"It seems that this Li ghost has met someone Li Kui! Why don't you wipe them out? However, it is easy to eliminate, but it is a little difficult to catch them all, and it would be a trouble to let them escape into the mountains to fight guerrillas, and I heard that such revolutionaries who believe in Trotskyism are very stubborn, and it is better to nip them in the bud......" Chen Xinrui tapped lightly on his desk, thinking left and right.

"Colonel Chen, these people should be organized by the GC International Nanyang Bureau, looking at their reckless posture, it is estimated that they regard us as the genuine Japanese Red Army."

Without waiting for Chen Xinrui to make up his mind to kill people, Huang Baopei's eyes rolled and he thought about it: "Why don't we disguise it for a while and give them a Hongmen banquet?" ”

"Hongmen Banquet? How do you do it? Chen Da Meinu frowned slightly, turned her beautiful eyes, and looked at Song Xilian who was standing respectfully on the side. The face is a little round, the skin is white, the nose and mouth are a little big, the eyes are smaller, this appearance is the legendary honest child, and there is always a harmless smile on the face, and he is really qualified to be a liar when he looks like this.

"Meng Guo," Chen Xinrui looked at Song Xilian. "You go and arrange a dinner and trick the heads of those people into the city, and as for the little minions...... she took a map of Bandar Seri Begawan and pointed to a clearing near the bay with her slender fingers. Settle here first and leave it to Commander Chen's 10th Fleet to solve. ”

Is this to be bombarded with naval artillery? Sure enough, it's a good way to catch them all! It's just a little ruthless. Thinking of this, Song Xilian saluted the military salute and received the order to turn around and go out, Chen Xinrui said to Huang Baopei in a consultative tone: "Zhigong." Now that Brunei is in hand, the next step is to divide my troops into four routes, and a brigade will stay in Bandar Seri Begawan. One brigade went to Palawan by boat, one brigade went overland to capture Sandakan, and one brigade went by boat to fight Kuching. Do you think it's okay? ”

Seeing Chen Xinrui's confident look, Huang Baopei smiled bitterly. To be honest, this woman has probably been by Chang Ruiqing's side for a long time, and this woman is really bolder, and she really wants to seize North Borneo and Palawan with a Nanyang task force of more than 3,000 people. But Chang Ruiqing would definitely not be so reckless. Most of them have already prepared a follow-up move, maybe the Nanyang Fleet has already poured out. But what about Britain and Japan?

He squinted his eyes and thought about it: "The British only have a symbolic garrison in North Borneo, and the Philippines does not have much force in the first place. There are at most a few police officers on Palawan, and there is no problem in taking them down. But...... The strength of the British Far East Fleet should not be underestimated, and if there is a mess here in Brunei, they will definitely be attracted to it. ”

Chen Xinrui snorted. smiled: "Zhigong." I guess it's not just the British fleet that will be drawn in, right? The Japanese 2nd Fleet has long been rushing to Borneo, and they originally wanted to take the Taiwan Strait to win a surprise victory, but they were blocked back by our navy, and now they are going to the Bass Strait, and it is estimated that they will be able to reach the waters near Borneo in three days, and maybe the British and Japanese fleets will fight in the Makassar Strait. ”

"Makassar Strait? Why there? Huang Baopei asked.

"Because it is the choke point in and out of the Java Sea, and Balikpapan on the coast of the Makassar Strait is rich in oil, and now Brunei is in our hands. That's why the Japanese won't give up the Balikpapan in any way. She paused and smiled: "We don't want East Kalimantan Province in the Dutch East Indies, we give it to the Japanese." However, West Kalimantan Province of the Dutch East Indies must be taken, because it is the homeland of the Republic of Lanfang, which is originally the territory of our Chinese! ”

Huang Baopei nodded: "The number of Chinese in Sarawak, Sabah and Pontianak (the former capital of the Republic of Lanfang) has always been slightly superior, but ...... We only have more than 3,000 people, can we still divide our forces to take East Kalimantan Province? ”

