more important. Although Xinhua has gained very much in all wars. But Xinhua also uses money very quickly, which can be said to be like flowing water! At present, Xinhua is poor and white, and if it wants to complete industrialization, it is not known how long it will take. These riches have just become the booster of Xinhua's industrialization development!

Soon. Under the personal arrangement of Lu Ming, the commander of the 4th Brigade, an infantry battalion of the Xinhua Army used a carriage to bring gold and other jewels from the treasury of the Sultan's royal family. It was transported to the port and loaded on the warship of the Fourth Fleet of the Xinhua Navy, which was moored there! It took a whole day to empty the treasury. Two 'Shark-class' cruisers left Bandar Seri Begaga with the treasures in their hands. Returned to Manila! Bandar Seri Begawan is located at a distance from Manila. There are 1,200 kilometers, and even a 'Shark-class' cruiser needs to sail for two days!

It wasn't until the two 'Shark-class' cruisers left that Lu Ming, the commander of the 4th Brigade, breathed a sigh of relief. Next, the 4th Brigade began its march to other parts of the Sultanate of Brunei. The troops that remained in Bandar Seri Begawan began to attack the powerful people of the Sultanate of Brunei. Although the wealth of the Sultanate of Brunei is almost entirely concentrated in the hands of the royal family. But the magnates also have a lot of wealth, and all of them have been scraped over, which is also a huge amount of money!

The Xinhua Army emptied the treasury of the Sultan of Brunei's royal family. Sultan Omar Ali Saifudin II could only watch. Seeing his wealth snatched away by the Xinhua Army, he even had the heart to die. I couldn't help but scold the Xinhua Army for being despicable and shameless. However, after being pointed to the head by the rifles of the soldiers of the Xinhua Army, Sultan Omar Ali Saifuftin II immediately closed his mouth. Money is something outside the body, and if you lose even your life, then there is nothing!

Compared with the results of the 4th Brigade of the Xinhua Army, the 1st Brigade and the 13th Brigade of the Xinhua Army, which were responsible for attacking the western part of the Sultanate of Brunei, were in trouble! Of course, this trouble was not caused by the Bruneian army or the indigenous army. With the strength of two infantry brigades, it is enough to sweep the entire Sultanate of Brunei. In a few days, the indigenous army that they wiped out was not 50,000, but 30,000! However, in Kuching there was a hindrance! When the two infantry battalions of the 1st Brigade of the Xinhua Army drove under Kuching, they found that the British flag had been raised here!

"Holy shit, the British guys run so fast? They actually captured Kuching before us? What do those Navy guys do for food? Didn't they say that the British had already been blocked? Zhang Wei, commander of the 1st Brigade, scolded bitterly. According to the operational plan put forward by the General Staff, after the Xinhua Army launched an attack on the Sultanate of Brunei, the First Fleet of the Navy will actively block the British Navy's East India Fleet off the coast of Singapore. At the same time, the Navy's Second Fleet will also come to the aid to ensure that the British will not intervene in the war of the Sultanate of Brunei. However, the British people who appeared in front of him made Zhang Wei very depressed! Kuching is the most important city in Sarawak, and if it falls into the hands of the British, the battle for the destruction of Brunei will not be perfect!

"General, what are we going to do? Do you want to attack? Li Qiang, the commander of the 1st Battalion, asked. Like many cities in Nanyang, Kuching is a bustling metropolis but it is also walled. For the Xinhua army, it was not very difficult to capture such a city. Although the Xinhua Army now assembled here has only two infantry battalions!

"Don't be busy, let's find out what's going on inside! Someone, Chen Wenjie, isn't your deputy battalion commander very slippery in English? Let him go to the city and warn those British that this is already the territory of Xinhua Kingdom, and let them get out of here immediately! Otherwise, if we make a move, it will hurt the harmony between our two countries! Zhang Wei ordered.

"Yes, General! I'll let Liu Zhongming go! Chen Wenjie said. Liu Zhongming, deputy commander of the 4th Battalion of the 1st Brigade of the Xinhua Army, has drunk foreign ink. Naturally, it is much more powerful than the other generals and even pirate-born generals!

