Rebirth of the Qing Empire

After opening the passage to the Pacific Ocean, the next step is to consolidate the Indian Ocean passage. As long as these two strategic passages are consolidated, the merchant ships of the Qing Empire can sail freely on the global oceans, trade freely with countries around the world, and be more able to

Promote the economic development of the Beining area and control the destiny in your own hands. After completing such a coastal defense deployment, the vast inland areas of the Qing Empire will be easier to control, and the time is ripe to clean up the old mountains and rivers from the beginning.

Therefore, starting from 1914, Kang Fan focused his main energy on coastal defense construction.

The Indian Ocean is the only way to go from the coast of China to Europe and Africa. If you want to ensure the smooth flow of maritime transportation lines in the Indian Ocean, you must first manage the South China Sea of ​​the Qing Empire, and then move forward to control the important channels from the South China Sea to the Indian Ocean.

——The Strait of Malacca. To operate the South China Sea, it is necessary to develop and build the largest island in the South China Sea, Hainan Island.

Hainan Island is separated to the north by the Qiongzhou Strait, which is about 20 kilometers wide, and is adjacent to the Leizhou Peninsula of Guangdong Province. It covers an area of ​​nearly 34,000 square kilometers, second only to Taiwan Island with an area of ​​36,000 square kilometers. Taiwan Island and Sakhalin Island

The construction is on the right track and is being implemented steadily according to the established plan. However, the construction of Hainan Island needs to take into account the Spratly Islands, which are scattered over a wide area, with small and distant islands and reefs. The largest of these islands and reefs has only a few

It covers half an square kilometer, but is more than 1,000 kilometers away from mainland China. Almost all materials need to be shipped from the mainland by sea ship. Construction is much more difficult than the nearby Paracel Islands. And even if a certain scale of foundation is built

facilities, these small islands cannot play a role as a real strategic support point. Therefore, Kang Fan must find a suitable island in the southern waters of the South China Sea to build a strategic base that can control the South China Sea to the Strait of Malacca, and Hainan Island

Echoing each other from afar. And the most suitable island is none other than the Natuna Islands.

Kanfan's plane was modified from a latest model "Sea Eagle" seaplane. The power of each engine was increased to 1,800 horsepower, making it more powerful, faster, heavier, and the range was slightly increased. From this

Starting from the batch production model, all new and old models of "Sea Hawk" seaplanes began to be equipped with retractable wheel landing gear that can take off and land at land airports, turning them into amphibious aircraft. Although the weight of the aircraft has increased,

However, after being replaced with an improved engine with increased power, the flight performance has still been improved, and the take-off and landing conditions have been greatly improved. After the plane landed at Temple Street Airport, it had long been unable to stand the temperature of minus three or four degrees below zero in Temple Street in winter.

He Shuixiu, whose temperature was ten degrees Celsius, was the first to get into the warm cabin, while Kang Fan was busy shaking hands with everyone seeing her off and did not notice her move. It was not until He Shuixiu called him at the cabin door that Kang Fan

Only Fan discovers it.

The interior of the aircraft cabin is divided into three parts by wall panels. The front part is the cockpit, where the pilot, co-pilot, flight engineer and radio communication/navigator work; the middle part is the business cabin, with windows on the left and right sides of the cabin.

There are two large and comfortable luxury sofas facing each other, with a coffee table between the sofas. In the middle is an aisle covered with red carpet, and at the end of the aisle are two lockers. The interior decoration color is soft light yellow, which makes it feel very comfortable.

; The rear part is the service cabin, which is equipped with a service room, bathroom, kitchen and storage room. The service room is actually a standard cabin with 6 ordinary seats and lockers. It can be used as a cabin for accompanying personnel when necessary.

, but it is generally only used as a resting place for orderlies.

The four orderlies on board are responsible for providing daily services and armed protection for Kang Fan and his entourage. They are all young officers specially selected by Director Li from the special operations force and have outstanding personal abilities. It turns out that the officers of Kang Fan's guard camp

Those members had followed Kang Fan for many years, had gone through life and death, worked hard and achieved great results, and were already quite young. Therefore, Kang Fan arranged for them to serve in various troops in Beining, and their security duties were taken over by the internal security forces of the Security Bureau.

After the plane climbed to 2,000 meters, it maintained a steady flight south at a speed of 300 kilometers per hour. The orderly brought refreshments in a timely manner. Kang Fan waited for He Shuixiu to take a few sips of hot tea before pulling her out of the business class.

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"What are you going to do?" He Shuixiu asked.

Kang Fan said: "Brother, I will take you to see the scenery."

The two walked along the narrow aisle to the rear cabin and got into the spacious and bright observation post. The two observers/shooters inside were very discerning. After saluting Kang Fan, they went to the service room to chat with the orderly. The left and right sides of the rear cabin

The two observation stations on both sides are connected to each other. The huge bubble-shaped observation windows are all covered with transparent bullet-proof glass, and there is a wide field of vision up, down, left and right.

