Chapter 110

Head, the landing of 3,000 people, is this a battle?" Mark White questioned.

"And what are those boats used for, there are more than 20 of them."

"It's a small landing ship that has just become popular. It's used for patrolling the coastline, and it's also used for land reclamation. It's a small ship for that purpose. It's not even a small sailboat that's not even a Tier 6 battleship." Abbott Road.

"But this is on the sea. It should be a big boat here. Why do they put small boats in battle, and it seems that the flagship is facing upstream in the upstream direction of the Congo River. Head, is this training? Ah, come here on purpose to surf the waves," Mark White teased.

"Let's be naughty, we...wait, what is that, are they not heading towards the Congolese river?" Abel asked uncertainly.

"It seems so." After Mark White finished speaking, he actually got the answer. Yes, those people were driving towards the Congo River in boats, and there were more than 2,000 people outside the twenty boats. Quickly follow on the shore. Looking at the situation, the two looked at each other, and neither knew what these people were doing. However, before thinking about it, they felt a loud noise spread.

"This is the sound of gunboats firing." The two looked at each other again, the direction was the middle of the Congo River, and the place where the shells landed was the hills on the bank. Is it an exercise today? Otherwise, why are these Dutchmen marching here and firing artillery shells. Both have questions.

"Head, I don't think their purpose is simple"

Abor heard White's words, he took a deep breath, Abor knew that he couldn't panic, so he asked White calmly: "You see clearly that those ships are equipped with Artillery?"

"Yes, there are about 10 ships, about 23 ships, and the number of people can carry about 50 people. Among them, there are also Tier 5 battleships and 2 Tier 6 battleships. Inside, there are a total of 26 small fleets."

"So many." He also looked at it just now, but his vision was a little blurry, and White's vision was famously accurate, so he brought him here as a second observer to observe the ships of various countries passing through here.

The loud cannon sounds just now, what kind of good intentions could this be?

"Ok I got it"

"Head, do you think this will be?" White said suspiciously, "They want to occupy the north bank of the Congo River."

Aibol was shocked, he calmed down and suppressed the boiling mood.

However, he said urgently: "I will continue to supervise here, hurry up and hurry to the Governor's Palace in Luanda, and report the news and scale of the landing of the Dutch fleet and the army here. This time, it seems that We are going to be in trouble, when reporting, remember to report in detail."

"Yes, head." Mark White also knew that the matter was urgent and could not be delayed any longer, so he didn't talk nonsense, and walked quickly to Mbanza Congo, because there is a horse they have prepared, and with it, you can quickly Arrive in Luanda, where the Governor is.

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The Netherlands in the combined Dutch-French-Prussian fleet in the Atlantic

"Lieutenant General Leon Booker, the latest news, our small fleet has begun to land on the Congo River. Colonel Braga has advanced 20 kilometers along the Congo River with 3,000 people, and is now following your instructions. , while advancing towards Matadi, Colonel Braga fired a cannon to the shore every 10 kilometers as planned, and 10 artillery shells have been fired for nearly 100 kilometers."

"Okay, fine, tell them to go on like this"

"Yes, Lieutenant General"

Leon Booker, as a sea veteran for many years, has many years of experience in the Pacific, and has acquired the experience of managing the navy. Portugal has been operating here for many years. He absolutely does not believe that the other party will not know about the movement here, so he is a kind of Temptation is also a threat. If Portugal dares to intervene in the actions of the Netherlands, he doesn't mind killing chickens and setting an example. For this reason, even if there is a fight between the Netherlands and Portugal, he will not hesitate.

"According to His Majesty's words, the mouth of the sea has already been blocked while the Congo is still a land without owners, and with the advance of 3,000 people, both sides of the Congo River have become the garrison of thousands of Dutch people. , the remaining nearly 2,000 people will go to the Congo Basin where the Congo Kingdom is located. There should be no problem. After all, these are soldiers who have gone through life and death battles. As long as they reach Mbandaka, the capital of the Congo Kingdom, then this can be opened. Aboriginal kingdoms shrouded in mystery.

Now that the Congo River is taken, it is too important for the future Dutch military, and Portugal will lose its unique presence here from now on.

And as the Netherlands establishes a stronghold and territory here, it is not necessary to think that Lancie and Prussia will follow. At that time, European countries will definitely keep up. The great era of European colonization of Africa will follow the opening of Pandora's box by the Netherlands. , entered the period when the European powers divided the territory of Africa.

Portugal, the largest ruler of southern Africa, will be incapable of resisting."

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"I said Alpha, our luck is too good, why did this kind of thing let us meet!"

This was supposed to be an ordinary visit to South Africa, a frontline position in the war, but as the crisis of the war approached, they were finally driven out of Cape Town and came to Angola, a Portuguese colony. They went to the edge of the Congo River for outdoor relaxation, and also browsed the estuary of the largest river in Africa, but they did not expect that the two of them would encounter such a thing happen in front of them.

"Yeah, it's amazing." Tyson felt the same way. Seeing the troops on the river not far away and the flag of the Kingdom of the Netherlands on the warship, he felt that this lesson was the one who was most taken care of by God. people.

"Then don't hurry. Now the headlines that have been delivered to the door have already been delivered to the door. This is a good opportunity for us to get a higher salary. If we can't grasp it, then it will be a waste, and it will be a waste of money."

The three quickly reflected the fleet in the Congo River not far away~www.mtlnovel.com~ and the army on the shore.

The three of the Financial Times, who had been living in South Africa for many days, finally got the explosive news headlines they wanted again.

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June 20, 1862.

A report in the Financial Times shocked the world.

According to a headline in this newspaper, at 9:20 a.m. on June 15, 1862, a fleet of the Kingdom of the Netherlands suddenly appeared in the southern Gulf of Guinea in Africa and landed at Banana at the mouth of the Congo River. 3,000 people, and they are heading upstream along the Congo River. The Financial Times speculates that the Netherlands is going to occupy the overseas territory along the Congo coast.

With the emergence of this report, countries suddenly boiled, Africa, the Netherlands' goal, turned out to be starting to encroach on Africa in southern Europe?

So what are countries waiting for?