Johnson put his arm around Anthony Brook's shoulders and shook him: "Hey, Anthony, don't be like this, be happy, at least you are still the king."
Anthony grinned again and said in a dry voice: "Um...thank you~"
Johnson laughed loudly, then turned to look at Eagle next to him: "Look, he's so embarrassed to thank us." Du Fei also understood Johnson's meaning through the spiritual connection with Eagle, and couldn't help but smile.
At this moment, a soldier trotted in from outside: "Report, Mr. Stanmeier has occupied the radio station, newspaper office, and train station according to the planned plan..."
As he announced a place name, Anthony's face turned pale. When the soldier finished speaking, he knew it was over.
He and the entire city of Kuching fell completely into Johnson's hands.
Anthony took a deep breath, dismissed the last thought in his heart, and said as calmly as possible: "Johnson, what exactly do you want to do? I can cooperate, anything is fine, but... please don't hurt my family."
But Johnson curled his lips and said: "Family? Is it from here, or is it the one you hid outside?" Anthony's face changed, and he became more frightened: "You...you..."
He didn't expect that Johnson actually knew about his illegitimate son who was hiding outside, and that was his only son so far.
Johnson said: "Don't get excited, we are friends."
Anthony was completely discouraged this time and begged: "Please, I can listen to you! Please..."
Johnson laughed loudly: "Then give the order to the frontline troops and have them all retreat to the north bank and accept my command."
Anthony nodded immediately.
In fact, even without Johnson, he has been planning to escape these days.
Pu Zhe and Cui Shanyong's attack was too fierce. It was obvious that the defenders could not withstand it with the little they had on hand, and their request for help from Kuala Lumpur was delayed.
Now that Johnson is here, if he just wants to take over Kuching City, it is actually not unacceptable to him. He is afraid, but more importantly, he is worried that Johnson will overturn him without any explanation.
After all, "Crazy JJ" has long been famous in recent years... At the same time, in Pu Zhe's temporary headquarters.
Hearing the report from the front, both Pu Zhe and Cui Shanyong frowned. "You said, the enemy took the initiative to retreat?" Cui Shanyong confirmed again.
The soldier reporting the report nodded: "It is now confirmed that the three troops that had exchanged fire with us have retreated to the north bank of the Sarawak River."
Pu Zhe frowned and said: "Where is Li Zaixi's front? Has it been withdrawn too?"
The soldier said: "Report, we have also retreated. According to your previous order, Battalion Commander Li is leading people to pursue. But..."
Pu Zhe frowned: "But what?"
The soldier said: "The other party blew up the bridge on the main river when they retreated, and Battalion Commander Li's pursuit was blocked." Pu Zhe and Cui Shanyong looked at each other, and both could see the other's doubts.
It stands to reason that if the enemy comes with reinforcements, not to mention immediately deploying a counterattack, at least they will not run away~
Thinking about the sudden sound of gunfire on the north bank before, Pu Zhe was even more certain that there must be an unexpected situation on the other side. But what the specific situation was, it was hard to say for the time being.
After thinking for a while, he said: "Tell Li Zaixi to stop the pursuit, defend on the spot, and wait until daybreak." The soldier who reported the report went out and looked at Cui Shanyong again: "Old Cui, what do you think?"
Cui Shanyong pondered slightly and said: "Internal strife! Those international mercenaries are not easy to handle. The burst of gunfire just now is probably because they took advantage of the emptiness behind the enemy to take over the palace in Kuching."
Pu Zhe frowned and said, "Dove occupying the magpie's nest?" Cui Shanyong nodded.
Pu Zhe covered his face gloomily and kept thinking in his mind.
With the intervention of a new force, the situation in Kuching and Sarawak will undoubtedly become more complicated.
Previously, due to the enemy's fighting strength, he had the feeling that he could destroy everything with the more than 3,000 people in his hands.
Now you need to clear your mind.
Pu Zhe believed that the mercenaries of the Slater family were definitely not as good as his own soldiers.
But based on their equipment, training level, and combat experience, they cannot be as rubbish as the local defenders in Kuching. The most important thing is that the enemy is outnumbered and the situation is unclear.
Pu Zhe's purpose of coming out this time was not only to fight, but to train his team and select talents.
