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Chapter 208 Rules of War (3)

Luo Yue said: "I am worried about another problem now. What if we defeated the Dutch army on the battlefield, but the Dutch colonial government still refuses to negotiate with us? This situation is not impossible, because if the British bottom line is to prevent us from attacking Batavia, it is equivalent to adding a layer of protection network to the Dutch colonial government. If it cannot be defeated, it can withdraw the city of Batavia. Anyway, Britain will pay the bill for them. Even if we attack other indigenous tribes, the Netherlands can ignore it, and we cannot spend it for a long time in Java."

Zhang Wei nodded and said, "So Guan Jian is still the problematic Britain rather than the Netherlands. As long as the UK is solved, the Netherlands will not be able to make any trouble."

Wang Hailong said: "Isn't that simple? Eliminate the British fleet first, or fight a war with the British fleet first." He had always been holding back his energy and wanted to fight a naval battle of this era, so he instigated the war with Britain.

Shang Jinfeng shook his head and said, "This is absolutely not possible. It is not in our long-term interests to go to war with Britain now. Let's do this. Let's contact the British fleet tomorrow. It's best to ask them to have a meeting, find out their true bottom line, and determine the rules of this war."

Wang Hailong said: "But they just want to protect the Dutch, what should we do?"

Shang Jinfeng said: "Britain is also a master who cannot get up early without profit. They will never protect the Netherlands unconditionally. If there is no interest or the risk is too great, they will definitely give up on the Netherlands. We are unwilling to go to war with Britain, and Britain also does not want to go to war with us. Moreover, we have no intention of occupying Java. Therefore, I think it is very likely that we will compromise with each other and finally reach an agreement. Of course, if Britain refuses to compromise, it must protect the Netherlands, and we are not afraid of breaking up with us, then we have nothing to worry about and can only go to war with Britain."

Since Shang Jinfeng said this, Wang Hailong couldn't say anything else. Bi Jing Shang Jinfeng was the commander-in-chief of this overseas Chinese protection operation, and Wang Hailong also knew that it would be detrimental to the East China government now that it would be detrimental to the East China government, so he said: "Okay, then give it a try."

Shang Jinfeng nodded and said to Luo Yue: "Captain Luo, the matters negotiated with the British side shall be responsible for the Navy. You can lead the army to the farm as soon as possible to prepare. You are fully responsible for the land operations. The Navy fully supports the army's operations. In addition, it is enough to leave only one company guard on the dock."

Luo Yue also nodded and said, "Okay, after this meeting, I will set off immediately."

After the meeting, Luo Yue left the Kunming ship and came to the shore. At this time, the troops had already assembled on land and half of the ammunition and weapons were reduced. Luo Yue also decided to leave the remaining ammunition on the dock, lead the landing army to the farm, and join the People's Army that arrived in Java in the early stage.

After arriving at the farm, the People's Army was warmly welcomed by the Chinese on the farm. On the one hand, during these days, the People's Army has continuously attacked the indigenous people of Java and rescued the Chinese in Java. It has established a very high prestige in the hearts of the Chinese in Java, and is naturally welcomed by the arrival of the People's Army. On the other hand, more than 2,000 troops came this time, and the number of people increased greatly, which made the Chinese in Java feel at ease.

After settled down, Luo Yue's first solution was of course the ideological problems of the soldiers. So the next morning, Luo Yue recruited all the soldiers and mobilized them.

First, I asked a few Chinese who suffered to talk about their own experiences. The natives were used to oppressing Chinese. Because of this anti-Chinese incident, the natives persecuted Chinese people. The Chinese residential areas that were looted by the natives, even the elderly, women, and children were not spared. They only spoke in tears, and many soldiers also burst into tears when they heard it.

Before leaving Qingdao, the People's Army also organized the history of blood and tears of Chinese in Southeast Asia, but it was about history, and it was about itself, but now it was about what just happened, and the parties involved appeared in person to speak. This persuasion is of course much stronger. The facts have also proved that this method of raising hatred is very effective, which has successfully aroused the anger of the soldiers. And subconsciously, there is also since Javanese natives can kill the elderly, weak women and children of Chinese at will, then there is nothing wrong with us killing the elderly, weak women and children of the natives.

