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On December 30, Zhang Wei said to Feng Yutian and Li Zhaoshui: "From today onwards, all the land forces on Java Island will be under the command of you, Feng Yutian; At present, all our navies will be under the command of Li Zhaoshui; I feel that my command ability is really limited, and now that the navy is in chaos, I don't even know where the submarines are now, and how to command the war, you are all professionals, so you can command it. “

The two replied, "Yes, young master."

"At present, I have only one request for the army, that is, to occupy the entire island of Java as soon as possible, and as for the archipelago east of the island of Java, it is better to wait for stability before gradually occupying it."

After discussing with Feng Yutian, Li Zhaoshui said to Zhang Wei: "Young Master, if you occupy the entire island of Java, the army will not be enough. ”

Zhang Wei was puzzled, so he asked, "How come?" The 3 provinces on the island of Kalimantan, all of which are larger in area than the island of Java, have only 2 divisions of troops in each province, and the island of Java is smaller, and 2 divisions should be enough. ”

Li Zhaoshui said: "Young master, there is no comparison with this, the combined population of those three provinces is less than half of the population of Java Island, and there are only a few cities, but Java Island has a large population and more cities, and if you want to control this, you must increase your troops, and 2 divisions are definitely not enough." ”

"How many more troops are needed?"

Feng Yutian said, "At least 2 divisions, we planned it this way, stationing 1 division in Batavia and sending 1 regiment to occupy the Banten area to the west; 1 division was sent to occupy Bandung and the southern region, and the division headquarters was stationed in Bandung; 1 division occupies the northern area from Cirebon to Semarang, with the division headquarters stationed in Semarang; 1 division occupies Surabaya, as well as the eastern region, where the division headquarters is stationed. ”

Zhang Wei looked at the map and said to the two, "Okay, then release 2 more divisions, so that it will be executed according to your plan." I also thought about it, let's set up four city-level units on Java Island for the time being, and now implement military management, with the division chief of staff serving as the acting mayor of the four cities. The Banten region was assigned to Batavia, and Bogor and Bekasi were also assigned to Batavia. The easternmost city is the city of Surabaya, which is the province of East Java on the map; In the central part of the country, the city of Semarang, which is the province of Central Java on the map; In the west-central region, the city of Bandung, which is the West Java province on the map, is excluded from Bogor and Bekasi. According to this geographical division, you will arrange troops and occupy the whole island of Java. ”

Feng Yutian replied: "Yes, young master, we must have these remaining places here as soon as possible." “

"In the newly occupied area, all the Dutch are imprisoned, all the property is returned to the public, we use it ourselves or auction it later, and those who resist will be killed; For the local natives, don't see them as people, they will be our efforts in the future, and those who dare to resist will let them all become points, which has cost a lot recently, just to supplement the points, and it is also time for them to reflect their value. “

Feng Yutian said: "Yes, young master, but will this cause an uprising of the natives?" After all, we haven't fully occupied this place yet. ”

"Don't be afraid, if they dare to revolt, I will kill all the natives on the island of Java, so that they will not even have a chance to be slaves. It seems that the natives who have become points are good natives. Zhang Wei thought for a while and then said to Feng Yutian: "I won't send you any more troops until the last resort, there are still a few divisions in the system hall, and I don't dare to release them for the time being, because I'm not sure whether Britain, France, and the United States will interfere, so I must leave some troops to guarantee it, that is, they don't interfere, and when this side is stable, I still want to occupy Sulawesi and these islands east of Java, which will require a lot of troops." “

Feng Yutian assured: "Young master, don't worry, with these four divisions, you will definitely be able to protect the safety of Java Island." “

Early in the morning of December 31, the 8th Division sent its deputy division commander and the 3rd Regiment to occupy the Banten area.

The 7th Division was divided into 2 routes, and the 1st route led by the division commander led 2 regiments and troops directly under the division headquarters from Bekasi to Puwakada and then to Bandung; the other way to Bogor to Zhanyu to Bandung; 1 regiment was stationed in Zhanyu and Puwakada; The division headquarters was stationed in the city of Bandung; Then send troops to occupy the surrounding counties or towns, such as Cire, Wenzhi, Suheng, Daheng, Sujiawumei and other places must slowly occupy and station a certain number of troops to maintain local law and order.

The 7th and 8th Divisions are responsible for occupying the places where there are no Dutch troops stationed at present, and at most there are some policemen, so it is relatively easy to occupy, and the time spent is mainly on the road, and there is nothing wrong with these areas here, Zhang Wei is not worried at all.

The most troublesome places are Semarang and Surabaya, one is that it is far from Badawia, it is too difficult to walk from the land, the roads are really poor, there are rivers and ditches everywhere, and it will take too long to build roads and bridges to get there; It could have been possible to hire merchant ships to transport troops to the past, but now it is impossible, most of the merchant ships in Batavia were hired by Governor Van Gogh, and later they were either sunk by the Lan Fang People's Army, or they were captured by the Lan Fang People's Army and taken to Pontianak; In the absence of a way, Zhang Wei had to participate in person.

The Navy sent 1 battle cruiser and 2 torpedo boats to form a fleet to cooperate with the army to occupy coastal port cities. This time, the navy is in charge of commanding the fleet, and the remaining warships have to deal with emergencies in Batavia and deter the destabilizing forces in Batavia.

At 10 o'clock in the morning of the 31st, Zhang Wei and Yang Yili boarded the Moltke-class battle cruiser and headed for Semarang. The fleet maintained its speed at about 16 knots so that it could reach the sea off Semarang at about 2 a.m. on January 1. I didn't bother to occupy the small harbors along the way, and after the two divisions were stationed, I would gradually occupy them.

At the time of departure, Zhang Wei contacted the intelligence officers stationed in Semarang and Surabaya, asked them to know the situation of the Dutch troops in the two cities, and met at the seaside 5 kilometers west of Semarang at about 2 o'clock in the morning on January 1. Arrived in the Java sea southeast of Surabaya at around 4 a.m. on January 2.

When sailing at sea, Yang Yili asked Zhang Wei: "Young master, what tactics should we adopt this time?" It must be very easy for one division to fight one regiment, that is, the size of the casualties. “

"So far, we really haven't fought a tough battle, all of them are sneak attacks or tricks, and if we continue like this, it will definitely not be conducive to the development of the troops; And I participated too much in the past, and it was not good to let the troops rely on it, so I am not going to participate this time, after putting them on the shore, let the 9th Division make its own battle plan according to the information of the intelligence officers, I will only need the results in the future, and I will not look at the process. If you can't win with such good equipment, then there is no need for such a force to exist. “

In the early morning of 1 January, after meeting up with intelligence officers stationed in Semarang, Zhang Weicai released the 9th Division from the system, and in order to cooperate with the work of the 9th Division, he specially purchased 1 Novik-class destroyer and 2 S6 motorized torpedo boats for the 9th Division.