Chapter 622 Aboriginal

On September 4, 1925, Queen Wilhelmina issued an initiative to all retired and dismissed veterans, requesting them to return to the army and participate in the suppression of the indigenous peoples of the Dutch East Indies.

Queen Wilhelmina specifically promised that the army would not be dismissed at will after the suppression of the rebellion, and that these veterans would enjoy their previous salaries after returning to the army.

This is also good news for those retired and dismissed veterans. After all, it is not easy to find a high-paying and stable job in the Netherlands, which is affected by the unemployment wave.

Soldiers should be a relatively stable profession in the Netherlands. Coupled with Queen Wilhelmina's personal promise, many veterans have indeed returned to the army, opening up a wave of joining the army.

In order to avoid misunderstandings in Australasia and to gain more time, the Dutch Foreign Minister made negotiations and requested that the suppression of the rebellion be increased to more than five months.

Minister Deze did not dare to make a decision on his own regarding the Dutch request, and could only report the Dutch request to Asena.

"Increase the time to suppress the rebellion to more than five months?" Arthur looked at Minister Deze and asked, "Is there something wrong with the Dutch government's brain?"

It is obvious that Australasia is making demands to the Netherlands now. How can the Netherlands have the courage to make demands in return?

"Tell the Dutch government that if they do not take action soon, the Australasia army does not mind personally protecting its own people." Arthur said.

After sending Minister Deze away, Arthur called the director of the Royal Security Intelligence Service, Batty, and gave new instructions: "Director Batty, find a way to make the rebellion in the Dutch East Indies more intense. Provide a batch of weapons and equipment to those natives, and let those Dutch see the gap in strength between them and the natives as soon as possible."

Before the one-month deadline, a direct declaration of war will damage Australasia's reputation.

After all, a powerful country is enough to be feared. If it is a warlike and expansionist country, it will inevitably be opposed by other countries.

Especially since the Netherlands is still a European monarchy, the war with the Netherlands still needs to find a legitimate excuse.

This is not only to appease the Australasians, but also to appease more Europeans.

"I understand, Your Majesty." Director Batty nodded and agreed.

Director Batty is quite good at this kind of work, which is the best opportunity to show his work ability.

Fortunately, the Dutch East Indies belongs to Arthur's plan, and there are still a considerable number of intelligence personnel deployed in this area.

After receiving Arthur's order, the intelligence personnel lurking in the local area quickly contacted one of the indigenous rebel forces and proposed the intention of cooperation.

"You want to cooperate with me?" Nur Brady Hakala looked at the person who came to him with a curious face and asked with interest.

"Of course, Mr. Chief." Bob nodded and said as if it was a matter of course: "The current Kingdom of the Netherlands is already weak. You are destined to be the Sultan of the new Sultanate in the future. Why shouldn't I cooperate with you?"

"Hahaha!" Bob's words obviously aroused Nur's interest, making the leader of the indigenous tribe very satisfied: "Do you also think that the Dutch are already weak?"

"Of course. Although the Netherlands did not participate in the European war, the weakness of Germany has seriously affected the Netherlands. I even think that your army can easily defeat the East Indian army, and there is even hope to unify the entire Sumatra." Bob said with a smile.

Before, his identity was a foreign businessman in Sumatra, but today he is an intelligence officer of the Royal Security Intelligence Agency.

And the identity of Nur Brady Hakara, whom he found, is also not ordinary. He is the descendant of the Sultan of the extinct Jambi Sultanate in Sumatra.

It is because of this identity that Nur Brady Hakara can have thousands of indigenous troops and become one of the indigenous forces with the largest army in Sumatra.

Of course, thousands of troops are not huge for the tens of millions of natives in the Dutch East Indies.

But Nur Brady Hakala is younger, and is only in his early 20s. Compared with the chiefs of other indigenous forces, he is undoubtedly the one who is easier to control.

"What can you do to help me?" Nur Brady Hakala asked curiously.

