Chapter 657: Far Eastern Expeditionary Force (4)

Phillips and Beauchamp were both high-ranking military officers in their country, and although they were disgusted with politicians, they were not politically ignorant, and they knew that the government was indeed under great pressure now, and that the government had agreed to revise the battle plan, so it was necessary for the expeditionary force to meet the government's demands in return. Of course, in the eyes of the two, after the expeditionary force arrived in the Far East, it was not very difficult to win a battle, after all, the advantage of the expeditionary force fleet was there, and the only worry was that the KPA fleet avoided the battle and did not confront the expeditionary force head-on, but used surprise attack tactics.

Of course, in this way, the expeditionary force can also be carried out according to the revised battle plan, and the French, Russian, and Dutch fleets and landing forces will be stationed in the port of Kaohsiung in Taiwan, and the British fleet will go to Japan first to help Japan defeat the invading People's Army, then it will also be regarded as a victory.

However, the governments of both countries demanded that the expeditionary force rush to the Far East as soon as possible to participate in the war, which made the two commanders a little embarrassed, because the repair in Singapore was a very important step before the war, and if the personnel and ships could not be fully repaired, it would have a great impact on the future battle, but the attitude at home could not be ignored, otherwise it would also have a great impact on the future career of the two.

The original plan was to repair the expeditionary force in Singapore for one month, but on the 20th day, the French fleet, together with the British battleship squadron and some other warships, left Singapore first and sailed north to the Far Eastern Seas, while the British battleship squadron and the remaining warships remained in Singapore, nominally waiting for the Russian and Dutch fleets to arrive at Jianghe from Java, and then chasing the first fleet to leave. This is a very normal thing in the navy, but there is a lot of room for maneuver, and it will not be a problem to delay it for another five or six days; while the fleet that left early will be stationed in Cam Ranh Bay in Cochin, and the domestic fleet will be declared to wait for the fleet behind it, and it will be delayed for another five or six days, and it will be about the same.

In this way, there is also an explanation in the country, because it is true that a group of fleets have left in advance, which shows that the expeditionary force has indeed responded to the domestic requirements, but it is only sailing on the sea, and there are too many uncertain factors, and no one can do anything. If the country wants to be held accountable, the responsibility can also be shifted to Russia and the Netherlands. The expeditionary force can get another 10 days or so of rest in Cam Ranh Bay.

At the invitation of the Governor of Java, Rosburu, the Dutch and Russian fleets formed a marine corps of more than 1,200 people to assist the Javanese colonial government in conquering the local indigenous tribes.

It turned out that on the third day after the evacuation fleet left Java, the foreigners in Java finally couldn't bear it anymore and took action against the overseas Chinese who remained in Java. In fact, as soon as the evacuation fleet left, some people wanted to do it, but at that time, the evacuation fleet had not gone far, and maybe it would return, and the warning issued by Qian Guoyu to Rossblue also had a considerable effect.

Before the evacuation fleet set off, Rosburu summoned the big merchants of Java to negotiate, told them Qian Guoyu's warning, and advised everyone not to go too far this time, and to cause as little bloodshed as possible, in case the East China government returned? It was also proposed that the colonial government of Java should intervene and arrest the overseas Chinese on charges of suppression, and then ask the businessmen to encroach on the property of the overseas Chinese, so that there would be no bloodshed, and in case the East China Government returned, there would be room for relaxation, and these captured overseas Chinese could be used as hostages to bargain with the East China Government.

Although some people did not agree with the East China government's warning, believing that Rosburu's worries were too much, most businessmen agreed with Rosburu's suggestion that it was better to be safe.

As soon as the overseas Chinese fleet left, Rossburu immediately mobilized the army, and announced the abolition of the overseas Chinese trade union, the abolition of the treaty negotiated in Java, the dismissal of overseas Chinese who worked in the colonial government, and the arrest of a large number of overseas Chinese who remained in Java, who first sent troops to surround the Zhang family, and arrested and imprisoned all the Zhang family personnel who remained in Java.

This time, the overseas Chinese who stayed in Java also regretted it, and they should have gone with the evacuation fleet if they knew that this was the result, but now it is too late to regret it, and under the coercion of the colonial army, the overseas Chinese did not dare to resist, so they could only honestly tie their hands and arrest them.

However, there are about 100,000 overseas Chinese in Java, about 60,000 people were taken away by the overseas Chinese fleet, and about 40,000 people remained in Java. However, the number of troops in the colonies was limited, and it was impossible to arrest all 40,000 overseas Chinese at once, and the first batch of arrests were mainly overseas Chinese living in the cities.

