Chapter six hundred and sixty-four fire without flags
Surabaya is the second largest city in Indonesia, also translated as "Surabaya", and is the capital of East Java Province. It faces Madura Island across the Surabaya Strait. It has a population of about 1.5 million and was an important port for Java's foreign trade in the Middle Ages.
Among the more than 1.5 million people in Surabaya, the Chinese population is about 100,000, accounting for about 10% of the total population of Surabaya. However, this 10% Chinese population owns nearly 6% of Surabaya.
With a wealth of ten, the Dutch rulers also levied the highest tax rate on the Chinese. Since May 1940, the Netherlands was occupied by the Germans, and the Dutch royal family and government were forced to move to the United Kingdom and establish a government in exile.
The Netherlands has very few colonies left in the world at this time. Indonesia is the last Dutch colony overseas. In order to keep this last cash cow, the Dutch put their only six destroyers, one light cruiser and a regiment of navy
The Marine Corps was also sent to Indonesia, and he ordered the Dutch Governor in Indonesia, Takma, to be more careful about the abnormal behavior of the Indonesian people, and to use force to suppress it if necessary.
On the streets of Surabaya, most of the well-fed Indonesians are lying lazily at home or sitting on both sides of the street looking at passers-by in boredom. Indonesia is in the tropics on earth, with fertile land and abundant products. People there only need to do
A few months of work can meet the needs of a year. Therefore, they have developed a lazy character. When they see the Chinese getting richer and richer, the first thing they think of is not why the Chinese are getting rich.
Rather, he is jealous and hates other people's wealth from the bottom of his heart, but he never thinks that while others are working hard, he is sleeping at home.
In a quiet courtyard full of Jiangnan flavor, an old man with silver hair was sitting under a grape trellis to enjoy the coolness quietly. There was a pot of green tea on the stone table next to him.
There were hurried footsteps in the distance, and a middle-aged man in a robe who looked like a butler walked over quickly: "Sir, those Dutch tax officials came to collect taxes again, and this time they collected a higher tax rate than last time.
It’s twice as high, and the shopkeepers are already quarreling with them.”
"What, the Dutch are here to collect taxes again? Didn't we just pay them last month?" the old man stood up and asked with a frown.
"Yes, that's what we said, but the Dutch said that the tax rate has changed. This time, the tax rate is once a month, and the tax rate is twice as high as before. Can you come up with an idea? If our business is like this
But I can’t do it anymore.” The housekeeper’s face was full of anxiety.
"Hmph, the Dutch are also bullying others. Do you really think that I, Zhang Ziheng, am made of clay?" The old man clenched his fists with an angry look on his face.
"Sir, should we contact the other businesses to protest together?" the steward asked tentatively.
Zhang Ziheng seemed to have thought of something, and his angry expression slowly turned into sadness. He gently sat back on the chair, "Forget it, the Dutch are waiting for us to cause trouble at the moment. Don't forget what happened nineteen years ago."
The incident is still fresh in my mind. Give them the money and treat it as buying peace."
"Oh, sir," the housekeeper sighed and hurried off.
The golden-red sunlight shines through the snow-white linen curtains on the wool carpet of the same color. The Governor of Tacoma, who is wearing a formal dress, picked up the white porcelain tea cup with gold rim and took a sip. The rich aroma of the black tea has an orange-yellow taste.
The delicate drink comes from the Darjeeling Plateau in northern India. Since tea was introduced to India half a century ago, this black tea from India has become a favorite of the upper class in the West.
Since the fall of the Netherlands in May last year, Takma was appointed as the new colonial governor of Indonesia. Since then, Takma has fallen in love with this drink with a grape aroma. He sits on a wicker chair under the palm tree every afternoon.
Feel the cool breeze blowing from Malacca and eat some Nyonya pastries made of coconut paste, sweet potato, pandan leaves and glutinous rice. Among the descendants of intermarriage between Malays and Chinese, the female surname is called nonya, which is transliterated as Nyonya pastry and drink it.
A cup of fragrant black tea can help him temporarily forget about the bad news in his homeland and relax his mind.
Putting down the teacup, Takma turned around and asked the adjutant who had been serving him, "Usko, has there been anything unusual about the Indonesian natives and the Chinese people during this time?"
"Your Majesty the Governor, everything is normal here. With our heroic marines and fleet here, how dare those despicable yellow-skinned monkeys move around?" The adjutant's flattering words made Tacoma feel very comfortable, but when he thought about himself
The mainland has fallen, and Takma's mood has become a little depressed.
