Before this small-scale ambush in Northern Australia.
The surrounding waters and land of New Zealand have long been at war with each other.
Du Desheng's fleet discovered two Japanese sailing cruisers in the Cook Islands and sank them.
With high-speed frigates in the fleet, as long as the Nanyang Navy finds the enemy, it will basically not let them go.
Later, a hostile frigate was discovered in the Pitcairn Islands.
Next they turned towards New Zealand.
Long-distance voyages are also a challenge for the Nanyang Navy. If the transport ships had not carried enough coal, several Jianghe-class frigates would have been lying dormant long ago.
In this way, these frigates will definitely return to the shipyard for major maintenance after returning.
But here in New Zealand they did not find any remaining Chinese ships.
Du Desheng took the advice of his staff and raided the coast of New Zealand.
His fleet does not have many marines, and there is no way to conduct large-scale landing operations.
However, the total number of marines on each ship in the fleet is a thousand.
In addition, some sailors can also be organized, and it is still possible to have 2,000 people.
For a big city like Wellington, Du Desheng can only harass it with artillery fire. But there are also some coastal towns on the island.
These small towns or fishing villages have a population of only a few hundred to thousands, and they are all targets that the fleet can easily capture.
Sure enough, after the attack, the island officials secretly sent a speedboat to New South Wales.
This is exactly what the Nanyang Navy wants.
In this way, the Nanyang Navy no longer needs to travel all the way to New South Wales to find the remaining Japanese ships.
Du Desheng left the North Island with his fleet and found a bay in the north of the South Island to repair.
This wait is a month.
Occasionally, boats from the North Island can be seen coming to monitor the exploration situation.
Du Desheng asked the fleet to ignore it.
He also took the time to let the fleet members take turns to go ashore for repairs, and he himself also took the soldiers ashore to hunt.
The island's majestic and beautiful scenery gave Du Desheng the idea of building a house here to live his retirement life.
The Chinese people mainly live in the North Island. Du Desheng's previous attack caused the scattered people in the surrounding area to gather in Wellington.
The total number of these people, including some indigenous people, is more than 100,000.
It is obvious that the Nanyang Navy alone cannot take it down.
The people of the country thought that their enemy was the fleet of the Renaissance Army.
Little did they know, the real danger was slowly approaching them.
In the Southern Ocean, the largest expedition fleet in Donghua's history is heading towards New Zealand against the strong westerly winds.
It was winter in the Southern Hemisphere at this time. There were almost no people on the deck.
The wet and cold sea breeze swept across the deck, and almost no one could stay on the deck in such a harsh environment.
Young Marado was playing cards with his friends in the cabin.
This is their rare form of entertainment.
Everyone responded to the call of Queen Donghua to go to New Zealand to fight.
Of course, this is just a slogan on the surface. In fact, everyone is just for the fifteen hectares of land that can be allocated after the war.
I heard that New Zealand has a beautiful environment, suitable for farming and grazing, and is a place comparable to the Pampas.
There were five brothers in Marado's family, one of whom died in the previous war with Donghua.
For this reason, Marado hated Donghua.
However, the Tingen Federation soon surrendered and joined the Donghua Empire.
The Queen of the Empire ordered that those who died in the previous war, no matter which side they belonged to.
All the original recruits will be given pensions.
Marado's family received a sum of money.
The whole family was grateful to the Queen. Young Marado always felt strange.
This time Queen Zhumu recruited volunteers from all the territories of the empire to go to the Chinese New Zealand.
This is a battle with the Great Empire. In the past, small countries like the Tingen Federation would never dare to do so.
But since the Japanese Caribbean fleet was completely destroyed in the Strait of Magellan, the countries in South Amelia are no longer so afraid of the Great Empire.
Marado didn't care what others thought, he just went for the fifteen hectares of land.
He had only seen the Queen from a distance before going on the expedition. She was indeed noble and beautiful.
But fifteen hectares of land is not as tempting.
Their family only has a few acres of land, and my mother grows some potatoes for her own consumption.
My father and brothers all helped the rancher to herd cattle.
