Chapter 717: A New Beginning
Kuching is the capital of Sarawak, a beautiful city with canals, green waters, and boats loaded with coconut, rubber and pepper.
The people of Fujian and Zhao'an are mainly engaged in commerce and construction, the Hakka people are mostly engaged in agriculture, the Xinghua people are mostly engaged in fishery, tires and other parts industries, the Hainan people are mostly engaged in coffee shops, the Chaozhou people are mostly engaged in the grocery industry, and the Fuzhou people are also mostly engaged in business, as well as the financial and timber industries.
It is the hard work of the Chinese that has made Kuching an important port in the South Seas. In the midst of the bright lights and drunken gold, the British colonists lived a comfortable life by knocking on the bones and sucking the marrow.
The long-term comfort has made these people forget what vigilance is, and there are singing and dancing everywhere. As night fell, a British policeman swayed and drunk, just passing through a dark alley, and suddenly a figure burst out, covering the guy's mouth with one hand, and holding his throat firmly with the other, dragging the policeman into the alley.
It was Zhang Honggang who did it, in the alley, Li Xun and others were inside, and when they saw Zhang Honggang succeeding, they all showed admiration. As soon as Zhang Hong's hand was forced, he heard a gurgling sound in his throat, and the policeman's eyes were protruding, and he kicked his leg a few times, and he died on the spot.
Zhang Honggang took the pistol from the policeman's waist, which was a revolver with ten rounds of ammunition. Compared with the Browning pistol equipped by the Feng army, the revolver has a lot of gaps in accuracy and power, but it is better than nothing.
After all, according to Jihua, their weapons will have to be sent secretly through submarines, and they will have to wait for a few days. But Zhang Honggang, who has always believed in revenge and does not stay overnight, after the tragic death of Li Xun's father. He's absolutely going to take action.
Of course, it is too easy to kill a few hooligans, but large-scale killings will definitely attract the attention of the military and police, and it will definitely not work without weapons, so Zhang Honggang put the idea on the police station.
"Quick, pull off your clothes, Li Xun, you are about the same size as him, put on a police uniform. in the police station! ”
Li Xun also nodded immediately, changed into a police uniform, then pressed his hat very low, and walked quickly towards the police station, Zhang Honggang and five or six of them all followed.
By this time, most of the police had already rested. There was only one Indian standing guard at the door, his head dozing against the door frame. Li Xun walked over in a few steps. This Indian Ah San finally felt that someone was coming. In a trance, the other party was wearing a police uniform, and he hurriedly stood upright, and was about to raise his hand to salute.
Li Xun suddenly jumped in front of him, pointed the muzzle of the gun at his head, and said in English: "Be honest, tell me where the weapons are hidden?" ”
Ah San's hands trembled. Pointing inside, Li Xun pushed him: "Lead the way ahead!" ”
The Indian hurriedly turned around and walked inside, just then. Suddenly, from the shadows on the side, a third came out of the shadows, it turned out that they were standing guard at the door together, this guy ran to the side to pee, and now he happened to come back.
As soon as he saw that his companion was being held hostage, he immediately shouted: "What person! ”
As he spoke, he raised the muzzle of the gun, Li Xun was also shocked into a cold sweat, someone in the back held a gun at him, and the guy in front seemed to feel an opportunity, and his body turned violently, wanting to snatch Li Xun's gun in turn.
The front one, the back one, no matter which one he killed, he was afraid that he would be unable to escape, and in an instant, Li Xun's back was soaked with cold sweat, and he only really felt the taste of death.
At this time, Ah San, who came out later, suddenly screamed in pain and fell to the ground, with a flying knife stuck in the back of his neck, and the handle was still trembling.
Li Xun didn't think much about it, he heard the screams of pain behind him, and he knew that his comrades-in-arms had made a move, he subconsciously shot, and Ah San in front of him was killed at once.
At this time, Zhang Honggang also rushed up with four or five soldiers, one of whom still had three flying knives in his hand, and Li Xun hurriedly stretched out his thumb to express his gratitude.
"Don't waste time, get the gun, rush in!"
