1932: Playing with the Japanese Communist Party with a doll

Look at them, they have big noses and green eyes, nothing special!

With guns in hand and cannons at our backs, we can still crush everything in our path! If we can't defeat the CCP, how can we not defeat you?

"Lay down your weapons! Surrender and you will not be killed!"

"The People's Liberation Army of the Five-Star Oriental Republic has recaptured Macau! Those who resist will be killed without mercy!"

“Onboard!!!”

"Fuck you, where did you learn that?"

Liu Yalou, who came to greet and lead the way, slapped Xiao Hua on the back of the head as he shouted excitedly. He glanced at the silent Liu Zhen and said nothing more. He ordered Wei Guoqing:

"Take your comrades and go to the warehouse to reinforce them immediately! There's a group of Portuguese sailors there, so we might be in trouble. Be careful and eat them!"

"Yes! I promise to eat them!"

Wei Guoqing grinned, revealing a row of big white teeth, and quickly left with a group of people with murderous intent.

"Xiao Hua, lead your troops on patrol to maintain order and enforce military discipline! Anyone found taking advantage of the situation will be dealt with severely according to military law!"

"Yes!"

"Xu Guangda! Bring your men..."

One after another, orders from Fujiwara no Kanezane or temporary adjustments on the battlefield were issued clearly, quickly, and orderly from Liu Yalou's mouth, without any mistakes.

If Governor Meiland knew that the "soldier" who had just acted arrogantly in front of him was actually the front-line commander of this landing force, I wonder if he would have the courage to force him to stay.

After arranging the main tasks, Liu Yalou turned to his roommate Liu Zhen, who had been silent the entire time and had left him with a lingering suspicion that he was a Japanese spy.

"Take a platoon with me and go to the Governor's Mansion. The Governor should be willing to surrender now...if he is still alive."

"clear."

Liu Zhen nodded, his eyes still expressionless. Liu Yalou...

The level of this traitor is indeed beyond reproach. No wonder he was pointed out as the front-line commander.

It seems that I still have to work hard!

When the sun rose completely, the battle was basically over. The artillery fire stopped, the smoke had not yet dissipated, and the sporadic gunshots were to clear out the remnants or suppress the small number of hooligans who took advantage of the situation to loot.

However, Macau did not fall into great chaos because of this short war(?). On the contrary, an order that was completely different from the colonial period and the era of warlords' fighting was rapidly established in an efficient and powerful manner.

Near the Inner Harbor Pier, more and more people gathered in the small square in front of the warehouse whose roof was half blown off by artillery fire - basically ragged, skinny, lower-class poor people and fishermen.

Logically, unless someone forced them with a bayonet, they should be too frightened by the explosions and gunshots to dare go out - after all, war often means the arrival of greater suffering.

The reason they gathered here is simple and very practical:

The "invaders" opened the newly sealed warehouses of the Portuguese, which were piled high with sacks, and were moving out the rice, flour and other food stored inside, preparing to distribute them to the hungry people!

Unlike Macau in later generations when Portugal gradually declined and had to make huge concessions due to various factors such as the international situation, the people of Macau at this time, like most people in the colonies, lived a very hard life.

Without further ado, let me just state one fact:

Macau, a tiny country with a population of just over 10, boasts over 200 legal brothels, 50 opium dens, 80 tobacco shops, and countless gambling dens for dogs, horses, and dice. Gambling, opium, and prostitution have long supported over 90% of the Macau government's revenue.

In such a social environment, not to mention how fat the wealthy middlemen who served the Portuguese became, it was impossible for ordinary people to live the so-called "good days of the colonial period" as later generations of public intellectuals talked about.

Especially the fishermen who were later hyped as "eating seafood that most people in modern society cannot afford every day" because they had long been discriminated against by the Macau government and were even banned from settling on land, marrying or attending school. They mocked themselves like this:

"Fishermen have the most miserable lives. Every river mouth is occupied by soldiers. If they catch too few fish, they won't be able to deliver them. If they catch too many, they will be stabbed with spears."

As for eating seafood?

If there are not enough seasonings or other staple foods to support it, just eat it every day, and I guarantee you will not make any complaints after eating it.

If a person is killed, he will die. If a person is hungry, he needs to eat (emphasis added). So, who doesn't need food?

What's more, it's free?

The most important thing is that distributing food is the first time since the Portuguese occupied Macau, and the people distributing the food don't look very vicious.

"Platoon leader! Organize the men! Count the food reserves! Five pounds per person! Move quickly! Be polite! Remember our discipline! Anyone who dares to take even a grain of rice will be punished by military law!"

"Yes!"

It can be said that any soldier who has been in the Five-Star Eastern Republic for more than three months can basically do the job of distributing food - after all, people are sent to poor areas every month to distribute "American relief food".

If you can't even do this, then you should just retire!

