The Rise of Manjianghong

Chapter 16 No need

In 1910, the Germans filled the town on the marshes of mangroves at the northern end of the new Pomerania in the Bismarck Islands and named it the town of Rabaul. In the local indigenous language, it means the mangrove of Kuuanua, the capital of German New Guinea, which is located on the volcanic ring of a large volcano. From time to time, Sanwu suffered damage caused by volcanic eruptions.

This is just a small tropical city. In addition to hundreds of German officials and military police, there are also some missionaries. To some extent, this equatorial town is calm and detailed, and even here has not been affected by the clouds of the European war. In Rabaul, German [***] police and British missionaries still maintain Get close.

On August 1, on the sea hundreds of nautical miles away from Rabaul, a small fleet of five warships and training ships parted ways on the sea. One of the training ship "Jiujiang" sailed straight to Rabaul. The "Jiujiang training ship" was built in the first year of the empire and was transformed by a 4,800-ton imperial merchant ship. As a naval training ship, there are only two 105mm naval guns and four 45mm anti-lightning craft machine guns on the ship. At most, a few machine guns and two single black-headed torpedo tubes are not simple.

Under the tropical sun, the deck of "Jiujiang" was hot, which made Wang Ping, who was wearing rubber shoes, even feel his feet burning. He watched the soldiers come out of the spacious cabin and stand on the deck like him. In two hours, he will arrive in Rabaul. All the sailors came out with rifles. Although they were still wearing white naval uniforms, two hours later, they were carrying out the tasks of the army or the marines.

Just after the shower, there was even hot steam on the deck under the tropical sun. The sailors and trainees stood on the deck with rifles, and each of them looked very excited.

"Gentlemen, this is a very important task!"

Wang Ping said calmly.

"But it's also a very simple task!"

Someone may not even be killed. The task is very simple. Fire a few shots, and then force less than a hundred Germans [***] people and police in Rabaul to surrender, and then raise the Chinese flag in the governor's palace.

"...Believe me, there have never been so few people in China's history, less than 200 people, who will open up hundreds of thousands of square kilometers of land for this country!"

The training is driving towards Rabaul in the southeast at a speed of ten nautical miles per hour. Soldiers with rifles were turning around on the deck, some humming military songs, some lying lazily, and some doing body. Although the weather is hot, morale is still high. At lunch, the soldiers were given beer to improve their mood.

The German [***] team is not terrible! The best army in the world is the [***] team!

"After our gunfire, there was not even a grass leaf,"

A gunner looked at the brothers who were preparing to fight on the deck and said.

"I'm sure I can make Rabaul without grass!"

"RaBaul,"

Second Lieutenant Fang Jing immediately corrected him.

"If it really blows up there, who is willing to immigrate here at that time?"

"That's right, that's right, right, to open up colonies for the empire, open up national living space, and take space overseas..."

Suimen and trainee officers and students said that ten years ago, the country was still struggling on the edge of life and death, but now, the country has begun to try to explore colonies overseas. The current war, for China, may catch up with " The last bus of "Dividing the World" is the last bus.

The last bus!

The sailors and officers held rifles or submachine guns and endured the fierce words above their heads. Their eyes looked in the direction of Rabaul. Today, the five warships of the First Training Fleet went to Emperor William's territory in Northern New Guinea, the Mariana Islands, the Marshall Islands and the Solomon Islands in five ways. He We will open up a territory of more than 220,000 square kilometers, and for the officers and students of the Naval Academy, what they see is another thing.

"But when we occupy German New Guinea, no matter what mineral resources there are or how many people can be colonized, just one..."

With his fingers stained with water, Fang Jing drew a simple Pacific Ocean on the deck.

"Anyway, the current situation in the Pacific Ocean is very clear. China or the United States. In the past, we only rented Yokosuka at the naval base facing the Pacific Ocean. Well, there is also Kochi Port on Shikoku Island, but the United States has Xia Weiyi. If there is a conflict between China and the United States, then we will have to In front of the door, the United States controls Xia Weiyi and the Philippines, which makes it impossible for us to compete with the United States for Pacific interests at all. But now, we have mastered the German colonies in the Pacific Ocean, which is basically equivalent to mastering the South Pacific Ocean, and cutting off the connection between the Philippines and Xia Weiyi..."

Fang Jing, who is studying in the staff department of the Naval Academy, has always been ahead of his classmates in strategic analysis. Almost as soon as he received the order, he realized that this was a complete reversal of China's current disadvantage in the Pacific Ocean.

