Chapter 335

  This artillery drill, although no live ammunition was fired, has completely conquered the Kalimantan First Division, the Second Division and a group of senior officers. They looked fiercely at the commander-in-chief of Yuchi, and its purpose was self-evident.

   Seeing that the battlefield will be on the battlefield in a few days, there must be a guy to take advantage of it, right?

The Shangri-La Division is the general reserve team. If the frontline is going well, it will not be on the battlefield for a while. The 95mm "Miss Australia" artillery battalion is not uncommon. It is better to cut off the two 60mm light infantry artillery battalions in his artillery regiment. Yes, even people took the cannon away.

  A year ago, everyone was a messenger in the pot. Compared with the Four Cavalry Guards, they were much closer to each other. They belonged to the brothers on the top of the army.

  In September 1881, when preparing for the Shangri-La Division, the Master Yuchi Shouzhu was an old officer. Everyone came out of the middle-ranking officer training camp together. They couldn't be more familiar.

  At the beginning of 1882, the Shangri-La Division was formally established. The first regiment at the time was now expanded to the Kalimantan First Division, the then second regiment was now expanded to the Kalimantan Second Division, and the then third regiment was now expanded to the Shangri-La Guard Division.

   "Commander-in-chief Yuchi, look at..."

Liu Shan, the commander of the Second Division, looked jealous, and couldn't help but speak; "The war is imminent, and the Second Division, as the main force of the attacking vanguard, is confident to complete the combat tasks assigned by the command headquarters, but to break through the enemy's heavy defenses fortifications requires effort. With a relatively large cost of casualties, if you can get the support of this kind of light artillery that accompanies the infantry attack, you will be able to complete the tough task more smoothly. Please consider the commander in chief..."

   "This..." Yuchi Shouzhuo hesitated. He knew that what Liu Shan, the second division commander, said was the truth.

  Fritz's commander and his own rank are both major general commanders, but they are slightly inferior in military position. The Borneo military commander is not a permanent position. The Shangri-La division under Commander Fritz has strong autonomy.

  At this time, Commander Fritz was standing not far away and chatting with the officer he knew well. There was a high probability that he could hear Commander Liu Shan's words, but he didn't say anything.

  Think about it

  Wei Chi Shouzhuo felt that the direct removal of two 60mm light artillery battalions with military orders would be a bit blunt, which would cast a shadow on the relationship between the two sides.

  Although he is the senior officer of Major General Fritz, after all, everyone is in charge of a pile now. In a reasonable sense, he must always take care of the meat in his bowl first.

   "Mr. Liu Shan, this matter will be discussed later. It should be delayed but not urgent. You can't take Fritz's dearest baby away from the ship without catching a breath."

   "But... Commander in chief, our time..."

   "Well, I know this in my heart, so I don't need to say more."

   "Okay, please take care of this matter."

  Master Liu Shan can only step back helplessly. He is also an old man in Red River Valley. He was the captain of the guard when Lord Earl started the Red River Valley Ranch.

  According to military deployment;

  Three days later

  The second division of Kalimantan will be the forefront of the attack, taking the lead to board the ship to invade Central Kalimantan and capture the established military targets.

  The roads in Central Kalimantan Province, summed up in only one word; bad.

  This is not just Central Kalimantan Province, but the whole of Borneo. The road is a rammed earth road opened in the tropical rainforest. After years of rain soaked, the roadbed is loose, and large pits are connected to small pits.

  A torrential rain turns into a mud puddle, which is simply a headache.

  The Dutch treated the colonies in the same way as the Spanish, but exploited the East Indies as a source of raw materials, and would not build them, let alone build complete roads, railways and industrial facilities to educate the people.

  At this point, it is completely different from the British Empire.

The British Empire has built more than 7,000 kilometers of railways in the Indian colonies, and the planned railway network is more than 20,000 kilometers. In addition, there are a series of constructions such as complete roads, hospitals, schools, shipbuilding factories, agricultural products processing plants, etc. The plan is to build schools and docks in the Straits Settlements and develop the shipping industry, which is not available in Borneo.

  Machen Town

This was originally the capital of the Machen Kingdom. The Machen Kingdom was a feudal separatist regime established by the indigenous people with a total population of more than 170,000. After the Dutch colonists occupied the Machen Kingdom, it still retained the original social structure, allowing the indigenous nobles Manage the indigenous people yourself.

  Dutch colonists are aloof and have power over the native nobles and even the king. At the same time, the Dutch, as the uppermost members of all ethnic groups, are in a transcendent position and regulate ethnic conflicts with the force of controlling and crushing everything in their hands.

  This unique dual-rule structure is based on the commercial considerations of the Dutch East India Company, colonizing more areas with the least amount of manpower and capturing more benefits, all from the perspective of businessmen’s interests.

  In the final analysis, the population of the Kingdom of the Netherlands is too small.

