October 12

The large fleet, mainly composed of the Royal Navy Indian Ocean Fleet, the Beilun, Tianshu, Humen and Sanmalinda, arrived in a vast sea off Jakarta, and carried out a devastating blow to the Royal Dutch Navy East Indies fleet in the port. Five cruisers and some other ships were all destroyed by artillery fire, and the personnel on the ship had already evacuated.

This is not so much a naval battle as a long-range live-fire artillery exercise.

The gap in strength between the two sides is too big. The largest Dutch cruiser, the Lukebet, is only 3,200 tons. It is a small bug in front of the powerful battleship of the Ocean Empire. You can die if you reach out and pinch it.

The Indian Ocean Fleet left several ships to blockade the sea outside the sea, and the main force followed it with escorted the landing fleet to Sumadala Island in a mighty manner, preparing to land in the established waters.

The landing force is two divisions;

One is the 4th Division of Kalimantan, who will land in the northwestern port of Medan, the northwestern part of Sumadara, responsible for occupying the northwestern part of the island.

One is the 6th Division of Kalimantan, who will land in Chameng Port in southeastern Sumadara, responsible for occupying the southeast of the island.

The two divisions had a total force of more than 42,000, while the Dutch defenders on the entire Sumadara Island had about 17,000 people, and more than 20,000 indigenous servants.

Judging from the total force, the two seem to be very different.

However, in terms of combat effectiveness, the 4th and 6th Divisions of Kalimantan were equipped with an armored tank battalion, each battalion was equipped with two companies of wild wolf light tanks, a total of 44 vehicles. The cheetah medium tanks equipped with a company of 22 vehicles, which was an absolute attack iron fist.

To deal with the Dutch army's light infantry, it is to bully people.

The landing troops were also equipped with two brigades of aircraft, each with 24 fighter jets. Such strength could not defeat Sumatra Island. The leading division commander should find a piece of tofu to kill him.

The Second East Indies War was led by the Borneo garrison troops throughout the process. The Navy dispatched the Indian Ocean Fleet, which is known as the "Authoritation Home", the main force of the Royal Navy, the Atlantic Fleet and the Imperial Local Army, basically did not get involved.

Even so, it is an unbearable weight for the Dutch East Indies Governor's Office.

Looking back for 30 years

The First East Indies War was a tough bone that Li Fushou had tried his best to chew. This time, it was as relaxed as if he had taken a pupil, with a huge difference in strength.

The landing army did not disappoint the empire. Although the process was a little twists and turns, everything went smoothly. The tenacious Dutch army suffered heavy losses and crushed its strength under the joint attack of the imperial armored forces and the air force.

A captive Dutch colonel leader said when he returned to Europe for an interview with a reporter;

"Their soldiers are very thief in war. As long as the gunshot sounds, they scatter like frightened pheasants, and they organize counterattacks on the spot. The guns are very accurate. As long as they dare to show their heads apart from one or two hundred meters away, the possibility of seeing God is more than 80%.

Moreover, their mortars were also very accurate. Heavy machine guns could not fire a shuttle, and the mortar shells were smashed down as soon as possible. There were tanks and planes, so this battle could not be fought at all.

One of my soldiers occupied the favorable terrain and besieged a tank platoon and an infantry company, but they were beaten and suffered heavy casualties. God, they are the devils from hell."

Regardless of whether the colonel leader exaggerated his words, looking at his lingering fear, the interview reporter silently took back the subsequent questions to avoid being even more embarrassed.

Landed on October 15, before the end of the month, the 4th and 6th Divisions of Kalimantan met successfully in the central part of the island and completed the occupation of the entire island.

During this period, more than 8,000 enemy troops were killed and injured, more than 23,000 were captured, and the remaining enemy troops fled.

Next step

It is the Shuimo Kung Fu's anti-public security war, summoning local indigenous resistance leaders to meet and discussing the future political arrangements of Sumadala Island.

On November 9, dozens of tribal leaders and indigenous nobles from all over Sumadara gathered happily in Medan to discuss the establishment of a national unity government.

The next day, the 4th Division of Kalimantan suddenly turned against each other and encircled more than a thousand tribal leaders, indigenous nobles and their entourages in the name of arresting ill-conspiring militants, and none survived.

In the following month, the Imperial Army launched a large-scale continuous sweep, gathering all the villages and households, and with the cooperation of local Chinese residents, it completed its complete control of Sumatra.

From December to January of the following year, a total of 13 ships of labor were exported to Europe, with a number of 41,277, all of which were young and middle-aged men.

Shortly after that, the Kingdom of Dutch admitted defeat and the two sides signed the Singapore Repeal Treaty. The main content was that the Kingdom of Dutch admitted defeat, ceded Sumatra and its nearby islands, and compensated 1,500 Jinyang, ensuring the strengthening of consular protection of Chinese businessmen, safeguarding the interests of Chinese residents in the Java Islands, and preventing any such vicious incidents.

