Chapter 206 Rules of War (1)
After confirming that Lin Dihan was killed, Li Lixin did not kill the two women, but immediately ordered a retreat and led the troops out of Lin Dihan's mansion, and ordered people to notify the other people's army that they all retreated from Lin Dihan's mansion.
After Li Lixin led his troops to retreat to the street, it was already bright. Li Lixin looked around and saw that the street was full of the corpses of villagers, and at this time the village was filled with firelights, and some houses were even burning completely.
After withdrawing from Lin Dihan's mansion, the other troops simply met each other. It turned out that the other troops had their own achievements and killed Lin Dihan's two sons. Li Lixin was also very satisfied with the result. The strategic purpose of this attack had been achieved, and no matter how much damage it was done, it would be of no use. So Li Lixin also decided to retreat all of them out of Utina Village. Therefore, Li Lixin drew out his signal gun, fired three yellow signal flares into the air, and sent a signal to the entire village troops to retreat.
So the troops broke out of the battle and withdrew from the village of Utina, and gathered in the woods where the residents stayed last night. After checking, a total of 1 People's Army soldier and 3 Farm Guards were killed in the battle, but the bodies were all taken out. This was also the first soldier to die in the army, and five farm guards were missing. No one knew where they were going. After all, the training time of farm guards was still short, so they would inevitably not be able to keep up with the People's Army during the operation. More than 20 other people were injured.
However, such casualties were extremely small, and the results of the battle could not be counted. However, killing Lin Dihan and his son was the biggest result. Therefore, Li Lixin was also very satisfied with the result. After waiting for another half an hour, two missing farm guards were found. According to them, they saw with their own eyes that the other two missing farm guards had been killed by villagers, and one person did not know his whereabouts.
Li Lixin also decided not to wait any longer, so he ordered the entire army to retreat and return to the farm with the bodies of the dead soldiers.
The entire battle took about an hour and a half, but the other four villages of the Suka tribe did not move at all. In fact, the other four villages are not far from Utina Village, the farthest one is only 4 or 5 kilometers, and the nearest one is only more than 2 kilometers. Therefore, it is impossible not to know what happened in Utina Village. However, in the previous battles, most of the soldiers recruited by Suka village came from the other four villages, and each village lost a lot of labor. The people who fled back tried their best to promote the terror of the People's Army. As a result, these four villages all had a considerable fear of the People's Army.
In addition, there are also different levels of tribes and conflicts. The tribal powerful class represented by Lin Dihan basically lives in Utina Village, while the other four villages are tribal civilians. The two sides are naturally opposite, but they can still maintain consistency in external aspects. However, three consecutive attacks have not only gained no gains, but they have suffered heavy losses. It is impossible to say that the villagers in the four villages have no resentment. Therefore, although they know that Utina Village was attacked, the villagers in the four villages do not want to come to rescue them at all. Although there are people in two villages who come forward to organize, there are very few people who respond, so they have to give up.
Later, after investigation, more than 500 people died in Utina village, and all three chief Lin Dihan and his son died. Not only did the Suka tribe seriously injured, but it also left a situation where no successors were found. As a result, in less than two years, the Suka tribe was divided up by several surrounding tribes.
After returning to the farm, the People's Army was welcomed by the Chinese on the farm because this was one of the few revenge acts initiated by the Javanese Chinese to indigenous people. Therefore, most Chinese felt that they were giving themselves a breath. Moreover, the People's Army had a more than 200 troops, which also made the Chinese in Javanese more confident in the People's Army. And they also gave the fallen People's Army soldiers,
However, the two commanders Li Lixin and Qian Guoyu were not easy because the new problems that arose in this battle were not only to attack civilians from hostile countries or forces, but how could they find a reason to convince the soldiers? However, this problem was not something that this People's Army unit could solve. Therefore, Li Lixin also reported this situation to Qingdao and asked Qingdao to find a way to solve it.
On the next day, Li Lixin found a captain from the Dutch Navy's captives and asked him to bring him a letter to Governor Rosbru, confirming that the People's Army was responsible for attacking the Suka tribe, intending to retaliate against the Suka tribe's persecution of the Chinese in Java, and warned the indigenous tribes of Java to immediately stop persecuting the Chinese in Java, otherwise the People's Army would retaliate, and the Suka tribe was an example.
After receiving the letter from the People's Army, the Dutch colonial government was shocked. The harsh measures and actions of the People's Army were indeed far beyond the expectations of the colonial government. The entire colonial government couldn't help but worry about the hasty. Who knew what more intense actions would be next for the People's Army. After consultation, the colonial government decided to tell the British about this incident.
