The journey starts from the Titanic

Situ Meiden laughed at the meeting.

"Minister Chen, the next step depends on your ability. We can't learn from Li Hongzhang, what we got on the battlefield is lost at the negotiation table."

He turned to Foreign Minister Chen Youren.

"Don't worry! The Dutch are strong outsiders, they can't frighten me." Chen Youren smiled slightly, and a long-lost excitement rose in his heart.

"Not only the Dutch, but also the British, Americans, and French." Situ Meiden reminded.

The Second South China Division was a bit dissatisfied. They had surrounded the remnants of the Dutch and Indian colonial army and were ready to welcome the arrival of the Dutch fleet. However, the Dutch fleet did not log in to Banda Aceh, and their organization failed.

"Damn it. Let them stay away for a while!" Situ Yong looked at the broken Banda Aceh city grimly.

Chapter 92 Sweeping Sumatra (10)

"Damn it, Ruben's idiot didn't come to save us, he went to Medan to send him to death."

Major General Van Nistelrooy said angrily after reading Jakarta's reply.

He knew that unless the Dutch fleet successfully landed in Medan and destroyed the South China base camp, the Dutch and Indian colonial forces in Aceh would be over.

Even if the South China Army did not come to attack and was cut off from supplies, the more than 3,000 Dutch-Indian colonial forces huddled in Banda Aceh would not last a few days.

Because there is no food.

First, Aceh militants destroyed the Dutch and Indian government in Banda Aceh, killing a large number of Dutch businessmen and looting Dutch people who have been operating in Banda Aceh for many years.

The Dutch-Indian colonial army and Aceh armed forces reoccupied the city of Banda Aceh after a bloody battle, and allowed the indigenous soldiers to retaliate violently against the Aceh residents in the city. A large number of Aceh people were slaughtered and the remaining people Also almost escaped.

Now there are only more than 300 Dutch officers and soldiers and 3,000 indigenous soldiers. They are heavily surrounded by the South China Army, standing alone and morale low.

Especially because of the shortage of medicines, many wounded soldiers died because they did not receive timely treatment.

Now the only support they fight is the reinforcements in Jakarta, but unfortunately they can't wait.

But Major General Van Nistelrooy was afraid to tell them the news. On the contrary, he kept comforting the soldiers, saying that Jakarta's reinforcements were at sea and would come to rescue them immediately.

After talking too much, the reinforcements did not come for a long time, and when the ammunition was exhausted, some people began to think.From the first two days, some indigenous soldiers began to surrender to the South China Army.

"Damn it, these guys are cheaper." Situ Yong patrolled the front line and saw that the first few indigenous soldiers were hungry ghosts eating the meals of the South China Army.

"It doesn't matter, these prisoners of war will become our labor force in the future, and there are many places where they need their efforts." Fozier smiled slightly and said in his heart: You can disintegrate the enemy without attacking, why not do it?

After the Aceh battle, part of the main force of the Second Division has quietly withdrawn to Medan to participate in the next battle.

Medan transferred more than 10,000 people from the 10th South China Division to Situ Yong, and joined part of the main force of the Second Division to encircle and destroy the remnants of the Dutch and Indian colonial army.

In order to attract the Dutch and Indian colonial forces to surrender, the South China Army cooked fragrant meals outside the city, constantly stimulating the nerves of the extremely hungry indigenous soldiers.

Of course, there are also leaflets and propaganda.When it’s time for dinner, the soldiers of the South China Army will shout to the Dutch and Indian colonial forces in the city: "Your reinforcements will not come. Surrender! There is delicious food here. Come and eat! We promise not to hurt you. life."

Finally someone couldn't help being hungry and ran to the South China Army to surrender. So more and more Dutch and Indian colonial forces ran to the South China Army to surrender.

Some were individuals who ran over to surrender, some were led by indigenous officers to surrender, and some were military policemen who had supervised deserters, and they also ran away.

For soldiers who surrender, there are two treatments. Those who surrender with weapons can eat meat, and those who surrender empty-handed are vegetarian.It sounds ridiculous, but this greatly reduces the resistance of the Dutch and Indian colonial forces.

