Wild North America 1846

Inside the old city of Batavia.

The Governor's Mansion of the Netherlands East Indies is a two-storey pointed Dutch-style building with an unpretentious appearance. The only thing that can show its identity is the high flagpole at the entrance, flying the flag of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.

In the governor's office on the second floor.

The Dutch colonial governor, Poss, tore off his collar irritably, and he could vaguely see the hairy chest. He held a glass of whiskey in his hand, raised his hand and took a sip, and said;

"I know, I knew that things would definitely turn out like this. The East Indies belonging to the kingdom are like a yard covered with bacon, and there will definitely be dangerous snatchers, either from the Tang Kingdom or from others."

"Your Excellency, based on the good interaction between the Queen's government and the European powers, the threat from Europe can be completely ruled out."

"General Michels, thank you for stating a simple and useless nonsense. Now we are standing on the side of the street leaning on the door of the Dutch girl laughing, whether it is British, French, German, Chinese or even Fuso People, as long as they come to patronize, they have to be greeted with a smile. I pray that they will leave after a good time, and don’t rape first, then kill, and finally throw their corpses into the wilderness.”

The governor of Perth used a vulgar metaphor, then raised his head and poured the remaining whiskey in the glass into his mouth, swallowed it with a "gudong", his face flushed.

General Michels shrugged his shoulders in disapproval. He glanced at the deputy chief, Sir Van Basten, who responded with a helpless smile.

General Michels said; "I don't refute the first few, but you mentioned the Japanese, which makes me feel very uncomfortable."

"Admit it, Your Excellency General. After the Fuso people won the victory in the Nissin War, the international community has generally recognized their naval combat effectiveness, and they have already ranked among the naval powers, much stronger than us."

"Sigh, I never thought that a dog from the Tang Kingdom would go to the front of the glorious Kingdom of the King of He, which once spanned the seven seas. Honorable Governor, I cannot refute your words."

"Great strength will inevitably lead to expansion of ambition. No matter how we back down, the Tang Empire will always find an excuse to go to war. Gentlemen, cheer up, the Queen's Colony will usher in an unprecedented and severe war." The Governor of Perth looked solemn said.

He stepped up and walked over, looked at the few people in front of him with stern eyes, and said in an emphatic tone;
"The colony of the East Indies is the foundation of the stability and prosperity of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. This is our home for 300 years. It is our territory. Here we have nothing to fear.

I don't expect you to use those small sampans to defeat powerful enemies at sea, that is neither realistic nor possible.

Our main battlefield is on land, in every city and forest, in every mountain and island, the royal army must fight to the death with powerful enemies.

Kalimantan, Sumatra or elsewhere, each is an independent battlefield.

completely predictable
This will be a long and arduous war, and the Dutch royal family will also carry out active diplomatic activities in Europe to gain sympathy and support from more countries and put pressure on the aggressors.

Gentlemen, the time has come to test us..."

Due to the small number of people, the Dutch colonial government implemented a minimalist colonial rule, using the fewest manpower to rule the largest possible territory.

The colonial structure of the Governor's Office of the Netherlands East Indies is very simple. It is a committee composed of seven people. The highest executive is the Governor-General appointed by the Queen. The seven councilors, the Senior Commercial Commissioner and Sheriff, the Senior Commercial Commissioner and Tax Officer, the Senior Commercial Commissioner, and the Secretary of the Governor's Office, are responsible for handling all political, economic and military affairs of the colony.

The Governor's Mansion implements a tax-contracting system for the regions and cities of the subordinate colonies. There are local indigenous leaders and overseas Chinese leaders as tax-contractors.The Chinese taxpayers in Batavia call it "Kapitan", which is an official position conferred by the Queen's colonial government.

"Japitan" has a court in the old city of Batavia, a prison, and a group of tax officials, thugs and private armed forces surrounding Mr. "Japitan".

End of 19 century

The total population of the entire Dutch East Indies is about 1350 million. The Dutch whites, Dutch Indians, or white immigrants from other countries at the top of the colonial rule only account for 7.3% of the total population, which is equivalent to more than one million people.

some of

Of every 100 whites in Java, more than half are Dutch Indians, and more than half of European whites choose local or mixed-race spouses.Mixed-race whites born of marriage are called Dutch Indians.

In the entire colony of the Dutch East Indies, the proportion of Dutch Indians has remained high all year round, followed by low-level white immigrants from Europe. The countries of origin are very complicated, including Dutch, German, French, Italian, Belgian, Austrian, Danish, etc. etc., is the second largest source of the local white ethnic group.

The first generation of white immigrants who really came from the Kingdom of the Netherlands, in the colony of the Dutch East Indies, the total number is just over 10, and there are about three to 4000 new immigrants every year.

Over the past ten years

The Kingdom of the Netherlands has stepped up immigration to the colony of the East Indies. Before that, the annual white immigration was even less than a thousand people, and the lowest year in the early 19th century was only 73 people.

