465 Chinese Self-Salvation Army
In Perth, the capital of Western Australia, Jeminka stared blankly at the flow of people walking to the council hall and the governor's palace on the street holding big signs. 【 I want: super fast update 】
On a nearby newsstand, the subheadline "We Can No Longer Be Ignored" catches the eye, a slogan that is now sweeping across Western Australia and Northern Australia like a plague.
It's not the slogan of the local Europeans" but the roar of the Chinese workers who have been settling here for many years, and in just a few days they have been stirred up by a large invisible hand because they need to get the right to vote!
Jenmyka didn't know why the Chinese who usually looked modest and weak like Queensland sheep suddenly became irritable "He just knew that the whole of Northwest Australia had fallen into chaos" The mine strike, the railroad was shut down, the police were all sent to the streets, there were many brawls yesterday, but it still couldn't stop the sound.
In fact, Jencka didn't care about the filth and opium, cut off the braids, "every day dressed like herself, and many Chinese workers who could speak fluent English got the rights they deserved, but the big ones obviously didn't think so."
There are more than 500,000 Chinese living in the two autonomous regions of northwestern Australia, although most of them are usually busy in the industrial and mining industries, "but they have actually deeply affected the lives of the original residents, exquisite food, living habits from China and some strange festivals, are taking root in this land, but it is because of these things that those big people feel worried, afraid that this place will be controlled by the Chinese and submerged."
Jemmin Card had heard such concerns on many people's lips, but as long as life was not disturbed, he didn't want to bother with these things, because Australia is so big, Western Australia alone can accommodate millions of residents, when in reality there are only 400,000 people here, compared to 200,000 in Northern Australia.
The former two territories were "synonymous with barbarism" in the minds of Australians, "only people like him were forced to come here", but as the ore export industry has grown, the economy is even bigger than that of South Australia and Tasmania, and not much worse than that of Queensland and Wales, and that's not counting the ore that the big companies are transshipment from elsewhere.
Jenmyka took a deep breath and pushed back on his thoughts, not to protest, but to sit at the bar next door to the town hall.
"Jemminka greeted everyone he knew, both locals and his Chinese neighbors over the years, and when he walked to Perth's famous pub with a wooden sign hanging from the door, "on which a large wine glass was engraved," he heard a bang, and the Chinese procession of demonstrators exploded like a swarm of bees.
No one knew what was going on" until there was another thumping of gunfire in front of him, and Jeminka's face suddenly darkened, and he flew up to the roof, only to see the town hall and the adjacent Governor's Palace, "A group of soldiers with guns were shooting at the unarmed demonstrators, and blood was all over the field in an instant!"
"There will be no more peace in Western Australia!"
Jeminka stared blankly at the falling Chinese workers, the corners of his mouth pursed to himself, the choking smell of gunpowder wafting in the wind and the crowd scurrying everywhere made the whole Perth City in turmoil, and at that moment, he seemed to see the war begin to spread on the soil of Western Australia.
But he didn't know that "on the roof of a five-story building in the distance" Huo Zheng's eyes were bloody, and his fists were clenched tightly, if it hadn't been explained earlier, it was estimated that he, the Hongmen Deacon, would have taken his brothers and foreigners to fight hard. ※※※※※ I ※ I ※ ※
"Brother Huo, do you think I'm too bad? Too disregarding the lives of others? Shen Jun lowered his hand, "After handing over the telescope to the intelligence officer behind him," he turned his head to look at the Hongmen leader who came out of the American Zhigong Hall beside him.
Huo Zheng didn't speak, in fact, he didn't know how to answer this question, the gunshots in the distance had gradually dispersed, and a corpse lying in a pool of blood had said everything, he knew very well that "this riot and demonstration were planned by this man, but he didn't expect this situation to happen."
People die like smoke, and no matter what they say, they can't save those lives" Although he couldn't say a reason for this cold man's decision, he knew one thing very well: "If there is no bloodshed and no conflict, the Chinese may be bullied by foreigners in this generation!"
This is just like the emperor said, there is never a reason in the white world, whoever has the big fist is reasonable!
From Japan to Spain, from France to Russia, and then to Britain and the United States, the emperor has actually been using unreasonable means to reason with them, on this road, tens of thousands of soldiers paid with their lives, and those blood stained today's blood cloud dragon flag, and also made the Chinese straighten their waists.
