Chapter 397: Black Gold

The violent reaction of the Chinese Navy immediately shocked the Dutch colonial political axe, and now these two Chinese warships are not comparable to them in terms of tonnage and combat power, but I am afraid that the entire Dutch fleet combined cannot match these two giant ships!

Therefore, the Dutch governor hurriedly sent a clear telegram to the Guangxi, asking why the Chinese side took the lead in firing artillery and provoking trouble! Chen Shaokuan directly asked why the Netherlands could not protect the safety of the Chinese, and when the Chinese [***] ship visited the Netherlands, it even instigated the anti-Chinese action, and the Chinese side believes that the Netherlands is the black hand behind it and is the source of evil, and if the Dutch political axe has no way to deal with those rioters, the Chinese side is willing to do it for them!

In addition, Chen Shaokuan also issued a warning that if it cannot be calmed down within two hours, the Chinese Navy will take matters into its own hands, and the Netherlands dares to block it, and the Dutch Navy will become the first target of China's attack!

China said so, and did so, the two warships have started, the first to withdraw from the port, and then the muzzle of the black hole pointed at the Dutch naval warships, these Dutch warships are completely backward in speed, firepower, tonnage, and now it seems to be the target of the Chinese Navy, after the Dutch governor got the report, he suddenly felt dizzy!

He has long known that China's visit this time is actually to find fault, so the Netherlands has done its best to prevent disputes with China, but he did not expect that those indigenous monkeys would choose to make trouble at this time, isn't this an excuse for the Chinese to do it, so the Dutch side is also very angry!

All the military and police were mobilized, and even the machine guns and mortars were moved out, and quickly rushed to the streets, and now the streets of Batavia are still in chaos, and the conflict between the Chinese and the local natives is intensifying, this kind of ** is not uncommon on the streets of Batavia!

But today's situation is a little different, the Chinese are more active than before, and more united, as long as men, women and children can do it, all mobilized, holding machetes and sticks, desperately fighting with the natives, these Chinese have never been so brave, they know very well at this time that there is a huge country standing behind them, the warships of the motherland are just outside the port, and Chen Shaokuan's ultimatum on behalf of the Chinese Navy to the Dutch colonial political axe has been spread among the Chinese, and the word motherland is no longer a distant symbol, It's really around!

The Dutch military police have been ordered by the top, and it is a death order, their mission is to completely suppress those natives, and arrest all the most violent troublemakers, and leave no one behind!

This kind of order also makes the Dutch military police very puzzled, most of those indigenous hooligans are inextricably linked with them, every time they grab the benefits, they have to hand over the big head to these military and police masters, otherwise they can't easily enjoy the wealth they have won, in other words, these indigenous hooligans are the vicious dogs they raise!

Now they want to be ruthless to their dogs, these Dutch are still a little reluctant, but at this time, the Chinese Navy conducted another round of test firing, although it is still far from the Dutch fleet, but the provocation is too obvious, in fact, Chen Shaokuan even wants to practice with the Dutch Navy at this time!

Although the Chinese Navy now has warships, it still lacks the training of war, especially the Chinese Navy still has the painful memory of the annihilation of the First Sino-Japanese Army, if you want to make this army strong, a proper war is necessary, and victory can give the Chinese Navy a new life!

From the current point of view, the Netherlands is the weakest, and the Chinese side still has enough excuses, so Chen Shaokuan's heart is actually very hopeful that the Dutch can be angry and counterattack on his side, as long as the Dutch really fire, the Chinese side will shoot these Dutch warships into the bottom of the sea, so that they will become a sacrifice for the Chinese Navy to become stronger!

However, the Dutch are not stupid, in the face of such two giant ships, they have no ability to confront at all, especially now that China's strength is steaming, it is not at all that the Netherlands can compete with the extreme, so the Dutch have sent electricity to China, and have repeatedly explained that the Netherlands is not involved in the action against the Chinese, everything is done by the hateful natives, and it has nothing to do with them, and they also promise to suppress ** as soon as possible!

With the deterrence of the Chinese Navy, these Dutch had to kill their lackeys, as long as they saw that the natives were still committing murder, they would not hesitate to rush up, capture these dwarf monkeys, and kill them all if they resisted a little, the Dutch were ruthless, and the natives who had not yet made a fuss about what was going on were wiped out!

There were heavy casualties, and a large number of people were arrested, these former masters were no longer amiable, but vicious, eager to beat them all to death, abandoned by their masters, the pillars of these leper dogs collapsed in an instant, and soon the chaos calmed down.

In addition to the broken doors and windows on the streets of Batavia, and the garbage that was thrown everywhere, there are only some blood stains that still tell the story of the conflict that just happened, and the injured people have already been sent to the hospital, this time the Chinese and the natives are almost evenly matched, but the Dutch colonial political axe only captured those natives, and there is almost no rudeness to the Chinese, on the contrary, they also took the initiative to help the injured Chinese go to the hospital for treatment!

