() After designing the plan, the federal landing force mobilized 3,000 people from Kalimantan and Sulawesi to form the force that landed on Sumatra. However, only 4,000 people were left in total on the two islands.
In fact, there is nothing to garrison. The locals are very tame. In these days, it is not people who cause limited casualties to the federal army, but the various animals and insects that appear in the jungle. The destructive power of those highly poisonous mosquitoes is far away.
Far more than the locals.
At the end of February, the federal landing fleet appeared outside the port of Bandar Lampung in southern Sumatra. After a brief shelling, 1,500 Mountain Division soldiers boarded the port and occupied this important port. The remaining
1,500 Mountain Division soldiers, escorted by 2 destroyers and 1 heavy cruiser, took troop transports and entered the lower reaches of the Musi River to attack Palembang City, another large port on Sumatra Island.
The federal soldiers, who had not encountered resistance for a long time, finally encountered strong resistance from the Dutch garrison here. More than 1,000 Dutch troops used the rivers scattered throughout Palembang as cover, causing some casualties to the landing troops.
However, the Dutch defenders, who lacked heavy artillery, soon suffered more than half of their casualties after the heavy cruisers and destroyers began to fire. Coupled with the assault of the mountain division's armored vehicles and the heavy machine gun fire, these very brave soldiers finally succeeded in the second battle.
Tian was surrounded in a swamp east of Palembang City and was forced to raise a white flag.
After capturing the two important ports of Bandar Lampung and Palembang, the landing force continued to use the "port jumping" tactic. After leaving a small number of troops to occupy the city, all the soldiers boarded the troop transport ship and, escorted by warships, headed towards
Proceed to the next target port.
On the 6th day of the attack on Sumatra, the landing force had successively occupied Banda Lampung, Palembang, Jambi City, Bengkulu City and Badong City, and almost occupied more than half of Sumatra Island. However, due to the excessive dispersion of troops, this
The landing operation was suspended and could not continue until follow-up troops arrived.
Regarding the South China Sea Federation's sudden landing on Sumatra Island, the British troops stationed on the Malay Peninsula across the strait were very nervous. Their patrol boats had been following the landing fleet from a distance, and they were always on guard against the federal army's raid on the Malay Peninsula.
Moreover, the British government, which was deeply involved in the European War, also protested against the South China Sea Federation, saying that the South China Sea Federation had destroyed the peace and stability of the Malacca Strait and had an impact on British business in the area, and asked the federal government to stop this
an act of aggression.
This was the strongest protest from a third country that the Federation had received since the war between the South China Sea Federation and the Dutch government began. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs was also a little worried, so it forwarded the telegram to Liu Fu. Liu Fu took a brief look at it and sent the telegram
He threw it aside and called in officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and asked them to reply to the British government in the name of the Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Fu, just say that this is protecting the expatriates of his own country. It has nothing to do with the peace and stability of the Malacca Strait, let alone aggression, because the federal army is not occupying Dutch territory. As for overseas colonies, Liu Fu asked the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to help the British
Write a sentence in fu's reply: The South China Sea Federation has declared war with the Dutch government, and all Dutch territories are targets of attack by the South China Sea Federation. And clearly tell the British government.
Fu, if you want to maintain peace and stability in the Strait of Malacca, it is better to cooperate with the South China Sea Federation, which is safer.
Shortly after the Ministry of Foreign Affairs sent this telegram, Liu Fu received a private telegram from British King George V. In the telegram, George V recalled the original interaction between the two people and expressed his disapproval of the war between the South China Sea Federation and the Dutch government.
Very concerned.
Liu Fu admired George V very much. As the king of a country, he was fully qualified and outstanding. During this European War, he not only sent his two sons to the army as soldiers.
, and at the beginning of the year, he changed his surname "Sachs Coburg", which obviously has German ancestors, to "Windsor" to show the British people that although he has German ancestry, he is still British.
king.
