Chapter 106: The Java Independence Army
Chapter 106 Javanese Dúlì Army
Java Island is located near the equator, with a high temperature and rainy tropical rainforest climate, fertile land, abundant products, and rice cultivation is three crops a year, which not only feeds a large number of people here, but also causes the current situation that more than half of the population of Java Island is concentrated here with 15 million people, more than half of the population of the East Indies!
The highly concentrated crowds and the various ideas of republicanism and human rights that had been brought over from Europe also made the tribal rulers here begin to seek dúlì! Of course, they were not for any country or nation, but for the expulsion of the Dutch colonizers who sat on their heads and to seize greater power!
However, their strength was too weak, so although there were various protests and even uprisings in the past, they all failed because of the brutal suppression of the Dutch!
However, after the Dutch were defeated by the Chinese who did not know where they came from, they decided that the best time had come to win the Javanese dúlì!
Semarang is a seaport city on the northern coast of Java Island, because it is located in the middle of Java, and is surrounded by open plains, so the economic development speed has always been in the forefront of the entire Java Island, and even the entire South Sea, second only to Batavia, where the Dutch East Indian colony was located, and the eastern seaport city of Surabaya! It is the third largest city in the entire Java Island, and the population of the entire city has approached 300,000, most of whom are Javanese, and the Chinese, Sundanese, Malays and others are considered minorities here!
Now, more than a week has passed since Huo Jiajun defeated the Dutch and occupied Java Island, and although they were not very familiar with the local situation at the beginning, with the help of millions of Chinese on the island, Huo Jiajun has quickly stabilized its rule! The Military Control Committee has also begun to operate, the damage caused by the war on the island has begun to recover, and the situation on the entire Java Island has begun to calm down!
Due to the occupation and rule of the Kingdom of the Netherlands for nearly 300 years, the economic, political and cultural aspects of the Netherlands have been immersed in the marrow of the body of Java, and the most obvious manifestation is that Dutch has become the second largest language on the entire island of Java after Javanese!
This kind of deep influence is incomparable to the Huo Jiajun who just occupied Java, but there are many Chinese here, and the influence of Chinese culture is not weak here, so as long as it takes a while, this situation will be reversed!
After occupying the island of Java, in order to consolidate its rule, the Netherlands also supported some leaders of various tribes and used their local influence to serve the Kingdom of the Netherlands! Over the years, although most of the money earned from Java's economic development flowed into the pockets of the colonists, these two devils who served the Netherlands also became wealthy businessmen worth a huge amount of money! As the patriarch of a large tribe in the Javanese tribe, Bassoon is one of the best, of course, his identity is a rich indigenous merchant on the surface, but in private he is the second leader of the famous anti-Dutch anti-Dutch Javanese dúlì army, and is responsible for the logistics and weapons procurement of nearly 3,000 people in the entire dúlì army, and is also the chief steward of the Javanese dúlì army!
The sky has gradually darkened, and Bassoon's luxurious manor in the southern suburbs of Semarang has also fallen into darkness! However, judging from the fact that he is dressed in a black sè canopy, has a sneaky figure, and enters the manor from time to time through the small door in the backyard, it is obvious that the inside is not as calm as it appears on the surface!
"Bassoon, are you all here?" asked Sukarno in a gloomy voice.
Looking at the short man in front of him, with dark skin, thin cheeks, and a scar that reached the sideburns in the corner of his left eye, Bassoon didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly replied: "Big chief, they have all come over, just waiting in the guest room in the backyard!"
"Well, let's go! They are guests from afar today, don't make people wait for a long time!"
"Yes, Great Chief, I'll take you there!"
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"Weng Dong, I didn't expect you to come here today, are you Madura people also disgusted with the rule of those Chinese?"
"Supomo and our Madura people don't need you as an outsider to take care of it, you still have to worry about yourself, the Chinese are not stupid, and you Dayats have killed a lot of Chinese with the support of the Dutch in recent years, I think now those Chinese armies have all your tribes blacklisted! Hahaha......! However, for the sake of our many years of friendship, I will help you collect the corpse!" Weng Dong laughed mockingly.
Although the land of Java Island is fertile, three crops a year, but it can not stand the island's fierce population, usually in order to compete for more resources, multiply the population of their own tribes, and the vendetta between tribes has become more and more, among which the Madura people who occupy the east of Madura Island and Java Island, and the Dayats who occupy the northeast of the island, the tribal dispute is the most serious, and more than 20,000 people are killed and injured every year for the land, and now the two peoples have formed an inextricable mortal enmity!
Listening to the words of the sworn enemy, the uneasiness in Su Pomo's heart was infinitely magnified, the Daya people used to be Javanese barbarians living in the high mountains, only in modern times did they get out of the jungle and began to make a living from agriculture and hunting, and the population began to multiply in large numbers, but because of their own lazy Bingxìng, the Daya people were poor and penniless, but the Chinese who had been operating in Nanyang for hundreds of years had a lot of money in their hands because of their own diligence and hard work! All this made the Dayats and the surrounding poor tribes very envious, so every time the Dutch wanted to shear sheep and plunder the wealth in the hands of the Chinese, the Dayaks always rushed to the front, and they caused the most harm to the Chinese!
Moreover, their preference is to slaughter families and exterminate their families, killing all men, women, and children! Therefore, the Dayak people are also the most hated race of all the Chinese in Nanyang, especially the Chinese on the island of Java!
In the past, the Dayaks had the support of the Dutch behind them, and they ran rampant on the island, and no one dared to take care of them! However, now the Dutch have been wiped out by a group of Chinese troops who have come out of nowhere! Now that the island of Java has been replaced by the Chinese, the Dayaks have also begun to worry about the future of their tribe! They are really worried that the Chinese who have suffered greatly will come back to them with the help of those Chinese troops to seek revenge!
Therefore, when the invitation letter of Sukarno, the leader of the Javanese Dúlì army, was sent to the largest tribe of the Daya, the leader of the Dayak people, Subomo, who had already begun to panic, rushed to Semarang without hesitation to participate in this ** party!
"Weng Dong, don't talk about me, when you killed those Chinese and robbed them of their property, you Madura people also didn't fall behind, now everyone is a grasshopper tied to a rope, we Daya people can't run, and you Madura people won't have a good time either!" said Su Pomo Shen Sè fiercely and with panic in his eyes.
"You're ......!"
"Okay, two! Don't quarrel anymore, the tribal leaders who came here today have more or less killed the Chinese on the island under the command of the Dutch, so we should work together to deal with the current crisis, otherwise everyone will not be happy!"
"Ucha is right, we should join hands and drive out the Chinese on the island!!" Yīn Sensen's words came from the position at the door! Although the voice was not very high, there was an indescribable deterrent force between the lines!
"Sukarno!!"