1850 American Gold Baron

Chapter 409 We are pirates now

Since the failure of the attack on Pontianak, Andersen has been hiding in the camp and unable to come out.

Liang Yao also had no intention of pursuing and fighting the Royal Dutch and Indian Army outside Pontianak City.

It's not that Liang Yao doesn't want to eat the main force of these Dutch and Indian troops.

After all, almost all the effective forces of the Dutch and Indian authorities on the island of Borneo were concentrated in the military camp outside Pontianak.

As long as this new force can be completely annihilated, the war in West Borneo will come to an end, and this military operation will not be far from victory.

Liang Yao also wanted to fight quickly and take control quickly, and did not want this war to last too long.

However, the only new force that Pontianak can truly rely on at present is the thousands of people in the Western Brigade.

It is more than enough to defeat Andersen's Dutch and Indian army with a thousand men, but it is still a bit difficult to completely defeat them.

Liang Yao wanted to wait for Elvis to return to Pontianak, then join forces together and, together with Kruger on the coastal defense line, surround and eat the main force of Andersen's Dutch and Indian troops.

But before that, Liang Yao didn't intend to let Andersen live in peace.

Every night, Liang Yao would either have his artillery fire at the camp of the Dutch and Indian troops, or he would have his soldiers carry scarecrows and fire at the military camp not far from the Dutch and Indian troops.

The Dutch and Indian troops were so disturbed that Ant was so angry that he sent out his elite soldiers to defeat these Chinese troops who were attacking at night.

When these Dutch and Indian troops approached the Chinese troops, cheering and shooting the Chinese troops indiscriminately, they suddenly discovered that none of the Chinese troops who were attacking at night could be seen. The human-shaped targets they shot were nothing more than scarecrows.

Not long after they returned to camp, they heard the sound of Chinese troops stealing camp again.

"Shameless villain! What kind of soldier do you think you are when you engage in these secretive intrigues? Do you think we can have a showdown on the battlefield?"

Anderson, who had not had a good night's sleep, was disturbed by the news and noise of the Chinese army's night attack on the military camp, and he became a little nervous and cursed angrily.

The tired officers beside Anderson were silent.

On the battlefield. We may not be others' opponents on the battlefield.

The current situation of the Dutch and Indian troops is also very embarrassing.

They are neither advancing nor retreating outside the city of Pontianak.

Go ahead, we can't take Pontianak City.

Go back, they are afraid that the Chinese army will chase them.

Now they can only stand firm in the military camp and wait for Batavia to send reinforcements to support them in attacking Pontianak.

Anderson came to the observation deck in front of the military camp gate and saw only the outside of their camp in the night.

Hundreds of kerosene lamps danced like fireflies in the jungle surrounding their camp.

The light emitted by these kerosene lamps and the sound of gunfire from time to time made the guards on duty terrified.

"Let Alkadri cut down all the trees and clear all the bushes and grass in a three-mile radius around our camp after dawn!"

Facing these Chinese troops who were harassing their camp at night, Andersen didn't have any good ideas.

Sultan Al Qadri of the Pontianak Sultanate soon heard the news that Sultan Akamuddin of the Three Fat Sultanates had defected to Liang Yao.

After hearing that the Sanfa Sultanate had defected to Liang Yao, Liang Yao instead of using the soldiers of the Sanfa Sultanate as human shields and cannon fodder.

Just let them pave roads, build houses, and give them food.

The people of Al Qadri and Pontianak Sultanate are full of emotions.

Many people in the Pontianak Sultanate already believe that rather than working for the Dutch, it may be a wiser choice to abandon the Dutch and join Liang Yao.

Even Alkadri himself was shaken.

Not only did the war on land in West Borneo deteriorate sharply under the Dutch-Indian authorities.

Even in the maritime field where they are good at, the situation is getting worse and worse.

After the Dutch and Indian authorities' East Indies fleet suffered heavy losses, the pirates with a keen sense of smell quickly realized this.

Among these pirates were pirates such as Li Fengchun who specialized in plundering Dutch merchant ships under the instruction of Liang Yao.

There were also other pirates who spontaneously plundered Dutch merchant ships.

Not to mention pirates, even Hong Mingxiang couldn't help but play the role of a Southeast Asian pirate. He asked his soldiers to change into ordinary people's clothes and pretend to be pirates, specifically to carry out robberies in the Java Sea near Batavia.

This sea area has been a forbidden area for Southeast Asian pirates before, because it is the home base of the Dutch and Indian authorities and the headquarters of the Dutch and Indian authorities' East Indies Fleet.

Only pirates with brains can't think of robbing in this sea area.

The reason why Hong Mingxiang was so bold and to carry out robberies in the Java Sea near Batavia came from the loach boat he owned.

Loach boats are fast and can sail regardless of ocean currents and wind directions. The sailing merchant ships they are targeting cannot outrun them, and the sailing battleships chasing them cannot catch up with them.

"Damn it, being a pirate is a good business with no capital and huge profits. We have only been working for less than a month, and our brothers have received two years of military pay. These Hongyi are so damn rich!"

Hong Mingxiang's adjutant Kang Enze sighed in admiration.

"The pirates are really so good, how can Li Fengchun behave like this?" Hong Mingxiang shook her head and laughed.

The reason why they have been pirates so easily in the past month is because the Dutch and Indian authorities' East Indies fleet was crippled, and there was a temporary power vacuum in the Java Sea.

I really want to continue to be a pirate until the Dutch and Indian authorities calm down, and then I will take advantage of them.

What's more, pirates in Southeast Asia don't have such rare things as steamships.

And even if they did, ordinary pirates didn't have coal to feed their steamships.

"Hongjunmen! Hongyi Merchant Ship! Another piece of fat! Shall we grab it?"

While he was talking, a commander pointed in the direction of the incoming Dutch merchant ship and reported to Hongmingxianghui.

"In the past, when we went to sea to suppress pirates, you were not so active. I wish I could never see the pirates again. It's as if you were beaten to death by being pirates." Hong Mingxiang muttered.

The commander just kept giggling on the spot, waiting for instructions from the two superiors.

"Can you see clearly? It's a Dutch merchant ship? Don't mistake the French merchant ship for a Dutch ship again and rob it." Connze said.

Although he didn't know much about the Western countries, he had read "Tongguo Jian" and knew that England and France were the two most powerful countries in Europe. It was better not to offend them as much as possible.

After all, they are here to seek money, not to cause trouble.

Because the Dutch flag is very similar to the French flag, a week ago they accidentally robbed a French merchant ship as a Dutch merchant ship.

"I can see it clearly. The three colors are arranged horizontally. It is undoubtedly the Hongyi merchant ship!" the commander said with great certainty.

Kang Enze was still worried. It wasn't until he took a telescope to see clearly that he nodded to Hong Mingxiang and said, "Junmen is indeed a Dutch merchant ship. Do you want to rob it?"

Hong Mingxiang rolled her eyes at Kang Enze: "We are pirates now. If we don't rob merchant ships, are we still pirates?"

(End of chapter)