Zhang Honggang gave a decisive order, he and a soldier picked up two Ah San's rifles, and rushed into the police station at once. At this time, the two police officers on duty were also alarmed, and when they heard the gunshots outside, they hurried out.
The two British police officers, both of whom were quite fat, ran and shook like two fat pigs, and as soon as they rushed out, Zhang Honggang was about to shoot.
I put my finger on the trigger, but it didn't make a sound.
Stink!
Damn, at this moment, Zhang Honggang felt that something was wrong, and the other party's gun was already aimed at him. has been living and dying on the battlefield for a long time, and at this time, Zhang Honggang also felt that his hairs stood up.
Syllable!
A gunshot rang out, Zhang Honggang was not injured, but the officer's brain was knocked away, and there was a trace of gunsmoke on the muzzle of Li Xun's gun. Zhang Honggang also instantly showed a smile on his face, Li Xun had already killed two people in a row, this feeling was very important, if you want to survive on the battlefield, you must constantly destroy the other party.
With a snap, another police officer also fell to the ground, and Zhang Honggang hurriedly said: "Quick, just a weapon!" ”
They all moved quite amazingly, found the gun room, they found more than two dozen pistols, in addition to six rifles, three boxes of ammunition, and in addition to that, dozens of grenades.
Seeing these things, Zhang Honggang smiled, everyone was full of weapons, and then in groups of two, one person carried a bullet box, and the other person took cover next to him, and quickly retreated.
When they retreated, they did not let go of anything useful, and the guns of the two officers were also taken away. When they arrived at the outside of the police station, they set fire to the things they had prepared for a long time and threw them in the courtyard, and soon the police station was red and flamed, and it was enveloped in flames.
The British in Nanyang have been peaceful for a long time, and in this gentle township, their courage has almost been exhausted, and it was not until more than 20 minutes later that the military and police arrived one after another, but Zhang Honggang and they had long since disappeared.
Only four bodies remained, as well as the police station, which was engulfed in flames. How many years. The British have not encountered this situation for many years, and they were immediately dumbfounded, who did it, could it be that there is another anti-British uprising in Nanyang, these policemen were immediately extremely nervous, and immediately reported to the Xiangshang level, and the British colonial authorities also hurriedly dispatched troops, tossing chickens and dogs.
But these have nothing to do with Zhang Honggang and them, and after they are fully armed, these soldiers have become tigers again. Li Xun led everyone. First of all, he found the dwellings of several indigenous hooligans in the village, killed them all one by one, and then used an axe to cut off all the heads.
When more than a dozen bloody heads were put in front of his father's spirit, Li Xun cried loudly. The other warriors wept as well. After crying enough, Zhang Hong just patted Li Xun on the shoulder and said, "Time waits for no one." Let's get the old man's house cremated. We're going to have to fight endlessly! ”
Just as they were about to leave, dozens of young people had suddenly gathered outside the door, their eyes full of fear and excitement.
A young man named Han Wei suddenly ran in front of Li Xun: "Brother Xun, are you preparing breakfast?" Count me in, I'm willing to join you in killing all these bastards. ”
"Yes. Take us, we've all had enough! ”
These young people are all extremely determined, and Li Xun is not easy to decide, so he can only let Zhang Honggang make a decision.
"It just so happens that we have a surplus of weapons. I will recruit twenty people for the time being, but I want to make it clear that joining us is not to enjoy happiness, but to play with my life, to fight hard with the natives, to fight with the British, if you are not ready to die, do not join! ”
Soon Li Xun selected twenty people from these people, and all of them were assigned to the recruit brigade, where they were trained and familiar with combat methods. This is also one of Zhang Honggang's tasks, after all, the people sent from the mainland are still very limited, and they must use the local Liliang in Nanyang.
In the following three days, after Zhang Honggang and his team had weapons, they organized a sneak attack on the port, and grabbed a large amount of food and funds, and suddenly the small team had food.
And what is even more exciting is that the weapon has finally arrived, the Feng army used the submarine, sent 200 rifles, 200,000 rounds of ammunition, two machine guns, two mortars, and 2,000 mines.
And in addition to these weapons, there is one more precious thing, and that is penicillin!
The Feng army has just broken through the problem of large-scale production of penicillin, and if you want to fight in the tropics, infection is inevitable.
