Rebirth of the Flying Era

Chapter 1314 Race against time on the way home

(I have a fever, that’s all I have today)

Sulu was two years younger than Subian. He was short in stature, dark-skinned, and plain-looking. The two of them looked nothing like brothers from the same mother.

Seeing Du Fei, Sulu looked very respectful.

Although after Subian came to power, his younger brother also followed the trend and looked at people with his nostrils in Yajiada, but today he came to ask for help.

"Mr. Du, this is my brother's personal letter." Sulu presented it with both hands: "My brother is really busy with official duties this time, otherwise he would definitely come to visit in person."

Du Fei took the letter without showing any arrogance and said with a smile: "Your Excellency Subian is too polite."

As he spoke, he opened the envelope and found that the letter paper inside was written in traditional Chinese characters. The so-called autographed letter was definitely not written by Subian himself. He probably found someone to translate it.

But don’t worry about it, what’s important is the content of the letter.

Apart from the meaningless politeness, the meaning of Subian's letter is very simple. He hopes that Du Fei can contact Lin Tiansheng through personal relations and act as a middleman. The two parties can sit down and have a good talk to find a way to coexist peacefully.

Unsurprisingly, this is exactly what Dufy wanted.

Subian is really desperate. The fleet that he originally regarded as a life-saving straw has become a joke. Now the only one who can help him ease the situation is Du Fei.

As for continuing to ask for help from other big countries, he was still frightened by the Yingguo people's secret plan to rent Palembang by force.

At least if you work with Du Fei, you don't have to worry about this kind of problem.

Du Fei was secretly happy after reading the letter, knowing that [-]% of the matter was done.

I went to Lijiapo in person before and tried every possible means to sabotage the Yingguo fleet's voyage plan, which was an immediate success.

Du Fei put down the letter: "Mr. Sulu, Mr. Subian is too polite. I can help with the things he mentioned in the letter, but..."

Sulu was not stupid and immediately continued: "Don't worry, Mr. Du, no matter whether the matter succeeds or not, we are willing to pay 300 million US dollars as a thank you for your loan."

300 million US dollars is not much for Du Fei, but it is not that Subian is stingy, his ability is really limited.

Although he received most of Suharto's inheritance, it was already riddled with holes in Subian's hands.

In order to stabilize the situation, Subian gave away a large amount of interests, and now he is somewhat stretched. Being able to come up with US$300 million in one go is already his limit.

What's more, this is just Du Fei's reward. Lin Tiansheng's side can't stop just because Du Fei said a few words.

To truly solve the problem, I'm afraid we still need to conduct a wave of interest exchange.

This 300 million is already quite sincere for Subian.

But Du Fei doesn't want money. With his current savings, a few million dollars is really nothing.

Du Fei thought for a while and said, "It's easy to talk about money. With my friendship with Lin Tiansheng, this matter is also easy to handle, but..."

Hearing the word "but", Sulu's heart lifted and he quickly said: "Mr. Du, just ask if you have any requests, and we will try our best to meet them."

At this point, Du Fei didn't need to be secretive anymore. If he wanted to be a bitch, don't set up a memorial. Now was the most critical time to negotiate the price. Any restraint would be irresponsible to himself.

Du Fei immediately expressed his interest in the Riau Islands and vowed that as long as Subian gave up the Riau Islands, he would help him settle the matter.

Sulu couldn't help but be stunned, and instantly felt troubled.

When it comes to land, the nature is different from giving money or other benefits.

"I'm very sorry, this matter... I can't make the decision." Sulu said this, but in his heart he didn't want to take the blame.

Whoever agrees to such a thing will definitely be stabbed in the spine in the future.

He was not in charge of his duties, so he simply sent a telegram to Subian, his brother.

Subian had been waiting for news from Sulu in Yajiada, and he felt mixed after receiving the telegram.

This telegram was a mixed blessing.

Fortunately, Du Fei put forward conditions, indicating that the matter could be negotiated, and that's why he asked for a sky-high price.

But the Riau Islands, this was a bit beyond his expectation. Although the islands were not in his hands, it was just a matter of mouth to give them to Du Fei.

The most Du Fei got was a piece of paper. If he really wanted to take actual control, he would have to send his own people.