It was not only the colonial government that was ready to take action against overseas Chinese, but also the local natives, and their resentment against overseas Chinese was greater than that of the colonial government, because in the original Java, the colonizers were first-class people, the natives were second-class people, and overseas Chinese could only be regarded as third-class people, but after the East China government Javanese protected overseas Chinese, the status of overseas Chinese was greatly improved, and they all occupied a place in the colonial government, and with the support of the East China government, the overseas Chinese no longer accepted the criticism of the aborigines, but fought back strongly; even if things got serious, the colonial government did not dare to favor the natives, but suppressed the natives, and such a change was of course unacceptable to the nativesTherefore, it is also the imbalance of envy, jealousy and hatred that breeds in the hearts of the natives.

Now that the opportunity to take revenge on the overseas Chinese is finally waiting, of course the natives will not miss it, and the indigenous tribes are also rubbing their fists and preparing to let out a bad breath. Although the colonial government had warned indigenous tribes, few took such warnings seriously.

Rosburu also knew what the nature of these natives was, they were lazy, casual, stupid, bullying the weak and afraid of the hard, and they had no foresight, and their own warnings might not be of much use, so while capturing the overseas Chinese in the city, he also sent troops to the larger overseas Chinese villages to stop the natives from attacking the overseas Chinese villages. Although there are not many troops, only 2 or 30 people per village, after all, it is the army of the colonial government, and the natives will also be afraid of three points.

Sure enough, such an arrangement has indeed received considerable results, some indigenous tribes see that overseas Chinese villages are garrisoned by the army of the colonial government, and they do not dare to act rashly, but the indigenous people do not have much knowledge, and it is inevitable that there will be a few people who are not very clear-minded, among which there is a tribal leader who is simple-minded, full of envy and hatred for overseas Chinese, and has no good impression of the colonizers. 30 men, much less than he had brought, and he ordered his own tribal army to advance in a moment's heat.

The colonial government army did not expect that this tribe would really do it to themselves, and they were beaten by the natives at once, and this tribe came with 3 or 400 people, as well as 4 or 50 primitive earthen guns, and 7 or 80 crossbows.

Then the natives launched an attack on the village, although the villagers tried their best to resist, but still could not defeat the natives, in fact, the villagers were not less than the natives in numbers, but they did not have many weapons, most of them could only use hoes, sickles, shovels and other agricultural tools, naturally not the opponents of the natives. As a result, the natives broke through the village, killing and looting on a large scale.

One indigenous tribe started the way, and several more tribes immediately followed, looting several overseas Chinese villages in succession, killing more than 1,000 overseas Chinese, and more than 30 colonial government soldiers were killed in the conflict. And the tribes continued to join in, and all the chaos began.

When Rossburu learned about it, he couldn't help but be surprised, he didn't expect that he would be so cautious that there would be a loophole here, and thousands of overseas Chinese would die at this time, unless the East China Government was defeated by the expeditionary force, otherwise when the East China Government returned to Java, how could he explain to the East China Government? These damned natives are really not enough to accomplish things, and they are more than defeated. Moreover, the colonial government has already sent troops to garrison the villages of overseas Chinese, just to prevent the natives from making trouble, and the natives are too bold to dare to make a move against the army of the colonial government, which is not in the eyes of the colonial government at all. But the problem is that there are not many troops directly under the colonial government, less than 2,500 people, of which 2,000 are still recruited from the indigenous population, and it is not easy to control the situation in Java.

Seeing that the situation in Java was about to get out of control, at this time the Dutch and Russian fleets arrived in Java, Rosburu hurriedly asked for help from his country's fleet, and the Dutch fleet naturally did not care, and the soldiers on the ship drifted at sea for more than 4 months, purely physically speaking, they were not tired, mainly because they were depressed, and they just took advantage of this opportunity to vent, and the same was true for the Russian fleet, so the fleets of the two countries jointly organized a land army to help the colonial government of Java and fight against the natives.

Although the coalition forces are composed of naval soldiers, they are all regular soldiers, well-trained, and well armed, and the natives are naturally not opponents, so they were defeated by the coalition forces, and Rosburu also used the strength of the coalition forces to finally stabilize the situation in Java. The whole turmoil was not long, only 7 or 8 days in total, but more than 1,500 overseas Chinese were killed, more than 3,000 were injured, more than 500 houses were destroyed, and countless property and materials were looted.

In fact, compared with the previous anti-China incidents in Java, the number of casualties and deaths this time is not large, and it is not as good as a small-scale anti-China incident, and it is very rare to cause such losses in 7 or 8 days, which shows that the indigenous people have accumulated considerable resentment against overseas Chinese, and if it were not for the arrival of the fleet at the extreme time to provide assistance, the consequences would be really unpredictable.