Chapter 285 How about taking some action first? (First update!)

Chachai will never forget the scene of the artillery explosion.

The British army, which was like a demon in their eyes, was also blown away by the artillery shells.

It turns out that the British army is not as powerful as imagined.

They would also be afraid of artillery shells.

"Chachai, this is a good opportunity. We must seize it and escape from here." The companion said excitedly while lying on the ground.

Now they were only thinking about escaping and didn't care about anything else.

Before Chachai could speak, the British soldiers next to him began to fire indiscriminately into the distance.

"Damn it, it's a native." A British lieutenant saw the dark shadow in the distance in the light of the fire and shouted subconsciously.

During this period, the British army was always on guard against the natives, but the other side never showed up.

I originally thought that the other party was scared.

It turned out that they overthought it.

Because now these natives are coming.

And right at the beginning, there were shells falling.

Just as the British army was preparing to counterattack.

boom!
The shells from the 280mm coastal defense gun hit a British destroyer directly.

The power of the explosion of the shell directly blew away the destroyer's gun.

This scene frightened many British soldiers.

"Coastal defense artillery?" On the distant sea, Sir Somerville was also confused for a long time.

What the hell.

A group of natives and coastal defense artillery?

And judging from the power of the explosion, it seems that the caliber is the German 280mm coastal defense gun.

This thing can really kill one destroyer with one shot, no exaggeration.

This is not the point.

The point is, why are these German coastal defense guns here?
Could it be that the German army intervened?

Definitely yes!

Otherwise, it would be impossible to explain why a group of illiterate natives would have coastal defense artillery.

Originally, Sir Somerville didn't care about these natives at all.

Now we have to take it seriously.

"Order all naval guns to point at the natives on the shore, fire at will and kill them." Sir Somerville thought for a moment and spoke.

Hearing this, the operations staff showed a worried expression on his face.

"This will accidentally hurt the natives."

Who knows, Sir Somerville didn't care at all.

"Our mission is to dredge the canal as quickly as possible and repel those natives first."

"Necessary casualties are acceptable."

After hearing this, the British operations staff said nothing more and began to convey orders.

The British captains who received the order began to turn their guns and fire at the natives on the shore.

In this kind of nighttime situation where you can't see the enemy, the hit rate is basically zero.

Plus it’s a desert area.

The dust raised by the exploding shells made it impossible to see clearly.

So the effect of the bombing was very general.

Many times, the shells fell directly on the indigenous gathering areas on the shore.

boom!
Many natives were unable to dodge and were killed by the power of the explosion.

"Damn it! These British soldiers don't care about our lives at all." Some natives were naturally furious when they saw their companions die tragically in front of them.

Unfortunately, they were unarmed and faced with the fully armed British army, and had no power to fight back.

But as more and more natives were mistakenly bombed by British naval guns, some people finally couldn't help but start to resist.

One of the natives secretly got a rifle, raised his hand, aimed, and fired in one go.

boom!
A British second lieutenant fell to the ground, which completely stirred up a hornet's nest.

Since the shooting was done from behind, it couldn't have been done by one of their own people.

Therefore, only the natives could take advantage of the opportunity to shoot secretly.

The furious British soldiers could no longer suppress their anger and began shooting the natives around them.

For a moment, the entire north bank of the canal fell into complete chaos.

And Yarsi, who was further away, was a little dazed when he saw the chaotic scene on the north bank of the canal.

what does this mean?
Why did they start fighting?
"Mr. Li, what's going on?" Yarxi hesitated for a moment and asked.

"It should be a civil strife. Chief Yarsi, order all your troops to move forward. There should be great gains." Li Si immediately gave suggestions based on the situation on the battlefield.

"Okay." Yarsi was not a person who would waste time, and immediately ordered all the troops to advance immediately.

This was the last straw that broke the camel's back. When they saw the overwhelming number of natives appearing in front of them, they even forgot to shoot back.

At this moment, the natives who had suffered heavy casualties finally came to their senses and realized that the British army did not regard them as human beings at all, so they joined the resistance.

Sir Somerville was furious when he saw this scene. He didn't expect that these damn natives would actually dare to resist.

"Fire, fire, blow them up!"

"Yes."

.........

In Hanoi, Cun Yunsheng came to the fertilizer plant that had just been installed and said with a serious expression.