Looking around, the sun is shining brightly, the sky is blue, and cotton-white clouds are suspended in clusters in the east and west. Under the clouds are magnificent rivers and mountains. The scenery is really shocking!

"Shui Xiu, now you are a fairy in the sky." Kang Fan said with a smile.

He Shuixiu said "hmm", her eyes wide open without blinking, and she looked around intently with a look of fascination on her face.

Flying south from the East China Sea past Taiwan Island, you will enter the rough South China Sea.

The South China Sea is the deepest and largest sea in China and the only tropical ocean in China. It is located at the shipping hub between the Pacific and Indian Oceans and is connected to the Pacific and Indian Oceans through the Bashi Strait, Sulu Sea and Malacca Strait. The southernmost part of the South China Sea is China.

Territory - Zengmu Shoal is close to Kalimantan Island in the Dutch East Indies, 2,000 kilometers away from mainland China. About 400 kilometers sailing west from Zengmu Shoal is the Natuna Islands.

The Natuna Islands are located between the Malay Peninsula and Kalimantan Island, close to Kalimantan Island. They are composed of the main island of Natuna Island and many other small islands. The total area is roughly equivalent to the jurisdiction of Ningwu County. It was originally

The uninhabited island was later developed by Chinese immigrants who came here and became a state independent of the Qing government. At the end of the 19th century, the Dutch took advantage of the outbreak of the Sino-French war and the Qing government was unable to move south to occupy the island and the entire

Kalimantan Island.

Therefore, since the Bac Ninh government wants to infiltrate its influence into this area, a battle with the Dutch is inevitable.

In April 1914, a task force of the Bac Ninh Navy consisting of 8 "Da Qing" class cruisers, 4 landing ships and 2 supply ships occupied the Natuna Islands. The Dutch defenders gave up resistance and all withdrew.

Heading to Kalimantan. The Bac Ninh naval task force captured the Natuna Islands without bloodshed and renamed it the Green Island Islands. They immediately began to build this forward naval base to prepare for the Dutch naval fleet that might come to retaliate. Kanfan

It was at this time that I came to Green Island.

Green Island is a pure tropical island with dense shade, blue sea and blue sky. Its beautiful scenery is somewhat similar to Hainan Island.

Most of the permanent residents on the island are descendants of the Chinese immigrants who came to explore the southern coastal areas of China. They have lived on the island for more than a hundred years and have formed a culture based on fishery, forestry, and cultivation of tropical crops such as rice, sugar cane, rubber, and coconut.

With an economic system dominated by industry, they lived a prosperous and happy life. However, the invasion of the Dutch completely changed all this, depriving them of their personal freedom and the wealth created by their hard work, and they also suffered bloody killings. After the arrival of the Bac Ninh navy,

The days of freedom and peace have been restored here, and because of the gathering of compatriots, the whole island is filled with a New Year-like atmosphere. People drink and revel, sing and dance, and happy expressions ripple on everyone's face. After that, the Bac Ninh Navy

During the construction process of the base, the residents here, who originally had less than 10,000 people, all gave up their daily labor, regardless of men, women, old and young, to form a construction army to participate in the construction of the base, showing the strong power of the masses.

All the large and small islands in Southeast Asia are covered with dense tropical rainforests. In addition to their unique timber resources, they are also rich in tropical cash crops such as rubber, coffee, oil palm, coconut, cinchona, pepper, tobacco, medicinal materials, and petroleum,

Natural gas, diamonds, copper, tin, gold, aluminum, lead and other non-ferrous metal mineral reserves are abundant. These products are urgently needed raw materials for industrial production in the Bac Ninh jurisdiction. If several territories can be obtained, the Bac Ninh jurisdiction can share these rich resources.

Develop yourself better.

But at present, this area has been divided between Britain, France, the United States, the Netherlands and other countries, and there is no room for the Bac Ninh government to intervene. Kang Fan has no plans to fight a war with any of the above countries. He understands that his main mission is still

Try every means to make the entire Qing Empire move towards unity and prosperity step by step under the leadership of the Beining government. In this process, the Beining government should not be burdened by frequent wars and consume itself, as long as it achieves the strategic strategy at the minimum cost

The purpose is enough. After occupying the Green Island Islands, the Bac Ninh government has a foothold in the southern waters of the Nansha Islands and has realized its strategic intention to exert influence on this area. The purpose has been achieved. And the coveted things in this area

Some strategic resources can be obtained through legitimate trade methods. There is no need to sacrifice the precious lives of the Chinese people for this purpose.

Another favorable situation is that the Chinese immigrants living in places such as Kalimantan, Sumatra and Java in the Dutch East Indies were the pioneers in developing this place. These people and the millions of people living in other parts of Southeast Asia are

Chinese people can only be called Chinese immigrants, but cannot be called expatriates of the Qing Empire. This is because most of them came to escape war, political asylum or simply seek refuge during the changes in Chinese dynasties and domestic political turmoil.

They crossed the ocean and settled in this area to make a living. They mined gold mines, developed planting and maritime trade. They have been operating for hundreds of years, accumulated huge wealth, and controlled most of the local mining sites and raw material production.