Therefore, these people he brought out were very precious. They were beaten hard, fought to the death, and piled up with human lives. Victory is meaningless...
The next morning.
Du Fei opened his eyes and got up from the hotel bed.
Last night, Johnson occupied the palace and used Anthony's words to order the Kuching garrison on the front line to retreat, and the fighting in the city stopped.
There were only a few sporadic gunshots in the rest of the night.
A situation was formed across the river, with Pu Zhe and Cui Shanyong in the south, and Johnson in the north. However, due to the strength of the troops on both sides, the situation was not stable.
After all, Kuching is a city with a population of hundreds of thousands, and a few thousand people can only occupy some important strongholds.
Although Johnson had 2,000 more men, he had to defend against the local garrison in Kuching, which made him even more stretched. Until daybreak, both sides had a tacit understanding and no more fierce fighting broke out.
Du Fei stretched his waist, and suddenly there was a rumbling sound from outside. He got up and went to the window, opened the curtains and took a look.
On the stone street below, a dark green tank was slowly passing by. There were four or five soldiers in camouflage uniforms sitting on the tank.
Followed by two jeeps with machine guns. The Qifu tank weighed more than fifty tons.
Driving slowly past, I don’t know how many years of paving the stone road have been crushed.
On both sides of the street, the shops on the first floor were closed, and many people upstairs were hiding behind the curtains and looking out.
After a while, the patrol convoy drove away.
Du Fei withdrew his gaze, took out a cigarette and stuffed it inside, then raised his head and looked in the direction of the palace. From this place, he could barely see half of the golden dome.
Under the dome, it was originally the king's office belonging to Antony.
Johnson was leaning on the large gilded chair, with his feet propped on the luxurious desk in front of him, and was listening to Steinmeier's report.
Now the entire city of Kuching has been divided into two parts, the north and the south. The two sides have reached a certain tacit understanding with the Sarawak River as the boundary, and there was no exchange of fire after dawn.
In comparison, Johnson's situation seems to be better.
Firstly, he had more troops, and secondly, after capturing the palace, Anthony's cooperation allowed Johnson's men to successfully take over the command.
Most of the soldiers didn't know what happened. Some mid-level and senior officers might have guessed it, but after seeing the king's order and those ferocious mercenaries, they wisely chose to play dumb.
After all, the king has surrendered, what else can they do as workers, and really die in return?
What a joke, they just use money to support their families, let alone a white king. In this way, a strange peace was maintained in the city of Kuching for the whole day.
However, Du Fei did not expect it.
At night, Wang Dewang actually brought him unexpected news. Johnson actually wanted to talk to him!
It can be said that this news reached Du Fei after many twists and turns. First, Johnson found Zhou Peng through his connections in Xiangjiang.
But Zhou Peng couldn't contact Du Fei directly, so he found Director Liao instead.
Director Liao then contacted the Malay comrades and finally found team leader Gao. Only then did Wang Dewang inform Du Fei.
Du Fei took a note from Wang Dewang and couldn't help frowning. This was the phone number left by Johnson, asking Du Fei to call him.
Let Wang Dewang go back first.
Du Fei took the note and looked at the phone number on it, then turned to the window again and looked at the palace dome, which was only half exposed.
What kind of medicine is this Johnson selling in his gourd?
At this time, even though Du Fei is a time traveler, he cannot control everything.
After standing quietly for a moment, Du Fei turned back to the phone, reached out to pick up the receiver, and dialed the number. "··············
The phone rang twice and was picked up.
"Mr. Johnson Slater, I'm Du Fei." Du Fei said expressionlessly.
The other side laughed loudly: "Hello, Du, just call me Johnson. It's an honor to talk to you." Du Fei didn't say any greetings, but said straightforwardly: "What do you want from me?"
Johnson said: "Don't be like this, we are not enemies?"
Du Fei smiled playfully:
"It is not the behavior of a nobleman to do one thing in front of others and another behind his back. I have heard that you have often declared that you want to kill me to avenge Thor."
Johnson said nonchalantly: "It's just talk. Don't you always talk about destroying those damn rednecks? To be fair, do you really think you can do it?"
