With the arrival of such a huge fleet, it was impossible for Tacoma, as the host, not to show up. When Zheng Xin and a group of senior navy generals disembarked, Tacoma also came forward with several Dutch officers.
"Welcome, friends who have come from afar. I am Takma, the Governor-General of the Netherlands in Indonesia. On behalf of our Dutch royal family and the more than 6,000 Dutch troops stationed in Indonesia, I welcome your call." Although my teeth were itching with hatred,
But Tacoma still maintained the last trace of his grace, but there was still a hidden meaning in his words. The Netherlands still has a garrison of more than 6,000 people here, and they are not soft persimmons that you can manipulate at will.
When a translator beside Takma stumbledly translated Takma's words into Chinese, Zheng Xin seemed to not understand what the other person meant and just said lightly: "Thank you for your enthusiasm. Your country's enthusiasm is ours."
I already saw it outside the port just now, but I still thank you for your warm hospitality. I am Zheng Xin, commander of the South China Sea Fleet of the Republic of China."
Ren Ran, who was standing behind Zheng Xin, was not as well-educated as Zheng Xin. He couldn't help but interjected: "I didn't expect that your country still has such a powerful armed force in its overseas colonies. This really makes us feel...
What a surprise, did this armed force only come to Indonesia after May last year?"
As soon as Ren Ran said this, the faces of the Tacoma side suddenly changed. Ren Ran's words were clearly mocking their troops who were driven to Indonesia from their homeland by the Germans, and there was even more of a hidden layer in it.
Irony, you slaves who have lost your homeland, what qualifications do you have to show off to me here?
No matter how good Tak Ma's self-restraint was, his face would turn green and red after being slapped so openly, but in the end he still held back the anger.
But unfortunately, Takma's ability to endure anger is good, but that doesn't mean that others can be like him.
"You stupid yellow-skinned monkeys, how dare you mock our great Dutch soldiers? Didn't you almost have your country destroyed by Japan? What right do you have to mock us?" Major Usko, Tacoma's adjutant
I couldn't help it anymore and jumped out.
"Oh" Ren Ran's eyes narrowed and he said coldly: "Can I understand it this way? You are openly mocking our country and our army."
"I'm sorry, Your Excellency General." Seeing that something was going wrong, Tacoma quickly stepped forward and stopped in front of Usco to apologize to Zheng Xin. "I'm really sorry. I apologize for my adjutant's unreasonable behavior towards you. His recent mood
It’s not easy to speak without restraint, I hope you won’t be offended.”
"Hey, it's easy to talk." Zheng Xin also smiled coldly: "If you have anything to say, we can talk about it later."
"Of course, of course." Takma, who was sweating from behind, finally breathed a sigh of relief, turned around and glared at his adjutant, and then continued to talk to Zheng Xin. It was surprising that Takma was so tolerant.
Zheng Xin and the generals behind him felt a little surprised. At the same time, they also saw the simplest truth, that is, in the interactions between countries, as long as your fist is big enough, then what you say is the truth, even if
It can also become true if it is wrong.
At this time, the Marines on the troop carrier also began to disembark one after another. Different from the heroic and elegant demeanor of the sailors on the warship, the Marines who relied on fighting the enemy face to face in combat showed more
More of a kind of toughness and strength. When groups of fully armed marines wearing marine training uniforms stepped onto the pier and lined up in square formations under the loud command, the mighty and majestic soldiers
In an instant, the overseas Chinese on the pier started shouting even more crazily.
Different from the crazy screams of the overseas Chinese, Shitakuma and the others began to darken when they saw this. It was less than an hour before they walked away from the eight troop carriers docked on the long pier.
There are at least seven or eight thousand soldiers who have come down, and the number is still increasing. What makes them even more frightened is that several troop transport ships have begun to hang iron lumps from the dock. After a closer look, it turns out that there are
It's a tank. What do these bastards want to do? Don't they know that unloading heavy equipment without the host's permission is a naked contempt for the host?
"Look right and look forward"
"stand at attention"
"Wow"
Both the Dutch and the overseas Chinese who were standing by to welcome the troops from the motherland had to admit that the sound made when thousands of pairs of heels came together was so shocking.
As if she saw the uneasiness in the eyes of the Dutch people opposite, Zheng Xin smiled lightly and said: "Governor Tacoma, the reason why we brought so many marines here is to ensure the safety of us and the expatriates here, because in
We heard before we came here that our compatriots were being treated unfairly here, so it never hurts to bring a few more people with us."
"Your behavior is blackmail and a naked threat." After hearing Zheng Xin's words, Takma finally couldn't bear it any longer, and the resentment he had accumulated for a long time suddenly burst out, "General, please pay attention to your wording.
, although we have lost our homeland, this is still our colony, and our Dutch government still has the right to rule here. Please remember that you are guests, and we are the masters here."
"Soon you won't be anymore." Zheng Xin dropped these words coldly and walked forward first.
When he saw groups of Marines either on foot, or in trucks and armored vehicles that had just been lifted off the ship, Tacoma finally panicked and stopped Zheng Xin.