Although the local control of the Chinese immigrant groups was greatly weakened due to the invasion of the Dutch, they are still a decisive force in the region and can still influence the society of the region to a considerable extent.

Situation. After the Bac Ninh Navy stationed in the Green Island Islands, it provided real force protection to the local Chinese immigrants. The local Dutch and British colonial governments were frightened by the powerful strength of the Bac Ninh military and no longer dared to persecute as unscrupulously as before.

Chinese immigrants, the living environment of Chinese immigrants has been greatly improved, and the economy has been revitalized, so it can provide stronger support to the Bac Ninh government at the political and economic levels.

In this way, this area has actually become a stable raw material supply base for the Bac Ninh area, and the most economical way of conquering the enemy without fighting has achieved similar effects to occupying this area by force.

Bac Ninh Naval Base was built on Dalu Island, the main island of Green Island. It was built based on an original fishing port in the west of the island and was named Green Island Base.

After the completion of the Green Island base, naval transport ships will be responsible for transporting materials from the mainland of the motherland to the island. The only city on the island located to the north of the base will be transformed and a large thermal power plant, water plant, roads, docks, and an amphibious airport will be built.

, hospitals, administrative agencies and other infrastructure and coastal defense systems, the capital of the Green Island Islands - Green Island City, was built to change the original life of the island residents, develop the island's modern industry and commerce, and also provide logistical support for Green Island's defense.

After completion, the Green Island base plans to station 2 "Daqing" class cruisers, 6 "Jiaolong" class submarines, 12 "Feiyu" class patrol boats and other auxiliary combat ships;

The naval aviation group of Seahawk amphibious aircraft and radar, communications, meteorological/hydrological, medical, logistics and other units. There is also a special operations group composed of intelligence personnel from the Security Bureau and officers and soldiers of special operations forces with a total number of 200 people.

It is specifically responsible for the protection, reconnaissance, and surveillance of Chinese immigrants in surrounding islands, and intervening in the persecution of Chinese immigrants by the local Dutch and British colonial governments. It also secretly formed Chinese immigrant resistance organizations on each island and trained resistance organization fighters at the Green Island base.

Providing weapons and equipment, etc. The focus of operations will be on the island of Kalimantan. The permanent population of Chinese immigrants in the Dutch and British areas of the island reaches 100,000. It is the place with the highest concentration of Chinese immigrants in the entire South Asia and has a strong mass base.

.Once the time is right, in the not-too-distant future, the Chinese immigrants on the island of Kalimantan will, like the people on the island of Taiwan, burst out with tremendous energy, defeat the colonizers, and control their own destiny.

With the Green Island base as the southern base point and Hainan Island as the northern base point, a transfer station has been established on Machi, Huangshan, the largest island in the Nansha Islands in the middle, equipped with communication/navigation base stations, meteorological/hydrological observation stations, and navigation beacons.

Lighthouses and other various living and combat readiness facilities, and stationed troops to strengthen control over the vast areas in the central South China Sea.

The patrol range of Green Island base's ships and aircraft sometimes reaches as far as the Hainan Island garrison patrol area north of the Spratly Islands and the Indo-China Peninsula, to the waters south of Java Island in the south, to the Strait of Malacca and the Malay Peninsula in the west, and to the waters east of the Philippines in the east.

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The water in the South China Sea is deep and the waves are high, and the "Flying Fish" class patrol boat with a smaller displacement is bumpy and violent, which is far less comfortable than riding on the "Daqing" class cruiser. But Kang Fan likes the excitement of traveling between the peaks and valleys of the waves, and often rides the "Flying Fish"

The patrol boat patrolled the surrounding waters, visited almost all the large and small islands in the Green Island Islands, and crossed the Strait of Malacca several times. Finally one day, He Shuixiu could not resist the temptation and followed Kang Fantong.

The Green Island Islands are composed of more than a hundred large and small islands. Each island is lush and beautiful, and each has its own unique advantages. Since the residents are concentrated on the Big Green Island, these small islands are generally uninhabited and maintain a unique atmosphere.

The complete natural ecology is like a paradise. For the newly stationed Bac Ninh naval officers and soldiers, every routine patrol is a happy journey, especially the naval aviation pilots, who can enjoy the place from the air.

If necessary, they can land next to any island they are interested in and immerse themselves in nature. It is really a beautiful thing!

The fishermen of the Green Island Islands no longer have to worry about no one coming to protect them when they are harassed by foreigners or local indigenous people, nor do they have to worry about no one coming to rescue them when they encounter a shipwreck. There are officers and soldiers of the motherland in the sky and on the sea.

Protecting them, every fishing operation is easy and happy. The same is true for fishermen operating in the waters of the Paracel Islands and Nansha Islands. As for the Chinese immigrants on Kalimantan, Sumatra and Java, they can also

Enjoy the escort, fishing protection, rescue and other courtesy services of Bac Ninh Navy. Officers and soldiers, ships and aircraft of Bac Ninh Navy can be seen everywhere in the vast South China Sea. Everyone has a feeling of changing the world.