History of Hong Kong Island

Chapter 299 Burning the flag, the curtain is over.

Taiping Mountain.

Governor's Palace.

Jian Baoning was dressed neatly in a uniform. He stood on the carpet and reported the front-line situation to the governor in front of him: "Sir, according to the latest news from the front, the crowd at the Central Rally has dispersed, and the number of people at the scene has dropped to 300."

"Scattered in various districts of Hong Kong, there are still more than a dozen small gatherings, but the number of people does not exceed [-]. Most of the city order has been restored. The remaining rioters will definitely be dispersed tomorrow morning."

"In this incident, according to preliminary statistics, 120 police officers were injured, 27 police officers died, and more than 500 citizens were injured, missing, and more than [-] people died."

Ge Hongliang looked at the acting director in front of him, his expression unchanged, and he listened quietly.

Because this incident involved two major police forces, the number of police officers injured was extremely high, especially the number of deaths was less than 1 to 2 compared with the number of citizens, which shows the fierce internal struggle in the police force!

"it is good!"

Ge Hongliang looked at the winner in front of him, nodded and said: "Tomorrow, I will announce the lifting of the special state order. In the next six months, you will manage the police force as acting director. If there are no large-scale gatherings, I will formally announce the end of the year." You are appointed Commissioner of Police."

"Serve the Hong Kong government!"

Jian Baoning stepped hard, raised his head and chest, and shouted in salute.

Ge Hongliang looked at him meaningfully, and had to hold his nose to admit his position. Fortunately, decentralizing the power of the police force and allowing more and more Chinese people to participate in politics was originally Ge Hongliang's governing policy.

As the first governor to use Chinese people to make "Hong Kong people rule Hong Kong", Ge Hongliang has a very long-term vision. He knows that the Chinese people will become the mainstream force in Hong Kong Island society in the future. To abandon the Chinese is to abandon Hong Kong Island. It is not necessarily a loss to benefit the Chinese.

Although the army faction seems to be a pro-China faction, he believes that if the army faction is allowed to contain the Chinese in turn, the army faction will implement it to the end.Taking advantage of the Chinese is not necessarily being a Chinese boy. Regardless of whether he is comforting himself or not, Ge Hongliang can only hope so!
"Tonight, I will also have a meeting with the heads of the Health Department, Fire Department, and Commercial Department to count the loss of shops, clean up the streets, and clean up the mess. Everything must be done by someone." At this time, Ge Hongliang said: "You first Go back and rest, and call me again if you need anything."

"Yes, sir!"

"Goodbye, sir!" Jian Baoning saluted again and shouted continuously.

After the special order was lifted, Ge Hongliang had to write a letter and publish it in the newspaper, declaring the status quo to all walks of life. One thing is indeed a lot, and he even had to come forward to coordinate the cemetery and insurance.

"Ding ding ding."

When Jian Baoning walked to the door, the phone rang on the governor's desk, and Ge Hongliang picked it up. After listening to it, he sighed slightly, put down the phone and said, "Jian sir!"

Jian Baoning turned around immediately.

Ge Hongliang said: "Mai Sir misfired with a gun in the cell and unfortunately died. Let's hold a funeral according to the specifications of the Chief of Police and distribute welfare money."

Jian Baoning's heart moved slightly, he guessed the cause and effect, took off the police cap, held it in his hand, bowed deeply: "yes, sir!"

Ge Hongliang completely acquiesced that Jian Baoning was manipulating the matter behind the scenes. Obviously, he cut the grass and rooted out the roots and did not give political opponents any chance to rise in the future.In fact, the momentary soft-heartedness of many politicians will bring about fatal disasters in the future.Because some people fall from power for a while, it is not counted as a fall, as long as the backing does not fall, there is a chance to make a comeback.

The governor is very capable and has a very long term of office. It is clear that he will not be transferred easily, so if Mai Jingtao is not dead, there is a good chance of being reactivated if the time is right.It is a matter of course for Jian Baoning to get rid of Mai Jingtao, and Ge Hongliang can only acquiesce.And Jian Baoning did hint that Sir He wanted to deal with Mai Jingtao, but he didn't expect that Sir He's speed was so fast that he couldn't wait for one night!
That night.

At eleven o'clock, in Central Plaza, more than 20 community members gathered under the banner.

The horse boy named "Skinny Monkey" from the number gang, with two broken wine bottles tied around his waist, was hugging his limbs and climbing up the flagpole inch by inch with constant force.

This Central Plaza is adjacent to the seaside and not far from Admiralty. Before the completion of the Golden Bauhinia Square, it has always represented the city image of Hong Kong Island.The Governor of Hong Kong delivered a speech here when he took office, inspected the garrison here when Hong Kong Island was restored, and celebrated the Queen's birthday here.

"hurry up!"

"hurry up!"

The club brothers gathered under the flag stage, nervous and excited, shouting excitedly.

A middle-aged man in a suit shouted loudly: "Slender Monkey, burn one flag to make straw sandals, and burn two flags to make white paper fans. If all three flags are burned, I will make red sticks!" "

On the flag stand, there are three flagpoles, on which the Royal British flag, the city flag of Hong Kong Island, and the British Union Jack flag are hung respectively.

Among them, the royal flag is in the middle, the Mizi flag is on the left, and the city flag is on the right.

The evening breeze is gentle, and the sea breeze is biting.

