1850 American Gold Tycoon.

Chapter 414 Leftovers

"Exactly." Liang Yao replied with his hands behind his back.

"Your army is the most powerful opponent I have encountered in the East Indies region. I am convinced that I can defeat the American army led by you." Anderson said.

Although Andersen didn't pay attention to Liang Yao before, but at the moment of surrender, Andersen chose to admit the strength of the enemy.

If the enemy is weak and you lose to a weak enemy, doesn't that mean that you are even more incompetent.

Only when they were defeated by a powerful enemy, Andersen and his Dutch and Indian troops would not look so unbearable.

Liang Yao is the general of the United States, and his army is the army of the United States.

Anderson kept instilling this point of view, which was his last comfort and excuse, and it could also be said to be a fig leaf.

Before that, Anderson was more willing to compare Liang Yao with the officers and generals of the Qing Dynasty, and agreed that Liang Yao's army was an army composed of people of the yellow race.

Even Liang Yao's army is actually composed of a majority of Chinese and whites of various ethnicities.

When he lost Pontianak and fled to Kandawangan in a hurry, Anderson didn't think that the Dutch and Indian army was defeated by Liang Yao's army.

It was because of the shameless sneak attack carried out by the opponent that the Dutch and Indian troops lost Pontianak without any precautions.

It wasn't until Anderson witnessed the failure of the Dutch-Indian army to attack Pontianak with his own eyes, and after paying huge casualties, he still failed to achieve any results.

Only then did Andersen realize that the Dutch Indian Army was no match for Liang Yao's elite army.Liang Yao's army is fundamentally different from the armed forces of the West Borneo Chinese Resistance Company and the army of the Qing Dynasty.

It's just that after Anderson understood this, it was too late.

His army fell into an embarrassing situation outside the city of Pontianak, until it failed completely and lost the ability to challenge Liang Yao's western brigade.

Liang Yao knew that Andersen was trying to give money to himself and the Dutch Indian Army, but as long as the Dutch Indian Army was willing to surrender, Liang Yao didn't bother to argue with Antesen about these trivial things.

Since Andersen is a person who cares about face, let him give him some face and let him surrender with dignity.

"General Anderson is also one of the few formidable enemies Liang has encountered in his military career."

As soon as he said these words, Liang Yao felt unstoppable. He turned his head and laughed softly. After he was able to effectively manage his facial expressions, Liang Yao turned his head and looked at Ann very seriously. Tedson said.

"As long as your army lays down its weapons and surrenders, I will guarantee the personal safety of the European officers and soldiers in your army."

The East Indies Fleet of the Dutch and Indian authorities can be called a formidable enemy. After all, Liang Yao only achieved his strategic goal after paying a huge price in the naval battle in the Java Sea.

The Royal Dutch East India Army is nothing more than leftovers, but it cannot be called a strong enemy.

Since landing on land, Liang Yao's western brigade has been fighting smoothly.

The casualties caused by the Dutch Indian Army, Lanfang Army, and the local Sudanese chiefdom were far less serious than the loss of the Western Brigade caused by tropical diseases.

"There are still many Java people in our army." Andersen emphasized.

Liang Yao laughed up to the sky when he heard the words, and then sent a soul torture to Andersen: "Will Batavia be willing to pay the ransom for the Java soldiers?"

The reason why Liang Yao treated European prisoners of war differently from indigenous prisoners of war was because the Dutch and Indian authorities would pay ransom for European prisoners of war.

These prisoners of war have food and shelter, and he will be able to get them back at the negotiating table in the future.

As for the native soldiers, mainly Java natives, the Dutch and Indian authorities don't care about the life and death of these native soldiers.

There is no shortage of people in Sumatra and Java Island, and it is much more cost-effective to recruit native soldiers than to spend money to redeem these native soldiers and prisoners of war.

Of course, another deeper reason why Liang Yao treated European prisoners of war differently from indigenous prisoners of war was that he needed a lot of cheap labor to open up rubber plantations on a large scale after the war.

These strong Javanese soldiers are undoubtedly an excellent resource of cheap labor, which can contribute to the future banana plantation business in Borneo.

Due to some well-known reasons, Liang Yao did not like the natives of the East Indies, but hated them very much.

Anderson was speechless, and he couldn't refute Liang Yao's rhetorical question.

If the number of native soldiers captured was not large, the Dutch and Indian authorities might still be willing to put on a show and spend some Dutch guilders to redeem these native soldiers and prisoners of war to buy people's hearts.

But the problem was that Liang Yao had at least [-] native soldiers prisoners of war, mainly Java people. Since the establishment of the Royal Dutch East India Army, it was the first time that such a large number of Dutch and Indian soldiers had been captured.

Even if Liang Yao had a good heart and only offered a ransom of 100 Dutch guilders to each of the indigenous prisoners of war, that would still be a huge sum of 300000 Dutch guilders.

And to recruit a strong Java native soldier on Java Island, the Dutch and Indian authorities only need to pay 20 Dutch guilders, or even less than 20 Dutch guilders.

It was not too difficult for Anderson to choose between native soldiers and European soldiers.

As for conscience?

If Anderson had been a man of conscience, he would not have chosen to leave the Netherlands to serve in the East Indies.

"As long as you provide treatment for the European wounded soldiers and officers of the Dutch Indian Army, and provide us with enough food, I have no objection to how you deal with these soldiers."

After a moment of silence, Anderson said slowly.

Liang Yao nodded, and agreed to Andersen's request, which was not too much. After Anderson, the new force of the Dutch and Indian authorities in Borneo Island, surrendered, he would have no worries on land and free up his troops to occupy the Netherlands and India. The authorities' last colonial stronghold in West Borneo: Kentawangan.

After signing the instrument of surrender, Anderson's Dutch and Indian troops formally surrendered.

Andersen also cooperated very well with Liang Yao's work, ordering his officers and soldiers of European descent to surrender to Liang Yao's western brigade in an orderly manner.

Thanks to Andersen's cooperation, the whole surrender process went very smoothly.

The Dutch Indian Army handed over their weapons, and after completing the registration, obediently went to the prisoner-of-war camp that had been prepared for them.

After the Dutch-Indian Army of European descent left as prisoners of war, only the short and dark Javanese soldiers remained in the Dutch-Indian Army's barracks.

These Java soldiers were cleaning up the corpses in the barracks.

For some time to come, this place will also be the residence of these Javanese soldiers of war.

Liang Yao walked into the barracks of the Dutch Indian Army, and these Java native soldiers looked at Liang Yao and the guards around Liang Yao anxiously, feeling very upset.

During the four-year-long War of Holland, the blood debts of these Java native soldiers were no less than that of the Dutch.

Sometimes the slaves who pretend to be powerful are even worse than their Dutch masters.

"A black slave in a slave-holding state in the south can be sold for a good price of more than 2000 U.S. dollars. What price do you think these Javanese soldiers can sell for one?"

Liang Yao pointed to these trembling Java native soldiers and asked the people on the left and right.

"You want to sell them as slaves to a slave state?" Fremont frowned, and at the same time reminded Liang Yao.

"No matter what you say now, you are also a prominent figure in the military and political circles. Openly selling slaves will have a bad influence on you, and it will also have a bad influence on California."

Although Fremont was not a fanatical abolitionist, he was opposed to the trafficking of these Javanese natives to the United States.

(End of this chapter)