"Oh, if only there hadn't been those damn Germans, our homeland wouldn't have fallen."
Usco comforted: "Your Excellency, Governor, you don't have to worry, the Germans will eventually be defeated by our British allies, just like the world war 27 years ago. I firmly believe that justice will defeat evil."
"I hope so." Tacoma sighed and said: "Usco, you have to instruct the people below that this year's taxes must be collected in accordance with the newly established tax rates, especially those from China.
People’s taxes cannot be reduced even more. Our British government and royal family need a large amount of money to restore the country and train new troops. So much money is brought to Britain by the government alone.
That little money is far from enough, so we must raise as much funds as possible to help His Majesty the King share his worries."
"This" Usko hesitated for a moment and then asked: "Your Majesty the Governor, is our newly enacted tax rate too high? What should I do if the Chinese are unwilling or even start a fight?"
"They dare." A hint of ferocity appeared on Tacoma's originally gentle face, "If they dare to make trouble, our marines and the cannons on the warships will not be spared. If they have forgotten nineteen years ago
If they learned that lesson, I wouldn’t mind helping them deepen their memories.”
"Yes, Mr. Governor, I will do it immediately." After receiving the clear instructions, Usco immediately disappeared from the door.
In the vast and boundless blue ocean, waves kept coming, hitting the hull of the ship, making a roar of earth-shattering and splashing with snow-white foam. The waves were like a charging team, clamoring, shouting, and impacting desperately.
This fleet came from afar. The waves were several feet high and surged in. The crazy huge waves made a shuddering roar. The thunder-like sea water rolled up like thousands of troops on the ground, shouting and neighing.
and rushed toward the fleet.
The 8,000-ton troop carrier was like a small sampan being pushed around by huge waves. There were waves of vomiting sounds in the cabin, and waves of disgusting sour smell could be heard in the cabins of all the troop carriers.
Although this was not the first time for the Marines to go to sea, under the impact of such violent waves, everyone was so confused that it was just a joke that excellent Marines did not get seasick.
Every Marine who is not seasick started from seasickness. Seasickness is the first lesson for Marines. Only after you faint to death, you will not get sick again. The so-called no longer feeling sick is not really not feeling seasick but even if you are.
Vomiting still doesn't hinder the fight
In order to keep the Marines in physical strength and condition, the sailors and officers on the warship entered each cabin and ordered all the soldiers to quickly drink salt water to replenish their physical strength and salt content, because sailors and officers all knew that seasickness would first result in vomiting water.
and food, and then begin to vomit gastric juice, bile, and later blood until the body convulses and leads to coma. If water is not replenished in time, there is even the possibility of sudden death.
Dirty air permeated all the cabins. The Marines, who were originally vigorous and vigorous, now had sallow faces and lay weakly on the bed. The officers had to fill the water glasses and send them to them, and then used mandatory orders.
Let them drink it to stave off their seasickness and vomiting.
The fleet sailed hard all night in heavy winds and waves. At dawn, the sun miraculously appeared in people's eyes. The wind and waves that had been raging all night miraculously stopped, and several birds flew from the distant sea.
The seagull landed lightly on the destroyer's boom.
Experienced sailors know that as long as they see seagulls, it means that they are not far from land.
In the war room of the aircraft carrier "Han Xin", Zheng Xin, who had been up all night, calmly issued various orders.
"Order the reconnaissance aircraft to take off immediately and go forward to conduct reconnaissance. The deck soldiers immediately clear the deck. The carrier-based aircraft group is ready for large-scale airborne operations. Each ship takes off its gun jacket and checks the condition of each gun and ammunition."
"yes"
As the order was issued, the two "Dauntless" dive bombers immediately flew to high altitudes and flew eastward. They were already very close to Surabaya. Their mission was to report the situation in the Surabaya port to those behind them.
Fleet commander, while providing the basis for the commander's decision-making.
When the fleet from China passed through the huge waves and approached Surabaya, the sailors on the Dutch warship in the Surabaya port were still sleeping soundly. With the shelter of the port, the storms and waves could not threaten them at all. They slept
It was very peaceful and sweet. It wasn't until the sun rose that a few sailors appeared lazily on the deck.
At this time, a Dutch sailor was secretly boarding the deck of a destroyer from the outside. His companion who happened to come out saw him and teased: "Ulia, you lazy guy went to have sex with that bitch again last night."
