Chapter Seventy-Nine: The Occupation of Banda Aceh

Yang Yili went down to prepare the telegram draft, and Zhang Wei asked people to call Gong Jian and Li Wei. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

The division commander, chief of staff, and deputy division commander of the 13th Division were also released from the system hall.

After Gong Zhou and Li Wei arrived, Zhang Wei said: "We are ready to occupy Banda Aceh and Port Blair; The headquarters of the 13th Division will be stationed in Banda Aceh and will be under the management of the General Staff of the Sumatra Provincial Military Region, and I will send you and the troops there tomorrow morning, and after you occupy Banda Aceh, you will first clear the local resistance forces, and then assist the 2nd, 11th and 12th Divisions to eliminate the 1 Dutch Division stationed in Medan; In addition, the 4th Battalion of the 4th Regiment of your division is stationed on the island of Wee, and the 4th battalion of the 3rd Regiment is stationed in Port Blair, and I will leave the 4th Battalion of the 3rd Regiment on the island of Wai tomorrow morning; In order to speed up the construction of Sabang Port, Sabang City was specially established, including the entire Wei Island, and in order to facilitate coordination, Li Wei temporarily served as the mayor of Sabang City; stationed in the port of Sabang 1 battlecruiser, 1 freshly captured British light cruiser, 3 destroyers, 6 Dolphin-class torpedo boats, 3nd, 3rd and 4th submarine squadrons; stationed 1 destroyer, 4 Sea Lion-class torpedo boats in Port Blair; One destroyer and two Sea Lion-class torpedo boats are stationed in the port of Banda Aceh, all of which are under the management of the Communicator. Do you understand? ”

"Understood."

"Okay, prepare 1 destroyer and 2 Sea Lion-class torpedo boats in a while, and set off with me to Banda Aceh Port at 4 o'clock tomorrow morning, and they will be stationed there in the future, you can prepare another destroyer to send me."

"Yes, Your Majesty"

"Starting tomorrow, the submarine team will block the northwest exit of the Strait of Malacca, and it is best to take all the British merchant ships back, we are an island country, and we need too many ships, so now we will use the British merchant ships back first; Tomorrow or the day after tomorrow, after you have arranged the affairs of the port, you will escort the 3rd Regiment and 4th Battalion to occupy the Andaman and Nicobar Islands; Li Wei began to investigate as soon as possible how to build a large military port wharf and deepen the channel in Sabang, the port draft should be at least 12 meters, and I plan to build a 30,000-ton, 20,000-ton, 10,000-ton, and 5,000-ton dock here. ”

"Yes, Your Majesty"

Zhang Wei took out a map of Sumatra Island and a map of Banda Aceh, handed it to Li Chunle, commander of the 13th Division, and then said: "Division Commander Li, tonight, the three of you will first see how you will act tomorrow morning, and come up with your battle plan in advance, and send you to Banda Aceh before 5 o'clock tomorrow morning, and you can start your action." ”

"Yes, it's definitely a success, and we can fix the natives who don't obey discipline."

"Okay, let's go down and prepare, I'll be in Banda Aceh tomorrow morning."

At this time, Yang Yili brought the draft of the telegram to Zhang Wei for signature, and Zhang Wei signed it after reading it, and asked Yang Yili to send it out immediately.

At 4 o'clock in the morning of the 10th, two destroyers and two Sea Lion-class torpedo boats sailed out of Sabang Harbor together.

It was 30 kilometers from Sabang to Banda Aceh, and before 5 o'clock, Zhang Wei and his party arrived at the mouth of Banda Aceh, and the Sea Lion-class torpedo boat sent Zhang Wei ashore.

After Zhang Wei went ashore, he first released the Dragon Guards from the system and guarded him around, and then released Li Chunle and others from the system.

Zhang Wei used the system map to confirm the current location, and then pointed to the map and said: "Division Commander Li, we are in this place now, there are two rivers in the north and south directions, and we are on the western seaside of the city, you can see where it is appropriate to put the troops." ”

"Your Majesty, let's set up the division headquarters south of this estuary first, outsiders still think that we have secretly transported troops by sea, so that it is convenient to cover people's eyes and ears, and the destroyer can also protect the safety of this area, and you can enter the city after the troops have cleared the city."

"Okay, you don't have to ask me for instructions, I'm mainly cooperating with you to occupy this city."

At Li Chunle's request, Zhang Wei and the others walked more than 1 mile north, stopping at a place 1 mile away from the mouth of the river, which happened to be a flat place, Zhang Wei first released the 1st Regiment and 1st Battalion, temporarily took charge of the surrounding vigilance, cleaned up the place, set up tents, set up radio stations, etc., and first set up the division headquarters.

Division Commander Li's first order was to send a destroyer and a torpedo boat to the estuary to stand guard and protect the division headquarters; Another destroyer and a torpedo boat went to blockade the harbor and could not let the merchant ships and others in the harbor leave the port.

Then, Li Chunle pointed to the map and said to Zhang Wei: "Your Majesty, I still need to trouble you to run once and arrange the troops in these two places separately." ”

"You say yes, it's all about work, you're welcome."

