Expedition to Europe

In fact, compared with the overseas Chinese in Malaysia, the overseas Chinese in Borneo are relatively good.

At least the overseas Chinese in Borneo rarely bully the later contract Chinese workers.

In the tin mines of Malaysia, the workers engaged in mining are almost all contract Chinese workers, and their recruiters and managers are almost all Chinese. These Chinese managers can be said to abuse the Chinese workers, and their degree of abuse is no less than that of Europeans.

The benefits of these Chinese foremen depend on the output of the chemical industry under their jurisdiction. In order to maximize their profits as much as possible, these foremen spare no effort to squeeze the Chinese workers.

The contract Chinese workers work more than ten hours a day, from 5 am to 5:30 pm, with only two hours of rest in between. In order to allow the contract Chinese workers to adapt to the local climate as soon as possible, the Chinese workers are not allowed to wear clothes when they go to work. They are only allowed to wrap a quick cloth around their waists to cover their shame, and they have to take a shower twice a day.

Showering was the most painful. They had to shower once at 3:30 in the morning and once at 8:30 in the evening. At this time, most Chinese workers had braids. Because their hair was not dry, they needed one or two hours to fall asleep at night, often after 11 o'clock in the evening, and had to get up at 3:30 the next morning.

They were exhausted during the day and could not get enough rest at night. If they left early or left early, they would definitely be beaten by the foreman.

Many contract Chinese workers chose to hang themselves or jump into the river because they could not adapt...

For the "Umbrella" company, these mine owners and foremen would not only not be protected, but should be killed.

The mine owners and plantation owners in Borneo were still within the scope of salvation. Even if they did not support the work of the "Umbrella" now, they did not need to worry too much.

When the "Umbrella" company showed its due strength, it would naturally make these mine owners and plantation owners change their minds.

But by then, those who passively threw themselves into the arms of the "Umbrella" would definitely not make as much profit as Huang Bohan, Huang Jinsheng, Guo Shenglong and **** Mao.

This is not to blame anyone. Vision and courage are the fundamental reasons why businessmen can successfully become "tycoons". Blindly following the trend can only be businessmen.

By the way, there is one more thing. Zhang Tianshou and Qin Haoge returned to Borneo in the name of Chinese, not under the banner of the French. You must know that the French once occupied Borneo. The Dutch attach great importance to their only colony in the world. If they knew that the French hand was reaching out again, whether they were pure French or not, they would probably cause a strong backlash from the Dutch.

Huang Bohan is still very powerful in Borneo. There are millions of acres of plantations in his hands alone, and there are tens of thousands of workers. If it were not for the broad support of the Chinese, it would be effortless for Huang Bohan to raise a team with his strength.

Since many Chinese are unwilling to have anything to do with the "Umbrella" company, Zhang Tianshou and Huang Bohan no longer talk nonsense with them. They simply gathered thousands of people on their own, found a deserted island at random, and started military training.

There are tens of thousands of islands in the Dutch East Indies, less than half of which are inhabited. It is not easy to find a deserted island, and you don't even have to spend money.

When Zhang Tianshou went to Borneo, he brought weapons that could equip tens of thousands of people and two bullet production lines. Borneo has nothing but industrial raw materials. At most, Zhang Tianshou and his team can be self-sufficient in two or three months.

Huang Bohan is indeed far-sighted. As early as 1900, he and knowledgeable people among overseas Chinese built a middle school to train not only middle school students but also normal students.

From 1900 to the present, this middle school has trained more than a dozen normal students, and thousands of graduates are scattered in Chinese schools in the Dutch East Indies and British Malaya.

Qin Zhiyuan was in need of teachers. It would be a waste if resources were not used, so Huang Bohan organized more than 200 teachers to go to Corsica to support Chinese education in Corsica.

Although there were some twists and turns, the work has been gradually carried out. Qin Zhiyuan was a little relieved and gave Zhang Tianshou instructions for the next step.

In view of the fact that the power in Zhang Tianshou's hands is still insufficient compared with the Dutch, Qin Zhiyuan ordered Zhang Tianshou to adopt a reserved tactic at present. At this stage, the training of the "security guards" of the "Umbrella" company is the main focus. Before the power is strong enough, it is not suitable for direct confrontation with the Dutch.

The Dutch are quite powerful in the Dutch East Indies. They have about 100,000 land forces mainly composed of locals, and a navy mainly composed of Dutch. The land forces don't need to be taken seriously. Although the Dutch are numerous, they can't take advantage of the Chinese troops who have been trained in Europe.

When Zhang Tianshou and Qin Haoge went to Borneo, although they did not bring ordinary soldiers, they brought more than 200 officers and sergeants. With these people as the skeleton, the Chinese troops in Borneo can form combat effectiveness in at most three months.

What's more, Zhang Tianshou took away six tanks when he left. This thing was even more powerful when transported back to Borneo. It is estimated that the Dutch have never seen this thing. If a war really breaks out, Zhang Tianshou may not have enough offensive ability with these six tanks, but he is more than enough for defense.

The Dutch navy is still relatively powerful, of course, this is only relative.

Before the World War, the Royal Netherlands Navy had a total of 10,000 sailors, 3 3,500-ton coastal defense battleships equipped with 3 210mm caliber naval guns, 5 5,000-ton coastal defense battleships equipped with 2 240mm naval guns, and 6 modern 3,800-ton "Holland" class protected cruisers.

After Europe entered the Warring States Period of dreadnoughts, the Netherlands built a 6,530-ton "Seven Provinces Alliance" coastal defense battleship for self-defense, equipped with two 280mm caliber naval guns and a main armor belt thickness of 100mm to 150mm.

In 1913, the Netherlands formulated a complete ship renewal plan with a budget of 17 million Dutch guilders, preparing to build 9 20,000-ton small dreadnoughts with 8 main guns within 5 years, 5 of which were deployed in the East Indies and 4 for the mainland; in addition, it was planned to build 6 torpedo cruisers, 8 destroyers, 8 torpedo boats, 8 submarines and 2 minelayers.

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However, this huge plan was cancelled after the outbreak of the European War.

From the distribution of the Royal Dutch Navy, it can be seen that the Dutch attach more importance to the Dutch East Indies than to the Netherlands.

At present, the Royal Navy in the Dutch East Indies has two 3,500-ton coastal defense battleships, three 5,000-ton coastal defense battleships, and three 3,800-ton protected cruisers.

Although there are many ships, they are actually more than 15 years old, and it is a big problem whether they can run at a speed of 10 knots.

If they face the new destroyer fleet in Qin Zhiyuan's hands, the Dutch will probably not get any advantage. The turret rotation speed of the Dutch old warships may not be able to catch up with the moving speed of the destroyers, and once the destroyers enter the torpedo range, the Dutch battleships are probably live targets.

Of course, they can't fight now. For now, although Zhang Tianshou has to be prepared to guard against the Dutch attack at any time, he still takes a defensive position. Even if the "Umbrella" action team is trained, it will only be assigned to Huang Bohan's plantations and mines as security forces, on the one hand to deal with the extortion of local ruffians, on the other hand to deal with the provocation of local people.

Well, in fact, these ruffians are also locals.

In Borneo, the Chinese were the fat sheep in the hands of the locals and the Dutch. Anyone who came could take a bite, and they didn't have to pay any price.

This situation is definitely gone forever.