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Chapter 1219
"Is that the army of Queen Alan of Aceh?!"

The imperial soldiers and mercenary warriors of the No.12 Corps stood on the newly built wall, nervously watching the enemy army emerging from the jungle.

The shock brought to them by the indigenous troops of Aceh is the large number of people and the huge herd of war elephants!
"Our bastion hasn't been built yet... But it should be enough to deal with them."

Only a prototype of the bastion was built, and the masonry was less than three meters high. However, Huang Degong and others did not feel a headache because of this, and they were ready to fight the indigenous army.

At this time, the bastion was at the junction of the river and the sea, and the two gunboats of the Nanyang Fleet were cruising on the river, and the artillery on the ship could cover the bastion area.The four cannons were removed from the ship and deployed in the corner fort. Even if the European army was pulled over at this time, they would not dare to attack the fortifications under such cross fire.

In the past, the indigenous army of the Aceh Kingdom kept trying to attack the city of Malacca, and under the transformation of the Portuguese, the city of Malacca had approached the shape of a bastion.

The indigenous army who had attacked the fortified castle knew how powerful the bastion was, and when they saw the bastion that was still under construction, they did not dare to attack rashly.

Tens of thousands of indigenous troops spread out beyond the range of the artillery, and they cleared the surrounding trees for fire and wooden sheds for temporary living.

"Their flag is a crescent moon, and there is a machete under the crescent moon. It is said that 70 years ago, a powerful country in the West called the Ottoman Empire sent a huge fleet of 15 ships to bring them technology. The workers are used to deal with the Frangji people in Malacca, that is, the Portuguese. The Ottoman Empire assisted them with artillery, gunpowder, and even shipbuilding technology in the West. Therefore, they have a lot of old-fashioned artillery and firecrackers. You underestimated them." Huang Degong was observing the layout of the Aceh Kingdom's army.

Among the indigenous troops of the Aceh Kingdom, there was a flag representing their kingdom, the Crescent Scimitar Flag.

Influenced by the Ottoman Empire in its most prosperous period, Aceh was originally a springboard for the Ottoman Empire to infiltrate the east. However, the Ottoman Empire has begun to decline, and there is no way to help Aceh on Sumatra Island.

"Now we are facing a difficult problem. The drilling team is in a village in the jungle. If they know, maybe they will divide their troops to attack the drilling team."

"If we send people to inform the drilling crew at this moment, maybe they will give away their location instead."

The officers and soldiers staying near the coast hid in the prototype of the bastion, and they were not worried about their own safety, but they were worried that there was no information that the Aceh army had arrived deep in the jungle.

"We have 1500 people here, and several warships of the Nanyang Fleet are on the river to help us protect our positions. We can send up to 1200 people to fight." Huang Degong said, "Now we should consider whether we should go to war."

Huang Degong glanced at the eyes of his subordinates, and the eyes of the officers had already told him the answer.

"War! Our No.12 Corps originally existed to pacify Nanyang. Facing the indigenous army, there is no need to be trapped in the fortress!"

"This fortress was only built to protect the refinery in the future. We should take the initiative to destroy their confidence!"

A group of young officers asked for a fight one after another.

The No. 12 Corps is almost all officers of the Young Sect. They were transferred here to form the No. 12 Corps. The mission is to deal with the local indigenous kingdoms, assist in the development of plantations, mining and oil exploration.

They gained confidence in winning battle after battle.

Even though Aceh's army has a lot of second-hand goods aided by the Ottoman Empire, they are all technologies decades ago, which are not the same as those from later generations.

"The samurai we hired are also willing to fight with you to defeat the opponent's camp. Although the opponent has a large number of people, in our opinion, they are nothing more than chickens and dogs." Tadamo Tachibana, who was also staying at the bastion, also asked to fight.

To gain military merit and gain the trust of the No.12 Corps, the mercenary legions they came from Japan had to fight desperately in large-scale battles.And there is such an opportunity in front of you.

When the soldiers in the bastion were preparing to fight, the soldiers on the wall of the bastion suddenly became disturbed.

"Aceh has sent people!" A soldier pointed down and said.

Sure enough, a soldier from Aceh slowly approached the city wall on a war elephant.The musketeers on the city wall did not shoot at the war elephants because the other party only sent someone to pass the message.

"Is there anyone who can understand their words?!" After realizing that the other party sent someone to spread the message, the people in the bastion rushed to find someone who could understand the language of Aceh.

Apart from the natural environment, the most difficult thing to conquer Nanyang is the language barrier.

The Han people from the north do not know the language of Aceh, but this does not mean that they cannot communicate.As the first country to enter the Age of Discovery, the Portuguese have been operating in Malacca for more than 100 years. They traded with Malay businessmen and Chinese businessmen, and some of them were familiar with multiple languages.

A Portuguese who spoke both Sumatran and Chinese was pushed out.

Boom, the pillar-like limbs of the war elephant made the earth tremble!
The huge war elephant was as high as the bastion that had not yet been built. It seemed that the soldiers on the tower could jump directly from the back of the elephant to the wall of the bastion with a single leap.

If placed in the era of cold weapons, a giant like a war elephant would definitely make the enemy fearful!

The messenger of the Aceh Kingdom yelled at the defenders on the city wall, but it fell on the ears of Huang Degong, Tachibana Tadamo and others like birdsong.

"The other party asked, your country is a powerful kingdom of heaven, why did you invade a small kingdom like them, not only took away their pepper business, but also repeatedly invaded their land." The Portuguese as a middleman explained Aceh to them The words of the envoy.

"Since ancient times, the weak have been preyed on by the strong. For the sake of their kingdom that Father-in-law Sanbao visited when he went to the West, if they can obediently capture them, they may be able to live a better life than they are now. Otherwise, if they fight against us, they will only die. "Huang Degong said.

"Yes!" The Portuguese who conveyed the meaning were shocked.

The Portuguese spent 100 years failing to do something, but after the Kyushu Army entered Nanyang, it was as if it was destroyed.

There is no other reason. Huaxia is closer to Nanyang than Portugal, and its population is tens to hundreds of times that of Portugal. It can send a lot of manpower and material resources to conquer here.

The Portuguese conveyed Huang Degong's meaning to the envoy of Aceh, and the envoy of Aceh turned pale.

(End of this chapter)