June 28, 1914.

The Dutch colonizers in the South Seas finally couldn't stand it anymore. The government signed a transfer agreement with the Xia Kingdom to transfer the management of the remaining islands of Sumatra and Java in the Dutch East Indies to the Xia Kingdom at a cost of 3.8 million oceans, and the Xia Kingdom guaranteed the commercial interests and property security of the Dutch in the South Seas.

The Dutch Governor in Nanyang and the Prime Minister of Xia signed the transfer agreement in Phoenix, and held a grand press conference, and Xia's official newspaper, Huaxia Daily, made headlines on the front page for three days in a row, and reporters from all walks of life also released this news to the world, causing a great sensation.

This also means that for the first time, European forces withdrew from Asia, and Britain, France, the United States and other powers were collectively speechless and did not comment, only Germany's Wilhelm II sent a congratulatory telegram to Xia Guo, and the news spread to China, the whole country rejoiced, and Beiyang Zheng. The government just sourly said in the newspaper, 'It's just a commercial victory'.

In fact, the Baath Party is fully capable of expelling the Dutch colonists by force, but the Baath Party's seizure of the South Seas has already touched the sensitive nerves of the great powers of various countries, if it were not for the imminent outbreak of the situation in Europe, the Xia State would not have such a advantage to take advantage of, if all the military force is stated, Britain, the United States, France and other countries will inevitably intervene, and then it will be complicated, whether it can hold the existing territory or not.

This also means that Xia has almost all the territory of Indonesia later, but the Baath Party's background in Nanyang is too shallow, and it is still unknown whether it can actually control these places.

Nominally the Baath Party owns these places, but they don't actually control much, how can the kings of these princely states be willing to give up their rights and interests? As a result, various rebellions broke out one after another, and the entire five major islands of the South Seas were in flames, and it was impossible for the Baath Party forces to put down these rebellions in the short term.

Tens of thousands of troops had to be transferred from the country, not only for the purpose of quelling the rebellion, but also for military training, and at the same time to test the coordination ability of various departments.

Chen Xuan's army, whether in China or Nanyang, actually did not experience the baptism of a major war, during the Xinhai Revolution, it was not so much a siege of the city, but an armed parade, and the scene of several battles was not big, and the whole way was to surrender and rebel.

And in the South Seas, even more so, except for a touch with the down-and-out Dutch, it is to fight with the backward princely states in various places, the intensity of the battle is similar to that of the domestic bandits, and even the combat power of these Turkish armies is not as good as some domestic bandits, there is nothing to praise.

The commander in charge of the liquidation operation this time was Li Yuqing of the Shanghai Front, and it is said that in the first promotion of the Baath Party army, the saddest thing was not Sun Zhiheng and Du Xiao, but this Li Yuqing.

Li Yuqing is a talent who returned from overseas to study military affairs, and after returning to China, he served as an instructor at the guard school at that time, but he never participated in any battles again, and has been staying in the Shanghai base camp, so although he has been a commander of one side so far, his military rank is still the rank of sergeant.

"Yuqing, you have been staying in Shanghai all these years, and you have not been promoted in military rank so far, it is really hard for you."

Li Yuqing's face was bookish, not like a traditional soldier, this time he brought more than 15,000 people from the army, and now he is getting off the ship.

"Commander, Yuqing's return to serve is not for high-ranking officials, over the years, I have seen the gradual expansion of the power of our Baath Party, although the people in our jurisdiction have not been able to live a good life, but at least they will not starve all over the wilderness, I am happy in my heart, as for the promotion, as long as there is a war, what does it matter sooner or later?"

"Good! Yuqing's ambition is undiminished, how are you going to fight this Nanyang war? ”

"I have seen the information of Nanyang on the ship, this clearance, the direction is not the strength of the enemy, but geography and politics, I have read the information of the previous war, the strength of the native army is vulnerable, and the Nanyang has many waterways, and the transportation is not convenient, so I do not plan to bring heavy artillery, but mainly light infantry, open roads and meet water bridges in the mountains, take the city as the lock and the road as the chain, lock these princely states, and then carry out the clearance, and I hope that the Xia government can cooperate with our actions and carry out more political propaganda, As long as you win the hearts and minds of the lower-class natives, it will be a matter of course to eliminate the remnants of the enemy. ”

With the city as the lock, the road as the chain, and the political auxiliary!?

Isn't this the tactic of Little Japan during its war of aggression against China? But it doesn't matter, as long as the tactics are useful, what does it matter if they are used, not to mention that little Japan has not thought of these tactics now, and it cannot be regarded as plagiarism.

"Well, yes, just follow your tactics, I will inform President Li Luyi of Xia Guo and Premier Bao Youting, and let them fully cooperate with you, and there are many Chinese in Nanyang, we let overseas Chinese leaders from all walks of life support you, and the caravan will follow up as soon as you occupy, Mr. Tang Shouqian has already planned railway plans on Penglai Island (Java) and Sanqing Island (Sumatra), and these plans can finally be put into practice."

