Chapter 11 Raising Puppets
The sun is scorching like a fire, and the beautiful Central Pacific Ocean is like a calm mirror.
This is the windless season in the Central Pacific. If a sailboat sailed by the wind a hundred years ago, it would have to stay here for an extra month.
However, with the improvement and progress of the steam era, huge ships driven by steam turbines can gallop here.
The Alice is a large mail ship of 18,000 tons. She flew the British flag, but her owner had changed two months ago.
In the past, she only traveled to and from Hong Kong and London as a passenger cruise ship every year, and would pass through small island countries in the Central Pacific such as Tonga and Fiji. But now she has become a private cruise for her new owner and goes to Tonga every month.
Only a very small number of people in the world can afford to buy such a large mail boat as a private yacht. However, if the owner is an oriental person or a backward Chinese person, it would be a different matter.
Zhang Meng, that's right, he was the one who robbed five Japanese banks in a row and accumulated more than 10 million US dollars in wealth, becoming a new tycoon in China.
At this time, on the rooftop of the Alice Cruise Building, Zhang Meng was lying on the chair with sunglasses, basking in the sun while admiring the beauties of the butt at the rooftop dance.
It is obviously a luxury to hold a dance party on the cruise rooftop, but it cannot be judged that Zhang Meng is squandering. If anyone sees Sir Constine eating tofu everywhere among the beauties, he will understand that all this is arranged for him.
That's right, Zhang Meng still has to rely on Constine's help. As the new British Empire's high commissioner in the eight Central Pacific countries, his words can make the British government recognize the legal status of the Tongan anti-government army.
A month ago, Zhang Meng ordered the commander of the Zhang family security group in Tonga Jing Rui to support the rebellion of the Neiyafu Aprado family and established a new Tonga regime in the Wawau Islands to formally resist the rule of Queen Salot supported by the Taofa Ahao family.
Because the Zhang family security regiment joined the Aprado family army as a volunteer, although there were only more than 500 people, they were well-equipped. The personnel were equipped with Thomson submachine guns, the squad platoons used M2 heavy machine guns, 60 mortars, 80 mm infantry artillery, and a sniper platoon in the battalion headquarters. The firepower configuration of the 500 people was equivalent to an infantry brigade of the US military in the 1930s, making the strength of the anti-government army unprecedentedly powerful.
Relatively speaking, the government equipment in the Queen of Tonga was very backward, and it can be said that it was primitive. They used old weapons and equipment eliminated by the British army in the 1990s. Since they became British protectors in 1900, they directly gave up their military training. More than half of the National Defense Forces, with less than a thousand people, would not fire.
Faced with such strength, the Aprado anti-government army planned to occupy only the Wawau Islands and separate from Tonga. As a result, the war situation was very favorable. The Aprado patriarch Modi immediately led his navy, a small fifty-ton gunboat from the 1960s, and four large sailboats, to transport the anti-government army to the main island of Tonga.
At first, Jing Rui was a little nervous. What if the sailboat that seemed to be falling apart would sink halfway through the journey. However, such an old sailboat still arrived safely at the main island of Tonga, Nukualofa, in the calm season.
The government forces organized a large-scale blocking operation, but less than ten minutes of the battle between the two sides, they were defeated by the anti-government forces. Faced with the attack of the anti-government forces that had an absolute advantage, the Queen of Tonga did not have time to ask the British for help, and her palace was captured, and she and the royal members all became prisoners.
Modi quickly formed his kingdom, and he served as the king, ordering the execution of the Queen of Tonga and his royal family. Tonga is a country with severe food shortage, so in order to appease the people of Tonga, he borrowed $500,000 from Zhang Meng to buy food and distribute it to the people. In return, Modi announced that Zhang Meng and his family members and deployed to become honorary citizens of Tonga, and allowed Chinese people to freely become Tonga nationality.
Since the Tonga coup ended in just three days, it was a week after the British authorities received the news. The British authorities did not care much about the Tonga coup. They did not care who was the king, but only the safety and interests of the British expatriates in Tonga.
Zhang Meng had already seen through this point, so he made a deal with Constine. As the senior commissioner of the Eight Central Pacific countries, Constine's words could dispel all the British's worries.
The new Tonga Kingdom still recognized it as a protector of the British Empire, and Zhang Meng's special contribution made King Modi award Zhang Meng the title of heroic title of Tonga. According to the previous agreement, the Aprado family moved from Nefuya to Tonga's main island and rented their Wawau Islands to Zhang Meng for 199. The concession allowed garrisons and fortifications to be built, and had extraterritorial powers, etc.
