Expedition to Europe

Qin Zhiyuan joined the French nationality, which inadvertently conformed to the consistent tradition of the Foreign Legion.

Within the French Foreign Legion, no matter which country the soldiers came from, the military chief is always French.

The establishment of the Chinese troops was somewhat accidental. At that time, the French Army Department had not had time to designate a commander, so Qin Zhiyuan could only temporarily serve as the military chief.

Unexpectedly, Qin Zhiyuan became famous on the battlefield, and the reputation of "Angel" spread across half of Europe at that time, and the replacement of the commander came to nothing.

As the war deepened, the Chinese troops had outstanding achievements, and Qin Zhiyuan also joined the French nationality. It was reasonable for the Chinese troops to expand again.

"This time, we may add some Annan people to you. How about it?" It seems that Pierre has found a lot of information after staying at home for a few days.

"It doesn't matter, as long as you are given, I will take it. I don't pick people here. I will use anyone I give me." Qin Zhiyuan's requirements for the source of soldiers are really not high.

The success of the Chinese troops has important practical significance. Since the Chinese troops can succeed in France, why can't the Annan people?

As part of French Indochina at that time, Annan actually had much more people in France than the Chinese. Moreover, because Annan was a French colony, the French treated the Annan people far worse than the Chinese. In this way, it was actually much more cost-effective for the French to recruit the Annan people to form a force than to hire the Chinese.

"It seems that the relationship between the Annan people and you Chinese is really good. Those Annan people have been trained for nearly half a year and have completed all the basic subjects. They have only one request before going to the battlefield, that is, to designate you as their commander. It seems that you are really the Eastern overlord from the Far East." Pierre joked casually.

At the end of last year, the French organized more than 50,000 Annan people to form a force and have been training in the rear. Now it seems that it is time for the Annan people to replace the Chinese as cannon fodder.

"Be a little more polite and don't always say we are Chinese. I am also French now." Qin Zhiyuan looked at Pierre with ill intentions and suddenly said, "Since you are my personal knight, shouldn't you follow me to join the Republic of China nationality?"

This... seems to be reasonable.

"Aha, I knew you would say that sooner or later. I've been to your embassy, ​​and their reply was no." Pierre really thought about this problem.

"No? Why?" Qin Zhiyuan couldn't figure it out.

"No reason. I asked if I could join the Republic of China. The initial reply was yes, and then when they knew my last name was 'Foch', yes became no." Pierre had a blank expression on his face, and he couldn't tell what he felt.

Qin Zhiyuan immediately understood why. This was the inexplicable "think twice before doing anything" mentality at work.

If Pierre was an ordinary person, then joining the Republic of China would be a happy thing for everyone, proving that the Republic of China is also a desirable country, and it can also express the friendship between the Civil and French countries.

But if the son of the French commander-in-chief wants to join the Republic of China, then it is very intriguing. What is Pierre's intention? What position should Pierre be placed in? How to deal with the relationship between Pierre and the Chinese troops, etc.

This person, you can't think too much. If you think too much, you will be "afraid of wolves in front and tigers behind". This is why the scholar failed to succeed in his rebellion after three years.

Pierre said this with a hint of sarcasm and self-mockery.

This may be the first time that Pierre, as a Frenchman, has felt the taste of "discrimination".

Well, this is not a pleasant experience.

You have to find pleasant experiences yourself, so when he met Misha again, Pierre regained his fighting spirit and launched another round of offensive against Misha.

When Qin Zhiyuan and Julie were not engaged, Pierre had pursued Misha, but Misha had someone in his heart at that time, and Pierre's love flower withered before it bloomed.

Now that Qin Zhiyuan has become a "married man", Pierre feels that his chance has finally come, so the once dead heart is ready to move again.

Watching Pierre chasing Misha away, Qin Zhiyuan shook his head and focused his attention on the telegram sent by Zhang Tianshou.

Zhang Tianshou has arrived in Borneo. Judging from the telegram sent by Zhang Tianshou, the situation in Borneo is worse than Qin Zhiyuan expected.

Borneo in a broad sense refers to the entire Dutch East Indies, which was later Indonesia. Borneo in a narrow sense refers to Kalimantan Island, which covers an area of ​​740,000 square kilometers and is the third largest island in the world.

Semarang, where Huang Bohan is located, is located in the central part of Java Island, across the sea from Borneo.

Since the Dutch ruled Borneo, they have generally suppressed the local Chinese, and provoked the relationship between the Chinese and the locals, using the locals to check and balance the Chinese, leaving the Chinese in an isolated and helpless predicament.

According to Huang Bohan's estimate, the number of Chinese in Borneo should be between 800,000 and 1 million, and the number of Chinese in Southeast Asia is about 6 million. Among them are descendants of Chinese and overseas Chinese who immigrated to Southeast Asia in the early years, and contract Chinese workers imported into Southeast Asia since the 20th century. If the large number of illegal laborers is added, 6 million is just a conservative estimate.

It should have been easy for the 1 million Chinese in Borneo to raise a team of 3,000 to 5,000 people, but the facts gave Zhang Tianshou a heavy blow.

After Huang Bohan and Huang Jinsheng returned to Semarang, Zhang Tianshou and his deputy Qin Haoge immediately organized local Chinese to join the action team of the "Umbrella" company, and used the weapons they brought back to Borneo to start military training.

But it was unexpected that, except for a few knowledgeable people such as Guo Shenglong and **** Mao, more overseas Chinese chose not to join the "Umbrella", and would rather muddle through than send their children in the family to join the "Umbrella" company.

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According to the words of those short-sighted Chinese: Three to five thousand people may not be able to accomplish anything big. Even if the Netherlands, Britain and other countries are busy with the European war and have no time to take care of Borneo, when the Dutch and British return to Southeast Asia, a few thousand people will eventually be a mantis trying to stop a car. Rather than ending up with death and extinction, it is better to live a miserable life now.

Is it hateful?

Hateful!

Is it sad?

Sad!

Qin Zhiyuan was not surprised by this situation. Because Qin Zhiyuan knew that it was not that these overseas Chinese did not want to resist the Dutch, but that their courage to resist had been exhausted in the massacres. The overseas Chinese who had nowhere to turn to and were isolated and helpless were afraid of being killed.

It cannot be said that the Chinese in Borneo did not try hard. They once established a republic and united to deal with the oppression of the Dutch and the provocation of the locals, but in the end, they were defeated by the Dutch one by one because their organization was too scattered.

The Dutch's attitude towards the Chinese was like cutting leeks. Every time a generation of Chinese was about to take root and bear fruit, the Dutch would launch a massacre, slaughter all the Chinese who were about to take root in the local area, and then recruit from the country.

The population of the Han nationality is very large, as much as one-fifth of the world's population, so there are always some Chinese scums who have forgotten their ancestors and will choose to cooperate with the Dutch, return to China to continue to recruit people and boost the economy of Borneo.

Who should be blamed?

The Qing Dynasty?

The Beiyang government?

Perhaps everyone in this era is responsible.