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With its blue bays and white sails, Batavia shows its most enchanting side without rain. What a beautiful morning! The young and beautiful and proud Governor's wife stretched her little lazy waist, and generously stripped off her nightgown in front of Lord Deco to choose today's clothes, probably because there were so many clothes that the old man could not cover half of the cloth strip on his body for a long time, on the contrary, the fleshy buttocks kept twisting and changing with the search action. Lord Deco looked at the lovely **, and also sighed that today was a rare good weather, so that even the Borneo riots were temporarily forgotten, and when the fans secretly wondered whether to go to horse racing or golf, the bedroom door was slammed open.

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"Oh God! You damn bastard, I'm going to kill you! "My wife was looked at by others, and even the most secret places were exposed because of her posture, and I couldn't stand it even if I was a man! Without saying a word, Lord Decaux went to find a gun to slaughter the telegraph operator who had made a fool of himself in the Sumatra oil field incident.

In the face of a bunch of white **, the telegraph operator was also a little dumbfounded, but soon remembered the matter and shouted: "Mr. Governor, sir!" I know, it's a really bad morning, but I hope you'll get angry after watching this. The furious Lord Deco pulled the telegram and deliberately blocked it in front of the telegraph operator to save him from continuing to rub the oil, but when he read the contents of the telegram clearly, he forgot that his wife was being looked at.

The riots in Borneo intensify! The cruiser of the Chinese Navy arrived and opened fire on Yamaguchi and Dongwanlu! Chinese marines landed! What day is it? April Fool's Day?!

As the No. 5 ship of the Tumenjiang class, the Hunhe light cruiser, which has just undergone the second sea trial and has not yet been officially delivered, is far from meeting the operational standards. But 107 155mm high-explosive grenades for 15 minutes in a row were more violent than a hurricane, and they detonated the entire South China Sea in an instant!

There are actions to send troops to protect overseas Chinese in various countries, but they have never been like the Chinese Navy this time, like a stunned young man who doesn't know anything, he will first shoot artillery shells when he comes up, and then send marines to land. Batavia, who had long been afraid of China's liquidation of the Lanfang tragedy, suddenly exploded, and the radio waves were more intense than during the Sumatra oil field dispute.

From Batavia to Palembang. From Luzon to Singapore, from Annam to Hong Kong, countless people were shocked by the phone rings and the news of the Chinese navy's shelling of West Borneo. The noisy radio waves make up the sky, and everyone from Tokyo to New York is staring wide-eyed. I want to know what Yang Qiu is going to do this time.

England is overcast, and London is not a comfortable place to be in winter. As the clouds of war in Europe finally lifted, the sprawling colonies finally helped the British Empire gradually weather the crisis. As the Christmas holidays approach, the rich and powerful are once again on cruise ships for holidays in Morocco or Egypt. Similarly, Stanley Baldwin was elected Prime Minister for the second time after a brief MacDonald government in Downing Street, only to be confronted with the vast mess left by his predecessor, with rising unemployment and increasingly rampant trade unions, in addition to the widely opposed policy of establishing diplomatic relations between Britain and the Soviet Union.

The newspapers were filled with discontent and complaints every day, and the British people did not understand why the empire, which had the world's largest colony, was so slow to recover economically. On the other side of the world, on the other side, China and the United States are growing rapidly through complementarity. China has maintained a growth rate of more than 7% for 12 consecutive years, and its economic output is rapidly approaching that of the United Kingdom. The United States took advantage of China's nation-building opportunity to quickly expand its manufacturing industry by 35% again, and last year alone, it received more than $200 million in various orders from China!

What happened to England? Where is the problem with the proud empire on which the sun never sets?

Prime Minister Baldwin in his office pinched the bridge of his nose and put the sensational headline The Times aside. Get up and pour a cup of coffee, and think about where to take your wife and family on vacation. But a knock on the door interrupted the illusion, and a visit from Vice Admiral Bridgeman, Secretary of the Admiralty, put the holiday to an end once and for all.

"I'm sorry to bother you at this time. This is a telegram that has just been received, 4 hours ago. "Having participated in the Battle of Jutland and witnessing the war, dozens of oversized warships had to be dismantled in order to reduce expenses after the war, and the vice admiral gently placed the telegram on the table. Although the Navy was dissatisfied with these successive Cabinets, they stopped the construction of the important Singapore Navy fort plan. But as the dutiful helmsman of the Royal Navy, he kept his tone as calm as possible: "A Chinese Tumenjiang-class light cruiser and the training cruiser Feihong shelled the colonies of our allies. ”

"William, can I think it's a joke?" Prime Minister Baldwin was obviously a little surprised, but Bridgeman shook his head mercilessly: "The situation is very troublesome. I have asked Livingston that the cause is a serious anti-Chinese riot in Borneo, which has caused hundreds of Chinese and tens of millions of property losses. The Chinese government made diplomatic representations to the Netherlands and asked for troops to protect them, but they did not get any reply and no action, so they sent 2 cruisers to protect the expatriate! There is also very bad news, Batavia confirmed that 38 Chinese marines have landed, and the Pearl has also spotted 3 cruisers and a fast troop carrier in the South China Sea, and if it is not prevented, at least 300 Chinese soldiers will land in West Borneo in 2 days! Batavia has sent us a letter asking for help. ”

