Chapter 343: Nanyang Fengyun

The division between the Russian-speaking "Grand Duchy" and the Soviet Union has been clear, and also in Southeast Asia, Malaya, which is also dominated by Mayans, has also undergone qualitative changes in Indonesia, with Malaya's per capita GDP already in the top ranks, about 50 pounds, which is not much different from the top British pounds at 60 pounds, while the Indonesians are only 5 pounds.

What makes the Indonesians even more indignant is that even on the large island of New Guinea, which they once ruled for a long time, the local natives who are even more backward than them claim to have a per capita GDP of 20 pounds, which is one of the most backward areas in the Windsor consortium ruled area.

The more psychologically unbalanced, the more they wanted to make crooked moves, and the Dutch wanted to take advantage of the war between Windsor and the Qing Dynasty to attack the Republic of Lanfang in Borneo. The Republic of Lanfang is a small country built by the Chinese, and has a very close relationship with the Qing Dynasty, especially after the reform of the Qing Dynasty, and also learned from the Europeans who wanted to open colonies around the world, which was the symbol of the great powers.

Due to the sudden arrival of the Dutch, the Republic of Lanfang was unprepared and suffered heavy losses and had to look for foreign aid. This foreign aid is powerful, it is the Pacific Fleet of the Qing Dynasty. Wen Fei summed it up, anyway, the Windsor Empire doesn't care about the Dutch mess, so it can be a dozen, the current Netherlands is just a last-tier European power, and the population is still so small, it can't be my opponent of the Qing Dynasty.

The Qing Kingdom is quite united now, and the whole country supports the Pacific Fleet to fight the Dutch, and even the warlords have reached a tacit understanding. If you can't defeat the warlords of Windsor, there's no way, Japan is hard to bite, so forget it, now you can find a little dignity in the Dutch, and the opportunity is great.

Seeing that the situation was not good, the Dutch immediately found Spain as an ally, and the Spaniards had territories all over the world, and the Philippines between the Qing Dynasty and Indonesia had the most to do with this dispute between the Qing Dynasty and Indonesia.

The Kingdom of Spain has been ruled by a very unreliable and moody Queen Isabella, who has been ruled by coups d'état for many years, and has ruled this old seafaring empire in a rotten and decaying way, and recently Her Majesty has finally been ousted by a new coup d'état and has gone into exile in France.

The government of New Spain was in ruins, and its authority had not yet been established. I'm in the Qing Dynasty, even if it's divided, it's stronger than the old Spanish Empire.

In order to maintain the relative stability of the Great Qing State, Tang Ning surprisingly did not attack the Great Qing Railway Bureau, and it was still in the hands of the Xi'an authorities of the Great Qing Dynasty, so the whole country was still relatively a whole.

In addition to the four cities of Beijing, Tianjin, Yantai and Dalian, in addition to Guangdong becoming Lingnan State, Shengjing becoming Manchukuo, and becoming the territory of the new generation of Darai Lamas, there is actually a relatively complete national communication network, and the main profits are in the hands of the Prime Minister's Office.

The Pacific Fleet, which has the support of the whole country, seems to have a good chance of winning against the Philippine and Indonesian coalition forces, and Wen Fei decides to take the initiative to clean up the Philippines first.

Among the G6, France may be slightly better to Spain, and the Philippines has imported some fighters from France, only 100 of them, which is really not enough in front of the Fujian and Taiwan warlords who have aircraft manufacturing capabilities.

In addition to supplying 500 fighters to the central government, the Pacific Fleet still has a huge air superiority of 1,000 fighters, and the Japanese army does not dare to take Taiwan lightly.

It is precisely because the Japanese army is watching from the sidelines that the small air force of the Philippines has such a chance to lose a chance, because General Wen only plans to send 150 planes to fight the Philippines, and if he sends too much, he is afraid that the old nest will be targeted by the Japanese.

It is also in the interests of the Great Qing Dynasty to send a little navy to deal with the affairs of Southeast Asia, because the whole country is trying all kinds of ways to fight to the death with the Windsor consortium, and the railway guerrillas, tunnel warfare, mine warfare and other tactics to defeat the strong with the weak have all been put forward by the officers, which shows that the road ahead of the Windsor warlords is not smooth.

The Pacific Fleet's strategy is to raid Palawan, which is only 100 kilometers away from the main island of the Philippines, and if successful, it will make Manila like a fish in the throat, because Palawan is quite close to Manila, the capital of the Philippines, and can hit the most prosperous city in the Philippines at any time.

With Taiwan to the north and Palawan to the south, the Pacific Fleet will be able to form a north-south flank attack on the Philippines. South of Palawan is Borneo, and the Pacific Fleet can also provide military assistance to the Republic of Lanfang. Since the Spaniards did not expect the other side to attack this island, they neglected to take precautions, which reduced the difficulty of the Pacific Fleet's occupation.

And Wenfei's original plan to land on Japan's Kyushu Island went bankrupt, and a large number of landing ships finally had a place to use until now. General Wen, a big traitor to the Windsor department, really has two strokes, is strict and well-trained, and is much stronger than the decaying old Spanish empire.

