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Chapter 602 The Nanyang Uprising (9)

To the west of Washington, reporters gathered in front of the solemn Lincoln Memorial.

Today is the last stop for the Chinese vice president to visit Washington. After the event of visiting the Lincoln Memorial and offering flowers, this young man, who already possesses nearly 500 million people in the Far East, known as a "miracle" by Europe and the United States, will travel to New York. Hundreds of American business people there have been tiptoes and looking forward to it, hoping to get more trade orders from him and pour another pot of hot oil into the beautiful twenties.

The reporters either wiped the camera, adjusted the camera position, stomped their feet to dispel the cold wind and exchanged their interview experiences for several days, and talked happily about soaring stocks, the West Borneo crisis and the reconstruction of the Soviet Union, and kept thinking about what problems should be made difficult. A happy man who is said to have three wives.

Peace and prosperity are unforgettable, but the rapid brakes broke this atmosphere. If no one rushed to the memorial hall next to the two brand new Ford A-class closed sedans, the reporters were curious in an instant. It was not because of the expensive A-class sedan, but because of the other party's attitude of rushing to the memorial hall! You must know that this is the Lincoln Memorial Hall, a symbol of the United States, how can it be so presumptuous?

The American journalists who love to dig out the gossip immediately became excited like hunting dogs, wanting to see who was so bold, but when the two of them got out of the car suddenly felt a bad feeling. Because the person who came was Secretary of State Kellogg and Secretary of the Navy Curtis Weber! A young colonel wearing a Chinese naval uniform was followed by a serious young colonel. Everyone was not interested in Kellogg's appearance. But the latter, who is familiar with the United States, knows that their Navy Secretary rarely takes the initiative to participate in politics. Last year, the British Prime Minister did not attend when he visited. Why did he suddenly come today and even bring the Chinese naval colonel into the memorial hall?

Could it be that the South China Sea was fighting, right? Sensitive reporters suddenly became excited. I want to become famous these days and want to increase the circulation of newspapers. No matter how many reports are, the economic development is not as eye-catching as a war, especially the war between two major powers!

The reporters outside rolled up their sleeves to make a big move. The Yang Qiu and President Coolidge and his wife stood side by side, listening quietly to the commentator's introduction to President Lincoln's great and short-lived outfit. It has to be said that President Coolidge may be the least talkative president in American history. He rarely spoke since he entered the memorial hall. If he was an unfamiliar person, he would definitely not associate such a man who loves listening with the eloquent American president on the podium.

The vivid commentary makes people feel like they are back in the Lincoln era, but this scene is quickly interrupted by a series of rapid footsteps: "I'm sorry, please pause for a moment."

"Webber?"

"Bingwen?"

President Coolidge and Yang Qiu shouted their names almost at the same time. The former was even more surprised that his Navy Minister would become a rash ghost and interrupted the explanation in a bad manner. But then Minister Weber's words made everyone widen their eyes: "Dear the Vice President, Mr. Coolidge, please forgive me for having to interrupt the wonderful commentary. I think it is necessary to tell you the unfortunate news immediately! I just received a telegram from Manila, and this Colonel Bingwen also received an emergency telegram from Nanjing a few hours ago, a serious armed riot occurred in East India!"

Armed riots occurred in East India?! President Coolidge was stunned, Yang Qiu also looked at Webber directly, but ecstasy emerged in his eyes, and he couldn't help but exchange a knowing gaze with Bingwen. The latter took the words of the US Secretary of the Navy in fluent English and opened the telegram in his hand and said, "Report! There was a serious armed conflict between Surabaya and Batavia. As of now, it has been confirmed that 113 Chinese expatriates have died. About 2,000 expatriates' shops have been stolen and tens of thousands of houses have been burned!"

"How could this happen?" President Coolidge's wife covered her mouth. She was an active civil rights movement. After hearing this, she immediately looked at her husband. President Coolidge even scratched her head secretly. Seeing the West Borneo crisis approaching, why did the Java riot suddenly break out again? But before his association was unfolded, he was interrupted by worse news. Minister Curtis Weber's tone was quiet: "It's very unfortunate that Batavia has confirmed that about 12 citizens of the United States were killed by thugs. More than 300 citizens in Surabaya have lost contact! The only thing that can be confirmed now is that the thugs are the most active GC elements, about tens of thousands of people, equipped with rifles (rifts), automatic machine guns and bombs! We have tried to contact Batavia, but we have not received any call back yet. Now no one knows whether it is still under the control of the Dutch government."

Hearing this, even though President Coolidge could not stand, Yang Qiu immediately walked out. Just as the two walked out of the memorial hall, countless flashing lights lit up, and nearly a hundred reporters who had already smelled the odor bit their prey like sharks and were reluctant to let go. Even if there were security guards stopping them, they still surrounded them and asked questions.

"Mr. Vice President, has war broke out in the South China Sea?"

“What news did your Navy Assistant bring?”

"Why do you have to end the event early?"

One question after another makes people overwhelmed, and even President Coolidge and his wife are blocked. The American journalists of this era are powerful, and their character of being pestered and beaten to death makes people feel troublesome. In the end, even Minister Weber was stopped and asked what happened.