The bloodshed in the present is nothing compared to the long-term peace and stability in the future!
Seeing Huo Zheng's fist slowly relaxed, a smile crossed the corner of Shen Jun's mouth, Hongmen is an ancient gang in China, they are neither good nor bad, but they are the leaders of the Chinese overseas, just like the American Zhigong Court that still retains the rudder in San Francisco at this moment, before the rise of China, they have actually been silently playing the role of overseas Chinese protectors.
Today, this ancient sect has been almost split by the emperor, and most of the remaining Meizhou Zhigongtang has also moved to this land, and its role as a protector continues to continue.
Now, it's time for these appraisers to do their best, "Brother Huo, it's up to you next!" ”
"Brother Shen, please return to the emperor, as long as my Hongmen is here for a day, this will be my Chinese paradise!" Huo Zheng nodded, and was about to leave but was pulled by Shen Jun, only to see him take out a revolver from his waist and hand it over, "Guoshu can strengthen the body, but the times are different!" ”
"Hehe, Brother Shen, don't worry, my brother still knows this!" After saying that, after taking the pistol, he quickly left the building with his men.
Seeing Huo Zheng leave, Shen Jun also breathed a sigh of relief, to be honest, the emperor's move is not too good, if it is himself, he will definitely send troops directly, "But this can't be blamed on the country, after all, China has made a lot of enemies at present, and it should not offend Britain and the United States too much at this time, so let the Chinese here make trouble by themselves" can instead grasp the initiative.
It's just that there are some people who have to be cleared!
"The Australian soldier who shot first?"
"Rest assured, the sir" has already sent someone to do it, "will disguise it as a conflict to death!" The subordinate immediately said.
Shen Jun nodded, Australia is not stupid, as long as it can control the situation, it will not shoot" So he used some small means to let them shoot first to provoke the conflict, he knows very well that soldiers are group of courage, and after one person shoots, others will definitely follow, so the guy who shot first can't stay any longer!
"Inform Aardvark that from now on, it is fully possible to assassinate any soldier and government official within WA and NA X!" After Shen Jun gave the order, before his subordinates could answer, he asked again, "Has the munitions arrived?" ”
"Arrived in Darwin."
"Then go and arm, there is no need to wait any longer, and inform Thomas and Mr. Slow that I need their full cooperation!"
"Yes!" On August 1, 1907, a serious shooting occurred in Perth, the capital of Western Australia, where "more than 10,000 local Chinese workers were suppressed by the Western Australian army while demanding equal treatment, and more than 170 fell in pools of blood."
Originally, the incident did not attract the attention of the world, but after the Chinese workers burned the local mine machinery and blocked the harbor from entering and exiting, the situation suddenly became tense.
Although the Governor of Western Australia denied that the shooting was purely accidental, because he could not produce any evidence, it angered many Chinese people, and finally turned into a bloody conflict again. On August 3, when tens of thousands of Chinese workers carrying the bodies of the victims surrounded the Perth Governor's House and the council building "to demand that the WA government hand over the murderer", the gunfire rang out again, but this time the Chinese workers, who had been prepared, also immediately returned fire with pistols. On August 4, Chinese workers from all over Western Australia and Northern Australia responded to "protest against the atrocities of the Australian government", and at the same time, 20,000 Mosingana rifles, tens of thousands of grenades and revolvers were delivered to Huo Zheng along the newly completed Darwin-Perth railway line, "so that he quickly pulled up an army of nearly 10,000 people."
After receiving armed support, Huo Zheng immediately issued a declaration in Perth to help the Chinese workers, announcing that he would form an Australian Chinese self-help army to ensure the safety of local Chinese workers, and at the same time announced that he would take over the two governments and expel those white workers.
Darwin, the capital of North Australia, was almost completely destroyed in the recent Aboriginal riots, so only a few thousand whites were driven out of Darwin almost effortlessly, and "the entire Dominion of North Australia took only 10 days for 30,000 white people to be expelled."
But Western Australia is different, there are more whites in Western Australia, "and Perth has always been run by the local government, so Huo Zheng's declaration immediately led to a war."