What's more, the Riau Islands have not been peaceful recently. A Malay-supported guerrilla group is making trouble, shouting that they want to join the Malays.

If this situation had been left as it was, he would definitely have taken a tough stance.

But today is different from the past. Subian is like a clay Bodhisattva who cannot save himself when crossing the river. He has no time to care about the life and death of others.

The only thing he was worried about was that once he agreed to Du Fei's conditions, it would have a negative impact on his reputation and prestige.

Subian thought about it and felt that he couldn't agree to it directly and had to change his name.

After much deliberation, he really came up with an idea.

Immediately reply to Du Fei's telegram.

Because there was a dedicated person waiting for them, Du Fei and Sulu received a reply quickly.

Du Fei looked at Subian's telegram with amusement.

Subian agreed in principle to Du Fei's request for the Riau Islands, but the method had to be modified and he could not give it directly to Du Fei.

Instead, the official order was issued first. In name, Subian was still the commander-in-chief and held the highest power.

He took advantage of this and transferred the Riau Islands, which originally belonged to the Riau Province of Sumatra, to West Kalimantan.

West Kalimantan is actually controlled by Lin Tiansheng.

Subian then gave Lin Tiansheng a senior official position in Western Canada.

Lin Tiansheng then transferred the Riau Islands to Du Fei.

After this operation, Subian did not have to bear the responsibility of losing the land. After all, assigning the Liao Nei Islands to Lin Tiansheng was just an internal adjustment for them.

As for Lin Tiansheng transferring it to Du Fei, there is no pressure at all.

Because Lin Tiansheng doesn't admit that he belongs to Yin Ni at all.

Although he is a bit self-deceiving, Subian can indeed reduce a lot of trouble by doing this.

Du Fei saw this method, thought about it for a while and accepted it happily.

For him and Lin Tiansheng, this method is meaningless. Since Subian wants it, he will give it this face.

Meanwhile, in Yajata.

After receiving another telegram from Du Fei, Subian finally breathed a sigh of relief.

With Du Fei's promise, there is at least a [-]-[-]% certainty that Lin Tiansheng can be stopped, leaving him with a chance to regroup.

Subian also sent a telegram again, expressing his full agreement and happy cooperation this time.

Then he came to the table. After receiving the telegram before, he took out a map to check the location of the Riau Islands.

Draw a circle on it with a red pen.

At this time, things had settled down and I felt relaxed. I couldn't help but frown slightly when I looked at the circles on the map.

Subian is no idiot. Being able to achieve his current achievements under complicated circumstances is enough to prove his ability.

At this time, he looked at the map and thought calmly, finally guessing some of Du Fei's intentions.

Subian frowned, stared at the Riau Islands in the middle of the map with narrowed eyes, and murmured: "The Riau Islands, why does Du Fei want the Riau Islands... What is the special value here... The Strait of Malacca... Co-management committee..."

Subian suddenly realized that Du Fei was most likely using the Riau Islands to squeeze into the Strait Condominium Management Committee.

if so……

Subian's expression became more serious when he thought of this.

His brain was spinning rapidly, weighing the pros and cons of this matter for him, and his expression became more and more serious.

Although he did not propose the original tripartite condominium strait, overall it was of great benefit to him.

But once Du Fei joins in, and the three-party co-management becomes a four-party co-management, the situation will inevitably change.

Not only is the proportion of equal interests declining, but other circumstances will also change accordingly.

Subian supports this co-management committee, his biggest intention is to open up relations with the United States and Britain through this place, and use the geographical convenience to gain political support.

The other two jointly managed by the three parties, Li Jiapo and Malay, are not very good in terms of size or strength, so Subian can take the opportunity to play a greater role.

Once Du Fei gets involved, nothing will happen to him.

Du Fei's background and relationship with Meguo are beyond his comparison.

Subian couldn't help but grit his teeth silently: "We must find a way to stop it, and we can't let Du Fei get his wish."

But he cannot take the lead in this matter.

At present, Lin Tiansheng's situation has not been completely resolved, and he cannot fall out with Du Fei.

Subian was pacing in the room, his eyes rolling. He had an idea and picked up the phone to make a call: "Hello, I'm Subian... You can take a plane to Jilongpo right now." …”

Yajiada is more than 100 kilometers away from Jilongpo and can be reached in more than two hours by a small propeller plane.

