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In the following days, Hassan strengthened the defenses of the city of Banda Aceh, while secretly transporting a large amount of supplies through the mountains in preparation for a retreat.

Kean saw it in his eyes and smiled in his heart. Heart: Once the Dutch go into the mountains to hunt down the Acehnese, the forest will be their graveyard.

Soon, he will be able to get out of this hellish place, well, the Acehnese's clumsy performances will also affect their fighting skills, although those soldiers have always been heroic.

The war in Aceh entered the most **, and Major General Fanny commanded 10,000 Dutch and Indian colonial troops to attack the city of Banda Aceh.

It was once the capital of the Aceh people and has a glorious history, from which the Kingdom of Aceh arose and grew for hundreds of years, and once ruled the Malay Peninsula.

Unwilling to abandon this hard-won city, the Acehnese held on to it, fighting to the death with the familiar terrain.

Perhaps it was the Dutch rule that was too unpopular, or perhaps the national awakening of the Acehnese people, and countless Acehnese joined the battle.

The Free Aceh Movement sprung up, defeating the Dutch several times, giving millions of Acehnese hope for freedom and independence. If you return to the original state of Dutch colonial rule, the consequences will be even more severe.

Therefore, even if it is a brief light, they are not willing to lose it, and they pounce like moths on the raging flames of war.

At this time, the kind-hearted Kean handed over to Hassan a warehouse that the Meihua Company had prepared in the suburbs early in the morning, which contained a large number of grenades, explosives and some weapons of not so good quality, which greatly solved the urgent needs of the Acehnesh people and made the Acehnese people see that they would stick to it

Street fighting is brutal and tests the will of both warring parties. Despite the disparity in weapons training, the Acehnese's desperate spirit cost the Dutch and Indian colonial forces dearly.

In the face of the Acehnese who refused to surrender, Major General Fanny had no good way but to fight with his life, one street and one house, to drive the Acehnese one by one. Often, not long after a building was occupied, the Acehnese recaptured it, changing hands several times and intertwining with each other.

Major General Fanny was a little puzzled. The weapons that the Acehnese brought in?

Obviously, the navy has blocked the port and wharf, and the ships outside cannot enter, and there is no arsenal in the Aceh area, and the road for external communication has also been blocked, but after that, the Dutch and Indian colonial forces have already replenished the supplies three times, and the other side still has the spare strength to consume with itself. It's uncomfortable.

All right! Spend it! This time, we must kill the Acehnese to the ground!

Major General Fanny said fiercely.

Anyway, most of the dead were indigenous soldiers, and he didn't feel sorry for it at all.

After three days of onslaught, after 1,500 men, the Dutch and Indian colonial forces had already occupied most of the city of Banda Aceh, and the remaining Acehnese forces in the southeast corner resisted stubbornly, and they held out for a short time.

Major General Fanny intended to wipe out those rebels in one fell swoop, but faced a large number of casualties. The indigenous soldiers became resentful of the Dutch officers who drove them to their deaths, and began to slack off.

Their marksmanship was not very accurate, and they fired into the sky. Listening to the excitement, in addition to wasting ammunition, he did not kill a few enemies, let alone capture the enemy's positions.

Major General Fanny could no longer suppress the Javanese natives in the army, and after the start of the war, 3,782 Javanese soldiers had been killed and wounded, while the Dutch had lost nothing but twenty or thirty officers in the surprise attack that night.

In each attack, it was the native officers who rushed to the front with a group of natives, while the Dutch officers hid behind the battle overseers. Very safe.

Knowing why, Major General Fanny began to cherish the lives of the indigenous soldiers, and he dragged the cannon into the city and bombarded the Aceh's armed lines, but with little effect.

Finally, adopt the construction of the indigenous officers and attack with fire!

The city of Banda Aceh has a large number of wooden buildings. Once burned, the consequences are unimaginable. After the Dutch and Indian colonial forces separated the firebreak, they began to set fires in the city.

Raging fires began to ignite in the positions held by the Acehnese, and the city of Banda Aceh burst into flames.

Hassan held up the binoculars and looked at the jubilation of the Javanese people who were holding torches and lighting fires everywhere, his eyes cracked, and the crimson blood oozed from under his dark mouth.

"Shall we retaliate with a tooth for a tooth? Just set them on fire. A Aceh officer said.

"Smack!" Hassan slapped him and woke up the red-eyed officer.

"This is the city built by our ancestors, our capital, there are hundreds of thousands of Acehnese living in the city, we can fight here, but we can't destroy this place."

With tears in his eyes and a look of grief, Hassan made the officers present bow their heads.

"It's a great achievement that the war is going on so far. We dealt a heavy blow to the Dutch and their minions, and we realized the dignity and determination of the people of Aceh. Now that the shape is stronger than the person, taking a step back for the time being will help us preserve our strength and better fight the enemy. ”

Ki'an built yì road. Although he was quite happy in his heart, he had to pretend to be sad and angry.

"Withdraw!"

Hassan decisively ordered the Aceh troops to withdraw from the city and move towards the mountains along the arranged route.

