1635 Han style rises again

Chapter 199 Attacking Luzon

The Han-Dutch coalition fleet set off from the port of Batavia on October [-]th, stopped at two Dutch trading stations (colonial points) in Borneo, and arrived at Karabagan (now Malaysia) in the Kingdom of Sulu on October [-]th. Tawau, Kalimantan).

Here, the Dutch sent messengers to try to find the remnants of the Sulu Kingdom's retreated nearby armed forces, so as to unite and jointly attack the Philippines.

On October 23, the coalition fleet appeared off Hele Island (Holo Island), preparing to attack the original Sulu King City and Le City.

Cao Xiong led three warships slowly approaching the port of Helecheng, but there was no movement on the other side.The Spaniards, don't they want to learn from Jianye City and put the warships closer before fighting.

Qi Dajiang commanded the "Xinghan" to sail out of the queue and advance to 700 meters from the pier, but there was still no movement on the shore.

Qi Dajiang gritted his teeth and ordered the "Xinghan" to move on and sailed to a place only 500 meters away from the pier.This distance is very suitable if the enemy turret is to counterattack.

"There is no one on the pier." The watchman reported loudly, "The fort is damaged, and there is no artillery or personnel!"

"Huh? Didn't the Spaniards install sea artillery on this island?" Qi Dajiang held up his binoculars suspiciously and carefully observed the situation at the pier.On the empty shore, there are a few dilapidated houses, a crooked fort parapet, and a few small boats docked on the shore.Extending the line of sight to the distance, there is a sparse forest, and there are no tall mountains on the left and right sides.It seems that there should be no other forts hidden near the pier.

"Go a little further." Qi Dajiang ordered.

The "Xinghan" is only 300 meters away from the pier, and the general situation of the pier can already be seen clearly with the naked eye.The port was dead silent, as if it had been abandoned for a long time.

"Send a team of marines ashore!" Qi Dajiang said.Because he was not familiar with the hydrology and geography of the port, he dared not approach the pier easily.Since the enemy didn't have any counterattacks, it's better to send a team of soldiers to check it out first.

The two small boats were lowered, and a dozen marines climbed down, and then rowed the boats to rush to the shore.

Ten minutes later, more than a dozen marines successfully boarded the shore, holding muskets, approached several dilapidated houses, and looked around vigilantly.

"There was no counterattack! The navigator measured the water depth, and all the soldiers were ready to land." Qi Dajiang ordered immediately after seeing the marine soldiers on the shore issuing a safety signal.

In the evening, when the Dutch fleet unloaded all the landing troops, the Hanzhou Marine Corps had already moved into Hele City, and did not encounter any Spanish attacks along the way.

"The Spaniards are very wise. They knew that the island could not be defended, so they had to withdraw in advance." Lieutenant Colonel Jemini Bacona, the commander-in-chief of the Han-Hollywood coalition forces, said with a smile.

"Then there may be no Spaniards on the island (Basilan) in the northeast." A Dutch naval officer said, "It seems that we can proceed directly to the next military offensive plan."

The next immediate military plan he said was a direct attack on the fortress of Zamboanga on the southwestern tip of Mindanao.This is the southernmost military stronghold in Spain. With this colonial point, they tried to conquer several states and kingdoms on this large island to the south.

Especially in March, the Spaniards set off from Zamboanga and directly broke Lemitan, the capital of the Sultan Kingdom of Majindanao on Basilan Island.

There are only a few hundred Sulu natives scattered throughout Hele City. They face the new conquerors calmly, neither welcoming nor resisting.

For hundreds of years, the Sulu Kingdom was established here, and then the Boni people came, and several Sudanese kingdoms on the big island in the southeast came, and then the Spaniards also came.Now, it is nothing more than a new wave of conquerors who have settled here. They have nothing but one life for you to reap.

Holding a musket, Tan Zhongfu and his companions followed the team leader on the chaotic streets, looking at the natives huddled in the dilapidated houses, he couldn't tell whether he felt pity or sympathy.I just feel that this scene seems to have been experienced by myself at some point.

"Don't approach them casually! Pay attention to the houses on both sides of the street at all times. If there is an attack, the musketeers will open fire immediately!" Tian Dongyan kept reminding his subordinates while watching the streets on both sides vigilantly.

Tian Dongyan used to be a wandering samurai living in Batavia. His original name was Kuroda Haruhiko. He was regarded as an immigrant by Hanzhou and shipped back to Hanzhou.First, he followed many immigrants to settle the land, and later he went to work as a guard in the Black Mountain Mine.

Hanzhou established the Marine Corps. He was conscripted into the army together with several Japanese fellows. He fought against the natives of Hanzhou. He also participated in the Spanish invasion and counterattack with the Chinese and Dutch coalition forces. He has certain combat experience.

This time, Hanzhou and the Netherlands jointly attacked the Philippines, and the two companies of the Marine Corps went out together.Before departure, Haruhiko Kuroda was promoted to be the captain of the squadron, managing twelve soldiers under him.

