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Li Bancheng looked at his youngest son and spoke slowly, his eyes filled with a hint of reluctance.
It's unclear whether he was reluctant to part with his youngest son, his wealth, his life, or all of them.
"Father, what happened? Why are you suddenly..."
Upon hearing Li Bancheng's words, Li Zehao was also surprised and immediately asked a question.
However, before Li Zehao could finish speaking, Li Bancheng interrupted him, "Zehao, I just met with Li Jun, and he promised me that as long as my son and I continue..."
This time, Li Bancheng did not choose to hide it from his son, but instead told Li Zehao in detail about the plan that Li Jun had told him.
“Father, what Li Jun said may not be true. With your status and reputation in Hong Kong, the foreigners might not dare to lay a hand on you!”
After hearing his father's words, Li Zehao quickly spoke up.
Compared to Li Jun, Li Zehao still trusts foreigners more.
“Shen Bi just called me and said he has something important to discuss with me in person and asked me to go to the HSBC headquarters to see him.”
Li Bancheng said quietly.
“Father, perhaps Mr. Shen Bi really does have something to discuss with you, we…”
Under Li Bancheng's gaze, Li Zehao's voice grew softer and softer until it was barely audible.
He knew very well that his father no longer trusted foreigners, and that no matter how much he said, it would be useless.
Clearly, even now, Li Zehao still trusts the foreigners more.
“Zehao, haven’t you seen through the true colors of those foreigners yet? If Shen Bi really wanted to help me, he wouldn’t have ignored my calls before, and Ma Shiming wouldn’t have been unable to find the senior executives at HSBC. Shen Bi only called me after I met with Li Jun. What does that mean? Do I need to analyze it with you in detail?”
At that moment, a hint of disappointment flashed in Li Bancheng's eyes.
He never expected that his son would be even more of a "foreign worshipper" than he was.
“Father, I understand what you mean, and I will do as you say.”
Seeing his father's firm stance, Li Zehao could only nod in agreement.
"Okay, you go to the Henglai Hotel right now, I'm going to HSBC too..."
At this point, Li Bancheng paused slightly, then stood up, walked to his youngest son, put his hands on his shoulders, and slowly said, "Zehao, after you go to Amelica, just be an ordinary rich man. Hong Kong is too dangerous; you can't handle even a little bit of it. Live your life well in the future, and I can rest in peace in the afterlife."
At this moment, Li Bancheng's face showed only the loving kindness that belongs exclusively to a father.
"Yes, yes, Father."
At that moment, tears welled up in Li Zehao's eyes as well.
“Those who are not of our race will surely have different hearts. Zehao, I didn’t understand this saying before. I always thought that as long as the interests were right, anything could be discussed and anything could be done. Now I realize how wrong I was. After you go to Amilica, I hope you will never be a Western-worshipping dog, but be an upright Chinese.”
Li Bancheng's eyes were filled with regret.
“Father, I have remembered your words.”
Li Zehao nodded in agreement.
"Go."
Li Bancheng patted Li Zehao on the shoulder, indicating that he could leave.
"Father……"
"Go!"
Li Zehao was still somewhat reluctant, but Li Bancheng's expression was already resolute.
Seeing the expression on his father's face, Li Zehao knew that there was no use in saying anything more. He knelt down in front of Li Bancheng, kowtowed three times, and then got up and turned to leave.
"Hey!"
After his son left, Li Bancheng sighed deeply once again.
Then, he picked up the telephone receiver on his desk and dialed a number.
"Get the car ready, I'm going to the HSBC headquarters building."
After the call connected, Li Bancheng immediately spoke, and then hung up without waiting for a reply from the other end.
"Li Jun, I hope you can keep your promise!"
Li Bancheng looked out the window at the HSBC headquarters building not far away and muttered to himself.
Then, Li Bancheng straightened his tie and suit, and slowly walked towards his office door...
[205] The HSBC executive who is all talk and no action, and Li Huanggua, who is heartbroken.
Just as Li Bancheng was on the verge of death, in the South Pacific, on the island of New Guinea, someone else was also facing imminent demise.
"General, the scouts ahead have reported back that everything at Port Nabire is normal, with nothing unusual."
A young man wearing the epaulettes of a major stood before Javanese Lieutenant General Palani and began to report.
"The Papua Liberation Front did not set up defensive fortifications?"
