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Text Chapter 601 The Nanyang Riots (8)

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    ¡°Dong dong dong, dong dong dong¡­!¡±

    Late at night, the knocking on the door of the Nanjing Presidential Palace was as harsh as a drum. Li Yuanhong, who had been worrying about moving the capital and restructuring for days, was woken up just after he fell asleep.  When he opened the door sleepily, before asking Wang Anlan, he hurriedly shouted: "President, something big happened in Nanyang!"

    "What's in Nanyang Nanyang?!"

    Li Yuanhong, who was sleepy and confused, didn't pay attention at first, but after thinking about it, he realized what happened.  Wang Anlan was even more anxious. While helping him change clothes, he kept nagging: "Something big happened. Just now, there were big riots in Surabaya and Batavia in East India. It is said that thousands of people have been killed, most of them  The city is burning red and scary. The Prime Minister just visited Japan yesterday, and the Vice President will be unreachable in the United States for a while. Everyone is waiting for you to make up your mind"

    Amid Wang Anlan¡¯s nagging, Li Yuanhong walked into the Ministry of National Defense located at the foot of Purple Mountain.  After several years of reform and sorting out, the National Defense Forces are no longer the grass-roots team they once were, let alone a group that relied entirely on Yang Qiu and a few officers during the European War.  Especially in recent years, it seems that defense expenditures have been significantly reduced in order to build the country, and the annual equipment procurement costs have been reduced to a minimum base. However, expenditures on internal construction and officer training have doubled every year, and new tactics, new command methods, etc. have gradually  Complete.  So when an unexpected situation occurs, the combat command center immediately begins operating at full capacity.  Unit numbers appeared on the blackboard on the wall, call codes floated to the sea along with the radio waves, warships cruising everywhere quickly turned around following the telegrams, and even the staff immediately came up with several models that had been deduced for a long time.  passed plan.  and recalculate based on the current situation.

    Advanced vertical command mode, extensive application of radio equipment, use of imitation and specially modified Enigma cipher machines, automatic printers, mechanical computers, etc. ensure that you can listen to the voice of every army in the vast land while sitting here.  Precisely because of the later management model brought by Yang Qiu, Li Yuanhong had already met land, sea and air generals including Song Ziqing, Yue Peng, Xue Muhua and Cheng Biguang as soon as he entered the Ministry of National Defense. Even Chen Haohui and Fang Rui sat beside him and muttered.  The staff officers coming in and out and the ticking sound of the alarm gave him a posture of concentration and preparation, with fangs ready to show.

    "Stand up."

    "Hurry up and sit down, everyone. Ziqing, how is the situation?"

    See Li Yuanhong come in.  The officers immediately stood up to greet them, and the tense and busy atmosphere around them seemed like a war!  Even Li Yuanhong was secretly frightened and couldn't help but think about Yang Qiu's methods.  Train this army to such a terrifying extent.

    "The telegram from Batavia was sent by Wang Zhaoming." As the chief of the general staff of the three armed forces, Song Ziqing became the de facto top military officer after Yang Qiu's visit, so he introduced the current situation to Li Yuanhong: "He said that the communication in Surabaya has been  Interrupted, it should have been occupied by the rebels. The scale of the riot in Batavia was also very large, with as few as 30,000 or 40,000 participants! Gunfire was fierce in the city, and the Chinese district was also affected. Now Li Liejun is leading the embassy  A Marine platoon went to protect them, butit was absolutely impossible for a platoon of 12 people to take care of hundreds of thousands of overseas Chinese."

    Wow¡­.

