Chapter 339 Occupy Pontianak
At this stage, Japan's strength is far better than that of the Dutch colonial authorities. In order to safeguard its interests in Borneo, Britain reached a secret agreement with Japan to divide Borneo and support Japan in sending troops to Borneo.
In addition, the situation on Java is extremely serious, and the Dutch colonial authorities are drawing troops everywhere to Java, striving to annihilate the Indonesian xenophobic troops on Java as soon as possible, and then deal with the increasingly powerful Java self-defense troops.
Therefore, the Dutch colonial authorities made several irrelevant compensation claims to Japan, and took the opportunity to transfer all the colonial troops and expatriates in Borneo to Java Island, the center of interest, and gave all major cities such as Pontianak to the Japanese Army.
At around 9 a.m. on December 8, 1908, after the Japanese vanguard controlled the unguarded Pontianak city, the 7th Infantry Regiment of the 9th Division of the Third Army, more than 3,900 people were in the 7th Infantry Regiment, led by the corps leader Colonel Kimura Saburo, and arranged neatly and solemnly, walking towards the downtown area of Pontianak, Borneo, in a mighty manner.
This time, the Japanese army did not rob other countries, but came with the righteous purpose of rescuing Japanese and overseas Chinese compatriots. Therefore, after landing, they walked all the way without any offense, and looked like a kingly army.
Many officers and soldiers in the 9th Division of the Third Army were veteran officers and soldiers who had experienced the cruel Russo-Japanese War. They had a very firm fighting will and were quite strong.
In addition to the Indonesian Japanese massacre, the exaggerated publicity of the top Japanese officials was extremely in place. Therefore, the Japanese officers and soldiers shared the same hatred of the enemy and were eager to help their compatriots, and their morale was very high.
When the 7th Infantry Regiment of the 9th Division of the Japanese Army entered the streets of Pontianak, tens of thousands of Japanese expatriates gathered in Pontianak on both sides of the street. Some of them were in tears, while others were very excited. They waved the red and white plaster flags in their hands vigorously, shouting various slogans, warmly welcomed the arrival of the Japanese royal division.
The arrival of the powerful Japanese royal army also made many Chinese in Pontianak who were very disgusted with the Dutch colonial authorities, and the Indonesians were very happy.
Because they will not be bullied by the Dutch colonial army in the future, nor do they have to worry about the Indonesian xenophobic army or the Lanfang Republican army entering Pontianak and robbing them
Therefore, these Chinese and Indonesians also rushed to the streets and cheered happily with joy.
The officers and soldiers of the Seventh Infantry Regiment have been abroad for so many years and have been drinking countless blood. This is the first time that they have been so warmly welcomed.
Suddenly, these Japanese officers and soldiers who were not afraid of death and dared to die had a strange feeling of pleasure that they had never had before.
With such motivation, their determination and confidence in fighting were sufficient. If the Indonesian xenophobic army dared to appear in front of them at this time, they would definitely be wiped out completely.
At around 11 a.m., in the Japanese Embassy, Japanese Minister Takeda Ryohei, the leader of the 7th Regiment, Colonel Kimura Saburo was having lunch together.
"Yo Xi is so fragrant." Kimura Saburo ate the fragrant white rice and praised with a thumbs up, "Taki Kwan, the white rice here is much better than the white rice in Japan, South Korea, and Northeast China."
"Hehe, is this a treasure land?" Takeda Ryohei and Kimura Saburo were middle school classmates. He smiled and said with a smile, "Kun Kimura, I once wrote a letter to tell you that if our Japanese Empire has obtained the Nanyang Empire, we can get endless white rice. Now you, the outstanding soldiers of the empire, have come, and this wish will be realized soon. I am so happy."
Saburo Kimura nodded and said solemnly, "Those Indonesian xenophobic troops who do not know the world dare to slaughter my expatriates for no reason. This time I come, I will definitely slaughter all the damn Indonesian monkeys."
Chapter completed!