Chapter 45: The Occupation of Batavia (Part II)
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At 6 o'clock in the morning, the already prepared artillery was waiting for the order of the division commander. The mortar positions were in front, 1 km from the Dutch barracks, and the mountain artillery positions were behind, 2 km from the Dutch barracks.
Chen Chenggong ordered after asking Feng Yutian: "Open the cannon!" ”。
At this time, all the cannons began to fire, and the shells flew to the Dutch military camp with a deafening whistling sound.
The place where Zhang Wei was standing was more than 300 meters away from the mountain artillery position, and his ears were temporarily deaf from the shock, and he only heard Weng Weng's voice.
The shells landed in the Dutch barracks and exploded, making an explosion of "boom, boom, boom", and immediately rose up a puff of dust, instantly flooding the entire camp.
The first to be attacked was the barracks area, at this time it was the time for the Dutch soldiers to get up, and the sudden arrival of shells made the entire barracks explode immediately, and hundreds of shells flew into the barracks area of the barracks in an instant, exploding in the dense crowd, and many soldiers were killed and injured on the spot; Some shells hit the barracks directly, and the collapsed barracks buried many soldiers under the rubble, while others outside were injured by flying masonry. The shouts and cries for help were all drowned out in the explosion of shells, and all the soldiers were too busy to take care of themselves, how could they have the ability to rescue the wounded soldiers. The explosion caused another fire, which added to the casualties of the soldiers.
Experienced officers were shouting: "Lie down, all lie down!" But no one could hear him cry out to the province. Before he could shout a second time, a shell exploded next to him, and he never had a chance to shout again.
All the surviving soldiers were running around, looking for a safe spot, but the barracks were so small and the shells were so dense, where was there a safe place. They ran like this to increase the casualties, the wounded crying and shouting, even more serious other people's fear, the faster they ran, people collided with each other, and there were not a few who fell to the ground and were trampled to death, everyone was like a headless fly, I don't know what to do, but at this time there was no officer to command, it is estimated that the officer has already become an unlucky ghost and has been killed.
In more than 1 minute, tens of thousands of shells exploded in the small space of the barracks, and the focus was on the barracks area, which was a disaster for the Dutch officers and soldiers, who did not even have a chance to surrender, and the soldiers who were killed on the spot were lucky; The officers and men who were injured by the bombing suffered even more, not only to bear physical pain, but also to bear psychological pain, watching the shells continue to fall into the middle of the crowd, the blood of the soldiers who were blown up was splashed, and the limbs were blown everywhere; Many of the soldiers who were buried under the rubble were burned alive by the fire. No matter how much they cried out, how much they cried, their God read not to help them.
Fortunately, the shells came and went quickly, and the shelling stopped after more than 1 minute. The Dutch army has experienced a lot of battles, but it has never suffered such a large-scale shelling, only its own shelling of others, and today it was reversed. In peacetime, he also dealt with some natives with broadswords and spears, even the opponents in the Aceh War, only used old-fashioned rifles, and even arquebuses, how could he have faced such a powerful opponent?
Some of the living soldiers wept with joy and were glad that they were still alive, but the smile squeezed out of their frightened and deformed faces made people feel more ugly than crying; Most of the Dutch officers and soldiers were still overly frightened, sitting on the ground without any reaction, some staring at the corpses of their comrades, some staring at a stump.
The artillery work is complete, and the next step will depend on the performance of the infantry.
After the artillery stopped shelling, the infantry, under the command of the battalion commanders, began to rush to the Dutch barracks, each carrying a sandbag full of dirt, ready to fill a passage in the moat with sandbags.
At this time, there was no one to organize a defense in the Dutch military camp, and even the watchtower had been blown up during the shelling.
The infantry quickly filled in the moat and stormed the Dutch barracks, all organized in a company-level formation, each company as an independent attacking squad. At this time, the Dutch soldiers, who were lucky enough to survive the shelling, had not yet woken up from their fright. At this time, it was not after the First World War, and the soldiers had not yet received the baptism under artillery fire, and their psychological tolerance was still very low.
The infantry of the Lanfang Army did not encounter any resistance, and some of the Dutch soldiers who reacted quickly quickly raised their hands to indicate surrender. Some frightened Dutch soldiers were also rushed together, and when they saw the way they walked, one soldier thought they were doing it on purpose, and went up and kicked them, but the Dutch soldiers did not react.
