Yang, technology is the traditional name of the Chinese for Southeast Asia, just like China from the Sizhen "slope" called "Shishan", this is from the perspective of the Chinese, in the eyes of the Chinese, Nanyang is the southernmost strange land of the vast sea, although living there, but the local Chinese still call themselves "Tang people", the hometown is called "Tangshan".

However, in the eyes of European colonists, the name "Nanyang" is incorrect, and even "Southeast Asia" is inappropriate, but should be called a British colony, a French colony, and a Dutch colony.

After the Industrial Revolution, with the powerful power of the steam engine and the steel industry, the British colonial power quickly swept the world, and Southeast Asia was no exception.

It is precisely for this reason that the British government believes that Britain has the supreme right to speak on the issue of maintaining the colonial order in Southeast Asia, coupled with the huge gap in national strength, other colonial powers in Southeast Asia are actually only British horses, such as the Netherlands, although they occupy the vast territory of the East Indies, but every move depends on Britain's face, perhaps a side evidence can prove Britain's huge influence in Southeast Asia: if Britain intends to expel a certain "persona non grata" from the British colonies, Then, if the man really had nowhere else to go, the Dutch East Indies colony would be responsible for receiving the deportee, and in a sense, it was clear that Britain had made the Dutch East Indies a British penal colony.

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With such a relationship, it is conceivable that once they encounter trouble on the ground, the Dutch colonial authorities will certainly not go to the European motherland for help, they will first seek help from the British Straits Settlements authorities.

Compared with the "civilized" British colonists, the Dutch colonists' rule in the East Indies was more barbaric, often using extremely cruel force, the local aborigines, immigrants and local Chinese have been slaughtered by the Dutch colonists, but this does not mean that the Dutch colonial authorities have the ability to absolutely control the situation, the historical massacres can help the Netherlands maintain their rule over the East Indies, it is only because of the lack of strong competition, once there are some major powers involved in this colonial dispute, then, The Dutch colonial authorities would have shown their weakness.

This is evidenced by the armed uprising of the Korean Lickers in North Borneo a few days earlier, although it was true that the armed uprising was initially in the British colony, but when the rebels crossed the border and entered the territory of the Dutch colony, the situation changed dramatically.

There is no doubt that in the face of the attack of the natives armed with broadswords, bows and arrows, the Dutch colonial army can rely on the rifles and machine guns in their hands to easily crush the resistance of any aborigines or Chinese, but this does not represent how strong the combat effectiveness of the Dutch colonial army is, so when the Dutch colonial army heard that a riot army crossed the border into the territory of the Dutch colony, they rushed out with rifles. They planned to teach the rioters who did not know the height of the sky, but when they arrived at the blocking site, they were terrified that the Korean expatriate riot forces that came from it were not only equipped with rifles, but also even equipped with Japanese-made Hatch Chase machine guns, and in the face of the powerful firepower of the "invaders", the Dutch colonial authorities were dumbfounded, and they even wondered if the Japanese government was making trouble behind this, after all, Japan also had a lot of people in Nanyang, and Japan also had some "interests" in the Nanyang region.

Regardless of whether the Japanese government or Japanese arms profiteers were involved in the armed rebellion of the Korean diaspora, which shocked all parts of the South Seas, the fact is that the Dutch colonial army has been defeated and lost several strategically important towns in succession, and if the situation is allowed to deteriorate, it will not be long before the whole of Borneo will be in turmoil, and the local natives will certainly take advantage of the chaos to rebel.

Under these circumstances, the Dutch East Indies colonial authorities had to turn to the British Straits Settlements Colonial Authorities for help in sending troops and warships to assist the Dutch colonial authorities in "quelling the rebellion." And for good reason, the rebels came from the British colonies.

But now the British Straits Settlements are not at peace, where the arrogant British colonial officials have offended not only the Korean nationals, but also the Chinese nationals, and the British Governor has no less trouble to deal with than the Dutch Governor, and there is simply not enough troops and warships to help the Dutch colonial authorities, and in this situation, the only thing the British colonial authorities can do is to go to the colonial department of the British government for help.

In the face of the chaos in Southeast Asia, the colonial department of the British government is also helpless, now the war in Europe has broken out, Britain has officially declared war on Germany, in order to defend the British mainland, the British Navy has transferred the main force back to the home military port, the army is also ready to cross the British and French land, to assist the Ming State in the war, in the tense preparation of the letter, the heart is possible to send troops to reinforce the Southeast Asian colonies?