He asked with a somewhat panicked tone: "General Zheng, what exactly do you want to do?"
Zheng Xin stopped, looked at the Western gentlemen in front of her who claimed to be civilized people, and said contemptuously: "You have occupied this land for too long. It's time to change the owner."
The more clearly she sees the faces of these Western bandits, the more Zheng Xin despises them. They obviously robbed the place with swords and guns, but they still put their own face on it, saying that they have sovereignty over this place. What a bitch.
Archway.
While Zheng Xin was talking to Tacoma, a group of Marines had surrounded Tacoma's officers, and their dark muzzles were pointed at them.
"This is aggression. I will sue you to Western countries." No matter how stupid Takma was at this time, he knew what the other party was going to do. He jumped up angrily, pointed at Zheng Xin and yelled curses.
Zheng Xin smiled faintly, stared at Tacoma and said bluntly: "Mr. Tacoma, Asia belongs to Asian people, and you Europeans don't need to worry about Asian things."
"You guys." Takma pointed at Zheng Xin and the others with trembling fingers, and was so angry that he couldn't speak.
"Bang bang!" Finally, a few Dutch soldiers who saw something was wrong took out their hands and tried to grab it, but they were knocked to the ground by snipers who had already been ambushing around and occupying the commanding heights.
"Mr. Tacoma, for the sake of your safety, you should order your soldiers to put down their weapons, otherwise we will not guarantee your safety." Ren Ran, who came up with the support of a group of soldiers, pointed the pistol in his hand clearly at the tower.
Kema and a dozen officers around him said, "In order to avoid unnecessary bloodshed and sacrifice, please quickly order your soldiers to surrender. You have no way to resist."
Looking at the Marine Corps soldiers who had surrounded the Dutch troops on the dock and the black muzzles of the Chinese tanks that had been activated and slowly dispersed around, Tuckerma's heart suddenly dropped.
Bottom. He stretched out his hand to suppress the adjutant and several officers of the Dutch Marine Corps who were still about to move behind him. He smiled bitterly and said to Zheng Xin: "You won this round, but I firmly believe that our great Dutch army will fight back."
of."
"Haha, I believe you will never have that chance, but before that, please give orders to the Dutch soldiers stationed in Surabaya. Don't make unnecessary resistance. It will only increase casualties." Zheng
Xin waved his hand lightly, and two soldiers immediately came up and took Takma down.
At this time, Tucker, Zheng Xin's behavior on the dock had been noticed by some Dutch soldiers. When they were about to react, they found that they had been surrounded by a group of Chinese marines, facing black holes of gunfire.
guns and tank guns, the Dutch raised their hands obediently and well.
Zheng Xin's series of actions were quickly noticed by the Chinese on the pier. Zhang Ziheng and a group of businessmen who were watching on the pier with a group of Chinese businessmen were also shocked after seeing this series of dazzling scenes.
stunned.
There was a trace of surprise and unconcealable surprise in Zhang Ziheng's expression. He took a long breath and said: "Sirabaya is going to change."
Yes, they expected it well. The weather in Surabaya soon changed, but not only the weather in Surabaya, but also the entire island of Java was about to change. At the same time that they controlled Governor Tacoma, from August 8
Forty thousand Marines filed out of a troop transport ship and quickly occupied the entire Surabaya and surrounded the Dutch Marine Corps station. Surrounded by tanks, artillery and heavy troops, more than four thousand Dutch Marines were very smart.
He put down his weapons and surrendered obediently.
At the same time, six Dutch destroyers and a 12,000-ton heavy cruiser "General Wood" docked at the dock were also quickly controlled by the Marines. In this way, Zheng Xin and the others only used
The situation in Surabaya was quickly controlled in half a day. The Dutch flag that had been flying over Surabaya for more than a hundred years was lowered and replaced by the Chinese government's blue sky and white sun and red flags on the ground.
News of the occupation of Surabaya quickly reached the ears of the British government. Officials from the Dutch government in exile in the UK immediately went to Churchill's Prime Minister's residence to demand that the British government come forward to uphold justice. The Dutch royal family also stepped up its efforts to negotiate with the British royal family.
exchanges, asking the royal family to put pressure on the British government to send troops to drive the Chinese out.
After receiving the news, Churchill summoned the Chinese Ambassador to the UK Zhao Zhengyang overnight and lodged a serious protest with him. Churchill was indeed very angry at first. The Chinese government's actions this time worried the British government. After all, the British also had military forces in Nanyang.
In many colonies, if the Chinese government follows the same pattern again, Singapore or Malaysia may be the next place.
No. 10 Downing Street, the Prime Minister's Official Residence. "Well, what does this mean?" Churchill asked indifferently after flipping through the list.
"Our president expressed his admiration for your country's heroic resistance to the German invaders and his sympathy for the suffering of your people. Therefore, he ordered the three newly built destroyers and fifty new Spitfire fighter planes to be deployed.
I will give it to your country to express my admiration for your people." Zhao Zhengyang said unhurriedly, with a professional smile on his face.
