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Chapter 194 The short-lived dynasty

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From the British ascending the position of overlord in Shanghai to the end of World War II, the British pound was the strongest currency in the world! Of course, gold is the hard currency! There are many gold mines in the South Ocean, which are rich in gold. Therefore, many small countries in the South Ocean have accumulated a large amount of gold. The Brunei Sultanate, 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 amazing. Even though Sultan Oma Ali Saifting II was obviously an incompetent monarch, he could not defeat all of these wealth!

"Come here, mobilize another infantry battalion here! We must strictly protect this place, and not lose a piece of gold or a piece of jewelry! In addition, inform the navy that we will transfer these treasures to the navy's warship immediately!" Lu Ming, the commander of the 4th Brigade, ordered. Originally, there was only one infantry battalion stationed at the Sultan Palace in Brunei. After counting the value of the treasures in the treasure house, Lu Ming became even more nervous. Two infantry battalions, guarding the place with 1,500 people, was enough to ensure the safety of these treasures!

Of course, only by transporting these treasures back to Manila as soon as possible will it be truly safe! A wealth worth 20 million pounds is enough to make all countries in the world crazy! You know, even the most powerful first-class battleships of the Western Navy cost only more than 100,000 pounds. These wealth is enough to build 200 first-class battleships! Of course, no country has enough financial resources to maintain so many first-class battleships, even Britain cannot do it! This wealth is even more important to Xinhua. Although Xinhua has gained a lot in previous wars, Xinhua has used money very quickly, and it can be said that it is spending money like flowing water! The current Xinhua Kingdom is poor and wants to complete industrialization. I don’t know how long it will take. These wealth just become the booster for Xinhua’s industrialization development!

Soon, under the personal arrangement of Lu Ming, the commander of the 4th Brigade, a Xinhua Army in an infantry battalion transported the gold and other jewelry from the treasure house of the Sultan royal family to the port with a carriage. The warships of the Fourth Fleet of the Xinhua Navy were parked there! It took a whole day to empty the treasure house. Two "shark-class" cruisers transported these treasures and left Seribaga Bay and returned to Manila! Seribaga Bay is 1,200 kilometers away from Manila, and even the "shark-class" cruiser will take two days to sail!

It was not 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 to march into other parts of the Brunei Sultanate. The troops left in the Sribaga Bay began to attack the powerful people of the Brunei Sultanate. Although the wealth of the Brunei Sultanate was almost concentrated in the hands of the royal family, the powerful people also had a lot of wealth, and they all collected them, which was a huge sum of money!

The Xinhua Army emptied the treasure house of the Sultanate Royal Family of Brunei. Sultan Oma Ali Saifting II could only watch it. Seeing his wealth being stolen by the Xinhua Army, he even had the desire to die, and he couldn't help but curse the despicable and shameless Xinhua Army. However, when the rifle of the Xinhua Army soldiers pointed at the head of the Xinhua Army's soldiers, Sultan Oma Ali Saifting II immediately shut up. Money is something outside the body. If even his life is lost, there will be nothing left!

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

"Damn it. The British are running so fast? They actually captured Kuching in front of us? What are those guys in the Navy doing? Didn't they say they had blocked the British?" Zhang Wei, the commander of the 1st Brigade, cursed. According to the combat plan proposed by the General Staff, after the Xinhua Army launched an attack on the Sultanate of Brunei, the First Navy will actively block the British Navy's East India Fleet outside Singapore. At the same time, the Second Navy Fleet will also come to support to ensure that the British will not intervene in the Sultanate of Brunei. However, the British appearing in front of us made Zhang Wei very depressed! Kuching is the most important city in Sarawak. If this falls into the hands of the British, the battle to destroy Brunei in Xinhua will be imperfect!

"General, what should we do? Should we launch an attack?" asked Li Qiang, the battalion commander of the 1st Battalion. Like many cities in Nanyang, Kuching is a prosperous city, but there are no walls. For the Xinhua Army, it is not difficult to capture such a city. Although the Xinhua Army gathers here now, there are only two infantry battalions!

