The British Dynasty established by Li Lu was probably the most aggressive country in this time and space, just like the British Empire in the original time and space, the British Dynasty of Li Lu also lit fires all over the world, expelling and even slaughtering natives, so as to make room for the Han people under British rule, such as the Indians in the Americas, the black barbarians in Africa and the monkeys in Southeast Asia.The general strategy adopted by the British army was to occupy a few strategic points first, build castles here, and then rely on these strategic support points to gradually expand their power into the interior.After Li Lu established a powerful Royal Navy, the first target of the Royal Navy out of the South Asian subcontinent was known as the Glofusa Strait (that is, the famous Strait of Malacca), the Royal Navy, under the leadership of Zhou Yulin, captured Glofusa, and then built a new city called Lujiacheng on the ruins of the city, and used it as a base to destroy the Sriwijaya entrenched on the west coast of the strait, as well as the terracotta country on the Malay Peninsula.After the destruction of this indigenous kingdom, the British army continued to expand eastward, and their expansion footsteps set foot on the most densely populated island of Java in the South Seas Islands, where the British army had a fierce conflict with the most powerful Heling people, although the British army had an absolute advantage in weapons and equipment, personnel quality, but because they were fighting away from home, and far away from their own rear, and the Heling people were fierce and ruthless, they frequently attacked the invading British army, in piecemeal, even caused a lot of casualties to the British army.The reason why the British army wanted to attack the tomb was not only because of the very important geographical location of the island of Java, but also because the island of Java was very rich, in addition to the fertile soil here, which can grow food and cash crops all year round, it produces tortoiseshell, rhino horn, ivory, gold and silver, which is a rare fertile land, and the island of Java has a large population, which is one of the most densely populated areas of the South Seas black monkeys, as long as you occupy and conquer this Java island, It can provide abundant and cheap labor resources for the rapidly growing empire......
For this reason, the British invaded the island of Java and established a fortress city called Coconut City near Jakarta, which was used as a base by the British army to fight the Haling people for more than ten years.Unlike the Sriwijaya and the Red Earth Kingdom on the coastline that were conquered by the British, Heling is a typical Eastern monarchy.The basis of hegemony rested not on prosperous international trade, but on the large number of peasants and endless fields, and the rebellious territorial warriors who were fed by them.Java, which was occupied by the Khaling, was originally the main rice supplier of the Nanyang Islands, and the vast area as far as Lujiacheng and as close as the Coconut City depended on the grain grown by the Haling until the British came here.Wangdu Pocheng is a typical monarchical metropolis.More than 4,000 livestock and 10,000 pigs were slaughtered every day to feed the government and the people, and there were thousands of butcher shops in the city.There is also a bell tower built in the dead end of the city for military purposes.All it takes is to ring the bell, and hundreds of thousands of people can be summoned from Pocheng and the surrounding villages and towns to serve as soldiers.Of course, it is difficult for such powers to survive on purely agricultural income.While encouraging the export of rice, the import of foreign grain will be strictly restricted.Trade specialties such as sugar, onions, and cotton are heavily taxed.Essential goods such as cotton, pepper, and wax, which are completely dependent on imports, also have a high tax rate.Strategically important livestock, such as cattle, horses, and buffaloes, were not allowed to be exported unless ordered by the king.Even women living in the country were not allowed to travel to the coastal city-states to earn a living.The existence of the Heling people made Li Lu's attempt to completely control Southeast Asia, especially the Nanyang Islands, frustrated, which made Li Lu very angry, and he transported several Tianzhu combat divisions to the Nanyang Islands, especially Coconut City, to fight against monkeys like Heling who refused to give in to Li Lu's rule.The people of Haling were always thinking about expelling the hateful British from the most beautiful island of Java, but the British army had built a rock-solid coconut city in the northwest of the island of Java, and the capital city of Ha Ling was far away in the hinterland of Java, and the expedition from Po City had to cross the entire western half of Java.The road is rough and difficult, with lots of barren