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It's messed up, it's all messed up!

Batavia riots! The rebels storm the city! The Japanese minister, Admiral Takazo Kobayashi, died unexpectedly! Thousands of shops have been looted!

On August 27, 1938, the gunfire of the rebellion, known as the "Batavia Conspiracy", completely broke the lever of peace in Eurasia, and the night the news reached Europe, Downing Street suddenly became a big head. Before Europe and the United States could figure out how this rebellion was caused, the heart of the Dutch East Indies, the city war in Batavia was nearing its end.

Under the fearless onslaught of the Japanese army disguised as East Indian soldiers, in less than seventeen hours, the retreating Dutch army surrendered in large numbers in the encirclement and cutting, and even the Dinghai Shenshen Needle in the last rebellion, the vital naval fortress of Batavia Harbor were occupied by the rebels. The Dutch governor, Baron Rambost, hastily boarded the light cruiser Java and began to try to continue to coordinate the resistance of the garrison. Only one day later, finding that the situation was out of control, he had to try to escape to Singapore with the coastal defense ships Java and Surabaya, but it was too late, and he was blocked in the bay by the sudden burst of Japanese naval ships Kongo, Hiei, and two heavy cruisers.

The imposing Japanese Navy directly issued a clear word, demanding that the Dutch East Indies Government hand over the murderer of Admiral Takuzo Kobayashi, and demanding that the two Dutch warships be released from the custody of the Japanese Navy before the incident was clarified. The small hegemon of Southeast Asia, the world-recognized neutral navy is also dignified, even if it is only a signal of temporary supervision, the commander of the Dutch East India Fleet, Rear Admiral Karel Dorman, still decided to maintain dignity. Reject it.

The arrival of the Japanese fleet suddenly complicated the situation. But Rear Admiral Dorman didn't think much about it at that time, because the British and Dutch governments had already been informed of the Japanese navy's exercises in East Timor in advance, and it was not surprising that they could come quickly. But he never imagined that shortly after the arrival of the Japanese Navy, the three 280-mm shore defense guns and five 150-mm rapid-fire guns in the Batavian Naval Fort, which had always believed that the East Indian rebels would not use the fortress's heavy artillery, would suddenly fire at him. Since the energy of both cruisers at that time was on the Japanese fleet, neither ship organized a counterattack for several minutes. In less than ten minutes, the two battleships were beaten and burst into flames, and in the end, it was the Governor of Ramboster who considered the lives of the soldiers. He also believed that Britain would soon clear his name and ordered him to accept the temporary supervision of the Japanese Navy. But the governor could not have imagined that this supervision would cause him, Major General Dorman and others to return to Europe until the end of the war.

Under the orders of Rear Admiral Dorman, the Dutch East India Fleet finally succumbed to Japanese pressure. A total of seven warships were withdrawn from the battle and placed under the temporary supervision of the Japanese Navy. Without the threat from the sea, the East Indian Revolutionary Army became more and more arrogant, and in a matter of days, important cities including Surabaya and Makassar changed flags.

On 30 August, the Revolutionary Army of the East Indies advanced to Sileng and quickly routed the 300-odd Dutch troops stationed there.

On August 31, the most important oil field in East Borneo, the Balikpapan Anglo-Dutch Shell Company, was suddenly attacked by armed soldiers, and although the company's security team resisted and blew up an oil storage tank at the last moment, the Japanese marines disguised as the revolutionary army and 2,000 East India Revolutionary Army soldiers seized the large oil field that made the world blush. Not only the almost complete seizure of the entire oil field and oil refining equipment. A full 3.7 million tonnes of crude oil was also obtained. Even the three oil tankers and two British merchant ships in the harbor that could not be scuttled in time were captured.

On September 1, after learning of the renewed riots in the Dutch East Indies, the Chinese government, in the dual name of the government and the Ministry of National Defense, publicly issued an early warning to the world of the Dutch East Indies War, and at the same time demanded that all expatriates in the Dutch East Indies outside West Borneo be evacuated immediately. A total of 900,000 tons of transport ships, 17 warships and 31 seaplanes were dispatched to participate in the evacuation operation.

On September 2, riots swept across the most important island of Sumatra, and riots broke out in Palembang and other places in South Sumatra. Night. More than 1,000 East Indian Revolutionary Army secretly crossed the Sunda Strait in small boats and launched an attack on the port of Lampung. By the early hours of September 5, the port of Lampung, known as the throat of the Sunda Strait, had fallen.