    After he finished speaking, Zhang Xiaozhun immediately opened the curtain, picked up the pointer and stood in front of the first mate's map.  After Cai E's death, Yue Peng took over as commander-in-chief of the army.  Zhang Xiaogui was promoted to Chief of Army General Staff.  After the European War and training over the years, he has the ability to carry the banner of the Army.  The pointer drew a circle around the East Indies and introduced: "The Ministry of Commerce quietly conducted a survey at the end of last year. There are about 1.1 million Chinese expatriates in the entire East Indies, including about 250,000 in Borneo and 300,000 in Sumatra. The largest population in Java is about  430,000. Most of them are scattered in Surabaya, Semarang, Bandung and Batavia. Although the current casualties are unknown, after Surabaya is occupied, the rebels will definitely move west along the island to support Batavia.  Try to drive the Dutch into the sea in one go! Going west, we must pass through Semarang, Bandung and other places. These places are where our Chinese expatriates live. No matter what the purpose is, the place where the army passes will not be much better.

    Look at the scale of this riot.  It must have been a premeditated act. There will definitely be riots in Borneo, Sumatra and other places in the past few days. Even the nationalist armed forces in Annan, Malaya, Luzon and India may rise up!  Therefore, we not only need to immediately send troops to protect overseas Chinese, but also need to immediately protect the Sumatra oil fields and pay attention to the situation in other surrounding places to prevent the expansion of the movement from affecting the stability of southwest and northwest my country.  "

    "We must protect overseas Chinese, but" Li Yuanhong didn't know about Yang Qiu's deployment in Nanyang. In fact, even many officers present didn't know about it.  So he didn't expect the situation to be so serious and couldn't help but gasp.  But it is necessary to send troops to protect overseas Chinese. If he is a coward, he may be the first president in the country who will not let him go.  He was worried that West Borneo had not yet reached an agreement and sending troops again would lead to a real fight, so he glanced at Cheng Biguang.

      As a veteran of the navy, Cheng Biguang is not very accustomed to the vertical command system promoted by Yang Qiu, but he knows very well how powerful the navy is.  Looking at the map, he said: "Two Anhais were refueled in Manila yesterday. I just ordered them to leave the port and go south no later than tomorrow morning. From Malacca to West Borneo, there are also 4 Taiwan Island-class heavy cruisers and 4 light cruisers.  , 2 aircraft carriers, 11 destroyers and 13 submarines. Now that the matter is so big, it will surely spread to all countries quickly. In the past few days, everyone will send warships there to protect the overseas Chinese. The British may not intercept our family alone. "

    "But what if we stop him? Are you not sure?" Li Yuanhong was beating in his heart.  After all, the three capital ships of the British Far East Fleet are not vegetarians. Especially the Hood, which is as fast as a heavy cruiser and has more powerful guns than a battleship, the threat is too great.

    His worries are not unreasonable. Although Britain has declined, its naval strength still exists. There is really no one in so many countries around the world who dares to say that they are not afraid of launching a threat.  Cheng Biguang was also scared. He knew best that even if the navy was pulled out now, it would not be a match for Britain. However, Guang was still somewhat confident in dealing with a Far East fleet. He nodded heavily: "We don't have any say whether to fight or not. But this time the protection  Overseas Chinese have a bearing on the life and death of millions of compatriots, and we must fight even if we cannot defeat them, otherwise why would our navy be needed?"

    The navy had the best confidence. Li Yuanhong breathed a sigh of relief and turned his head away from Song Ziqing to Yue Peng, who was in a daze about the map.  Because he knew that in the final analysis, Song Ziqing was just looking after the army for Yang Qiu. He was really a short but world-renowned general in his forties who was in his prime.

    Yue Peng knew the entire Nanyang plan.  So my heart has long been happy.  When riots occur, the whole world goes to protect overseas Chinese. No matter how powerful Britain is, it cannot go against the whole world.  What's more, this involves the Poor Party, and maybe Moscow has now considered supporting it.

    These things made him fascinated, and his eyes went back and forth just as he landed on Natuna Island.  When Su Xiaohu next to him suddenly pulled his sleeves, he realized that everyone was looking at him. He rolled his eyes and joked: "Hey, why are you not talking? After we have arranged the conversation, I have to ask for leave and go back to bed first."