"Don't be busy, let's find out the situation inside first! Come on, Chen Wenjie, isn't your deputy battalion commander very casual in English? Let him go to the city to check it out and warn the British that this is already the territory of Xinhua Kingdom, and let them get out immediately! Otherwise, if you start, it will hurt the harmony between our two countries!" Zhang Wei ordered.

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

In order to fully consider, brigade commander Zhang Wei also sent a messenger to inform other troops to assemble to Kuching. If they really wanted to fight with the British here, they had to win. Sarawak is too far from Manila. If they wait for the orders of King Long Yufei or the General Staff, it might delay the opportunity. China has always had a saying that it would not accept foreign military orders!

More than ten minutes later, Major Liu Zhongming, deputy commander of the 4th Battalion of the 1st Brigade of the Xinhua Army, walked towards Kuching with a white flag. The British guarding Kuching saw him, but did not stop him. He was not stopped until Liu Zhongming walked closer!

"You, stop! This is the territory of our Brook Dynasty. You yellow monkeys, leave here immediately!" a British man asked loudly.

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

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

Perhaps because Major Liu Zhongming knew English, these British people did not make things difficult for him. Twenty minutes later, he was taken to the city hall in Kuching and met King James Brooke, the ruler of the Brooke Dynasty!

"Major, listen, Kuching is now the capital of the Brooking Dynasty! The Brooking Dynasty is the protector of the British Empire! The entire Sarawak is the territory of the Brooking Dynasty. You must withdraw from the territory of the Brooking Dynasty unconditionally, otherwise, the Brooking Dynasty will declare war on you! Similarly, the British Empire will declare war on you!" James Brook said arrogantly. The easy capture of Kuching gave him a lot of confidence. At the same time, with the support of the local British people, his army has expanded to two thousand! He had just arrived in Nanyang and was not aware of the strength of the Xinhua Army. He thought that as long as the name of the British Empire was brought out, the Xinhua Army would be frightened!

"Your Majesty the King, forgive me for being ignorant! I have never heard of the Brook Dynasty! When did you come into existence?" Liu Zhongming asked.

"Yesterday! Just yesterday, the Brook Dynasty was established! And I am the founder of this country, James Brook!" James Brook said proudly.

"It was established yesterday? In other words, you are not the protector of the British Empire?" Liu Zhongming asked. Kuching is not close to Singapore. Even if you use the Clippers, you can't run a round trip in less than two or three days!

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

After some indirect attacks, Liu Zhongming finally understood that the so-called Brook Dynasty was simply established by a group of retired British soldiers and British people from Sarawak. Until now, the army has only more than 2,000. They just rely on the name of Britain and want to establish a country here!

After leaving Kuching, Major Liu Zhongming rewarded the situation he learned to Zhang Wei, the commander of the 1st Brigade.

Zhang Wei laughed: "Damn British guys, a group of retired soldiers want to steal food from us? They just don't know how to live or die! Order all departments to prepare for attack! Within an hour, I must take Kuching down!"

On the afternoon of November 2, two infantry battalions of the Xinhua Army launched a fierce attack on Kuching under the cover of twenty thunderbolt mortars! When the shells exploded in Kuching, James Brooke and other British people realized that the Xinhua Army was not threatened by them at all! Except for the retired soldiers, the remaining new soldiers ran around like headless flies when they heard the cannons.

The Brook dynasty's army and weapons were equipped with old-fashioned rifles obtained from Britain. They had no resistance at all when facing the Xinhua Army!

The Xinhua Army easily invaded Kuching and fierce battles were carried out in the city. In less than half an hour, most of the Brook dynasty's army was destroyed, and the rest of the people honestly put down their weapons and surrendered to the Xinhua Army! The Brook dynasty, which lasted for one day, was destroyed by the Xinhua Army!
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