The wind blows from the South Sea

Chapter 107 The plan is far-reaching
There are many things that need to be done, but the current strength of the Nanyang Army has been stretched to the extreme. It is difficult to divide the troops to occupy the large towns that are within easy reach.

One's own family knows one's own affairs.

Feng Guohui led a group of men who had survived many battles in Nanyang and quickly rose from poverty to establish the Nanyang Army, a huge force.

So far, less than a year has passed.

in the original historical process

It is true that there was such a small group of remnants of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom who fled from mainland China and were forced to flee to the Java Island area, but they did not cause any big waves and were quickly wiped out in the world.

What is lacking between the two is a leader who is wise and able to assess the situation, which is the role played by Feng Guohui now.

late at night

Feng Guohui stayed overnight in a luxurious European-style manor owned by a local white manor owner in Semarang. An oil lamp in the study was bright, reflecting his radiant and penetrating gaze.

on desk

The entire map of Java Island, hand-drawn by white Dutchmen, is spread out flat, and all the mountains and terrains are clearly presented, very detailed and rigorous.

If its dangers are guarded, the Dutch colonial army can be prevented from invading Solo City by land. Solo City is about 187 kilometers away from Yanwang City and is the only way to advance eastward.

The Dutch have colonized the island of Java for more than 200 years, and it's not like they haven't done anything. At least this military map is very well drawn, and even the famous contours of the Bromo Mountains are marked.

As for the other two cities, the local indigenous nobles can be provoked to rebel.

These three cities are in a triangular position in the hinterland, with distances ranging from 79 to 55 kilometers from each other. They are important supporting towns in the hinterland of Central Java.

His eyes passed over the cities of Salatiga, Kraden and Solo in Central Java, and he was silent for a long time as he considered countermeasures implicitly.

The key is
The mountainous terrain to the west of Solo City is difficult, and the centuries-old ancient road from Clawed Frog to the east winds through it. Many defensive buildings were built during the Majapahit Kingdom, and its historical relics can still be seen today.

The white Dutch colonists did not station troops in these cities. Instead, they relied on the local indigenous nobles for governance, paid taxes and food on time, and had great autonomy.

Feng Guohui raised his hand, took a puff from the lit cigar, and slowly exhaled smoke with a strong tobacco flavor.

With the current strength of the Nanyang Army, it is impossible to occupy them all.

Think again and again
Among the three cities in the hinterland, the Nanyang Army must occupy one of them, and the best target is Solo City.

At this stage, the conditions for direct control are not mature.

Although the Nanyang Army attacked various places along the way, development went smoothly.

After thinking for a long time

But Feng Guohui never looked down upon the white Dutch colonists. He just secretly carved out such a large piece of territory while the tiger was taking a nap.

The Solo River and the Brantas River, the largest rivers on Java, flow here, giving birth to the vast Solo Plain, which is also a densely populated place.

This area is an area where traditional indigenous forces are relatively strong, and where whites and Chinese rarely set foot.

While creating chaos in the local area, it also created more enemies for the white Dutch colonists and bought valuable time for the Nanyang Army's next development.

Feng Guohui focused his attention on the city of Solo. The city is located in the transition area from mountainous areas to plains. It is surrounded by vast areas of plain farmland and several large rivers with abundant water. It is the political and cultural center of the ancient Kingdom of Mataram and the Kingdom of Majapahit. The center has a long farming civilization.

Even Chinese people account for a very low proportion of the local population. They are mainly engaged in commercial trade and other industries, accounting for no more than 1/10 of the population per ship.

If all the nearly 5,000 new recruits are recruited into the army, they can use force to seize them and put all the local indigenous people under slavery.

After all, the Kingdom of the Netherlands is a third-rate power in Europe, and has close relations with the North German principalities, Prussia and the United Kingdom, and is able to recruit a large number of mercenaries from the German-speaking areas.

The only disadvantage is that the Kingdom of the Netherlands is too far away from the East Indies colony in the South Ocean.

Feng Guohui calculated the available troops at hand. There were about 5000 newly recruited and trained soldiers left in Surabaya, plus the existing strength of the Nanyang Army of about (note; minus the number of soldiers killed in the war and retired due to injuries). The total number was approximately .

Besides
Feng Guohui planned to form an army with the sons sent by some Chinese forces in Jepara and Semarang, and expand the recruitment of some people, with a total number of 3000 people.

This part of the new army will enter the military camp in the near future and conduct closed military training. It is expected that it will be formed into an army before the end of the year.

As the territory grew larger, the number of troops also expanded.

After the third military expansion, the number of Nanyang Army will reach more than 3 by the end of the year, which will be a quite eye-catching military force.

There is still a shortage of a large number of firearms and equipment. Although the captured equipment of Dutch soldiers can be supplemented, the gap is still around 5000 to 6000 flintlock muskets.

