Pontianak is completely chaotic, no matter what, maybe the war is about to break out, and the first thought of some high-ranking colonists who are eating and waiting for death is to flee here immediately, how far and as far as they can go, but in a hurry, how can they run away.

Singapore did not reply to Charlie and the others, only for reasons of secrecy, because the two were too close, that night, a British destroyer, came to Pontianak, borrowed two intelligence officers, although the Dutch governor was a little reluctant, but there was no way, people belong to the British Empire.

Charlie and the others had already figured out the reason, and didn't say much, sure enough, on the battleship, they met the director of the intelligence department, and the director attached great importance to their trip to Borneo, after all, Borneo is too close to Malacca, if there is a problem in Borneo, it is easy to affect Malacca, in case there is a problem in Malacca, this is a huge blow to the strategy of the British Empire.

Therefore, the intelligence director came here in person, and asked the two people in detail about the whole process, their faces were gloomy and terrible, although Britain did not directly attack the Chinese in Southeast Asia because of its hegemonic status, but there were a lot of indirect ones, just look at Singapore and Penang, university schools, higher industrial schools and colonial government positions, there are not many Chinese can be seen, compared with the Netherlands and Spain, they are just a little more secretive in their means.

The creative power of the Chinese, the learning ability of the Chinese, and the ability of the Chinese to accumulate wealth are all to make the colonists vigilant, and the most important thing is that the East Asian side is the traditional sphere of influence of the Chinese, Korea and Japan. Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia. Which one is not deeply influenced by Chinese culture, colonizers have been in control for hundreds of years. None of them have changed.

At this time, Borneo, the largest island in Southeast Asia, had millions more Chinese, and it can be said that the Dutch government had no way to salvage the situation, while the British Empire had sent out its largest fleet because of the war against Germany, and now Singapore only had a few gunboats and destroyers, which had little effect at all.

The head of intelligence reported directly to the Governor, one level at a time higher. The Governor sent a direct letter to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to report the present tension to the authorities, but their telegram was very important, and at this time no one paid attention to the situation in East Asia, because the situation in Europe was completely chaotic.

In just a few days, the situation in Europe changed again, starting with the French border battle on the 7th, which ended in the defeat of the French army. The French army, which took the initiative to attack Germany but was defeated in the Ardennes, was completely defeated and part of it fled. Some of them retreated to the vicinity of the city, which could have been regrouped, but the German army made a surprise attack at night. This is something that France did not expect, tens of kilometers of distance and night. Whoever does not stand in the way of Germany, take advantage of the darkness. When they touched the edge of the city and attacked the French army, the French army, which had already lost most of its sharpness, could not resist it at all, and most of the two army groups were divided and surrounded, and the rest were scattered, almost equal to the total annihilation.

The German army in the center began to move, and along the path of the Ardennes, the two armies divided into two parts, continued the attack despite fatigue, and directed it towards Paris. This result surprised France, France considered that the two army groups may not be able to resist, the two army groups are just a test, if Germany is not prepared, it is good to attack into Germany, since there is a defense, with the combat effectiveness of the western front, it will take almost 4 or even 6 army groups to be able to resist the German peak.

But the defeat was so fast, beyond their expectations, if they could not block the superior forces of Germany, the next situation would be out of control, fortunately, the border between Germany and France, is the most tightly controlled by France, and it is also the most operated, because of the defeat of the Franco-Prussian War, France lost a lot of territory, prepared the plan of the 22nd, but the conservative military still set up some necessary protection, crossed the Ardennes Mountains into the territory of France, every short distance, dozens of kilometers or so, There are some scattered defense lines, in front of Paris, there are even large permanent defense lines, the loss of 2 army groups in front only makes them slightly panicked, some second-line troops, directly on the top, on the premise of the total annihilation, but they have bought time for the follow-up troops, most of the French troops have been stationed in the defense line.

The strong defense finally slowed down the pace of Germany, prepared a defense on the spot, and confronted the French army, the center was just a test, not the point, in addition to the 2 army groups, there were only 4 divisions in reserve, they consolidated the results that had been achieved, and did not continue the offensive, which gave the French a respite, and a large number of troops from the rear filled those fortifications, so that one or two lines of defense became seven or eight, and also stabilized the middle line.

