Chapter 75: Nanhua's Revenge
Wang Xu quickly organized his troops, roped in five hundred natives who had been recruited on the spot to work as coolies, and told them that if they completed their mission, they would be free.
Then they hurriedly led the special detachment and marched to Tangerang for dozens of kilometers, and some of them were gone.
In Surabaya, Liu Yiming immediately issued a revenge order after receiving the news, and then lay on the sofa, not knowing what he was thinking.
"Report, people have brought it!" A voice came from outside the door.
"Bring it in." Liu Yiming's voice did not fluctuate at all.
"Commander Liu, what do you want from me?" Pinak asked doubtfully.
"From tomorrow, no, from today, Nanhua refuses to provide food, water, and medicine to all Dutch people until Batavia unconditionally surrenders, apologizes and compensates!" Liu Yiming ignored him and just said coldly.
"What do you want to do? Do you know how many people will die? There are even children among them!" Pinak was startled and asked, jumping up.
"I admit, I'm not an internationalist. I think you should take a look at this." Liu Yiming handed the telegram to Pinak.
The more Pinak looked at him, the uglier his face became.
"This is what they did and it has nothing to do with us!" Pinak still wanted to argue.
"Then, what does it have to do with the Chinese in Batavia?" Liu Yiming asked rhetorically.
"Liu...I will facilitate this as soon as possible, but I hope you don't stop the supply, we can buy it! No matter what the price!" Pinak said.
"It's too late, I won't massacre you. I will treat you how Batavia treats the Chinese." Liu Yiming stood up.
Turning his back to Pinak, he said: "Instead of arguing with me here about some meaningless things, it is better to urge the Netherlands to see what the four hundred Chinese people think of in their eyes... From now on, your foreign exchanges will not be affected.
There are restrictions, but people don’t have water to drink, so they can only hold on for three days. The weather is getting hot, so you’d better pray for rain!”
After waving his hand, the guard led Pinak, who still wanted to speak, down.
"Is there any news from the front line?" Liu Yiming asked towards the door.
"Report, the special detachment has set off!" said Staff Officer Wang.
"Urge logistics, prioritize the transportation of white phosphorus bombs and special ammunition, prepare for the storming of Batavia, order all forts to enter a state of alert, and prepare for the evacuation of Semarang, and be prepared to be attacked." Liu Yiming ordered.
"Send a message to Yang Tao to continue to expand the army. At the same time, we will set up training camps for the navy and coastal defense forces, and recruit troops to start training! At the same time, make this telegram public." Liu Yiming hesitated and said.
Liu Yiming is already making preparations to burn the boat.
"Prepare the vehicle and inspect the arsenal."
The arsenal has become a huge military industrial zone.
Liu Yiming's destination was the No. 1 Gun Factory, which was producing Java's first rifle.
"How's the stock?" Liu Yiming picked up a gun and asked.
"There are 600 bottles in the warehouse, and about 20 more will be put into the warehouse today," Zhang Liming said.
Liu Yiming frowned: "Is the daily output only twenty? What's the difficulty?"
"The pass rate is low. The barrel drilling equipment does not meet the requirements. The pass rate is only 30%. In addition, the pass rate of various parts such as the bolt is not high. The workers' proficiency has not been improved. In another month, it can reach
Fifty pieces per day." Zhang Liming said immediately.
The ones produced in Java are based on m1903.
The caliber was reduced and 6.8 mm rifle bullets were used. The bullets have begun to be produced, but the pass rate is also very low. Liu Yiming's purpose is to train workers, and the bullet heads are not specially designed, so the advantages of small-caliber bullets are not reflected.
The length of the barrel is shortened from 610 mm to 521 mm, the muzzle velocity is reduced, and the range is also reduced. The effective range is 400 meters, and the maximum range is 1500.
Liu Yiming plans to produce part of it, and then let the troops adapt to the smokeless propellant, and then make improvements. At the same time, this parameter is not much different from the semi-automatic rifle Liu Yiming plans to use, and it can be used well together later.
"Go to full production! Be prepared." Liu Yiming has no choice. It is impossible to create skilled workers out of thin air. The same goes for equipment. Even if the pass rate is not high, it is already the best equipment available in Surabaya. As for the mechanical processing industry, it is
Just started, if it was made purely by hand, the results would not be as good as this.
Liu Yiming was a little disappointed, but that was it. If the Dutch did not compromise, cooperation with the British would probably come to an end, and even being besieged by the West would not be impossible.
The same is true for artillery. The processing technology is not up to par, the barrel is just fine, and the hydraulic spring system has stringent requirements for machining accuracy. But the good news is that it is possible to withdraw the gun from the mass production rack.
Liu Yiming returned to the headquarters and waited for the development of the situation...
Noon on December 9th,
The special branch march reached its destination in one day. The roads around Batavia were in good condition, no one was left behind, and the heavy weapons had arrived.
"Recuperate on the spot!" Wang Xu looked at the small city not far away. European-style buildings accounted for at least half of it, and then he realized why he had to bring so many white phosphorus bombs.
Three hours later, Wang Xu had already contacted Wang Yang with a phone. This was one of the materials confiscated in various cities. Wang Yang carried countless phone lines with him in the army. This time, in order to facilitate contact, there were pullers all the way here.
