On February 9, 1938, the "East Borneo War" officially broke out, due to the lack of air force support, the Chinese People's League in East Borneo was unable to resist the fierce offensive of the Dutch colonial army, and at the beginning of the war, the Chinese People's League was completely defeated, and the Dutch army was "recovered" one after another.

In the face of the fierce attack of the Dutch Army and the unscrupulous and indiscriminate bombing of Chinese towns by bombers of the Dutch Air Force, the Chinese people in Nanyang were indignant and wrote to the Lanfang government and the Chinese government one after another, asking the two countries to send troops to intervene.

On February 15, 1938, the Chinese Central Government formally submitted a written document through diplomatic channels to the relevant countries concerned with the "main body of interest in Borneo", declaring that from that day onwards, East Borneo would be a war zone, and in order to "prevent a humanitarian crisis" and ensure the safety of the lives and property of local Chinese, overseas Chinese, and people from all over the world, the Chinese Air Force stationed in Nanyang would begin to carry out combat readiness patrols in the airspace of East Borneo from now on, and from that day on, the entire airspace of East Borneo would be declared a "no-fly zone" Without the permission of the Chinese Air Force stationed in Nanyang, no military or civilian aircraft of any country are allowed to enter the no-fly zone, and violators of the ban will be subjected to a "deadly attack" without prior warning.

On February 16, 1938, two "Falcon" fighters of the Chinese Air Force stationed in Nanyang on combat readiness patrol missions encountered the Dutch Air Force in the airspace south of East Borneo, and shot down six Dutch Air Force light bombers without escort cover in the air battle.

Seeing China's tough posture, in the face of the strong appeal of the people, the Lanfang government finally made up its mind, on February 19, the Lanfang government announced that it had severed all diplomatic relations with the Netherlands, and decided to declare war on the Netherlands, the next day, the Lanfang destroyer fleet successfully intercepted a Dutch transport fleet in the Java Sea, and exchanged fire with the escort Dutch naval ships, on the same day, the Netherlands declared war on Lanfang, so far, the "Second South Sea War" officially exploded.

Immediately after the outbreak of war, the world's great powers made their positions clear.

Britain firmly supported the Netherlands, and France followed Britain, advocating that "the existing international order cannot be undermined", and the two countries announced sanctions against Lan Fang at the same time, and submitted the "East Borneo crisis" to the League of Nations for consideration, and the British and French fleets in Asia also began to implement combat readiness plans.

The governments of Germany and Italy declared "neutrality", but behind the scenes, they strongly encouraged China to go to war against Britain and France, and provided a staggering amount of international loans to the Lanfang government through secret channels.

The Chinese government announced its support for Lan Fong, and at the same time decided to strengthen China's naval and air forces on Bangka Island, and warned the Netherlands that the war must not be extended to Lan Fong territory, otherwise China will "take further military action".

In response, the Japanese government also announced the strengthening of the Japanese Navy's military presence in New Guinea and the dispatch of a naval fleet off the coast of East Borneo to protect its nationals.

Although the US Government also declared "neutrality," it also made a major decision to transfer some of the main warships of the US Navy's Atlantic Fleet to the Pacific Ocean, strengthen its naval capabilities in Manila and Pearl Harbor, and also add some air power to these two military bases to "prepare for the worst-case scenario."

At the beginning of March 1938, under the pretext of protecting their own nationals, the Lanfang government army landed in East Borneo and fought the first ground battle with the Dutch army, and then, in order to compete for air supremacy at the landing site, the Dutch Air Force and the Chinese Air Force on the task of guarding the no-fly zone broke out a number of fierce air battles, during the battle, the Chinese-made "Falcon" fighter completely suppressed the Dutch Air Force fighters, due to the loss of air supremacy, the transport fleet of the Dutch Navy was bombed by the Lanfang Air Force, suffered heavy losses, and two Dutch submarines were also sunk, so far, the "Second South Sea War" was fully escalated.

After the war escalated in an all-round way, the attitude of European and American countries changed, Britain and France proposed to hold an international conference on the "East Borneo crisis" to resolve the dispute through peaceful negotiations, and at the same time, the Soviet Union, which had always had an ambiguous position, also supported the British and French initiatives, and the United States then joined the ranks of waving the flag and advocating that all countries "jointly manage Borneo", but this idea was resolutely rejected by the Dutch government, and the Dutch government demanded that the problem be resolved through the League of Nations.

At the critical juncture when various countries were making all-out efforts to mediate the "East Borneo crisis," the Japanese Air Force and the Australian Air Force fought in the air over the island of New Guinea, each losing a number of fighters, which further complicated the situation, but at this time, the Chinese Government suddenly announced that as long as the Dutch Government agreed to achieve a ceasefire in the East Borneo region first, the Chinese Government would persuade the "relevant parties" to come to the negotiating table and settle the dispute through peaceful negotiations.

