50s: Starting with a storage ring

Chapter 555 Refugees
"How long do we need to stay?" If it's too long, Captain Liu is afraid that the regular Javanese army will come and detain the ship.

Sun Zhiwei knew what Captain Liu was worried about. Java is an archipelago country, and ships play a much greater role there than in ordinary countries.

Confiscating or requisitioning civilian vessels during times of war is something that most countries' militaries do.

Although the Liujiatun was a foreign ship, given the nature of the Javanese military, they didn't care about other countries as long as they weren't major powers like Russia or the United States.

Moreover, the Javanese leadership has never been friendly to our family, so there's a high probability that this kind of thing will happen.

So Sun Zhiwei said to Captain Liu, "I only need 48 hours. If there is any danger along the way, you can sail the ship away from the dock and wait on the water outside the port."

Hearing Sun Zhiwei's words, Captain Liu no longer hesitated and readily agreed. As long as safety is guaranteed, most Chinese people are willing to do their part for the country.

After Sun Zhiwei persuaded Captain Liu, he disembarked and left the dock. Ten minutes later, he drove a truck to the side of the Liujiatun and then asked the captain to send people down to unload the cargo.

"Captain Liu, these boxes contain 20 Type 56 semi-automatic rifles and a basic ammunition load. The rest are all military rations."

“Pontianak is not far away, and this is enough to ensure that everyone will not go hungry on the road.”

"Finally, here's the travel expenses." As he spoke, Sun Zhiwei took a small leather bag from the driver's seat, and when he opened it, $5 was visible inside.

The captain couldn't refuse, so he accepted it.

He would refuse domestic money, but if he didn't accept foreign currency, he was afraid he would be punished when he returned home.

The two agreed on a departure time of 12 noon the day after tomorrow, and then Sun Zhiwei headed towards the city.

The brief battle at sea has just ended, but the battle between the army forces in the city has only just begun.

Java is the largest island in the archipelago nation, with a population of over 100 million. It is also the focus of contention between the two sides, who are both mobilizing troops in preparation for a major battle.

Jakarta is both a political and economic center, and neither side wants to give it up. Therefore, the city of Jakarta is also the place where the fighting is most intense.

At this point, neither side of the conflict blocked traffic, and civilians and foreigners in the suburbs began to flee frantically.

But those trapped in the city center are in a difficult situation, as fighting is taking place everywhere, and most of them can only take refuge in their homes.

In times of chaos, the darkness of human nature is magnified infinitely. In areas where there is no fighting, there will always be thugs taking advantage of the chaos.

Sun Zhiwei roughly knew that the areas where the two sides were fighting were basically centered around the most valuable places such as the administrative district, financial district, power supply, water supply, telephone exchange, television station, and armed forces.

Therefore, he deliberately avoided areas of intense fighting at the beginning and started searching from the place furthest from the port.

He is now fully armed, wearing camouflage and carrying an automatic rifle. Any thugs he encounters on the road are simply pulled into his spatial dimension from a distance.

Whenever he saw a place where Chinese people were hiding, he would go up to them and ask if they were willing to go to the port with him to evacuate. If they were willing to go, they could follow behind him and he would clear the way.

He has only one attitude towards everyone: stay or leave is up to you, and he won't waste time trying to persuade those who are unwilling.

Gradually, some people willing to take a gamble began to cautiously follow behind him. Sun Zhiwei opened up the space to the fullest extent, covering all areas in front, behind, left, and right.

Anyone who approaches with hostility, regardless of who they are, will be taken away as soon as they enter his spatial detection range. Therefore, the Chinese refugees following him were surprised to find that the warrior in front seemed to be blessed with good fortune, and he did not encounter any enemies on the route he chose.

But they could clearly hear gunfire coming from nearby, and they were certain that fighting was taking place everywhere. If their route were to deviate even slightly, they would be caught in a hail of bullets.

And so, Sun Zhiwei continued to circle around the edge of the city, asking any Chinese he encountered. Those who wanted to follow him did, and he didn't care about those who didn't.

Later on, even the task of calling for help was taken care of by the Chinese refugees who had followed him the first; he only needed to clear the way.

A few hours later, the first group of Chinese refugees, more than 170 people, followed him through a winding path to the port.

Before even entering the dock area, he could see a large crowd gathered there, all waiting for a chance to board a ship.

However, there are no ships left at the dock now, and even the Liujiatun is far from the shore, moored on the sea hundreds of meters away.

Sun Zhiwei thought for a moment, then led the crowd behind him to the warehouse area, where there was no one.

The storage area is also by the sea. Although there are no proper large berths there, there is a small dock where small boats can be moored.

He placed several large military speedboats from the space directly at the small dock, and then led everyone there quickly.

With these speedboats, he managed to get over a hundred people onto the Liujiatun in just one trip, and then he used a rope to pull all the speedboats back.

For two consecutive days, he tirelessly traveled through the city, searching for Chinese refugees who couldn't escape, and then helped them board the Liujiatun ship.

By noon on the third day, he had rescued a total of 3209 Chinese refugees in the fighting zone, a number far fewer than he had anticipated.

He traveled back and forth between the city and the port many times, clearing out more soldiers and rioters from both sides along the way than he saved refugees.

Then he realized that the Chinese have always had a tradition of seeking advantage and avoiding harm, and that ordinary people would run away faster than anyone else when faced with war.

The two sides in the conflict in Jakarta have been locked in a stalemate for so long that any Chinese person here who isn't stupid could see the danger and most of them had already fled.

The people he saved this time all had their own reasons for staying.

Some of them were just temporarily visiting the administrative district on business when they unfortunately encountered a formal firefight and were trapped in the combat zone.

On the dock, Sun Zhiwei watched as the Liujiatun ship sounded its horn, sailed out of the port waters, and headed north.

He has already given Captain Liu the Huang family's phone number in Pontianak, and he will contact them once he arrives in Pontianak. He believes that Huang Huizhong, unless he's foolish, will not abandon these refugees.

As for Jakarta, the two sides have already engaged in fierce fighting, with each side gathering forces scattered across various locations. It is believed that the fighting will not end so quickly.

In fact, making the overall environment in Java more favorable to the Chinese community by letting them become chaotic is one way, but it doesn't solve the fundamental problem.

The most troublesome problem for Sun Zhiwei is that the proportion of ethnic Chinese in the population is too small.

(End of this chapter)