In desperation, the British government could only turn to the European war for help, hoping that the US government could send a "combat-ready force" from the Philippine colonies to Borneo to assist the British and Dutch troops in suppressing the Korean diaspora rebellion, and at the same time keep an eye on the natives and Chinese who were not at peace.

It was against this background that the U.S. Minister to China, John Stade, and the British Minister to China, Mr. Zhu Shudian, hastily met in Tianjin, and then rushed back to Beijing together to meet with the Chinese president.

The purpose of the two foreign envoys' visit to the Chinese president was not to ask China to send troops to Borneo to assist in encircling and suppressing the "rebel forces," but to persuade Mr. President to accept the "Northeast Asia Peace Agreement" proposed by the British and French governments, to achieve a ceasefire with Japan as soon as possible, to end the war between China and Japan, which had lasted for almost a month, and to restore peace in Northeast Asia, so as to free up Britain and the United States to resolve the crisis in the direction of Southeast Asia.

Zhao Bei was accompanied by Yan Huiqing, acting general of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and several officials and interpreters of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

The two ministers met with the President and presented the text of the Northeast Asia Peace Agreement, which had already been drafted, for the President's review.

This peace agreement is decent, there is nothing surprising, except for some empty official articles, the rest are those peace proposals without the slightest feeling, including the two Chinese and Japanese armies immediately ceasefire, the Japanese army retreats to the east of the Yalu River, the squadron stops attacking Lushun, the two armies take the current front as the ceasefire line, accept the mediation of the United States, Britain and other countries, and China can take back the Lend-Lease Army of Luda......

To tell the truth, when Tuan Ze translated the text of the peace agreement presented by the British Minister Zhu Erdian himself, Zhao Bei finally couldn't help but not throw the peace agreement back into Zhu Erdian's face.

What kind of mediation is this, this is simply pulling the shelf!

In this situation, the British government is still slapping the swollen face and becoming fat, it is inevitable that some people are too blind, Zhao Bei is even a little impulsive, and even wants to directly send a telegram to Lu Ping, asking him to take the two ocean-going attack ships to Singapore with the German Far East Fleet to "play" and sink a few British ** ships, so that Britain can see who has the final say in the Far East!

Of course, Zhao Bei still rationally stopped his impulse, although he was a "Far Eastern madman" full of madness, but he was still one. A sober-minded politician, he knows very well that in the Far East now, it is not China that really has the right to speak, but the United States, although the strategic center of gravity of the United States has always been on Europe and the Atlantic side, but the Asian and Pacific sides also make the US government worried, otherwise, why should the US government rush to open the Panama Canal? Isn't it just to facilitate the transfer of battleship formations of the US Navy from the Atlantic to the Pacific?

It is precisely because of this that Zhao Bei basically maintains a calm expression now, although he is completely blind to this Far East peace agreement led by the British government, but he does not intend to talk about the matter, nor is he in a hurry to seek peace talks, anyway, the most urgent thing now is not China, but Japan, everything will be discussed slowly after Lushun is defeated.

"Let the two ministers bother, regarding the Sino-Japanese war, which is still ongoing, and the matter of peace talks, our government is indeed making preparations, but since the Japanese government has never taken any initiative to express it, I do not trust the Japanese government's sincerity for peace."

Zhao Bei played an official tone, soaking mushrooms with Zhu Erdian and Si De.

"Please rest assured, Mr. President, that the Japanese government has indicated that as long as there is a ceasefire first, Japan can immediately send a delegation to Manila for peace talks, where it will hold peace talks with your peace talks."

Zhu Erdian couldn't figure out Zhao Bei's thoughts, so he had to follow the president's meaning.

"Well, as soon as the Japanese delegation to the peace talks appears in Manila, I will immediately issue a ceasefire order to the front-line troops. However, one thing must be made clear: The Japanese army absolutely cannot leave a single soldier in our territory, and this is a prerequisite for peace talks, without which there will be no peace. ”

Speaking of which? , Zhao Bei's words changed.

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"Now that the situation in Nanyang is becoming more and more chaotic, under such circumstances, I can't help but worry, can this Manila peace talks be held smoothly?"

"Please rest assured, Mr. President, that the U.S. military presence on the ground can guarantee the stability of the situation in Manila." Stade swore an oath.

"Really? I hope so. ”

Zhao Bei smiled faintly and said that although he said so, his true thoughts were not like this.

The current chaos in Nanyang has just begun. The show is still to come, and Zhao Bei firmly believes in this, because he is the mastermind behind this Nanyang chaos. If you want to know what happened next, please log in, more chapters, support the author, support genuine reading!