On the first day of 1871, in the early morning of Brunei Bay, the coast was full of surrendered Spanish naval soldiers. They were escorted by Chinese soldiers with loaded ammunition to prisoner-of-war camps in the rainforest.
This is Xiao Hexin's best New Year's gift to the head of state. Once the news of the victory in the Brunei Bay naval battle spreads, it will definitely shock the global naval community.
Even British naval experts have to look at the Chinese with admiration!
This battle was unbelievably glorious. Seven battleships were sunk and their wreckage blocked the outlet of Brunei Bay, forcing the port management office to leave permanent buoys to direct other ships to avoid it.
The remaining five battleships all surrendered with injuries. In the early morning, they were already moored at the pier of Brunei Port. The whole city was already in a sensation, and soldiers and civilians all over the city came to see their spoils of war.
The foreign devils who showed off their power were now like eggplants beaten by frost. They all walked off the battleship with wounds all over their bodies and wrapped in gauze, and handed in their weapons in front of the Chinese army.
The people immediately became agitated, and their roars of "Long Live!" shook the whole Hong Kong!
The morale of the Chinese people has reached the point where the fire is cooking, and the Nanyang natives also have a trace of fear in their souls. The accumulated prestige of the foreigners for more than three hundred years is still there, but at this moment these Chinese people can actually defeat those foreigners who are like gods. Defeated, many slightly educated natives began to reflect.
War is always the best agent for national fusion. After you show your powerful force to other nations, someone will definitely take the initiative to integrate. Human beings always believe in the strong.
On the building of the Port Management Office, officials of the Brunei Provisional Government gathered around the three military commanders, with tears filling their eyes with excitement.
"This is great. King Xiao Tian's army no longer has to worry about threats from the sea. As long as the army lands in Subic Bay, Manila will be at your fingertips!"
"Send a telegram to Europe! We have to take the initiative to report the good news!"
Fang Dong and Wu Haoran shook their heads, "Be careful when sailing. A long part of the telegraph network leading to Europe is controlled by the British. It's better to be careful!"
At this moment, there was a sudden sound of footsteps downstairs, and several men wearing traditional noble costumes of the Sultanate came up.
"God bless you! Brave general, last night's naval battle completely convinced us... On behalf of His Majesty His Highness the East King, I am willing to accept all the conditions of the Chinese, and from now on, I am willing to accept the Chinese as my suzerain!"
There were happy events one after another. There was a group of spectators from the beginning to the end of the naval battle in Brunei. Some of them were reinforcements from the Lanfang Republic and some were the envoys of the Sulu State.
The King of Sulu sent his cronies to stay in Brunei. They wanted to see with their own eyes whether the Chinese had the strength to fight against the Spanish!
The rulers of these ancient countries who have closed their eyes think about problems very simply and regard strength as the most important thing! In their eyes, even the powerful Qing Dynasty was no match for foreigners. Can the newly emerged Chinese nation really do it?
Although the achievements of the head of state are known to the whole world, the achievements of the head of state are so brilliant that even these small countries cannot believe it and are half-convinced!
The diplomats sent by the head of state had secret talks with the King of Sulu many times and introduced in detail the process of the Chinese victory in previous wars, but these frightened kings did not dare to believe them all.
As a last resort, Xiao Hexin invited Sulu to send a military observation group to watch the battle secretly, so that they could see with their own eyes how the Chinese fought!
As a result, the naval battle in Brunei Bay completely convinced the princes and ministers of these observation groups. The fifteen huge sailing battleships were invincible gods in the eyes of people from these backward countries. However, in the hands of the Chinese, they were like killing melons and chopping vegetables. The same ones were all wiped out.
Thousands of prisoners were paraded through the city, and the prestige of the Europeans was completely wiped out!
All the doubts of the Sulu Kingdom were cleared, and they expressed their willingness to accept the conditions of the head of state on the spot, and regarded the Chinese as the suzerainty. The Chinese could develop all the land in the Sulu Kingdom and station troops at will!
"Okay, okay! On the first day of the new year, give the head of state a double gift! Have a celebration banquet!"
Brunei began to celebrate the victory, but at this time no one in other parts of Southeast Asia knew the news of the victory in this naval battle!
Subic Bay is a small bay north of Manila Bay facing the South China Sea. The bay is 14 kilometers long, 8-13 kilometers wide, and 24-50 meters deep. It has good anchorage and beautiful scenery. The United States established a naval base here in 1901, and it was recovered by the Philippine government after 1991.
At this moment, the Spaniards obviously do not realize the important military significance of this place. The current Subic Bay is just a natural anchorage for fishermen to escape the wind and rain. The Balanga Fishing Port only has a size of more than 3,000 people. The residents rely on fishing and there are still two exploitation rooms. Sugar factory life.
The war has obviously affected the order here. The European supervisors in the sugar mills have long since disappeared. Production has completely stopped. The workers in the sugar mills do not know where to go to make a living. They can only hang out on the streets like ghosts. Hang out.
This year, the colonial government has temporarily raised taxes four times in a row. The people are so miserable that they are on the verge of rioting. Coupled with the material shortage and fear caused by the war, the prices on the market have increased three or four times.
The unemployed indigenous refugees wandered around hungry, looking at the deserted rice fields outside the city and imagining the prosperity when the Chinese worked here.
"Bah...these Chinese have all run away. If they didn't run away, they could still grow rice for us to eat, and if they don't give it to us, they can still rob it!"
"They are all gone now. Damn it. When will those stupid Chinese who only know how to farm come back? I really miss the days when I had rice to eat..."
During the Chinese uprising in the north of Luzon Island, all the Chinese who inquired in other places fled. They knew too well the virtues of these colonists and natives. Since they had entered a state of war, these people would definitely massacre and retaliate.
Chinese gangs have long begun to protect these Chinese in a planned way. Even the Chinese in Manila have withdrawn 60% at this moment, let alone these remote countryside.
The Chinese who were leaving burned all the food on fire. They couldn't take it with them, and they would never leave any for the Spaniards and Europeans. These bastards would starve to death!
Without the Chinese, the local economy immediately fell into chaos. In many places, there was even no food to eat. Many extremely poor indigenous people could only search for some fruits in the suburbs to satisfy their hunger.
Only then did they understand the benefits of the Chinese, but the habit of despising the Chinese they had developed over the years would not change. Even if their mouths were drooling because they were greedy for food, they still cursed in and out of their words.
Just as the group of indigenous monkeys were drooling looking at the rice fields burned by the Chinese, suddenly there was a burst of noise from the direction of the bay, as if countless people were screaming.
A group of indigenous people quickly climbed up to the coconut tree, built a pergola with their hands and looked towards the sea. The scene was so frightening that they let go of their hands and hung directly from the canopy of the tree.
"Ships! There are so many ships! Flying the Chinese dragon flag! They are all Chinese ships!"
