Chapter 504: Naval Support

At the Batavia Police Station, Brigadier General Clyde, the chief of police and deputy sheriff, sat in his office with a gloomy face. Now, he has completely calmed down. However, the conflict between the Chinese and the indigenous people has erupted on a large scale, and it is impossible to stop it now. Therefore, everything is irreparable, and he can only go all the way to the dark.

"General, those natives are still attacking the Chinese-fortified neighborhoods. It's just that the firepower of the Chinese armed forces is very fierce, and the natives have suffered heavy casualties, so they can't attack at all. If you don't send in the regular army, I'm afraid you won't even want to attack it. A lieutenant colonel officer said to Brigadier General Clyde.

"Regular army? Don't think about it. There's no way those guys are going to get involved. It's just that this time there were such a big casualty among the Chinese, and the Chinese would definitely not give up. Even if the regular army did not move, the Chinese would not spare the entire Dutch East Indies. Brigadier General Claude sneered.

He knew that as the mastermind of this time, there was a chance that he would not be able to escape. However, the more this happened, the more crazy he became, and the more he wanted more Chinese to bury him and his brother. Originally, he thought that the matter had come to this point, and the regular army would also join in. However, Governor Frederick and others obviously did not want to interfere. It's just that Brigadier General Clyde knows that even if Governor Frederick and others stand by and watch, the Chinese Empire will not let them go like this. This incident in Batavia has already given those Chinese an excellent excuse.

"Send the things we have prepared to the natives. Tell them that after conquering the last neighborhood where the Chinese are strongholding, the wealth of those Chinese will belong to them. Chinese women, too, play with them. You only have one chance, so don't miss it. Brigadier General Clyde had a grim smile on his face. Albeit. His decision was so crazy, but he still didn't regret it at all. If the Chinese actually killed his younger brother, then he will use more Chinese lives to bury his younger brother.

"Yes, General." The lieutenant colonel officer nodded and immediately went to prepare. This lieutenant colonel officer was a confidant of Brigadier General Claude. He is even more obedient.

The battle between the natives and the Chinese-fortified neighborhoods is still going on, and countless Chinese have sacrificed their lives to fight the natives. Without guns, they used knives, sticks, or even farm or kitchen utensils. All the Chinese know that there is still no other way out. If they don't resist the onslaught of these natives, their families will probably lose their lives, not to mention the wealth they have worked so hard to build.

"Damn! Are those Chinese really not afraid of death? The battle has reached this point, and they have not yet been defeated. A dark-skinned, short, middle-aged native said. His name is Daru. He was a senior officer in the Dutch East India Security Force. At the instigation of Brigadier General Clyde, his troops became the main force in the attack on the Chinese ghetto.

Fierce fighting continued, and the natives launched attack after attack on the Chinese defenses. However, their attacks were all repulsed. In front of the positions of the Chinese armed forces, a place of corpses was left behind.

"Sir, the general asked me to send it." A young native said to Daru with a smile on his face.

"What's that?" Daru frowned.

"It was a French 75-mm field gun, with two guns and twenty shells. With these shells, we have been able to tear apart the Chinese defenses. The young native cracked his mouth and laughed.

The last massacre against the Chinese. He's already involved. Even though at that time, he was only a fifteen-year-old child. But. It was also his participation in that massacre that allowed him to grab a lot of money, and at the same time rape and kill a Chinese woman. Chinese women have fair skin, unlike indigenous women, who are all black. It is precisely for this reason that he is very enthusiastic about the massacre of the Chinese.

Daru hesitated, a hint of determination flashing in his eyes.

"Good. So do it! Tear apart the Chinese defenses for me. Daru gave the order.

"Yes, sir." The young indigenous people sprang into action.

Soon, two French-made 75mm field guns were pulled into the battlefield, aiming at the defensive line of the Chinese armed forces.

"Boom! Rumble! Two muffled cannon sounds were remembered, and orange-red flames flashed in the muzzle. Two shells were already whizzing towards the Chinese defensive line.

Merely. The level of shelling of these natives is obviously not very good. Neither shell hit the target, but only blew up two unrelated buildings. But this frightened the Chinese armed forces.

"Damn, these natives of the dog days, how can they have cannons, did the Dutch regular army intervene?" Lieutenant Colonel Cai Songpo's face suddenly became very ugly.

"The Navy's warships will be able to arrive in almost an hour." Consul General Zhang Mingcheng's face also turned pale.

"Order our artillery, open fire right away, and create a greater deterrent to those damned natives." Lieutenant Colonel Cai Songpo ordered.