The middle line was not the focus of the German offensive, knowing that there were layers of defense in front, and still bumped into it like this, it was not a ball to a stone, and the general would not choose, not to mention the battle-hardened generals, they were just consolidating, and in the base camp, orders were constantly issued, and Schlieffen's plan was executed quite well, once the Western Front broke through and succeeded in a detour from the side, these French troops who entered the defense line would become a turtle in the urn, and the defense line was not as good as the city, without the support of the rear, It's just a logistical supply, and it's going to die.

In fact, the progress of the Western Front has been very smooth, the battle of the French border, the German troops with more adequate preparation and stronger combat effectiveness, the gap in strength, the gap in preparation, the French border has almost no delay in the footsteps of Germany, France did not pay much attention to the Belgian border, how to say that it is also a large country, there are hundreds of thousands of troops, but it was captured in 3 days, there is no news at all, and when it is found that Germany is attacking, it is too late, after the border breakthrough, it is unobstructed, plus relative to the middle line, The defensive position on the west side was slightly less, and it could only be defeated and retreated.

However, France could not retreat endlessly, and after a large-scale retreat of more than 100 kilometers, it still entered some urban dense areas, which were on the side of the Belgian border, but there were still a large number of fortresses and defenses, including Belgium, the German army, which had broken through for almost 300 kilometers, was about to encounter a strong resistance.

In fact, the Crook Corps and the two subsequent corps, after hitting this urban belt, feinted and found out the strength of this defensive line, the edge of the attack was slightly reduced, and in the case of only carrying the most basic artillery of less than 100 mm and some automatic firearms, some small fire points or temporary positions are useful, but national fortifications, semi-permanent fortifications, these fortifications specially made to deal with dense firepower, even if they use large-caliber artillery, It may not be possible to clean up in a short time, and the onslaught of light infantry is just a suicidal act.

Anyone with a little military common sense knows, of course, several corps commanders are also very clear that after a little temptation, after a little temptation, the French placed the personnel and the strength of the protection in front of the fortifications, they all stopped, just went all out to attack, so that they were slightly tired, and in three or four days, they broke through 120 kilometers, which was also a test for ordinary soldiers.

Germany has always been a rapid assault, and finally stopped, which made France and Britain breathe, the British landing force has not been fully deployed, France's chaotic command makes it impossible for them to effectively mobilize forces, and now they barely have room for adjustment, in the eyes of Britain and France, as long as they block the German three-board axe, they can not only reverse the disadvantage, but also be able to turn the defense into the offensive.

France is one of the great powers, with a strong navy and army, once the glory of Napoleon, has not completely dispersed, after the initial chaos, began to steadily mobilize forces from the rear, especially the British allies, special high-level liaisons, and even joint meetings began to be held, ready to coordinate the forces between the two sides, part of the British army defended on the spot, and the rest began to advance, preparing to build a defense line after the French defense line, so that the defense was more three-dimensional, able to resist the footsteps of the Germans.

According to the estimates of the British and French military leaders, if Germany wants to attack this line of defense, it must wait for heavy firepower, although Germany has obtained part of the railways in Belgium and France, but from the end of the railway to here, at least more than 50 kilometers, the most important thing is that France has mobilized the whole country, mobilized forces from several levels to resist German aggression, the contradictions between Germany and France are natural, and the resistance to Germany is not as calm as Belgium, and the underground activities have not stopped. It is conservatively estimated that under the premise of ensuring logistics supplies, those artillery guns will take 5 days at the earliest, and 7 or even 10 days at the slowest may take them, which will give France a long adjustment period.

In the scope of the small fortifications, more than 3 groups of armies and more than 300,000 people were gathered, and the entire fortress was occupied, and a large number of materials, reinforced concrete and other defensive materials were also taken out of the war readiness warehouse, and the people recruited from the people were nervously strengthening the defense line, and if there was three or five days, the defense line could be upgraded to a higher level on the original basis, and it would be easier to deal with the German attack.

The Germans on the opposite side only built a defense at the front to prevent the surprise attack of the French, but there was nothing behind, which made the French defender commander's teeth itch, if it were not for the fact that the French soldiers who had entered the defense line had lost their sharpness and had no way to fight back, maybe a forced attack would have been able to have an unexpected effect, but it was okay to give the German army a head-on blow with a strong defensive line, so that they could also taste the strength of the French army. (To be continued......)