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Off the coast of Holo Harbor, the battle between the First Fleet of the Xinhua Navy and the Navy of the Sultanate of Sulu was in full swing. However, the advantage of the battlefield is obviously in the hands of the Xinhua Navy! Although the navy of the Sultanate of Sulu fought very bravely, after the main force had been wiped out by the navy of the Xinhua State, the remaining strength was not the opponent of the navy of the Xinhua State at all!

More than 30 warships of the Sultanate of Sulu Navy were attacked by 12 'Shark-class' cruisers of the Xinhua Navy, and they were defeated one after another. Battleships are constantly being hit and then sinking to the bottom of the sea! On the entire battlefield, there is a completely one-sided situation!

"Speed up and destroy all the enemy's warships, not a single one of them will be let go!" On the cruiser 'Xinhua', Luo Sangu calmly commanded the battle. After the Battle of Morro Bay, the Xinhua Navy had annihilated the main force of the Sulu Sultanate's navy. There will be no problem in dealing with the remaining thirty or so warships!

The 12 'Shark-class' cruisers always keep a distance of about a thousand meters from enemy ships. At this distance, the guns of the Shark-class cruiser could easily destroy the ships of the Sultanate of Sulu Navy. And the navy of the Sultanate of Sulu, which is good at hand-to-hand combat, can only look at the ocean and sigh. When there was no way to get close to the warships of the Xinhua Navy, their advantages could not be brought into play at all. And those old bronze cannons on their battleships are simply impossible to hit enemy warships at a distance of a thousand meters.

On the docks of Harbor Holo, Sultan Suleiman of the Sultanate of Sulu watched the naval battle with an iron face, watching his own warships sinking one after another, and he trembled with anger. He was not a fool, but a wise sultan. He knew very well the situation on the battlefield, now the navy of the Sultanate of Sulu has been completely suppressed, if this situation is not changed, soon the navy of the Sultanate of Sulu will be wiped out by the navy of the new country. When the time comes, those damned Chinese will definitely launch an attack on Holo Island. After losing all the navy and half of the army, will Holo still be able to hold on?

"Your Majesty! Those damn Chinese are so cunning and shameless! They are destroying our battleships with the superiority of artillery! We have the advantage in the number of troops and warships, but we can't play it at all! If we don't find a way, we're doomed! A minister of the Sultanate of Sulu said with an anxious face. The situation is so critical that even a fool can see it.

"What can I do? Although the number of warships of the Chinese is small, each of them has a displacement of thousands of tons! Much larger than our battleships, the range of the guns is much longer, plus the speed is high, our battleships simply have no way to get close to their battleships! Suleiman Sultan said in chagrin! This battle is really too embarrassing. In the past, it was the navy of the Sultanate of Sulu that relied on its absolute superiority over other countries, but now, everything is turned upside down. What angered Suleiman Sultan the most was General Ahmed's expedition to Mindanao with the main forces of the Sulu Sultanate, but no news has been heard from yet. The appearance of the Chinese outside the port of Holo seems to mean that General Ahmed and his party are already unlucky. Still, Sultan Suleiman had a bit of a fluke. He hoped that General Ahmed had not encountered the Chinese, and was looking for traces of the Chinese on Morro Bay. In this case, the Sulu Sultanate may have a glimmer of life. It's just that he also knows that this possibility is too small!

"Your Majesty! It seems that our navy can't beat the Chinese! They're definitely going to attack Holo next. Holo is no longer safe, so your majesty should leave Holo! Go to Sandakan and regroup your strength to fight the Chinese! Another minister suggested. The island of Holo was home to the capital of the Sulu Sultanate, but they also had many more territories spread across Borneo. If you can't stay any longer, you can also take refuge in Borneo. There are still a large number of Sulu people there, and there is a chance to make a comeback!

"No! I won't leave Holo! We haven't lost yet, we still have five thousand infantry, and besides, General Ahmet will definitely be fine, and after finding no trace of the Chinese, he will definitely return to Holo Island. When the time comes, we will be able to concentrate our forces to defeat the Chinese! Suleiman Sultan insisted. For hundreds of years, the island of Jolo was the capital of the Sultanate of Sulu. The wealth accumulated by the Sultanate of Sulu over the centuries is also deposited on the island. In addition, some of the most important weapons workshops and shipyards in the entire country are also located on the island of Jolo. If this place is abandoned, the Sultanate of Sulu will be severely damaged, and it will instantly turn from a top power in the South Seas to a second-rate power, which is absolutely unacceptable to the Sultan of Suleiman!

"Your Majesty ......" The other ministers tried to continue to persuade, but they were all stopped by Suleiman Sultan!

"Needless to say, I'm not going to leave Holo Island, get ready to fight! Also, recruit young people into the army now, and we're going to fight those damned Chinese to the end! Suleiman Sultan said.

