Chapter 9 in Surap

"Beep..."

The whistle sounded. As the cruiser "Hirong" sailed into the sea area only kilometers away from the port of Surya, it sounded the whistle on the sea like a demonstration, and there were waves of excited shouts on the beach of Surabha. It was the overseas Chinese in Surabha City cheering for the warships coming to their country.

Overnight, the look of the Chinese, indigenous people and the Dutch changed on the streets of Suraphae. After the huge fleet, at least the huge Chinese fleet that the Surya Chinese had never seen before, sailed off the coast of Surap, after dozens of cannons were fired and a "appropriate artillery drill", the Dutch who once show off their power, He became humble overnight, and the once arrogant mayor made an appointment with the president and members of the Chinese Chamber of Commerce to discuss compensation.

As early as 18 days ago, almost when the Chinese fleet "visited" the Dutch East India, the Surabhai Police Department wanted to release the overseas Chinese they had arrested, but the vast majority of overseas Chinese stubbornly chose "justice comes back, and we will not go out of prison". Even at this time, in the prison in Surab, there are still as many as Nine hundred overseas Chinese.

And those indigenous people looked at the warships at the sea with a frightened and envious look. They were jealous of the Chinese. Similarly, some of them were worried about their fate. They understood that for the Dutch, those indigenous soldiers who shot could be abandoned. Fifteen days ago, two hundred and thirty-three Sixteen indigenous policemen and soldiers suspected of shooting and beating overseas Chinese were arrested and imprisoned, which was the governor's goodwill to the Chinese.

When people on the beach shouted, baskets of fresh fruits and vegetables, beef and sea fish were carried on more than a dozen small wooden boats. This was the overseas Chinese in Surabha to raise funds to buy supplies for labor. The excited overseas Chinese sailed and drove a wooden boat full of labor supplies to the fleet off the sea.

On the fourth day of the fleet's arrival in Surago, the overseas Chinese representatives finally contacted the fleet through the consul. The commander of the fleet agreed that they would go on the ship to comfort the sailors. Today is the day for the overseas Chinese representatives to visit the warship and comfort the sailors.

"This is the warship of the motherland!"

Looking at the majestic warships on the sea from afar and listening to the gunfire in the air, Xie's whole body was still in an inexplicable mood, which was a sense of belonging. When he was getting closer and closer to the warship, he saw the president of the city's Chinese Chamber of Commerce and the old people of those grandfathers on the ship. Finally, when they saw the golden emblem of the dragon ship shining in the sun on the bow on the warship, they all knelt down and began to kowtow to the warship.

"If you don't know how to be polite, why don't you kneel down!"

I don't know why Xie heard Grandpa's lecture and shouted, so he quickly knelt down. It was the royal emblem of the five-clawed golden dragon on the bow. For those overseas expatriates who are far away, when they see the emblem of the dragon ship, in addition to gratitude, it is more respect for the emperor. That kind of little people's respect for the emperor from the bones. Respect.

After respectfully following Grandpa's nine kowtows, the ship had leaned on the warship Zhenhai and raised his head. Xie just looked at a row of naval officers and soldiers in white military uniforms standing on the side of the ship.

All of them looked at the majestic warship and the mighty naval soldiers on the warship. At this moment, the eyes of overseas Chinese, whether old or young, flowed out. This was the first time in their lives that they saw a warship from the motherland. Their arrival was not for anything else, but for them who were bullied overseas. People's support.

Countless times, when they are bullied, they always dream that when they need it, when they need it, the warships of the motherland are in front of their eyes, ringing grievances for them, and the warships use cannons to protect them. At this time, the scene in front of them is not Have there been countless dreams in their dreams?

Now the dream has finally become a reality, and they are no longer bullied by those foreign devils as in the past. And now the dreams that have been pursued by several generations seem to be getting closer and closer! Now whenever they mention the place of their ancestors, they are no longer as painful as they used to be, and tears of excitement and pride always gush out of their eyes.

When the overseas Chinese representatives stepped on the battleship Zhenhai trembling along the gangway, in the combat conference room of the flagship "Zhenhai", the captains of the fleet, the captains of the brigade and the chiefs of staff were having a meeting at this time. Liu Guanxiong, the commander of the fleet, arranged the battle sequence of the fleet.

"Gentlemen, please remember that we carry out Your Majesty's edict, so our personal opinion should stay. I will command the fleet according to the actual situation. According to Your Your Majesty's edict, after the British [***] ship arrives, we must not start the war lightly. If the Dutch on the shore provoke, we don't need to wait to enter. Step order, remember that the general order is that the Dutch don't fire, and we can't wait to fire. If the Dutch fires, we will completely blow up Suragius into ruins!"

