Rise of Australia

Chapter 430 Crash, peace talks

December 1915, 12, is now the second day of the attack on Batavia.

Although the collapse of the aborigines caused Batavia's first line of defense to fall quickly, these large numbers of aborigines did delay the time for the Australasian army to attack Batavia's second line of defense.

At present, the numerical ratio between the Dutch army and the Australasian army has become 1:2. Not only has the numerical advantage of the Dutch disappeared in an instant, but they are even very inferior in number.

At present, there is only one Dutch division and a small number of reserve troops stationed on the second line of defense, and the combined number of these troops will not exceed 2.

However, Australasia has a fully staffed first division and a colonial division with few casualties, and the number of combatable soldiers is still as high as 3.2.

Although the Dutch army is more elite than the native army, it is also quite limited, and its combat effectiveness is not as good as that of the First Division, which has undergone long-term training and more luxurious equipment.

Although he maintained an absolute advantage in numbers, Commander Silvio still adhered to the absolute principle that firepower is king, and used a large number of aircraft and artillery to suppress firepower. He would only send troops to attack after a heavy bombardment.

The Dutch army was overwhelmed by the strategy of bombing and charging in Australasia, but there was nothing they could do.

Once the army shows up in the position, the enemy's aircraft circling in the air and a large number of artillery deployed will always spit out tongues of fire, dealing a fatal blow to the soldiers on the position.

But if the soldiers don't show up in the position for a long time, the enemy's assault troops will soon approach the position, and the position may be breached at any time.

These Dutch soldiers are not considered the elite of the Netherlands, and it is almost impossible to expect them to defend this line of defense to the death.

If Ambassador Renault hadn't adopted a high-pressure policy in the rear and strictly guarded all Dutch soldiers, I am afraid that some Dutch soldiers would have already wanted to surrender.

Of course, no matter how harsh the policy is, it cannot stop the Dutch rout.

After more than half a day of bombing and offensive and defensive battles, more than half of the Dutch troops on the second front were killed or injured, and the Dutch army was forced to raise the white flag.

On the night of December 12, the Australasian army managed to capture two defensive positions and took custody of all Dutch troops, confiscating their weapons and military equipment.

The next day, under the watchful eyes of many aborigines, the Australasian army officially entered Batavia and took military control of the entire Dutch East Indies colonial government.

This is not over yet, the entire Java Island is not limited to the city of Batavia.Commander Silvio intends to take a brief rest in Batavia, and then send the main force to control the entire Java Island.

Of course, it is impossible to control the entire Java Island with an army of more than 3 people. Rather than controlling the entire Java Island, it is better to control several relatively large cities and indigenous tribes on the Java Island.

Occupying part of the Dutch East Indies, Australasia also faces the same problem as the Netherlands, that is, the large number of sultanates on this land, that is, the disposal of those indigenous forces and tribes.

Because the Netherlands is small and weak, it cannot control these indigenous countries very well.This also made the more than a dozen indigenous forces in the Dutch East Indies one of the hidden dangers for the Netherlands to control this colony.

First of all, because of the existence of these indigenous forces, many indigenous people will abscond to these sultanates.

And as long as these indigenous forces exist, the indigenous residents of the occupied territories will not have a good impression of the colonists.

And these aboriginal forces are not only the psychological support of those aboriginals, they can also provide equipment and weapon support to some aboriginals, plotting to subvert the rule of the entire colony.

In general, at least within the territory of Australasia, these indigenous sultanates are still quite harmful.

Even if they can temporarily submit them to the rule of Australasia by force, these indigenous countries of different species and origins will definitely not be of one mind with the Australasian government.

Therefore, these troops attacking the Dutch East Indies also have a secret mission, which is to eliminate the high-level officials of these indigenous sultanates as much as possible, so that Australasia can easily control these sultanates and let them merge into Australasia in the future colonies.

There are currently two sultanates on Java Island, both of which are attached to the rule of the Dutch East Indies and can be regarded as vassal states of the Netherlands.

These two indigenous forces are the Solo Sultanate and the Yogyakarta Sultanate. There used to be a unified Matalan Sultanate, but it was gradually divided by the colonial government and eventually formed two relatively weak ones, which could only be attached to the Netherlands. Indigenous country ruled by the East Indies.

Although these two sultanates only occupy about one-twentieth of the total area of ​​Java Island, the total population of the Solo Sultanate and the Yogyakarta Sultanate has already exceeded one million.