For complete consideration, the brigade commander Zhang Wei also sent a herald to inform the other troops to assemble in Kuching. If they were to fight the British here, they would have to win. Sarawak is too far away from Manila, and if you wait for the order of King Long Yufei or the General Staff, you will not be able to delay the time. China has always had a saying that it will not be subject to foreign military orders!

Ten minutes later, Major Liu Zhongming, deputy commander of the 4th Battalion of the 1st Brigade of the Xinhua Army, waved a white flag and walked towards Kuching. The British, who were guarding Kuching, saw him, but they did not stop him. It wasn't until Liu Zhongming came close that he was stopped!

"You, stop! This is the territory of our Brooke Dynasty, you yellow-skinned monkeys, get out of here now! An Englishman asked aloud.

"The Brooke Dynasty? What is this? Major Liu Zhongming was stunned, he swore that he had never heard of this name.

"I am the messenger of the Xinhua Army, and I am here to meet your leader!" Major Liu Zhongming said in pure English.

Perhaps because Major Liu Zhongming knew English, these Englishmen did not embarrass him. Twenty minutes later, he was taken to the city hall in Kuching where he met the ruler of the Brooke dynasty, King James. Brooke!

"Major, listen, Kuching is now the capital of the Brook dynasty! The Brooke dynasty was a protectorate of the British Empire! The whole of Sarawak was the territory of the Brooke dynasty. You must unconditionally withdraw from the territory of the Brook Dynasty, or the Brook Dynasty will declare war on you! In the same way, the British Empire will declare war on you! "James. Brooke said arrogantly. The easy capture of Kuching made him full of confidence. At the same time, with the support of the local British, his army has expanded to two thousand people! He had just arrived in Nanyang and did not know about the strength of the Xinhua Army. He thought that as long as he moved out of the name of the British Empire, the Xinhua Army would be scared!

"Your Majesty, forgive me for being so lonely! I've never heard of the Brooke dynasty! When were you founded? Liu Zhongming asked.

"Yesterday! Just yesterday, the Brooke dynasty was formed! And I, the founder of this country, James. Brooke! "James. Brooke said haughtily.

"Only established yesterday? In other words, you are not a protectorate of the British Empire? Liu Zhongming asked. Kuching is not close to Singapore, even if you use a clipper, you don't have two or three days, don't think about running back and forth!

"We are British, and the country we founded is, of course, a protectorate of the British Empire!" James. Brooke said.

After some side knocks, Liu Zhongming finally figured out that this so-called Brooke Dynasty was basically founded by a group of retired British soldiers and the British in Sarawak. Up to now, the army has only more than 2,000 people. They just want to build a state here in the name of Britain!

After leaving Kuching, Major Liu Zhongming reported what he had learned to Zhang Wei, the commander of the 1st Brigade.

Zhang Wei laughed: "The British guys on dog days, a group of retired soldiers also want to snatch food from our mouths? It's just that I don't know whether to live or die! Order the ministries and prepare to attack! Within an hour, Kuching must be taken for me! ”

On the afternoon of November 2, two infantry battalions of the Xinhua Army, under the cover of fire from 20 Thunderbolt mortars, launched a fierce attack on Kuching! When the cannonball exploded in Kuching, James . Brooke and the rest of the British realized that the Xinhua Army was not threatened by them at all! The army of the Brook Dynasty, except for those retired soldiers who still have a little combat effectiveness, the rest of the recruits, as soon as they hear the sound of cannons, are like headless flies scurrying around.

The army of the Brooke Dynasty, equipped with weapons, is also an old-fashioned breech gun obtained from the United Kingdom, in the face of the Xinhua army, they have no resistance at all!

The Xinhua army easily invaded Kuching, and the fierce battle was carried out in the city, and in less than half an hour, most of the army of the Brooke Dynasty was wiped out, and the rest of the people honestly laid down their arms and surrendered to the Xinhua army! The Brooke Dynasty, which existed tightly for a day, was wiped out by the Xinhua Army! (To be continued......)