King William I ruled the vast East Indies (before the outbreak of the war) with more than 2,400 white officials and more than 20,000 troops. Every year, he continuously sent a large amount of benefits to the Kingdom of the Netherlands. Colonial income accounted for 1/of the kingdom’s total fiscal revenue. 3 is still stronger, which is where the core interests of the Kingdom of the Netherlands lie.

  This dualistic ruling structure has advantages and disadvantages. The advantage is that it saves people, time and money. The disadvantages are also obvious. The Dutch colonists ruled the region for more than 200 years, and nothing changed except for exploitation.

Indigenous peoples still believe in their gods, speak their own language, and follow the customs of thousands of years in marriages and funerals, birth, old age, sickness and death, and no trace of the introduction of civilization. Perhaps the biggest change is those arrogant white colonies. By.

  Machen Town was originally a small coastal town with less than 20,000 people. The aboriginal king lived in a large stone house. It was just a courtyard slightly larger than ordinary houses. If you don’t pay attention, you will really ignore the past.

  The beautiful Dutch-style buildings in the town belong to colonial officials and manor owners, and most of the indigenous people are reduced to hired laborers exploited by white manor owners.

  After the Queenslanders occupied the area, everything changed dramatically.

The British consortium, which entered with the Queensland occupation army, used various means to make the Dutch spit out assets such as plantations and houses. After buying them at a heinously low price, they resold them to the pockets of the occupation army. The officials and Huitong Bank made a huge profit.

There are hundreds of plantations around Machen Town, valued at millions of pounds. The British consortium bought them all for hundreds of thousands of pounds. They were sold at a price increase of more than doubled, and they were made in a few months. Profit of nearly six hundred thousand pounds.

  To be honest, the British consortium does not have so much human and material resources to develop these plantations, and can only resell them to make a quick profit.

  Queensland uses this method to reasonably and legally obtain a large amount of local assets. Even if the Dutch are killed again (the possibility is very unlikely), they have to hold their noses to admit the effectiveness of private property.

  On the other hand

  Queensland allowed the British consortium to share the benefits. The power behind the British consortium urged the Dutch to neglect the property loss and return of the white plantation owners in the occupied areas during the peace talks. They gritted their teeth and swallowed their breath.

  It has been 10 months since Machen was occupied. With a large number of white people fleeing, it has become a Chinese town. The aboriginal population has melted like ice and snow unknowingly, and the streets are almost hard to see.

   Tens of thousands of strong prisoners were sent to the Koi Copper and Gold Mine to perform hard labor. There will be some casualties during the conquest, and the rest may become serfs in the plantation purchased by certain officers. The result is not known.

  Many soldiers of the occupying army married local indigenous women. They did not go through any formalities when they said that they were married. This is also a pity caused by the lack of the current system in the occupied territories. The civil administration system has been completely destroyed and everything is blank.

  In Machen Town, we will also see some young white women still wearing gorgeous skirts walking on the road. This may be the woman of a certain officer, who fell into the arms of the officer in the real environment...

  With the influx of large numbers of immigrants, large-scale construction of towns has been carried out, complete sewer facilities and roads have been established, and the wharf has been renovated.

  The original wharf was only a 110-meter-long stone-built wharf, which could only allow 1,000-ton ships to dock, which could not meet the needs of emerging towns and fleets.

The new wharf continued to advance 43 meters into the bay. It adopts a reinforced concrete trestle structure with a water depth of 8.5 meters, which can meet the mooring needs of 10,000-ton ships. The concrete trestle is 240 meters long. A ship repair yard is set up nearby to meet the fleet. And past freighter repair and maintenance needs.

  The town is bustling and lively.

Through more than 10 months of vigorous construction, the scale of Machen Town has more than doubled. Nearly 30,000 Chinese immigrants live here, and there are more than 20,000 troops and their families (white or indigenous) living in the surrounding area of ​​Machen Town. Manor and barracks within 10 kilometers.

  So many people want to eat, drink and live, which will inevitably generate huge demand.

  The officers and soldiers of the occupying army are full of pockets from top to bottom. In addition to the monthly salary and wartime allowances, the officers and soldiers also have generous seized income, and all the benefits are shared.

  This gives them the ability to buy a house, raise one or several women, and live a prosperous life without shame.

  The large population has contributed to the abnormal prosperity of Machen Town, restaurants and wine shops are blooming, brothels are lined up, and a large number of shops are opening one after another, and the scale of the city is expanding with each passing day.

  The environment changes people. All of this is a false prosperity brought about by war. Many military officers and soldiers understand this. This makes them more eager to plunder and occupy, and the performance becomes extremely aggressive.

  Queensland’s military merit system ensures that the war dead have generous pensions, and the wounded have reliable medical assistance and meritorious fields. Even if they are disabled, they will be able to live without worry in the future.

The officers and soldiers who have established meritorious service on the battlefield are promoted and raised, and there are huge incomes. The future is bright, not to mention that they can be occupied... Well, it is to marry a local indigenous woman. All these make people desire like weeds to grow wild and morale. Soaring.

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