The crazy reporter made President Coolidge very embarrassed. If Yang Qiu was not around, he might be able to answer these questions immediately. But if he answered now, if he made a decision, he would definitely leave people with the impression that China-US alliance would form an alliance in the South China Maritime Affairs. But Yang Qiu suddenly stopped after taking a few steps. This action made Coolidge secretly shout, but the reporter who quickly surrounded him cut off the opportunity to pull him away.

"I'm sorry to tell you this news! I did want to hide it before, because this is the United States, and I don't want everyone to misunderstand it."

The reporters were raising their appetites by the opening remarks, and the careful people even found that the Chinese vice president had clenched his fists when he spoke, and his eyes were a little wet! Could it be that a war really happened? Or is the British already sinking the main force of the confrontation of the Chinese Navy?

Yang Qiu raised his head and took a deep breath: "Thanks to Minister Weber for his timely notification, President Coolidge and I have learned about it. Just a few hours ago, just when I hope to resolve the crisis peacefully! Extremely serious armed riots broke out in East India again! GC elements incite the mob and have occupied Surabaya with force. They are also attacking Batavia and other areas! So far, hundreds of Chinese expatriates have died, thousands of shops and tens of thousands of houses have been destroyed! There are also 12 American citizens killed and hundreds of people have lost news."

"What?!"

"Kill us Americans?"

"God, why is this happening?"

The reporters heard that East India rioted again and that their citizens were killed. They looked at Coolidge one after another and hoped to prove it. But President Coolidge is now bigger than two, and he never expected that such a situation would happen! He believed that if the most decisive measures were not taken in time, the Congress would launch an impeachment bill against him tomorrow.

"Mr. President, will the Navy intervene?"

"Mr. Yang Qiu, what will you do next?"

"Your Mightiness."

Coolidge's silence undoubtedly acknowledged the matter. The reporters were completely mobilized and surrounded them one after another. They wondered if a war would break out. Seeing that the reporters were out of control and were about to fall into chaos, Yang Qiu raised his arms high and signaled to quiet: "Today was originally a happy day. My wife and I here witnessed the greatness of His Excellency Abraham Lincoln! He witnessed his determination and courage to achieve American unity and safeguard the country's complete determination and courage! He used the creative Homeland Law to lay the foundation for the development of the West. His respect for human rights, love the people, and liberate slaves represented the principles of fairness, democracy and freedom pursued by America.

He is my mentor, and he is also the mentor of all young people who love the country!

But at this moment in front of him, some people were despicable and shameless inciting riots, while others were negligent and paralyzed because they were unwilling to accept our warnings and suggestions, which eventually led to terrible and serious disaster consequences!

I don't know if I'm the first to do this, but I have to do it!

I don’t want to confront my allies, nor do I want conflict or war! I only want the safety of our expatriates in East India. I just want them to live a peaceful and peaceful life. I am willing to give everything for this! Here, I want to advise some people! Decades ago, you jointly supported the locals to expel and kill hundreds of thousands of expatriates in our country for the sake of land! Today, we stand up and oppose you, it is not our Chinese who killed you! Instead, they are those who supported you back then!

In our traditional Chinese culture, there is a saying of causal cycle, and there is also a kind reconciliation of when the revenge will come. I don’t want to say the former, let alone the latter at this time. I just want to say, now! No matter what choice you make, I can only be more determined to save the hearts of those compatriots who are being massacred!

Soldiers!

We don’t want to fight, and we don’t want to intervene in conflict, but we must now go to Southeast Asia and East India! To rescue our brothers, sisters and relatives!

Now! If possible, I would like to ask everyone to wait and pray together for the hundreds of Chinese and American citizens who died, and for all the people of East India in suffering!”

Quiet, silent. Then there was an uproar.

"He said to the soldiers? God, he ordered his country's history on the United States. Jeff, has there been such a precedent before?" A reporter who was half a beat slow almost grabbed his colleagues who were already as stupid as a chicken. His words spoke out all his thoughts, and the reporters racked their brains to search, and President Coolidge even grabbed his Navy Secretary.

"Webber, where is the Colorado?"

Minister Weber secretly said: "Mr. President, there is no need to dispatch battleships. Manila has enough power to withdraw the expatriates."

"No!" President Coolidge lowered his eyebrows and felt heartbroken, looking at Yang Qiu's back and making fun of him: "I want you to stuff him into the barrel and launch him back to the Far East!!"

Coolidge doesn't like it, the US government doesn't like it, but the American media and the public like it very much. Yang Qiu is bold, passionate and passionate. In order to protect the expatriates, he immediately captured the eyes of the whole United States. In this era of unconventional and uniqueness, this image is too lethal. Even President Coolidge has no choice because he found that he had boarded a pirate ship. What's worse is that he had to support the thieves and act with them. In the end, he could only stand beside Yang Qiu: "Please tell all the American citizen fleet that has set off, and the United States Navy will do everything possible to rescue citizens in East India!"

One is the world's strongest industrial country, and the other is the emerging Pacific economy. When the two are combined and declared that they will send military forces to East India to protect overseas Chinese, no one is willing to stop them.

Afterwards, Yang Qiu immediately contacted the country and asked the army to take decisive actions to protect the expatriates, temporarily evacuating hundreds of thousands of victims living in Java to West Borneo and Natuna Island. At the same time, he immediately entrusted Hoover to purchase 500,000 tons of grain from the Cleveland Consortium to transport it to the Natuna Temporary Transfer Station to rescue hundreds of thousands of victims who were underfed after evacuation.

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