The rise of the Chinese is threatened by Europeans throughout Southeast Asia. They will not directly support Spain, but because of the European sentiment, they will also provide some help in petitioning.
Three British merchant ships sailing from Hong Kong on the South China Sea discovered six sailing battleships flying Chinese war flags, sailing toward Borneo.
At the same time, Dutch merchant ships in Brunei also discovered four Chinese cruisers preparing for war, and northern Borneo had turned into a super military camp.
"Your Majesty the Governor... Various intelligence has shown that the Chinese are going to gather forces in Brunei and then launch an attack on us! They are deploying troops to Brunei!"
The Brunei region of Kalimantan was the first ethnic Chinese in Southeast Asia to awaken and resort to military means. When the head of state went to Europe, the Chinese in the settlement area in northern Borneo launched an uprising, overthrowing the rule of the indigenous kings and crushing the colonial power. wild ambition.
At this moment, the government framework led by Fang Dong, Wu Haoran, and Huang Wanxia has been successfully established. With the support of Chinese people all over the world, the reconstruction work in Borneo is proceeding very smoothly, and various infrastructures have exceeded those before the war.
More importantly, this is the center of Southeast Asia and the southernmost tip of the South China Sea. Its strategic location is very important and it has become a very important military base for the Chinese.
The Ryukyu Military Academy dispatched a group of more than 300 instructors to begin the reorganization and transformation of the Chinese troops in Borneo. Through elimination of the best and rigorous training, the Chinese troops in Brunei have expanded to three independent divisions, with a total strength of more than four Ten thousand.
This number seems to be much smaller than during the uprising, but it is different from those stupid young troops who were full of enthusiasm for rebellion. These 40,000 people are truly trained troops, and their combat effectiveness has been greatly improved.
The Brunei port has also been expanded. The Chinese navy has four or five warships training and patrolling in this area all year round. The South China Sea finally saw the Chinese navy, which made the Chinese ships on the waterway feel a lot more at ease.
Brunei's success has inspired more Chinese elites in Southeast Asia. Countless young people have gone to Brunei to attend military academies, attend new universities, and look for various jobs and opportunities to join the army in Chinese territory.
The continuous influx of people makes the economy here more developed!
The development of Brunei has made these European colonists restless, but there are even more uneasy things waiting for them. To the west of Brunei, in the Pontianak area of Kalimantan Island, there is another place that the colonists have long been eyeing. Fat meat.
This is the historically famous Lanfang Republic!
This country is not simple. The country was founded in 1776, the same year as the United States.
In the thirty-seventh year of Qianlong's reign, the Chinese Luo Fangbo took more than a hundred relatives to Nanyang and landed in Borneo. After several years of development, it rose rapidly and united with the Chinese in Borneo to form the Lanfang Company, and a year later the Lanfang Republic was established.
When this republic was at its most powerful, it almost controlled the entire island of Kalimantan, but then, under the encroachment of the Dutch colonists, they could only retreat step by step and huddle in a very narrow area around Pontianak to survive.
Historically, the Lanfang Republic was destroyed by the Dutch in 1884. At that time, it was during the Sino-French War, and Li Hongzhang, Zhang Zhidong and others were fighting for their lives against the French.
After the Netherlands destroyed the Lanfang Republic, they were also afraid of the Qing's revenge. After all, the Dutch were really in the wrong, and the Lanfang Republic had always claimed to be a vassal state of the Qing.
The Dutch did not declare the collapse of the Lanfang Republic, but supported a puppet regime to continue to maintain superficial rule. It was not until the fall of the Qing Dynasty in 1912 that the Netherlands officially announced the collapse of the Lanfang Republic and the land was incorporated into the Dutch colony.
History will not continue to repeat itself. The strong rise of the Chinese in Borneo curbed the ambitions of the Dutch. Especially during the Franco-Prussian War, the Netherlands was very close to the main battlefield. Knowing how the Chinese fought the war increased their fear.
Brunei and the others no longer dared to intervene. Now the Lanfang Republic has also come out of its turmoil. The 11th Governor-General Liu Shoushan finally overcame all opinions at the most critical moment and overwhelmed all the pro-Qing forces in the Republic. , a decision was made.
"The Republic of Lanfang is informing the world that our country is a branch of China and is naturally a member of the Chinese race. The head of state originated from the East China Sea and the Republic was founded in Nanyang. They all want to leave a place for China to live overseas!"
"Now that the Chinese nation has risen and is admired by all the people, the Lanfang Republic dares not go against the will of the people. It hereby declares that the Republic will donate land to the Chinese nation and is willing to join the Chinese nation to create a peaceful and prosperous age!"
"Now that the war in Southeast Asia is raging, the Lanfang Republic dares not stand by and watch. It has specially selected three thousand domestic elite troops to go north to Brunei to gather in order to strengthen the military power of the head of state!"
The return of the Lanfang Republic to its ancestors was so sudden that the Chinese people in Southeast Asia were stunned, because everyone knew that the Lanfang Republic had a longer history than the Chinese.
In terms of seniority, the seniority of the Lanfang Republic is higher than that of the Chinese. These people are a bit arrogant, and there are also some elders in the country who think that they should not abandon the title of Qing vassal state.
These mature and prudent elders believed that they should continue to tie up the Qing Dynasty in terms of justice, and tie up the Chinese economically and culturally, and make bets on both sides in order to profit from it.
This was the mentality of the Lanfang Republic two or three years ago, but no one expected that the Chinese nation led by the head of state would develop so fast and violently!
A series of military victories, especially since these opponents were all European powers, this dazzling record shocked the senior officials in Lanfang Republic, and they began to reflect on whether the previous strategy of stepping on both sides of the world was correct.
At this time, the Chinese war against Spain broke out again. Liu Shoushan, the eleventh president of the Lanfang Republic, said against all opinions: "Now is the best time, when the Chinese war needs the most support, merge into The Chinese, this is a timely help!"
"Only if we provide help in times of need, others will make us even better in the future! This once-in-a-lifetime opportunity must not be missed!"
The Republic of Lanfang had donated its land. After the news reached Manila, the governor and the major general opened their mouths and were speechless for a long time. Suddenly, they slapped their thighs.
"That's bad! These Chinese people are so vicious! They really want to launch a general attack from Brunei. They want to force the King of Sulu to surrender to the Chinese!"
"Is the southern part of the Philippines also going to be undefeated?"
"Map, give me the map!"
Only today do these colonists understand how deep China’s heritage is. The entire Southeast Asia is filled with Chinese hidden elements. The cultural penetration of thousands of years cannot be washed away by their three hundred years of colonial rule.
The Sulu Kingdom is a very famous but declining sultanate in Southeast Asia. Its capital is Hele City in the Sulu Islands.
The entire Sulu Archipelago and Palawan Island in the north, plus a piece of land in northeastern Borneo, make up the entire territory of the Sulu Kingdom.
They are all islands and barren mountains. Farming is underdeveloped, fisheries are also very backward, mining has no technology, and the population is not large. It is a typical poor and weak country.
But this country is very famous, far more famous than other feudal states with a longer history!
