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Pontianak, Jose Allied Command, Spanish Army Lieutenant General Callisto, Luzon Governor Anthony Rosto. Pedro, Governor of Indonesia in the Netherlands, Jacques. Dominique, Lieutenant General de Boer of the Dutch Army, looked at the map of West Borneo hanging on the wall with a sad face!

"Gentlemen, according to the information we have, the Xinhua Army has landed in Shankouyang. The troops they landed on, more than twenty-five thousand people! And, I believe, this is only their first troops. There will certainly be more troops to arrive in West Borneo in the future. After all, their army strength is almost 100,000! Lieutenant General de Boer introduced to everyone. The Dutch have been operating in West Borneo for so many years, and although they have not been able to really occupy this place due to the obstruction of the Lan Fang Kingdom, they still have quite a few intelligence officers operating here. The large-scale landing of the Xinhua Army in Shankouyang, of course, it is impossible to hide from them!

"Just over 20,000 people? Shall we take the initiative to attack and destroy them! "Anthony Anthony, Governor of Luzon, Spain. Governor Pedro proposed. After the failure of the mediation of the British Governor of the Straits Settlements, Bonham, the Allied Dutch-West forces had to prepare for a decisive battle with the Xinhua Army in West Borneo. It's just that after the Spanish expeditionary fleet was wiped out by the Xinhua Navy, their chances of victory were really not good!

"Although the Xinhua army only has more than 20,000 people, if we want to take the initiative to attack. The odds aren't great! Besides, they are still under the protection of the navy's naval guns, and if they take the initiative to attack, they will face artillery fire from the sea! It's going to cost us a lot! Lieutenant General Callisto said.

"So. What should we do? When the Xinhua Army is ready, it will definitely take the initiative to attack us! "Jacques. The Governor of Dominica said with some concern. If he had known the Dao, he would not have listened to the British's advice to form an alliance with the Spanish Expeditionary Force, but now it is good, not only did he not destroy the Xinhua Kingdom, but he also pulled himself into the water. Although the Dutch-Indonesian colonial authorities and Xinhua were also at war at that time, the Dutch Navy's East India Fleet was also annihilated by the Xinhua Navy. However, the contradictions between the two sides are not irreconcilable. Perhaps after paying a certain amount of benefits, it will be able to ease the relations between Xinhua and the Dutch Indonesian colonial authorities. It's good now. There's no going back. Jacques. The Governor of Dominica regretted it very much, but unfortunately, there was no regret medicine in the world. Since the Dutch have waded into the troubled waters this time, they will have to pay the price!

"Your Excellency the Governor! Now we have no other way. I can only fight to the death with Xinhuaguo! Lieutenant General de Boer said.

"But. Will we be able to defeat the Xinhua Army? Otherwise, we'll send someone to negotiate with them. Maybe we can find a peaceful solution to the problem! Even if it costs a certain amount of money, it is worth it! "Jacques. said the Governor of Dominica. Even if Borneo is abandoned because of this, as long as the islands of Java and Sumatra can be kept, Dutch interests in the South Seas can also be guaranteed. If you lose, you'll have nothing!

"Your Excellency, you are so naïve! Since Xinhua refused the mediation of the British. That means they will never make peace with us! Their army had landed in West Borneo. This war will not end unless we destroy us, or we defeat them! "Anthony Anthony, Governor of Luzon, Spain. Pedro said. The mission of the Spanish Expeditionary Force this time was to defeat the new Chinese and recapture Luzon. But now it seems that this is an impossible task, and even they have to stay here. However, there is no way around it! The contradictions between Spain and Xinhua were fundamentally irreconcilable and could only be resolved by means of war. The Dutch are now seeing that the situation is not good and want to exit, which is certainly impossible. If the Dutch had withdrawn, the Spanish expeditionary force would have had even less chance of winning!

"That's right, Your Excellency the Governor! Xinhuaguo will never negotiate peace with us! Only when we unite and fight to the death with Xinhua and make Xinhua pay a huge price for this, will we have a chance! I have asked the Governor of Bonham to send back to inform the Kingdom of Spain and the Kingdom of Holland that if we hold on, our reinforcements will arrive!" Lieutenant General Callisto said. It's just that he seems to have forgotten that it will take at least a year to come back and forth. Moreover, the Kingdom of Spain and the Kingdom of the Netherlands, which were not big countries, simply could not send too many troops to the South Seas. Even the mighty Spanish Expeditionary Force has failed, and no matter how many troops are sent, it will be in vain!

Jacques. The Governor of Dominica looked at Lieutenant General de Boer, and the only person he could trust was, of course, Lieutenant General de Boer.

"Your Excellency the Governor, General Callisto is right, we now have no choice. Xinhuaguo's appetite is very big, and we can't satisfy them! To safeguard the interests of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in the South Seas, the only way to defeat the Xinhua Army is to defeat it! Lieutenant General de Boer said.