...In Kuching, the deal with Subian was finalized, which made Du Fei feel good.

That night, I spent the night happily at Wang Yufen's place, but received bad news the next day.

Jilongpo suddenly announced that it would accept the surrender of the Riau Islands Free Army and at the same time send armed forces into the Riau Islands.

Hearing the news, Du Fei was caught off guard.

It is true that Jilongpo's attitude towards this matter has changed too quickly, and its decisiveness in doing things is also very different from the previous news.

Correspondingly, Subian did not respond with any voice.

Du Fei calmed down, convinced that there must be some factors that caused this unusual change in Jilong Slope.

But he didn't expect that being on Subian's head didn't mean that Subian was not suspicious, but that it was useless to make random suspicions about this kind of thing.

Subian is a suspect, as is Li Jing, including the Yingguo people who were deflated before, and the Meguo people who had no sense of existence from beginning to end.

No matter who it is, it doesn't matter anymore.

The top priority now is to deal with the pressure from Malay.

Previously, Wei Chenggong and Ma Dongmei organized a guerrilla force of a certain size, but the numbers and equipment were insufficient, so they could only deal with the local patrols and could not be a match for the regular army.

Du Fei must quickly reinforce them, strengthen their strength, and hold important strongholds.

Once the Malays occupy all the islands, Subian's previous promises will become worthless.

At this moment, Zhu Li and Chen Fangshi also received the news.

A meeting was immediately held with important leaders in Kuching.

There was no time for discussion at this time, so Du Fei did his job and set the tone without opening his mouth: "The Riau Islands must be defended!" After speaking, he looked at Eagle: "Iger personally led the team and selected elite soldiers and generals from the mercenaries. Standby for support."

"Yes!" Eagle stood up immediately.

Du Fei looked at a middle-aged man who looked somewhat similar to Dad Zhu.

This man is a distant relative of the Zhu family, and can be regarded as the cousin of Zhu Ting and Zhu Li. He came to help Zhu Li, and now he is in charge of Kuching's navy.

Du Fei said seriously: "Comrade Zhu Pengzhi, all four missile boats of the Navy are dispatched to ensure the safety of navigation between us and the Riau Islands."

"Yes!" Zhu Pengzhi, like Eagle, stood up and agreed.

He is from the Zhu family, and he has quite complicated views on Du Fei. On the one hand, he admires Du Fei's ability and vision, but on the other hand, he is angry that this guy has harmed his two cousins.

But personal emotions must not be mixed in at this time.

Du Fei nodded and continued: "In addition, contact the country and ask for spare parts. We must complete the renovation of the destroyers in the shipyard in the shortest possible time."

Although those ships were Yingguo's ships, the destroyers and minesweepers of this era did not have much sophisticated technical equipment. For the formally trained destroyer sailors, it was not difficult to control them after trial and error.

Now we are stepping up repairs, and we are far from being able to quench our thirst with domestic dignitaries, but we are taking the opportunity to accelerate these two things.

Zhu Pengzhi said that this is no problem, but it is difficult to protect sea routes with only the existing four missile boats.

Naval warfare is different from land warfare. The ocean is too vast. Although the combat effectiveness of missile boats is not weak, their range is really limited and their number is too small.

Furthermore, the Riau Islands still have nothing to do with Du Fei.

From any standpoint, there is no reason for Kuching to intervene.

If you want to get involved, you have to continue to use Lin Tiansheng's name.

……

After some arrangements, Du Fei felt helpless. He had almost no effective means to contain the Malays.

It's not that the other party is very strong, it's just that it takes advantage of the geography.

Du Fei wants the Riau Islands, the most important of which are Batam Island and the neighboring Tanrong Island, as well as the affiliated islands of these two large islands.

It faces Lijiapo across the sea, just in time to strangle the exit of the strait.

It's just a step away from Ma Lai, but it's more than 500 kilometers from Kuching.

Faced with this condition, even if Du Fei tried his best, it was still difficult to effectively project his power.

After the meeting, Du Fei stood facing the window in Zhu Li's office for more than half an hour.