This change of the Dutch is not a conscience discovery, the Chinese know very well that the Dutch have never been so reasonable for many years, and what has brought such a big change is the two huge warships, that is, the powerful armed forces of the motherland, and only the strong armed forces are the most backing, and the Chinese can truly have dignity!

This time the conflict was not long, but the Dutch made an unprecedented heavy hand, a total of more than 700 natives were arrested, and dozens of the leading people had to be sent to court to try their crimes, for all the Chinese, this is undoubtedly a huge victory, the whole Southeast Asia was shaken, all the Chinese were unprecedentedly excited, the motherland is no longer illusory, the motherland's armed forces are by their side, protect these overseas wanderers, The prestige of China's New Deal Axe, including Qiao Yu himself, among overseas Chinese, was instantly raised to a dizzying height!

After Qiao Yu got the report, he was still very satisfied, it was still very good to show China's attitude through the Netherlands, Qiao Yu asked Chen Shaokuan not to rush back for the time being, and to wait until the trial was completely completed in Batavia, so that the grievances in the hearts of the Chinese came out!

Of course, it is obviously not Qiao Yu's wish to deal with a low-end country like the Netherlands, the main opponent of the Chinese Navy is still the combined fleet, and only by defeating the combined fleet can China truly become the hegemon of the Far East!

However, in addition to the Chinese Navy, there are more huge constraints, that is, oil, although China has a vast territory, but the oil reserves are not rich, and several large oil fields are not under Qiao Yu's control, so China's oil is mainly imported from the United States, and now the United States is the world's largest oil exporter, not only China, but also depends on American oil to maintain!

However, with the deepening of China's industrialization process, the amount of oil used is also increasing, and imports alone cannot meet the needs, and in addition, the issue of safety must be considered.

Gansu Yumen, Heilongjiang Daqing, Tianjin Dagang and other three major oil fields have been discovered, China also began to build its own petrochemical industry, the first to build is Gansu Yumen, as early as the period of the Protectorate War, Qiao Yu obtained the control of Yumen Oilfield, after a period of planning, Yumen Oilfield officially began to drill, became the earliest large-scale oilfield in China.

The development of the Yumen Oilfield trained the first batch of skilled workers for China's petroleum industry, and then a large number of workers were withdrawn from Yumen to enter the Northeast, and the Daqing Oilfield was finally developed, and finally China had a stable oil supply, which is extremely important for China!

During the First World War, oil officially became the most important strategic material, especially aircraft and tanks put into the war, the important surname of oil became more prominent, and now the world's main oil producing areas are in the hands of Britain and the United States.

The western region of the United States, as well as the Gulf of Mexico, have a large number of oil reserves, the status of the United States is equivalent to the Persian Gulf in later generations, and the oil production exceeds more than half of the world, but after the end of World War I, the oil resources in the United States are gradually scarce, and the position of Britain is very important!

Although Britain has not developed the North Sea oil fields, the Middle East, especially the Persian Gulf, is under British control, and Britain also controls the oil of the Dutch East Indies through the Anglo-Dutch Shell Company, and the oil of India and Burma is also under the control of the British!

China was originally counting on importing oil from the United States, but now the price of oil in the United States has soared, and the price of oil has risen from $2 to $3 per barrel, and the relationship between China and the United Kingdom is not good, and it is not expected to be able to get British oil supply at a critical moment, so it is necessary for China to develop its own oil!

Only by mastering sufficient oil, China's tank aircraft has real power, otherwise it is just some toys, and Daqing Oilfield has maintained more than 55 million tons for 27 consecutive years in the future, so stable and high-yield oilfields are extremely rare in the world, as long as the Daqing Oilfield is developed, it can definitely support China's oil demand in the early stage of industrialization!

Qiao Yu attached great importance to this most important strategic resource, and he personally went to Daqing to inspect the situation, and Jiang Baili also accompanied him.

"Prime Minister, in my opinion, the status of aircraft, tanks, and warships in the future war will be higher and higher, but in the final analysis, it is a contest between steel and oil, only by grasping these two things, it is possible to win the war, and now China has its own stable oil supply, which is really gratifying, but we must also be vigilant!"

"Brother Baili, what you said is good, how do you think we should defend the Daqing Oilfield?"

"Prime Minister, the Northeast region is attacked on three sides, the east is the Korean region, and the north is outside the Khingan Mountains is the control area of the Zoben, and the northwest also has the Far Eastern Republic, that is, the power of Soviet Russia, and at this time China also needs to vigorously develop the resources of the Northeast region, so it is particularly important to strengthen the protection of the Northeast, and a solid defense line must be set up along the Yalu River to block the North Korean side of the Yakin Army, in addition to the Outer Khingan Mountains must also strengthen defense, and we cannot passively defend, but should retain sufficient mobile forces, As long as there are signs of the use of force, we will preemptively attack and burn the flames of war into the area under our control, because the damage caused by the war is too great, and we must try to avoid the outbreak within our borders, and although the Daqing oil field is inland, we must also strengthen our air defense forces to avoid enemy bombing! ”

(To be continued)