Just go fool around."
"Hush Bol, you idiot, lower your voice and I will be in trouble if the first mate hears it." Uriah looked around and couldn't help but become a little nervous.
Bol smiled, "Haha, don't worry, the first mate went out to have fun like you last night, and he hasn't come back yet."
"Thank God, that's good." Uriah took a long breath and patted his chest, thankful to have escaped another disaster.
"Ulia, I don't understand. What's so good about those Indonesian female monkeys? Why do you always spend all your salary on them?" Bol asked with some confusion.
"Haha, you don't understand this." Uriah, who had escaped the disaster, patted his companion on the shoulder in a good mood, "You will understand when I have time to take you to see it one day. Although those
The men in Indonesia are not that good, but the women are pretty good. The most important thing is that for just one dollar you can take two women out for the night. It’s such a bargain. I’ll take you to see them when you have time.”
"Forget it." Bol shook his head, "If those Chinese women are not the same, at least they look better than those Indonesian women."
"Those Chinese women," Uriya shook his head, "They are not like those Indonesian women. It is said that the Chinese people value things like virginity more. If you want to have sex with a Chinese woman, it will be very difficult. But" Wulia
Leah smiled mysteriously and said: "I heard that our Governor has recently made a move on those Chinese people and wants to increase their tax rate. The 50% commercial tax, the Governor is really capable of this."
"What the heck, if we don't raise the tax rate, what will we eat? Our homeland has been lost. If the government, the royal family, and us don't extract the expenses from these Chinese, we will really have to drink from the northwest wind." Bol said to
I don't take this issue seriously.
"That's right." Uriah nodded, "Anyway, if you accept it, you will accept it. Do those Chinese people still dare to resist? You know that those marines have nothing to do. As long as they dare to make trouble,
Just kill a group of yellow-skinned monkeys and they will become honest."
"Haha, maybe we can still make a fortune from it." Bol and Uriah looked at each other for a few times and laughed.
Just as the two were looking at each other and smiling, a low roar came from the clouds. The sound got closer and closer, and two black figures soon appeared in front of them.
Bol pointed to the sky in surprise and asked: "Ulia, what do you see that is? Is the sun rising from the west today? Are our lazy pilots finally willing to get up from the bellies of those women? So
Patrols have already started.”
"Who knows, maybe some guy was kicked out of bed by a woman last night and took it out on his plane early in the morning." Uriah shrugged, looking up as if it was none of my business.
Looking from the sky, he looked like he was watching a good show. At this time, the plane flew lower and lower in the sky, and soon appeared in front of the two people.
"Ulia, this is not our plane." Bol, who suddenly saw the appearance of the plane clearly, shouted and pointed to the sky, "Our plane does not have this style, it must be another country's plane."
The planes slowly lowered their altitude, and soon their altitude reached a point where even people on the ground could see clearly, "God, that's that, that's that"
Uriah pointed at the two planes that were hovering in the low sky, his body was trembling and speechless. The wings of the two planes hovering above his head were sternly printed with bright blue sky and white flags.
Soon, loud sirens sounded in the port.
"What kind of Chinese plane appeared over the port?" Governor Tacoma was stunned when he received the news. He was so shocked that he immediately issued an order. All the fleets in the port pulled anchor and set sail. The ten troops stationed in Surabaya
Several fighter planes immediately took off for reconnaissance.
But it was already too late. Governor Tacoma, who had just issued the order, soon received a report from the port. The Chinese fleet had appeared outside the Surabaya port, and the black muzzles of twelve destroyers and a cruiser had been pointed at
Several destroyers in the port.
When the commander of the fleet asked Governor Tuckerma if he would immediately open fire on the Chinese fleet, Tuckerma remained silent. "Takema is not a fool. He also knows that once he opens fire, the entire city of Surabaya will probably be destroyed by artillery fire."
"Immediately send a message to ask the Chinese navy outside what exactly they want to do. Are they doing this to go against the entire Western civilized world?" After a long time, Takma yelled out this sentence.
"Haha, these Dutch people are really a group of guys who are tough and not soft." After receiving the clear telegram from Governor Tacoma, Zheng Xin on the "Han Xin" aircraft carrier couldn't help but laugh, and then ordered:
"Send a report to that foreign devil and say that we are here for a friendly visit to Surabaya. If the port of Surabaya and the warships in the port do not lower their guns and hoist colorful flags within three hours, we will regard them as enemies, and then we will
Forced to take military action in self-defense.”