Du Fei said: "Of course, we Huaxia people never talk empty words."
Johnson choked and couldn't laugh or cry for a moment, but he didn't get angry. Instead, he laughed: "Du, I've known for a long time that you are an interesting person. As for Saul, don't pay attention, it's just saying. If I didn't guess,
Wrong, that stupid woman Winnie told you, right?"
Du Fei did not hide anything: "Yes, Ms. Slater made an appointment with me in Hong Kong not long ago."
Johnson sneered: "That self-righteous woman only plays tricks, thinking that she is the smartest in the world and everyone else is a fool."
Du Fei had no answer.
Johnson didn't talk nonsense anymore. After complaining about Winnie, he calmly said: "Du, let's not discuss other things first. I have a business here. I wonder if you are interested?"
Du Fei's eyes narrowed and he asked: "What business?"
Johnson said: "How about an arms deal worth thirty million dollars?"
Du Fei frowned: "A Yingguo noble wants to buy weapons from me? Today shouldn't be April 1st~"
Johnson smiled and said: "Of course it's not April Fool's Day, and I'm not kidding. How about thirty million dollars in cash? Du Fei was silent for a moment, thinking quickly about what Johnson meant.
Does he really want to buy equipment, or is there some other conspiracy? Or is it a delaying tactic? But if it is a conspiracy or a delaying tactic, what is his purpose?
Now Johnson has successfully captured half of Kuching City and captured the original king.
As long as he continues to use the banner of the king and slowly pushes back the Kuomintang army in the south, there will be enough time to digest Sarawak's territory.
As for equipment supplies, Du Fei didn't believe that he had no other channels.
You know, Vietnam is not far from here. A little leakage from the US military logistics office there is enough. There is also South Vietnam. Even Lou Hongyi can produce more than a hundred sets of red-eye anti-aircraft missiles as long as he has money.
But Johnson wanted to discuss business with Du Fei...
However, Du Fei didn't take it too seriously. There was no reason not to make money from the money delivered to his door. After the two parties talked about some things, they finally put down the phone.
Du Fei couldn't help but come to the window again and look in the direction of the palace.
Through the conversation just now, it can be determined that Johnson must have been subject to some kind of restrictions, which prevented him from obtaining weapons and equipment from the usual channels, so he found Du Fei. Because as I just briefly mentioned, Johnson was quite sincere.
It was very clear what I wanted to buy, and I didn't fuss over the price.
He only made one request, hoping that Du Fei could contact Ge Mingjun in Pontianak. Du Fei thought about it, simply called Wang Dewang, and walked straight south from the hotel.
The water surface of the Sarawak River is very wide. Because both sides have limited manpower, the defenses on the river banks are not tight, and only defenders are left at a few important bridgeheads.
So Du Fei and Wang Dewang took a boat to cross the river without too much trouble.
I found a nearby stronghold of Ge Mingjun. There were people here who could speak Chinese. Soon Pu Zhe received news that Du Fei was coming.
Pu Zhe and Cui Shanyong were a little surprised. They didn't expect Du Fei to be here.
Du Fei returned to Kalimantan under the pseudonym Huang Minzhong without notifying them. When they arrived at the temporary headquarters, Pu Zhe immediately asked what was going on.
He knew that Du Fei's secret return would never be without purpose. Du Fei explained the situation at hand.
Finally, when it came to Johnson's attitude, both Park Zhe and Cui Shanyong frowned.
The main reason is that the Yingguo people have been troublemakers for hundreds of years. When it comes to their credibility... I can only say a word. Pu Zhe said: "Lao Du, what kind of medicine do you think this Johnson is selling in his gourd?
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"It's really hard to say." Du Fei shook his head slowly, then asked: "By the way, how is the situation here?
Pu Zhe said: "The four counties close to us should be able to be occupied. The others...it's hard to say. After all, they are too close to Kuching and the other party cannot give up."
Du Fei nodded. At least Pu Zhe's mind was clear and he was not dazzled by the victory. At the same time, Pu Zhe showed Du Fei the first message from Lin Tiansheng last night. Two telegrams. Du Fei asked: "What are your plans..."
Pu Zhe was a little helpless.
