Chapter 242 Watch Your Mouth
Dewey has traveled all over the world in the past ten years, and the United States itself is the fastest-growing country in the world.
To be honest, there are not many countries that are qualified to surprise Dewey.
Dewey had been to Vladivostok ten years ago. That trip to Vladivostok did not leave a good impression on Dewey.
Dirty streets, chaotic cities, cold weather, ferocious colonists, cowardly Easterners——
Compared with Vladivostok, Dewey was filled with the pride and pride of the New World.
In just ten years, Vladivostok has undergone earth-shaking changes. There are schools, hospitals, shopping malls, theaters, and even subways.
The streets have become tidy, the city layout is reasonable, people are cheerful and confident, and even the smiling secret police seem a bit amiable.
This made Dewey have to sigh, Siberia is indeed a magical continent.
"I heard that Super-Prince Yurievsky was the best general in the Russian Empire. Is this true? I heard that he was not even an adult yet."
Dewey doesn't quite believe the rumors about George.
In Dewey's view, this is probably just another "myth" about the Russian Empire.
This is also a common method used by European royal families.
In order to emphasize legitimacy, the royal family always packages some members of the royal family as geniuses and publicizes them. This is the case with Britain's Prince Albert, and the same is true with Germany's Prince Friedrich.
In the propaganda of the Russian Empire, George was never the focus, Nikolai was.
"Many grand dukes in the empire are serving in the military, and each of them is outstanding."
Zobnin is flawless.
Dewey smiled and said nothing.
There are indeed many Grand Dukes serving in the service. It is hard to say whether they are outstanding or not.
There is no need to debate this issue. The most important task for Dewey and Zobnin during their trip was observation.
On January 13, the fleet arrived off the coast of Aceh, and Hagen ordered an artillery bombardment of Aceh.
The weapons of the Dutch army are more advanced than those of the pirates. Although the artillery is a retractable cannon, the shells are high-explosive shells, which are more destructive and lethal.
The Dutch had no intention of protecting civilians and launched an indiscriminate bombardment of Aceh Port. Fires quickly broke out and the entire port was shrouded in thick smoke.
"The night of Godala is over."
Dewey judged based on experience that no one could survive such a fierce bombardment.
"Why do you do this? Even if you capture Godala Night, the Dutch will only get ruins."
Zobnin seemed not too worried about the Russians being accidentally injured.
“The purpose of the Dutch was to warn the rebels that a destroyed Godala Night was more of a warning than an intact Godala Night.”
Dewey over the years For the first time, he served as a military observer and observed the war at close range. He was very familiar with the operating methods of these European colonists.
The absurd thing is that if it were a relatively powerful country like the Russian Empire or the British Empire, it would probably not be so vicious.
A weak country like the Netherlands is particularly vicious and wants to kill all the rebels at once, once and for all.
That’s right.
Let the Netherlands fight a protracted colonial war. The other side has not been conquered yet, and the Netherlands itself collapsed first.
“Aren’t the Dutch worried about Aceh’s revenge?”
Zobnin’s face was expressionless, the Dutch are really smart.
The Dutch knew that the supporter behind Aceh was George, but they dared to attack Aceh so harshly. This was not only contempt for George, but also contempt for the Russian Empire.
Zobnin could now only hope that not too many Russians died in the shelling.
Otherwise Zobnin would not let the Dutch go.
The fire burned for a whole day and night. The residential areas near the port had burned to ashes, and the fire even began to spread to the suburbs. Only then did Hagen order the Dutch troops to land.
It was already the third day after the bombardment that the "Viking" entered the Port of Aceh.
It can be seen that the Dutch have carried out preliminary cleaning of the port, but there are still floating corpses in the corner that have not been cleaned up.
The air was filled with a disgusting smell, and there were some charred humanoid marks on the ground of the pier. A dozen soldiers hurried past carrying a stretcher, and on the stretcher were injured Dutch soldiers.
"Is there a firefight?"
Dewey asked a dejected Dutch officer.
The Dutch officer looked up at Dewey and remained silent.
"It's terrible. We didn't see where the enemy was, let alone how many there were, so we lost a battalion in a daze."
Another Dutch officer was lost and had not yet recovered from the huge shock. come over.
“The despicable and damn Acehnese people, they are just like rats, hiding in the sewers and making sneak attacks. We invaded a plantation and couldn’t touch anything. There were traps everywhere, behind the door and under the trees. Explosives could be hidden under a chair or even a stone on the side of the road."
"He. They actually poisoned the water source and attacked us with poisoned branches. One of our officers was knocked down. In order to rescue the officer, we sent 18 soldiers, but in the end we were unable to rescue him. Rescue him——"
As the Dutch officer spoke, he actually shed tears and almost collapsed.