Therefore, they set up a cordon with ease. Several soldiers who knew Cantonese but spoke with a stiff accent began to organize the team, maintain order, and explain policies with the cooperation of the local people who were temporarily recruited and obviously a little cowardly.

At the front of the line was an old lady with white hair, a hunched body, and cracked skin. It was obvious that she had suffered a lifetime.

She was also the first to stand up tremblingly and respond to the "call".

It wasn't that she was brave, nor that she had heard of the "People's Liberation Army" style, it was simply that she had "had enough of life" and wanted to take a gamble:

What if they really distribute food?

Even if it's not, whether it's robbed or cheated, the worst that can happen is death!

Compared to starving to death, being stabbed or shot to death might be easier.

"Old man, this is your rice, take it and don't spill it..."

A young soldier tried to make his Cantonese sound standard, handed over a bag of rice, and pointed at the soldier standing guard with a gun:

“If anyone dares to rob us, please come find us…” “Thank you… Thank you, sir… Thank you, soldier…”

In fact, the old lady could not understand the "standard Cantonese" that the soldiers had learned on the spur of the moment, and the other party could not understand her strong accent, but both sides could feel each other's kindness.

The gratitude expressed in those cloudy eyes was genuine, and the smile on the soldier's face, which was a little uncomfortable but forced, was also real.

This scene, and more like it:

When you see an elderly person unsteady on their feet, you will subconsciously reach out to help them.

If they saw a child being pushed to the back, they would raise their voices to ask the people in front to move aside. If they found a water supply pipe was broken by artillery fire, they would immediately send out a team of engineers to repair it.

Some soldiers even took out the "sugar supplements (hard candies)" from their pockets and distributed them to the children who were staring at them curiously.

Like a stone thrown into a stagnant pond, ripples spread among the frightened and numb eyes that were originally hiding behind the cracks in the door and behind the window frames. Fear and anxiety began to be replaced by a faint and unbelievable hope.

More and more people tentatively came out of their hiding places and joined the queue for food. There was almost no pushing and shoving or looting at the scene, because the soldiers' neat uniforms, full spirits, straight backs, sharp bayonets and occasional gunshots in the distance were the best "tranquilizers".

Of course, what makes people feel most at ease are the never-before-seen actions of these soldiers. Everything is a world of difference from the Portuguese military and police's usual show of force, causing trouble to the people, and "not showing up when something happens."

As a result, the hearts of the people in Macau temporarily calmed down at a speed that the Portuguese could never imagine.

There will always be more poor people in the world, and as long as the poor are obedient, there will be no chaos. Some people understand this simple truth in a positive way, while others understand it in a negative way.

About three hours after the battle was basically over, Liu Yalou stood on a temporary platform in the square in front of the Governor's Mansion. Below the platform were Governor Meilande, who was ragged, covered in dust and looked in a miserable state, and the captured soldiers, as well as many people who had received food or heard the news and rushed to watch the excitement.

Seeing that the time was almost up, Liu Yalou took a deep breath and began to preach to the people in the audience in loud and clear Cantonese:

"Fellow countrymen! Please look carefully! We are the People's Liberation Army Navy of the Five-Star Oriental Republic! We are attacking here today to drive out the Portuguese colonizers who have occupied Macau for over 300 years! We are here to end their illegal rule!"

Most ordinary people cannot understand this passage.

What does "occupy" mean?

What does "illegal" mean? What does "colonizer" mean?

What is the "Five-Star Eastern Republic"?

Sorry, since my grandfather's great-grandfather's great-grandfather... these big-nosed "red-haired ghosts" have been the masters above our heads!

Even the imperial court approved it!

Although the Portuguese are now weak, they are still ruthless in exploiting the Chinese. There was once a hero named Shen who assassinated a Portuguese who had done many evil things. After he fled to the other side, he was beheaded by the Qing government and sent back for "punishment."

After repeated incidents, the people of Macau have long lost hope.

As if he had anticipated this situation, Liu Yalou refrained from making any more "big talk" and instead spoke directly about something more "practical" and more relevant to everyone's immediate interests:

"By order of His Majesty Fujiwara, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces and Head of State:"

"From today on, all harsh taxes imposed by the Portuguese colonial authorities, including the head tax, fishing tax, land tax, and merchant tax, will be abolished! Our government will reassess the reasonable tax burden!"

"From today on, we will investigate the land, property, and money illegally seized by the Portuguese and their lackeys! Those belonging to the Chinese must be returned to their original owners! Those without owners will be given to the public for use in poverty alleviation and construction!"

"From today on, any discriminatory and oppressive laws of the Portuguese colonial authorities will be abolished! The laws promulgated by our government shall prevail! No foreigners will be allowed to bully the people of Macau again!"

boom!

These concrete "three rules" were like three bombshells, exploding in the crowd!

This time, almost no one understood.