"How many came today?" Situ Yong asked.

"125!" the adjutant replied.

"So much?" Situ Yong smiled in surprise, "In ten days and eight days we can go directly to the city."

"Are there any Dutch?" Situ Yong asked again.

"No!" The adjutant shook his head.

"No? See how many days they can endure?" Situ Yong sneered, no longer paying attention to these things, and went back to deal with the matter of accepting Banda Aceh.

The Dutch officers did not surrender because they still had some food, and it was their privilege to not starve them temporarily.However, if there are no indigenous soldiers, then what is the use of the remaining 300 Dutch soldiers?

Major General Van Nistelrooy led the team to charge twice, but both failed. They were thrown back by the South China Army's machine guns and artillery. In the end, he could only watch the enemy shrink the encirclement smaller and smaller, and it was almost the last charge.

Maybe they don't need to charge, they can enter the city slowly in a few days, because the extremely hungry Dutch and Indian army has no strength to trigger.

When the remnants of the Dutch and Indian colonial forces in Banda Aceh almost collapsed, the Dutch fleet led by Major General Ruben finally reached the sea off Medan.

As the Dutch side deployed a large number of troops and the location was very sensitive along the coast of Malacca, the Royal Navy in Singapore also sent warships to monitor the whole process.

Well, the British are here to watch the excitement. In addition to the British, there are Americans, French, Italians and Japanese. They all send military observers to the front lines to inspect.

Now the military attaches of these great powers are gathered on the British warships, while discussing the situation in the Indonesian archipelago hypocritically, while drinking coffee and tea leisurely watching the Dutch East India Fleet not far away.

These real powers were disdainful of the Dutch's "labor and mobilization", because they could send a fleet of them to take down the so-called powerful Dutch East India fleet.

"Everyone tell me, will the Dutch win?" The British military attache asked with a smile.

"Of course. It's only a matter of time. How can those yellow-skinned monkeys be our white opponents? Even the declining Netherlands cannot be bullied by the Chinese." The French representative raised his head slightly, of course.

Except for the Japanese, representatives of other countries immediately smiled knowingly.

The representative of Japan smiled sullenly, his expression was a little embarrassed, he was a little bit disgusted with the arrogance of these Western whites, and he didn't want South China to win.

"How did I hear that the South China Army is equipped with a large amount of American equipment? How do our American counterparts view this issue?"

With a single click, the cunning British representative turned everyone's attention to the American representative. Many people thought of the relationship between Meihua and the United States, and said to their heart: What role does the American play in it?

The large number of American equipment in the Indonesian archipelago does not indicate any problems, or is it just a copy of the other party?Just like the Mauser rifle is imitated all over the world.

South China’s weapons are similar to the US military’s equipment. It’s really interesting, but I remember that US weapons were also exported to Europe in large quantities in the past few years. Maybe they were transferred from Europe?"

The representative of the United States shrugged and pushed the responsibility away in a few words.How could his little military attache talk about the big things?

"Cunning Yankee!" everyone cursed.

At this time, the Dutch fleet began to make new moves, and everyone's eyes immediately looked out.

In Bela Bay, the noisy harbor in the past has become deserted and deserted. Except for a few fishing boats and speedboats, there is not a single big ship.

Several destroyers of the South China Navy had already taken the night to the open sea last night, and are now hiding somewhere on the surface of the sea, fighting back at any time to surround the Dutch fleet.

And Ling Wai’s one killer is the submarine force. In order to monitor the route of the Dutch fleet, South China originally had 5 submarines. Except for two that were outside to perform missions, they did not have time to come back. The remaining three submarines also set up nets in the open sea and waited. The Dutch fleet died.

A gunboat entered Bela Bay from the Dutch fleet and probed carefully.The Dutch were afraid that Nanhua would mine mines in the port, and did not dare to rush in.

After confirming that there were no torpedoes, all the officers and men of the Dutch fleet were relieved and a little excited.

"General! I heard that the South China Army has built a lot of forts in the port. We have to be careful." A naval officer reminded.