The skinny monkey is short and lean, its palms are red from the cold, but its body is still full of energy. When its hands are numb from the cold, it hangs on the pole to rest for a while. After resting enough, it climbs up again. After climbing for more than ten minutes, it arrives at the Royal Palace Flag pole head.

Under the eyes of everyone, the thin monkey took out the beer bottle from his waist, poured alcohol on the flag surface, filled one can for the middle flag, and then poured the remaining can of alcohol evenly on the two flags.

Then he took out a box of matches and kept rubbing them until three of them were useless, and then he lit one on the flag!
"boom!"

The golden royal banner suddenly burst into flames. The flames rose rapidly in the strong wind and swept across the front banner. The remaining two banners did not need to be ignited at all, and were immediately ignited by the flame in the middle.

More than 20 community brothers looked up at the three burning flags, lost their voice for a while, and their eyes were shining.

The thin monkey slid down a section quietly, hugged the flagpole, took out a cigarette, lit the cigarette with the fire of the flag, held it in his mouth, and showed a satisfied smile on his face.While smoking, at the same time using hands and feet, slowly slide down the railing.

The military uniforms on duty around saw the flag burning, looked at each other in blank dismay, and hurried to the scene.

When Ge Zhixiong saw the police coming, he led his brothers away, fearing that he would be caught and beaten by Sir He. Before leaving, he did not forget to shout to the flagpole: "I'll tie you into a red stick, tie you into a red stick. "

When the three soldiers in military uniform rushed to the flagpole, the figure had already run away, but there was a horse boy hanging above the flagpole, which made people laugh and cry.In the end, the police officers let the thin monkey down, and when the thin monkey landed, he stretched out his hands obediently, and proudly said: "Sir, catch me!"

A police chief looked at the flag that was turned into ashes, fluttering and blown into the sea, smoked a cigarette, and said: "Next time the flag is burned, can I have a rest time, I don't want to see you too much .”

The thin monkey took the cigarette, but before he could light it in time, he was taken aback, and ran away jumping up and down.

"must!"

"Next time, sir!"

The sergeant in uniform looked at his disappearing figure, and scolded him with a smile: "What a street boy, if someone else puts up a flag, you burn the flag, and join the club, you will be a little bit successful!"

A young police officer said with emotion: "Shangzi, this matter is not bad!"

With the burning of three flags, a vicious political battle came to an end. In the future, when describing the history of the police force, the incident in Central will become a symbolic turning point when the Chinese came to power, representing the beginning of the Chinese directly controlling Hong Kong’s armed forces.

With force.

Everything is naturally easy to handle.

The next morning, the governor of Hong Kong opened a piece of "Sin Chew Daily" and looked at the Nanyang news in the newspaper. The self-defense armed forces had a [-]-hour exchange of fire with the police on the street."

Although there was no in-depth report in the newspaper, he dared to conclude that the Nanyang side still has no action to eliminate the Chinese labor front, and the Chinese labor front has intensified and upgraded its armed forces after the last mass incident!
"The Central rally on Hong Kong Island chose to start yesterday, under the title of mourning the Nanyang Chinese. There is clearly a synergy between the two."

"Fortunately, the police force stopped the spread of the incident in time. Otherwise, once the Nanyang Chinese incident spreads to Hong Kong Island, the situation will develop in an unpredictable direction." Governor Ge Hongliang knew that Mai Jingtao's judgment had fallen into a complete error. Jian Baoning took the lead.

Not to mention what Ge Hongliang, Jian Baoning and others thought when they saw the news, He Dingxian came to the office, opened the specially subscribed "Sin Chew Daily", and saw the information about the exchange of fire on the labor front above. unexpected.

People from the Labor Front had never told him that they would organize armed forces last night, but considering the painful experience of the Labor Front last time, it was normal to organize armed forces in this operation.If you lose, you have to win back.

The large number of weapons purchased by the Nanyang Chinese are not for hoarding, but for real shooting and consumption.While he wanted to use the Chinese Labor Front to create momentum on Hong Kong Island, the Chinese Labor Front was also making a fuss about the incident on Hong Kong Island. The two parties were mutually beneficial, and the only bad thing was that the Labor Front did not inform him.But considering the importance of armed operations, it is normal not to inform him, and things will fail if they are not kept secret. It is related to the lives of so many brothers, and secrecy is always the first priority.

In short, being a Chinese is a good thing, after all, it is a good thing.

He Dingxian can only be thankful that the ghosts on Hong Kong Island are not as powerful as Nanyang, otherwise, the same tricks may not be effective in Nanyang.Going to Nanyang still has to read "On Protracted Warfare" and memorize "Sixteen Characters of Guerrilla Warfare" silently.

Compared with the turmoil in Nanyang, the tens of millions of economic losses on Hong Kong Island are not worth mentioning.However, both the Governor of Hong Kong and the Governor of Nanyang will report the incident to the ancestral home. After the cabinet received the two reports and verified each other, they came to an astonishing conclusion.

If you keep both places, you must lose both places. If you abandon one place, it is possible to save one place!
These two incidents were merged into one file in the ancestral cabinet, which became an important issue at the moment, and even forced several ministers to hold consecutive meetings with the Prime Minister, and finally everyone reached an agreement to defend Hong Kong Island!
He Dingxian didn't even know that his all-out effort could start to promote the process of history and become one of the many reasons for history.Although it is far from reaching the level of changing history, it can be regarded as a glorious stroke.

(End of this chapter)