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Lin Yuan finished reading the situation in the Philippines, half an hour passed, but Lin Yuan hadn't seen Shen Wanqing come back, Lin Yuan was wondering, when the door opened, Shen Wanqing walked away with a stack of newspapers After entering, Lin Yuan smiled and said, "Will it take so long for the news?"

Shen Wanqing said: "Of course it doesn't take time to ask for news, but I noticed a detail when I was asking for news, so I went to the newspaper."

Lin Yuan asked: "What details did you notice, why is it still related to the newspaper?"

Shen Wanqing said: "Both the station chiefs in Manila and Davao told me that the current situation in Manila and Davao is very stable. As in the past, there is no anti-Chinese incident. Regarding the situation in Palanan, they have sent people to I went there, and it is expected that the news will be sent back in a day. However, the station chief of the Manila intelligence station told me: Recently, there have been newspapers reporting news about illegal Chinese traders, so I just found the newspaper and wanted to read it.”

Lin Yuan asked: "What's wrong with this detail? Is there something wrong?"

Shen Wanqing said: "Things like riots rarely happen naturally. We have conducted investigations on various riots and riots in the world, and found that more than 90.00% of them are controlled by foreign hostile forces. Their manipulation methods are extremely clever. , usually in a long-term layout."

"They will first magnify the dark side of society and incite hatred of one group against another. For example: if you want to incite Filipinos to attack Chinese, then you have to publicize in the media: how Chinese are treacherous, how Chinese businessmen cheat, Deceive the Filipinos, extract their money, and then publicize how those Chinese spend money like water after extracting the money, and stir up their hatred of the rich."

"When social dissatisfaction accumulates to a certain level, they will create some fuses, such as Chinese profiteers beating a kind old Filipino woman, etc. This kind of thing is usually a trivial matter, and people will only take a look at it after dinner. Like sparks falling on the concrete floor, they will not cause a cluster of flames, but when social discontent is high, these sparks are like falling into a powder keg, and with a 'boom', they can blow up the entire society."

"After the riots, the Filipinos, dazzled by hatred and wealth, will rush into all Chinese shops and families, regardless of whether they are profiteers or bad guys, murder, rob, rape, and do whatever they want!" Shen Wanqing Flipping through the newspaper while talking, he took out a few and put them in front of Lin Yuan, and said with a smile: "Look, there are a few things written on it, a certain Chinese profiteer mixed talcum powder in the flour; a certain Chinese rich man opened * *Gathering, Yeyu Ten Daughters... the method is generally the same as what I said, right?"

Lin Yuan looked at the newspapers, recalled Shen Wanqing's words, and said, "Then according to you, the riot in Palanam was just a prelude, and the real attack is behind?"

Shen Wanqing nodded solemnly, Lin Yuan took a deep breath and said, "It seems that we have to prepare for the evacuation of overseas Chinese. Sanya is 1200 kilometers away from Manila, and Keelung is 800 kilometers away from the northernmost tip of Luzon Island. The two places should be dispatched together, I just read on the information: there are currently more than 5 Chinese in the Philippines, distributed in various places in the Philippines, it is not easy to withdraw them."

Shen Wanqing said: "That's right, withdrawing is unlikely. If we want to save the Chinese, we can only enter the Philippines, drive out the Spanish rulers, and replace them."

Lin Yuan nodded and said: "That's right, although the anti-Chinese riots across the country have not happened yet, we have to make preparations early. In this way, you go back first and let the comrades in the intelligence station keep an eye on the progress of the situation. On the one hand, I To mobilize the navy, on the one hand contact the ruler of the Philippines."

Shen Wanqing agreed, turned around and walked out. Lin Yuan called the French ambassador to China and asked him for help in contacting the ruler of the Philippines—the governor of the Philippines, the Spaniard Anthony Sandras.

Through the French ambassador as an intermediary, Lin Yuan sent a telegram to Sandras: "Today, a large-scale riot occurred in Palanan, and many Chinese were killed in the riot. I hope the Spanish government can inform the number of Chinese killed. We urge Spain to The government quelled the riots as soon as possible and allowed the Chinese ships to evacuate the Chinese."

Sandras quickly called back: "Mr. Lin Yuan, there is no large-scale riot in Palanan, your information is wrong. In addition: all Chinese in the Philippines are Filipino citizens and citizens of the Spanish Empire. There are no Chinese nationality, the Chinese government has no right to take them out of Spain."

When Lin Yuan saw that the governor of the Philippines denied the riots and claimed that the Chinese government had no right to withdraw the Chinese, he knew that the Spaniards did not want to cooperate with him, and that future disputes could only be resolved by means of war. Lin Yuan then ordered Deng Shichang: Keep the Sanya Fleet behind. The Jiyuan ship and the Jingyuan ship in Sanya were transferred from the port and headed for Manila.

At the same time, Lin Yuan ordered the amphibious combat army to set off from the Shanghai base and go to the Philippines. After the Sino-Japanese War, the No. The amphibious combat division was also reorganized into the first amphibious division.

In terms of personnel appointments, Lin Yuan personally served as the commander-in-chief of the amphibious warfare army, and Zhang Chuang served as the deputy commander-in-chief of the amphibious warfare army, responsible for daily affairs. Due to the short reorganization time, the amphibious warfare army still had only one amphibious division, which was led by Zhang Chuang The original brigade commander - Wang Gang as division commander.

After Lin Yuan mobilized the navy and amphibious combat force, he ordered the 26th Division stationed in Guangzhou and the 27th Division stationed in Haikou to enter the second-level war readiness state to reinforce the amphibious combat force. At the same time, he ordered the Second Air Division to fly to the Sanya military airport.

Turning the other day, at 10:21 p.m. on October 6, the agents sent by the Manila Station of the General Intelligence Bureau to Palanan sent back the news: there was indeed a riot in Palanan, and more than [-] Chinese shops in the city were looted. More than [-] Chinese died on the streets, and more than [-] Chinese women were imprisoned by mobs and suffered inhumane torture.

During the entire riot, the Philippine military police and the Spanish garrison not only turned a blind eye, but also dispatched personnel to participate in the robbery. The agents also sent back photos, piled up corpses, and a naked girl who was hung upside down on a high place, hugging her mother. The dead bodies of crying children are on the picture.

After Lin Yuan got these photos, he asked his attendants to hand them to Tang Fan, and said, "Tell Director Tang, organize people to print the newspapers tonight, and these photos must be published in the newspapers tomorrow."

The attendant said, "Shuai Lin, are all these photos used? Isn't the content in the photos too cruel?"

Lin Yuan said: "Blur the key parts and use them all."