New Ming Empire mixed in America

In fact, Li Mingqi sent the Pacific Fleet to Borneo this time just to help Lanfang Republic.

Except for those fake foreign devils targeting the Dutch and the Brooke Dynasty, Li Mingqi had no intention of participating in the struggle for hegemony in Borneo.

The world is so big, and it is impossible for Li Mingqi to hold all the land in his hands.

In his opinion, the Lanfang Republic is very suitable to establish a foothold in Borneo.

In Li Mingqi's vision, he hoped that the future world war could be called a civil war between Chinese people.

Anyway, they all have the same ancestors, and the meat is rotten in the pot, which is better than letting the Europeans take over this place.

Therefore, after the Pacific Fleet entered Bandar Seri Bega Bay in a mighty manner, the only unlucky ones were the merchant ships flying the Dutch flag and the temporary armed merchant ships that had not had time to go to sea to participate in the naval battle just now.

Every merchant ship flying the Dutch flag was sent to the bottom of the sea, one by one.

The fort, which the Dutch consul had placed high hopes on, could not survive even two salvoes of naval guns.

This is not a port like Manila, which has been operated by Spain for hundreds of years.

The coastal defense system here is not mature at all, and there is not even a decent breast wall in the port area.

Not to mention a solid fortress, the building that looked more like a manor than a fortress had long since become the Dutch consulate.

When the Pacific Fleet's naval guns began to bombard the area, not even a decent coastal defense gun could be found in this gorgeous fortress.

You mean those cannons on the city walls?

In the hands of the Dutch, those things looked more like salutes than junk like artillery. Not to mention fighting against battleships, they might not even have enough gunpowder.

These cannons with nameplates beside them may be of some value if they are taken to an auction house, because these are heroic antique cannons collected by the Dutch consul.

It is used as a decoration, and occasionally it is used as a salute.

After the port area was bombed, envoys from the Kingdom of Brunei came to negotiate again.

Li Mingqi didn't want much this time. The materials needed by the Pacific Fleet and high-quality coal were all brought from the Kingdom of Brunei.

And he also received a lot of gold as an apology for being on the wrong team.

But what the messenger said next was beyond Li Mingqi's expectations.

"Let us station troops here? Has the King of Brunei's head been caught in the door?"

After Li Mingqi received Cheng Yuanliang's report, he almost spit out a mouthful of tea.

But when he learned that the Kingdom of Brunei not only invited the Xinming Empire to garrison, but also invited people from the Northern Federation of the United States, Li Mingqi knew what they were planning.

They want to take advantage of this situation to curb the expansion of the Brooke Dynasty.

You must know that the Kingdom of Sarawak under the control of the Brooke Dynasty stood up on the corpse of the Kingdom of Brunei.

It is understandable that the Kingdom of Brunei wants someone to deal with the Brooke Dynasty.

"Forget it about the garrison. If they don't stab each other, how can we destroy the foundation of the Brooke Dynasty?"

Li Mingqi finally rejected the invitation from the Kingdom of Brunei.

He is currently interested in the pitifully small fleet of the United States Northern Federation.

These warships were the successors of those ships that broke open the Japanese secluded country.

These gunboats support American businessmen here in the Far East.

This is also the reason why Americans are so arrogant in the pseudo-Qing Dynasty.

But now this small fleet, known as the backbone of American merchants in the Far East, has been driven together by the gunboats of the Pacific Fleet. Under the aim of each naval gun, it obediently lowered its flag and hung up the safest flag.

The false Qing flag indicates a neutral attitude.

After rejecting the request of the Brunei envoy, the Pacific Fleet rested in Bandar Seri Begawan for a day before setting sail towards the capital of the Brooke Dynasty the next day.

"Mr. Charles, I think we are in very serious trouble!"

Since Brooke returned to England, Charles, who has become the head of the Brooke dynasty, looked at the consultant who spoke strangely and asked doubtfully:

"What could be more serious than the Kingdom of Brunei coming into contact with Americans?"

For this consultant who was poached from Daiying, Charles is very new.

If there hadn't been problems with the other party's family's investments in America, causing this guy who once served as a state assemblyman to go bankrupt, he would have had to follow him to the Kingdom of Sarawak.

He had no chance of having a former big shot serve as his advisor.

"It's very serious. The problems of the Americans are not worth mentioning in terms of the troublesomeness of this matter."

The consultant looked at the lucky man who was chosen by Brooke because of an accident and shook his head slightly.

"In the past few days, we have sent telegrams back to several cities in Brunei, saying that they were harassed by unknown fleets..."

As he said that, the consultant's eyes caught sight of the untouched telegrams on the desk in Charles' study.

Sighing, the consultant could only be more specific.

"Four coastal cities have been bombarded by the Eastern fleet, and this number will increase as the Eastern fleet gets closer and closer to here!"

"And our fleet has lost almost half of its ships. If the remaining gunboats cannot get rid of the Easterners, it is likely that none of them will be able to return to Bintulu intact!"

The Bintulu mentioned by the consultant is the current capital of the Brooke Dynasty.

"How is that possible?" Charles put down the financial statement he was holding in shock.

"Didn't our fleet set off with the Dutch?"

After finishing speaking, Charles stared at the consultant closely, hoping to hear an answer from the other person's mouth that said what he just said was just a joke, but he was destined to be disappointed.

"I'm sorry to tell you that the Dutch gunboat formation in Bandar Seri Bega Bay has all been sunk at sea..."

"You should read more of the telegrams sent back during this period. As far as I know, this information was sent over two days ago."

The consultant also had some headaches about Charles's hindsight.

He is only a consultant and is not qualified to view confidential telegrams.

If he hadn't received a response for a long time, the commander of the Brooke Dynasty fleet had no choice but to send the telegram to him. The consultant still didn't know what happened some time ago.

"Damn, I thought it was just a small thing!"

After Charles finished speaking, he quickly searched for it on the table.

Soon, he found news about the naval battle in the past few days from a pile of telegrams.

Looking at the names of the sunk ships above, Charles's face became increasingly pale.

These gunboats were the "heritage of the Brooke dynasty" that Brooke proudly handed over to Charles before leaving.

But now in just a few months, Charles has completely destroyed the Brooke dynasty.

"That's the Dutch. I heard that the Royal Navy of Great Britain was also involved..."

Charles still couldn't believe this fact. It was only after he heard the news about the dispatch of the Royal Navy that he confidently sent a fleet to help the Dutch.

But now their fleet is about to be destroyed in the blink of an eye, how can he believe it?

PS: I boasted today, let’s do it tomorrow (┯_┯)

During the Chinese New Year period, I really boasted that I couldn’t even take a shower...