On September 3, the news of Kobayashi's murder came back to Japan, and Tokyo immediately broke out**, demanding that the Dutch government hand over the murderer, and Prime Minister Fumiro Konoe also publicly stated that if the Dutch government did not hand over the murderer, then Japan would directly send troops to land on Java Island to arrest him. Less than a few hours after his speech, Rabaul sent four troop transports to send an entire wing to Batavia.

On September 7, the Battle of Palembang broke out, and more than 3,000 East Indian Revolutionary Army, led by a Japanese squadron that had crossed the river first, launched an attack on Palembang from all sides, and defeated the Dutch army to occupy the port in just one day. The remaining Dutch troops had to retreat to the oil fields and await reinforcements with the Anglo-Dutch Shell security team.

On 9 September, the East Indian Revolutionary Army, having conquered Palembang, was suddenly under heavy shelling from the sea as it attempted to cross the mouth of the Musi River. The Chinese Navy heavy cruiser Nanchang, which had been ordered to protect the Minas oil field in Riau Province, and the British heavy cruiser Berwick, who had arrived from Singapore, jammed this strategic point in time, and the two ships dropped 1,172 203-mm high-explosive shells at the revolutionary army in succession within an hour, crushing the rebels advancing deep into central Sumatra. Although the East Indies Revolutionary Army (IRA) attempted to make a detour upstream, Nagata Tetsuyama, fearing that further advance would lead to Chinese involvement, repeatedly ordered the advance to be halted. Since the Palembang oil field was more than 50 kilometers from the sea, the British Navy could not destroy the oil field, so it had to blow up the oil transmission equipment and oil storage tanks near the shore and wait for orders from Whitehall.

On the same day, Sukarno, who learned that Palembang had been taken, was full of ambition and proclaimed the establishment of the Republic of Indonesia in Bandung and proclaimed himself the first president.

On 10 September, the Japanese troops hastily arriving from Rabaul occupied Makassar and Batavia after a short exchange of fire after a short exchange of fire in the British Navy's interception and interception, but did not continue deeper.

The South Seas change color, and the waves are monstrous! But strangely, at this critical moment, the British troops stationed in Singapore were slow to receive orders to attack the East Indian Revolutionary Army, and even the Royal Navy only gave verbal warnings when preventing the Japanese landing. Not a single shell was fired. Could it be that the telegraph in Downing Street is broken? It's a joke that the British Empire won't have just one radio. What really made Prime Minister Chamberlain unable to make a decision was that just as Whitehall was preparing to fulfill the protection agreement and order the Far East troops to attack the East Indies, the mustache that caused the most headache for Europe suddenly jumped up and went berserk after learning of the great changes in the East Indies.

On September 4, the day before the end of the fighting on the island of Java, the Sudetenland crisis took a turn for the worse. Hitler, who had been waiting for an offer from Britain and France, was suddenly in Berlin and made a big deal about the visiting British envoy, saying that he had lost his patience. Unable to endure the persecution of the Soviet German diaspora by the Czech government, he decided that if a cession agreement could not be reached by October 1, he would order his troops to attack the Czechs. He swore that Germany had had had enough of blackmail and threats, and would rather go to war with Britain and France than back down this time.

In the end, he also ordered the conscription and demanded that the government and the people be prepared to defend Germany!

But it's my life!

Chamberlain slaughtered the mustache, and the sudden riots in the East Indies had caught him off guard, and he had not yet appeased the Netherlands, who was crying for his father and mother, but he didn't expect the German mustache to jump out again. After weighing it again, he had to appease the Netherlands and resolve the Sudetenland crisis first, and for this reason, he dragged his old body to Berlin to meet Hitler in person. At the same time, to prevent Japan from taking the opportunity to annex the Dutch East Indies, Prime Minister Chamberlain personally wrote to Will. Ask him to contact Yang Qiu immediately. Find a way to contact Beijing to contain the arrogant Japan, and promise that if Yang Qiu agrees, he is willing to hand over the Anambas Islands next to the Natuna Islands, which are under British trusteeship, to China, so that Beijing can effectively block the entrance and exit of the South China Sea.