"Fertilizers are related to people's food production and their income, so you must pay attention to them and don't think these things are meaningless."

Cun Yunsheng put a lot of thought into setting up this fertilizer plant.

At that time, not everyone could run a fertilizer plant.

Even if there are equipment and formulas, illiterate people cannot understand them at all.

It is even more impossible to produce fertilizers.

In addition, fertilizers are also involved in the production of explosives.

At the same time, this thing also involves the production of submarines.

That's right!

The nitrogen fertilizer in chemical fertilizers involves the manufacture of high-pressure containers, which is related to the manufacture of submarines. As long as you learn how to manufacture fertilizers, you can make submarines.

In addition to coastal defense artillery, submarines are also a means of near-shore defense.

If you want to quickly develop your navy's strength, you have to cross the river by following the Germans.

Their submarine forces have made great achievements.

Naturally, Cun Yunsheng must be very envious.

It’s just that the production of submarines requires too many supporting facilities.

And the fertilizer plant is just the first step.

Only when he started giving birth did Cun Yunsheng realize how difficult it was.

Therefore, we can only take it step by step. As long as we fully master these technologies, we can move towards more advanced technologies in the next step.

Of course, all this is inseparable from the support of the German army.

"To increase grain production, we need to improve grain varieties, which takes time and cannot be completed in a year or two, so we can only focus on fertilizers."

"For now, we can still rely on the silt in the river to increase grain production, but the nutrients in the silt will disappear, so we will eventually need to rely on chemical fertilizers." Cun Yunsheng advised the person in charge of the fertilizer factory earnestly.

"Everyone here is an elite. I believe you should know that the use of fertilizers will allow us to produce more food, and the problem of insufficient food will be completely solved, and more people can be fed." Hearing Cun Yunsheng's words, the person in charge of the fertilizer factory loudly stated that he would not let him down.

Seeing this, Cun Yunsheng couldn't help but nodded, with a look of relief on his face.

Now it is just a fertilizer plant, but I believe that it won’t be long before there will be a second and a third one.

"Sir, we are running low on fuel, and the armored regiment's training has been stopped recently." At this time, Meng Fanle came over and echoed in a low voice.

Previously, Stilwell was responsible for supplying fuel to the Sichuan Army, so there was no need to worry.

But now there is an extreme shortage of oil at the Imphal base.

The oil seized previously had been almost consumed.

Especially when building an industrial system, a large amount of oil is needed.

As a result, oil is consumed very quickly, and now it has seriously affected the training of the armored regiment.

This is already a serious problem.

If it is not resolved quickly, there will definitely be big trouble.

After listening to Meng Fanle's words, Cun Yunsheng took a deep breath.

He knew the problem was urgent because oil was black blood, without it everything was useless.

The best way is to build your own oil field.

It seems that Siam has its own oil fields?

The reserves are OK.

But I don’t have any oil refining equipment now.

Not to mention how to extract oil.

Just figuring out how to refine the oil was enough to give him a headache.

Fortunately, we can still find a way to purchase oil refining equipment, but oil drilling equipment may not be that easy, right?
In particular, the oil fields in Siam are not so easy to dig.

Thinking of this, Cun Yunsheng couldn't help but feel a headache.

According to his understanding, the largest oil field in Indochina Peninsula is probably in Badi City, and the oil reserves here are enough for him to use.

But again, mining is a problem.

And it is in the southernmost part of Annan.

Once the Japanese army learned of such a large oil field.

They will definitely attack here regardless of everything.

After all, the Japanese army was extremely hungry for oil.

The other is Malaysia’s oil field. There used to be an oil field on Lan Fang’s land.

But this oil field is also deeply buried.

For a moment, Cun Yunsheng didn't know what to do.

Wait, am I thinking wrong?
If I remember correctly, there is an oil field in Yenangyaung.

"How many barrels of oil do we need every day?" Cun Yunsheng asked hurriedly.

If demand is not too high, Yenangyaung's oil production should be able to meet demand.

"At least one thousand barrels of oil every day. Oil is needed everywhere now." Meng Fanle explained.

Hearing this, Cun Yunsheng was silent for a while, then spoke.

"The oil fields in Yenangyaung should be able to meet the demand. As for the equipment needed, I will find a way to solve it."

He found out that he was really stupid.

It's just a mere thousand barrels of oil, and the Yenangyaung oil field is more than enough.