At the meeting just now, he had thought of all the ways he could think of, but Du Fei knew very well that it would be difficult to stop Malay's subsequent offensive on the island with these means alone.

However, at this time a telegram came from China.

The telegram came from the Beijing Aircraft Manufacturing Factory. Du Fei had told Director Wang before he came out that he could send a telegram directly if there was any important situation.

Du Fei's heart skipped a beat when he received this telegram.

Is it true that blessings never come alone and misfortunes never come alone?

We just encountered a problem here and something went wrong at home?

Fortunately, after reading the contents of the telegram, he breathed a sigh of relief.

There is good news in the country. Du Fei left behind the upgraded drawings before leaving, and asked Wang Changyou to lead the aircraft manufacturer to focus on the Yun-8 and H-7, the most important of which was the gunship aircraft improved from the Yun-8.

In fact, Wang Changyou had sent a telegram before to report the progress of the Y-8 and H-7 prototypes.

It's just that Du Fei was in Lijiapo at the time and didn't have time to read these telegrams.

This time it was reported that the gunship aircraft modified by Yun-8 was about to be completed.

Du Fei's eyes quickly scanned the telegraph newspaper, and he couldn't help but have an idea in his mind.

Immediately reply to the telegram and ask for details.

Then he called Lin Tiansheng to communicate the next step.

At present, Du Fei has no legitimate reason to intervene, and the Riau Islands still belong to Inni in name.

After Subian assigned it to West Kalimantan, Lin Tiansheng was already eligible for admission.

However, Lin Tiansheng's abilities are limited to land, and the actual actions he can take are very limited. He can only issue a statement to emphasize the ownership of the territory.

The final direction depends on how much resources Du Fei can invest.

After communicating with Lin Tiansheng, Du Fei immediately took a plane back to China.

There can be no delay at this time.

For every additional minute of delay, the pressure on Wei Chenggong and Ma Dongmei would increase. Du Fei was not sure how long they could hold on.

Once they collapse and lose the support point on the island, they will have to fight a landing battle when they go back, which will be ten times more difficult than now.

In the sky, a small propeller plane made a "chugging" noise that shook the cabin glass.

Du Fei frowned slightly and looked at the azure sea through the yellowed glass.

It is [-] kilometers from Kuching to Qiong Province, and this small propeller plane takes about four hours to fly.

Du Fei had already sent a telegram in advance and transferred to the Y-5 from Qiong Province to the capital, flying 2300 kilometers.

After arriving in the capital, there is no need to go to the airport and land directly on the dedicated runway of the aircraft manufacturer.

The whole journey is more than 4300 kilometers in total. If you don’t have to wait in Qiong Province, it will take a total of ten hours.

Unfortunately nothing ever went that smoothly.

Du Fei changed trains in Qiong Province and was told that due to scheduling reasons, he would have to wait for four hours.

Du Fei looked serious and raised his hand to look at his watch. It was already three o'clock in the afternoon, and it would be seven o'clock in the evening in four hours.

No matter how anxious he is, there is nothing he can do. This is not his home court, and it is already a great honor for him to allocate a plane.

At this moment, a female signal soldier wearing a half-sleeved white shirt suddenly came out of the bungalow next to her and asked, "Who is Comrade Du Fei?"

Du Fei was slightly surprised and immediately responded.

The female soldier was very polite and looked her up and down: "Can I see your ID? There is a telegram from you and I need to confirm my identity."

"Where is the telegram from?" Du Fei took out the ID that Zhou Peng had brought with him when he went out.

The female soldier didn't answer. She took a look at her ID and compared it with the photo to make sure it was her. Then she said, "It's a secret message from Nanyang. We don't have a codebook and can't decipher it."

Du Fei knew that there was probably a new situation on the Riau Islands, and asked: "When did you receive it?"

The female soldier said: "45 minutes ago~"

Then he took Du Fei into the house, handed him a telegraph newspaper, and then left.

Du Fei's ID showed that he was in a special department. He could also greet the superiors, use the special airport, and help send and receive telegrams. He was not an ordinary person.

After getting the telegram and looking at the dense numbers on it, Du Fei took out the code pad from his pocket and quickly translated it.

Ten minutes later, the contents of the telegram appeared.

Du Fei's expression became even more serious.