When the Philippine army felt bad, it sent fighters to Bawang Island to reinforce, but could only send 50 in a hurry, and was perfectly crushed by the 150 fighters of the Pacific Fleet who had been waiting for a long time, leaving 30 attack helicopter wreckage and fleeing back to Manila in a hurry.

Hey? It was really unexpected that the Spanish Empire had been crisscrossing the seas for so many years, and it was really surprising that General Wen, who was personally watching the battle on the front line, found that the Spanish Empire's Great Air Force had fled almost as soon as it entered the battle, and compared with its previous opponent, the Great Japanese Air Force, it was simply a three-year-old child.

It can't be a bitter ploy, right? After some thought, Wen Fei felt that this was the true level of the Spaniards, because since Isabella II was expelled, the Spanish partisans were very fierce and killed each other, and it was very good for the Philippines to send an air force of 100 fighters to resist.

This is a great opportunity to expand the territory, Wen Fei has decided to invade the Philippines in an all-out way, and is no longer just an ally of the Republic of Lanfang. The Philippines is relatively close to Taiwan and Guangdong, no more than 500 kilometers away from Taiwan, less than 1,000 kilometers away from Guangdong, and has been radiated by the Great Chinese civilization, and the economic status of the Chinese in the Philippines is also relatively high, which makes Wenfei think that the Chinese in the Philippines may be more reliable than the Spaniards.

Before Manila's air force could regroup, the aircraft carriers of the Pacific Fleet immediately arrived in the city and directly tested the air raid on its capital to see if the Spanish Empire was really just a paper tiger.

The hastily responded to the defeat of the Western Army again, and the whole of Europe was shocked, and it was unthinkable that the disintegrated Qing Dynasty could beat the old European empire like this with a single warlord, and lose air supremacy in one day.

Of course, this warlord was the most powerful in the Qing Dynasty, and his combat effectiveness was stronger than that of the Central Army.

The capitalists, who thought that Spain would have some combat power, lent money to the Spanish government, which was in turmoil, lost money one after another, and scolded the incompetence of the Philippine army. European countries mainly have the advantage of having a capital market close to the water, and no matter how chaotic they are, they can sell a little public debt.

The Japanese have discovered the tremendous influence of the capital market on the course of the war, and quietly issued a large number of government bonds to the European capital market at this critical moment, in an attempt to hijack international capital and further hijack the diplomacy of European countries.

If the British buy Japanese government bonds, they will take care of their own capital for no special reason in the war, and those institutions that have bought Japanese government bonds will take the initiative to take up the task of lobbying. In terms of finance and diplomacy, the Japanese were ahead of the Qing Dynasty.

Compared with Spain, Japan's government bonds, which have "the world's most advanced fighter planes," are much easier to sell, and they have become the darlings of London and Frankfurt.

At this time, the Qing Dynasty couldn't learn Japan if he wanted to, because you offended the Warlord of Windsor, and you didn't dare to buy the Warlord of Windsor. The Qing Dynasty was once again defeated in this regard.

When Japan received the support of international capital and exploded fighter planes on a large scale, the Pacific Fleet was still fighting the Philippines with all its might, and General Wen thought that our Qing Dynasty was rich in human resources, and once it landed on Luzon Island in the Philippines, a big army battle would come and the Spaniards would definitely be doomed.

Spain's navy was still dominated by battleships, and the results of the Pacific Fleet's tried-and-tested aircraft carrier battle group in the Gelo Strait between Palawan and Luzon were predictable.

No matter how far the range of the cannon of a giant ship is, it cannot be compared with the combat radius of a fighter. The backward combat thinking of the Western Army once again rewrote the history of naval development, and the battleships became the live targets of the aircraft carrier battle group; after air supremacy, the Spaniards also completely lost the most important sea supremacy in traditional warfare, and the more than 10 battleships that were built at a cost of tens of thousands of dollars were either sunk by bomber helicopters or surrendered under the white flag.

The Pacific Fleet had a large number of battleship trophies, and the more they fought, the stronger they became.

The ridiculous Spaniards are still fighting party battles within themselves, and the opposition parties have taken the opportunity to oust the ruling party, unaware that their huge colony in Asia is about to change hands.

The entire territory of the Greater Philippines is nearly 300,000 square kilometers, nearly 10 times the size of the island of Taiwan, and Taiwan has already become a province.

After a few days and nights of hard thinking, General Wen finally understood that this qiē was all a dream bubble, and without the approval of the Windsor consortium, the seemingly powerful Pacific Fleet was just a passing moment. The dream of occupying the greater Philippines is also a flash in the pan.

This thought made him feel extremely painful, but he was not reconciled. At this time, Li Hongzhang's cronies came to contact him to test whether he could accept to cooperate with Li Tuhao, who was notorious but still had money. Li Hongzhang means that the territorial integrity of the Qing Dynasty cannot be guaranteed for the time being, and today there is a great chaos, and the era of division is coming, and he Li Hongzhang is unwilling to be a local tyrant in Switzerland, and wants to return to the Qing Dynasty and return to his hometown Anhui.