Jacques. The Governor of Dominica nodded, at this point, he had no other way but to trust the judgment of the generals!

"Gentlemen! I suggest abandoning Pontianak, gathering all the main forces in Dong Wanlu, and fighting to the death with the Xinhua army in Dong Wanlu! Pontianak is located by the sea and is extremely vulnerable to attacks by the Xinhua army. Plus they now have sea supremacy in the Java Sea, and they can also get artillery support from the sea! If we fight them in Pontianak, it will be very bad for us! Lieutenant General de Boer said.

"I agree to a decisive battle with the Xinhua Army in Dongwanlu! However, we can't give up easily in Pontianak. We have already understood the strength of the Xinhua Navy, but we are not very clear about the specific combat power of their army! I suggest blocking the Xinhua army in Pontianak to take the opportunity to understand their combat strength, which will also help us to fight them in Dongwanlu in the later stage! "Lieutenant General Callisto made a different opinion.

Spanish Governor of Luzon, Anthony. Pedro and the Governor of Indonesia, Jacques. Dominique were purely civilian officials, and they were not very good at directing battles. Therefore, the specific situation of the war was left to Lieutenant General Callisto and Lieutenant General de Boer.

"Well, it is indeed necessary to block the Xinhua army in Pontianak! However, the blocking position had to be out of the range of their naval guns! Lieutenant General de Boer said. Previously, the First Fleet of the Xinhua Army shelled Pontianak, causing a lot of losses to the Dutch-Western coalition forces. This also made them wary of the Xinhua Navy!

"General Debor, what do you think of this place?" Lieutenant General Callisto said, pointing to the map.

"It's a full ten kilometers from Pontianak, which is beyond the range of the naval guns of the Xinhua Navy! And far from the Pontianak River, even if the Xinhua Navy enters Pontianak, it will not be able to threaten us! Lieutenant General Callisto said.

"Of course, this place is nice! So, how many troops are we going to leave behind to stop the Xinhua army? Lieutenant General de Boer asked.

"Just 15,000 people in Pontianak! Another 40,000 men built fortifications in East Manlu. We only need to block the Xinhua army for two to three days! Lieutenant General Callisto said.

Subsequently, after deliberation, they decided that Lieutenant General Callisto would stay in Pontianak and command more than 15,000 allied soldiers to block the Xinhua army, while Lieutenant General De Boer would be responsible for the defense of Dong Wanlu, and strive to build fortifications before the Xinhua army came to Dong Wanlu. With the help of the fortifications of Dong Wanlu, it was able to resist the attack of the Xinhua army.

On July 6, three infantry brigades and one heavy artillery brigade of the Xinhua Army completed the landing.

On 7 July, the chief of staff of the Xinhua Army left two infantry battalions to defend Shankouyang, and then led the rest of the troops to advance along the coastline towards Pontianak. The Second Fleet of the Xinhua Navy remained in Yamaguchi to assist the army units in defending the area. The First Fleet received the Army and provided artillery cover for the Army.

More than 20,000 troops, along the coastline, marched towards Pontianak. Gu Yun's infantry battalion was also formed, and this time it also went out with the Xinhua Army. They were locals and were more familiar with the situation in West Borneo, knowing where there were swamps, where the enemy would be most likely to take advantage of ambushes, and so on. It's just that when they looked at the equipment of the Xinhua Army, they were full of envy. In particular, the 105-mm howitzers dragged by four war horses in the heavy artillery brigade of the Xinhua Army made them envious. If Lan Fangguo had such a weapon at the beginning, maybe he would really be able to resist the attack of the Jose coalition army. Of course, this can only be imagined. Even the Xinhua Army has only one heavy artillery brigade, and it will definitely not sell such advanced artillery to Lan Fangguo. Of course, after the war ended, Niu Meng assured them that they would also change into the standard equipment of the Xinhua Army. When the time comes, they don't have to envy the Xinhua Army!

The roads in West Borneo are not bad because of the transportation of mineral resources mined from various mines in West Borneo. Therefore, Lan Fangguo paid special attention to the construction of roads, which alleviated a lot of trouble for the march of the Xinhua army. In particular, the 105-mm howitzer, which weighs 1.2 tons, is difficult to transport if the roads are not good. This is also the main reason why the Xinhua Army did not deploy 155mm heavy howitzers in the army units!

The journey of more than 100 kilometers took the Xinhua Army a full four days. On the morning of July 11, the Xinhua Army arrived at Pontianak! Subsequently, they figured out the situation in Pontianak, and the Jose coalition army had abandoned the city of Pontianak and faced the Xinhua army ten kilometers northeast of Pontianak! (To be continued......)