"What's the matter?" Wang Hengyue, who was looking at a document in his hand, asked without raising his head.
"Some 20 Chinese nationals along our coast boarded two fishing boats and landed on Asik Island in Malaya, and declared that the island would become Chinese territory."
"kindness?"
Wang Hengyue finally raised his head, with a surprised look on his face: "Asik Island? What's going on?"
Chen Lifu quickly told the whole story from beginning to end.
It turns out that with the growth of China's national power, the resurgence of Germany, and the outbreak of World War II, some radical organizations have sprung up in China.
One of the very influential organizations is the "Greater China Powerful Conference", whose leader is Su Yangquan. Su Yangquan and the "Greater China Powerful Conference" led by him, their slogan is "China in Asia, Asia in China", calling for Asia to be only in China
Only under our leadership can we become a united, progressive and competitive Asia.
At the same time, this organization formally submitted a letter to the Chinese government in 1938, requesting the almost crazy idea of merging Asia and establishing the Federation of Greater China.
The Chinese government led by Wang Hengyue does not support, but acquiesces in the existence of such organizations. And it has also allowed these organizations, including the "Greater China Powerful Association", to become more radical.
At this time in Asia, there are Chinese forces, American forces, British forces, and French forces. After the outbreak of World War II, these radical organizations thought this was an excellent opportunity and put it in front of China. They loudly called for Europe to take advantage of the opportunity.
When the great powers were busy dealing with Germany, they completely drove the forces of these countries out of Asia and truly turned Asia into China's Asia.
Not only did they appeal, but they actually did it!
On July 8, 1940, Su Yangquan secretly purchased two pistols and an old-fashioned rifle, made more than a dozen homemade bombs, and summoned 20 members of the "Greater China Strengthening Conference" to board two fishing boats, departing from Guangzhou and passing through
Sailing to Asik Island in Malaya, which is controlled by the British, the five-color flag of the Republic of China was erected on the island and declared that the island was owned by China.
At first, the British did not take the matter too seriously and sent Malayan military police to the island to expel them. However, they unexpectedly encountered a fierce counterattack, causing a Malayan military policeman to be injured. This alerted the British Malayan authorities.
stand up.
On the 10th, the British Straits Settlements authorities dispatched a patrol boat carrying 40 heavily armed military police to Asik Island to carry out armed expulsion activities. They drove Su Yangquan and his men from the east of the island to the west of the island, and pulled them away.
The flag of the Republic of China was erected on the island, and the flag and flag of the British Empire were re-erected.//
But when the military police left the island, Su Yangquan and his men quickly destroyed the British signs on the island and erected the five-color national flag of the Republic of China again.
"What's the origin of this Su...Su Yangquan?" Wang Hengyue asked curiously.
"This man is from Guangdong. He is a 33-year-old retired soldier and an extreme activist. In the 27th year of the Republic of China, he wrote to the government asking Congress to pass the bill to merge Asia and establish a Greater China Federation. To this end, he went on a hunger strike outside Congress for an entire day.
Three days to show his determination." Chen Lifu seemed to know this person relatively well and quickly blurted out:
"This man has a strong character and must find ways to achieve what he wants to do. After the hunger strike and sit-in, before he could take a good rest, he went around asking people to lobby Congress members and government officials, asking the government to adopt his suggestions and establish a federation of Greater China.
He will never give up until he achieves his goal. And the members of his 'Greater China Powerful Association' are also people like him."
"Su Yangquan, Asik Island, why do they want to occupy Asik Island?" Wang Hengyue asked someone to scoop up a map of Malaya, looked at it for a while, raised his head and said: "This island does not have much strategic value.
, and there were almost no products, so the British only set up some markers on the island."
"I'm afraid this is just the beginning." Chen Lifu frowned and said: "Judging from Su Yangquan's strength and weapons and equipment, there is no chance of winning in a head-on conflict with the British police, so he can only occupy such a place without any military force to defend it.
He came to the island to promote his doctrine and exert a certain degree of pressure on the government."
Wang Hengyue smiled and shook his head: "This person caused this trouble for me. Zu Yan, what do you think I should do?"
"I'm afraid the president has already got an idea!"
Chen Lifu's words made Wang Hengyue laugh again: "Although these people are causing trouble for me, I really can't do anything about them. Although they are a little radical, they are radical patriotism after all. How about I help them?"
, I’m afraid someone will say behind my back that I’m weak, cowardly, or our motherfucker.”
After thinking about it, he asked, "What did Su Yangquan do in the army before?"
