I'm playing whack-a-mole in Siberia

Chapter 242 Keep your mouth shut

Dewey traveled all over the world in the past ten years, and the United States itself is the fastest-growing country in the world.

To be honest, there aren't many countries that would be worthy of astonishing Dewey.

Dewey had been to Vladivostok ten years ago. That trip to Vladivostok did not leave a good impression on Dewey.

Dirty streets, chaotic cities, cold weather, ferocious colonists, cowardly Easterners——

Compared with Vladivostok, Dewey was filled with the pride and pride of the New World.

In just ten years, Vladivostok has undergone earth-shaking changes. There are schools, hospitals, shopping malls, theaters, and even subways.

The streets have become tidy, the city layout is reasonable, people are cheerful and confident, and even the secret police who are smiling but not smiling seem a bit amiable.

This made Dewey have to sigh, Siberia is indeed a magical continent.

"I heard that Super-Prince Yurievsky was the best general in the Russian Empire. Is this true? I heard that he wasn't even an adult yet."

Dewey doesn't quite believe the rumors about George.

In Dewey's view, this is probably just another "myth" about the Russian Empire.

This is also a common method used by European royal families.

In order to emphasize legitimacy, the royal family always packages some members of the royal family as geniuses and publicizes them. This is the case with Britain's Prince Albert, and the same is true with Germany's Prince Friedrich.

In Russian imperial propaganda, George was never the focus, Nikolai was.

"Many grand dukes in the empire are serving in the military, and every one of them is outstanding."

Zobnin is watertight.

Dewey smiled and said nothing.

There are indeed many Grand Dukes serving in the service, but it is difficult to say whether they are outstanding or not.

There is no need to debate this issue. The most important task for Dewey and Zobnin during their trip was observation.

On January 1, the fleet arrived off the coast of Aceh, and Hagen ordered an artillery bombardment of Aceh.

The weapons of the Dutch army are more advanced than those of the pirates. Although the artillery is a retractable cannon, the shells are high-explosive bombs, which are more destructive and lethal.

The Dutch had no intention of protecting civilians and launched an indiscriminate bombardment of Aceh Port. Fires quickly broke out and the entire port was shrouded in thick smoke.

"Godala night is over."

Dewey judged from experience that no one could survive such an intense bombardment.

"Why do you do this? Even if you capture Gotala Night, the Dutch will only get ruins."

Zobnin didn't seem too worried about Russians being accidentally injured.

"The purpose of the Dutch was to warn those rebels that a destroyed Godala Night was more of a warning than an intact Godala Night."

Dewey had served as a military observer many times over the years, observing wars at close range, and was very familiar with the operating methods of these European colonists.

The absurd thing is that if it were a relatively powerful country such as the Russian Empire or the British Empire, it would probably not be so vicious.

A weak country like the Netherlands is particularly vicious and wants to kill all the rebels at once, once and for all.

Right.

Let the Netherlands fight a protracted colonial war. The other side has not yet been conquered, and the Netherlands itself will collapse first.

“Aren’t the Dutch worried about revenge from Aceh?”

Zobnin's face was expressionless, the Dutch are really smart.

The Dutch knew that the supporter behind Aceh was George, but they dared to attack Aceh so harshly. This was not only contempt for George, but also contempt for the Russian Empire.

Zobnin could now only hope that not too many Russians died in the shelling.

Otherwise Zobnin would not let the Dutch go.

The fire burned for a whole day and night. The residential area near the port had burned to ashes, and the fire even began to spread to the suburbs. Only then did Hagen order the Dutch troops to land.

The "Viking" entered Aceh Port on the third day after the bombardment.

It can be seen that the Dutch have carried out preliminary cleaning of the port, but there are still floating corpses in the corner that have not been cleaned up.

There was a disgusting smell in the air, and there were some charred human traces on the ground of the dock. A dozen soldiers hurried past carrying a stretcher with injured Dutch soldiers on it.

"Is there a firefight?"

Dewey asked a dejected Dutch officer.

The Dutch officer looked up at Dewey and remained silent.

"It's too bad. We didn't even see where the enemy was, let alone how many there were, so we lost a battalion out of nowhere."

Another Dutch officer was distraught and had not yet recovered from the great shock.

"The despicable and damn Acehnese, they are just like rats, hiding in the sewers and making sneak attacks. We invaded a plantation and couldn't touch anything. There were traps everywhere, behind the door, under the trees, on chairs, and even on the roadside. There may be explosives buried under a rock."

