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Text Chapter 603 The Nanyang Riots (End)

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    Lingga Islands, the eastern gate of the Strait of Malacca.

    Under the red sunset, the majestic battleship Repulse showed indescribable magnificence and majesty after being refracted by the beam.  Beside it, 5 escort warships and 3 transport ships carrying 1,300 fully armed British troops moved slowly, cutting through the waves and heading west.

    "General."

    The captain turned his head, looked at Livingston standing in front of the porthole with a frown, and cleared his throat: "The forward ship Ariston asked left or right."

    As soon as the words came out, all eyes in the bridge focused on Livingston, whose face was so gloomy that he could almost drink water from his hands.  Everyone has received the news at this moment, just last night!  A battalion of about 500 Chinese Marines landed on Natuna Island, quickly disarmed the few and pitiful Dutch troops there, declared that the Natuna Islands and Anambas Islands belonged to China's inherent territory, and prepared to convert the island into a refugee camp  Temporary storage point.

    Also today, two hours ago the Japanese government also dispatched the battleship cruiser Kongo and two cruisers, also quickly heading south on the grounds of protecting overseas Chinese.  This is disturbing news. After China and the United States intervened one after another, Japan was also involved. Does this mean that the three countries will intervene armedly in East India?  If it intervenes, or if it only provides partial support, the Batavia government, which is short of troops, is likely to lose control of the Maluku Islands, Sulawesi, Java, Borneo, etc., and even Sumatra.  lost.  Once Sumatra is taken over by any of these three, the crucial Malacca Strait and Singapore and even Malaya will face threats!

    This is a challenge!  It is a naked challenge to the Royal Navy's dominance in controlling the South China Sea!  Everyone knows it.  That¡¯s why I am more concerned about this issue.

    ??To the left, Natuna.

    To the right, Java Island.

    The orderly had changed the general¡¯s coffee three times, but the figure in front of the porthole remained motionless.  Livingston has no evidence that this crisis is a conspiracy, but he is certain that this is a perfect strategic action to take advantage of the crisis to the extreme!  It can even be said that a new world competition mode has been launched!

    He had no doubt about it.  Because from its founding in 1912 until yesterday, China had never raised the issue of Natuna sovereignty, but now it took advantage of the riots in East India to suddenly send troops to occupy it.  The island was also brought under rule in the name of building a refugee camp.  Out of fear, the Far East Fleet finally roped in the United States and Japan to go south one after another, complicating the crisis.

    For Britain, it would rather China capture West Borneo than see the loss of Natuna. Losing Natuna means using the European War to regain the northern territory.  Yang Qiu finally showed his fangs to the south!  "Yang QiuYang Qiu!" Lieutenant General Livingston chanted this name repeatedly. As a core naval officer, he knew better than ordinary people that this was a terrifying and difficult opponent.

    He founded the National Defense Force at the age of 20.  The country was reunified at the age of 24, and the army, from personnel to training, was almost entirely completed by individuals.  It's not a soldier who doesn't know what this means, but he knows very well that it means that as long as he gives an order, the National Defense Forces will not hesitate to follow up even across thousands of mountains and rivers.  This is no lie, the army is such a monster, especially when they are led by a founder who has made great military exploits!  So he is the soul of the entire army!  Generals such as Cai E, Yue Peng, Qin Zhangshu, etc. are just his subordinates. He is the brains of the entire army and even the entire country.

    Maybe his thoughts and strategies were not clear when he founded the army, but after going through the war with Japan and Europe, and after occupying high positions for many years, how far can his vision penetrate?  It has become what strategists around the world most want to know.  Such a person has enough strategic thinking and sufficient means.  Once this man who is also a brilliant military strategist gains a foothold on Natuna Island, the South China Sea will gradually become China's internal sea!

    Psychologically speaking, what he wants to do most now is to immediately send troops to Natuna to sink the Chinese navy one by one and then land on the island, putting the islands under the control of the Far East Fleet. But the problem is that Whitehall dare not go to war with China now.  Therefore, he was ordered to help the Netherlands solve the Java Island crisis first, ensure the safety of Java Island and Sumatra Island, and then solve the Natuna issue.

    Seeing this scene in the eyes of the staff, he stood up and said: "General, you can order the Counterattack to bombard Natuna Island, drive away the medium-sized ships gathered around, and then send troops to land to drive them away. You can also order the Hood to intercept the Chinese  Battlecruiser. Attract them to the sea off Sarawak, and together we will attack and sink them!"

