C3094 Republic of Lanfang (1/2)

The rise of the Chinese was threatened by all the Europeans in Southeast Asia. They would not support Spain directly, but they would help the newspaper for the sake of their passion in Europe.

Three British merchant ships that were sailing from Hong Kong in the Southern Ocean found six sail battleship with Chinese flags on them, they were majestically heading towards Borneo.

At the same time, the Dutch merchant ship from Brunei Area also discovered that four Chinese cruisers were in the midst of preparing for battle, and the north of Borneo had already become a super large military camp.

”His Excellency the Governor... All sorts of information have been provided, and it appears that the Chinese are going to gather their forces in the Brunei Area and launch an attack on us! They are transferring troops to the Brunei!

The Brunei Area was the first time the Chinese of Southeast Asia had awakened and used military means. When the Leader went to Europe, the Chinese of Northern Borneo started an uprising, overthrew the rule of the aboriginal kings and destroyed the colonists' wolfish ambitions.

At the moment, the government structure consisting of Fang Dong, Wu Haoran and Huang Wanxia was already established. With the support of all the Chinese in the world, the reconstruction of the Borneo was proceeding smoothly.

More importantly, this was the central region of Southeast Asia, the southernmost region of the South China Sea. Its strategic location was very important, and thus, it became a very important military base for the Chinese.

The Ryukyu Military Academy had dispatched more than 300 military instructors to begin the restructuring of the Borneo's Chinese army. Through training, the Brunei Area's Chinese army had expanded to a total of three independent divisions, with a total strength of more than 40,000.

This number seemed much smaller compared to the time of the uprising, but it was different from those hot-blooded and rebellious young men. These 40,000 people were truly trained troops, so their combat strength had greatly increased.

The Brunei's port had also been expanded. There were four to five warships training and patrolling the area, and the South Sea was finally able to see the Chinese navy. This made the Chinese ships feel a lot more at ease.

The success of the Brunei inspired even more elite Chinese in Southeast Asia. Countless young people went to the Brunei to take the military academy, attend new universities, and look for all kinds of jobs and opportunities to join the army.

The continuous influx of people made the economy even more developed!

The development of the Brunei had already caused the European colonists to feel uneasy, but there was still something they had to worry about. To the west of the Brunei, which was the area of Kun Dian, there was a fat meat that the colonists were eyeing covetously.

This was the famous Lanfang Republic in history!

This country was not simple at all. His founding date was the same as the establishment of the America, 1776.

dryad for thirty-seven years, Chinese Luo Fang had brought more than a hundred of his relatives to the South Sea, and after a few years of rapid development, he had joined the Chinese people in forming a company called Lanfang in the Borneo, and a year later they formed a Republic of Lanfang.

When this Republic was at its strongest, it controlled almost the entire Kalimantan Island, but after that, the Dutch colonists took over their territory, forcing them to retreat one step at a time.

Historically, this Blue Fragrance Republic was destroyed by the Dutch in 1884, which was during the Sino-French War. Li Hongzhang, Zhang Zhidong and the others were still fighting the French.

After exterminating the Lanfang Republic, the Netherlands was also afraid of the Qing Ting's revenge. After all, the Dutch was in the wrong.

The Dutch did not declare the destruction of the Lanfang Republic, but had supported a puppet regime to maintain its apparent rule. Until the fall of the Qing dynasty in 1912, the Netherlands officially declared the destruction of the Lanfang Republic, and the land was incorporated into Dutch colonies.

The history would not repeat itself. The strong rise of the Chinese in the Borneo had restrained the Dutch's ambition, especially since the war between France and Holland was very close to the main battlefield. Knowing how the Chinese fought made them even more terrified.