"Who said we should divide our troops?" Chen Xinrui waved his hand and said: "We can't be stationed in North Borneo for a few days, and the troops protecting overseas Chinese will arrive in three days, and a whole infantry division has now set off from Bangkok." When the time comes, let's abandon the city and retreat to Pontianak and the Natuna Islands, drive out the Dutch garrison, and then the overseas Chinese troops will chase after and occupy East Kalimantan. ”

It was only then that Huang Baopei knew the entire intimidator program (and only one of them). He shook his head slightly: "It's too rough, isn't it?" The British and the Dutch are not so easy to deceive, and the Japanese are ...... there"

Chen Xinrui sneered a few times: "It's just a step." The British are willing to go down and everyone looks good, if you don't want to come down, hum, I don't believe that London will do it for Sarawak and Sabah! Besides, even if we return Sarawak and Sabah to the British, will they be able to hold on? ”

Huang Baopei was stunned, and thought about it carefully, and this was indeed the case. North Borneo and East Kalimantan were under Chinese control, and Japan did not dare to seize them. If it is returned to Britain and the Netherlands, then little Japan will be polite? At that time, the British and the Netherlands not only could not keep their territory, but also had to take in many defenders, and also gave Japan a springboard to attack the Malay Peninsula and Sumatra, and finally offended China to death. How could the British do such a stupid thing?

While the two were talking, the phone on the desk rang suddenly. As soon as Chen Xinrui picked up the earpiece and put it to her ear, Song Xilian's voice came. It turned out that Song Xilian had just left the city, and the group of genuine Red Army had already sent a representative, a Japanese named Zhongjo Gong, who claimed to be the general representative of the GC International Nanyang Bureau in Borneo, and was also one of the leaders of this armed uprising, he had about 2, 3,000 people under his command, there were no good weapons, and only one-third of the people had guns. Most of them are Malays, and a few are a few of them. Among them, there are only more than 200 GCD members, including the members of the Japanese GCD and the Borneo GCD, and Song Xilian has warmly invited the leading figures among them to the city to meet with the new secretary of the GCD International Nanyang Bureau, Comrade Yasuda (Yasuo Yasuda), and has also designated a sea-view open space near the Brunei Bay as a temporary residence for these rebellious Borneo Red Army soldiers...... It was less than 2,000 meters from the mooring places of the battlecruisers Beijiang and Nanjiang, and as long as the navy men were not blind, they would be able to bomb these rabble to slag.

……

Arafura Sea. The flagship of the Royal Navy's Z fleet, the battlecruiser HMS Hood.

Inside the bridge, the voice of Rear Admiral Phillips, Chief of Staff of Fleet Z, was stiff and cold. Without the slightest emotion, looking at his gently rolling lips, everyone's faces were cloudy, and it seemed that they could not judge whether the news he said was good or bad.

"Five battleships were heavily damaged, the USS Maine, USS Missouri, USS Kentucky, USS Georgia, USS Nebraska, USS Rhode Island, of which the USS Maine, USS Georgia, and USS Nebrass were grounded.

Three battlecruisers were heavily damaged, the USS Hawaii, the USS Wisconsin, and the USS Chilshach.

An aircraft carrier was sunk. It was our Brave, and two ships were heavily damaged, the Saratoga and the Lexington.

4 heavy cruisers and light cruisers were sunk. USS Portland, USS Northampton......

9 destroyers were sunk, the Harman......

315 aircraft of various types were lost, and more than 5,300 people were killed or wounded.

In addition, the Pearl Harbor naval base was severely damaged by Japanese air raids. The base oil depot was destroyed by a bomb. The fire caused by Yanzhòng, and more than 4 million tons of fuel oil were burned...... At present, the commander of the U.S. Pacific Fleet, Admiral Yanel, has proposed to temporarily move the fleet's home port to San Diego, and it will be at least 18 months before it is possible to return to Pearl Harbor, which means that we ......"

"We had to fight the Japanese alone for 18 months. Seemingly...... We're in big trouble soon! ”

Before Phillips could finish his sentence, he was interrupted by a sigh from Cunningham. He looked up and looked around, everyone's faces solemn. Indeed, another big trouble for Britain is coming soon!