    Livingston glanced at the staff officer approvingly, but he knew he couldn't do this.  The reason is simple. So far, Yang Qiu has successfully wrapped all his actions under the glorious cloak of protecting overseas Chinese and rescuing refugees!  Intercepting an overseas Chinese escort fleet would cause an uproar both internationally and domestically, and China and Britain would become an eternal feud.

    "This is a bad day!" Lieutenant General Livingston took a deep breath, lit his cigar and said to Java.Walk to one side.

    ¡°At the same time he made his decision, the Islamic Alliance guerrillas led by Xiao Jinyun and Suharto arrived in Batavia after a day and night. No matter how powerful the Dutch regular army was in combat, it could never make up for its huge advantage in human resources.  On the afternoon of February 21, the most important servant army in Lord Deco's hands suddenly turned against him. Hundreds of local sailors in the naval fortress launched an uprising, killed the officers, and sailed two destroyers and several small ships under cover of darkness.  In Surabaya, if the navy had not fought tooth and nail to protect it, the fortress might have been lost.

    Facing the guerrillas whose numbers more than doubled, the Dutch colonial army was exhausted. Lord Deco had to go to the naval fortress under the protection of soldiers and at the same time withdraw the soldiers sent to Borneo. Finally, he hurriedly  Send a telegram requesting domestic support as soon as possible.

    It was impossible to capture the naval fortress without heavy weapons, but the control of Batavia City made the GC Alliance and Islamic guerrillas very excited. However, the news of the landing of 1,300 British soldiers in the early morning of the 22nd woke them up like a basin of cold water.  Xiao Jinyun, who was worried that the world would be unstable, took the opportunity to suggest that British and Dutch expatriates across Java be used as hostages just in case. After a fierce debate, the local soldiers and Islamic guerrillas in the GC Allied Forces agreed to this plan.

    In the afternoon, more than 2,000 British and Dutch expatriates living in Batavia and Surabaya who were too late to evacuate were arrested.  In order to prevent the enemy from rescuing these "valuable" bargaining chips, they were quickly moved deep into the rainforest.  By the morning of the 24th, the Islamic guerrillas sent a special envoy to the fortress for the first time, demanding that the British troops withdraw from Java immediately and not to interfere in the East India incident, and hinted that thousands of hostages were under control.  Important hostages, including Worcester of Anglo-Dutch Shell, caught the Anglo-Dutch off guard. Livingston and Lord Deco had to wait for Europe's reply before they could decide what method to use.

    The uprising movement threatening hostages completely changed the rules of the game. Europe was shocked and the UK and the Netherlands were in trouble.  Countries also took the opportunity to exaggerate that gcism has turned into terrorism!  Faced with the safety of thousands of hostages, while the British and Dutch parliaments were discussing for days, the riots in East India spread rapidly like a prairie fire.

    27th.  Semarang and Bandung were occupied by the rebels.

    On the 29th, gunfire rang out in Sumatra, and on the same day there were riots in Borneo. Tens of thousands of locals once again gathered to occupy cities and attack the Chinese.

    March 1st.  There were also reports of riots in Sulawesi and British-controlled Sarawak!

    One night, the whole of Nanyang became restless!  At this critical moment, the troop transport ship from Taiwan finally arrived in Surabaya and Batavia. The Chinese Marine Corps immediately established resettlement sites for expatriates in the two places and began retreat operations. The Navy also sent a clear telegram to recruit all personnel in East India and Batavia.  Chinese ships sailing in the South China Sea go to both places.

    By March 3, a total of 117 ships of various types had joined the evacuation operation, and about 30,000 Chinese and American nationals boarded transport ships to go to Natuna, Borneo and Luzon.  On the same day, the domestic evacuation and resettlement force composed of 17 ships arrived at Natuna Island. About 1,000 soldiers from the leading force of the 23rd Brigade of the National Defense Force went to the island and brought dozens of construction machinery.  At the same time, another group of 1,500 soldiers disembarked from Pontianak and other West Borneo seaports.  Fight against thugs attacking the city and ensure the safety of overseas Chinese.

    Facing the massive East Indian riots, Britain and the Netherlands no longer wanted to care about the evacuation of Chinese and American citizens, let alone talk about illegal landings in West Borneo at this time.  Even Lieutenant General Livingston gave up all confrontational actions and allowed Chinese and American ships to escort the expatriates away.