"He's a mortarman."
"Mortar man?" Wang Hengyue nodded and said: "Send a message to the director of the Guangdong Provincial Police Department to secretly support Su Yangquan with two mortars and a hundred rounds of shells. The British police will come back and repel them with mortars. Warning.
Director of the Guangdong Police Department, Ma Qingwu, is providing secret support, secretly. Don’t let me let anyone know that I am supporting these people behind the scenes.”
"Yes, I understand!"
Guangdong Provincial Police Department.
"What? Did that kid Su Yangquan really do it? Really occupy Asik Island?" Ma Qingwu, director of the Guangdong Provincial Police Department, his eyes widened with disbelief on his face.
"Yes." Secretary Lin Yilong nodded: "The intelligence has been confirmed, and a Malayan military policeman was injured. He is now holding on on the island."
"Damn, this kid is so bold!" Ma Qingwu cursed: "I can't directly support him here, and our government has no intention of directly engaging with the British. Now things have become troublesome."
"Report, secret message from Nanjing."
"read."
"The Guangdong Provincial Police Department immediately and secretly supported Su Yangquan with two mortars and a hundred shells to repel the provocative behavior of the Malayan military and police patrol boats!"
"Where's the signature?"
"No signature."
Ma Qingwu raised his head and glanced at Lin Yilong: "Yilong, what do you think?"
Lin Yilong laughed: "Director, don't you understand this? Nanjing supports Su Yangquan, but the government cannot directly intervene in this kind of matter for the time being, so you and Su Yangquan have to bear this burden."
"Oh¨" Ma Qingwu suddenly realized: "That's right, damn it, go find me two mortars and send them to Su Yangquan!"
"Slow down!" Lin Yilong said, picking up a pen, changing a word on the telegram, and then handed it to Ma Qingwu: "Director, what do you think of this?"
Ma Qingwu took it and when he saw it, his expression suddenly changed. The telegram was changed by Lin Yilong: the word "repulse" became the word "sink".
"The provocative act of repelling the Malayan military and police patrol boats" also became the "provocative act of sinking the Malayan patrol boats."
Just one word difference, but the meaning is completely different!
"Damn it, you're going to send me to a military court!" Ma Qingwu murmured.
"Not necessarily, maybe this is the beginning of the director becoming a national hero!" Lin Yilong said with a smile: "Director, although China remains neutral at the moment, I think the conflict between China and Britain and France will break out sooner or later. Although Su Yangquan does things
Impulsive, but at least one thing he said is right. Asia is China's Asia. Now the British, French, and Americans all have power in Asia, and China's behavior has been greatly restricted. This is not what the government wants to see.
Since the outbreak of the world war, I have been thinking about when China will take action, and maybe Asik Island is one of the reasons."
Ma Qingwu regained his composure and said, "Go on."
Lin Yilong quickly continued: "Asik Island has no strategic value, so why does Nanjing want our support? This shows that Su Yangquan's behavior has also attracted Nanjing's attention, and it is very likely that he will take action based on this incident. If
Really. Director, you understand what I mean, then the director will definitely become a hero!"
Ma Qingwu thought about it for a long time, and then nodded slowly: "I want wealth in danger, damn, I will believe you just once. First, send someone to secretly send two mortars and a hundred mortars to Asik Island."
Send out artillery shells and tell Su Yangquan to try his best to hold on. The Malayan military police patrol boat is coming again. Sink it. Don't be afraid of causing trouble!"
"yes!"
"And!" Ma Qingwu thought carefully for a while: "Find another way to find two machine guns and some bullets for them. Damn it, but let's make it bigger this time.
!”
Lin Yilong's mouth showed a smile¨
He saw these things very clearly and could judge what Nanjing was thinking. Emotionally speaking, he was very sympathetic to radicals such as Su Yangquan, but before that, he was still a government official and could not express himself publicly.
Attitude.
But it's different now.
Although he still cannot make his attitude public, he has been able to give Su Yangquan and the others a certain degree of support, and he firmly believes that as the situation expands, more and more people will join Su Yangquan's ranks.
Sike Island, more Chinese people will appear on more islands.
And this may become a turning point, and the names of himself and Ma Qingwu will be remembered by history forever.
He was sure that his government would intervene in the world war sooner or later. The only thing he could not determine was when and how to intervene.
"What are you thinking about there?" Ma Qingwu glanced at his secretary.
Lin Yilong smiled indifferently and said: "I was thinking, when will we go to Asik Island, when will we officially go to war with the British, and when will Asia truly become China's Asia!"