"They actually poisoned the water source and attacked us with poisoned branches. One of our officers was knocked down. In order to rescue the officer, we sent 18 soldiers, but in the end we were unable to rescue him. The officer rescued him——"

The Dutch officer actually shed tears as he spoke, and almost collapsed.

"What tactic is this?"

Dewey was curious, he had never seen this kind of play before.

The battle between the two armies was actually very boring.

Can use cannons with cannons.

After the cannonballs were used up, they lined up to shoot until one side couldn't hold on anymore and collapsed, and the other side won.

According to the Dutch, the Acehnese did not fight the Dutch head-on at all, but only made sneak attacks, which already brought the Dutch to the brink of collapse.

"War is always cruel. I hope the conflict will end as soon as possible." Zobning had to hold back so as not to laugh out loud. He even pretended to make the sign of the cross with his hands, his face full of compassion.

"Damn Russians, you are the culprits!"

The Dutch officer with red eyes jumped up and rushed towards Zobnin.

Dewey and another Dutch officer stopped the rampaging guy and stopped the conflict.

"Haha, that's funny. Was it the Russian Empire that forced you to invade Aceh?"

Zuo Bunin has no fear. I stand here and let you beat me, but you don't even dare to do it!

Military observers, like diplomats, inherently enjoy immunity.

If Zobnin was harmed in Aceh, the Russian Empire would surely seek justice for Zobnin.

Really, if you can’t afford to offend the UK, how can you be afraid of the Netherlands?

Don't be so shameless.

Although the frontline troops suffered heavy losses, Hagen was still in the mood to hold a dinner in the evening to entertain military observers from various countries to celebrate the night of the recovery of Godala.

"The war is actually over, and only some finishing work remains. These tasks only require the dispatch of auxiliary troops. Let us raise a toast together and celebrate the great victory - to the king!"

Hagen's toast was impassioned, and the expressions of military observers from various countries were a little strange.

The recapture of Aceh is by no means the end of the war, it has just begun. It is too early to say it is over.

In the past few days, military observers from various countries have seen the combat level of the Dutch army.

Although the performance of the Dutch army is not outstanding, it is not considered to be a drag, which is in line with the perception of the Dutch army by the militaries of various countries.

The performance of the Lansha Sultanate is so surprising.

Military observers from various countries communicate with each other privately.

According to incomplete statistics, since the Dutch army regained Aceh, battles of various sizes have broken out more than ten times. The Dutch casualties were around 500, which was neither high nor low.

But the Dutch army's achievements were few and far between.

Some military observers have seen the corpses of some so-called "Lansa rebels."

Those corpses included men and women, old and young, but they did not meet the definition of soldiers.

There are some characteristics of soldiers that cannot be concealed. For example, due to long-term holding of guns, soldiers' hands will develop calluses in special parts.

Even if some of the so-called rebel corpses had calluses on their hands, they were in different locations from the soldiers' calluses.

Those qualified to serve as military observers are senior military officers.

So it is obvious that these corpses are not rebels at all, but innocent civilians around Aceh.

Although it is common to kill good people and take credit for their merits.

But it would be shocking if not even a single real rebel was killed.

There may have been rebels killed.

The failure to bring back the body meant that the battle ended with the Dutch's defeat.

Once or twice can be said to be an accident.

More than ten consecutive battles, large and small, all ended in failure.

The strength of the Lansha Sultanate is too strong.

So at the dinner, there were a lot of military observers surrounding Zobnin.

"You are asking the right person when you ask me, because I know as much as you know."

Zobnin was in a happy mood, feeling like a serf singing.

Bah bah bah, no, it should be the pleasure of returning to the empire's rightful place.

"You no longer invite military observers to participate in the Rivne exercises in recent years. What happened in Rivne?"

McGee, who is from the UK, is very curious about the Rivne exercise.

"none of your business!"

Zobnin immediately turned his back. Although the Tsar and the British Crown Prince were on the same side, for some reason, most Russians hated the British.

"hehe--"

McGee shook his head with a smile, and the helpless self-mockery on his face made Zobnin even more angry.

The British are always like this, pretending all the time, arrogant and arrogant,

"Hey, this is not a cordial and friendly attitude."

Ethank, who came from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, didn't mind watching the excitement.

"Russian friendship is only for friends, you damn rabbits, go to hell!"

Zobnin is on full fire, is the Austrian worthy of talking about friendship?

what!

"Asshole! Watch your mouth."

Ethank cursed loudly.

"Don't be like this, it's not worth being angry with this kind of person——"

William from Germany persuaded in a low voice while pulling Ethan away.

Henry of France was holding a wine glass and watching with cold eyes without saying a word.

Dewey was equally uninvolved and watched with great interest.