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Volume 3: War in the Far East Chapter 27: Crisis in the South China Sea

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    Just when Tang Jian was trapped in Lanfang Man's lair, the Chinese government was already in chaos. First, Sun Chuanfang reported to Yan Fu that he had not caught up with Tang Jian and had turned everything upside down in Guangzhou.  It was confirmed that Tang Jian had boarded a certain merchant ship bound for Luzon.

    At this time, due to the incident in Hawaii, the relationship between China and the United States fell below freezing point. China has always adhered to Tang Jian's consistent code of conduct when dealing with the United States, which is to try to avoid irritating the United States too early.  In case the United States fails to restrain itself from going to war with China, that situation will be the last thing China wants to see.

    But China is not afraid of war with the United States, but Tang Jian said before leaving for Hawaii that the time has not yet come for China and the United States to go to war!

    Although China seized Hawaii, expelled the US military on Hawaii Island, and assisted Queen Liliuokalani in rebuilding the Kingdom of Hawaii, and with legal means, Hawaii officially became an overseas dependent state of China and gained China's support.  shelter.

    But this does not mean that China can be unscrupulous in the Pacific. After all, the economic and military strength of the United States is there. Therefore, China has also begun to avoid stimulating the United States to avoid triggering a war between the two countries.

    Among them, in order to ease the conflict between the United States and China, the South China Sea Fleet in the South China Sea has not sent a large number of ships to cruise near Luzon after Hawaii time. For fear of causing a violent reaction from the United States, the South China Sea Fleet usually sends a few cruisers.  Or the gunboats escort the merchant ships of the South China Sea merchant fleet on the trade routes of the South China Sea. By the way, they also help other civilian merchant ships and foreign merchant fleets, and clean up the pirates in the South China Sea when they see them.

    But this time, Yan Fu ignored this code of conduct for the sake of Tang Jian's personal safety. When he ordered Sun Chuanfang to go south to chase Tang Jian, he also issued an order to the commander-in-chief of the South China Sea Fleet, Sa Zhenbing.  The order was that once Sun Chuanfang's action failed, the South China Sea Fleet was immediately dispatched to block the South China Sea waterways. The merchant ship Tang Jian was on must be intercepted before Tang Jian arrived in Luzon, and Tang Jian must be sent back home in time.

    However, the news from Sa Zhenbing made Yan Fu a little uneasy, because after the large-scale dispatch of the South China Sea Fleet, they searched all the way. When they encountered merchant ships on the way, they came forward to inspect them. They went back and forth, which wasted a lot of time. However,  , just when the South China Sea Fleet was about to reach the waters near Luzon, it accidentally encountered the U.S. Far East Fleet in Luzon. Although the strength of the U.S. Far East Fleet was only one old-fashioned Sovereign-class battleship and only two first-level protected cruisers.  Just a ship.

    However, Sa Zhenbing strictly abided by Yan Fu's order not to have any conflict with the U.S. Far East Fleet. Even if the current South China Sea Fleet wanted to completely annihilate the small U.S. Far East Fleet, it would be an easy task. However, Sa Zhenbing was subjected to  After the U.S. Far East Fleet issued a stern warning, it chose to exercise restraint and temporarily retreat without any substantive conflict with it.

    Therefore, this time Sa Zhenbing returned in vain and still found no trace of Tang Jian.

    In fact, when Sa Zhenbing led the South China Sea Fleet and the U.S. Far East Fleet to confront each other in the waters near Luzon, the merchant ship Chunlan where Tang Jian was aboard had just been intercepted by Lan Fangman, a pirate organization, just a moment before.  Tang Jian himself became a prisoner of Lan Fangman.

    Not long after Lan Fangman retreated, the South China Sea Fleet unexpectedly encountered the American Far East Fleet. Of course, Tang Jian only learned about all this later.

    Therefore, the South China Sea Fleet finally missed Tang Jian.

    After Yan Fu learned that the South China Sea Fleet had not caught up with Tang Jian, he immediately contacted the CIA intelligence officers in Luzon, hoping that the CIA personnel in Luzon could get in touch with Tang Jian as soon as possible.

    In fact, after Tang Jian arrived in Luzon, he would contact the local CIA intelligence personnel as soon as possible to familiarize himself with the specific local conditions in Luzon as early as possible. After all, it was impossible for Tang Jian to survey the entire territory of Luzon by himself.  Years ago, Tang Jian arranged for CIA intelligence personnel to infiltrate Luzon, and this moment finally came in handy.

    However, the message replied by the Luzon CIA intelligence personnel made Yan Fu fall into the ice valley. The Luzon CIA had no contact with Tang Jian at all, which meant that Tang Jian had not arrived in Luzon at all.

    The same news also said that not long ago, a trading company in Luzon discovered that a merchant ship that set sail from Guangzhou and was supposed to arrive in Luzon three days ago did not arrive as scheduled. The merchant ship's name was *  *Lan, and according to information from other channels, the Chunlan was hijacked by the strongest pirate gang in the South China Sea.

    No one could be found in Guangzhou, and Tang Jian was not intercepted at sea. The CIA in Luzon did not have any contact with Tang Jian. In addition, a merchant ship from Guangzhou to Luzon was hijacked by South China Sea pirates and disappeared.  Above the South China Sea, with its backThe meaning contained in ?is not difficult to guess.