After the traditional decree of His Majesty again, Liu Guanxiong glanced at the officers in front of him. As the Naval Staff speculated, after the fleet entered the Southern Ocean, the United Kingdom, the United States and France, which had colonial interests in the Southern Ocean, must take action. In addition to rejecting the Chinese fleet to enter the port, the three countries responded the fastest by the British sent warships to visit. Suring water.

"Do you have any questions?"

Shao Mingqiu, the commander of the Marine Corps Reading Brigade, asked.

"S sir, if the Netherlands fires, how should our land brigade deal with it!"

"According to direct instructions, the Marines can land in to attack Suras, and consider attacking other areas according to the development of the war, but further orders are required!"

"If my fleet fights back at the Dutch provocation, the British [***] ship fires at my ship, whether to fight back or not, please make it clear to the commander!"

Cheng Biguang suddenly asked that he was not worried about the Dutch's dilapidated coastal defense ships and cruisers, only the British [***] ships that were about to arrive in Suragoy.

"The first shot is not up to me. This is your majesty's decree! As soon as the British ship opened fire first, it quickly sank the other party with thunder!"

"I don't agree with this!"

Commander Li Dingxin of the cruiser fleet immediately expressed his opposition, and everyone looked at him one after another.

"Sir, if we sink the British ship, it will inevitably lead to British shock. Since Nelson, several countries have challenged the British navy. It is self-defense to sank the British ship with our fleet, but I'm afraid that sinking it will be in vain!"

"That's not possible. Let's stop there and wait for the British to fight!"

Tang Qianming said with a smile.

"Injure him, the British want to play the story, sink him, and the British have to play the story. It's also inevitable to cause trouble until late. It's better to sink him directly!"

"Sinking is simple, but what's next?"

Li Dingxin asked a rhetorical question, and then had a solemn expression.

"Therefore, the officer asked the commander's consent. If the British ship fires, please use the "comm" two ships' thick-headed armor as protection to directly hit the British ship. In this way, when negotiating with the British, our country can not fall behind and prevent the British from having an accident!"

There is no doubt that he put forward a relatively mature opinion that the impact is more stable than firing.

"Well, I will report this to the General Staff, but before further orders arrive, I hope you must abide by Your Majesty's decree!"

The task force meeting ended like this. Next, when the officers went to the deck to meet the overseas Chinese representatives, Liu Guanxiong and Cheng Biguang did not leave the conference room. After dozens of officers of the fleet left, there were only two of them left in the spacious conference room. The two of them did not meet the overseas Chinese representatives, but one person. There was a cigarette waiting there.

"The opera legal person will change, but if you want to become better, I'm afraid it will be difficult!"

Taking a sip of cigar, Liu Guanxiong took a look at the port of Surakase outside the porthole. In order to achieve the effect of intensifying and not to stimulate the other party at the same time, after arriving in Sura, the fleet did not directly enter the port, but moored in the sea for "artillery drills", which was to create a false appearance for the outside world, even together with the The "combat meeting" is different.

"Anyway, the British sent warships, didn't they?"

Cheng Biguang smiled, with some helplessness in his smile. The navy was preparing to fight here, but he never thought that the so-called war was just a name. At the time of Gengzi, the navy was "neutral to avoid war", and this time, the navy was "looking for trouble to avoid war".

"Only you and I know the intention of going south to the South Sea in the whole fleet. We have to stay here for a long time! I'm afraid it's not as easy as you and I thought. Let's stay here for one more day, the Dutch are more nervous, and the same British and Americans will react!"

"Yes! The instructions of the Ministry of the Navy are that you must not leave Surabaya during the negotiation. At present, the consul in Batavia is negotiating with the Governor of East India about the "visiting of our fleet". If negotiations are reached, we will start from Surabaya, open the warship and invite overseas Chinese representatives to visit the ship. In addition, you can also send officers to the Chinese school to give a speech, and even wait for the British [***] ship to come, and you can hook up with them. In short, you can stay as long as you can!"

Liu Guanxiong sighed helplessly and looked at the battleship Dinghai outside the port. Before the two warships returned to China, he had fantasized that after the two ships returned to China, they could protect the sea defense without worry, but what about now? The Chinese navy is still high or low, threatening the weak countries and guarding against the lack of the great powers.

"I don't want this anymore. Anyway, we're just here. Let's go! You and I still have to meet with overseas Chinese. According to your majesty's will, in the future, our navy will issue a special national defense bond in Nanyang, which is dedicated to naval construction. Shipyards, bases and warships need money. This money is all to the burden of the court. I don't know when it will be. If we go south this time, we can exchange tens of millions. The bonds are two cruisers!"

"Say this is far away, Hengqi, I always have a feeling that the "Yuan Hunting Project" should start soon!"

(to be continued)