Telephone lines also gave rise to the upgrade of the communications corps.
As for how the signal soldiers knew this? You have to ask the Dutch in the South China Army. They pointed their guns above their heads and said whatever they wanted!
"Hey, hey, hey! Can you hear me?" Wang Xu shouted loudly.
"Zi~...Hello? Zhi~" came the sound of electricity from the phone.
"Hey! I'm Wang Xu, can you hear me?"
"Zi~I can hear~Zi...you said." The distortion is very serious.
"I have arrived at the target location and will launch an attack immediately." Wang Xu frowned and set off after shouting.
After speaking, he hung up the phone without waiting for an answer.
"You went to interrogate that Dutchman to see if he was hiding something. I can't even hear you clearly on this phone call!" Wang Xu felt that the Dutchman was hiding something.
"Are you resting? Then fire!" Wang Xu divided the troops into four parts, three small and one large, with two headquarters and three battalions in company units, scattered in the north, south and west of the city.
fufufu~
The rockets had already been prepared. After Wang Xu ordered to fire, he was the first to sound the battle horn.
The first batch is a conventional charge. Wang Xu hopes to observe the impact point distribution at a high point so that the white phosphorus bomb can make full use of it.
Boom boom boom! Boom boom boom…
The sound of dense explosions came from inside the city. This is the advantage of rockets. They can tilt a large number of shells in a short time to form covering firepower.
"Huh?" Wang Xu saw the white flag rising above the city.
Tommy was a Dutch colonial soldier who was responsible for guarding the city with fifty men. His force was not as good as the police. There were more than fifty policemen in the city, and half of his men were East Indian troops.
Today at noon, an army suddenly arrived. Batavia did not say that there was a large troop movement. It was obvious that the South China Army was below. Tommy immediately asked Batavia for help and immediately discussed surrender with the police chief.
Unfortunately, the two people talked for a long time, both hoping that the other party would surrender, but he was forced to surrender, so he never made a decision. It happened that the Nanhua Army under the city seemed tired and did not launch an attack.
So, Tommy frantically urged Batavia, but unfortunately, the reply he received was always the same, "Be sure to hold on, reinforcements are on the way." Tommy, who is experienced, knew that this was just a lie, otherwise there would have been a reply.
time limit and keep asking him about the situation.
"Sir! They seem to be attacking!" the soldier reported.
Tommy looked at the South China Army. They had already deployed their formations and blocked the roads leading to other cities. They had nowhere to escape!
"Damn it, this place is less than twenty kilometers away from Batavia, and our "reinforcements" took three hours and still haven't arrived!" Tommy said mockingly.
Just when Tommy was about to surrender, the South China Army's rocket launcher fired!
After the explosion, Tommy shook off the dust from his body and immediately raised the white flag he had prepared high.
It's a pity that if it were before yesterday, the Nanhua Army would have accepted their surrender. Now?
"The mortar company covered the tower and knocked down their military flag!" Wang Xu pretended that it was a Dutch military flag.
Boom boom boom!
boom!*n
The sound of explosions kept reminding me that Tommy was still thinking about his life after being captured, and he was unprepared to be everywhere.
"Are the white phosphorus bombs ready yet?" Wang Xu turned to ask the rocket launcher battalion commander.
"It takes three and a half minutes to reload. It'll be ready in no time," said the rocket launcher battalion commander.
fufufu~
The white phosphorus bomb was launched!
The rocket propelled the warhead and flew over the city. Between ten and twenty meters away, the fuse exploded at a timed interval, spreading the white phosphorus evenly.
White phosphorus reacts with air and begins to burn violently, producing toxic gases.
When sparks fall, they ignite whatever they find. The rocks are fine, but the white phosphorus is gone after burning. If it falls on people and animals, it will burn for a longer time until there is nothing left to burn. At the same time, the living creatures are poisoned by the toxic gas.
The whole city gradually burned. The people who were set ablaze screamed and struggled, but they could not change the fact that they were burned to charcoal. The surviving people opened the city gate and tried to escape.
The barrel artillery that had been prepared for a long time began to bombard. As soon as the city gate was opened, the artillery fired at the city gate. The shells exploded and tore apart those who tried to escape.
The infantry, organized in platoons, took turns firing volleys at the city gate to eliminate any fish that had slipped through the net.
If it had been Wang Yang or Xie Hui, they would have been soft-hearted. Unfortunately, it was Wang Xu, the radical among radicals!
The Dutch were crying and struggling desperately, but Wang Xu remained unmoved. He learned from the victims that more than 400 people had died, suffering from illness and death in the sun and rain. From more than 10,000 people, one person was under the age of two.
There are no babies, so you can imagine the scene at that time.
The flames did not dissipate until the next day, and a company used for alert defense never found Dutch reinforcements.
"Let the natives in and tell them to kill more than ten people, otherwise they will be shot." Seeing that the flames were about to extinguish, Wang Xu also arranged for the natives to add more wounds.
Since the news of Hertz's failure came out, there are about 5,000 Dutch people in Tangerang. They are prepared to wait and see what happens. The distance is just right, not too far or too close. Unfortunately, there are too many Chinese in Batavia. Liu Yiming
Chapter completed!