"Yes, Your Majesty, I wish to place the 1st Regiment between these two rivers; The 2nd Regiment is to be placed in this area of Hebei, and the 2nd and 3rd Regiments are temporarily under the command of the deputy division commander to occupy the port wharf and this area of Henan, and you put them here and here, respectively. ”

"Alright, I'll go back to Sabang Harbor after I've put my troops down for you, and this destroyer will be here to assist you for the time being, and then let it return when you have completely occupied this place and stabilized."

"Yes, thank you for your support."

Zhang Wei got out of the tent, and in a wide place, released the remaining troops of the first regiment out of the system, and the division commander assigned tasks for them, Zhang Wei and the dragon guards and the deputy division commander walked in the direction of the estuary.

Walk 1 mile, come to the river, release the Dolphin-class torpedo boat that you just purchased from the system, take the Dragon Guard back into the system, take the deputy division commander of the 13th Division to sit on the torpedo boat, and order the torpedo boat to sail to the opposite bank.

Coming to the north bank of the river, Zhang Wei released the 2nd Regiment from the system, and the deputy division commander assigned tasks to them.

After placing the deputy division commander and the 3rd and 4th regiments on the south side of the dock area, Zhang Wei took a torpedo boat back to Sabang Harbor.

At this time, it was already dawn, and the deputy division commander was ready to lead the 3rd Regiment to occupy the dock area, and the ships and dock supplies were seized first, which were trophies; The 4th Regiment was ordered to block the south-east exit of the city to prevent people in the city from escaping.

There were only some policemen in the dock area, and most of them had not yet gotten up, even the people who got up were also washing, and without hindrance, the 1st Battalion of the 3rd Regiment rushed into the dock police station.

These people looked at it, alas, why did so many people come, at least dozens of times their own number, and so mighty, in the case of being surrounded, many people were directly frightened to pee, you must know that when the Dutch came, as long as they caught the person who dared to resist, they would be beheaded; These people were originally Aceh guerrillas, and they were only equipped with single-shot old-fashioned rifles, but they were just mixed up, and there was no need to work for those noble lords, so they obediently chose to surrender.

Due to the language barrier, the battalion commander had to lock them all in the house first, send someone to watch, and wait for the deputy division commander to come.

Because the city was suddenly surrounded, the leaders of the rebel groups in the city were all in their homes, and they thought that they had reached an agreement with the Dutch and should be safe here, so they did not go back to the mountains, and stayed in the city to enjoy themselves.

When they heard the gunshots, their first reaction was to think that the Dutch army had fought back. Busy getting dressed and getting up, organizing the family guards to move to the southern mountains, and not taking care of any property women, the family was immediately messed up, the woman shouted that the child was crying, and the shrewd wanted to quickly search for something, and sneaked away quietly while the chaos.

Different leaders met on the road, and the ranks of the family members grew larger and larger.

Soon after they left the city, they crashed headlong into the defense area of the 3rd battalion of the 4th regiment.

The commander of the 3rd Battalion and the 1st Company saw that there were so many natives, and he was still holding the guy, and while asking people to report to the battalion commander, he ordered the troops to open fire and block the attack.

The light machine guns of each squad opened fire in unison, "Sudden Burst, Sudden Sudden ,........", and the rhythmic burst fire of light machine guns filled the area, immediately knocking down more than 20 indigenous family members at the front of the team. This blinded these natives, when did the Dutch army become so perverted, how could it be equipped with so many machine guns, and so many people died in one look.

These family members are not good at fighting each other, and they have been fighting guerrillas with the Dutch for so long, and their ability to escape is still first-class. Hearing the sound of machine gunfire, all those who were not hit rolled into the ditches on both sides of the road and hid in the weeds.

"Well, these natives are pretty good, and they're going to be fast. Mortars, up at the two ditches on the side of the road, and I'm going to kill all these rats. “

Each company was equipped with six 60mm mortars, which was the most suitable for dealing with these natives who did not have heavy weapons in close combat.

6 mortars first fired 5 shells in a row at the ditch in the west, and then adjusted the direction to fire 5 shells at the ditch in the east, at such a close distance, and in such a small range, the power of the mortar was brought into full play, each shell took the lives of several natives, and those who were directly hit or close to the point of the shell explosion immediately became a mist of blood, limbs were scattered, flesh and blood were flying, and the natives who were close couldn't help but spit it out, don't look at the old guerrillas, But I had never seen such a cruel death, and the Dutch did not have such a powerful weapon.

60 shells went down, and immediately convinced these natives, and they couldn't be convinced if they wanted to; Just in the first wave of shelling, a third of the personnel died; If the other side continues to fire shells, they can't do it if they want to leave a whole corpse; Besides, even if he was caught by the Dutch, at least he had a chance to live, and it was a big deal to be exiled to another place and no longer be a leader.

When the natives came out of the ditch in their white shirts, the company commander smiled in his heart, this time it was a great achievement.

The capture of all the indigenous nobles of Banda Aceh at one time saved a lot of trouble for the future settlement of the local natives.

After occupying the urban area, the division commander moved the division headquarters to the dock area, which is a wealthy area in Banda Aceh, and after finding some Chinese-speaking Chinese in the surrounding area, the division commander ordered the local nobles and natives to be completely cleared, all their families were arrested and imprisoned, and all their family properties were confiscated, so as to completely eliminate the influence of the indigenous nobles on the local area.

The chief of staff of the division served as the interim mayor, summoned the local Chinese, and recommended several Chinese as city government staff to assist the mayor in stabilizing the local area and carrying out work.