On the afternoon of the 28th, Zhang Wei asked Li Zhaoshui to send a telegram to the intelligence officers in Batavia, asking them to confirm the current strength and defense situation in Batavia, and to ask them to wait for us at 5 o'clock tomorrow morning, 5 kilometers east of Batavia. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

Due to the tight time, Zhang Wei wanted to occupy as much territory as possible before everyone reacted, otherwise as soon as various countries intervened, he could only shrink his forces, and without a stable rear, the war would be really tiring.

The intelligence officers in Batavia were thrilled to receive the telegram that they were finally about to complete their mission. I was also very attentive to the task I had given this time, and although I had found out it before, for the sake of insurance, I checked the content of the information I had obtained again on the same day to ensure that it was correct. I also left the city very early that night, arrived at the designated place and began to wait for the arrival of Zhang Wei and others.

At about half past five in the morning of the 29th, Zhang Wei and others' torpedo boats reached the sea east of Batavia, Zhang Wei replenished the materials needed on the torpedo boats, and then released an S6 fast torpedo boat from the system, Zhang Wei and Li Zhaoshui transferred to the S6 fast torpedo boat, and then headed for the shore. And the torpedo boats of the 1935 type temporarily left, preparing to join the battle cruiser fleet, which arrived in the afternoon. After Zhang Wei and the two men went ashore, they put the torpedo boat and the naval personnel on it into the system.

Local intelligence officers waiting at the beach discovered the whereabouts of Zhang Wei and others.

After the two sides converged, Zhang Wei released the division commanders, deputy division commanders, chief of staff, and regimental commanders of the 7th and 8th Divisions from the system, and asked the intelligence officers to introduce the situation in Batavia.

When the intelligence officers introduced that Batavia currently has only one Dutch division and some police, it was very incomprehensible. He asked the intelligence officer: "This should be the most important place for the Dutch, why are there so many troops stationed there?" ”

The intelligence officer replied: "Originally, three divisions were stationed here, but in order to destroy us, the Dutch governor transferred two divisions to the north with the fleet; In addition, due to the Aceh War, the Dutch stationed 3 divisions on the island of Sumatra to prevent the local indigenous rebellion; The soldiers stationed in Machen, Semarang and Surabaya also add up to 1 division, which is 6 divisions, more than 70,000 people, the Netherlands is a small country, how many army can there be, even the army, navy and auxiliary personnel here reach more than 100,000 people, which is already a lot for the Netherlands. ”

In order to coordinate the command, Zhang Wei decided to set up the General Staff Department of the Java Military Region, so he synthesized a special staff officer as the chief of staff of the Java Military Region. ”

Zhang Wei released Feng Yutian from the system, briefed him on the current situation, and appointed him chief of staff of the Java Military Region, with him under overall command to occupy Batavia, and then the entire Java Islands.

Feng Yutian looked at the map and thought for a while and said: "Young master, now that time is tight, there is no time to improve the system, I will simply communicate my thoughts to you, the artillery battalion of the 7th Division and the 8th Division will surround and annihilate this division in the Netherlands, and the remaining personnel of the 8th Division will occupy and control the entire Batavia city, responsible for annihilating all the police." ”

Zhang Wei said: "This division of labor is okay, you can give them a better plan of action, it must be fast, or the day will be bright." ”

"Yes, young master"

Feng Yutian discussed the specific action plan with the main leaders of the two divisions.

Zhang Wei and Li Zhaoshui discussed the next action plan. Zhang Wei means that in the future, the focus will be on the island of Java, and the capital will also be placed on the island of Java, Kalimantan is really not suitable for development now, on the whole, the land is poor, the transportation is backward, and it is at the forefront of the war, and Zhang Wei hopes to put the capital in Bandung, and the three cities of Batavia, Semarang and Surabaya are used as military ports and trading ports; If time comes, even Sulawesi has been occupied, and now even the Dutch governor has been occupied, and it will be a few months before the news reaches the Netherlands, so take advantage of this time to do your best to seize the land, and as long as you occupy it, don't want to spit it out again.

Li Zhaoshui was not good at strategic planning, so he wrote down Zhang Wei's general meaning first, and then sent a telegram to Lu Weimin and them after occupying Batavia in the afternoon, so that the Pontianak government and the people of the General Staff could negotiate.

Half an hour later, Feng Yutian and the others discussed, and Zhang Wei didn't ask in detail, so let them follow the plan. The troops can only grow as long as they fight, and the same is true for the commanders, delegating all power and letting them be responsible is also a way to exercise, besides, even the battle with the Dutch army will not be fierce, and it will definitely not lose if it has superior forces.

Zhang Wei, Feng Yutian and others all acted with the 7th Division. Mainly considering that the task of the 7th Division is relatively difficult, if it encounters difficulties, Zhang Wei can support it at any time. As for the work of the 8th Division, which is purely in the role of playing soy sauce, it is simply impossible to meet an opponent of equal strength in Batavia.

Chen Chenggong first arranged for the division's reconnaissance battalion to move forward and eliminate the light and dark posts around the Dutch military camp, and the large army followed up.

The Dutch military camp was built inland, on the east side of the city of Batavia, 5 kilometers away from the sea, and Zhang Wei and others walked for one and a half hours to arrive.

Usually there are nearly 30,000 soldiers and auxiliaries stationed here, the whole barracks is like a small castle, 400 meters wide from north to south, 500 meters long from east to west, the whole ground is half a meter higher than the surrounding area, surrounded by a 3-meter-high stone wall, there is a watchtower at the corner of the door and the wall, there are soldiers on duty, there is a 10-meter-wide moat on the periphery of the courtyard wall, you can enter the barracks through 2 doors, and there is a wooden fence by the river. It seems that the Dutch must have spent a lot of money to build this barracks.

If it is attacked, it will definitely be destroyed here, and there will be certain casualties, Feng Yutian means to persuade him to surrender, and if he fails to persuade him to surrender, he will attack again. Chen Chenggong, commander of the 7th Division, was unwilling to attack or persuade to surrender, because a strong attack would cause large casualties, and persuasion would startle the snake; It is just to directly use artillery bombardment, destroy the barracks and rebuild it, anyway, there are so many local natives who can work for free.

They asked Zhang Wei's opinion, and Zhang Wei said: "Since I have authorized you to command the battle, then I will definitely not interfere with your command, whether you succeed or fail, it is experience and training for you, and the Dutch army you are facing now is not strong, just as a whetstone, you can fight how you want." ”

In the end, Feng Yutian adopted Chen Chenggong's opinion, firstly, to ensure victory, secondly, to reduce battle losses, and finally to weaken the enemy's strength to the greatest extent. According to these 3 opinions, that is, directly put on the cannon and start bombardment.

And then there's the specific arrangement.

Two 75mm divisions were mountain artillery battalions, four 65mm regiments were mountain artillery battalions, plus 81mm mortars from each battalion and 60mm mortars from each company and platoon, and hundreds of guns were aimed at the Dutch barracks, and the division commander announced that only 20 shells were fired per gun.