At this point, the Second East Indies War, which lasted 23 days, ended.

This war was so relaxed and comfortable that Britain, France and other countries felt sour and heartbroken, and public opinion reports also revealed a full sour smell;

The Times reported;

The Ocean Kingdom once again conquered a Dutch colony without any resistance and unsurprisingly included Sumandala Island. They were good at grabbing territory from the desolate third-rate small countries in Europe, thereby establishing their dominance in the Pacific region.

Of course, this was when the British Empire and France had no time to take care of themselves.

So far, the Ocean Kingdom has not demonstrated its strength in the truly harsh European battlefield. By bullying the weak colonies in the surrounding areas, it will never grow into a truly world-class military power.

What's wrong

Without a bloody battle in Europe, it will not be truly recognized by European countries.

Paris Saint-Germain reported;

The Emperor of the Ocean Empire, Li Fushou, once again rejected the olive branch extended by Paris. His current interest is to take advantage of the European war to expand in the surrounding areas. The second East Indies War that just happened is the most vivid example.

In this 22-day war, the Ocean Empire fully demonstrated its bullying of the weak, being good at calculating, bullying the weak, and making a fortune in war, which made most Europeans have a negative view of the world's largest economy.

I have to say that this is a very regrettable thing.

As a result, the newspaper was discontinued the day after the publication of the report "Le Paris Saint-Germain".

In the front page of the re-issue report three days later, the Paris Saint-Germain published a solemn apology from the newspaper; he made a sincere apology for the serious damage caused to the feelings of the Ocean Empire due to the previous false report, and fired 11 people, including the editor-in-chief, editor, editor and reporter, to ensure that they will never commit similar incidents again. He hereby solemnly declared.

The charge of Paris Saint-Germain is to slander the monarch, which was a serious crime in Europe in the early 20th century. There will be no similar situation in countries such as Britain, Germany, and Italy. Only France, which has a high degree of freedom of speech, can speak freely.

Of course, the cost is also very serious.

Major Allies such as France, Britain, Italy and Tsarist Russia all rely on large amounts of Jinyang loans to support the war. Don’t forget that the Ocean Empire is their number one creditor.

It’s okay if you are sarcastic, but you dare to speak out loud and unrestrainedly if you don’t punish you?

And at this moment

The Gallup Club, which had not ended before the Second East Indies War, was very difficult to go on. Both the United States and Japan showed an uncompromising fighting spirit, and the battle was quite fierce and bloody.

The Battle of Gallup came to an end before Christmas on December 25. General Fred C-Arsworth, Chief of Staff of the US Army, commanded 150,000 US troops to reach more than 100 kilometers in the depth of Gallup to Milan. He used the favorable geographical conditions of the Colorado Plateau to fight to the death, repelling rounds of fierce attacks from the Japanese army with a total of 295,000 people.

During the 58-day battle

A total of 33,700 Japanese troops were killed and 81,100 injured. Although the depth of dozens of square kilometers in Milan Town and surrounding areas was lost, the crucial Gallup Fortress was preserved, which severely hit the Japanese army's arrogance and won the victory of the Battle of Gallup.

In this battle, the US military suffered 26,300 people and injured 45,500 people, with a total casualty of 71,800, accounting for 44.6% of the total force. It also reached the level of injury.

Another battle that broke out in Colorado, North America ended with the victory of the Japanese army.

After continuous combat, the 173,000 Japanese troops commanded by Marshal Dashan Iwa defeated the 265,000 US troops that were deployed in depth in Colorado. After bloody battles, they occupied the city of Colorado, which had long been ruined, and approached the Denver defense line.

In this battle, the Japanese army killed and wounded 74,200 US troops and captured 13,600 prisoners at the cost of 32,200 casualties, achieving a difficult victory.

In front of them, Denver, the capital of Colorado, was exposed in front of them without any cover. As long as the city was captured, it would mean that Colorado fell and the remaining small towns could not resist the large-scale attack of the Japanese army.

After more than two months of bloody battle, both the United States and Japan were exhausted, and the tens of thousands of tons of ammunition were consumed most of the time. The supply of military supplies was severely insufficient, so they had to stop the war and breathe for a while to fight again.

Therefore, after 58 days of cruel battle, the North American region ushered in the bloody calm.

And this is just the peace before the greater storm comes.

Count the gains and losses in detail

It can be seen that the Japanese army encountered serious difficulties in attacking the Gallup Fortress. The artillery fire of its troops was a major shortcoming. It could basically go sideways in the Far East and faced the Russian troops head-on, but it was still not enough to see it when it came to North America.

The US military defended by Gallup Fortress not only had more artillery fire, but also had a larger caliber and more ammunition reserves, causing great damage to the attacking Japanese troops. Basically, more than half of the casualties came from the fierce artillery fire of the US military.

After 58 days of battle, the US artillery fire had no sign of weakening. No one knew how much ammunition they had stored, forcing the Japanese army to stop this meaningless attack that increased casualties.
Chapter completed!