You should know that Yenangyaung means "Oil River" in Burmese. Yenangyaung is the largest oil field in Myanmar and also the oil supplier for the Burmese Allied Forces at that time.

The Japanese army decided to occupy this place because of the rich oil.

Later, after a series of battles, the oil fields here were almost destroyed.

But that doesn't mean there is no oil here.

As long as it is repaired over a period of time, it can be mined again.

"Oh, that's right. I forgot about the oil field in Yenangyaung." Meng Fanle also slapped his head and secretly cursed himself for being so stupid.

I actually forgot about this place.

"I'll leave this matter to you." Although the problem of oil shortage was temporarily solved, in the long run, the oil from Yenangyaung still could not fully meet the growing needs of the Sichuan Army.

Therefore, we still have to find a way to take over Badi City and Malaysia’s oil fields.

However, for now, we should complete the landing operation first and then consider the other two places.

Unfortunately, there are always countless unexpected events in the development of reality. Cun Yunsheng encountered an accident before his plan was even launched.

Meng Fanle, who had just walked out, came in again with a telegram. He looked at Cun Yunsheng and said with a serious expression.

"Sir, something's wrong."

"What's the matter?" Cun Yunsheng asked with a frown. What happened again?
He also planned to inspect how the new Second Regiment was training and whether it could meet the requirements for landing.

"Something happened in Borneo. The Japanese army has gone crazy and is slaughtering those Chinese tribes crazily. This is a telegram for help sent by those Chinese tribes. They hope that we can go south and enter Borneo as soon as possible." Meng Fanle said quickly while holding the telegram.

Hearing this, Cun Yunsheng took the telegram, read it, and angrily slammed the table and said, "These Japanese soldiers are really crazy and cruel. They actually slaughtered so many Chinese families."

He was originally thinking about what reason to use to go south to Borneo, and now the Japanese army has taken the initiative to attack these Chinese tribes.

Moreover, Cun Yunsheng also wanted to take advantage of this period of time to sort out which of these Chinese clans are reliable and which are unreliable.

Just as Mr. An said, these large Chinese families, which are almost being assimilated, do not have high support for the Sichuan Army.

If Hou Xi had not opposed this flag, I am afraid that many Chinese families would not have given him face.

Some time ago, the Chinese Mutual Aid Association sent people to Borneo, especially Singapore, for negotiations, but the results of the negotiations were mediocre.

The support rate for the Sichuan Army among the major Chinese communities here is very low.

They believed that this place should be taken back by the British Empire.

This made Cun Yunsheng a little annoyed, but considering some impacts, he asked people to stop the negotiations. He did not expect that the Japanese army would take the initiative to attack these people, which surprised him.

"What is going on? The Japanese army can't attack without any reason?" Cun Yunsheng asked again.

"Based on what we know, this matter seems to be related to us." Meng Fanle said helplessly.

"Are we related?" Cun Yunsheng was stunned, not knowing what this meant.

"According to the latest intelligence, the Japanese army is moving troops to India, and there is a great need for supplies."

"Supply?" Cun Yunsheng asked doubtfully.

Is Tianzhu still short of supplies?
"In fact, it was the guerrillas we supported who launched several ambushes recently, causing heavy losses to the Japanese army. So the Japanese army has set its sights on the Chinese tribes in Borneo." Meng Fanle quickly recounted the cause and effect of the incident.

After listening to it, Cun Yunsheng suddenly realized what was going on. He had not expected that the guerrillas would cause so many troubles.

It's actually quite normal.

After all, anyone who is not a fool can guess that these guerrillas must be related to the Chinese clans.

Without their support?
How could the guerrillas have so many weapons and equipment?

Just like Mindanao.

The guerrillas over there are also full of martial virtues.

The Japanese army only respects those who are stronger than them. As for the Chinese tribes who are weaker than them, they are naturally not so polite.

They took this opportunity to blackmail these big Chinese families.

"Do you think we should head south to Borneo now?" Cun Yunsheng said, looking at the map.

"I think we can wait a little longer, but we can move the new group forward a little bit to stimulate them." Meng Fanle said with a smile, pointing at the map.

"Yes, you are right." Cun Yunsheng nodded.

"Then let the New 1st Regiment take action and completely wipe out the Siamese puppet troops entrenched in Borneo."

"Yes."

(End of this chapter)