Originally, it was believed that as long as the United States entered the war against Japan, the British Empire would be able to divert its energies from the Western and South Pacific to the Middle East and India. But it now appears clear that Britain is underestimating the dramatic changes that the United States, or more accurately, air power has brought to naval warfare, although none of the 17 capital ships of the US Pacific Fleet (the deal with British warships has been cancelled after the United States entered the war) has been sunk. Two large aircraft carriers were nothing more than heavy losses, but the entire US Pacific Fleet was paralyzed!

8 capital ships and 2 aircraft carriers will take at least 6 months to repair. And that's not the worst thing, the worst thing is that the Pacific Fleet's fuel depot at Pearl Harbor was destroyed in the air raid, and now the Pacific Fleet's nine capital ships, eight heavy cruisers, 18 light cruisers, more than 30 destroyers, two seaplane carriers, and dozens of various auxiliary ships have all been withdrawn to San Diego on the west coast of the United States. That is, for quite some time to come, there will be a fundamental withdrawal from the Pacific theater!

"Now that we need to propose to the First Sea Secretary a proposal for the defense of the Western Pacific and the South Pacific, do you have anything to say?"

"Lieutenant General." As soon as Cunningham's words fell, the fleet communications officer ran in from outside and interrupted him.

"What's going on?" Looking at the nervous expression of the Communications Officer, everyone felt their hearts beat faster at the same time, as if they had foreseen something big about to happen.

"Vice Admiral, Singapore's Southeast Asia Theater Command has called, a Japanese fleet, including two old Japanese battleships, has attacked Brunei and has already taken there!"

"Occupied...... Brunei? So fast? Cunningham was stunned, and immediately said, "How is the situation in the Seria oil field?" Is there sufficient destruction? ”

"There are no reports of this."

"That's probably not destroyed!" Cunningham shook his head, sighing inwardly. Although this oil field is not a mega oil field, it also has a daily output of more than 18,000 barrels, which is almost equivalent to 3,000 tons of oil, and the annual output is about one million tons. For Japan, which produces less than 1 million tons of crude oil per year, it is definitely a very tempting trophy.

So he had long given Julian, commander-in-chief of the British forces in Southeast Asia. Hudworth. Marshal Bing proposed the destruction of the oil fields for the construction of yì. However, this old-fashioned old man was a bit rigid in rules and regulations, believing that the Seria oil field was the property of Shell, and the British government could not order the destruction without consulting Shell. The result of the negotiations was that the Shell Group would destroy the oil fields on its own before the enemy attacked...... Now it looks like these businessmen must have been running for their lives when the Japanese arrived!

"Lieutenant General. And one more news. At this time, the communications staff officer took out another telegram and handed it to Cunningham. Japan had declared war on the Netherlands and the Philippines 1 hour earlier. ”

"War has been declared on the Netherlands......" Cunningham thought to himself, "then Japan's next target is the Dutch East Indies," he walked to the edge of the chart table and stared for a moment. He said to Phillips beside him: "How about we go to the Kassi Strait and wait for the Japanese battleship troops near Balikpapan Bay?" ”

Phillips leaned over to the chart table and glanced at it, nodded and said: "The Makassar Strait is the only way south to the Java Sea, and there are oil fields in Balikpapan, so the Japanese fleet will definitely go there, but ...... The Japanese aircraft carriers and naval aviation are very powerful, is it necessary for us to go head-to-head with them? ”

Hear this question. Cunningham shook his head and said, "The Dutch East Indies are not the Pacific Ocean, there are tens of thousands of islands here, and it is a very complex and fragmented ocean. As long as there were fighters from the Southeast Asian Theater of Operations and the Dutch East Indies Air Force to provide air cover, the Japanese carrier-based aircraft could not play much of a role. He smiled coldly and said: "Their best fighter is just the I-18 that imitates the Hurricane, and the performance is not as good as the Shanghai Hurricane, as long as the Royal Air Force deploys 2 or 300 Hurricanes in the Southeast Asian theater of operations, plus more than 100 Fokker D.21s of the Dutch...... Just in Singapore and Balikpapan. Our concentrated capital ship was placed in Surabaya. Just here to stop the pace of the Japanese attack! But before we can do that, we have to go north to destroy Brunei's oil fields so that we can be invincible. ”

