1850 American Gold Tycoon

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

Liang Yao 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 are concentrated in the military camp outside Pontianak.

As long as this new force can be wiped out, 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, and then join forces together to surround and eat the main force of Andersen's Dutch and Indian troops together with Kruger on the coastal defense line.

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

Every night, Liang Yao either asked the artillery to fire at the camp of the Dutch and Indian troops, or asked his soldiers to carry scarecrows and fire guns 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 his elite soldiers to defeat these Chinese troops who attacked at night.

When these Dutch and Indian troops approached the Chinese troops, cheering and shooting the Chinese troops in sight, they suddenly realized that not a single figure of the Chinese troops in the night attack 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 the Chinese army stealing camp again.

"Shameless villain! What kind of soldier do you think you are doing with these clandestine plots? 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 sounds 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.

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

They are neither advancing nor retreating outside Pontianak.

Move forward, we can't take Pontianak City.

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

Now they can only stick to 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 from these kerosene lamps and the sound of gunfire from time to time frightened the guards on duty.

"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 harassed 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 Sanfa Sultanate had defected to Liang Yao.

After hearing that the Sanfa Sultanate had defected to Liang Yao, Liang Yao not only did not use the soldiers of the Sanfa Sultanate as human shields and cannon fodder.

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

The hearts of Al Qadri and the Pontianak Sultanate are in turmoil.

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

Even Alkadri himself was wavering.

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 noticed this.

Among these pirates were pirates such as Li Fengchun who specialized in plundering Dutch merchant ships under Liang Yao's instructions.

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 robbery 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 warships 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 at what they do, 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.

If you really want to remain a pirate, wait for the Dutch and Indian authorities to calm down, and then you will have to 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 to the direction of the Dutch merchant ship and reported to Hong Mingxiang.

"In the past, you were not so active in suppressing pirates when I went to sea. I wish I could never see the pirates again. It's like being beaten to death by letting you become 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 strongest 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 Hongyi's merchant ship!" The commander said with great certainty.

Kang Enze was still worried. It was not 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?"