Baldwin almost jumped to his feet, and after reading the telegram, his brows furrowed as he habitually picked up his pipe. This is his habit of thinking about problems, and only after the smell of tobacco gradually spreads before he raises his head: "Do you know what they want to do?" Is there a ability to prevent landing? ”

Bridgeman shrugged his shoulders and spread his hands a little helplessly: "Livingston has called the Chinese Ministry of National Defense, and the reply he got is to curb the riots and protect the safety of the expatriates!" Mr. Prime Minister, if you give the order, Vice Admiral Livingston and his Far East Fleet can leave immediately, and the Hood, Counterattack and Malaya will be able to ensure that the South China Sea is not challenged. But the Chinese are protecting the diaspora this time, and if we block it, it is likely to lead to a concerted protest from all over China. I would like to remind you that China is no longer a country without a navy. All four heavy cruisers have been delivered, the fifth and sixth light cruisers are in sea trials, and the remaining two are close to outfitting. They also have 4 battlecruisers, 2 old battleships and about 40 submarines, 62 destroyers, and already have strong combat capabilities. ”

Bridgeman's sincere words made Prime Minister Baldwin secretly bitter. If necessary, relying on the two fleets in the Mediterranean and the Far East is indeed certain to defeat the Chinese navy, but the problem is that they are protecting overseas Chinese. Although the behavior is excessive, it is generally not out of scope, and if war is declared on China on this ground, it is expected that the House of Commons will tear itself apart. What's more, China is now very important. Not only the only eastern power to encircle the USSR, but also the force that ensured stability in Central Asia and India!

Even if it can keep the Netherlands from defeating the Chinese navy, what about the army? I'm afraid the whole world wants the British Empire to get involved in the Second Boer War! The thought of confronting the whole world like Boole. Whoever is afraid will be cautious. But it will not work if it is not guaranteed, and the Netherlands is an ally that must be protected to the death. And he was even more worried that if the Netherlands lost West Borneo, it would inevitably encourage the already stronger and stronger colonial independence movement, especially India, which the British Empire must not lose, so he took a deep breath and resumed the demeanor of the prime minister of the world's largest power: "General Livingston is invited to go at once and do everything in his power to ensure the safety of his allies!" Go to Nanjing, find out the purpose of the Chinese, and clearly tell them that the British Empire will never allow any acts of war in the East Indies! It is not permissible to divide the territory of neutral countries! ”

Bridgeman nodded, and turned to give orders.

With such a big change in the Far East, the Christmas holidays are in vain. Prime Minister Baldwin had to pick up the phone. Diplomats are called upon to take full action. The diplomats who received the call were all taken aback, and a moment later there was a wave of curses and invective, all of whom hated being interrupted and hated leaving their families behind to the damned East Indies.

The swift action of the diplomats alarmed the journalists, and just one day later England and even Europe learned of another serious crisis in the Dutch East Indies. The reporters also turned up the Sumatra oil crisis two years ago. The compilation of arguments confirms that China's ambitions have expanded, that the South China Sea has become a source of unrest, that Britain will be dragged into endless expeditionary wars of attrition, and so on.

Journalists have no sense of responsibility to make up nonsense for the sake of sales rates, but the Royal Navy of the British Empire is a formidable force that does its duty! The diplomats had barely begun to move, and the battlecruiser HMS Hood, known as the pride of the empire in Hong Kong's Victoria Bay, slowly sailed out of the military port under the protection of four destroyers and two cruisers. Immediately after that, the battleship Counterattack also retracted its anchor chains, and thousands of sailors who had been interrupted from leave sailed out into the depths of the South China Sea with dissatisfaction. Meanwhile. The battleship Malaya and 2 Hawkins-class heavy cruisers stationed in Singapore also rushed out of the military port.

The tall bridge of the Hood did not give Vice Admiral Livingston any pride at the moment, and the 51-year-old Vice Admiral of the Royal Navy was also full of resentment when his vacation was interrupted: "Tell me, has Whitehall decided to do anything?" Is eviction by force allowed? ”

"There's no new news yet." The adjutant spread his hands and shook his head helplessly: "It is only allowed to attack after confirming that the Chinese have committed war behavior." ”

"Damn it!" General Livingston cursed and raised his right arm to encourage everyone: "All right, boys. Although the politicians haven't decided yet, they have finally given us the right to kick our ass. Increasing the speed, I need to get to the destination in 2 days, maybe we have a chance to rush back to enjoy the holiday and women. ”

"General on the port side."

Before everyone could laugh, a rapid shout came from the left. Livingston and the officers immediately raised their binoculars, only to see a long, gray-black shadow looming along the waves.

A Chinese submarine, one of the most mysterious units in the Chinese Navy, inherited from the German U-boats that once brought the British Empire to the brink of collapse. To make matters worse, according to intelligence, at least tens of thousands of German technicians have arrived in China in the past few years, which means that there has been no technical disruption in China's U-boat technology!

8 years have passed, to what extent has the technology of Chinese U-boats developed? How far can you sail? How many torpedoes are armed and what caliber? How deep can you dive? The officers of the Royal Navy's Far East Fleet suddenly discovered that they seemed to have missed something, and no one knew the data of China's U-boats, and even the minimum tonnage data was from 5 years ago.

The mood that had just started to get better became solemn again with the appearance of the submarine...... (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendation and monthly passes, and your support is my biggest motivation. )