"What tactic is this?"
Dewey was curious and had never seen this type of play before.
The battle between the two armies was actually very boring.
Be able to use cannons with cannons.
After the cannonballs are used up, they line up to shoot until one side cannot hold on anymore and collapses, and the other side wins.
According to the Dutch, the Acehnese did not fight the Dutch head-on at all. They only made sneak attacks, which already brought the Dutch to the edge of collapse.
"War is always cruel. I hope the conflict will end as soon as possible." Zobning had to hold back so as not to laugh out loud. He even pretended to make the sign of the cross with his hands, his face full of compassion.
“Damn Russians, you are the culprits!”
The Dutch officer with red eyes jumped up and rushed towards Zobnin.
Dewey and another Dutch officer stopped the rampaging guy and stopped the conflict.
“Ha, that’s funny. Was it the Russian Empire that forced you to invade Aceh?”
Zobnin has no fear. I stand here and let you fight, but you don’t even dare to do it!
Military observers, like diplomats, inherently have immunity.
If Zobnin was harmed in Aceh, then the Russian Empire would definitely seek justice for Zobnin.
Really, if you can’t afford to offend the UK, how can you be afraid of the Netherlands?
Don’t be so shameless.
Although the frontline troops suffered heavy losses, Hagen was still in the mood to hold a dinner in the evening to entertain military observers from various countries to celebrate the night of the recovery of Godala.
"The war is actually over, and only some finishing work remains. These tasks only require the dispatch of auxiliary troops. Let us raise a toast together and celebrate the great victory - to the king!"
Hagen’s toast was impassioned, and the expressions of military observers from various countries were a little strange.
The recapture of Aceh is by no means the end of the war, it has just begun. It is too early to say it is over.
In the past few days, military observers from various countries have seen the combat level of the Dutch army.
Although the performance of the Dutch army is not outstanding, it is not considered to be a drag, which is in line with the perception of the Dutch army by the militaries of various countries.
The performance of the Lansha Sultanate is so surprising.
Military observers from various countries will communicate with each other privately.
According to incomplete statistics, since the Dutch army regained Aceh, battles of various sizes have broken out more than ten times. The Dutch casualties were around 500, which was neither high nor low.
But the Dutch army's achievements were few.
Some military observers have seen the corpses of some so-called "Lansha Resistance Army".
Those corpses were male and female, old and young, but they did not meet the definition of soldiers.
There are some characteristics of soldiers that cannot be concealed. For example, due to long-term holding of guns, soldiers' hands will develop calluses in special parts.
Even if some of the so-called rebel corpses had calluses on their hands, they were in different locations from the soldiers' calluses.
Those qualified to serve as military observers are senior military officers.
So it is obvious that these corpses are not rebels at all, but innocent civilians around Aceh.
It is common to kill good people and take credit for their merits.
But it would be too shocking if not even a real rebel was killed.
There may have been rebels killed.
But the body was not brought back, which means that the battle ended with the Dutch's defeat.
Once or twice can be said to be an accident.
More than ten consecutive battles, large and small, all ended in failure.
The strength of the Lansha Sultanate is too strong.
So at the dinner, there were a lot of military observers surrounding Zobnin.
"You are asking the right person when you ask me, because I know as much as you know."
Zobunin was in a happy mood, feeling like a turned serf singing.
Bah, bah, bah, no, it should be the pleasure of returning to the empire's rightful place.
“You no longer invite military observers to participate in the Rivne exercises in recent years. What happened in Rivne?”
McGee, who is from the UK, is very curious about the Rivne exercise.
“None of your business!”
Zobnin immediately turned his back. Although the Tsar and the British Crown Prince were on the same side, for some reason, most Russians hated the British.
“Haha——”
Ma Jay smiled and shook his head, the helpless self-deprecating look on his face made Zobnin even more angry.
The British are always like this, pretending all the time, arrogant and arrogant,
“Hey, this is not a cordial and friendly attitude.”
Iraq from the Austro-Hungarian Empire It's not a big deal for Sank to watch the excitement.
“Russian friendship is only for friends, you damn rabbits, go to hell!”
Zobnin is full of firepower, are Austrians worthy of talking about friendship?
What!
"Asshole! Watch your mouth."
Ethank cursed loudly.
“Don’t be like this, it’s not worth being angry with this kind of person——”
William from Germany persuaded in a low voice while pulling Ethan away.
Henry of France was holding a wine glass and watching with cold eyes without saying a word.
Dewey also did not participate and watched with great interest.
This is no more interesting than listening to the Dutch brag.
(End of this chapter)