The storm that attacked Batavia lasted for several days before stopping. The 3,000 samurai mercenaries who were temporarily staying in Batavia gathered at the docks in Batavia after heavy rain.

Batavia is not the only place where mercenaries are missing, and other islands also require cheap soldiers.

"The spice production areas of the Maluku Islands require about 500 mercenaries to be dispatched, the plantations in Manila require 300 mercenaries, and the oil fields and road maintenance in Kalimantan requires about 200 mercenaries to be maintained. In close combat with the Blue Kingdom of Horses, it requires about 1,000 mercenaries to be protected. The remaining 1,000 mercenaries will follow me to Sumatra to fight the war of conquest against Queen Alan of Aceh." Huang Degong, who was appointed as the commander of the 12th Corps, was temporarily stationed in Batavia. He came to inspect the mercenary in person.

He felt that the 3,000 warrior mercenaries recruited by the military headquarters were not enough to actually allocate personnel.

The Jiuzhou Army spent a lot of military power to control the Spice Islands, not to save the local people from the fire, but to tropical cash crops and mineral resources.

Hundreds of plantations of tropical cash crops such as rubber gardens, oil palm gardens, coconut gardens were established in the Spice Islands, as well as the spices of the Malugu Islands, all require manpower to protect the plantations from being destroyed and stolen by local tribes and pirates.

Compared with Japanese samurai, it is actually cheaper to hire people from tribes such as Java as mercenaries, but it is not easy to control, and their combat bravery is far less than that of Japanese samurai who have been baptized by wars in the Warring States Period.

Japanese warriors were transported here from thousands of miles away. They had no way out and could only work hard for gold and silver, otherwise they would not even be able to return to their hometown.

"How is the battle situation on Sumatra? Why do we call 1,000 mercenaries to attack Aceh?" Nanyang civil officials also followed Huang Degong to inspect the mercenary and asked Huang Degong in confusion.

"The king of Aceh, who rebelled against us, has been executed by us. We have occupied the ports in the coastal areas, and their power has been shrinking. However, their nobles pushed the king's wife to the throne and were called Queen Alan. Since then, their nobles have frequently attacked our ports and plantations... In fact, these are secondary. The capital has sent geological experts to go to Aceh in the northern part of Sumatra to build a second oil refinery. We need mercenaries to help us repair the roads and expel the indigenous people of Aceh." Huang Degong said.

3,000 samurai mercenaries were immediately grouped and sent to different islands.

These unemployed warriors may not have realized that they were abandoned groups, many of whom would die due to fighting indigenous peoples and tropical diseases, and less than half of them could survive their employment careers.

When the war ends, even those who survive have their ambitions eroded.

Miyamoto Musashi was envious of the mercenaries when he saw Huang Degong wearing a capable army officer costume passing by with middle and senior officers of the 12th Corps.

The 12th Corps, which fought all over the Spice Islands, was organized by the Imperial Standing Army, and was a real Imperial officer and Imperial soldier, far from being comparable to the soldiers who maintained public order.

"You are Lihua Zhongmao, the governor of the Lihua family, one of the big Japanese families? It is said that when our army entered Japan, your Lihua family helped us a lot." Huang Degong came to Lihua Zhongmao and said to him.

"I dare not talk about the big family. Our Tachiha family has moved to Kumamoto Castle, so we can barely make a living." Tachimoto Tachihara said.

"We originally summoned you to act as mercenaries. We originally planned to launch a large-scale offensive on Java Island against the Horses and Blue Kingdom, which repeatedly attacked us. But now the military has issued an order, and I will dispatch a group of people to follow us to land in the northern part of Sumatra and attack the local Queen Alan of Aceh." Huang Degong explained briefly.

"Adhere to everything!" Tachiha Takamao said upright without asking the reason.

He served as deputy general on Kyushu Island and was managed by the Public Security Bureau of the East Japan Provincial Government, but he hoped to join the regular army with advanced firearms in his heart.

Compared with the public security forces that have two or three backward artillery and two or three hundred muskets, the standing army has a large number of advanced muskets, artillery and machine guns.

"You follow me to attack Aceh and escort our experts to the scheduled location for exploration. The villages of the Aceh people are located in complex terrain such as mountains, volcanoes, rainforests, and heavy rain from time to time in the rainy season will affect the use of our firearms, so hand-to-hand combat is particularly important. I hope your mercenaries can be worthy of the silver we paid." Huang Degong said.

"If they face a regular army, they may not be opponents, but if they are backward natives, they will definitely be invincible." Tadashi Tadashi Tadashi replied.

Japanese warriors may not be able to defeat the standing troops of the Jiuzhou Army, which were armed with a large number of firearms, but they may still be able to deal with it easily when encountering backward natives.

The three thousand samurai mercenaries separated after Tadashi Tadashi Tadashi and boarded different troop transport ships.

Some people went to Luzon, where there were many overseas Chinese, some went to the Maluku Islands, which were rich in spices, and some went to Kalimantan, which produced oil.

The two most important troops, 1,000 people stayed in Batavia to guard the farmland and plantations, and 1,000 people were to follow Huang Degong and Lihua Zhongmao to conquer the remnants of Aceh on Sumatra.

Just as everyone had arranged the mission and just as they left, a two-masted sailing warship escorted the damaged merchant ship into the dock area of ​​Batavia.

Several places on this merchant ship were hit by shells and were damaged.

The two-masted sailboat was hung with the Qinglong flag of the Navy.

"What happened?!" Nanyang civil affairs officer, Huang Degong and others saw the warships of the Nanyang Fleet and a damaged merchant ship that appeared, and did not understand the reason.

"Check your vigilance!" The 12th Corps took off the muskets behind him in a small group of troops in Batavia and kept on guard in the dock area.

The large number of mercenaries in the dock area have not yet received the weapons, so they can only stand by and watch, without knowing it.

The two-masted sailboat of the Nanyang Fleet docked with damaged merchant ships.

The soldiers on the gunship came down with a group of merchants wearing headscarves.

A group of people also came down from the damaged merchant ship. Some of them dressed as local natives, and some of them dressed as exotic sailors, one by one, was dejected and crying.
Chapter completed!