Chapter 3025
At dawn, a bright red firework suddenly rose from the silent sea, drawing a beautiful arc in the sky.
Seeing the signal flare fired from the flagship, the troop transport ships on the nearby sea started to set off as planned, heading to the bay at the southern end of Langkawi Island.
Different from yesterday's attack on Penang Island, the 9th Lu Division and the Third Detachment of the South China Sea Fleet, which were responsible for the main attack today, did not use artillery fire to clear the way for landing, but directly sent troop transports to the landing target.
This simple tactic was formulated by Roger, who personally served as the commander. He believed that there was no armed force on Langkawi island that could interrupt the Haihan Army's landing operation, so there was no need to create chaos. They landed quietly at dawn, and even more Help our side quickly control the situation on the island.
And the landing force invested today will greatly exceed the previous landing on Penang Island. An infantry regiment under the 9th Lu Division and a battalion from Roger's ace unit, the South China Sea Special Warfare Group, served as the vanguard of the landing operation.
After they establish the beachhead, another regiment of the 9th Lu Division and a battalion of the Special Operations Division will follow up to supplement the troops landing on the island.
The reason why Roger wanted to send so many troops ashore was mainly because there were a large number of people living near the bay where he landed. Controlling these populations would mean a group of cheap labor, which would be helpful to Haihan after he occupied the island. There are some infrastructure projects that need to be implemented immediately.
There was originally a small fishing port built in the bay. Although its port facilities are simple and far from mature commercial ports, troop transport ships do not have high requirements for the landing environment, even the most primitive wooden trestles or relatively flat ones. Quick docking can be achieved in shallow shoals.
Although some early-rising fishermen spotted the landing ship approaching from the sea, this was a rare occurrence and they did not react immediately. It wasn't until the boats began to dock and countless soldiers poured into the shore from the boats that the fishermen understood what was happening.
Basically not encountering any decent resistance, the landing Haihan army quickly took control of the port. After quickly regrouping, they marched into the nearby villages in company units.
Two hours later, the dust settled and Roger and his party landed on the island at the same place.
As the commanders of the first batch of troops to land on the island, brothers Luo Shenghuai and Luo Shengding reported the current progress of the operation to Roger and others.
The Haihan Army has initially taken control of the settlements near the bay, and the specific situation of the local residents needs further investigation and registration.
During this process, the Haihan Army basically encountered no organized resistance. The sporadic rebels were quickly suppressed, and there were no casualties on the Haihan Army.
The government agencies set up by the Kedah State on the island have also been controlled by the Haihan Army, and all relevant personnel have been arrested.
The South China Sea Special Warfare Brigade is currently rushing to several villages and towns on the west side of the island, and is expected to complete control of all settlements on the island before dark today.
"We will gather all the islanders near this bay and start the construction project of Langkawi Port as soon as possible."
Roger pointed to the nearby fishing port and continued: "We must first improve the port facilities here to facilitate the development of this place. We need larger berths, spreaders for loading and unloading cargo, and warehouses for storing supplies... If we act Soon enough, this place can be turned into a trading port within the year.”
Compared with Penang, Roger is obviously more optimistic about the development prospects of Langkawi Island. However, this does not mean that Roger is ready to abandon Penang, he just believes that the local area is not suitable for developing port functions.
Qian Tiandun asked: "What are you going to do with the people in the Kedah government office?" Roger said meaningfully: "Since we are stationed here in the name of combating pirates, someone must be responsible for the existence of pirates. ”
Of course Qian Tiandun did not have any kind of womanly kindness. He nodded and said: "Then we have to do it more carefully. At least we must be able to explain it to Aceh and Portugal."
Roger said: "Counting the time, the envoy from Aceh should arrive here tomorrow. Then he will bring the Portuguese one over and show them the evidence we have seized."
Prior to this, Roger had notified Aceh officials of the plan to send troops to exterminate pirates through diplomats stationed in Banda Aceh. However, the specific action goals were not directly informed to the other party. Instead, they were announced to Aceh in stages based on the progress of Haihan's actions.
The purpose of this is to ensure that Aceh, as a partner, has the right to know and not to hinder its participation in the operation. The same strategy was originally adopted for Portugal, but he did not expect that when the fleet passed through Malacca City, Lopez would immediately take the initiative to catch up, and had to make separate arrangements for the Portuguese.
Although there was no fierce battle to seize control of these islands, considering the diplomatic impact, Haihan still needed to adopt some "technical means" to eliminate the doubts of other countries.
As Roger had predicted, Aceh's envoy arrived on Langkawi the next morning. Although the Portuguese arrived here from Penang yesterday, they have never been allowed to go to the island. It was only then that they were arranged to land on the island with the Aceh envoy to confirm the "results" Haihan had achieved here.
The special envoy sent by Aceh was a member of the royal family named Kaza. He had visited Star Island before and was considered an old acquaintance of Roger.
"Lord Roger, please forgive me. As a loyal partner of your country, your arrangement is unreasonable. I think there should be a better way of cooperation between us for the operation to eliminate pirates."
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After Kaza saw Roger, he complained unceremoniously.
But Roger knew that Kaza's complaint was not that Haihan did not notify Aceh in advance to send troops to join the operation, but that he arranged for him to land on the island with the Portuguese.
The feud between Aceh and Portugal has a long history. The two sides have been fighting continuously over the past hundred years. There have been at least four large-scale wars with detailed records of battles.
The competition between the two countries in the shopping mall is no less intense than on the battlefield. For a long time before Sing Tao became a trading port, Banda Aceh and Malacca had been competing for the position of the trading center in the Straits region.
Generally speaking, officials from the two countries will only meet on two occasions, one is on the battlefield, and the other is at the negotiating table. Even if it is a diplomatic event hosted by Haihan, the relationship between the two families will usually be taken into consideration and try not to arrange for them to meet.
But on this special occasion today, Kaza actually saw the Portuguese appearing here. Of course, he had every reason to be dissatisfied.
"Lord Roger, please don't forget that Kedah is a vassal state of our country, and our country has the right to decide who can and cannot come to this island!"
Seeing that Roger didn't respond to him, Kaza simply spoke more clearly.
(End of chapter)