In the Tingen Federation, almost all the land belongs to large ranchers. Many places are clearly wasteland, and poor people are not allowed to use it to grow a potato.
Many poor people in the vast Pampas do not even have land to build a cemetery.
Marado was sent to join the volunteer army by his parents. Maybe they thought it was a good deal to exchange a son for fifteen hectares of land. Then the whole family could move there.
Sitting next to Marado was a dark-skinned young man named Ronaldo. He was a mixed race of Latin and black, and his mother was a slave. Maybe his father thought it was a good deal to send such a son to the battlefield.
It would be best if he died in the battle, then the fifteen hectares of land that he exchanged for his life would belong to his family.
"Marado, what are you going to do with these fifteen hectares of land?" Ronaldo asked.
Marado was one of the few Latinos who did not discriminate against him. Others ostracized him because of his skin color.
"Of course it must be turned into a farm. Five hectares of land will be used to grow potatoes and corn, as well as wheat, so that the family can eat bread. The remaining ten hectares will be used for grazing and raising sheep every spring.
Shear the sheep, sell them to those merchants, and then exchange them for silver coins. I will put those silver coins in a beautiful oak box and hide them under my bed." Marado said with great expectation.
"Then what are you going to do?" Marado asked.
Ronaldo's dark face was full of longing and he said: "I want to take my mother over and buy her some maids so that she can live like a noble lady."
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"Hahaha, two whimsical boys!"
The people around burst into laughter. They were all amused by these two hairy young men.
After all, young people don’t know that the government is the least trustworthy.
It is said that each person has fifteen hectares of land, but it does not say what kind of land it is.
These fifteen hectares may be mountains, meadows, or woodlands.
It is basically impossible to distribute good cultivated land that has been cultivated and mature.
The most important thing is that they must survive in the next battle.
They all know that the Chinese people are very tough in war, especially the immigrants from these colonies.
They suppressed the indigenous people there, and their hands were already stained with blood.
The ship sailed on the sea for more than a month and finally arrived at New Zealand.
At this time, Du Desheng had already destroyed the Japanese fleet returning from New South Wales.
These were the last five warships entered the Pacific by the Koreans.
After receiving New Zealand's call for help, they rushed over resolutely.
Perhaps it was the pride in the hearts of the Great Fleet that made them unwilling to retreat.
The naval battle began in Cook Strait.
In fact, Du Desheng had been waiting for the Japanese fleet to arrive.
This move of his calls for attacking the enemy to save him.
It is indeed difficult to pursue the enemy's fleet in the vast Pacific Ocean.
There were no satellites or radars at this time.
The Nanyang Navy set out from Hawaii and traveled nearly ten thousand nautical miles before capturing three or four enemy warships.
If this continues and the enemy is not found, his own fleet will be unable to hold on.
That's why he stayed here in New Zealand and refused to leave.
Because it is impossible for the Chinese people to give up here.
Sure enough, the Japanese fleet arrived.
The course of the naval battle was generally good, and the Yu Kingdom did show the courage of their veteran navy. However, after all, there was a huge disparity in power between the two sides.
The defeat of the Yin army was already doomed.
This time, the Koreans sent almost all their sailing warships in the Atlantic Ocean.
It can be said that they are the last sailing fleet of the Chinese people.
Although the battleship is an old battleship, the officers on board are all experienced naval officers.
In addition to the battleships captured in the port during the Battle of Magellan and the Battle of Singapore, and the subsequent Battle of Ceylon.
The Japanese lost a large number of experienced sailors and officers.
The overall quality of the entire Daying fleet has dropped significantly.
After Du Desheng destroyed the Japanese fleet, the Donghua Navy also arrived.
Because all the Chinese people gathered in Wellington.
The Donghua Fleet landed volunteers in the small town of Waikanai, north of Wellington.
This place had been attacked by the Nanyang Navy before, and people had already suppressed it.
The troops sent by Donghua this time have a complex composition and come from many countries and regions.
Among them are about 10,000 Chinese and Fusang people, about 20,000 Latin people, and more than 20,000 Yindi'an people.
