Qin Kai talked about the dilemma faced by the South China Legion, which was naturally military newspaper from the Java front... The main force of the Dutch army in Java was trapped in the central city of Bandung. According to the news obtained by He Xiaojun from the front, about two divisions of nearly 25,000 Dutch troops collapsed and fled to the area. The main attack direction of the South China Legion was naturally Batavia, the core city of the Dutch East India, so these defeated troops had the opportunity to breathe.

After June 18, the South China Army Corps dispatched the Third Army Division of the South China to land in the Parnukan area. After consolidating the occupation of the Somo area, it began to attack the Bandung area. However, affected by the local heavy rainfall rainfall, although the entire attack was less than 100 kilometers, the frontal development of the Third Division of the South China Division was still greatly disturbed by the tropical climate and local flooding, and the logistics and logistics supplies were almost unable to move forward.

He Xiaojun naturally understood the reason why soldiers are so fast. The Dutch army is obviously not a slap army. Although the sudden attack was completely shattered by his own intervention and the sudden attack, if it were time to go by, after all, on this land, the Dutch are currently fighting at home, and it will not be difficult to recover.

He immediately called Qi Fang of the Second Division and ordered him to return to attack the Dutch defenders of Bandung. He personally took action and took action from Batavia on June 22 to board nearly 30 large sea ships escorted by the South China Squadron. He passed the Sheng'an Strait between Java Island and Sumatra almost effortlessly, and landed on the beach in the Lampang area in eastern Sumatra in the evening of that day. As a result, the Sheng'an Strait had fallen under the control of the South China Fleet!

The landing of the 13,000-man army of the South China First Division did not encounter any resistance at all, which was somewhat surprising to He Xiaojun. You should know that after conquering Batavia, the capital of the Dutch East India, a large number of Dutch military intelligence fell into his hands. Sumatra was an important island to control the Strait of Malacca. It was also an extremely important agricultural product production site for the Dutch East India.

The Balisanshan Mountains run across the southern section of Sumatra from west to east. To the east of the mountain range is a huge impact plain and is also the main production site of local agriculture. The Dutch people stationed in the Fifth Division of the East India, and the Dutch's stronghold is the Palembang Fortress close to Lampang.

In He Xiaojun's strategy, there were originally two combat plans, one was to go west from Batavia. Landing on the coastline north of Palembang, seeking to cut off the connection between Palembang and other parts of the central Netherlands. However, in the end, he adopted the current strategy, and the combat intention was very obvious, and went directly to the ashore to harvest the most important agricultural areas of the Dutch. Force the enemy of Palembang to come out to fight in order to eliminate the enemy in the field.

What he was worried about was naturally not the Dutch's combat power, but the fortress Palembang City, which had been run by the Dutch in Sumatra for more than a hundred years. The information obtained from Batavia shows that as an inland fortress built by the Dutch when they landed in East India, Palembang City has been built for decades, and the entire fortress was built of solid boulders. And more than ten years ago, underground bunkers began to be deeply excavated.

The Dutch Army's love for this fortress can be seen from the name of Palembang. This is a place more than 60 kilometers away from the coastline, but it has a name that indicates a huge sense of security...

He Xiaojun's strategy achieved brilliant success. After landing on the 22nd, the Third Regiment of the First Division, which served as the vanguard, swept across the entire Nanbang Plain in a drizzle. The three battalions were ordered to seek enemies in the south, west and southwest directions. That night, the first battalion discovered an armed force stationed on the outskirts of Momotro.

After simply capturing prisoners, the first battalion commander was disappointed to find that this was just an indigenous vassal army controlled by a small number of Dutch officers in the area. He immediately decided to launch a night attack in addition to sending people to the back... The resistance of the indigenous vassal army was completely shattered after a row of grenades exploded. That night, gunshots and shouts of killing filled the outskirts of Momotro.

After dawn, the Second Regiment, who came to reinforce, arrived. He suddenly found that the large area of ​​farmland was full of indigenous soldiers with their hands raised and looked hunched. After fighting all night, the Third Regiment's First Battalion created a miracle. At the cost of 5 minor injuries, he defeated the indigenous army stationed in the four battalions of Momotro City, and captured nearly 1,900 enemies. As soon as the sky was dawn, the Second Regiment entered Momotro City, and almost without bloodshed, took over this important agricultural city in eastern Sumatra.

Fang Songlin, the leader of the Second Regiment, issued a new land policy that had been fully implemented on Java almost immediately, announcing the deprivation of all Dutch merchants and Dutch farmers' ownership of land, and all the land of Mumotro is nationalized. After re-registering household registration and nationality, local indigenous people will obtain new land disposal rights based on each household's population. At the same time, it was announced that the new government would give local agricultural products five years of tax-free treatment.

Almost on the same day, the Momotro Provisional Government, composed of local Chinese and indigenous tribe leaders, was formed to assist the military in managing and operating the city. A large number of food left by the Dutch military were transported in an organized manner and began to supply the South China First Division, which was marching towards Palembang.

The frontal offensive hosted by He Xiaojun was also in great shape. At noon on the 23rd, he was already sitting on a hill outside Nanbang City. In addition to being soaked in a damn heavy rainfall in the local area, the commander of the South China Legion seemed to be leisurely as if he was strolling in the garden...

In the distance, the officers and soldiers of the First Division were blocking the almost defenseless city. The division's 80mm heavy mortar troops were slowly setting up positions, with more than 50 army field guns, and the heavy mortar guns were pointing at the pitiful small town.

As a result, before Commander He had time to order artillery attacks, the indigenous troops on the positions outside the West City had mutiny, and more than a dozen Dutch officers were shot randomly. Then these indigenous soldiers threw down their rifles and prepared to flee into the city... The fierce gunfire directly led to chaos in the entire city. As a result, in order to calm the chaos in the city, He Xiaojun had to complete the confiscation of weapons and establish temporary military control in the local temporary garrison.

On the 24th, although the strategy for the Lampang area was a complete sweep, the originally expected battle plan was deviated. The Second Battalion of the Third Regiment of the Outpost, the Third Battalion, advanced northwest to the periphery of Palembang, and fought fiercely with the Dutch army near a checkpoint. However, the Dutch made an inexplicable move that He Xiaojun had and quickly withdrew.
Chapter completed!