Five months later, Southeast Asia, Singapore.

A large number of locals gathered in front of the Doge's Palace.

Because of the existence of the Ming Empire, Britain's territory in Southeast Asia was much smaller, but correspondingly, Britain's control over its colonies increased—after all, the territory was smaller, so it could devote more energy to management and management.

This is the case with Singapore, Singapore in this time and space has been fortified by the British very early, because Britain thinks that it may have another war with the Ming Empire in the Far East, and France has already fought and knelt down, and in the case that the strategy of instigating the independence of Yingzhou may not be effective, Britain will of course make enough preparations for war.

Therefore, Singapore in this time and space built coastal defense batteries and a large number of military facilities very early, and was heavily guarded.

It was not until the beginning of Yingzhou's independence that the British judged that the Ming Empire probably did not have the energy to start a war with them, so they withdrew a large part of the heavy troops placed in Singapore.

This also provided an opportunity for Singapore to become independent.

But the British certainly don't want to lose this stronghold, Winston Churchill was still prime minister when he tried to win the United States for joint defense, but the United States itself was also troubled by the Philippine independence movement, and then the Americans fell into a bitter war in the Persian Gulf, and they really didn't have the energy to get the Philippines anymore, so they agreed to the Philippines for autonomy, and later after the end of the Persian Gulf War, the United States originally wanted to return to the Philippines and strengthen its control over this island country, but public opinion in the United States really did not support another war, so in the end there was no way, The Americans finally agreed to the independence of the Philippines after five years of grinding.

This, in turn, spurred a wave of independence in regions such as Singapore, leaving Britain bitter.

At this time, Britain didn't expect the Americans to help, and the Philippines couldn't keep it, so could it take care of you.

Now the British can only use the military and police to maintain order, and at the same time approach the independence faction, hoping to give the Philippines a status of Dominion, so as to quell the tide.

Today is the day when the independence sends delegates to the Governor's Palace for their final consultations, and the crowd outside the Governor's Palace cheers up the deputies.

Inside the Governor's Palace, the British Governor and the delegates face each other.

"Mr. Lee," said the Governor in English, "now that the Alliance of Human Renewal is expanding its power in Southeast Asia, and if Singapore leaves the protection of the British Empire, it will immediately be annexed by the Red Malays who are under the influence of the new Ming, do you think that Singapore is capable of resisting the attack of the Malay Revolutionary Army?" ”

"We want to be a Commonwealth country."

The Governor laughed, this time he changed his Chinese: "You want the protection of the Commonwealth without the responsibility of being part of the British......"

"Australia and other countries ......"

"In the time of need, Britain organized troops to fight."

"We can also organize armies to fight." The representative of the independence faction, known as Mr. Li, said indifferently, "It's just that we are a small place and don't have a large population, so we can't organize too many troops." ”

"Mr. Lee, the patience of the British Empire is limited, we value human life, so we have come to negotiate with you, if you are not willing to negotiate, we can only prepare for the worst. I'm sure no one wants to see that. ”

"Mr. Governor, it's not like the British Empire hasn't slaughtered us on this land, you have done it, and you have no hesitation, and I have no doubt that you will do it in the future. You are not doing this now simply because you have become too weak to do so. I may wish to tell you, Mr. Governor, that there are some people within the independents, who seem to be financed by the new Ming, who are planning to rebel against your rule by force, and who I can suppress now, but if I go out of this door with an agreement to become a British Dominion, they will definitely go into action at once. ”

"Action?" The Governor smiled, a mocking tone, "How to act?" Rush in and draw a Z on my neck? ”

Lin Youde has just co-produced a movie called "The Legend of Zorro" with France, and it is currently popular all over the world, and the joke of the governor comes from the logo of Zorro in this movie, and he always leaves a Z mark after opposing the governor.

"Of course you can suppress them, but then, like you said, the Red Malay army will invade. How many ships does the British Empire still have in Southeast Asia? You still have a beautiful battleship in Southeast Asia, but the new Ming air force has been stationed in Malaysia in the name of the Human Innovation Alliance, do you dare to face the new Ming air force? Mr. Governor-General, if we become an independent Commonwealth country, there will be no excuse for the new Ming to invade, and if they use their brains, I am afraid that the United States will not sit idly by completely. Don't give Xin Ming an excuse, Mr. Governor. If we become a Commonwealth country, you can still be the Governor here, and you're assigned to retire anyway, aren't you? ”

The Governor took a deep breath.

"Well, you have a point." Eventually, after five minutes of silence, the Governor relented, "However, if you become a Commonwealth nation, I may not be able to continue as Governor." Of course, if I could come up with a plan like the Mountbatten Plan, it might be appreciated by the Parliament, but unfortunately, as far as I know, you don't have a cultural divide here that can be divided. ”

"Yes, Mr. Governor, there are only two beliefs among us: Mazu and Buddha, but most of the time we worship both, and we also worship Guan Gong." I don't know if it was the concession that made the independents feel relaxed, but he was silent, and then he stood up and bowed to the governor, "Then I will take my leave, everyone outside is still waiting under the sun for the result." It's not good to keep everyone waiting. ”

"yes, it's not good to keep them waiting." The Governor replied dejectedly.

The representative stood up, walked with a triumphant step, and walked with his retinue to the outside of the governor's palace.

When he walked out of the Governor's Palace and faced the eagerly awaited Singaporeans, he couldn't help but smile on his face.

It was at this moment that he saw a flash of light on the bell tower of the church in the distance.

The bullet hit him in the chest almost as soon as he saw the flash, blood gushing out of his chest and instantly staining his suit red.

That's when the gunshots rang out.

The whole scene was silent, everyone was looking at the delegate, and he slowly collapsed in full view of everyone.

At this time, someone in the crowd shouted: "The British have killed someone!" Fight with them! ”

The crowd became furious and rushed to the governor's palace, where some people hid in the crowd and opened fire on the British soldiers, and the attacked British began to fight back, and the machine guns that were supposed to be used to deter the crowd swept down the patches of people like wheat harvesters.

On this day, the Singapore War of Independence broke out.