In order to better integrate into Hanzhou and the army, he changed his name to Tian Dongyan.

The coalition forces occupied Hele Island without bloodshed, but it does not rule out potential resistance.The Hanzhou Marine Corps and the Dutch Army all dispersed into the city to search for and disarm possible armed resistance forces.

The team searched all the way to the south gate of Hele City without encountering any attack.Tian Dongyan breathed a sigh of relief, and prepared to call his subordinates to find a place to rest for a while.

"Who? Come out?" Tan Zhongfu, as the guard on duty, was about to walk to a mound next to him, when he suddenly saw two natives on the corner of the street in the distance, looking at him with his head poking around.

"Rush over and grab them!" Tian Dongyan grabbed a long knife and rushed over with a few marine soldiers.

Seeing that the situation was not good, the two natives turned their heads and ran away. Before they ran far, Tian Dongyan threw a scabbard and knocked down one of them.There was only one person left, and Tan Zhongfu, who was rushed to the front, threw himself on the ground and fell to the ground.

"Tell me, what do you do?" Zhang Nianchun saw two natives captured by Tian Dongyan's team, holding a scabbard in their right hands, pressing on the neck of a native.

"$&ap...%&a...#" the two natives yelled something.

"Damn it, what did he say?" Zhang Nianchun looked depressedly at several marine soldiers around him.

A few marine soldiers shook their heads blankly. Who can understand the bird language spoken by the natives?

"Are they natives of Sulu or Luzon?" Li Fade asked.

"I don't know!" Zhang Nianchun shook his head, "I think they all look alike!"

"I don't know if there is anyone in the Netherlands who understands the native language?"

"How about sending them where to try?"

"We caught it in Hanzhou and gave it to the Dutch?" Li Fade shook his head, "It's better for us to find a way to figure it out first."

Zhang Nianchun spread his hands and looked at Li Fade, what can you do?
"I'll go to Battalion Commander Niu, he will probably have a solution."

The two Marine Corps companies will temporarily merge into one battalion. Niu Hu will serve as the battalion commander and captain of the First Marine Corps, and Li Fade will serve as the captain of the Second Marine Corps.

Niu Hu looked at the two natives brought by Li Fade and Zhang Nianchun, and was stunned for a long time, then he couldn't help complaining secretly, I don't understand the native language!

"Sulu? Are you from Sulu?" Niu Hu asked.

The two natives nodded when they heard the word "Sulu".

Afterwards, Niu Hu asked a few more questions, but the two natives shook their heads stupidly, obviously not understanding the words.

"Forget it, lock them up first. Let them go after we leave." Niu Hu didn't bother to ask anymore.So what if they are Sulu natives?Can you give us some news about Spain?Looking at the outside of the city, there are hardly many people, either they were killed by the Spaniards, or they hid in the mountains,

"They are natives of Sulu, so they must hate the Spaniards very much. If we can contact some of their resistance forces, it will save us some effort." Zhang Nianchun said.

"There are no one else among them, they all ran away in the mountains!" Li Fade shook his head and said, "Perhaps, they were all scared by the Spaniards."

"Yes. Unless their leader can be found. Their king and general are hiding somewhere."

"King?" Niu Hu suddenly felt his heart move.

"Bring those two natives back!" Niu Hu said hastily.

Li Fade and Zhang Nianchun watched Niuhu circle around the two natives in surprise, then stood still in front of them, and said word by word: "Eastern King, Ah-du-la-sa!"

The two natives immediately opened their eyes wide, looking at Niu Hu in surprise.

"Sure enough, they are the people of Sulu King Abdul Razak!"

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"You are that Cao Xiong's subordinate, that pirate Cao Xiong who used to come from Ming Dynasty!" Abdul Razak, Eastern King of Sulu Kingdom, looked at the Marine Corps officer in blue and black military uniform in front of him.

"Yes, I came here to see you on the order of the commander-in-chief." Zhang Nianchun looked at the once powerful Eastern King in front of him, with a sickly, old face, and trembling hands and feet from time to time, just like an ordinary old man .

"Are you coming to Sulu to seize our land and home?"

"We are here to fight the Spaniards. Here, we are just setting up a temporary logistics supply base. After the fight is over, we still have to go back to Hanzhou."

"Hit the Spaniards?" East King Abdul Razak's cloudy eyes suddenly flashed with a gleam of spirit.

"You dare to hit the Spaniard?"

"Why don't you dare!" Zhang Nianchun said: "They came to attack Hanzhou with more than 1000 people, and they were wiped out by us in one fell swoop. This time, we fought over to let the Spaniards know that we We Hanzhou are not easy to mess with!"

"Are you strong enough to defeat the Spaniards?"

"We may not be able to defeat them for a while now. But if we fight a few more times, we may be able to defeat them and even drive them out of Luzon!"

"Okay, okay!..." Eastern King Abdullah Razak cheered up, "Take me to Hele City! I'm going to see Cao Xiong!"

(End of this chapter)