On the afternoon of the 6th, the Minister of Intelligence, Li Minmin, sent information to Zhang Wei: The situation of the three divisions of the Netherlands in Sumatra, and one division is stationed in Medan, mainly to guard against the rebellion of Aceh; The 2nd Division was stationed in Pekanbaru, Padang Port and Jambi, the 3rd Division was stationed in Palembang, and 1 regiment was stationed in Tanjung Garan (Bandar Lampung); Belitung has one battalion, 100 police units each in Sungai Liya and Bangka Pinang, and about 10,000 indentured Chinese working in the tin mines of Belitung Island, living in extreme hardship and inhuman oppression. www.biquge.info Each regiment is equipped with 6 6-pounder mountain guns, each with 6 17-pounder mountain guns, and heavy machine guns are equipped with 2 per battalion, and there are no light machine guns for the time being.

Lu Weimin and Li Zhaoshui were summoned to discuss the plan of attack on Sumatra.

As soon as Lu Weimin came to Zhang Wei's study, he said: "Your Majesty, we have discussed the plan to attack Sumatra, this is a brief plan for us, you can take a look at it first." “

"It's really uncomfortable for you to call me that."

"It's good to get used to it slowly. Your Majesty, let's take a look at the plan briefly. Saying that, Lu Weimin handed 1 piece of paper to Zhang Wei.

After reading the brief plan, Zhang Wei said to Li Minmin: "Minister Li will introduce the situation in Sumatra to the two chiefs of staff. “

"Yes, Your Majesty." Li Minmin also learned to call Zhang Wei by Lu Weimin.

Li civilians walked over to the map hanging on the wall and began to introduce the situation in Sumatra.

Lu Weimin thought for a while and said: "Your Majesty, then I still have to improve the plan, I think so, since there is 1 regiment in Zhanbei, then we will first send 1 division to eliminate this regiment and block the road for the retreat of the 3rd Dutch Division, and then send 1 division to eliminate the 3rd Dutch Division in Palembang." Bellidong Island is still occupied after the Dutch 3rd Division is eliminated. As for our 3rd Division, it was deployed along the coast of the Indian Ocean, and the division headquarters was stationed in Padang, and the Dutch regiment in Padang was eliminated first, threatening the security of Pekanbaru from the flank. At the same time, several torpedo boats of the 1935 style were sent to blockade the waters off Tanjung Garand to prevent the regiment of the Dutch 3rd Division from escaping from the sea. “

Zhang Wei thought about the map for a while and said: "This plan is more perfect, in the future, we will exchange fire with the Dutch west of Jambi, so that our battle line will not be too long, and we can also threaten their security from the flank, yes, let's do it." Why don't we leave tonight? “

Lu Weimin hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, I can't let you go on the expedition in the future, it's too dangerous." “

"Haha, this is really not dangerous to me, if there is danger, I will hide in the system, don't worry, I am afraid of death, I will protect myself."

Lu Weimin knew that Zhang Wei had means of self-protection, and it would be much more convenient if Zhang Wei participated, so he agreed to Zhang Wei's expedition.

Zhang Wei said: "This time, Deputy Chief of Staff Li will accompany me, and Chief of General Staff Lu will stay at home. We will leave in the afternoon and lay down the monument tonight. “

"Yes, Your Majesty"

"Minister Li is still paying close attention to the reaction of the Dutch and reporting any news in a timely manner."

"Yes, Your Majesty, I have arranged for the intelligence officers in Paris to go to Amsterdam and The Hague to find out."

"Then contact the intelligence officers in Jambi and pick us up in the evening."

"I'm sorry, Your Majesty, but there is no intelligence point in Jambi. Sumatra only has intelligence points in Medan and Palembang. “

"Then forget it, anyway, it's just 1 Dutch regiment, let's send 1 division, how can we take him down."

At 8 o'clock on the 7th, Zhang Wei and Li Zhaoshui set off from Shangjing in a 1935 torpedo boat to Zhanbei, which was more than 700 kilometers apart and 380 nautical miles, and according to the speed of 20 knots, they would arrive at about 4 o'clock tomorrow morning, not counting the unexpected situation on the road.

Li Zhaoshui raised his own question: "Young master, if we go at this time, we just have a surprise attack." “

"We don't have intelligence officers in Jambi, it's difficult to carry out a surprise attack, this time I'm just in charge of transporting the soldiers, the specific attack still depends on them, we can't always rely on sneak attacks, so we can't train strong soldiers, and it's easy for soldiers to rely on. And this time, I want to put the 11th Division on the periphery of Palembang first, let them connect with the intelligence officers in Palembang, and then we will go to occupy the monument. “

On the ship, Zhang Wei also released Zhang Zhongyu, chief of staff of the Sumatra Provincial Military Region, and division commanders, division staff officers, and deputy division commanders of the 11th and 2nd Divisions from the system, and asked Li Zhaoshui to arrange tasks for them. The task of the 11th Division is to destroy the Dutch 3rd Division in Palembang, with troops directly under the division headquarters and 2 regiments, about 8,000 troops, and there will be intelligence officers to contact you at that time; The task of the 2nd Division was to occupy Jambi, block the retreat route of the 3rd Dutch Division, and be able to resist the reinforcements sent by the Dutch, and if possible, to push the front forward to the line of the Gamba River, echoing the north and south of the 12th Division that would be stationed at the port of Padang, and flanking the Dutch troops in Pekanbaru. Let their divisions make their own battle plans and defense plans.

After his departure, Zhang Wei got in touch with intelligence officers stationed in Palembang and told them to wait for a connection on the other side of the town of Sungai Gelong by 11 p.m. on August 7.

At about 0:00 a.m. on the 8th, the torpedo boat took Zhang Wei and others along the Musi River to the town of Sungai Gelong on the outskirts of Palembang, and after the torpedo boat docked, it was easy to connect with the intelligence officers who were waiting, which was 5 kilometers away from Palembang, and Zhang Wei and his party were still very careful.

Zhang Wei released all the personnel and equipment of the 11th Division out of the system, and at the same time left one month's baggage supplies.

The General Staff of the Sumatra Provincial Military District was also left in Palembang, where he gave specific command of all the battles on the entire island of Sumatra.

At the suggestion of Li Zhaoshui, two more S6 and two G5 motorized torpedo boats were left in Sumatra Province. Originally, there was still 1 Novik-class destroyer left, but it would take too long for the officers and men of the synthetic navy to be combined, and Zhang Wei promised to match them when he returned in the afternoon. At the same time, he ordered Xiao Yu'er to start synthesizing the crew of the Novik destroyer.

After everything was arranged, it was already more than 1 o'clock in the morning, Zhang Wei was busy separating from them, and he was in a hurry to go to Zhanbei, and the time was very tight.

By the time Zhang Wei and the others arrived at the mouth of the Badanghari River, it was already 6 o'clock in the morning, and it was almost dawn. When we arrived, it was still more than 10 kilometers away from Jambi, and it was already dawn. Zhang Wei ordered the boat to pull over, and then directly put the 2nd Division and the 1 month's baggage on the east bank of the Badanghari River, and let them go to occupy the monument on foot.

Zhang Wei also had to go to Palembang once on his return voyage to see if they had eliminated the Dutch 3rd Division, leaving the destroyer in Sumatra by the way.