Phillips quickly calculated Cunningham's plan in his head, and he had to admit that his boss's brain was still very fast, and his vision was extremely vicious, and he grabbed the life of the Japanese devil at once. The war resource that the Japanese lack most now is oil! The Chinese can provide most of the resources to Japan, but they cannot provide oil alone. Because China's own annual oil production is less than 5 million tons. This oil is not enough for its own use, so how can it be re-exported to Japan.

The oil that the Japanese desperately needed was in Brunei, Balikpapan, Borneo, and Palembang, Sumatra. The combined annual oil output of these three places is about 8 million tons, and only by seizing the three places can Japan have the capital to sustain the war.

Therefore, the Anglo-Dutch forces only had to defend Singapore and the Makassar Strait until the Japanese navy ran out of fuel reserves. As for the South Pacific and Australia, in fact, there is no need to put up many troops, because without the oil of Brunei, Balikpapan and Palembang, the Japanese will not be able to hold on to the territory they take, and the longer the battle line, the greater the consumption of oil, and the faster they will die!

……

Brunei Bay, battlecruiser USS Northern Frontier.

Rear Admiral Chen Shukang was standing neatly on the platform outside the bridge, holding binoculars to watch the more than 2,000 "Borneo Red Army" encamped near the beach two kilometers away.

At a glance, this Red Army knew at a glance that it was a "spark" that had just pulled up its ranks, that it had no training at all, that it was extremely poorly organized, and that it could not do a good job in setting up camp in the simplest way. There are shouting and scolding voices everywhere, all the officers and soldiers have no military uniforms, and they wear all kinds of ordinary people's clothes, so they can't tell who is the official and who is the soldier, only to see some people waving their hands vigorously and scolding, some people are grinding foreign workers in frustration, and some people simply sit in groups under the coconut trees and squint their eyes and doze off, the most exaggerated thing is that there are still many people kneeling on the ground and facing the west, as if they are worshipping God, in short, the order is chaotic to the extreme, and it is impossible to see what kind of revolutionary army it is.

On the sea, more than a dozen combat ships, including the battlecruiser Beijiang, the battlecruiser Nanjiang, and the heavy cruiser Haitian, had quietly formed an artillery formation at this time, and all the warships were facing the beach on their sides, and hundreds of main and secondary guns were all aimed at the Borneo Red Army that was camping on the beach, just waiting for Chen Shukang, the commander of the fleet, to give an order.

However, Commander Chen never gave the order to open fire, but only looked at the chaotic scene on the beach and the peaceful Bandar Seri Begawan City in the afterglow of the setting sun.

I don't know how long it took, a fleet staff officer handed Chen Shukang a telegram that had just been translated, Chen Shukang picked up the telegram and looked at it twice, before sighing softly: "This ...... Is this really necessary? ”

Standing next to him was Major Lin Zhun, the chief staff officer of the 10th Fleet, who knew that his boss had been a soldier in the Hunan Army in his early years, and after the unit was absorbed by the National Revolutionary Army, he was influenced by He Shuheng, Guo Liang and other Hunan GCDs to become a GCD person, and he was also a kind of GCD person who was quite rational and firm, and it seemed that he had compassion for those Borneo GCDs on the shore.

After a while, Chen Shukang pointed to a large tent erected near the beach and said to Lin Zhun: "Obey, just target that tent and open fire, and shoot three volleys...... The rest of the work will be handed over to the Nanyang advance team. ”

Lin Zhun snapped upright, then turned around and strode into the bridge, Chen Shukang glanced at his back, sighed, and held the handrail with both hands.

Boom Boom Boom ......

The shelling of the Chinese Navy began!