Chapter 66 The first country to be destroyed
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Davao Bay is a harbor in the southern part of Mindanao, with an entrance of only more than fifty kilometers. The narrow and long harbor makes the sea surface here calm and suitable for fishing. Many people in the Sultanate of Buayan make a living by fishing.
However, the fleet that suddenly broke into the fleet disrupted the peaceful life of the Moroes. The 12 huge warships leading the way rushed into the harbor, and many of the Moroes' fishing boats were directly overturned. The Moroes' fishermen who fell into the water angrily rushed to the warships and scolded the soldiers. But what they responded was the bullets of rifles. But when the Moroes' blood dyed the bay red, the remaining Moroes' fishermen fled in panic!
Long Yufei stood on the deck of the cruiser "Xinhua" and looked at all this expressionlessly. Although this seemed a bit cruel to the Moroes, in this era, the fate of a weak nation was like this. If a nation wants to rise, it can only move forward on the bodies of other nations! If the Chinese want to rise, the indigenous peoples in the South Ocean are destined to be everywhere!
Luo Sangu stood next to Long Yufei, without any sympathy in her eyes. After Long Yufei's long teaching, in her opinion, these Moroes are no different from ants. Besides, these Moroes are not good people. Chinese living in the Nanyang area have also been bullied by these Moroes. Killing these Moroes now can be regarded as avenging the dead Chinese!
On the morning of March 4, after entering the Davao Bay, Xinhua's huge fleet headed straight to Davao, the capital of the Buayan Sultanate. Davao is the largest city in the Buayan Sultanate. More than half of the residents of the entire country live around this city. This city on the seaside is within the range of the Xinhua Navy's naval naval gun!
Although Davao is the capital of the Sultanate of Buayan, it has no city walls, and it looks no different from an ordinary town from the outside. The best houses in Davao are the Sultan's palace and mosque. Although the Sultanate of Buayan is a small country, in terms of enjoyment, the Sultan of Buayan is obviously more pursuing than the king Long Yufei. The area of the palace is at least ten times that of Long Yufei's palace. The buildings of the palace are also magnificent, with a lot of gold and gems used as decoration. In contrast, Long Yufei's palace is indeed no different from ordinary houses!
Sultan Gamal of the Buayan Sultanate was a middle-aged man in his forties. Since he replaced his father ten years ago to become the sultan of the Buayan Sultanate, he has been immersed in his extravagant life. As for state affairs, they were all left to the people below to deal with. Before the rise of Xinhua Kingdom, the enemies of the Buayan Sultanate were mainly indigenous people living in the forest. Although the population of the indigenous people was much larger than that of the Buayan Sultanate, those indigenous people were completely dispersed and could not compete with the Buayan Sultanate. In addition, the Buayan Sultanate had no ambitions for the barren forests, which enabled both sides to live in peace.
The rise of Xinhua Kingdom completely changed the power structure of Mindanao. Xinhua Kingdom destroyed the indigenous peoples of Mindanao in just over a year, which made the Moroes even more frightened. However, the Moroes believed that there was enough forests and that the Chinese could not reach the other side of the island to attack them. Therefore, the top and the subordinates of the Buayan Sultanate did not have a clear understanding of the threat from Xinhua Kingdom. The Buayan Sultanate's army was not prepared, which directly led to the Buayan Sultanate's rapid destruction after being attacked by the main force of the Xinhua Kingdom's army and navy!
A large number of fishing boats fled back to the port of Davao, and the fishermen reported the sudden fleet to the soldiers guarding the port. The officers guarding the port did not dare to neglect and immediately rushed to the palace and reported to the Sultan, which quickly made the entire Davao panic!
"Your Majesty! A large number of Chinese warships appeared in the bay! According to reports from fishermen who fled back, there are dozens of Chinese warships, and they will arrive in Davao soon!" An officer reported to Sultan Gamar.
Sudan Gamal, who was enjoying himself, was shocked. He never thought that the war would come so quickly that he had not made any preparations at all!
"Allah is here! Are those damn Chinese going to go to war with us?" Sultan Gamal said in horror.
"Your Majesty! We are already in a state of war with the Chinese! Now that the Chinese have come, we should assemble troops immediately and fight with them! Allah will bless us to eliminate those damn Chinese!" a minister reminded.
"Yes! Order the troops to assemble and prepare to fight against the Chinese!" Sultan Gamal said quickly.