"Stop kicking, they're stupid, they haven't reacted yet, just wait."
"It's still the platoon commander who has insight." The little soldier was busy patting his ass.
Now it is impossible to find out where the Dutch officers are, so they can only surround this place first and concentrate what they can move. Wait for the regiment commander or division commander to come and then make arrangements.
Lan Fang's infantry was also stunned by the tragic situation in front of them, and they didn't expect that just a cannon would come down, and this place would become hell, and the battle would end before it was fought.
Some soldiers complained: "In the future, when there is a battle, there is no need for artillery to participate, and Lao Tzu has not been opened." ”
The company commander kicked him and said, "This is not good, you have to fight with the enemy with bayonets to call it a battle, next time you will be asked to join the death squad." ”
"Lao Li, I know that it is amazing, next time I will let you participate in the death squad and let you get stuck."
"You kid knows a fart, this is a fight, this is a slaughter."
"Even if it's a massacre, it doesn't matter what you."
Zhang Wei watched the troops attacking from behind, and felt that the personal qualities of the soldiers were good, but the cooperation between each other was still not good, and there was no cooperation between the infantry and the artillery.
By the time Zhang Wei and the others arrived at the Dutch barracks, the soldiers had already begun to clean up the scene.
As long as the Dutch soldiers who can move are all fighting fires, or cleaning up bombed houses, and rescuing their comrades who are buried inside. Dutch military doctors clean and bandage the wounded.
Feng Yutian asked Zhang Wei: "Young Master, do you also want our doctors and nurses to participate in the treatment work?" Or support them with some medicines? ”
Zhang Wei thought for a while and said, "No, how can there be such a cheap good thing?" You go and communicate with their existing Supreme Commander, it's okay to need medicine, but you have to spend money to buy it, you can set the price a little cheaper, by the way, it's 10 times the purchase price, if you need doctors and nurses, you can do it, but it costs money. You can't trade in cash, now all the supplies in the barracks are our booty, let them keep the accounts, and ask the Dutch government for it afterwards. ”
"Yes, young master"
At noon, Feng Yutian came to ask Zhang Wei again: "Young master, we even charge for medicine, so do we also have to charge for food?" ”
"yes, why didn't I think of that? You communicate with their people, there are free of charge, that is, 2 bowls of gruel a day, you can eat well, but you have to charge, no more, 3 taels of silver per person per day, it is not expensive, only 1 tael of silver per meal, since you have collected the money, you have to do a good job of food, every meal must have meat, greens, rice tube enough, but not a short catty or two. In addition, you send a telegram to the Chief of General Staff of the Army, asking him to do the same in all provinces of Kalimantan, and everyone will follow this order every day, and let their top responsible person sign and confirm it every day, otherwise it will be very troublesome if they do not approve of it. ”
"Yes, young master"
According to later statistics, the Dutch division plus auxiliary personnel, a total of 15,000 people in the barracks, a burst of artillery bombardment, the direct death toll reached more than 6,000 people, of course, the collapsed houses were crushed and burned to death, less than 1,500 people were intact, 3,500 people were slightly injured, and more than 4,000 people were seriously injured, but under the existing medical conditions, these seriously injured people will not survive more than 400 people, even if they are lightly injured, many people will die, in Java Island, the temperature is hot, At this time, there are no anti-inflammatory drugs, as long as the wound is inflamed, the possibility of surviving is very small. Such is the brutality of war. It also made Zhang Wei decide that if he didn't get an anti-inflammatory drug first after he was stable and had the ability to protect himself, he would definitely be able to make a lot of money.
The progress of the 8th Division was very rapid, with local intelligence officers leading the way, with the division's reconnaissance battalion in front clearing the roads and soldiers on duty, and the large troops in the rear following up, and after entering the city, the battalion as a unit under the leadership of intelligence officers rushed to their respective predetermined targets. Under the superior firepower of the Lanfang People's Army, any personnel on duty were taken down smoothly, or surrendered in time; Or just turn them into points.
It was only during the assault on the police station that they encountered stubborn resistance from the Dutch army, which was also served by regular Dutch infantry. The assault on the police station was carried out by the 8nd Regiment of the 2nd Division. At this time, the police in Batavia, except for a few who were on night duty, all of them were sleeping in the dormitory of the police station.