This is also the characteristic of Java, a large island with a large population. The population of any small piece of land is a shocking number.

If we look at the population of more than 1.4 million in Java in later generations, the area ruled by these two sultanates probably accommodated at least 500 million people.

It is hard to imagine that this piece of land, which is only more than 1.5 square kilometers, can accommodate a population of nearly [-] million people.

The maximum accommodating population in the entire Australian region is estimated to be only about [-] million.

Even if all the land area of ​​Australasia is now added together, within a reasonable range, the maximum number of people that can be accommodated will not exceed [-] million people.

A sufficient population is a prerequisite for becoming a powerful country, and it is also a manifestation of a country's strength and development.

The exploitation of resources, industrial development, economic growth, domestic construction, and even medical care and education related to people's lives all require a large number of people and talents.

Only with a population can there be talents, and only with talents can a country develop and become stronger.

This is also doomed to a truth, a country with a sufficient population is not necessarily strong, and a strong country must have a sufficient population.

If the population limit of a regional power is more than 3000 million, then the population of a regional hegemon must be at least [-] million.

If you want to maintain the status of a great power in the next few decades or even hundreds of years, a population of more than 5000 million or even hundreds of millions is only a basic condition.

If these natives of the Dutch East Indies can be assimilated, Australasia will definitely develop stronger in a short period of time, and even compete with the United States for the top three positions in the world when Britain and France are greatly depleted by the war.

But unfortunately, these populations in the Dutch East Indies are basically aboriginals who are difficult to assimilate.These aborigines have beliefs that are diametrically opposed to those of the Australasians. Coupled with differences in skin color and culture, it is impossible for them to be assimilated in a short period of time.

Unless you have a country with a population of hundreds of millions, you may be able to assimilate all these indigenous people with decades of hard work.

But the question is, with a population of hundreds of millions, why assimilate these indigenous people?
Compared with the attack on Java Island by the Western Front, the Eastern Front's attack on New Guinea was actually smoother.

Of the more than [-] troops in the Dutch East Indies, a considerable part was deployed on the island of Java.There are also many deployed in Sumatra, Kalimantan and Sulawesi.

This also led to the fact that although the island of New Guinea is not small, the Dutch army, even the indigenous army, is not many, and there is only about one colonial division in total.

A Dutch colonial division faced the second Australasian division and a colonial division. In the case of overall inferiority in numbers, combat effectiveness and equipment, the fate of the Dutch colonial division can be imagined.

Although the number of artillery and aircraft of the Eastern Front was far behind that of the Western Front, the Dutch Colonial Division had fewer artillery pieces, and even the quality of the rifles was uneven.

After two consecutive days of strong attacks by the Australasian army, the Dutch colonial division quickly failed and formally surrendered to Australasia.

On December 1915, 12, Australasian troops began landing on the islands of Sulawesi, Kalimantan and Sumatra.

If there is a map of the Dutch East Indies colony, you can actually find that the most important areas of this colony are these large islands.

The combined area of ​​the large and small archipelagos and island chains distributed near these islands is not as large as any of the four major islands.

At present, the Australasian army has controlled the islands of Java and New Guinea, and it can be said that it has controlled more than half of the Dutch East Indies colony.

I believe that the Dutch government will soon be unable to sit still after hearing the news. After all, if the Australasian army is allowed to continue to attack, the Netherlands will not only lose half of the Dutch East Indies.

After a colonial division in Sulawesi was annihilated by Australasian forces on December 1915, 12, the government finally received a request for peace talks from the Netherlands.

So far, the Australasian army has initially controlled Java and New Guinea, and has landed on Sulawesi and Sumatra.

If the telegram from the Dutch arrives a few days later, I am afraid that the entire island of Sulawesi and Sumatra will be controlled by Australasia, and only half of Kalimantan is left in the Dutch East Indies.

The Australasian government naturally agreed to the Dutch request for peace talks.

After all, most of the Dutch colonial army has been wiped out by Australasia. In the Dutch East Indies, the Netherlands has no ability to resist.

Under such circumstances, even if peace talks are held, Australasia has the final say.Anyway, all countries support the expansion of Australasia. As long as there is no interference from the big powers, the Netherlands can only become a fish to be slaughtered by Australasia in such a situation.

After discussions between the two governments, it was finally decided to formally start the peace talks on the Dutch East Indies after the arrival of the new year.

Before the peace talks come, the current situation in the Dutch East Indies will be militarized according to the areas they occupy.

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