The total population of Holo Island is more than 200,000 people, of which there are many fewer young and able-bodied. At the most critical moment, it is not difficult to recruit 20,000 or 30,000 people into the army. However, there may be a gap in weaponry. The Sultanate of Sulu had only 20,000 troops and navy in general, and they had been the overlords of the Sulu Sea for hundreds of years, and no force dared to attack them. This also made the Sulu Sultanate somewhat lax in terms of armament. However, even armed with old-fashioned shotguns or broadswords and spears, Suleiman Sultan believed that the Sulu Sultanate still had a good chance of winning. Xinhua went on an expedition across the sea, and in addition to those warships, there were not many merchant ships accompanying it. It can be seen that Xinhua did not send much army. As long as it withstands this wave of attacks from the Xinhua Kingdom, then the Sulu Sultanate can find a chance to end this war. In this case, the losses paid by the Sulu Sultanate will be smaller!

"Yes, Your Majesty!" The ministers of the Sultanate of Sulu replied one after another.

The entire Sultanate of Sulu was busy. Army units marched to the port, and artillery on the batteries along the coast began to prepare for the battle. In addition, a large number of young people also enlisted in the army at the call of the Sultan, received weapons, and prepared to resist the invasion of the Xinhua army.

At one o'clock in the afternoon, the First Fleet of the Navy of the New China State had already solved the remnants of the naval forces of the Sultanate of Sulu. More than 30 warships, large and small, were all sunk by the First Fleet of the Xinhua Navy, and none of them were spared.

However, the remnants of the Sulu Sultanate's navy were not useless, and they bought the troops on the island of Holo a little time to prepare for battle. By the time they were wiped out, the island's army units were ready for battle!

At 1:20 p.m., Long Yufei ordered an attack on Holo Island. This time, the main purpose of the Xinhua Army was to destroy the Sultanate of Sulu, so as to completely remove the threat of the Moro people to the Xinhua State. Another point is that Long Yufei has taken a fancy to the wealth accumulated by the Sulu Sultanate for hundreds of years. If Xinhua wants to develop rapidly, it needs a lot of start-up capital, and these funds can only rely on plundering other countries!

"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! "At a distance of 1,500 meters from the port of Holo, 12 'Shark-class' cruisers of the First Fleet of the Xinhua Navy lined up, aimed their sides at the shore, and began a fierce shelling.

Shells exploded on the shore, splashing up fireballs. The destructive power of black powder is limited, but it is still not something that flesh and blood can resist. Some of the Sulu people who did not succeed in dodging the shells of the Xinhua Navy were covered in the explosion.

"Fight back! Counterattack! "The generals of the Sultanate of Sulu also ordered a counterattack. In the harbor of Holo, there are several shore defense batteries that are used to guard the harbor. The port of Jolo was the most important port of the Sulu Sultanate, and its security was especially important and one of the key defensive points of the Sulu Sultanate.

On several shore defense batteries, there were more than twenty cannons in total! It's just that these cannons are all old bronze cannons! The maximum firing range did not exceed two thousand meters, and the spherical solid shells were used. Compared with the new naval guns used by the Xinhua Navy, this kind of cannon is completely old-fashioned.

When the coastal defense batteries of the Sultanate of Sulu opened fire, the Xinhua Navy immediately shifted the targets of the artillery bombardment and focused on these coastal defense batteries. For a time, these coastal defense batteries were shrouded in gunsmoke.

The coastal forts of the Sultanate of Sulu had almost no protection. It's just a few cannons placed on top of a platform made of stone. Defense is almost equal to zero. Under such circumstances, after being violently shelled by the Xinhua Navy, the fate can be imagined!

In less than half an hour, the coastal defense batteries around Holo Harbor were destroyed by the Xinhua Navy. All the artillery was blown up, and the casualties were very heavy.

After the shore defense batteries were resolved, the First Fleet of the Xinhua Navy began firing on the land forces of the Sultanate of Sulu in the harbor. In order to facilitate the subsequent landing of the army, the navy deliberately avoided some important areas of the port.

The navy of the new country was able to solve the coastal defense batteries of the Sultanate of Sulu so quickly, and the army also suffered heavy losses under the shelling of the navy of the new country, which greatly shocked the monarchs and ministers of the Sultanate of Sulu. Only then did they truly understand the combat effectiveness of the Xinhua Army. For a while, everyone's confidence fell a lot again. Many people believe that if the fighting continues, the Sulu Sultanate will not be able to win at all.

"Your Majesty! The Chinese are menacing, and they are stronger than we expected. If we continue to fight, we will lose! Therefore, the minister believes that the war cannot continue, and let's negotiate peace with the Chinese! A minister advised!