    By the afternoon of March 4, the Japanese Navy¡¯s overseas Chinese escort formation arrived.  Already, 4,000 National Defense Forces have landed on Natuna, West Borneo and Java Island respectively, and two cruisers carrying a large number of light weapons have been dispatched to the Sumatra oil field and distributed to the Gulf Oil Company security team to ensure the safety of the oil field.

    The Japanese navy, which had long coveted the wealth of Southeast Asia, also used the same method to join the evacuation operation. About 500 Japanese soldiers landed on Java Island and evacuated the island's residents to Sulawesi, and set up a temporary refugee settlement in Makassar.

    On March 9, due to the influx of too many overseas Chinese, the Chinese Navy built refugee camps in the Anabas Islands, Temeilan Islands and other places.  In one fell swoop, the islands surrounding the Natuna Islands were included in the so-called "Temporary Resettlement Areas for Territorial Overseas Residents", and thousands of refugees who escaped were recruited to build camps and other projects. They also began to transport a large amount of machinery and equipment and cement building materials from the country. Finally, Gu Weijun sent the  The League of Nations submitted a report requesting the League of Nations to provide relief and assistance to Chinese refugees in China's Natuna Islands and other surrounding territories.

    On March 12, the first batch of 50,000 tons of grain purchased by Yang Qiu from the United States arrived in Natuna, officially establishing the status of Natuna Island as a transfer station for crisis refugee relief!  While large numbers of domestic construction engineering personnel and machinery and equipment are constantly arriving, the number of national defense forces (including the navy) gathered in Natuna and West Borneo has exceeded 21,000!  After initially taking control of important Chinese residential areas such as Natuna and West Borneo, they also established temporary military camps to protect overseas Chinese at the three seaports of Surabaya, Semarang and Batavia to collect the retreat of overseas Chinese on Java Island.

    to 3?On the 23rd, 140,000 expatriates had evacuated Java, 70,000 of whom were resettled in islands such as Natuna, and the rest were resettled in Pontianak and other West Borneo cities that were already controlled by the National Defense Forces.

    At this point, the entire East India is like a big colander!  The Anglo-Dutch forces, eager to extinguish the riot, could only watch helplessly as ships from various countries gathered in East India and were helpless. Thousands of hostages forced the two teams to surrender, which instead brought a brief period of calm to Java.  As for Sukarno, Vyjingsky and others, they still wanted all the Chinese to evacuate and establish a republic completely ruled by East Indians.

    On March 25, when Yang Qiu set off to return to China from the United States, facing the rebels who were growing stronger every day, the anxious Dutch government promised in Nanjing that it would not claim land in West Borneo and would not be involved in the East India riots.  , agreed to establish the West Borneo [Sino-Dutch Free Trade Zone] on the condition that the National Defense Forces must ensure local security, help the colonial government destroy the rebels, and withdraw from West Borneo after the situation stabilizes.

    On the 26th, the "Lombok Agreement" was signed in Lombok. The Chinese delegation headed by Wang Zhaoming and Lord Deco formally signed the China-China Economic and Free Trade Area Agreement. However, the Natuna issue and other issues were not included in the agreement by the Dutch government due to British pressure.  .  After the news came out, everyone in the Democratic Party was extremely excited.  However, on the third day after the signing of the agreement, 371 important members of the Nanyang Democratic Party, including Hu Hanmin, were arrested by the National Defense Forces in Pontianak and other places. They were accused of colluding with the Soviet Union to undermine the security of East India, causing a large number of Chinese casualties.

    The mass arrest operation once again shocked the world and drew all attention to Moscow, taking the opportunity to imply that the East Indian riots and the chaos in Southeast Asia were entirely caused by the gc international export of revolution.

    " I really thought that it had been turned upside down and there was no way to investigate. The furious Britain could only put down Natuna to deal with the East India guerrillas, and authorized Lieutenant General Livingston to be the commander-in-chief of East India military operations.

    Livingston and the Far East Fleet had long been holding back their anger. After receiving the order, they vented all their anger on the Javanese and Sumatra rebels. Not only did they officially represent the British and Dutch government in refusing to negotiate with the East India gc alliance and the Islamic guerrillas,  They refused to withdraw their colonial troops and vigorously suppressed the riots in Sumatra. At the same time, they mobilized 13,000 soldiers from India, Persia and the mainland to form a coalition army and marched towards Java.

    The Javanese War is about to break out.

    ps: It¡¯s the end of the section it means a misunderstanding.

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