    Tang Jian was most likely aboard the merchant ship named **LAN, and was hijacked by pirates in the South China Sea due to some strange combination of circumstances.

    Four days later, a letter from pirates demanding ransom was sent to Guangzhou. On the letter asking for ransom, there were the names Tang Tian and Chen Chusheng. Tang Tian was Tang Jian¡¯s pseudonym for his trip to Luzon.

    If Yan Fu¡¯s previous thoughts were just guesses based on the connection between various events, then this ransom request letter completely proved Yan Fu¡¯s guess.

    When Yan Fu thought about this, he immediately realized the seriousness of the matter. He immediately ordered the commander-in-chief of the South China Sea Fleet Sa Zhenbing to immediately search for traces of Tang Jian among the small islands in the vast South China Sea in the name of "encirclement and suppression of pirates."

    However, this move was misunderstood by the U.S. Far East Fleet as China's test of Luzon. As a result, there was once again a discussion in the United States about whether China should send troops, because American politicians speculated from the frequent mobilizations of the South China Sea Fleet.  After China captured Hawaii, it was preparing to attack Luzon, which was closer to China.

    This time the United States no longer tolerates it. It had already swallowed it last time. Although Taft has mediocre qualifications and is not suitable for being president, this time in the United States, both the Democratic Party and the Republican Party have been proposing to the outside world to provoke China.  Fight back hard.

    Although Roosevelt had resigned, due to Roosevelt's efforts, the call for a counterattack in the United States became louder and louder. Taft had no choice but to notify the U.S. military in Luzon that once China sent troops to provoke, they must fight back vigorously.  China's conspiracy must not be allowed to succeed.

    ¡°And the United States is still gathering fleets on the east coast, ready to support Luzon at any time.

    The situation in the South China Sea is about to explode!

    "If Du Sanniang knew at this time that she had just robbed an ordinary merchant ship, she did not expect that it would cause an escalation of conflicts between a big country in the East and the West, and a large-scale naval battle was about to break out.

    Although Yan Fu knew the determination of the United States, he still ordered the South China Sea Fleet to continue to search for Tang Jian in the South China Sea. However, the premise was that it would automatically evacuate once it encountered the United States' Far East Fleet. He still did not have any confrontation with the United States' Far East Fleet.  conflict.

    Just like that, half a month has passed since Tang Jian disappeared.

    Time goes back half a month to Lan Fangman¡¯s meeting hall.

    There were at least three or four knives placed on Tang Jian's neck. Du Sanniang was aloof and asked proudly: "Should I tell you or not? Who are you?"

    It was uncomfortable to have several knives held on the neck at the same time. Moreover, Tang Jian's hands and feet were tied, so he was really unable to fight back. As the saying goes, a good man will not suffer the consequences of his immediate loss. Tang Jian was tough for a while, and finally said "scared":  "My name is Tang Tian, ??and I am the son of a wealthy businessman in Hubei. This time I went to Luzon mainly because I like to travel, so I took my entourage on the Chunlan to Luzon."

    "Haha, you can't find a better lier, how can you tell such a lame lie? How can a wealthy businessman's son have such good kung fu?" Du Sanniang didn't believe it at all.

    "Oh, you are telling me this. To tell you the truth, when I was just born, a wild monk somewhere said that I was a martial arts star who descended to earth, and that I would definitely pass the martial arts exam in the future. By the way, I am also a very smart person.  How can I become a wealthy businessman if I am not good at it? But he listened to the wild monk and thought that I would definitely be able to pass the martial arts exam when I grew up, so he took me everywhere to learn martial arts from a young age. However, he did not expect that I would succeed in the martial arts.  But what happened to the Qing Dynasty? There is no way to pass the martial arts examination, so I can only inherit my father's business and continue doing business. This time I went to Luzon, I actually went to see the market after playing." Tang Jian closed his eyes.  He made up a bunch of lies. After all, bragging doesn¡¯t cost money, not to mention that he is not a braggart. He is lowering his status.

    "Really?" Du Sanniang began to believe it.

    ¡°Hey, this is women, they usually believe lies that are more like the truth.

    Tang Jian put on the air of a dead pig that is not afraid of boiling water, puffed out his chest and said: "It's up to you whether you can do it or not! Anyway, if you keep me, you can get a large ransom, but if you kill me, you will get nothing? You write a request  When you write the ransom letter, just add my name Tang Tian, ??and you will definitely get a lot of money."

    Du Sanniang held her cheek and began to think deeply. In fact, what Tang Jian said about her was only seventy percent trustworthy.

    Du Sanniang thought that Tang Tian was still very wary, so why not leave him alone for a few days, since he couldn't escape on this isolated island anyway. However, in fact, Du Sanniang was indeed very short of money at this time, and the whole orchid  Fangman was about to run out of food because of the attack by the South China Sea Fleet. If there was no more money, thousands of women and children on the island would probably go hungry.

      After thinking about it, Du Sanniang nodded slightly: "Suppress it first! We'll try it next time!"

    Tang Jian glanced at Du Sanniang, a smile appeared on his face, but he sneered in his heart, retrial?  Haha, let¡¯s see what you can find out!

    PS: The second update, there will be another update tonight, keep up the hard work.
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