The journey starts from the Titanic

However, this place is sensitive, and the United Kingdom and the United States cannot intervene. They watch the fire from the shore and are secretly vigilant.

Some people have faintly felt that it has something to do with the Chinese in Medan. During this time, it was not only Banda Aceh and Surabaya, but Medan was already semi-openly independent.

It’s just that the news has not been controlled well by the South China Zhi Gong Party. They did not announce the trouble, and Jakarta was happy to pretend to be confused.

In fact, both parties are buying time.It's just that Jakarta has not extinguished the forces in Aceh and has launched a Surabaya rebellion. It is impossible to do anything against Medan in a short time.

Governor Gullit finally knew what kind of mess Van Persie had left him, and he had greeted the old Van Persie countless times in his heart.

Medan, Zhenhua Building, South China Independence Army Headquarters.

The heads of the military council are discussing the situation in the Indonesian archipelago.

"Sukarno's sudden uprising was too timely. It was done well in the newspaper!" He Wenxiu smiled rarely.

Everyone's eyes fell on Thomas, who was always smiling.Unexpectedly, the Intelligence Bureau planned again and again, the Aceh rebellion in the west and the Surabaya rebellion in the east, all of a sudden, the Dutch troops were wiped out.

Except for the Aceh area, the number of Dutch-Indian colonial forces in the entire Sumatra island is less than 15,000. With the addition of indigenous police and indigenous tribal armed forces, the total number is less than 50,000, which is much lower than the 7 lurking in Medan. , 80,000 South China Independence Army, and 50,000 to 60,000 militiamen in training.Even if the Dutch are expanding their troops, time is too late.

So everyone is very cheerful and confident. If there is no outside interference, Sumatra will soon belong to Medan.

It was also reflected in the face of Chen Youren who temporarily participated in the meeting. He did not expect the situation to be so favorable for Medan.

Of course, to create this situation, in addition to luck, there is a lot of money and long-term operations.The hardship is not what Chen Youren, a new entrant, experienced.

"The loss in Surabaya is not small, right?" Situ Meideng asked a little worried.Surabaya is also a city inhabited by Chinese people. There are many businesses in Meihua Company. What is worrying is that once those Javanese gain the power, the Chinese will be treated more harshly than the Dutch.

"The related materials, Meihua, have been transferred out in advance, and the personnel have been sorted out. Except for some of them staying and lurking, I have withdrawn to Borneo for the others. The place is temporarily stable."

Yao Hongmin said that he knew the situation of Meihua Company very well.Of course, the people who withdrew early except for the Meihua Company were the Chinese family closely related to Medan.

In fact, there are still many Chinese families who are unwilling to cooperate with Meihua Company. They came earlier, have lived for several generations, and have become accustomed to living under the whip of the Dutch, and their youth also rely more on the colonial government. .

These people are called overseas Chinese.Before defeating the Dutch, Medan would not consider the fate of these people, and in fact it was powerless.

Hearing what Yao Hongmin said, everyone understood, and only sighed in my heart.

After a while, after the atmosphere eased, Huang Sande smiled and said: "Now the Dutch are in a state of desperation and have no time to pay attention to us! I think, after so long, it's time to show up!"

"Yes! Don't miss the chance!" everyone agreed, turning their eyes to He Wenxiu, the South China Independence Army.

"Mr. Situ, you will announce it tomorrow!" He Wenxiu smiled and nodded.

The South China Independence Army has been prepared. The most important port of Medan, Belawan, has also erected 3 coastal defense forts, and 9 Krupp cannons secretly imported from Germany have also been installed.If the Dutch fleet does not come, if they are going to land from Medan, the fun will be great.

"Yeah!" Situ Meideng nodded in relief.

The Wanghua Building Conference, the "South China Declaration of Independence," has been circulated internally for a long time, and some wind has also reached the ears of the British across the Strait.

Up to now, everything is a matter of course.

After the meeting, several telegrams were sent from Medan to Guangzhou, Fangcheng, Shanghai, Los Angeles, and San Francisco. Chen Jiongming, Chen Tianming, Li Zongren, Lin Yimin, Song Ziwen (returned to Shanghai), and the big boss Situ Nan were all affected by Medan. The news, they called back to support one after another, looking forward to it.