Originally, he planned to meet the other party first, but he did not expect that Johnson's mine protection team and mercenaries did not advance at all.
Under such circumstances, once he takes the initiative to cross the river, he must focus on a few bridges that have not been destroyed. By then, he will inevitably be exposed to enemy artillery fire.
Although Pu Zhe is high-spirited, he will not let his subordinates die in vain. "Withdraw~"
Pu Zhe finally squeezed out a word through his teeth. But he did not lose in this battle.
There are several banks on the south bank of Kuching City, as well as many factories and warehouses. Now that we are here this time, we cannot leave empty-handed.
Take everything you can
On the other side, inside the royal palace in Kuching City.
After talking to Du Fei just now, Johnson put down the phone, the smile on his face faded, and he breathed a sigh of relief. In fact, he was far from as confident and relaxed as he looked.
Lin Tiansheng and Pu Zhe overestimated the combat effectiveness of the Kuching garrison, and Johnson also did not expect them to pull their hips so hard. He originally thought that the Kuching garrison could at least keep the Kuching Army at bay on the outskirts of the city.
Unexpectedly, when he occupied the palace and captured Anthony and his gang, the entire south bank of the Sarawak River was lost. This was not good news for him.
Capturing the city of Kuching was only the first step of his plan.
One city cannot satisfy his appetite. What he wants is the entire kingdom of Sarawak. Therefore, after completing the first step of the plan, it must spread outward as quickly as possible.
Otherwise, it would be a big trouble if Kuala Lumpur reacts, or if the Kuala Lumpur side intervenes. After all, this was originally a British colony.
Later, it was also the British who forcibly kneaded the Malay Peninsula and Sarawak into one country.
Johnson's plan is obviously contrary to the ideas of the big shots in Hongdun. He must quickly achieve the established facts in order to gain the acquiescence of some people.
Otherwise, whatever he eats now, he will have to spit it out in the future.
That's why he was in a hurry to contact Du Fei because he didn't want to waste time getting entangled with Pontianak. He even didn't hesitate to offer a weapons order of 30 million US dollars.
They just hope that through Du Fei's influence, they can reach a settlement as soon as possible and free up their troops to go abroad. Johnson couldn't help but look at the calendar card on the table.
He drew eleven circles on the March date above with a red pen. The Marquis of Icazar in the House of Lords promised to help him get a month.
No matter what he does in Kalimantan during this month, he will not be obstructed or reprimanded by Huandun. And the date with the first red circle on the calendar is the date when Du Fei and Winnie met.
That day...
Just at this moment, Steinmeier came in from the outside and said meticulously: "Your Excellency, Prime Minister, twenty minutes ago, the people who stayed on the south bank reported that the Pontianak Army was gathering to retreat..."
A few hours ago, Anthony used the power of the king to appoint Johnson as the prime minister of the Kingdom of Sarawak.
Although Johnson can still command his men for the time being, plus a few officials from the Antony faction. But at least nominally, he has become the second most powerful person in Sarawak after Antony.
Johnson smiled and said: "It seems that our friend is moving very fast." After saying that, he looked at Eagle: "Igor, you are ready to set off early tomorrow morning at the latest, and lead your mercenary group to attack as quickly as possible."
Arrive at Bandar Seri Bega City in the east. If you encounter any resistance on the way, you will be killed without mercy!"
Eagle's face was expressionless, and he bowed and agreed.
Although it was more beneficial to Du Fei for him to stay with Johnson, he had no excuse or reason to refuse. In this case, he could only follow orders.
Johnson stood up with satisfaction and patted Igor on the shoulder: "It's up to you this time! Don't let me down." "Yes, sir~" Igor bowed again.
At the same time, far away in Xiangjiang, Winnie was staying in the hotel suite.
Winnie, who had just returned from exercising in the gym, was about to take a shower when she received a phone call.
His face instantly darkened, and then he cursed without any concern for his image: "Damn it, now you tell me there's something wrong with the plane!... I won't listen to any explanation, Mr. Mortis... I don't care about you.
Do whatever you can to do, the plane must take off on time! Otherwise... I swear on the honor of the Slater family, the bodies of you and your family will be floating on the water of Victoria Bay tomorrow morning. Believe me, sir!"