From the beginning of the 16th century to the end of the 19th century.The Dutch colonized the East Indies region for more than 300 years. The real wave of immigration to the East came after the opening of the Suez Canal.

The scarcity of population has always been the Achilles' heel of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, but as a strong, aggressive and adventurous sea nation, it is definitely not the character of the Dutch to be captured under the threat of the Tang Empire.

During the secret talks with the high-level officials of the Governor's Mansion, facing the critical situation of the imminent invasion of the Tang Dynasty, the principle of "adapting measures to local conditions and tenacious resistance" was formulated without any accident.

Apart from resistance or surrender, they have no third way to go.

The Governor's Office of the Dutch East Indies has been launching colonial wars all year round, and they are very familiar with the situation in this western Pacific island. They are very confident that they can continue the war until the day when the Tang Empire is exhausted.

Before this
The Royal Dutch Army's conquest of Aceh has lasted for 1873 years since it broke out in March 3. It is the longest bloody conquest.

In March 1873, the Netherlands sent warships to invade Aceh, provoking the Aceh War.

In January of the following year, the Dutch army, which launched a large-scale offensive, relied on its advanced firearms to continuously defeat the Aceh Kingdom's army and occupied its capital, Greater Aceh and the royal palace. Aceh Su-Dan Mahmed Shah was forced to retreat to the mountains. died in a harsh environment.

In early 1874, the Netherlands announced the formal annexation of Aceh.

However, this was only the prelude to a longer war of conquest. The stubborn local aborigines did not submit to the Dutch colonists, but launched a large-scale and organized resistance.

The local feudal lords of Aceh supported the new Sultan and led the people of Aceh to continue the struggle against the Dutch. The indigenous rebels who retreated to the jungle frequently counterattacked, and the entire Aceh area was full of flames.

After the 80s, Aceh’s well-known sect leaders Tulku Uma and Tulku Thiro successively launched large-scale "jihad" and adopted guerrilla tactics to defend the sect and drive out the invading heretics. , dealt a heavy blow to the Dutch colonial army in different ways.

After 1894, the Dutch colonists changed the original method of one-sided force suppression, and adopted a new strategy of holding the line of defense, buying local feudal princes and nobles with money and power, and dividing and isolating the rebels, which greatly weakened the rebels.

continues to this day
The 25-year-long war brought serious disasters to the entire Aceh region. The flames of war left a large area of ​​countryside deserted, and countless people died in the blockade and strangulation.

Before the war, the original Aceh Kingdom had a population of more than 237 million and was a relatively wealthy and powerful Southeast Asian country.

nowadays

According to incomplete statistics, the population of the entire Aceh region has been reduced by more than half, countless old and young women and children died of hunger and diseases in the jungle, and more than [-]% of the villages and towns were destroyed by the war.

There are still tens of thousands of rebels active in the jungle, fighting persistently for decades.

In order to extinguish the resistance in Aceh, the Dutch colonial governor Poss mobilized many Javanese troops to support the army led by Michels.

only these two years
The number of troops supporting the Aceh battlefield reached 1.37. General Michels' army was rampant in the Batak area of ​​northern Sumatra, which caused anti-Dutch uprisings to break out in many areas.

The always hard-line Governor Posi was furious and sent additional troops to Sumentara Island twice at the end of last year and January this year, bringing the total number of reinforcements to more than 1.

After repeated reinforcements, the total number of the Dutch army in Sumatra alone reached more than 5.5. This is only the main force of the whites, and the local indigenous servants have not been counted.

Such a situation has even aroused concern in Europe, the Colonial Minister of the Kingdom of the Netherlands Baud said in a letter to Poss;

The Netherlands transferred a large number of troops from Java to Sumatra, and the defense force on the island of Java would be weakened, and there were many kingdoms on the island of Java. Once an anti-Dutch incident occurred, the colonial government would not be able to deal with it. He was reminded to pay attention to the serious risk of losing control.

who knows

After the relationship between Tang and He deteriorated severely, the governor of Persia sent a large-scale deployment of troops to reinforce Sumatra, which turned out to be a coup to prevent problems before they happened and won unanimous praise from the Kingdom of the Netherlands. This was something no one could have imagined.

Now, the governor of the Dutch East Indies has deployed his troops on various islands, waiting quietly for the Tang Empire's troops to attack, and then using iron fists to teach them a lesson.

The last hope of keeping this colony rests entirely on the Royal Army.

"It's not good, Mr. Governor, a large number of enemy fleets have appeared off the coast of Batavia, and the number is very large..." It was Governor's Secretary Weltman who broke in suddenly, and the panic on his face could not be concealed at all.

hear the news
The faces of all the people present changed. It was one thing to anticipate this day, but it was quite another when they were actually faced with the pressure of soldiers.