On January 3, Han Shin and Fang Liang received an order from the General Staff at the same time, demanding the occupation of Sulawesi and Papua, respectively, and the surrounding small islands. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Obviously, Han Xin's work is easier to do, Sammarinda is very close to Sulawesi, and there are very few big cities on the island, as long as the city of Makassar in the south and Manado City in the north are occupied, even if half of the task is completed, there is 1 Dutch regiment stationed in these 2 cities, and it is very simple to solve, and Han Xin has long conceived of occupying Sulawesi, and this time the young master just fulfilled his wishes, so Han Xin is very confident in completing the task.

And Fang Liang's work has not yet figured out a clue, not that he can't take Papua Island, but that Papua Island is too big, and it is difficult for him to completely protect this area with one division, there are many surrounding islands, and the ships sent to him are simply not enough, and the logistics line is too long, and this area is a place where there are many islands and pirates are prevalent, and it is difficult to ensure the safety of logistics materials.

Fang Liang sent a telegram of his worries to the General Staff.

After Lu Weimin received Fang Liang's telegram, he also felt that the task at that time was a bit sloppy. After communicating with Li Zhaoshui, the final suggestion was to set up a special command structure in the eastern archipelago region to centralize the management of warships and the armed forces, so that greater efficiency could be brought into play.

After listening to Lu Weimin's analysis, Zhang Wei felt that the establishment of three command organs in the east was to disperse the forces, and in addition, the area there is now vast and sparsely populated, and it is not necessary to set up multiple provinces for the time being. Therefore, Zhang Wei agreed to Lu Weimin's plan, set up an archipelago military region and an archipelago province, with 15 cities under it, and at the same time set up an archipelago fleet, with the commander of the fleet being Li Jiang, the former commander of the inland river fleet, and allocated to the archipelago fleet five 1935-style torpedo boats, 10 S6 and 10 G5 motorized torpedo boats.

Zhang Wei asked: "Then how does Han Xin arrange it?" He'd love to take Sulawesi. ”

"Your Majesty, if you don't transfer him back, I'll be your secretary."

"If you can't get training in that way, let's let him be Fang Liang's deputy for the time being."

"That's okay, I wonder if he'll have an opinion?"

"I'll send him a telegram and explain to him that the next time he has the opportunity to make meritorious contributions, you can follow the plan just now."

"Yes, Your Majesty"

Fang Liang and Han Xin respectively received telegrams from the General Staff, Fang Liang was very happy, the young master still did not forget himself with so many elite talents, and he could not live up to the young master's expectations by leaving such an important post to himself; Han Xin was a little depressed, but after receiving Zhang Wei's telegram and Zhang Wei's promise to give him a chance to work independently in the future and make him obey the overall situation, he had no choice but to accept it.

After telegram communication between Han Xin, Fang Liang and Li Jiang, Fang Liang finally decided to set up the provincial government and the archipelago fleet in Ambon City, which was relatively central, convenient for the supply of the surrounding areas; In addition, the headquarters of the 4th Division was stationed in Makassar City, the headquarters of the 6th Division was temporarily located in Manado City, and the headquarters of the 6th Division was located in Sorong City after advancing eastward. The cities of Sorong, Manado and Makassar were also important supply points.

The 4th Division Headquarters and the 1st Regiment were stationed in the city of Makassar, and two battalions were stationed in the cities of Zappalu and Kendari respectively. The 4th Regiment of the 2nd Division was stationed in Ambon City to protect the shore security of the provincial government and the archipelago fleet; The 3rd Regiment of the 4th Division was stationed in Dili City, and 2 battalions were stationed in Kupang City and Mataram City; The 4th Regiment of the 4th City was stationed in Manado City, and 2 battalions were stationed in the cities of Gorontalo and Delnat; It basically occupies the southern, western, central and northern parts of the archipelago military district.

The division headquarters of the 6th Division and the 1st Regiment were stationed in the city of Sorong; The 2nd Regiment was stationed in the city of Manokwari and the 1st Battalion was stationed in the city of Nabire; The 3rd Regiment is stationed in the city of Jayapura; The 4th Regiment was stationed in the city of Agats, and 2 battalions were stationed in the cities of Kemana and Majunki; The 6th Division was all stationed on the island of Papua, but it was all stationed in the coastal port cities, and the inland did not dare to go for the time being, so it could only slowly encroach.

At present, Zhang Wei did not send administrative officials from various cities to the archipelago province, so he had to let the chiefs of staff of each battalion and regiment serve as acting mayors, and then apply for government administrators after stabilization.

In both Makassar and Manado, there were personnel of the Intelligence Ministry, and they were well aware of the situation with the Dutch garrison, which facilitated the occupation of these two places by the Archipelago Military District.

As long as the two Dutch regiments of Makassar and Manado were eliminated, the Dutch regiments stationed in Jayapura would be isolated and would have to accept surrender at that time.

By 9 January, the 4th Division had been assembled, and the 6th Division was only halfway through the handover. Fang Liang and Han Xin couldn't wait, the task they received on their side was relatively early, but they didn't get the results of the 2nd Division earlier.

After Fang Liang and Han Xin discussed, they decided to start acting first. First defeat the two Dutch regiments, occupy the western part of the archipelago, and then gradually advance eastward, steadily and steadily, and in every place occupied, it is necessary to suppress bandits, especially those elusive pirates, who must be severely cracked down, eliminated or absorbed, so as to ensure the smooth flow of logistics roads, not to ask for much credit, but to ask not to appear too big loopholes, and live up to Zhang Wei's expectations of them.

The plan was very simple, that is, Han Xin led the 1st and 2nd regiments of the 6th Division, as well as 1 destroyer and 4 motorized torpedo boats, to go to Palu to occupy first, leaving a battalion of troops in Palu to maintain local law and order; Then go and occupy Manado, eliminate the Dutch regiments stationed there, and then occupy the cities of Delnate and Gorontalo.

Fang Liang himself led the 4th Division to occupy Makassar, eliminate the 1 Dutch regiment stationed there, and then occupy the city of Kendali to the east, Mataram and Dili to the south, and first grasp the eastern gateway of Java in his own hands.

Fang Liang also asked Li Jiang's archipelago fleet and the provincial government of the archipelago to join him in Makassar, and then send troops to act with them and take up their duties in Ambon City.

Fang Liang reported the results of his discussion with Han Xin to the General Staff, and after reading it, Lu Weimin and Zhang Wei felt that this plan was very comprehensive, and the important cities were taken care of, and it was true that the troops were too scattered, and the strength of the two divisions was really not much in such a large area.

Lu Weimin saw Zhang Wei's worries, so he hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, the troops are so scattered just to occupy the city, at this stage, it is to occupy territory, and they are not required to continue to occupy the small county towns and towns below, the important thing is our side, as long as our side wins, even if they take it a little, they will solve it, and after it is stable, send 2 divisions of garrison troops or they will recruit 2 divisions themselves, then they can meet the local defense force." In addition, with regard to the Archipelago Military District, the focus is not on the army, but on the navy, and as long as the navy is strong, no one will dare to come and seize our territory. ”

"Okay, approve their plan of action, you don't need to ask for instructions on everything in the future, just report here, we are too far away, we can't understand the local situation in time, if you ask for instructions on everything, it's easy to miss the opportunity, or give them a certain initiative." Later, when the system is upgraded, they will strengthen their naval forces. ”

"Yes, Your Majesty, I will inform them."