If Master Wen can cooperate, Li Tuhao will have sufficient funds to help him complete the feat of expanding the territory.

Wen Fei's first reaction was to refuse, but recently he was very painful, and finally had a partner, even if he was a big corrupt element who was not willing to cooperate, he was an old leader, and agreed to meet with Li Hongzhang, Li Hongzhang finally returned to the Qing Dynasty, but only in Taiwan, he was still sneaky, for fear that others would find out.

After the meeting, what Li Hongzhang talked about the most was that he regretted conniving at the anti-Windsor feelings of the people of the Qing Dynasty, he should be tougher and not let those stupid people shut up, the originally good Qing Dynasty has now fallen apart, which is really regrettable.

At the first meeting, nothing substantive was discussed, and at this time, the Dutch navy joined the fray and made every effort to prevent the Qing army from landing in the Philippines. The Dutch were stronger than the Spaniards, and were able to send several aircraft carriers converted from battleships, with a small scale of 120 fighters, which could fight in a single battle.

The Dutch found themselves pitting the Spaniards, and they were really embarrassed, and they had to help a bunch of brothers. Three half-hung aircraft carriers sailed into the Manila military port to strengthen Manila's defenses.

The Philippines has thousands of islands, and the absence of sea supremacy is equivalent to cutting off the communication links between various military and political units, and defeat is expected, so the naval battle of Manila is crucial for both warring parties.

Fujian and Taiwan are eyeing the Japanese, the Philippines is far away from Spain, and both sides are unwilling to fight a protracted war, either winning or losing, and everyone is determined to fight it out in Manila. It is hoped that the Qing army will not need to land in the Philippines to obtain the results of the battle.

Li Hongzhang's Qian Wenfei doesn't want it, but he has a close relationship with the Rothschilds, and this can be used. Because on the surface, Roche was still a relatively large shareholder of the East India Company, and if it could attract Roche's investment, it would be equivalent to obtaining the informal support of the shareholders of the East India Company.

Wen Fei felt that whether he could really win the Philippines would lie in a diplomatic game. Therefore, in the end, he expressed his will to Li Hongzhang, hoping to get a loan from the Roche consortium.

Li Hongzhang hurriedly flew back to Europe to tell the Roche consortium. Lionel, of course, was a warlord at the heart of the war-related investments, and asked Downing whether he supported the Pacific Fleet's occupation of the Philippines.

Tang Ning has not replied, and Lionel has never replied to Li Hongzhang, the meeting is just to talk about the years, when I don't treat Li Hongzhang never give up, saying that as long as I borrow the name of Luo, all the money is from my Li Hongzhang, and half of the profit belongs to Luo, and the loss is my own.

Wow, there is such a good thing? Anyway, Windsor didn't say that he would not support the Pacific Fleet, and Lionel agreed to such a generous investment cooperation plan.

It's not time to spend the money yet, and let's see how the battle of Manila goes.

Wen Fei still attaches great importance to the Dutch, the other side has a total of 200 fighters in the air power, has slightly surpassed the Pacific Fleet, General Wen is ready to send two more aircraft carrier battle groups from Taiwan to the front line, a total of 100 fighters, when the decisive battle will again be dominated by the number of 250 fighters.

The Dutch were much more reliable than the Spaniards, taking advantage of the lack of reinforcements from the Pacific Fleet to attack the enemy, in an attempt to take advantage of their superiority in troops.

The fighter technology of the Dutch came from France, and the fighter technology of the Qing army came from the United States, all of which were aided by the G6 countries.

The Pacific Fleet, not wanting to fight the enemy without military strength, immediately abandoned the rudimentary naval base in Palawan, and the three aircraft carrier battle groups sailed to the deep sea and pounced on Jakarta. The Republic of Lanfang happened to be beaten by the Dutch, and the Pacific Fleet's move could be to attack Jakarta or aid Lanfang, which is deeply in line with the way of reality and reality, which is confusing.

The Indo-Philippine coalition frantically pursued the opponent's aircraft carrier battle group, and at this time it was clear who had strong mobility capabilities. The old schoolmate of Wenfei Tong Guò imported the most advanced steam turbine engines from Singapore, and quietly replaced all the engines of the aircraft carrier, so that it could always maintain an ideal distance from the enemy, and the other party could not see it.

As a matter of fact, the aircraft carrier departing from Taiwan is rushing to the battlefield at a speed beyond the imagination of the other side, and will complete the encirclement of the enemy ship at a certain moment that General Wen has calculated, and stage the most beautiful naval battle since General Wen's debut.

In fact, Windsor's satellites paid close attention to this qiē, and seeing the Pacific Fleet fighting a decisive battle with the Indo-Philippine forces at the battlefield and time point of their choosing, they couldn't help but look at General Wen's excellent performance.

Today, there are about 40% of the Chinese in Malaya, although they belong to the Windsor Empire, they are naturally full of expectations for the Qing Dynasty, as long as they do not fight against our Malaya, they still hope that the Qing army will win. This mentality is also the reason why Wen Fei gets the secret help of his old classmates