Although Churchill was very annoyed by the actions of the Chinese government, in the face of the increasingly rampant German submarines and the constant reports of ship losses, Churchill also felt more and more that the maritime transportation power of the British Empire was becoming increasingly exhausted, so he
At the same time, the British escort force was becoming more and more tense, which made Churchill increasingly feel that it was unsustainable. Now the gifts of three destroyers and fifty Spitfire fighter jets sent to the door by the Chinese government were really great.
It was hard to refuse. For the British, this condition hit their Achilles heel.
"These damn Chinese people actually came up with such a list to seduce our great British Empire." Churchill cursed in his heart, and the hand holding the list was trembling slightly. Half an hour later, Zhao Zhengyang came out from Churchill with a smile on his face.
walked out of the office.
The streets of Surabaya do not see the kind of crowded, noisy and vitality that is unique to colonial port cities. All the sailors who came ashore saw are the familiar Chinese-style buildings. The surrounding streets are full of various shops. Look at the signboards.
Most of them are written in Chinese and Dutch, and the doors and windows of most buildings on both sides of the street are decorated with the familiar and familiar national flag of blue sky, white sun and red ground.
The arrogant colonial policemen in the past who were dressed in gray and black police uniforms and were staffed by local indigenous people were no longer as arrogant as they used to be. When they saw the Chinese on the road, their faces even showed humility that they had never seen before.
The monkey-like natives' eyes seemed to be a little flinching, especially when they saw the burly sailors wearing sailor uniforms. They all shrank aside in fear, and the viciousness in their eyes was completely gone.
But occasionally there is a subtle hint of sinisterness between the eyebrows.
In this city full of warm atmosphere, you will often see Chinese Marines and sailors in twos and threes walking on the street wearing ocean-colored training uniforms. They are full of curiosity about everything here.
"Uncle, how much does this thing cost?"
"If you don't have money, just take it if you like it." The overseas Chinese love and welcome the soldiers from their hometowns from the bottom of their hearts.
"That's not okay. Our army has regulations that you must pay for things you buy. Here are two gold yuan coupons. Please keep them." The soldiers threw down the money and ran away without looking back, leaving only smiling faces behind.
laughter.
In the former Dutch Governor's Palace in Surabaya, Zheng Xin was discussing with several generals how to complete this secret mission.
"Everyone, those Indonesian monkeys are as good as grandchildren these days. We really can't find a reason to attack them." Ren Ran touched his head and said with some amusement.
"Huh, if there is no excuse, we will make one. It's hard to find other things. Why can't we find an excuse?" Zheng Xin sneered, "Tomorrow we will put up a notice. Starting from next month, all Indonesian people's tax rates will be reduced."
The tax rate will be increased to the same level as that of the Chinese, while the tax rate for all Chinese will be reduced to the original level of Indonesians. Anyone who does not pay will be arrested for tax resistance and sent to the rubber plantations to work as coolies."
"This..." As soon as Zheng Xin's words came out, a thin layer of sweat broke out on everyone's forehead, and the tax rates for Indonesians and Chinese fell all at once. If the Indonesian natives didn't make a fuss like this, it would be really embarrassing.
That’s right.
"How about this? Isn't this a good method? As long as those Indonesian natives make trouble, we can justifiably attack them." Zheng Xin asked.
"The method is good, but who will carry out this task?" Several generals next to him were hesitant. After all, not everyone can do such a thing as massacre.
"Leave this task to us." A rough voice sounded at the door, and everyone looked at a dark-faced major general wearing a black training uniform with a gold star hanging on his shoulder.
At the door, he was Tieniu, the head of the presidential palace security regiment under the direct command of Su Tong.
"Major General Tie, do you really want to carry out this mission?" Zheng Xin asked seriously.
"If I hadn't carried out this task, the president would not have sent us here specially, and I also think that no one is more suitable to carry out this task than us." Tieniu's voice that has never changed seems to be like
It seems to be talking about a trivial thing
Today, people in Surabaya City are all excited. The streets and alleys are all talking about the new tax rate. Those Indonesians who have always been lazy suddenly find that their tax rate has increased five times. Now they are all grabbing
Going crazy, countless Indonesians spontaneously gathered and walked to the Government House to protest against the discriminatory policies of the Chinese against them.
At first, no one came out to pay attention to the Governor's Mansion. The Marines standing in front of the door ignored the Indonesians in front of them and just drew a cordon in front. Dozens of soldiers held
Gun stood inside the cordon and looked coldly at these dancing Indonesian natives.
On the second day, more and more emboldened Indonesian natives gathered. Tens of thousands of people flocked to the Governor's Palace, and tens of thousands of Indonesians ran to the streets to demonstrate. As the protests
As the incident continued, the Indonesian natives became more and more agitated. They began to smash, smash, and rob Chinese shops on the streets. However, their emotions were already controlled by anger and they did not think about why all the Chinese on the streets were missing. Finally,
Chaos finally began as a Chinese shop was set on fire