The journey starts from the Titanic

Tens of thousands of Dutch people sent troops from Europe to Southeast Asia, and there are few secrets.

Unfortunately, they may be too late.

It was a rare sunny day on October 15th, and the sky was slightly bright.

The southern city of Tanjung Kalan in Sumatra-the port of Telok Betong is boiling, and nearly 50,000 people from the second, third, and fourth divisions of the South China Army are assembled. They are ready to board the ship and cross the sea for an expedition to the island of Java.

Behind them are the 20,000 thirteenth and fourteenth divisions of the South China second-line troops, and of course 20,000 men from the Aceh and Batak divisions, with a total strength of 90,000!

The narrow Sunda Strait could not stop these tiger and wolf divisions in South China. The British warships had not had time to be delivered to the Dutch. In the face of the Dutch who had no defense at sea, the South China Army landing forces were escorted by navy destroyers. Drive towards the target sea without fear.

At the same time, South China’s only five submarines were also assembled in the area around the Sunda Strait to monitor the Java Sea and to alert British warships to approach.

The first wave of attacks was the Marine Corps specially formed by the South China Navy, which was the seed force that South China brought back from Hainan.There is a group of 2500 people, and the group leader Zhang Fakui.

In the Battle of Sumatra before, the Marine Corps had a good performance. The provincial capital of West Sumatra, Padang, was from the port of Sumatra in North Sumatra. Lan's record is overshadowed.

This time, the opportunity of the Marines came again.

"Brothers, we have another chance to make meritorious deeds. This time we must not let the guys in the Army look proud and let them see the capabilities of our Marine Corps." A Marine Corps officer exclaimed before the battle.

"I landed in Java and copied the Dutch nest." The morale soldiers shouted in unison.

Their target is Merak, the westernmost town of Java, less than 100 kilometers from Jakarta. The location is dangerous and it is an important barrier to protect Jakarta.

Colonel Van Basten deployed a 3,000-man Dutch-Indian colonial army there, and deployed 5,000 troops in the city of Serang, 20 kilometers behind Merak, to cope with the South China Army’s landing.

In addition, Jakarta also concentrated 15,000 Dutch and Indian colonial forces.Waiting for the South China Army to come at any time.

This was destined to be a bloody battle, and it was a great test for the Marines to pry away Merak, who was heavily guarded by the enemy.

108 Landing in Java

The atmosphere on the main island of Java is becoming increasingly tense. In the densely populated city of Jakarta, various rumors have been circulating about the situation in the Indonesian archipelago.

What most people care about most is whether the Chinese in Sumatra will come over.

Similar rumors are also circulating in the Dutch and Indian colonial forces. Otherwise, why did the Dutch chief transfer them from Jakarta to remote beaches and urgently build fortifications?

Although Colonel Van Basten racked his brains and made many arrangements, the development of the situation still poured cold water on him.

Before his plan was completed, the enemy came to kill.

The narrow Sunda Strait is covered with ships from South China, and the blue sky is blackened with thick smoke from countless chimneys. It is a steamship, ranging from passenger ships of several hundred tons to small steamers of dozens of tons. Even fishing boats, in short, South China collected almost all the ships in Sumatra.

Three 10,000-ton giant ships also came, mainly to transport materials and supplies.

Merak Beach is shallow, and you have to rely on those boats to land on the beach.

Seeing the thick smoke billowing on the sea, hundreds of large and small ships rushed towards their faces, and the Dutch and Indian colonial forces stationed in Merak were shocked.They have never seen such a large fleet. Many people have just been temporarily recruited from the countryside by the Dutch. They have never been out of a mountain village in their entire life, let alone the sea.

Lack of training, backward weapons, low morale, and the violent artillery fire of the South China Marine Corps opposite the Dutch and Indian colonial army dominated by Javanese indigenous people, they were so hasty and panicked. The beach defense line that they built carelessly was stabbed like paper. Wear, under the firepower of the South China Army, many Javanese soldiers cried in their arms.

They have never seen this before. If it weren’t for the Dutch officials who sent people to organize shooting these days, they thought they would fight with bows and swords?Is the knife bad?

