GBP Chapter 607: 707 Mist (3)
Chapter 607: 707 Mist (3)
Secretary Liu kissed Zhang Chi on the face, and Zhang Chi touched her long legs wrapped in nylon stockings. Secretary Liu then twisted her waist and left with a gust of fragrance.
The office door closed gently, blocking out the beauty just now.
The laziness on Zhang Chi's face disappeared instantly. He walked to the huge map of the South China Sea and surrounding areas, and his eyes were cast on the vast island east of the South China Sea mainland - Borneo.
What Zhang Chi was worried about was not Gan Liangcai’s disappearance.
After all, the other party is just an engineer and knows limited information. Even if he is captured by foreign spy agencies, the most he can reveal is the existence of the three-axis linkage machining center.
The fact that foreign spy agencies have infiltrated the secret factory of Nanhua Group is more serious, but that is only something that the intelligence chief, Director Jin Xican, should worry about.
As the Supreme Commander, he was always concerned with the country's strategic affairs, such as...
At this time, there was a knock on the office door.
"Enter."
The person who came in was Kim Hee-chan, director of the Nanyang Central Intelligence Agency. He was dressed in a suit and tie, and even his tie, which Nanyang civil servants generally disliked to wear due to the heat, was tied neatly.
Coming to the desk, he stood respectfully.
"Sit down." Zhang Chi didn't turn around, still looking at the map. His finger tapped heavily on Borneo. "Director Jin, tell me, how far has the Lan Fang Restoration Army progressed?"
Jin Xican did not sit down immediately, but walked to the map and reported:
"Everything is proceeding as planned. The Lan Fang banner has been raised again."
What Zhang Chi was talking about was the Lan Fang Republic.
Readers who often play Victoria and Europa Universalis should be familiar with it.
It was founded in 1770 by Luo Fangbo, a native of Jiaying Prefecture in eastern Guangdong, in Pontianak, West Borneo, by pooling the efforts of Chinese gold mining companies and hometown associations.
It was originally the "Lan Fang Company". In 1777, it was officially changed to the "Lan Fang Grand Commander Republic", and Luo Fangbo was appointed as the first "General Manager of the Tang Dynasty" or "Grand Commander".
Its system resembled a republic, with a publicly elected governor and the rudiments of legislative, executive, and judicial systems. At its peak, its territory encompassed most of Borneo. Many indigenous tribes relied on its protection, governing their own internal affairs while respecting Lan Fang's external mandates.
Until 1884, due to internal friction and national decline, it was taken advantage of by the Dutch East India Company and was tragically annexed.
It has been more than sixty years since then.
What Zhang Chi has to do is to restore this Chinese republic in the history of Southeast China!
Jin Xican paused slightly, as if trying to organize his words:
"Today, the Japanese occupation forces on the island are relatively weak, mainly hiding in a few ports and oil fields. They have about one and a half divisions, and their combat effectiveness is far less than at the beginning of the war.
Most of the Chinese on the island are descendants of Hakka people, and they mainly live in Singkawang and Pontianak in West Borneo. They are mainly engaged in gold mining, rubber planting and trade.
During the Japanese occupation, the Chinese were oppressed and bullied. They never stopped resisting, but their forces were scattered and lacked organization and weapons.
"This is our chance." Zhang Chi turned around, his eyes burning.
He wanted to expand the strategic space in Southeast Asia under the pretext of "restoring his homeland".
Borneo’s gold mines, rubber plantations, and especially oil... must be in our own hands.
At the Yalta Conference, he personally promised General Luo that Sumatra was the last direct territorial claim of the United States of Southeast Asia.
However, helping Lan Fang to restore its country and exercising the right of protection is completely justifiable in international law, and it also looks much better.
Jin Xican nodded:
"Understood. We have already infiltrated a reinforced battalion of special forces and intelligence personnel and established connections with several major local Chinese resistance organizations, such as the West Borneo Anti-Japanese Alliance.
However, Commander-in-Chief, the situation is more complicated than expected."
He frowned slightly:
"During decades of colonial rule, the Dutch deliberately sowed discord among the people, causing many indigenous tribes to be wary of, and even hostile to, the Chinese.
After the Japanese invaded, they cunningly won over some indigenous leaders, promising them autonomy and supplies, causing some indigenous people to believe that compared to the Chinese, the Japanese were their hope to fight against the Dutch and strive for independence.
Our people have reported that some indigenous armed forces are even more active than the Japanese in attacking the Chinese resistance army's contact points and transport teams."
A cold light flashed in Zhang Chi's eyes as he thought of the numerous crimes committed by the natives of Sindhu and Nicaea against the Chinese in the world before he traveled through time.
"Extraordinary times call for extraordinary measures." Zhang Chi said calmly, his back to Director Jin. "Since reasoning won't work and persuasion won't satisfy them, let's use language they can understand."
He turned around and made a downward chopping gesture with his palm:
"Whether airdrop or sealift, increase weapons support. Tell frontline commanders and resistance leaders that they have only two tasks.
First, destroy the Japanese army's effective forces; second, eliminate all stubborn obstacles who take the lead in opposing the Lan Fang Restoration Army, regardless of their identities.
He paused and added, as if discussing what to eat tonight:
"As for those stubborn tribal leaders who are willing to serve as vanguards for the Japanese invaders and have Chinese blood on their hands... you know what I mean. We must help the Lan Fang Restoration Army establish a... cleaner starting point."
Jin Xican immediately understood that a massacre was about to begin.
"Yes, Commander-in-Chief. In addition, regarding the nominal leadership of the Lan Fang Restoration Army, we have preliminarily screened several targets:
The first was Huang Zhongtai, the largest rubber plantation owner in Pontianak. He was a wealthy man with great prestige among the local Chinese. However, he was older, more conservative, and had a history with the Dutch, making him difficult to fully control.
The second is Li Dingheng, an industrialist engaged in the gold mining trade. He is young, strong, and resourceful, but also ambitious and has complicated connections behind him.
The third is Liu Xingyan, a university professor who once studied in John. He is a native Chinese from Borneo and has a certain reputation in the local area..."
Honestly, a university professor is obviously the easiest of the three to handle, but with the example of the great mathematician Li from the Korean Peninsula...
Zhang Chi walked to the desk and sat down, tapping his fingers on the table:
“Tell our people on the ground not to rush into making a decision.
Watch more, observe more, and support whoever is the most obedient, whoever is most capable of integrating the forces of all parties and who is the easiest to control.
What we want is not a hero, but a steward who can faithfully carry out our will."
"I understand." Jin Xican wrote down the key points.
Then, Director Jin reported:
"The investigation results are out regarding the disappearance of Gan Liangcai, an engineer at the Nanhua Third Machinery Manufacturing Plant."
"Oh?" Zhang Chi raised his eyes. "Is it John? Or is it the OSS from White Eagle?"
Even the synthetic person Jin Xican showed a hint of embarrassment on his face:
“Neither… Engineer Gan was on his way home from get off work by bicycle when he was robbed by a group of local gangsters.
The other party may have just wanted to steal some money, but a dispute arose and Engineer Gan resisted... The other party accidentally killed him and, in order to destroy the evidence, actually sank him into the river..."