land, dangerous swamps and mud pools.It was by no means an easy task for a large army to carry grain and grass through.Java has a typical tropical rainforest climate, with so much precipitation every year that the roads are impassable.The soldiers had to harvest their crops in May of that year, set out on the march with new grain, and then return before the end of the division month to sow seeds.Attacking an impregnable native city may have plenty of time, but attacking a fortified city has extremely limited chances.Moreover, the British army has also carefully built Coconut City as a local-level fortress.On the east side of the city, near the tomb, a long trench was dug.It's just that the planned city wall with batteries can only be replaced by a straight canal due to lack of manpower.At the eastern end of the moat, there was a bridge for passage, and all the gates and bridges were fortified with a half-moon fort or corner fort.In response to the problem of inconvenient access to the swamp in the old neighborhood, a main road through the city was filled with excavated earth.At the western end of the main road is the central institutions such as the government office, the square and the Taoist temple of the Coconut City Mansion, and the perimeter is closely protected by a moat.Most of the newly built houses in the city are made of stone to prevent fire in the event of an attack.Although the Heling people had a numerical advantage in numbers, they were still unable to conquer a fortress city like Coconut City.The long-term policy of economic control in China has put the Heling people in a very passive position in terms of access to advanced technology, facing an enemy equipped with muskets and artillery and well-armed weapons, and they do not yet have decent siege guns to fight against the "demons" coming from the sea.The Kingdom of Heling has been at war with the British army for many years, and their royal family is almost dead, but to the surprise of the British army and Li Lu, both the princes and nobles of Heling and the ordinary people are united to resist the invasion of the British army.From the invasion of the British army to the British army gaining a foothold in Coconut City, King Helingguang killed five in battle, and countless nobles and civilians died, but even so, the Heling people still did not give in.In order to resist the invasion of the British army, the king of Haling, Mahaka, made great efforts to govern the country, and he ordered a general mobilization of 1 out of 100 in the territory directly under his jurisdiction, thus recruiting a new army of more than 100,000 people.At the same time, he ordered the collection of grain in the coastal city-states for the siege of Coconut City in the autumn, trying to take Coconut City and drive the demons in his eyes to the sea.Then, Mahaka also sent someone to bring in two old cannons.This was the trophy captured by the Heling people from the British army in the previous battle, although such a large firearm had never been used, but the Heling army still transported the cannon to the preset point near Coconut City a month in advance.In addition, Mahaka sent a spy to negotiate an armistice in an attempt to distract the British defenders in the city.Mahaka's spies began to scout the British harbor in Coconut City, and coincidentally, news that the Khalings were hoarding grain and grass on a large scale arrived at the same time.The British garrison of Coconut City did not hesitate to arrest the envoys of the Heling, and obtained a new battle plan for the Halling people through torture.The British were also informed that the attackers were too numerous to transport their food and grass quickly.They had to use a large number of merchant ships to bring grain to the vicinity of Coconut City.But before that, these supplies were piling up in major ports.After learning of this important information, the British army immediately dispatched their navy and violently attacked the port of Heling, where grain and grass were hoarded.First bombarded with naval artillery, and then sent assault teams ashore to sweep one by one, burning a large amount of military rations.Because the ports have to deal with the heavy service issued by the Heling, they are powerless to stop the actions of the British, as the saying goes, the army has not moved, the grain and grass go first, and this will cut off the back road of the Heling people without grain and grass, right?
After learning that his hoarding of grain and grass had been burned by the British army, Mahaka was so angry that after thinking about it, he decided to speed up the pace of his march, and under his desperate urging, the advance of the Khalings arrived on the outskirts of Coconut City.In addition to a large number of infantry, cattle and horses, and two artillery pieces, there were also cavalry and elephants specially brought in to demonstrate.But they faced the crisis of insufficient military rations from the very beginning.