Volume IV Prosperity 110 City Break
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The 2nd Division of the South China Army captured the Jakarta port battery by land, and then the South China warships also appeared in the port of Jakarta in a blatant manner.
Large quantities of supplies can land directly at the port of Jakarta and be sent directly to the front line.
Jakarta's access to the outside world was cut off by the South Chinese Army, who crushed more than 10,000 nervous Dutch and Indian colonial troops and retreated into the city to wait for the final verdict.
After several attacks were repulsed by the South Chinese army, the Dutch and Indian colonial army no longer wasted their troops, but retreated in the city, using the terrain to maneuver with the South Chinese army.
The fall of the port of Jakarta caused a great shock in the South Seas, and British and American warships rushed to the port of Jakarta, watching with complicated eyes as the South China Army continued to land from the port and then joined the attack on the city of Jakarta.
The movements of the South China Army were too fast, and the British ** ships were willing to stop them, but neither London nor Singapore clearly instructed them to directly enter the war between South China and the Netherlands.
As soon as he hesitated, he could only accept the reality that the 100,000-strong army of the South China Army was besieging Jakarta.
The 3rd South China Division was another ambush aimed at the port city of Semarang, Central Java.
When everyone was fascinated by the situation in Jakarta, a troop transport ship specially drawn by the South China Army set sail from Palembang and inserted it like a sharp sword into the island of Java to cut off the connection between East and West Java.
And they succeeded.
Previously, the Dutch had repeatedly transferred Semarang's forces to Sumatra and besiege Jakarta, resulting in the weakening of Semarang's forces.
After a surprise attack, the local defenders were quickly routed, becoming the first large city on the island of Java to fall.
However, Jakarta, which is unable to protect itself, has nothing to worry about.
At the same time, the 5th and 6th Divisions of South China, which had been preparing for a long time, also set out from the port of Machen in Borneo and successfully landed in Surabaya, a large city in East Java, across the sea.
Surabaya was devastated by the war not long ago, and the Dutch massacred a large number of Javanese ** elements after the war, resulting in a large reduction in the population of Surabaya City and the destruction of fortifications.
In the face of the superior South Chinese army, except for a few Dutch officers, they fought hard. The Javanese soldiers in the army fought passively, so Surabaya also fell into the hands of the South Chinese army.
After the fall of Semarang and Surabaya, the two main forces of the South China Army joined forces to connect Central and East Java. The Dutch rule on the island of Java has been largely decided.
The Dutch and Indian colonial forces could resist for a while with the fortified city of Jakarta, but the simultaneous capture of Semarang and Surabaya caused a great shock to the hearts of the Dutch who were recalcitrant in the city of Jakarta.
The Javanese soldiers recruited by the Dutch from the countryside began to get out of control, and the junior Javanese officers knew that the Dutch could no longer be relied on, and they were unwilling to accompany the Dutch to bury them, and began to make contact with the South Chinese army.
Some of the more courageous Javanese soldiers went directly to the positions of the South Chinese Army and surrendered.
Ho Wenxiu rushed to Jakarta from Medan with a group of young staff officers. Took over the war in Jakarta.
In order to gain time, the South Chinese Army pacified the surrendered Javanese soldiers and lured more Javanese soldiers to surrender anyway.
For the Javanese officers, the South China Army also promised not to harm their personal interests, and if they could join the war against the Dutch, the South China would give them greater benefits.
This has sparked some adventurous Javanese officers to move closer to Nanhua and become glorious puppet soldiers.
He Wenxiu was a little unhappy in his heart, but he knew that Nanhua needed a group of Javanese puppet soldiers.
How to deal with the Javanese. That will be for later.
After the removal of some of the Javanese officers and soldiers, the Dutch and Indian colonial troops remaining in Jakarta were more pure, and the proportion of Dutch was higher. The combat effectiveness has also increased a lot, at least these people are not lightly surrendered.
In the front headquarters of the South China Army, He Wenxiu arranged the final blow to the Dutch.
“?????? It doesn't matter if we raze Jakarta to the ground, we can build it again.
This battle must be fought by our blood! Be ruthless! Blow it up, hit it hard, kill it hard! He Wenxiu said murderously.
He had waited too long for this day, and the stubborn resistance of the Dutch gave him an excellent opportunity.
He not only wants to teach the Dutch a painful lesson, but also a deterrent to the Javanese, Sundanese and other ethnic groups!
This is the Battle of Liwei!
"That's right! They must die without a place to be buried! Situ Yong also said ruthlessly.
The offensive in the past few days, regardless of casualties, was fruitful, but the second division under his command also paid nearly 4,000 casualties, which filled his heart with murderous spirit.
This murderous aura also filled the hearts of all the soldiers in Nanhua at the same time. Because there were already nearly 10,000 casualties, they had not suffered such casualties all the way south from Sumatra.
If they had had more time, they would have suffered far fewer casualties.
However, in order to capture Jakarta before the arrival of Dutch reinforcements, the South Chinese Army only had to exchange their lives for time.
In just a few days, the city of Jakarta was in tatters. Walking into the street, there are large and small bomb craters everywhere, traces of burning on the ruined walls, and corpses under the collapsed city walls, including Chinese, Dutch, Javanese, and Sundanese. After each battle, the soldiers on both sides tacitly cleaned the battlefield and collected the remains of their respective soldiers.