    "Haha" Everyone was amused by him and laughed. Li Yuanhong also laughed twice before asking: "Zian, what do you think we should do now?"

    Yue Peng took a deep breath and straightened his back.  This slight movement made him seem to be a different person. Even though he was holding the teacup without moving, he still gave off the aura of a fierce tiger about to come out, which made people secretly frightened.  On the contrary, he didn't feel it himself.  He said succinctly: "The Second Marine Regiment is conducting exercises in Fengshan (now Kaohsiung), Taiwan, and two fast troop transport ships are also there. What I mean is to send troops immediately, whether the British fight or not, we will wear this military uniform."  Take this responsibility!¡±

    "But what if Britain really fights?" Li Yuanhong asked.

    "Haha, that's easy." Yue Peng heard such a big question and smiled without worry: "The 13th Division and the 17th Division went west from Kunming. The 21st Division stationed in Urumqi went south to Kashgar, the 121st and 122nd Division went to Andiyan, and the 18th Division  Crossing the Wakhan River in Tajikistan and going south, the 4th Division entered Tibet and entered Sikkim. The navy dispatched two cruisers to bombard Bali Papan to destroy the oil fields, and used submarines to lay mines in the Bashi Strait and the Malacca Strait, and then"

    "Stop it!"

    ? Where is the solution to regional conflicts?  It¡¯s clear that he wants to take advantage of the British Empire¡¯s heart!  Li Yuanhong quickly waved his hand to stop him.  When the generals around him saw this, they covered their mouths and slapped their shoulders.  This action made President Li understand that these veterans had all the plans in mind. Maybe some of them were eager for the British to take action, and they wanted a lot of military funds to take the opportunity to start a war.

    Yue Peng also stopped joking and said solemnly: "President, give the order!"

    An "order" was like a heavy hammer beating a drum, making Li Yuanhong become cautious again.  Only then did he realize that it was not easy to pick up the military again after more than ten years of neglect, and he couldn't even grasp such a small order.  He sighed secretly in his heart. It was ridiculous that when the constitution was first revised, he had imagined what he would do after becoming the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces and taking back the military power. Now it seems that even if he wanted to, he was incapable of doing it, so he had to ask: "Chen Hua sent the telegram  Yet?"

    Song Ziqing nodded: "It has been sent. It is daytime in the United States now, and it takes a lot of time to go back and forth over such a long distance. If we wait for the vice president's call back, the rebels may have captured Batavia. Nanyang is far away from our country, and it is the most remote place today.  A good way is to send troops first, firstly, it can save time, and secondly, once the response is received, action can be taken immediately."

    "Then let's go." Li Yuanhong thought about it, gritted his teeth and ordered to take action, and then remembered something: "It's not clear how long the overseas Chinese protection troops will be with us. They must have supplies and a place to stay, as well as someone to lead the troops.  ¡­.¡±

    "Wang Huzi is responsible for the sea, and the ground protection will be directly commanded by Dongfang Chen, the commander of the Second Marine Regiment." Yue Peng would not let go of this opportunity to train young people, and chose one of the "German Nine"After thinking about it, he slowly put down the tea cup: "The evacuation and supply base is placed on Natuna Island!"

    Natuna Island?  Li Yuanhong and Cheng Biguang both gasped, realizing that they really couldn't compare with the people trained by Yang Qiu. All of them were afraid of chaos in the world!  However, Fang Rui and Chen Haohui looked at each other and smiled, Nanyang finally started making trouble!  Once the box of the Nanyang National Revolutionary Movement is opened, it is not that simple to close it again!

    As for Natuna, the supply base chosen by Yue Peng and Yang Qiu to evacuate the overseas Chinese As long as the Marines go up, I'm afraid the Emperor will never even think of driving them down again.  For the two of them, what they have to do is how to secretly support the guerrillas. This will keep the fire burning longer, attracting nationalist movement elements in Moscow, Southeast Asia, and even Indo-Persia

    (To be continued)

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