"You bastard, you are shameless. This is naked bandit logic." Tacoma was almost furious. He never thought that there would be such a shameless person in this world. He even put a cannon at someone's door and claimed that he was here for a visit.
, you have to fire a salute and hang up colorful flags to greet the other party, otherwise you will be "forced" to take military action to defend yourself. Damn it, can you be any more shameless?
"Your Majesty the Governor, we cannot accept this humiliation. I would rather die in battle than bow to the invaders." The adjutant Major Usko on the side looked sad and angry. In his more than ten years of military career, he had never
I have never accepted this humiliation.
Governor Tacoma shook his head sadly, "Usko, you are still young, and the hope of restoring the country in the future depends on young soldiers like you. I am old, and personal honor and disgrace no longer count for me.
What, let me give this humiliating order." Governor Tacoma calmed down at this time, quietly patted the shoulder of his adjutant who had been with him for five years, and walked out of the door first.
Soon, Governor Tacoma issued the latest order. All the Dutch warships in the port reluctantly returned to their berths in the port. The warships lowered their muzzles, replaced them with blank ammunition and hung up colorful flags.
"Tum, tom, tom"
At two o'clock in the afternoon, when the six destroyers in the Surabaya port and the forts on the pier began to fire salutes, a large and mighty fleet also slowly docked at the pier. By this time, six hours had passed since the morning's confrontation.
News of the arrival of the Chinese fleet also spread throughout Surabaya, and countless overseas Chinese from Surabaya flocked to the Surabaya pier with their families.
"Boom boom boom"
When the leading aircraft carrier "Han Xin" entered the port under the guidance of two Dutch several-hundred-ton gunboats, the salute fired by the Dutch on the pier had just ended. Thousands of off-duty officers and soldiers stood in white and handsome white uniforms.
Shipside.
Zheng Xin, who was watching on the bridge, smiled and asked Major General Ren Ran, the commander of the Second Marine Division standing aside, "Commander Ren, we will hold a military parade in Surabaya tomorrow. Can the boys from your division complete this task?"
If not, I will hand over this task to the Sixth Division."
"Sir, it's definitely no problem. If any of those brats dares to show off, I'll take care of them." Ren Ran was so anxious that he even showed his hometown accent. No idiot would want this good opportunity to show off his face.
"But those Dutch people may not be willing."
Ren Ran snorted coldly, "A fallen phoenix is worse than a chicken. The Dutch have even let the Germans occupy their own country. Do they still want to occupy such a good place? It's time to move our nest."
Zheng Xin raised the corner of her mouth with a slight sneer. Su Tong had tried his best to cultivate a militant spirit in the military since he moved into the center. This spirit has been deeply rooted in every soldier of the National Defense Force with Su Tong's tireless instillation.
The Wehrmacht relied on this spirit to reach Siberia, and now it has even reached Yekaterinburg. This unrestrained spirit has also been instilled in the naval generals.
When the fleet was getting closer and closer to the port, the sailors standing on the side saw that the port was full of people. When they approached the dock, the sailors were surprised to find that the port was full of Chinese people. Countless faces were blue and the sky was white and the ground was red.
The national flag was flying in the port. As for the towering red, white and blue Dutch flag in the port, it was completely submerged in the wave-like blue sky and red flags on the ground. These people who usually cower and swallow in front of white people
At this time, the overseas Chinese kept waving the small national flags in their hands and cheered almost crazily towards the fleet entering the port.
"Warships our warships"
"This is our own warship. Our warship has finally arrived."
The faces of countless Chinese were shining with crystal tears. They left their hometowns and came to Nanyang. They suffered a lot and were blinded. Slavery, massacre and exploitation continued to come to them. Their tears that had dried up were now gushing out like fountains.
come out.
After the "July 7th Incident", the Chinese in Indonesia raised hundreds of millions of dollars and donated hundreds of cars to the National Government at that time. Thousands of overseas Chinese from Southeast Asia resolutely returned to China to join the anti-Japanese battlefield. It was because of them
Knowing that only when the motherland is strong can overseas wanderers like them raise their heads in front of foreigners, now their motherland has finally sent a large warship to support them.
But the Dutch, who usually showed off their power in normal times, could only look at these almost crazy Chinese with surprised and angry eyes. They seemed to have vaguely understood that their good days were about to pass.