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Chapter five hundred and fifty-two Nanyang (four)

The Kuala Lumpur Telegraph Office is located in the city center of Kuala Lumpur. This telegraph office was originally established by the British for military purposes thirty years ago. With the increase in communication volume in recent years, the British political axe has gradually opened up the private market, but the average price per word per pound is still daunting to most people.

Wang Bo came to the door of the Telegram Bureau and forced a smile and walked in. There were not many people in the Telegram Bureau. There were only a dozen foreigners with high noses and blue eyes in the hall, turning around boredly. Wang Bo walked to the counter and smiled at a foreigner with a hooked nose and triangle eyes in the age of 30 and said, "Mr. Doro, please help me see if there is any telegram from our Chinese Chamber of Commerce."

The foreigner glanced at Wang Bo, and a hint of impatient flashed in Triangle's eyes. He said angrily: "What are you anxious? If there is a telegram, we won't inform you, do you need to urge me every day?"

"Mr. Doro, I'm really sorry." Wang Bo's back, which was already very hunched, is now bent lower. "Because this telegram is so important to us, our chamber of commerce is waiting for this telegram. Please help us find it."

"Thingsome" Doro's triangular eyes crossed Wang Bo's eyes, reached out to the translated telegram next to him casually and looked at it, and said impatiently: "I didn't see it, now you give up."

A look of disappointment appeared in Wang Bo's eyes. He sighed secretly and walked out in a sloppy step. A sneer came from behind, "These yellow pigs are crazy about telegrams all day long."

Doro, who casually put the telegram aside, did not notice that a telegram was quietly inserted into the corner next to it.

Wang Bo did not receive the telegram, but Lord Wilson's Governor's Palace became in a mess because he received a telegram from Major General MacArthur, the US commander in the Philippines, who was far away in the Philippines.

"What Chinese South China Sea Fleet is driving towards Malaysia?" Wilson stood in the living room, looking at the serious communication officer in front of him. Although it was only early autumn, Lord Wilson felt a little cold at this time.

"Mr. Governor, this is a US patrol fleet in the Philippines that was reported to the US headquarters in the Philippines after discovering it, and they forwarded it." The communication officer wiped the sweat from his forehead and said stutteringly.

The more Lord Wilson thought about it, the more wrong it became. A huge fleet of aircraft carriers, two cruisers, and dozens of destroyers drove towards Malaysia, wasn't it for a trip? Did the Chinese want to start a war with the British Empire? "You should invite Lieutenant General Pasir and Major General Betja immediately, and you will say that I have urgent military information to discuss with them."

Half an hour later, Lieutenant General Pascival and Major General Betja came to Lord Wilson's study. When they saw the telegram from the US Command in the Philippines, they were all jumped. They knew very well what it meant to be like a fleet of Chinese people to Malaysia.

"Governor General" Major General Botja quickly said: "The Chinese must have come for their expatriates. We should report to Zhengfu and ask them to send more reinforcements."

Lord Wilson's face was very bad, and he didn't care about any tactfulness and demeanor, and asked directly: "Major General Botja, tell me the truth now. If the Chinese fleet went to war with us, can your third fleet withstand the attack of the Chinese South China Sea fleet?"

Major General Botja shook his head with a little discouraged look, "Although the Chinese did not drive their battleships this time, I think our fleet is not their opponent in terms of quantity and quality."

"In addition, the newly arrived "Prince of Wales" battleship and the "Counterattack" battlecruiser are not good either. And I think once the war begins, the Chinese planes will definitely patronize them first." Major General Botja added.

Major General Betja's answer frustrated Lord Wilson, and he could only place his hope on the army, "Lieutenant General Pasival, is your army sure to block those Chinese people on the land?"

Lieutenant General Pasival smiled bitterly, "If the navy cannot resist the Chinese fleet, then as long as they bombard the naval guns on the shore, even the fortifications of the strongest will be destroyed by them. Our army can only retreat beyond the range of their naval guns to build an offensive to resist them. Lord Wilson, I think this situation must be reported to Zhengfu now and requested the Prime Minister to decide. After all, he proposed the plan to sanction Chinese enterprises and factories first."

Hearing Lieutenant General Pasival's words, he doubted the correct surname of Zhengfu's proposal, Governor Wilson frowned: "Lieutenant General Pasival, now he is not doubting whether Zhengfu's proposal is correct or not, but discussing how to resist the upcoming fleet of the Chinese. Do you have no confidence in your own troops?"