At this point, the battle of Banda Aceh finally came to an end, and the Dutch and Indian colonial forces recovered most of the city of Banda Aceh. Of course, half of the city had already been burned down by them, and thousands of civilians in Aceh had been burned alive.

Under the suppression of Major General Fanny, the indigenous Javanese did not carry out massacres, but the excellent traditions of rape, murder, and robbery were vividly displayed.

The Dutch also know this, and it is difficult to intervene. This is a tacit understanding between the Dutch and the Javanese. When they slaughtered the Chinese and other peoples, the Dutch won wealth, and their dogs followed behind and shed their blood, wasn't it for this benefit?

The atrocities committed by the indigenous Javanese in the city of Banda Aceh provoked hatred among the Acehnese, and after the city was breached, some sporadic revolts appeared from time to time.

When he saw the Dutch and Indian colonial troops passing by, a young man from Aceh occasionally appeared on the street corner, he smiled innocently, suddenly threw a grenade, leaving a body of dead and wounded and fled.

In response to such attacks, the Dutch-Indian colonial forces took drastic measures and arrested a large number of Acehnese civilians associated with the Free Aceh Movement.

For the Acehnese who dared to attack the garrison, Major General Fanny unceremoniously ordered a shooting on the spot, and the contradictions between the two sides intensified.

The brutal crackdown has suppressed the resistance in Banda Aceh, but it has also sown deeper hatred between the two sides. The Dutch regained not only a city, but also the hatred of hundreds of thousands of Acehnese.

Major General Fanny was based in the original city hall, but there was no longer a single Dutch official in the city, and the Dutch officials in the city had long since been killed by the Acehnese.

This was one of the reasons why Major General Fanny deliberately indulged the indigenous soldiers in the city, and he wanted to teach the Acehnese a lesson about what would happen if they rebelled against the kingdom.

The room was filled with a faint smell of gunsmoke, looking at the bullet marks on the walls, the broken walls, and the blackened doorway, Major General Fanny did not have the slightest joy of victory. Although he had already sent good news to Jakarta.

What worries him is, what to do next?

Although more than 5,000 Aceh militants were eliminated after the battle in Banda Aceh, they were not able to annihilate all of them, and at least 3,000 Aceh militants hid in the mountains, leaving great trouble for future operations.

If setting fire to the mountains can burn the Aceh guerrillas hiding in the mountains and forests, even if the entire rainforest is burned down, Major General Fanny nods without hesitation.

Compared with the sullen Major General Vanney, Governor Van Persie was relieved when the news of the recapture of Banda Aceh reached Jakarta.

Since the Acehnese rebellion, many family members of Dutch merchants and officials who were killed by the Acehnese have been asking the Governor's Office to give an explanation, and the news has been spread to the country.

Amsterdam doesn't want to do anything about the outgoing governor Van Persie, but Van Persie, who cherishes his feathers, doesn't want to retire in disgrace.

At the same time, he also wanted to retire, because he already felt that what happened in Aceh was just the beginning, and that real trouble was coming, and he wanted to get out of this quagmire as soon as possible.

"The kingdom's armies are indeed invincible, and I am proud of them." Governor Van Persie to the newly appointed Governor Luther? Gurlitt laughed.

"Yes! That's what I thought, too. In addition to the army's courageous fighting, I think it is also inseparable from the wise decisions of Governor Van Persie. ”

New Governor Luther? Gurlitt complimented.

Half a month ago, before he arrived in Jakarta, he heard about the riots in Aceh, killed local officials, and he was still on the boat scolding Governor Van Persie for being incompetent.

However, after getting off the ship, he heard that the army had recaptured Aceh, and he didn't mind the little bit left by his predecessor.

"Mr. Van Persie has governed the kingdom's realms in a prosperous and orderly manner, and the slightest accident does not hurt. I'm new to the city, and I still have a lot of questions for you. ”

Luther? Gurlitt laughed.

Asking for advice is fake, he wants to remind the other party that now Jakarta is him Luther? Gullitt is in charge, and Van Persie, the predecessor, must get out of the way and not get in the way.

Luther? Gullit heard what Van Persie meant, and looked at the other party's impatient look, he scolded in his heart: This guy probably spent a lot of money to buy this fat shortage, and as soon as he arrived in Jakarta, he rushed to the Governor's Palace, and he didn't know how to hide it when he was in a hurry.

Forget it, why bother a man with a man, fulfill his little wish! After all, that's how I came back at the beginning.

Thinking of this, Van Persie quickly understood the other party's feelings, and in the next few days, he was very cooperative and handed over the power of the Governor's Palace to Luther? Gurlit.

When Van Persie moved out of the Governor's Palace, ten truckloads of luggage were pulled to make Luther? Gullit's eyes were straight, and he wanted Van Persie to leave all the luggage.

"Do a good job! The future of the kingdom depends on you! Van Persie smiled at Luther? Gurlitt Road.

He breathed a sigh of relief that the affairs of Jakarta had nothing to do with him from now on. (To be continued) q

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