When they were in the country, they slaughtered a lot of Chinese settlers. It was very convenient!

"Quickly, pick up the artillery for me, the people from the outer islands are here." The Dutch signal force immediately requested artillery support.The strength of the South China Army is not about two or three thousand beach guards, a dozen machine guns can resist.

"Boom boom!"

There were bursts of artillery on the beach, and Nanhua's warships were bombarding the enemy's positions, making gun pits on the beach.Killed many unlucky Dutch and Indian colonial forces.

Of course, the South China Navy’s artillery bombardment cannot be said to be earth-shattering, and the bombardment that followed the destruction of the world by tens of thousands of tons of battleships can’t be compared, but for the less-seen and shallow Dutch and Indian indigenous soldiers, the shock in their hearts is beyond words.

Had it not been for the Dutch officers to restrain and scold them, they would have thrown down their weapons and fled back.

boom!

The Dutch artillery deployed on the shore also shelled South China’s landing fleet, and sparse artillery shells fell on the South China fleet.There were waves of water, some unfortunate ships were sunk, and the material personnel on board sank into the sea before they could get ashore.

Nanhua's warships began to suppress the enemy's artillery fire, and for a while, the sound of artillery on the sea was loud.

Most of the ships still rushed to the shore with artillery fire in a predetermined direction.

Although they did not enter the water, the Marine Corps soldiers lying on the landing ship felt the cruelty of the war.They lowered their heads.Holding his breath, he firmly grasped the weapon in his hand.

Under the rebuke of the officer, the soldiers on the ship jumped into the water exuding a touch of blood.Struggling to rush over like a beach.

Seeing that the South China Army came towards the beach, the machine guns of the Dutch and Indian colonial forces began to fire, blockade the beach, and killed the Marines on the beach, with blood all over the ground and red and white sand.

"Damn it! Why haven't you come yet?" Zhang Fakui, the commander of the Marine Corps, took his binoculars and looked at the many Marine Corps soldiers falling down on the beach, feeling a little worried.

According to the plan, the Air Force should launch an attack on Merak Beach before the Marines landed, but the Marines landed.The shadow of the Nanhua plane hadn't appeared yet, and Zhang Fakui couldn't help but complain.

Diao mother!Drop the chain at a critical moment!The air force's brothers are unreliable!

Zhang Fakui thought to himself: It would be nice if the Navy had battleships or cruisers, at least landing would be much simpler.But now we have to rely on the Marines to kill the blood!

He also didn't want to think, if the South China Navy had a large ship, wouldn't it be enough to go straight to Jakarta?Why should the Marines play so hard on the small beach of Merak?

The heroic Marines were swiftly passing the beach and breaching some of the enemy's strongholds.After occupying part of the beach and getting a foothold, they added machine guns and fired at the enemy.

The Marine Corps was equipped with a large number of portable mortars. After landing, these mortars finally became useful and began to fire at the enemy's machine gun positions. The machine gun positions of the Dutch and Indian colonial forces were named one by one, and the breakthrough was gradually expanded.

As long as more troops are invested, victory must belong to the South China Army!

Zhang Fakui secretly cheered for the Marines!

Every Marine Corps soldier is an elite, and one missing one makes him bleed.

At this time, the sky was roaring, and a group of big birds flew behind them. It was the South China Air Force. They finally came.

Looking at the birds pouring down from the sky, many Javanese soldiers looked up curiously.

How could there be such a big bird?

How could it make a rumbling noise?

Oh, do they still breathe fire?

No knowledge is damn.

After being ploughed by the South China plane, the Dutch and Indian colonial army’s beach defenses suffered heavy casualties, especially the newly enlisted Javanese soldiers. They thought it was a punishment from the gods, and they were terrified of them, even if they were reprimanded by the Dutch officers.

In fact, the Dutch officer ran away quickly after seeing the South China plane.

Although they have heard of wars in Europe and know that airplanes will throw bombs and sweep bullets, they live in the Indonesian archipelago all year round. They are faced with indigenous people with bows, arrows and knives. The war mind can only be defeated with flintlocks. The pattern of the indigenous people is difficult to change for a while.