After hearing Lord Wilson's question, Lieutenant General Pasival smiled proudly, "Of course I have confidence in my own troops. Although I am not sure about intercepting the Chinese on the beachhead, as long as the Chinese army dares to go deep into Malaysia, I will be sure to defend Kuala Lumpur."

Lieutenant General Pasival's confidence is for a reason. Judging from the intelligence provided by the Americans, the fleet carried no more than 10,000 troops, while the British army in Malaysia had tens of thousands. After adding an Indian army and several infantry brigades, it reached 60,000. In terms of number, they won firmly and did not lose.

"Okay, I will report this to the Prime Minister immediately and wait for his ruling." Soon, telegrams flew from the Governor's Office to the distance and to the distant Europe.

Churchill, who was woken up late at night at the Prime Minister's residence at No. 10 Downing Street, London, England, saw the emergency telegram from Malaysia and immediately recruited Navy Secretary McKenna.

Churchill held his hands with a gray face and stared at the Navy Secretary who had just finished reading the emergency telegram. "McKenna devoted himself. Do you have any good suggestions for the Chinese Navy to break into the colony of the British Empire?"

McKenna's face was still as reserved as ever, "Prime Minister, please be honest, our navy is now overwhelmed. The Germans have just been defeated by us and returned to France. Our main fleet is now concentrated in the local area. The only force that can be extracted is the Far East Fleet stationed in Australia, but it will take at least half a month to transfer the Far East Fleet to Asia. By that time, God knows how many warships the Chinese have sent to Malaysia."

Churchill fell into deep thought, and the room suddenly became quiet like death.

From the bottom of my heart, Churchill is a petty person. A few days ago, the reason why Churchill proposed to collect taxes from Nanyang Chinese in the House of Lords was to revenge the Chinese government to provide radar interference technology to Germany and destroy the revenge of many British radars. Although the aid provided by the United States finally pulled the British back from the edge of hell, Churchill was always worried, so he had a proposal to increase the taxes of Nanyang Chinese and even confiscate their factories and enterprises.

Churchill had not thought about the reactions made by the Chinese, but what he did not expect was the speed of the Chinese political axe. As we all know, it would take at least three days for a political axe to make a resolution and make the relevant troops, and it would not include the time to mobilize the troops. But in just three days, the Chinese fleet had already crossed the Philippines and drove towards Malaysia, which caught Churchill, who was determined to fight quickly and cooked the rice and cooked the rice, was caught off guard. Now these Chinese navies were clearly trying to stand up for the overseas Chinese. They drove into the team with such a big fanfare to Malaysia, which forced the British political axe to express their opinions.

"Prime Minister" McKenna first broke the silence, "I believe that our Governor Wilson will definitely have a way to resist the attack of the Chinese, and our Far East Fleet Third Squadron is also there, and there are still 60,000 troops on land. I believe that the Chinese cannot land in Malaysia so easily."

"No" Churchill shook his head. As the prime minister, he naturally thought further: "If we really fight, we will not declare war with China. Moreover, the attitude of the Americans is still unclear. We can no longer establish enemies everywhere."

Churchill's heart was bitter. He originally wanted to extricate his anger and take the opportunity to replenish the loss of the treasury, but he was attacked by the bitter master. Moreover, the bitter master also acted like a desperate attitude, making Churchill, who felt that he was delicate and expensive, feel that he was not desperate, nor was he not.

McKenna felt the Prime Minister's embarrassment and said carefully: "Prime Minister, why don't we apply to the House of Lords to suspend the implementation of Proposal No. 5072 first, and invite the Chinese Ambassador to my country to come and explain to him how it will be."

Churchill felt tired when he heard this, "It was him who proposed this proposal to the House of Lords, and now it was him who proposed to suspend the execution. This time he really shot himself in the foot. In the long run, what majesty is there for me as the prime minister."

As if he saw Churchill's embarrassment, McKenna sighed secretly, thinking, "I'll take the blame."

"Prime Minister, I will propose the proposal to suspend the implementation of Resolution 5072 tomorrow. Then you can take the opportunity to summon the Chinese Ambassador to my country to explain the reasons to him. Now our country's fiscal deficit is already very high. If we go to war with the Chinese again, we may not have to wait for the Germans to attack us and we will collapse first."

Churchill looked at his confidant gratefully and nodded slowly, "Okay, let's do it. I will summon the Chinese ambassador to our country immediately tomorrow and explain our country's position to him. You are right, the empire's finances are no longer suitable for war."
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