Although we knew that the two sides had parted in disagreement last time, the colonial government still needed to rely on Britain after all, and had a glimmer of hope for Britain. After all, Java is really in chaos and is not a good thing for Britain. Therefore, the colonial government hopes that the British fleet can come forward and suppress overseas Chinese so that their behavior can be restrained.
After receiving the report from the colonial government, Hamilton, the commander of the British fleet, was silent for a long time without saying a word, because the day after the British fleet arrived in Java, overseas Chinese took the initiative to attack the Suka tribe. This was obviously a slap in the face, and also told the British that overseas Chinese did not take the arrival of the British fleet seriously at all, and attacked whoever they should take action, and hit whoever they want. This also means that the situation in Java is indeed in danger of being out of control. After all, if overseas Chinese attack the indigenous tribes of Java at will, it will inevitably cause Java to fall into chaos, which is not good for the UK.
But now Hamilton has no good solution, so it is impossible to ask the colonial government to stop the anti-Chinese action. This is not because the colonial government is unwilling to do so. In fact, the colonial government also hopes to stop immediately. However, once the anti-Chinese action begins, it is difficult to stop at the right time, because the main force of anti-Chinese action is local indigenous people, and the colonial government has very limited control over the local area, and the colonial government cannot force the indigenous tribes to stop the anti-Chinese action, which will inevitably offend the local forces in Java.
It is even more impossible to require overseas Chinese to restrain their actions, unless the UK directly interferes and starts a war with the People's Army, but this is the most unfavorable situation for Britain.
In this case, Hamilton could only wait and wait patiently for the change of the situation, but there is one bottom line that cannot be broken through, that is, overseas Chinese must not attack Batavia.
In the next three days, both sides were in peace. The colonial government tried its best to recruit troops from all over the country to prepare for battle with the People's Army. The troops from all over the country also arrived in Batavia one after another, gathering more than 3,500 soldiers. The colonial government's total regular army in Java had only more than 6,000 people, of course, most of them were Javanese. However, after all, they were regular soldiers, received formal military training, and their weapons and equipment were also the mainstream weapons in the world at present, so their combat effectiveness was far stronger than that of the indigenous tribes.
The colonial government was also very satisfied with such forces, believing that the power had been accumulated almost and could launch an attack on the farm. The only problem that needs to be solved is to prevent the People's Army Navy from attacking Batavia from the sea while attacking the farm. Although British warships were stationed in Batavia ports, they had already stated that they would not allow overseas Chinese to attack from the sea, but it was necessary to communicate with the British again to determine the bottom line of the British fleet.
So the colonial government issued an intention to negotiate with the British fleet, but the British fleet replied to the colonial government. It turned out that the subsequent fleet of the British fleet would arrive in Batavia tomorrow. The fleet consisted of 14 warships, including 9 warships and 5 transport subsidies. The core of the fleet was two old star battleships, the Glory and Albion; two centurion-class battleships, the Centurion and Barra. These four battleships arrived, plus the existing Old Man Star and Ocean, and the British fleet concentrated 6 battleships, which exceeded the German Far East Fleet two years ago. Therefore, Hamilton suggested that the colonial government should negotiate after the British fleet arrived.
The increase in the strength of the British fleet is of course a good thing for the colonial government. Although the British fleet will not take the initiative to help the colonial government fight, if its strength is enhanced, it can not only suppress the Navy of the People's Army, but also form a huge force on the People's Army.
The next morning, Hamilton led five British warships out of the port to welcome the British fleet. In order to express his welcome to the British fleet, the colonial government also sent the Amsterdam to leave with the British fleet, but only kept a certain distance from the British fleet.
After leaving the port, after driving more than ten kilometers northwest, you can see images of warships appearing in the distance. As you gradually approach, you can see the British rice flag and the British Royal Navy flag flying on the mast. Hamilton's fleet also caught up and joined the other side and formed a huge fleet.
Hulveg couldn't help but feel a lot of emotion. With the strength of the British fleet, it would be easy to defeat the People's Army fleet. How great would it be if the Netherlands had such a fleet? Unfortunately, the glorious era of "sea coachman" was gone forever, and he could only beg for the protection of the British fleet. Thinking of this, Hulveg couldn't help but sigh and ordered the Amsterdam to greet the other's flagship, and soon received the other party's reply. Hulveg ordered the warship to turn and lead the way for the British fleet.
Chapter completed!