Seeing these things, Zhang Honggang was also overjoyed, especially penicillin, which he regarded as a baby.
"Listen, big guy, this thing can save our lives at a critical moment, you have to show it to me!"
"Instructor, what's so expensive about this thing?"
"Once injured, the most terrible thing is infection, most soldiers will die because of infection, these infections are caused by bacteria, and this thing is the nemesis against bacteria. I can tell you that apart from China, there is no country that has discovered penicillin, and we can use it, which shows the care of the above. ”
When these soldiers heard that this was the first thing on Shijie, they were all startled, and hurriedly took care of it.
Zhang Honggang After they got the weapon, their strength suddenly increased greatly, especially after the mortar, their ability to attack fortifications has also improved a lot. Zhang Honggang was not polite, and in the following time, they launched a series of attacks on the British army.
In less than 10 days, five attacks were launched, killing more than 20 British soldiers, destroying a warehouse, blowing up and sinking two cargo ships, and robbing more than 2 million yuan in funds. In the fifth attack, Zhang Honggang and his men also set fire to four British oil wells, killing more than 30 oil workers.
Before World War II, Nanyang was an important oil-producing area, and the Japanese went crazy south for oil, and the oil wells were attacked, which made the British feel like they had been stripped of their hearts, livers and lungs.
As soon as the losses were counted, the British wanted to cry even more, and the oil well was ignited, causing a huge flame, burning all the surrounding facilities, and the direct economic loss exceeded more than one million. In addition, it has caused a serious consequence of a 5% drop in crude oil production, and all oil fields are afraid that they will meet their doom at any time.
Of course, the colonial government was under great pressure, and the British in the villages and towns could no longer afford to stay idle, and all fled to the big cities, hoping that the military and police would protect them.
Zhang Honggang and the others not only stunned the British, but also woke up the Chinese and overseas Chinese in Kuching. Especially the Chinese in various rural areas, they are basically Hakka, the so-called Hakka people are from the beginning of Qin Shi Huang's southern expedition to Baiyue, a large number of Han people in the Central Plains migrated to Lingnan, and then Li Jingwu chaotic China, Anshi Rebellion, the end of the Song Dynasty, the end of the Ming Dynasty, a large number of Han people moved south, integrated with the locals, and finally formed a stable Han nationality - Hakka.
From the end of the Song Dynasty, the Hakka people followed Wen Tianxiang to fight against the Meng Yuan, and the blood was sprinkled on the mountains and rivers.
When they arrived in Nanyang, these Hakka people still retained the blood of the Han people, and they fought desperately in the previous indigenous anti-Chinese actions. It's just that because the British colonial authorities fanned the flames behind the scenes, the overseas Chinese suffered heavy losses, and all kinds of resistance weakened more and more.
But this is just a kind of terrifying tranquility, and finally someone came out to challenge the Westerners, and a large number of Hakka people joined Zhang Honggang's team. In less than a month, they had taken control of seven villages, and Shili had infiltrated Borneo under Dutch rule.
This squad has taken root in the South Seas, and the wind and waves are getting bigger and bigger, and the British have to face up to the problems of the South Seas.
There was smoke everywhere, which had already given the empire a headache, and Zhang Tinglan, who was in Beijing, received the report from Nanyang and was overjoyed, I really didn't expect this chess piece to play a role so quickly.
"Neighbor Ge, the British seem to be much weaker than they thought in Nanyang, you immediately send a telegram to Xu Shuzheng, if he is interested, he can go to Nanyang to preside over the situation."
Yang Yuting also nodded: "Xu Shuzheng still has a set of wars, and he will also coordinate various relationships, so it is perfect for him to go." ”
In the face of the smoke of the South Seas, the British could no longer sit still, and finally in front of the negotiating table, they began to make significant concessions, and the Gengzi indemnity was suspended for five years, and the rest of the loans were suspended for three years, and agreed to withdraw troops from Weihaiwei......
After getting Gu Weijun's report, Zhang Tinglan was also hahadaxiao: "1923 is coming, this is a good start!" The big guys must work harder to make this year the starting point for the Chinese to completely get rid of unequal treaties! (To be continued......)