"This is better, if this is the case, I am sure that I can wipe out the remnants of Penglai Island and Sanqing Island within a year."

"You don't have to be in a hurry, this war is mainly based on military training, and it is also a test of the overall coordination and cooperation ability of various departments, seeing that the European war is about to begin, our evil neighbor will not let go of such a good opportunity, they will inevitably make waves in the country, we will have to fight with them in the future, the domestic army is more than trained, but the actual combat is insufficient, so you must know what the purpose of this war is?"

"Yes! Commander! Mission completion guaranteed! ”

Li Yuqing saluted and turned around and left to command his team to unload the ship, this time the domestic army was divided into two, one in Penglai (Java) and one in Sanqing (Sumatra), Penglai Island is the foundation of the Baath Party in the South Seas, there were already many troops, so most of the troops still went to Sanqing Island.

"Yiyang, you are now a strong general, think about our alliance, if it weren't for Xiao Jin in Annan, I really don't know what we have been doing all these years?"

Song Jiaoren, who was accompanying him, said with emotion.

"Brother Dun Chu, these elite soldiers are not mine, but all of us Chinese, and they have today's strength, and you are also indispensable."

"You don't have to comfort me, we've seen it through, our citizens. I know best what kind of party the party is, after the success of the Xinhai Revolution, one by one only knows that it is a good hand to fight for power and profit, make money and get officials, and build places? Hum! is not as good as the county magistrate of a small county town of your Baath Party, at that time we can say that it occupies half of the country, if everyone works together, how can Yuan Weiting have such a big advantage to take advantage of? I don't dare to say that we can defeat the Beiyang Army, but it is still possible to hold Jiangning, Wuchang, and Jiangxi, but what are we doing? Hanyang Iron Works has such a good foundation, but after the success of the revolution, it actually stopped production? It's a ridiculous joke! ”

"That's not what I said, Brother Dunchu, you should know that our Baath Party began to prepare in 1908, and over the years it has recruited talents everywhere and vigorously cultivated students, which is why we have this family background today。。。。。。

"Are you showing off? Do you know when our alliance was formed? But we just want to overthrow the Qing government. The common people of the government have a good life, never thought that the army must have economic and industrial strength as a backing, we have a lot of soldiers in the alliance, but in other aspects hehe, there are few development places, the strength of the warlords has appeared a lot, we are even far inferior to Beiyang? Even Cai Songpo, who had just returned from treatment in Germany, said that he was an extremely outstanding general, but if Yunnan had not been planned by Xiao Jin over the years, what the hell could it become? ”

"Hey! Brother Dunchu, you are raising the bar, Yunnan and Guizhou provinces are our well-known poor provinces in China, not that they are lazy and have no resources, but the transportation of Yunnan and Guizhou, Brother Dunchu, do you know that Yunnan and Guizhou provinces are not suitable for producing food at all, they have always been supplemented by neighboring provinces, and the cost of building a road is enough for us to build five or six roads! How to compare with us? ”

"What about Guangdong, Jiangxi, Jiangsu, Hubei, and Hunan? Guangdong has always been flat enough, the population and resources are enough, Feng Guozhang came, like the autumn wind sweeping away the leaves, and people do not fight, if they want to fight, they can withstand last year's second revolution, three years, a full three years, Hanyang Iron Works actually failed to resume production, Jiangnan Manufacturing Bureau if it were not for the orders and technical support of your Zhenhua Group, I am afraid that it would have closed down long ago, Shanghai is the richest city in the country, there will be a fiscal deficit, is this not ridiculous enough? ”

Song Jiaoren was a little excited, his saliva was splashing, and his hands were waving his fists vigorously, which was probably the so-called deep responsibility of love.

"Brother Dunchu, Shanghai is not governed by me."

After Song Jiaoren calmed down, Chen Xuan pretended to be timid and said.

Song Jiaoren was stunned for a moment, then smiled bitterly, and glanced at Chen Xuan angrily.

"Don't be complacent, your Baath Party is not without any problems, and now your territory is getting bigger and bigger, and it is very far away, and now it is supported by your prestige, if I am your enemy, I will send killers to kill you at all costs, who will take your place when the time comes? Your five-year-old son? ”

"Please also ask Brother Dunchu to give me advice!"

"You don't have a unified central organization, the development of various places is unprecedented, all kinds of planning are being done by the high-level of the Baath Party, and the high-level of the Zhenhua Group is also doing it, and the two systems that are not subordinate to each other are commanding, and over time, the prestige of the central government has declined, and no one will listen to what you say, it is all up to you, by the way, Yiyang, you don't want to be the emperor, right?"

Song Jiaoren said jokingly.

"Think, how about I make you the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs?" Chen Xuan said angrily: "We can't help it, we can't form a government in Shanghai. In what name? The war in the country has just subsided, if we provoke a war, I am afraid that it will not be far from being abandoned by the people, and if we really start a war, it will not be able to be fought in a year and a half, and I am ready to make a fortune in the European war! ”