Before Liu Yalou had finished speaking, the square erupted in a tizzy. "Not paying taxes? Is that true?"

"I won't pay taxes to the Portuguese! I'll just pay the new government's taxes later!" "That's fine too! The Portuguese taxes are too heavy! They can't get any higher!" "Does that mean...does that mean Grandpa Shen can get his ancestral house back?"

"Is there a title deed? It's fine if I have one!"

"What is the Wife Shit Law? What is Duck Shit Law?"

"I don't understand, but... don't bully others... this... this..."

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The crowd below was buzzing with discussion, each revealing expressions of doubt or surprise. However, Governor Meilande, whose arms were handcuffed behind his back by two soldiers, went completely mad after hearing what was said.

"Robbers! Robbers! How dare you! You broke the agreement and seized land, and started a war without declaration! The civilized world will never recognize you! Robbers! Shameless invaders! You are trampling on civilization! The civilized world will never recognize..."

"Bandits? Civilized?"

Liu Yalou looked up at the sky, sneered loudly a few times, and then looked down at the bewildered Meilande in the audience:

"When Portuguese soldiers used bayonets to force fishermen to pay 'sea rights fees', where was civilization?"

"Where is civilization when you are using opium dens and prostitutes to corrode the backbone of Macau people?!"

"Where is civility when you allow Portuguese businessmen to sell Macau children to Brazil to pay off their debts?!"

Liu Yalou's questions grew louder and louder, like thunder exploding over the square. Seeing Meilande's fat face twisted with anger and fear, he suddenly stepped forward and cursed in Cantonese with a murderous tone:

"Damn it! You're eating a bowl of noodles and you're turning it over! Believe it or not, I'll knock you off your piggy bank and see if the noodles inside are made of human meat and barbecued pork buns?!"

"I'm using this poison dice to fatten your belly, paying your debt with my own life, and you still dare to whistle 'civilization'?!"

Alas, Your Highness is indeed very clear-sighted.

What a pity! That slap should have been delivered earlier. You see, now he's a prisoner, and we can't even hit him.

This series of ferocious, blunt, and blood-curdling curses completely ripped apart the colonizers' fig leaf of "civilization." The square fell silent, then erupted into long-suppressed, thunderous cheers and roars of indignation against the colonizers!

After berating Melander and exposing some of the crimes of the Portuguese colonial authorities, Liu Yalou suddenly turned around, facing the excited crowd in the square, and waved his hand, shouting loudly:

"Raise the national flag! Play the 'March of the Iron Tide'!"

"From today on, Macau returns to China! Returns to the Five-Star Oriental Republic!"

608 You can’t only talk about international law when you are at a disadvantage

"Macau Incident"...

Damn, why are there so many "incidents" recently?

Just as Fujiwara Kanezane and the Japanese top brass had expected, the Five-Star Eastern Republic Navy's attack on and capture of Macau without any warning became a world-class event in just two days in this era without the Internet.

North Korea?

What is that place? Is it a province in China?

G11's fake "Prince Kan'in Yasuhito, who was seriously ill, delivering a radio speech" was completely in vain. Almost no one, including the Japanese people (except those who knew about it), paid attention to the "Korean Incident" anymore.

We still don't know whether the Jin Jiu incident is true or not, but the Macau incident is absolutely true!

His Highness Fujiwara no Kanezane has already issued a public statement, congratulating and commending the Five-Star Eastern Republic Navy for successfully completing its mission!

Any Japanese who are not stupid knows exactly what this "Five-Star Eastern Republic" is, especially its navy, so it is natural for them to regard their glory as their own.

It is just like how the Chinese regarded the Japanese defeating the Russians as the glory of "the yellow race defeating the white race" and then sent students to study in Japan even more frantically.

(Again, before the Japanese completely lost their humanity, the relationship between China and Japan was extremely complicated, and it cannot be described by a simple phrase of "life-and-death hatred". This is why warlords in various places (such as Feng Yuxiang) still had a lot of Japanese advisers around them even when they were fighting the Japanese to the death.)

As a result, people in Tokyo, Osaka, and Kyoto spontaneously hung slogans, banners, and lanterns with slogans such as "Warmly celebrate the liberation of Australia" and "May His Majesty Hachimangu Shrine win the victory."

The headlines on all major newspapers were about the "Macau Incident." At the suggestion of the naval leaders, a large amount of space was used to boast about the might of the navy - "The First Gemstone of Cambodia's New Order" and so on;

Not a single word was mentioned about the army, but every sentence was about the army. It is said that Army Minister Araki tore up a pile of newspapers at home and almost ran to Navy Minister Osumi Tsuchio to have another fight with him.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, the navy produced a "Special Budget for the South China Sea" overnight at an astonishing speed (perhaps it had been prepared long ago), claiming that in order to achieve "Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere", the navy must add at least 10 cruisers or 5 battleships.