On March 19, 1938, the Netherlands announced a unilateral ceasefire, on the same day, Lan Fang also announced a ceasefire in East Borneo, and announced that it would send a special envoy to participate in the armistice negotiations held in Beijing, because the German ** team brazenly drove into Austria, the German and Austrian merger became the focus of attention of European countries, therefore, Britain and France have no objection to the East Borneo crisis mediation negotiations held in Beijing, on March 26, the negotiations officially began, the two sides of the direct conflict The Netherlands and Lan Fang are the protagonists of the negotiations, China, Britain, the United States, Japan, France and other countries attended the meeting as observers.

The armistice negotiations lasted for more than a month, and it was not until the "May Crisis" broke out between Germany and Czechoslovakia that the Dutch government, under the "persuasion" of the British government and the French government, accepted the solution jointly proposed by China and Japan, according to which the East Borneo region would be divided into four "sovereign areas", the Dutch government would retain one piece as an East Indies colony, the local Chinese would obtain a piece of territory as a future state, and the Japanese expatriates would also obtain a piece as an "autonomous region". The indigenous people were given a territory, and whether they were self-governing or independent depended on the outcome of the subsequent referendum.

There is no doubt that if this solution is fully accepted by the Dutch government, then the Netherlands will lose a mess again, not only will it lose a large part of its colonies, but it will also collapse in Europe, and this solution will immediately cause a political crisis in the Netherlands, the right-wing radical forces in the Netherlands will be greatly strengthened by the nationalist fever, the Nazi movement in the Netherlands has become unstoppable, and in the face of the crisis, the Queen of the Netherlands will refuse to sign the final peace conference, and the Dutch parliament will declare that it will be "spiritually" Resist to the end.

As a result, the results of the peace talks achieved at the Beijing Conference were in vain, and the war in East Borneo began again, and there was no suspense that the Dutch army, which did not have an overall advantage in terms of strength and weapons, could not seize the initiative on the battlefield at all, and with the beginning of the naval blockade operation of the joint fleet of the Chinese and Japanese navies, the Dutch Navy's slight advantage over the Lanfang Navy was immediately lost, and in the ensuing war of one and a half months, the Dutch East India Colonial Army was almost completely annihilated, except for a small number of troops successfully withdrawn to the British colonies. The rest of the Dutch army was either wiped out or captured, and by the end of June 1938 the organized resistance of the Dutch army had effectively collapsed, and East Borneo had finally "dragged its colonial rule".

"Putting colonial rule in tow", this sentence was said by the Chinese president to Japanese journalists, and just as Mr. President promised, China did not replace the Netherlands as the "new master" of East Borneo, and also persuaded the Japanese government to dispel this idea, and after the end of the war, China invited the United States, the Soviet Union, and Japan to participate in a high-level conference in Tianjin, and used this meeting to adopt the "Tianjin Plan", according to which the question of East Borneo's post-war status was resolved, A number of independent sovereign states will be established in this region, which will be established in accordance with the principle of "national self-determination" of the Paris Peace Conference, and the local residents will decide for themselves.

In the following half a month, the "Tianjin Plan" was quickly implemented, and two "independent sovereign states" appeared in East Borneo, one under the "guidance" of Japan and the other under the "guidance" of Lanfang, and the first thing these two countries did after announcing the founding of the People's Republic of China was to establish diplomatic relations with China, and at the same time announced that they would participate in the negotiations on the economic system led by China aimed at establishing an "Asian unified market", which was exclusive, and even the United States was excluded from the market until this timeThe U.S. government realized that it was being used, and the number of American battleships and aircraft carriers at Pearl Harbor increased.

......There is no doubt that the emergence of the 'Tianjin Plan' heralded the end of an old era, and this plan undoubtedly encouraged nationalists in Asia and even Africa to adopt it." Decisive action' to drag down the shackles of the old colonial system, on this issue, neither Britain nor France can do anything, what the United States tried to achieve at the Paris Peace Conference is now achieved by China, the European colonial system is about to collapse, a Chinese-dominated Asian economic colonial system is about to be established, and even the United States has been humiliated and fooled.

Whether we like it or not, we will see the end of the old colonial system in Europe, and not only that, but Europe itself is in crisis, and perhaps, a war is approaching, and will the empire be able to survive this war? Personally, I take a cautious stance. ”

Perhaps, we can see from this speech that the British government has a strong sense of crisis after the East Borneo crisis, and it is this sense of crisis that forced the British government to seriously reflect on its colonial policy in Asia. The initiative was not entirely in the hands of the British government, and both in Europe and Asia there was a fierce eye on these colonial interests on the British plate.

The clarion call of the "liberator" has been sounded, but is the "liberation" of Asia still far away? Is the pace of war still far away? Even Chamberlain himself could not answer these questions.