In fact, in the past few days, the thoughts of the soldiers who arrived in Java in the early stage have changed. Because after fighting the Suka tribe, the Chinese who took refuge in the farm praised the behavior of the People's Army very much. Many Chinese people came to thank the soldiers for avenging themselves or their relatives. This also greatly reduced the entanglement in their hearts and no longer thought that there was anything wrong with killing civilians. The new soldiers had not experienced such a situation, so they would not have doubts.

However, time travelers do not want to shape the People's Army into a cruel soldier. They really don't regard human lives as a matter of a moment, even against civilians in hostile countries. Therefore, after the hatred is over, they must make a rational division from a tactical perspective. Indigenous tribes are a system of military-civilian integration. An ordinary civilian is a warrior in wartime. Therefore, the People's Army's shelling of Utina village is not a target of civilians, but a strike against the army. This is completely reasonable. The elderly, weak, and the elderly, weak, and the elderly, weak, and the elderly, weak, and the children affected by the shelling are accidental injuries, because these soldiers hiding among the elderly, weak, and the women and children cannot be regarded as killing innocent people by chance.

However, after the combat troops go to war, they can try their best to reduce the killing of the elderly, weak, women and children. Of course, the premise is to ensure their own safety and victory in the battle, because the People's Army wants to defend Chinese or Chinese, but there is no need to put civilians in the enemy country first. However, after the war is over, they cannot kill, beat or abuse civilians in the enemy country at will. As long as they do not resist the rule of the People's Army, they are not allowed to bully women.

After receiving the report from the People's Army, the Qingdao Executive Yuan also attracted the high attention of the leadership of the East China government. This was indeed a problem that was ignored by the East China government before this overseas protection operation. Because the People's Army used to fight at home, of course, it must put the safety of the people first. Sometimes it is even willing to sacrifice and protect the safety of the people. This is also the responsibility of the army. However, when fighting abroad, it is a war in the territory of the enemy country. How to deal with the relationship with the people of the enemy country is indeed a brand new problem for time travelers, including time travel soldiers.

In the old time and space, the People's Liberation Army had very few cases of going out to fight. Because it was fighting within the territory of the enemy country, the only time was the self-defense counterattack against Vietnam in 1979. However, it only took the initiative to withdraw for about a month, and only occupied several geographically favorable hills on the border to carry out the distance war. Because the time of this battle was too short, the time-travel soldiers did not have much experience to refer to.

In this era, the People's Army will definitely not only defend domestic combat and go abroad to fight. Since the chance of fighting in the enemy country is definitely greater than in the old time and space, it is also necessary to formulate a system and discipline for overseas combat. Of course, this time it is definitely too late, so it is enough to determine a few rules for this Java operation. The detailed discipline system will be slowly compiled after the protection of overseas Chinese will be completed.

Therefore, the Military Commission quickly determined a major principle. Of course, the Java operation cannot be subject to domestic discipline to require the army, but it cannot kill innocent people at will. First of all, it is necessary to ensure the safety of the People's Army and the victory of the battle. The code of conduct of the whole line can only be flexibly grasped by the commanders on the front line and the actual situation on the battlefield.

However, after this mobilization, the soldiers' ideological problems were basically solved, and the entire army unified their ideas. So Luo Yue also decided to find a tribe to start the attack to force the Dutch colonial government to take the initiative to fight.

That night, the navy at the dock informed Luo Yue that it had contacted the British fleet and that the two sides agreed to hold talks the next day to negotiate the rules of combat in Java.

It turned out that after the British main fleet entered the port and parked, Lieutenant General Irving, Commander-in-Chief, immediately recruited Hamilton. The two had a long talk for almost an afternoon before Irving had a clear understanding of the current situation in Java and had a certain foundation in his heart. Although the situation in Java is now complicated, it depends on whether the real purpose of overseas Chinese is to occupy Java. If so, then Britain has no choice but to break with the East China government and participate in the war immediately. If not, it would be easy to resolve. Britain can force the Netherlands to accept the conditions of the East China government for negotiations.

Of course, the British fleet will not easily meet the requirements of overseas Chinese. At least they must let overseas Chinese fight with the Netherlands. Only after winning can they discuss other matters. However, negotiating with overseas Chinese and formulating a combat rule has become the top priority of the British fleet.

So Irving immediately wrote a letter, sending people to the Zhang family's wharf and handing it over to the supreme commander of the overseas Chinese fleet, hoping to hold a meeting with overseas Chinese, with the location set at sea, and hope that overseas Chinese could send someone of sufficient weight. Of course, all this was done behind the back of the Dutch colonial government.
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