"Got it!" Situ Nan smiled faintly, and sent the secretary He Yongyuan who had just entered with a smile of joy.

"Dad, what is independence?" Little Andy asked curiously.Just now when Situ Nan was teasing him, He Yongyuan came in, and the two of them did not avoid the ignorant little Andy.

"Independence?" Situ Nan thought for a while, pulled her son up, stood, and explained: "Independence means standing up. You can walk and walk your own way."

"Oh!" Little Andy tilted his head for a while, and understood."Then I'm independent too, you see, how fast I run!" After speaking, he ran in the room.

"Dad! Come chase me... You can't chase me... I'm independent..."

Little Andy's innocent laughter echoed at home, there were too many rooms, and Situ Nan couldn't find this guy for a while.

Laura hugged Alice and looked at the chasing father and son with contentment. The little girl in her arms waved her chubby little hands, struggling to crawl out of her mother's arms...

On June 12, 1922, news from the Indonesian archipelago shocked the world again.Following Banda Aceh and Surabaya, the Chinese in Medan, Sumatra declared independence and no longer accepted the rule of the Dutch and Indian authorities, and they were at war with the Dutch and Indian colonial government.

The Medan Daily published the "South China Declaration of Independence", calling on Chinese all over the world and righteous people who oppose colonial rule to join the war against the Netherlands.

Of course, South China will also call on the various ethnic groups in Indonesia to unite against the colonial rule of the Netherlands and India. The tone is not too strong, like a routine.

After the well-informed Hassan learned of the good news, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief and expressed his willingness to fight against the Dutch colonists with South China.

The "Declaration of Independence of South China" spread to Malaya and all over the Indonesian archipelago. All local Chinese newspapers published this news, which caused a great shock in the Southeast Asian Chinese world.

The above mentioned that the Chinese who seek overseas Chinese and those who cannot live in China want to go abroad are looking for a living space, which almost shocked the soul of Chinese who read the newspaper.

The word "living space" speaks of the bitterness, pain and hope they have had for hundreds of years, especially for some elderly people, almost shed a few lines of muddy tears.

For the Chinese youth, the independence of Medan and South China makes them excited, and they want to fly their wings across the strait.

This is a more passionate approach, usually for people who are at the bottom of the world and are strongly dissatisfied with foreign colonists.

Most people wait and see, wait and see with expectation, or wait and see.

It is unlikely that Jews from all over the world will rush to the Middle East to join the war with the kind of tragic enthusiasm like decades later.

However, Situ Meideng and others are still very pleased.

Through local networks, Nanhua has received many enthusiastic donations from various regions. Well, overseas Chinese in various regions have used their own methods to contribute a little.

The Bank of America and China opened a donation account in the name of rescue benefits to accept donations from overseas Chinese in various regions. In the following year, it received 2.5 million donations.

Naturally, this money was not used in wars, but later in welfare and charity, which made many donors a little regretful.

Regarding the independence of Chinese in Medan, there is a force that has more complicated minds, that is, Nyonya. They are the descendants of the combination of early Chinese immigrants and local indigenous people, and they retain part of the Han culture.

They are not only different from the overseas Chinese who are oriented towards the West, but also are separated from the large number of newcomers in Medan (immigrants who have recently traveled to Nanyang). However, Nanhua's idea of ​​the living space of the Chinese is very attractive to them, because of themselves. His position is also very embarrassing.

Medan is very willing to accept this force. With the help of this group of indigenous Chinese, the rule of Nanyang will be much smoother in the future.

Of course, there are some overseas Chinese who are determined to go with the Dutch, but they can only listen to the gossip.Do they think the Dutch master will trust them?

The Acehnese turned up!

The Javanese are turned!

The Chinese are back!

Other indigenous peoples are ready to move!

After the news of Medan's independence reached Jakarta, Governor Gullit, who had just eased from the Java rebellion in Surabaya, could no longer stand it. He sat on the floor with his ass down, his eyes dull, and he kept muttering: "Crazy. It’s crazy, this world is crazy!"

Chapter 79 Reaction (1)

There are rebellions every year, especially this year!