Regarding George V's private telegram, Liu Fu's reply was relatively mild. He only criticized the Dutch's anti-Chinese policy, and attributed the war to the punishment of the Dutch government, and expressed his willingness to
Work with the British government to safeguard peace and stability in the Strait of Malacca and the Far East.
I don’t know whether it was the tough telegram from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs or Liu Fu’s gentle telegram that had an effect. Anyway, the British turned around and fought with the Germans and stopped quarreling with the South China Sea Federation on this issue.
With the arrival of 10,000 soldiers transferred from Taiwan to Kalimantan, the federal army resumed its offensive on Sumatra, and within the next nine days, they successively occupied Medan, Simawi, and Bandakiya in northern Sumatra.
, Shiwuya and other places, completely occupied Sumatra
Island. At this point, the first part of the battle is basically over. The next step is for the local garrison to carefully clean up the surrounding areas of the occupied area, and to cooperate with federal officials to restore the management of various ports and cities. This work is trivial.
It's too complicated, so I won't go into detail.
After the federal army occupied Sumatra, Liu Fu used newspapers, radio and businessmen traveling across the federation to issue a call to Chinese people all over the world: Chinese people living all over the world are welcome to settle and live in the South China Sea Federation.
And the federal government will protect their personal and property safety.
Liu Fu had no choice but to issue such a public call. As more and more places were occupied and there were more and more foreign residents, the proportion of Chinese people seemed a bit small, although the South China Sea Federation did not have a racial policy.
, but it is still in the integration stage after all. If the number of Chinese as the main body is too small, it will be very troublesome. As a last resort, Liu Fu could only issue a call to Chinese people all over the world and ask for their help.
Soon after Liu Fu's call was issued, he received a response. First, the Chinese living on the West Coast of the United States passed the permanent "Chinese Exclusion Act" in 1902. Life became increasingly difficult, and in subsequent trips to
Nearly half of the Chinese immigrants in the United States have been expelled or repatriated. A large number of these people are relatives and friends of Chinese who have immigrated to the United States in the early years.
In the past, the Chinese on the West Coast of the United States could only endure it, because from the American government to the American people, they had a discriminatory attitude towards the local Chinese. They believed that these Chinese had taken away their jobs and brought unhygienic habits to the local people.
White people caused a lot of trouble.
Now, another Chinese country has appeared in Southeast Asia, and this country is no stranger to everyone, because many years ago, the United States has begun to sell some products from this country. Now, it just changed its name, and its size is still the same.
Even bigger.
Those Chinese who were not living a satisfactory life in the United States and those who planned to go to the United States but were unable to obtain legal status began to try to go to this new Chinese country, the South China Sea Federation.
Starting from May 1917, the South China Sea Federation welcomed the first wave of Chinese immigrants. In June, the immigration stations in Keelung and Tamsui received more than 1,200 Chinese, and most of them came from the west coast of the United States.
They came on flights of Helena Shipping Company, and a small number of them were smuggled directly from the mainland. Due to the conflicts between the South China Sea Federation and the Republic of China,
Fujian and Guangdong have not yet formally established diplomatic relations, so there are no official shipping routes between the two countries. However, some non-governmental exchanges have not been hindered, especially some fishermen and maritime merchants on the coasts of Fujian and Guangdong. They purchase large quantities of goods from Taiwan through smuggling.
, and then return to the mainland for sale. This method has become the main commodity circulation method for the South China Sea Federation and the Republic of China in the past few years.
In order to prevent immigrants from being too concentrated on Taiwan Island, the South China Sea Federation has issued an immigration announcement to inform overseas Chinese who want to immigrate to the Federation that if they enter the Federation from Da Nang, Manila, Palembang and other places, they will receive part of the government.
Subsidies and better government preferential policies will be provided. For those who land on the island of Taiwan, these subsidies and preferential policies will be reduced accordingly.