"We can't fight with the Americans. We and the United States are in the Pacific Ocean..."

Without waiting for Lin Qing to finish his words, Fang Jing said sarcastically.

"We and Germany still have an evergreen friendship between China and Germany. There are only interests between countries. Now that Germany is trapped in the European war, Your Majesty has categorically ordered the occupation of German overseas colonies. What is the purpose? It's still an interest!"

Then he said seriously.

"Between countries, the first is interests, and the second is still interests. As for the rest, it is simply bullshit!"

"Boom..."

With the sound of a violent explosion, it returned to Bransch Bay on the Gasser Peninsula in the northern part of New Pomerania in German New Guinea. Rabaul, the capital of German New Guinea, was completely caught in a flame of war at this time. Although in fact, the shells from the sea were not dense, but for this population For a town with only a thousand people, the firepower on the sea can completely flatten the town.

"Mr. Governor, we must surrender to the Chinese!"

In the Governor's Palace, the only stone two-story European-style building in Rabaul, Major Lanchez, the commander of the German civil warfare garrior force, looked at Otto in front of him. Feng? Governor Heinrich said seriously.

"We only have one cannon, and it is still a field cannon. Even with armed overseas Chinese, there are less than 100 people, which can't stop the Chinese attack at all!"

As a Prussian officer, he certainly did not want to surrender to the Chinese like this, but he clearly knew the gap between the enemy and us, but he clearly knew what would happen if the battle went on. It would be a one-sided massacre.

"Has China declared war on Germany?"

Otto? Feng? Governor Heinrich asked back, but the answer was the other party's shaking of his head.

"Now we don't get any news at all. Our telegrams are all transferred from Australia. Now we don't know what's going on in Europe, and we don't know..."

While speaking, Governor Heinrich took a special look out of the window. From time to time, there were still explosions outside the window, but if you look carefully, you can find that most of the shelling of Chinese naval warships was concentrated "outside the city", and their shelling was more to deterrence than to destroy.

"As the governor of the German colony, at least I can't surrender until the Chinese land!"

Otto in the mouth? Feng? What Governor Heinrich said was awe-inspiring, but from the meaning of his words, Major Lanchez still heard the meaning of the governor's words. His meaning was very clear. He did not intend to make soldiers and people bleed for Rabaul, who was impossible to defend, but he would not stand up when the Chinese ultimatum was issued. Flag.

German New Guinea must be "occupied" by the military of the [[***] team, not by Otto after the ultimatum? Feng? Governor Heinrich ordered the white flag to be raised to the Chinese.

"Yes, sir!"

Lanchez, who knew his name, nodded and answered, "Hey..."

The armed sailors on the sang board, with the horns rowing the sang board, in front of the sang board, the machine gunners with light machine guns, looked at the shore warily. There were mostly coconut and coffee plantations along the coast, but there was no resistance at all. Even in the coconut forest on the shore, there was no trace of human activity at all.

"The Germans won't give up resistance!"

Looking at the shore with a telescope, Fang Jing did not find any place to hide.

"Didn't they refuse the ultimatum? How can you give up resistance?"

Isn't it? An hour ago, someone was sent to give them an ultimatum, but what's the result? They refused, and now the Germans didn't even shoot.

Finally, in everyone's puzzlement, the sang board leaned against the black beach, which was left by the volcanic eruption. He stepped on the beach of Rabaul and held a submachine gun. Fang Jing did not even hide, but directed his subordinates to march to Rabaul City.

After walking 100 meters, a sharp soldier suddenly shouted.

"I found it in front... They are holding a white flag!"

Following the direction of the sharp fingers, Fang Jing saw three Europeans, two soldiers and a missionary walking towards him, and one of the three was holding a white flag in his hand.

With a military salute to the second lieutenant in front of him, Lanchez introduced himself.

"Hello, Mr. Second Lieutenant, Lanchez, commander of the New Guinea Garrison of the German Empire!"

"Mr. Major, Second Lieutenant Fang Jing, a trainee of the Royal Guards Navy of the Chinese Empire!"

Returning to the military salute, Fang Jing looked at Lanchez in front of him. Except for the accessories, he did not carry any weapons.

"Mr. Second Lieutenant, please tell your commander that we have fulfilled our duty to defend Rabaul. Similarly, your army has also completed its own task. I don't think we need to bleed at all!"

(to be continued)