In fact, Zhang Meng established a country in Tonga China. The reason why he did not directly overthrow Tonga and established a country was because Zhang Meng could not gain the trust and support of the Tonga natives at this moment, so he first chose the Wawau Islands, which had a population of only more than 6,000, to establish his own power, and then seized the entire Tonga when his power became stronger.
It can be said that Zhang Meng was very considerate. If Tang Jia was compared to a sour apple that did not attract the attention of the great powers, if Zhang Meng rushed over and got the apple directly, it would inevitably attract the attention of the surrounding powers, and they would even block it. But Zhang Meng turned into a small insect and crawled into the Tang Jia country. If he slowly ate the entire Tang Jia, it would naturally be difficult for the surrounding powers to notice him.
If we use the old Chinese saying, the strategy Zhang Meng adopted at this time was to build high walls, accumulate grain, and slowly become king.
Currently, only Nefuya is inhabited by people in the Wawau Islands, with a population of 6,000, of which about 1,000 people followed the Aprado family to the capital of Tonga. The remaining 5,000 are poor farmers. Zhang Meng distributed food and clothing to them and quickly received their support and support.
The Wawau Islands are composed of 34 islands including Wawau, with a land area of 115 square kilometers. Among them, Wawau Island is the largest, with a land area of 90 square kilometers, with a volcanic highland in the north and a gentle terrain in the south. Neiyafu, in the south of Wawau Island, is the administrative center of the archipelago and has the second largest natural port in Tonga. The port has a wide belly and narrow mouth, and is calm all year round. It is a good harbor for both military and civilians.
There are many limestone caves on the Wawawu Islands. The largest cave is 30 meters high and has a circumference of more than 60 meters. The smaller volcanic islands in the west have many forests. The soil is fertile, but there is no development.
In addition to the main island Wawawu Island, dozens of other small islands are currently uninhabited islands. The entire archipelago is distributed like dandelions. What Zhang Meng wants is this complex island layout, so that gold can be hidden secretly inside, and it is difficult to be discovered.
Zhang Meng knew that the Japanese war tentacles on the Pacific battlefield only affected the vicinity of Solomon Gua Island, more than a thousand kilometers away from Fiji and Tonga. Tonga is an important logistics supply base for the US military on the Pacific battlefield in the future, and it also proves its huge strategic value.
Zhang Meng made a complete plan in his mind. He has now gained a foothold in the Tonga Wawau Islands, so it is time to get the Japanese gold.
When Zhang Meng thought of the Japanese gold, he naturally thought of the Blue Fox Special Service Team.
At this moment, all members of the Blue Fox Special Service team had been lying in the cruise cabin for a whole month. They were in a state of sleep until yesterday when Zhang Meng woke them up.
When they woke up, their physical injuries had already healed, and the test of life and death was like a dream.
They didn't know that it was a test of loyalty from beginning to end, and they thought that Zhang Meng finally brought people to save them. As for the poison pills they mentioned, Zhang Meng argued that it was a drug that could make people in a state of fake death, and it was also the last glimmer of hope. As long as you take the antidote in time, you will be alive.
Although there were a few smart team members who were a little suspicious, they had no way to verify it because they had been in a coma and had left China.
Of course, Zhang Meng could not leave evidence for them to find.
Zhang Meng kept the result of the life and death test in his heart, praised all the loyalty of the team members and did not betray his teammates. The three tigers, black bears and gray wolfs were the ones who interrogated them. Zhang Meng knew what they were worried about, so he said that they tortured their subordinates severely. He was extremely angry and killed them all on the spot.
In fact, the tiger, black bear and gray wolf all "lived" during the interrogation because of confession. They waited until the moment when Zhang Meng sent someone to "rescue" them. In their vague memories, they seemed to remember that all the people who interrogated them were killed.
The three of them breathed a sigh of relief when they confirmed from Zhang Meng that those people were all dead, but they still didn't dare to look at Zhang Meng's eyes because they felt guilty in their hearts.
Since then, Zhang Meng has been talking and laughing with the team members as usual and deploying various tasks. Tiger, Black Bear and Gray Wolf believe that Zhang Meng doesn't know what they have betrayed.
However, not long after, the three of them were promoted and demoted to the Blue Fox Special Service Team to perform missions outside the country, while most of the Blue Fox Special Service Team were sent to Tokyo by Zhang Meng to scout the spot in advance to explore the way.
Before Zhang Meng went to Tokyo, he had some preparations to do. After all, to commit crimes in the Japanese's den, he had to bring the diamond with him.
There is only one place that can provide Zhang Meng with diamonds - the United States with developed technology.
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Chapter completed!