Chapter 110: The March War I
At noon on March 3, Yuan Ran sent a telegram from Uruguay saying that there were signs of chaos in the city of Montevideo, and this time it was clearly aimed at the Oolong Bank.
Noon in Uruguay is already afternoon for the Statues. Uruguay is nearly 4,000 kilometers away from the island of the Statues, separated by two time zones.
In the morning, the Oolong Bank was still in good order, but by noon, there was an abnormal run on the Oolong Bank.
According to the intelligence gathered by Yuan Ran, six other banks in Uruguay should be behind it. And looming is Laplace pushing behind it.
Li Guang was not very worried about the bank run, and now the Oolong Bank has only four or five million dollars in savings, and most of these deposits are used for short-term financial investments in the United States. Not to mention a small-scale run, that is, full repayment is just a loss of some investment profits for Oolong Bank, and there will be no deficit.
A larger part of the funds are used in the form of short-term financial investment in the shipyard. Now that the shipyard's business is booming, even a fool can see that the good times of shipbuilding have arrived. What's more, shipyards have hoarded a large number of steel and ship accessories, which are real materials, which can not only maintain their value but also increase their value. Li Guang has not used social funds to build aircraft carriers and destroyers, and there will be no deficit in this regard. For investors, there should be no panic.
And what warns Li Guang is that the slogan circulating in Uruguayan society: "The noble white people are now sucked dry of blood and sweat by the vile and filthy Jews and the yellow-skinned monkeys, look, the Jews have a monopoly on banks, a monopoly on fertilizer, a monopoly on shipbuilding, and now they are beginning to enter the agricultural planting industry again, and one day, when you wake up, you will find that everything is under the control of the Jews and the yellow-skinned monkeys." ”
Uruguay is home to Italian, German, and Spanish descent, and anti-Semitic ideas are not uncommon, and even prevalent. For example, the management level and professional work of the director of Lasser were quite good, but before Li Guang arrived, he only earned twenty or thirty dollars a month to support his family, and the main reason was that the descendants of the three countries who controlled the economy of Uruguay were unwilling to hire Jews. In fact, not only the descendants of these three countries, but also the British, French, and Irish ethnic groups do not like to hire Jews, and the Jews in Uruguay are not numerous and cannot form the mainstream, and it is even more difficult to squeeze into the mainstream society, and they are in a rather miserable situation.
There were many hecklers for the run on Oolong Bank, but there were not many who really asked for the funds, and the general manager of Rapangamaliel paid $200,000 in one day and had already dismissed these depositors. However, it is difficult to judge how much wind and waves will be caused by the wind and tide.
Li Guang felt that this place was very unusual, a conspiracy, and there was definitely a big conspiracy. Yuan Ran was immediately reminded to be vigilant, and the defense force of the shipyard and the defense force of the bank was strengthened. At the same time, Professor Yuan Ye was quickly informed that villages and towns inhabited by Chinese should also strengthen their guards. And Yang Weiwu, the most mysterious force of the Naval Resistance Army in Uruguay, was also ordered by Li Guang to withdraw from the mountains and forests and rush to the outskirts of Montevideo as soon as possible to stand by.
While calling back, Li Guang asked the plane to get ready and take off for Uruguay early tomorrow morning.
It was at this time that the telecommunications staff reported that the Robinson Island airfield was cut off and could not be contacted.
"Keep connecting." Li Guang ordered.
Robinson Island now has only one squad of fighters, responsible for guarding the airfield and protecting warehouses. For a year, the Naval Resistance Army had long repaired the small group of pirates around them, and one squad of fighters was enough to guard the airport. And now the training of recruits has not yet ended, and it is not yet the turn to train for mountain combat.
To say that the distance is more than 2,000 kilometers, the telegraph is often interrupted, but that is in bad weather conditions, which affects the transmission of electrical signals. Although the wind at sea was not small today, the weather conditions were quite good.
Most of the telegraph connections between Uruguay and the Statues were also forwarded through Robinson Island, and now the communication between Robinson Island was cut off, which immediately made Li Guang lose his understanding and control of Uruguay's gaffe.
Li Guang was pondering what was going on on Robinson Island. The telecommunications staff officer reported again: "The nineteenth fishing boat generates electricity, but only half of it. ”
Li Guang received the telegram, and there were only a few words: "Four large warships, open fire ......." His heart sank suddenly.
The staff officers of the General Staff had already found the area where the fishing vessel No. 19 was located on the charts. It is located between Robinson Island and the Stone Statue Island, but it is quite close to the Stone Statue Island, less than 300 kilometers. There is an island of several hundred square meters, which is an area for fishing boats.
The Nineteenth Fishing Boat is a small fishing vessel with a displacement of 100 tons, and according to the plan of the Stone Statue Island, its fishing area is now near the desert island east of the Stone Statue Island.
Judging from the telegram, it should have been the fishing boat No. 19 that had spotted four battleships, and these four battleships had opened fire on the fishing boats. From the short message, everyone can guess the urgency, and this fishing boat is now afraid of bad luck.
The key question facing the General Staff of the Naval Resistance Force is what kind of warship it is, which country's warship, and what its purpose is.
Without hesitation, Li Guang ordered the two reconnaissance planes to take off and go to the area where the accident occurred to reconnoitre.
More than an hour later, Li Guang received a telegram -- a Chilean warship, a battleship, two cruisers, a destroyer, and a submarine. Five freighters. Ten ships in total. No trace of Fishing Boat 19 was found.
The fact that a Chilean submarine was sailing in a battleship formation and floating on the surface of the water is really too brain-dead. And not only that, due to the strong wind and waves on the sea, the Chilean Navy hid in the cabin and did not find the reconnaissance planes of the Maritime Resistance Army.
After receiving the return of the reconnaissance plane, Li Guang's heart sank. There were more than 20 crew members on board the Nineteenth, most of whom were children between the ages of 14 and 16, except for the natives of the two stone statues. Whether it is Uruguay or Chile, whites are extremely discriminatory against the yellow race, and do not even treat the yellow race as human beings. Their so-called civilization and benevolence are all directed at whites, and there is no mercy at all towards the Chinese or the natives of South America, who have been almost slaughtered by these European civilizations for more than a hundred years. Although not as nearly as the civilized Americans did with the Indians, the percentage of natives was quite low.
These children are not as good as a monkey in the eyes of these so-called civilized people, and when such a thing happens, Li Guang has already realized in his heart that these children are probably gone. With a little hope, Li Guang ordered the reconnaissance plane to reconnoiter the islands and reefs in the sea area again, hoping that the children would be able to swim to the islands and reefs.
However, Li Guang was disappointed by the news transmitted by the reconnaissance plane -- not a single person was seen on the islands and reefs. The last hope was dashed, and Li Guang's disappointment quickly turned to anger.
These are all children, some of them are with their relatives, and some of them are alone. Thousands of miles away, drifting across the ocean to survive on this small island. Some children are already the only ones in the family, and here there is no injustice and no hatred, and they were slaughtered by Chilean warships. All the Chinese on the island, including Li Guang, no one wants to have any conflict with Chile, and the biggest enemy for the naval resistance army is Yuben. But at this moment, the Chilean army actually waved a butcher's knife at the Chinese. Li Guang's eyes were full of tears at this time, and these teenagers saw Li Guang's usual respect and admiration in his eyes. At a young age, he was already making a living on the sea, not only facing unforeseen threats from nature, but now also facing the butcher's knives of the Caucasian race.
"Blood debt and blood payment." Li Guang popped out a few words from between his teeth. Then he shouted: "Pass my order, and all the first-class officers of the company will gather." ”
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