The police station in the city could not use large-scale artillery bombardment as if it were attacking the barracks outside the city, but could only surround it first, gradually eliminate the Dutch army, and gradually narrow the encirclement. The Dutch police usually maintain law and order, and they are not equipped with heavy weapons at all, and even the ammunition is relatively insufficient, but now that so many policemen are here, they can only choose to resist desperately without knowing the news that the governor has been captured and the soldiers in the barracks have been annihilated.
Seeing that the officers and soldiers blocking the perimeter were constantly being killed, the Dutch police chief decisively ordered all the police to evacuate the police building and arrange the only two heavy machine guns at the entrance of the police building.
Now that the KPA has stormed the compound of the police station, all the Dutch police have retreated to the inside of the building, and at the entrance of the police building, two heavy machine guns have been arranged, causing a large number of casualties to the KPA. The squad that rushed to the front was strafed by a burst of heavy machine gun fire, and only 2 people were left alive, and the losses of the other platoons were not small, and the heavy machine gun was worthy of being a sharp weapon to block the infantry charge. Blocked by heavy machine guns, KPA soldiers could not approach the police building at all.
Other Dutch policemen had already reached the upper part of the police building and fired out of the windows, which also contributed to the continuous attrition of the KPA. And the KPA soldiers shooting at the window could not harm the Dutch hiding behind the window at all.
This was the largest casualty battle since the founding of the People's Army, and the regiment commander watched from behind as the soldiers kept falling, their eyes red and panting, like a mad bull.
The mortars of the battalion company are curve guns, which are powerless against the enemy inside the building. At this time, the regiment commander no longer cared whether it was in the city or not, and ordered the 65mm mountain cannon to be pulled up and bombarded at the building.
The infantry temporarily stopped the offensive and waited for artillery support.
The artillery soon came up, the scene was too cramped, and only 2 mountain guns were arranged.
The regiment commander said: "Blow up the two machine guns for me, and if they can't be blown up, I'll send you to block the guns." ”
"Yes, regimental commander, I promise to blow up those two machine guns."
The commander of the artillery battalion first asked for a bombardment at the gate, and when the second artillery went down, the gate collapsed, burying the heavy machine gun in the rubble.
Without the threat of heavy machine guns, the infantry wanted to charge, but the regimental commander said: "There is no need, let them all be buried here." Artillerymen, keep bombarding me, I'm going to blow up this building completely, let all the Dutch bury my soldiers, and we will no longer receive the surrender of the Dutch. “
"Yes, Commander, I promise to blow up this building."
Under the continuous bombardment of artillery, the building was blown up in less than 1 minute, you know, the mountain artillery equipped by the People's Army can fire more than 15 shells per minute.
In this battle, the 2nd Regiment of the 8th Division of the People's Army lost 32 people, and more than 1,000 Dutch police officers were all killed.
After the war, the regiment commander said painfully to the surrounding battalion commanders and deputy battalion commanders: "It's still the young master who is right, you must not use a gun if you can solve it with a cannon, and you must not use a knife if you can solve it with a gun. ”
By 9 a.m., the whole of Batavia was under the control of the People's Army.
All government workers were sent to prison.
The 8th Division sent troops to begin to clean up the local Dutch as required by the previous plan, and all assets were returned to the public and the personnel were imprisoned. Moreover, the 8th Division also received a notice to charge for the food and drink of these detainees, and for those who do not cooperate, it can only be two bowls of porridge a day, requiring that the porridge must be able to see the bottom of the bowl at a glance, otherwise it cannot be called porridge.
Batavia is much bigger than Pontianak, and the 8th Division sent the 4th Regiment to temporarily assume the heavy responsibility of the police station, ensuring that there is a battalion of soldiers patrolling the streets at all times to maintain order. For the natives who dare to take advantage of the fire to rob, resolutely exterminate them, the young master said well, as long as the natives who become points are good natives.
In the afternoon, Zhang Wei and others arrived at the Batavia Governor's Palace, where they decided to first set up the Java Provincial Government, the Java Military Region General Staff, and the Batavia City Government.
At around 3 o'clock in the afternoon, Li Yunhai and Yang Yili led the fleet to the port of Batavia.