Under the order of Sudan Gamal, the troops of the Buayan Sultanate began to assemble. However, their movements were slow and even deserters appeared. The news that the troops of Xinhua Kingdom wiped out hundreds of thousands of indigenous peoples was blocked by the top leaders of the Buayan Sultanate, but the people below still knew some sporadic news.
The Buayan Sultanate had only more than 10,000 troops, and these troops had 3,000 people distributed in the forests in the north to fight against the Xinhua Army. The rest were concentrated in Davao. After the order from Sultan Gamal, the generals of the Buayan Sultanate immediately ordered the army to set up defenses on the seaside and prepare to fight against the Xinhua Army and Navy. However, if the troops equipped with big swords and spears were used to resist the strong ships and guns of the Xinhua Army and Navy, it would seem like they were going to die! As for Davao's coastal defense, it was almost blank. The several turrets on the dock were from decades ago, and the cannons on the fort were also rusty. I don't know if they could still fire shells. Perhaps, the shells were blown up before they were launched!
From the outside, the Moroes were a little taller than the indigenous people and their skin color was not as dark as that of the indigenous people. This was probably because their ancestors were of Arab blood.
When the troops of the Buayan Sultanate gathered on the beach, the First Fleet of the New China Navy had already escorted the fleet carrying the First Brigade of the Army to a place less than five kilometers from the coast!
"Your Majesty! Those Moroes know that we are here and are preparing for the war!" said Niu Meng, the commander of the First Brigade.
"Well! But isn't it better to let these Moroes gather together and then become the targets of our shelling?" Long Yufei said with a smile.
"Haha! That's right! We have twelve warships, enough to smash all these Moroes into pieces!" Niu Meng said with a big laugh.
"Yuhua, it depends on you next!" Long Yufei said.
"Your Majesty, we will let these Moroes know our power!" Luo Yuhua replied, then turned around and left, and issued an order to the warships of the fleet!
The 12 'shark-class' cruisers accelerated toward the coast, and stopped only more than a thousand meters away from the coast. The 12 warships lined up in a row, crossing the ships, aiming at the shore with their sideways. The naval guns on the warships had already aimed at the army of the Buayan Sultanate on the beach!
"Let's fire!" At 11 a.m., Luo Sangu issued an order to open fire.
"Boom! Boom!" The four 105mm naval guns on the cruiser "Xinhua" and the four 75mm naval guns on the side opened fire one after another!
In the midst of the loud noise, shells roared towards the shore under the action of kinetic energy. After the cruiser "Xinhua" opened fire, eleven other warships also opened fire. For a moment, gunfire was filled with smoke on the sea and the sound of cannons rumbled!
The moment the warships of the Xinhua Navy opened fire, the Buayan Sultanate troops on the beach immediately became in chaos, and the soldiers were scattered everywhere like headless flies. Many people even ran to the city desperately!
"Boom! Boom!" The shells exploded among the crowd, and the air waves threw the poor soldiers high. The shrapnel flew everywhere, reaping life indiscriminately. After the shells exploded, they left craters on the beach!
"Blessed by Allah! How could the artillery fire from those Chinese people be so fierce?" An officer from the Sultanate of Buayan said in horror. The next moment, a shell exploded beside him, tearing him into pieces, and the flesh scattered all over the ground!
When the twelve warships of the First Fleet of the Xinhua Navy began to pour shells into the Buayan Sultanate's army on the beach, the outcome of the war was decided! The war form was still at the same time as the army of the Buayan Sultanate's army, which was mainly cold weapons, was the opponent of the Xinhua Army equipped with advanced artillery and muskets!
Countless Buayan Sultanate soldiers ran towards Davao City like crazy, as if the city could bring them shelter. The beach was full of scattered weapons, and people's broken limbs and arms. The soldiers of Buayan Sultanate soldiers who were injured by the bomb ignored them and let them wail on the beach!
"Are these Moroes so vulnerable?" Long Yufei was speechless when he looked at the troops of the Buayan Sultanate who were fleeing his life!
"Your Majesty! This is a good thing! Is it time for our army to come on stage next? Let's go ashore and teach those Moroes a lesson!" Niu Meng said with his hands ready to go.
After seeing Long Yufei nodding, Niu Meng immediately left the cruiser "Xinhua" in a small boat and headed to the merchant ships transporting soldiers of the First Brigade, preparing to carry out landing operations!
"The artillery fire extends, fire at Davao City!" Long Yufei ordered!
Chapter completed!