"This is the progress of the evacuation." Yan Yuqiu, who had long hair coiled, put the progress report on the evacuation of overseas Chinese from the navy on the table. This woman who has had a crush on Yang Qiu for many years. After learning that Yang Qiu no longer wanted to be involved in feelings, he finally married a naval officer two years ago. Originally, she wanted to resign as secretary to the president, but after Miao Luo personally came to persuade her, she agreed to stay and continue to work.

After marriage, Yan Yuqiu is more mature. The voice also became delicate: "So far, 210,000 expatriates have been evacuated, but in recent years, more and more businessmen have gone to the Dutch East Indies, and the original forecast of 370,000 is probably far more than that, so Commander Chen said that it will take another week to complete all the withdrawals." ”

"Is there any resistance from Japan?"

"Not really, Japan now wants all of our people to leave. On the contrary, there were several clashes between the Soekarno-controlled East Indian Revolutionary Army and the diaspora, resulting in some casualties and looting of many belongings. Commander Chen just called and asked if he wanted to take some deterrent actions. ”

Yang Qiu's fingers tapped lightly on the tabletop, and after a long time, he raised his head and returned the progress report to Yan Yuqiu: "Don't make any extraneous branches, just let Chen Shaokuan and them step up their evacuation." Yan Yuqiu nodded, having followed Yang Qiu for so many years, she probably knew this temper better than Miao Luo. Japan's southward movement was what he wanted most, and as long as there were no serious casualties, he would not interfere.

After Yan Yuqiu left, Yang Qiu buried his head in the documents again, but before he could read a few lines, the knock on the door sounded again, and Yan Yuqiu leaned in again: "President, the British ambassador Xu Gesen and the Dutch ambassador are here." ”

I haven't seen him for just half a month, Xu Gesen seems to have lost a lot of weight, and his expression is even more haggard than last time. The Dutch minister to China beside him was even more anxious, and as soon as he sat down, he talked a lot about the situation in the Dutch East Indies, and also set out the conditions for the Anambas Islands, hoping that President Yang would send troops immediately.

Yang Qiu saw that the two of them didn't look very good, so he personally got up and made a cup of coffee for them. Of course, the Anambas archipelago wants it, but with Natuna, this little benefit can no longer be used against him compared to the entire southwest Pacific. So sitting on the sofa next to him, he said slowly: "Two, I already know the situation in Batavia, please rest assured, my country will not recognize the legitimacy of the Sukarno government, but I am afraid that the matter of sending troops will be more troublesome." ”

Not acknowledging the Sukarno government made Hügesen and the Dutch minister happy, but the latter words made their hearts slowly sink. Yang Qiu glanced at the two of them and explained, "The two of you should know that the northwest of our country is under the threat of invasion, and the situation is even more dangerous than that of the Sudetenland, so we must be careful to deal with the attack of the Soviets now. And don't you think that the Japanese fleet is coming too quickly? The news of Admiral Kobayashi's death came the next morning, but they arrived on the morning of the third day, and I think there is a big problem here! ”

The hearts of the two ambassadors sank again, in fact, they had already noticed something strange before they came. It's just that at present, Prime Minister Chamberlain has decided to give priority to resolving the Sudetenland crisis, so everyone can only pretend to be stupid and cover up Japan's participation first, after all, it is a very cautious thing to declare war with Japan, which has the third largest naval tonnage in the world. Seeing that Yang Qiu was reluctant to meddle in Nanyang, Xu Gesen immediately said: "Mr. President, I also agree with your suspicions, so it is all the more necessary for you and the Chinese government to stand up." The ambitions of the Japanese have grown, and now east of Sumatra, but who will guarantee that they will not develop towards the Minas oil fields in Riau province and West Borneo? And you should know that the Strait of Malacca is safer in our British hands than in Japanese hands! If you lose it, do you think your country will still be able to ensure the safety of the shipping lanes? ”

"yes. That's where I'm struggling. Yang Qiu pretended to be difficult to choose, and said with a wry smile: "The secret defense agreement between Japan and the Soviet Union is not difficult to guess, if my warship goes to the East Indies, then how will the Soviets react?" Mr. Ambassador. The safety of the Northwest is much more important than that of the South Seas! ”

Xu Gesen was secretly angry!