On August 7, the first large-scale clash between the Australian Chinese Self-Rescue Army, which had just been armed, and the Western Australian army in Narokin, south of Perth, although the Western Australian army was only 1,000 people, the self-help army had just been armed after all, lacked sufficient experience, and the 2,000 people were quickly dispersed.
But just when the Western Australian army thought that it could easily control the situation, Narokin's 1,000 garrisons were attacked again, and this time it was not so easy, when they fought hard with the mysterious enemy in the night, and after nearly 60% losses, they were besieged by 3,000 self-help troops in the early morning of the next day, and all 1,000 people were killed.
When the news reached Perth City, the Governor of Western Australia turned to the southeastern states for help with little thought. On August 10, the formed Australian Commonwealth announced that it would send 5,000 soldiers to Perth to quell the rebellion by ship, but when the first two troop carriers had just sailed less than five nautical miles out of Sydney Harbour, a major explosion occurred on the troop carriers, and only less than 400 of the 1,500 soldiers escaped, and the rest were all buried at sea.
The two troop carriers sank quickly in billowing black smoke on the sea, and all Australians realized that this was not a riot "but a war!" On 11 August, the Chinese self-help army returning from Narojin arrived in Perth, and the governor and the remaining few hundred soldiers immediately surrendered, knowing that they were outnumbered. On August 12, when 10,000 white Western Australians, including the Governor of Western Australia, were declared undesirable to be evicted, Huo Zheng announced that Western Australia and North Australia would be temporarily taken over by the Chinese Self-Salvation Army, and at the same time said that he would not turn his guns on innocent whites, nor would he continue to strike and boycott the mines, they could all continue to live and invest here, and their lives would not be disturbed.
Although the declaration stated that it would not be difficult for the whites, after the Governor left, 30,000 whites fled along the Conservation Rail Line to South Australia.
In just a few days, smoke broke out in the northwest of Australia, and news of riots and deaths continued to spread from all over the country, so that the newly formed Australian government could no longer sit still, "In order to stabilize the situation, the Australian government decided to use the navy!" On August 20, Perth City was shelled by two Australian Navy cruisers, and the shells suddenly whistled from the sea, resulting in at least 2,000 Chinese casualties "This news immediately caused a sharp escalation of the conflict" also shocked the whole world!
Just one day later, the Chinese government was the first to break its silence by announcing that it would send warships to patrol Australia's northwest territories to ensure that the legitimate interests of the Chinese in Australia were not harmed, and strongly condemned the Australian Navy's shelling of Perth.
On the same day, Australian diplomats in China were expelled, and China announced that it would suspend diplomatic relations with Australia indefinitely and began to recall its ambassador and diplomatic staff to Australia.
Suddenly, tensions reappeared in the Pacific, and when the eyes of the world began to slowly converge here," the Australian government panicked.
Although the Australian Navy is also one of the strongest fleets in the region, compared to the Royal Chinese Navy, which has achieved great success, the few cruisers obtained from the British Navy cannot be used at all, so in the face of huge military pressure, they began to turn to the British government for help.
But at this moment, the accident happened again, just when the British Parliament began to discuss whether to support Australia and send multiple warships there, the German government suddenly announced the construction of five more Kai Wai-class battleships.
At the same time, Wilhelm II said during his inspection in Munich that he personally supported the self-help efforts of the Chinese in Australia, and was willing to send the German Far East Fleet stationed in Sasebo to Australia "as an observer state to ensure that the local Chinese are not shelled by the Australian Navy."
As soon as these words came out, the world was in an uproar!
Although the German government said the next day that Wilhelm II's words were only his personal opinion, "the British still bombarded the open-mouthed emperor, and said that if the German ship entered Australia, it would be a challenge to the British Empire!"
At the same time, the budget for the construction of five Kaiti-class battleships once again deeply stimulated Britain, "for this reason, Britain decided to build a full-class battleship to continue to maintain absolute superiority over Germany's capital ships." On 30 August, the British Navy decided to send a fleet to Australia to maintain law and order, and under this order "three Edgar-class first-class protective cruisers and four Illuminati-class second-class protective cruisers departed from Portsmouth Harbour, and they were to return to the British cruiser fleet in Australia to ensure the safety of Australia's waters."
With the news of the departure of the British cruiser, the eyes of the world have long been on the Pacific Ocean, "even the Anglo-German shipbuilding competition that is in full swing has been forgotten for the time being.!" ~!