Chapter 189: Landing in Java (1)
While the KPA Navy and the Dutch fleet were engaged in a fierce battle at sea, the landing work on the dock was also going on intensively. After Zhang Zizhang arrived at the dock by speedboat, after about 30 minutes, he sailed over from the dock with two barges and docked at the stern side of the Kunming ship, and Zhang Zhenxun's son Zhang Zhijun came with the ship.
It turned out that Zhang Zhijun had received a telegram from Zhang Zhenxun, knowing that the advance fleet of the East China Government to protect overseas Chinese had arrived in Java this morning and asked him to be ready to meet him, although Zhang Zhijun was very strange, because even if the overseas Chinese warships were calculated from Pontianak, they were more than 1,000 kilometers away from Java, could they be calculated so accurately? In addition, he was also very skeptical about how much ability the overseas Chinese had, after all, he was staying in Batavia, and he did not know much about the news from Chinese mainland, so could he protect the Chinese in Java? However, Zhang Zhijun still obeyed Zhang Zhenxun's orders, and took dozens of guards early in the morning to venture out of Batavia City and rush to the dock.
At 10 o'clock, the overseas Chinese warship really came, although there was only one warship, but Zhang Zhijun was still quite excited, after all, this was really coming, and after Zhang Zizhang went ashore, he briefly told Zhang Zhijun about the general situation, Zhang Zhijun only then knew that there were two warships, and they were fighting with the Dutch fleet at this time, it seems that this group of overseas Chinese really has some courage, much stronger than the Qing court.
And this time, more than 800 soldiers came and were about to land, so Zhang Zhijun hurriedly ordered and sent two barges to assist the People's Army in landing.
With these two barges, the speed of the landing was naturally much faster, and Shang Jinfeng estimated that two trips could almost send all the personnel and materials of the army to the dock. When loading the ship, Shang Jinfeng met Zhang Zhijun in the helicopter hangar and had some exchanges with each other.
Almost an hour later, the first batch of soldiers and supplies arrived at the shore of the wharf, and at this moment, a few people came from the farm, informing Zhang Zhijun that an indigenous army was attacking the farm, numbering several thousand, and the farm was about to be overwhelmed and needed rescue.
After Zhang Zhijun learned about it, he was also very surprised, he should know that the Zhang family is a huge wealth in the South Seas, with many industries, and the wealth is rivaled by the country, which naturally attracts the peep of colonists and Javanese natives. Fortunately, Zhang Zhenxun has a bit of long-sleeved dancing ability, and through various means, including money transactions, he has established a good relationship with the Dutch colonial authorities, so that he can survive and grow in Java. And the Dutch colonial authorities also needed wealthy businessmen like Zhang Zhenxun to maintain the economic development and prosperity of the colony.
Zhang Jiazhi didn't think about the local natives of Lalong, but the aborigines and the Dutch colonial authorities are very different, first of all, the number of Dutch colonists is not much, so it is easy to deal with it, and the number of natives is too much, it is impossible to Lalong one by one, even if most of Lalong, it is not the financial resources of the Zhang family that can afford it, and the natives have no foresight, they will not see the existence of rich businessmen like Zhang Zhenxun, who can maintain the long-term prosperity of Java, they only see the real money in front of them, so it is easier for them to grab it directly than to collect taxes slowly。
However, with the protection of the colonial authorities, although the Zhang family suffered some losses in several anti-Chinese incidents, they did not hurt their bones. Since it is in the area around Batavia, it can be basically guaranteed, such as the farms and docks here, which have not been plundered in the previous anti-Chinese incidents. A few days ago, an indigenous army attacked the farm, but it was repelled by the guards and workers of the farm, but they did not expect to come again a few days later, and this time the anti-Chinese situation was a little different from before.
However, Zhang Zhijun Bi Jing is Zhang Zhenxun's eldest son, he has been able to take charge of Java alone, and after thinking about it carefully, he understands a little, it turns out that the Zhang family has a big hidden danger in Java, that is, businessmen from Europe, with the development of navigation technology and the popularization of globalization, European countries have also changed the previous predatory management of the colonies, changed to development-oriented management, many European businessmen set up public enterprises in the colonies, investment and management, but the new companies in the colonies do not want to start from scratch, but adopt the practice of stealing the local industry, and the colonial authorities will naturally favor European businessmen。
The Zhang family has many industries in Java, which naturally aroused the eyes of many European businessmen, Zhang Zhenxun has sold some industries to European businessmen, although it is not enough to shake the position of the Zhang family, but this has already appeared, Zhang Zhenxun has invested a lot of energy in the country over the years, that is, he hopes to spread the risk, and obtain the official position of the Qing court, which is also an additional guarantee.
Just a few months ago, two European businessmen offered Zhang Zhenxun to buy his farm, but Zhang Zhenxun refused, and it seems that this time the farm was attacked by the natives, I am afraid it is not so simple. So Zhang Zhijun immediately came to Shang Jinfeng's rescue, hoping that Shang Jinfeng could mobilize the army to rescue the farm.