This Yang Qiu, going around and around, just wants to avoid the Dutch East Indies and avoid direct conflict with Japan! So he and the Dutch minister were very angry! Why weren't you afraid of trouble when you wanted West Borneo and Natuna? Now it's a mouthful of Northwest security. There's a fart danger in the Northwest! The thousands of kilometers of front, which made all strategists dumbfounded, were hundreds of kilometers deep, and even if the Soviet troops were all pulled to the Far East, how deep could they go without relying on the Urals to transfer supplies? Not to mention hitting Beijing, even if your army is all on holiday, the Soviet army can advance to Mongolia and Chita, and it is estimated that they will be half crippled first!

But how can these words be spoken? It's not a call for help, it's a sprinkling.

Speaking of which, don't you want to make a profit? The Anambas Islands are not weighty. So what does he need? The whole of Borneo?! What to do to convince this cunning guy? Xu Gesen looked at the Dutch minister with a gray face. What he thought in his heart was to simply let the Far Eastern Fleet jam his fleet in the Strait of Malacca and force him to make a move?

Xu Gesen's eyes were not good, but Yang Qiu didn't care, and smiled lightly

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While bids and negotiations in Beijing were at an impasse, the morning sun was already pouring into the island of Natuna. Wake up this pearl set on the very edge of the South China Sea from sleep.

A straight concrete runway on the east side of the island splits the green primeval forest in half like a sharp sword. In the dense forest on the right, there are countless red tiles dotted among them. On the left peak, the massive Hawkeye air warning radar antenna slowly rotates at a rate of eight revolutions per minute. Next to the radar is a four-storey gray-brown cement building with a roof filled with various communication antennas.

This is the Natuna Island naval and air base of the Wehrmacht and the location of the Navy's radio listening post in the Southwest Pacific.

Since 1922, when the president initiated the military reform of the whole army to learn new technologies and new methods of warfare, radio technology has been listed as one of the most important key military technologies. In addition to radar, which has just appeared in recent years, electronic monitoring, direction finding, navigation, and so on are all included in the subjects. With the rapid development of the world's military technology in recent years, not only radar stations and listening stations have been set up in important areas along the borders of the country, but two surveying and mapping ships have also been specially converted into electronic listening ships.

In addition to hardware, the president also personally ordered the establishment of the National Defense Electronic and Mechanical College in Nanjing in 1925, and opened electronic technology specialties in Wuhan National Defense University, Changsha Air Force Academy, Baoding Army Academy, Jiujiang Army Academy and other military academies to train specialized electronic non-commissioned officers.

Xiao He is such a radar communications non-commissioned officer.

After graduating from Jiaotong University five years ago, he joined the Navy and was selected to study at the Nanjing Air Force Academy because of his talent in electronics. As a radar officer, he is one of the best-paid non-commissioned officers on the island, and his daily job is to monitor and use radar, and carry out routine maintenance.

Operating the radar is a very complicated job, very boring and monotonous, and fortunately, the radar is not turned on every day. But since the Dutch East Indies riots, he has become the most frequently turned on radar station in the country, and he needs to keep an eye on the display every day. "Xiao He, come and see!" In the computer room, the comrades-in-arms suddenly shouted. Xiao He, who was hiding outside and smoking, hurriedly pinched off the cigarette butt, and when he rushed into the room, a large red dot on the screen stabbed his eyes suddenly.

What a big fleet of machines must be to reflect back such a large signal! "Check out, are there any fleets in the flight plan? Calculation group, measure bearing and speed! Hey, hey, hey! I'm Xiao He, and I found a large group of unknown planes in the northeast, and I asked to take off and intercept it immediately! ”

"Squad leader, the flight plan only says that there are two transport planes coming from China today."

"Fuck it! Anti-aircraft artillery, call the anti-aircraft artillery company, hurry! Lookout, go up and take a look. ”

The radar center was busy, and Xiao He's heart was beating faster and faster. According to the regulations, if it is not included in the flight plan, then there are only two possibilities. The first is that the mission has a high degree of secrecy, so it flies directly for fear of being detected by the enemy over radio communications, and the second is that someone sneaks in.

After the shrill alarm bell sounded, the four snake fighters on the tarmac took the lead in rushing into the sky, and the fighters of the antiaircraft artillery company also quickly rushed into the battle position, opened their gun jackets, and stuffed a group of five 40-mm shells into the anti-aircraft guns. The lookout climbed to the roof of the building as fast as possible and aimed the domestic high-powered telescope at the northeast. But five minutes later, when they saw their target, they all gasped.

I saw that on the blue sea and blue sky, a large area suddenly appeared! It's a whole whole new four-engine aircraft that has never been seen before