Look around the area
Only the French Governor's Palace in Saigon can smoothly supply a large amount of weapons and equipment. The French army still uses weapons from the period of Emperor Napoleon and has a huge inventory.

At the beginning of this century, that was an army of millions. With the development of the Nanyang Army, its main weapons and equipment manufacturing capabilities should also be raised on the agenda.

Relying on the modern blast furnace steelmaking capabilities of the steel plant, all that is missing now is some mechanical equipment, which can be obtained from French or British businessmen.

think of this

Feng Guohui frowned, his eyes thoughtful.

He felt that he needed to go to Malacca and Saigon in person. If he had enough time, he could also go to Hyderabad and Chennai in the Indian colonies.

Without being there, it is difficult to understand the level of industrial development in this era simply by relying on imagination.

Due to the urinary nature of the Dutch Governor-General, after learning the news that important coastal towns such as Semarang and Jepara had fallen one after another, even if they immediately mobilized troops, the response would not be so fast.

There won't be any big commotion for at least two or three months.

Having made up his mind, Feng Guohui looked a little troubled.

The night is already deep at this time
He blew out the candle on the silver candlestick, walked out of the study, and headed toward the bedroom in the backyard under the escort of the personal guard officer on duty.

In a dimly lit bedroom, beside a large bed with classic European-style curtains, two beautiful white girls in thin skirts cuddled tightly together, with expressions of fear and confusion about the future.

They fell from heaven to hell in one day, and now they can only be reduced to dolls of powerful invaders with no ability to resist.

How could a girl of fourteen or fifteen have experienced such drastic changes in her blossoming years?

Hearing the footsteps coming from outside, the two beautiful white girls were so frightened that they turned pale and couldn't help sobbing softly.

Feng Guohui strode into the dormitory. When he saw the two white girls clinging to the side of the bed, looking at him with extremely frightened expressions, he couldn't help but frown.

Such an arrangement must have been made by his personal battalion commander Fan Dali without permission.

But this is at least a sign of filial piety from his subordinates. The troops who are out on the field are attacking and killing, and they have seen too many bloody death scenes, and it is inevitable that a violent spirit will accumulate in their hearts.

And conquering these women is the best way to vent.

The Nanyang Army did not prevent officers and soldiers from invading whites or indigenous women on the conquered territories, but it did not allow them to invade Chinese families. This was an established rule.

Don't do to others what you don't want others to do to you?

But in the dictionary of the Nanyang Army, white colonists and natives are not considered human beings. The former are greedy invaders, and the latter are lowly and ignorant people. Of course, they can take whatever they want.

In the homes of many Nanyang officers and soldiers, there were some white or indigenous women, either as maids or concubines, who were all trophies taken during the war.

The upper echelons of the Nanyang Army don't care about this. As long as you can afford it and your body can keep up, you can raise as many women as you want.

This is because the top brass of the Nanyang Army have seized a large number of properties from white colonists. If the big boss eats meat, the juniors will naturally gain weight, while ordinary officers and soldiers can also drink the leftovers.

In conquered areas, it is okay to regard the Nanyang Army as a group of organized bandits.

Feng Guohui originally didn't want it to turn into this, but while he was embezzling the property and land of white colonists and some suppressed Chinese forces, it was difficult for him to forcefully ask his subordinate officers to keep their hands clean and stay out of the mud.

Isn't this nonsense?
It is also something that is simply impossible to do. Only by satisfying the primitive desires of the officers and soldiers and allowing them to rob and plunder to a limited extent, whether it is property or women, can the Nanyang Army always maintain its strong aggressiveness.

So when he saw these two beautiful white girls, he subconsciously frowned.

Just this action made the two white girls lose their minds and their whole bodies trembled involuntarily.

They know;

If she couldn't please the tall, demon-like young man in front of her, she would be like the other sisters, being ravaged among the energetic soldiers who were all like animals.

So the two little sisters glanced at each other. Although their whole bodies were shaking uncontrollably and tears overflowed their faces, they still crawled over along the carpet one after another.

Then he gently untied Luo Shang, revealing a large area of ​​the girl's white and tender skin, and then climbed up Feng Guohui's legs, like a winding beautiful snake.

Under dim candlelight
Everything is as wonderful as the characters in the oil painting, but how much bitterness, unwillingness and grievance there is in it cannot be reflected in this poetic scene at all.

The girl's delicate white fingers awkwardly unbuttoned Feng Guohui's clothes, letting the clothes fall to the floor piece by piece, revealing his tall and strong body.

Then, the trembling jade hands touched it...

Not long
Feng Guohui roared like an enraged lion, threw the two girls onto the bed one after another, and then pounced on them...

(End of this chapter)