The total number of people reached 50,000. This was slightly more than originally expected.
Because everyone is so interested in the land here.
So much so that many people later called this war the "Battle of Fifteen Hectares."
The abandoned town of Waikanai is mostly composed of wooden huts with spiers.
In the center of the town is a church with half of its roof cut off by shells.
Along the coast is a golden sandy beach with a simple dock made of thick logs, which is used by the residents of the town to go fishing.
The huge Donghua Fleet is unloading things from the ship bit by bit.
The leading officers prepared to use this place as a temporary headquarters.
Marado and Ronaldo followed the others and climbed onto the small boat from the side of the ship, then rowed to the shore and landed directly on the beach.
The simple dock is already occupied by cargo ships.
The two of them were organized into a Latin company.
This expeditionary force is completely a mixed force.
Their training is limited, and there is no normal communication between people of different races.
The company commander is a Latin, but there is also a deputy company commander who is Chinese who can speak Latin.
A company composed of one race like this is the basic combat unit.
Each regiment is composed of companies from different races.
After the two young men landed, there was no time left for them to rest.
They are assigned different tasks according to the wing.
There are not many houses in the town, and most of them are used as warehouses to store supplies.
There was a regiment of Donghua regular troops in the team, and it was this army that was responsible for guarding the town at this time.
The volunteers who landed were more like civilian laborers who came to work.
Ronaldo and Marado were pulling a long saw against a big tree.
The two young men were very tired. After taking the boat for so long, they had been tortured to the point of exhaustion.
"Marado, are we here to fight? Why do I feel like we are working as laborers?" Ronaldo complained while pulling the long saw feebly.
"I think it's better to saw wood than go to war. At least you won't lose your life." Marado consoled him.
"Didn't the commander say that if you want to live in a warm barracks at night, you have to do it yourself? Anyway, I don't want to stay on the ship for a minute anymore," Marado continued.
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The two of them chatted and kept moving their hands, as if this could relieve their fatigue.
They don't dare to be lazy.
A Latin officer not far away kept holding a riding crop in his hand, which was prepared for them.
These days, managing the volunteer army basically relies on whipping.
With so many people working in the town and the surrounding area, it looked very dark.
Some people are cutting wood for building materials. Some people are digging the foundations of the barracks.
At this time, it is hot summer in the Northern Hemisphere, but the temperature here in New Zealand is only about ten degrees, and it is close to zero at night.
So they chose to build barracks with a semi-underground structure, which could save wood and keep them warmer.
With the division of labor and cooperation between fifty and sixty thousand people, the camp surrounding the town was finally built before dark.
That night, Ronaldo and Marado had just laid down to sleep.
The solid floor is very comfortable for people to lie on. Although the conditions are still simple, it is a thousand times better than the rickety hammock on the ship.
The two soon fell in love with each other.
A "bang bang bang" sound of crossfire sounded in the southeast of the town.
The officer blew his whistle, and the two men stood up and dressed again dizzy.
Fortunately, they were not allowed to rush into the firefight to provide support.
Otherwise, these volunteers who had been working on the boat for so long and worked for a whole day might not even be able to hold a gun.
The Donghua regular army responsible for night guard duty outside the town discovered the enemy one step ahead.
These New Zealand militiamen do not seem to be very good at night attacks.
Soon the Donghua Army repelled them.
People in the town continue to rest.
In the next few days, Marado and the others have been resting and adjusting.
The commander also seemed to feel the fatigue of the soldiers after days of sailing at sea.
It is obviously unwise to attack with the enemy at this time.
But the attack must go on.
Finally, a week later Marado and his companions set out to attack Wellington.
The troops organized by the Chinese were nearly 100,000, and almost all the people in the New Zealand colony were in the army.
They took advantage of all favorable conditions on the road to block the Donghua Army.
Fighting broke out almost every kilometer the Donghua Army advanced.
Marado felt the cruelty of war for the first time. He knew what his brother who died in the battle looked like when he died in the battle.
Seeing those comrades who had been shot, he realized that people were in so much pain after being hit by rifles.