Beneath the smoke of gunfire are the pent-up fear, despair and madness of the Dutch.
The former palatial Governor's Mansion was bombed by Nanhua planes, and the incident happened suddenly, when the staff of the Governor's Mansion were still working, and when death befell them, they were still in a daze.
After several bombings, the Doge's Palace was almost flattened, and a large number of officials, retinues, and servants of the Doge's Palace died.
Governor Gurlitt escaped, only to be scratched on his face by a splinter, which was covered with a thick white gauze.
He sat in a secret house with a grim face, looking at the dejected Dutch officers in the room.
At this point, these Dutch soldiers have done their best, and the only thing that makes them unwilling is that.
Reinforcements from the mainland have already arrived in the Bay of Bengal, and tomorrow they will be able to enter the Strait of Malacca, land in Medan, or appear under the city of Jakarta the day after tomorrow.
However, the remnants of Jakarta may not be able to wait for reinforcements from home.
"Can we still hold on? Even if it's a day? Governor Gurlitt looked expectantly at Colonel Van Basten.
Colonel Van Basten was about to say something, and a powerful explosion was heard, the house shook violently, and the ceiling above his head kept falling. The earth shook as if the world was apocalyptic.
In order to completely solve the stubborn resistance of the Dutch in the city, the South Chinese army concentrated all artillery fire, 50 105mm howitzers and 200 75mm mountain guns all advanced into the city. There are also 500 heavy mortars of 60 caliber.
Approaching the Dutch position, all the guns were flattened, and the guns were fired from a distance of less than two kilometers.
Like the wrath of death, countless cannonballs are the roar of death. They all landed in areas where the Dutch gathered.
From a distance, the area near the Governor's Palace was shrouded in a sea of fire, and in the countless shells, the originally tall buildings turned into dust, gradually dissolved, and only a mess remained.
Yes, this time the South Chinese Army will no longer fight with the Dutch house by house. Simply blow up all those houses so that the Dutch have nowhere to hide.
More than half of the more than 5,000 remaining Dutch people died in the first half of the hellish fire, and the remaining half lost their souls.
Nanhua's plane kept circling over Jakarta, and from above, there was not a single house left near the governor's palace.
When the smoke cleared and the plane swooped down, Nanhua's pilot saw broken corpses all over the ground.
The surviving Dutchman had a dull expression and did not dodge when he saw Nanhua's plane. Standing and watching, his eyes had long since lost his life. This allowed them to escape, because the trigger that the South China pilot had wanted to press ended up being retracted.
"Good! That's it! Situ Yong put down the binoculars. Clenched his fists, his face excited.
"Boss! I'm over! After saying that, he left with the guards, and after a while, more than 10,000 officers and soldiers of the Second Division drove over to clean up the scene.
This time, the Dutch did not resist again, and allowed the South Chinese army to drive them to the Hongxi River, which was dyed red after a silent burst of gunfire.
Gunshots were heard in the Red Creek River. He Wenxiu smiled faintly, with a long charm.
Since the bombardment of the recalcitrant Dutch and Indian troops by the Great South Chinese Army, the city of Jakarta has been blockaded except for a small number of areas such as foreign embassies and settlements of other countries.
The Aceh Division and the Batak Division were unable to enter Jakarta City this time because the destruction in the city was so great that they did not need to destroy it again.
Ho Wenxiu ordered the Aceh Division and the Batak Division to continue their advance towards the Bandung area east of Jakarta. They were given orders to act cheaply.
So, the rich and the Bataks were temporarily free, they could do almost whatever they wanted, sweeping West Java like locusts.
Later, they moved into the Yogyakarta region of Central Java, the birthplace of Javanese indigenous culture, but were ravaged by the Aceh and Batak peoples.
Situ Yong inspected the battlefield and looked at the fragments of those exquisite houses that had been leaked to the ground, and felt a little regretful in his heart.
The most elite part of Jakarta was bombarded by them, where the Dutch governor's palace, parliament, banks, trading houses, and stations were all gathered, but now they were all razed to the ground.
"Damn, the old ones don't go, the experience doesn't come. It's good to erase the Dutch stuff! Situ Yong thought fiercely in his heart.
What is certain is that the military will definitely be scolded to death by the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of the Interior, and it will cost countless money to rebuild in the future!
"Commander, you've caught a big fish." The guards came over to report, interrupting Situ Yong's association.
"Oh! Take me to see it! Situ Yong's eyes lit up.
"It could be the enemy's headquarters, they're hiding in the basement, and we've got a few brothers in it." The guards took Situ Yong to the ruins of a building.
South Chinese soldiers escorted several Dutch officers out of the basement.
The Dutchmen were pale, dirty, and frightened, and judging by their clothing, their clothes were much better than those of the average person.
Especially the man in his fifties and sixties, who was a little rich, and his clothes were even more gorgeous, not quite the same as the Dutch officer beside him.
These Dutch officers were of a high rank, and the man was obviously of a higher rank.
If Situ Yong is right, the other party is likely to be the Dutch and Indian governor!
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