Shang Jinfeng naturally would not refuse Zhang Zhijun's request, because the inner farm was originally a temporary stronghold of the People's Army on Java Island, and the Zhang family was now considered an ally of the East China government, so there was no reason not to save it. In addition, through the rescue farm, the strength of the East China government can be shown to the Zhang family, so that the Zhang family feels that the East China government is reliable.
However, at this time, only half of the troops went ashore, two combat companies and machine gun companies, and the 82 mortar company, the main heavy weapon of the advance force, was still on the Kunming ship, if it was necessary to wait until the 82 mortar company was transported to the shore, it would take at least more than an hour, and Shang Jinfeng also considered that the farm was only 15 kilometers away from the wharf, and since the natives attacked the farm, it was difficult to guarantee that they would not attack the wharf again, so they could not send out all the troops who went ashore.
Therefore, Shang Jinfeng and the battalion commander Li Lixin decided to send a company ashore to be responsible for the task of rescuing the farm, and a platoon from the machine gun company was transferred to act with the company, while the rest of the personnel were also immediately on guard around the dock to prevent the natives from attacking. At this time, the battle at sea had ended, the KPA Navy had won a perfect victory, and Shang Jinfeng also decided to recruit helicopters to participate in the first battle after the landing. Li Lixin, on the other hand, decided to leave the battalion instructor Wang Jianhui on the Kunming ship to be responsible for organizing the landing of the remaining personnel, and he and his deputy battalion Qian Guoyu led two classes of guards to land in an assault boat, and he was responsible for arranging the guard defense of the wharf, and Qian Guoyu was responsible for leading a company to rescue the farm.
In the first division, the crossing soldiers have already served as battalion-level officers, and the company-level officers are all local soldiers, and sending Qian Guoyu to lead the team is not because of distrust in the ability of local officers, but only crossing soldiers carry individual radios and can communicate with helicopters, and local officers will only temporarily equip individual radios at special times.
The assault boat took Li Lixin, Qian Guoyu, Zhang Zhijun, and Zhang Zizhang brothers ashore, and Qian Guoyu immediately recruited a company to set off. Although Zhang Zhijun was very skeptical that this army of less than 200 people would be able to repel the indigenous army and rescue the farm, at this time, he could only trust overseas Chinese. So he sent people back to the farm to deliver a letter, telling the people on the farm to stay on and that help was coming, and at the same time he sent two people to serve as guides for the People's Army.
Wang Xinping and Zheng Zongming drove the helicopter to take off from the Kunming ship and flew in the direction of the farm according to the guidance of the map. The distance of 15 kilometers was a matter of minutes for the helicopter's speed, so the helicopter not only quickly passed over the KPA troops who were still marching along the avenue, but also saw a large and neat field of crops ahead. And in the middle of these crops, there is a castle-like building, covering an area of about 100 acres, surrounded by a fence, and there is indeed a battle going on that looks more like a street brawl.
It is said to be like a street fight, because the two sides of the fight are basically undisciplined, and the attacking side is basically rushing around the wall, and the defending side is almost the same, so the whole scene seems to be dense, like ants. However, due to the fact that the helicopter flew at an altitude of more than 1,000 meters at this time, there were many details that were not very clear to the naked eye.
Zheng Zongming smiled: "Is this a group fight?"
Wang Xinping said: "What's strange about this, they are not a professional army, what can you expect them to do well, zoom in and see." ”
Zheng Zongming immediately enlarged the picture on the display screen, and this time you can really see the details, first of all, there are obvious differences in the costumes of the two sides, the people guarding the castle are generally still the clothes of the Qing court, and most of them still have braids, while the clothes of the attackers have obvious Southeast Asian characteristics, and a small number of people wear leather armor or something similar to rattan armor; and the weapons used by the two sides are basically cold weapons such as spears and knives, and there are also a small number of muskets, and the means of attacking the city are still old-fashioned wooden ladders and climbing the walls; in terms of numbers, the attacking side is obviously more, but although the defending side has a wall to rely on, it is already at a clear disadvantage, The battle has spread along the wall, and there are still a few walls that have fallen into disrepair or collapsed by impact, revealing several large gaps, and some of the attackers have advanced into the courtyard, and if there is no rescue, the castle is estimated to not last long.
At this time, Zheng Zongming said: "Lao Wang, look over there, it should be the leader of this group of natives." ”
Wang Xinping followed the direction of his finger and looked through the window of the helicopter, and sure enough, on a small hill about 1,000 meters away from the castle, there were about 100 people gathered, and there seemed to be more than a dozen flag-like things. And turning the camera around, I found that the clothes and decorations of this group of people were obviously different, and they seemed to be much more respectful, and there were more than a dozen people sitting, as if they were talking and laughing, so it can be concluded that this group of people must be unusual.
Zheng Zongming said: "Lao Wang, we will fly over now and give them a cannon and kill them all, this rabble should also be dispersed, then there will be nothing to do with the army." ”
Wang Xinping said with a smile: "Don't worry, let's ask the headquarters first, maybe the headquarters wants to catch it alive?"