Chapter 48 Foundation Improvement Plan

In the case of military operations against Sumatra, in order to prevent the Dutch garrison from reacting, it was also necessary to race against time.

The fleet will escort the landing force across the Sunda Strait and land from the south of Sumatra, in order to get the troops to Sumatra as safely as possible, it is best to have someone familiar with the sea conditions, and at the same time, after the troops land on Sumatra, there will also need to be a road map to use.

Li Daolin soon brought several elderly Chinese to Fan Yize, who were very familiar with the situation in the Sunda Strait and the situation on Sumatra.

"The Dutch people on the island of Sumatra are mainly concentrated in a few large cities, among which Medan is the largest, which is also the place where the Chinese live the most, there is a deep-water port, international merchant ships call every day, and many people from other countries are stationed. The Dutch have 2,000 troops stationed in Medan, and they also have warships to maintain the security of the sea routes in peacetime. ”

"The best place to land on Sumatra is Kalianda, which is a small port city, very quiet at night, with a large number of ships coming in and out during the day, the terrain is flat, and the surrounding traffic is very convenient, and the Dutch should only have a garrison of a few hundred people here to keep the port running."

"The Dutch troops on the island of Sumatra are basically scattered in major cities, and the situation of stationing 10,000 or 20,000 troops in Jakarta at once is not available anywhere else.

"The only thing to pay attention to is the Dutch East Indians, after all, whether it is us or the Dutch, they are only a minority, once the Dutch deterrence is lost, the Dutch East Indians will definitely not continue to be obedient."

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A few old overseas Chinese brought by Li Daolin summarized all the main situations, and Fan Yize listened quietly, and soon had a complete outline of the situation in Sumatra.

After several people finished speaking, Fan Yize also spoke: "You don't have to worry about the Dutch East Indians, as long as you defeat the Dutch, these monkeys will not be able to set off any storms." ”

Subsequently, Fan Yize asked the soldiers to pick up the Chinese, and at the same time, the Third Infantry Division also boarded the warships and transport ships, ready to leave at any time.

At this moment, the outside world does not know what is happening here in the Dutch East Indies, and the outside of Jakarta is blocked, and the telephone lines and cable telegraph lines are controlled, but this blockade and control cannot be maintained for a long time.

The forces to control the Dutch East Indies were completely sufficient, so Fan Yize also planned to divide his troops into multiple routes, launch attacks on several large islands around him at the same time, and carry out a north-south attack on Sumatra Island to blockade and control the main ports of the Dutch East Indies.

At this time, the Red Guard Regiment was collecting boats, and there were many Dutch East Indian fishing boats, and many Dutch fishing boats, all of which were naturally requisitioned as tools to transport soldiers.

The Red Guard Corps now has no landing ships or enough logistical transport ships, so it can only use civilian and commercial vessels to transport troops.

When Fan Yize returned to the small courtyard, the latest battle report on Java Island was also delivered to him.

The attack on several cities near Jakarta on the island of Java went very smoothly.

In the face of the wolf-like Red Police Force, the Dutch defenders were simply unable to resist, and the backward tactical thinking, in the face of the attack of the Red Police Corps, they were at a loss to line up to meet the attack, and the result was naturally quite tragic.

A large number of Dutch soldiers became prisoners and would soon be sent to Camp No. 1.

When the city was under control and the restless monkeys were suppressed, Fan Yize did not let the troops efficiently raise the butcher's knife, but asked the troops to concentrate all the young labor force of Dutch East Indies and wait for follow-up orders.

The large force continued to attack other cities on the island, and Fan Yize also contacted Ling Liang.

Last night, the chrono portal opened, and after most of them arrived, a large number of follow-up materials were transported uninterruptedly.

In addition to the necessary weapons, ammunition and fuel, a lot of industrial equipment was delivered.

The main reason is that the Red Guard Corps has now occupied the Dutch East Indies, and the base cannot be built in this place.

Chrono portals are temporary, not permanent.

Therefore, even if the whole Dutch East Indies belonged to Fan Yize, this place would still be an enclave.

Fan Yize also knew that this kind of thing was in a hurry, and no one could take away what belonged to him anyway.

But in order to develop as soon as possible in the future, in the morning, Ling Liang sent a development plan, which also changed Fan Yize's attitude towards the Dutch East Indians.

In Ling Liang's words, since the Dutch East Indian monkeys should be damned, they can't be cheapened.

This development plan covers the whole territory of the Dutch East Indies, and one of the main points is the transportation problem.

In order to ensure the rapid operation of the troops, as well as the needs of future development, all major roads in the Dutch East Indies now need to be widened and reinforced.

Otherwise, tropical weather, whether wet or rainy season, will make the roads muddy and impassable.

Another is the coverage of power facilities and the coverage of the power grid, which is also very important.

To accomplish these two things, technology alone is not enough, and a large number of laborers are needed.

Especially in the mountainous terrain environment of the Dutch East Indies, the labor required will be even larger, after all, there is no construction machinery in the base now, and it mainly needs to rely on manual work.

And in order to build reinforced concrete roads, it is necessary to open iron mines, forge steel bars, build cement factories, and build stone crushing plants.

In order to shorten the time of future construction as much as possible, these initial investments need to be completed manually.

In the future, when the base can be built on the islands of the Dutch East Indies, it will be much easier to have these roads.

The plan also proposes that if there is enough workforce, the construction of the railway can be started at the same time.

In order to ensure that every step of the whole plan can go hand in hand, Ling Liang suggested in the plan that more engineers should be recruited to carry out the plan.

Originally, Fan Yize didn't have this idea, it was enough to complete the control of the Dutch East Indies, and when the base could be built here in the future, everything would naturally fall into place.

But after seeing Lingliang's development plan, Fan Yize also felt that some foundations still needed to be completed manually, so he immediately agreed to the plan.

It can be said that this plan saved a large number of Dutch East Indies, but it was only temporary.

And, on the other hand, the plan was even more cruel to all the Dutch East Indies.

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