After hearing his advisor's report, Palani's eyes flickered slightly, and he asked a question.
Since receiving Schwak's message two days ago, and after the fall of Nabile, Palani immediately dispatched reconnaissance troops to investigate the situation in Nabile.
Meanwhile, after all his nearly 4 soldiers had gathered in Mimica County, he set off for Nabile Port.
Palani was able to create the American Mechanized Corps, a department considered 'elite among monkeys,' within the peculiar race of Java, so he must have some skills.
In fact, Parani graduated from the Hague Military Academy in the windmill country and has received a formal military education. In terms of actual strength, his military ability can surpass 90% of Javanese generals.
However, while Palani was quite professional, his reconnaissance unit was anything but.
Palani's reconnaissance team did indeed reach Port Nabile, but their reconnaissance skills almost made Jean-Xu Xi laugh to death.
To put it bluntly, even monkeys can hide better than them.
The result was obvious: in just one hour, nearly half of the more than 200 scouts that Palani had sent out were killed.
The other half were already terrified and only dared to hide far away, gazing at Port Nabile.
Therefore, they had no idea that after two days of hard work, three and a half fixed defense lines had been built in the entire port of Nabile, and four sea-based batteries had been converted into land-based batteries, ready to unleash 'brilliant' fireworks at any time on the invading Javanese army.
That's why Palani was completely unaware of it; it was just that his common sense told him that this didn't make sense, which is why Palani asked the question.
"General Palani, our men have not seen any fortifications."
Palani's advisor immediately confirmed this.
"That's right. If those savages from the Papua Liberation Front knew how to build fortifications, they wouldn't be trapped in the wilderness like savages by us."
Palani nodded slowly in response.
Then, he continued coldly, "That bastard Schwak deserves to die. He was scared out of his wits by these monkeys. What a piece of trash!"
Schwak is a Javanese nobleman born into a tribe. He was able to become a major general purely because of his family connections. For someone like Parani, who has real talent, the most despised person is someone like Schwak.
In Palani's view, if he had also come from a prestigious family, he would at least be a general with great power now, instead of a lieutenant general 'suppressing bandits' in this godforsaken place.
"General Palani, you're right, that Schwak guy is a piece of trash."
As a close confidant of Palani, the young staff officer immediately echoed his sentiments.
"Panlana, tell those guys to speed up their march and try to take Nabile Port before nightfall."
Parani looked relaxed and said casually.
A significant number of Javanese soldiers suffered from night blindness due to malnutrition, so Javanese armies generally fought during the day and would retreat after dark, resuming the battle the following day.
"Yes, General Palani, I will inform the other generals immediately."
Although Palani did not explicitly state who he was informing, the young staff officer clearly knew who Palani was referring to.
Driven by self-interest, distrust of Parani's potential for absolute power, and a desire to maintain his influence over New Guinea, Sutoha dispatched several minor warlords with their own forces to New Guinea.
Schwarck is one of them.
Besides Schwak, there were four other minor warlords, who together had more than 30,000 men under their command. They were usually stationed in other parts of New Guinea and acted as local tyrants.
This means that the actual army belonging to Parani was only 1 men, while the 5 men on New Guinea Island were more of a mixed force of several armies than a single army.
This is also why Palani hates that he is not from a tribal elite family.
If he came from a wealthy family, he would be the sole authority on New Guinea, and the entire island would be under his control, making him the true tyrant of the island.
Soon, Palani's staff relayed Palani's orders to the other four warlords.
Unfortunately, to Palani's disappointment, although the four warlords readily agreed, the marching speed of their troops remained unchanged.
As a result, the Palani army, which had sped up a bit, immediately 'emerged' from the ranks.
With no other option, Palani had to slow his army's advance and rejoin the main force.
Although Palani was unaware of the idiom "the nail that sticks out gets hammered down," he clearly knew that one should not stand out too much in battle, otherwise one would easily become the enemy's primary target.
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For a warlord like Palani, every soldier under his command was the foundation of his power, and he would never allow them to be lost unless absolutely necessary.
Therefore, Palani had only one principle for this war: let the other warlords die, and he would reap the credit and benefits.
However, no one who can become a warlord is a fool. Palani would think this way, and others would naturally think the same way. From the beginning, this army of 4 men was just a disorganized mess.