The divisional reconnaissance battalion of the 1st Division of the Imperial Marine Corps, with a company, also infiltrated Batavia. They were armed with two 80-mm medium mortars and three 60-mm light mortars. These five mortars have become a sharp weapon in the hands of the Chinese armed forces.

"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! ”

Several mortars opened fire one after another, and the shells flew densely towards the natives, scattering shrapnel to harvest life among the natives. Before, the Chinese armed forces were worried that there would not be many shells, so they kept using them sparingly. Now, I can't care about that much.

The dense explosions frightened the natives enough, and many of them turned around and fled, even those from the security forces. It was those officers who tried their best to suppress the situation and stabilize the situation. Otherwise, the natives would have collapsed.

"Fire! Keep firing at me and let those Chinese know how good we are. Daru was furious.

Two 75-mm field guns continued to fire, and one shell did not know where it flew. But another shell hit the Chinese barricade accurately, blowing it up in an instant. The people who hid behind the barricades were torn to shreds.

As time passed, amid the continuous shelling and attacks of the natives, there were frequent loopholes in the defense line of the Chinese armed forces, and in some places there were even tragic hand-to-hand combat. But even so, the Chinese tried their best to resist the attack of these natives.

On the sea not far from Batavia, the destroyer of the Imperial Navy, the destroyer Jiaqi, was sailing rapidly, and the boilers were overloaded, so that the speed of the destroyer was maintained at more than 30 knots for a long time. After this operation is over, the destroyer Jia-7 will probably have to replace its boilers.

"Captain, we are only twenty kilometers from Batavia, and we will be able to arrive in twenty minutes at most." The captain said to the captain Chen Houfu.

"Order the whole ship, ready for battle. The natives of the Dutch East Indies are attacking the Chinese, and we need to use our cannons to let them know the consequences of humiliating the Chinese. Captain Chen Houfu said with a cold face.

"Yes, Captain." The navigator nodded.

Captain Chen Houfu is only 22 years old this year, and he has just graduated from the Imperial Naval University for a year, but because of his outstanding performance, he was specially promoted to captain and served as the captain of the destroyer "Jiaqi."

"Captain, a telegram has been sent from the light cruiser 'Rehe', which they expect to feel in an hour. Hopefully we can stabilize the situation first. A communications soldier said to Captain Chen Houfu.

"Tell the light cruiser Rehe that we will buy them enough time." Captain Chen Houfu said confidently.

Although, in the port of Batavia, there are quite a few warships of the Dutch Navy. However, the battleships of the Dutch Navy have long been old, and even the cruiser with a displacement of more than three thousand tons is only an old ship from fifteen years ago. Captain Chen Houfu believed that if the destroyer Jia-7 and the cruiser were to fight each other, their chances of victory would be as high as more than 70 percent. As for the other warships of the Dutch Navy in Batavia, they were not taken into his eyes at all.

In addition, it is unlikely that the Dutch would dare to make a move against the Imperial Navy. They should be clear about what it means if they launch an attack. As soon as the main forces of the Imperial Navy's South Sea Fleet arrived, the Dutch Navy was dead.

At noon on April 26, 4610 A.D. (12), just after 12 o'clock, the destroyer 'Jiaqi' arrived at the port of Batavia.

However, a full six kilometers from the port, they were intercepted by a destroyer of the Dutch Navy.

"Chinese warship, this is Batavia, it is the sea area belonging to the Netherlands, please leave immediately." The Dutch Navy made radio contact with the destroyer Jia-VII.

"Tell the Dutchmen to get out of the way. Otherwise, we will sink them. Our compatriots are being killed by the natives, and we have to save them. Captain Chen Houfu ordered.

"Yes, Captain."

The destroyer 'Jia-VII' sent a warning to the Dutch destroyer. Faced with the strength of the Chinese Navy, the Dutch Navy was furious. Still, the anger didn't make them lose their minds. They know very well what is happening in Batavia. They also believed that if they intercepted the destroyer. When the other warships of the Nanyang Fleet of the Chinese Navy arrive, they will definitely not be spared.

Therefore, without consulting the command of the Dutch Navy's fleet in Batavia, Rear Admiral Maitland, the Dutch destroyer was withdrawn directly.

When the destroyer Jia-7 sailed less than two kilometers from the shore, Captain Chen Houfu gave the order to open fire.

"Boom! Rumble! ”

The twin 105-mm guns in the bow and stern of the destroyer 'Jia-7' opened fire first. Subsequently, 88-mm rapid-fire guns on the side were added. (To be continued.) )

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