Although he is young, it does not mean that Nur Brady Hakala is a fool. Bob's sudden visit without any purpose and request is simply impossible.

"Weapons." Bob said with a smile.

Nur Brady Hakala's face did not change. This was the same as he expected. Bob was likely to be an external force, a representative of other countries.

"What's the price? Mr. Bob. Neither you nor the forces behind you should provide me with weapons for free!" Nur Brady Hakala said with a smile that saw through everything.

"Of course." Bob nodded and smiled. "To be precise, I am an intelligence officer of the Royal Security Intelligence Service of Australasia. This cooperation is also what the government and His Majesty the King want to achieve with you."

Nur Brady Hakala nodded calmly on the surface, but he was a little surprised in his heart.

He originally thought that Bob was just sent by other small countries to make trouble for the Netherlands, or maybe sent by the Netherlands' own forces to make the Netherlands more chaotic.

But unexpectedly, Bob really came from a foreign country, and it was the powerful country closest to the Dutch East Indies.

"How to cooperate?" Nur Brady Hakala asked the question he was most concerned about.

Although it is exciting to cooperate with Australasia, if the result of such cooperation is to establish a new Dutch East Indies, it is somewhat unnecessary.

The purpose of the indigenous resistance is to destroy the rule of the Dutch East Indies and establish an independent indigenous country.

If it becomes an Australian East Indies due to the influence of Australasia, what is the use of the indigenous resistance?

"We will help you establish a new sultanate and support you to become the sultan of the sultanate. Please rest assured that Australasia has no interest in the Dutch East Indies with a large number of indigenous people. We hope to establish a cooperative relationship for the sake of profit." Bob said with a smile.

At present, each of the three remaining Dutch East Indies islands has millions of indigenous people.

Especially Java Island, which has the largest population, has an absolute indigenous population of more than 20 million, which is extremely difficult to control.

Although a considerable part of the indigenous population has been reduced due to the impact of influenza. But compared with the total number of indigenous people in the Dutch East Indies before, such a reduction is not a serious injury.

It is no exaggeration to say that the current population of the indigenous people of the Dutch East Indies is at least over 30 million, and it is very likely to be around 35 million.

This population size is much larger than the total population of Australasia, which is why Bob said that Australasia is not interested in the Dutch East Indies.

There is no way, just controlling these 35 million people is enough to give the Australasia government a headache.

Hearing Bob say this, Noor Brady Hakala nodded, and he was quite in agreement with this statement.

The population size of the indigenous people is the biggest reason why it is difficult for the Netherlands to fully control the Dutch East Indies, and it is the same problem for Australasia, which also has an insufficient population.

Noor Brady Hakala also knows Australasia's policy on New Guinea Island, which is nothing more than a comprehensive expulsion of the indigenous people.

But the problem is that the island of Sumatra where they are located has millions of indigenous people, and the neighboring island of Java has more than 20 million indigenous people. How should such a large number of indigenous people be expelled?

It is for this reason that Nur Brady Hakala is still very confident about Bob.

"How much support can you provide?" Nur Brady Hakala asked with a little expectation.

Although the indigenous resistance has become a large-scale riot, because the indigenous technology is not advanced, most of the weapons used by their army are cold weapons, and some firearms from hundreds of years ago.

These weapons are very difficult to face the attack of the Dutch army, which is why the Dutch rule in the Dutch East Indies has persisted for hundreds of years without collapse.

Especially after the invention of machine guns, it has become easier for the Dutch to suppress the rebellion of the indigenous people. A position only needs a few machine guns to stand firm, becoming the biggest means to hinder the attack of the indigenous people.

"2,000 rifles, 200,000 rounds of ammunition, 5 machine guns, 5 artillery pieces and some machine gun bullets, shells, etc." Bob said with a smile: "This is only the first round of support. If it works, there will be a second and third round in the future."

There is a certain limit to the support for the indigenous people. After all, it is difficult for Arthur to guarantee that these indigenous people will obey the rule of Australasia in the future.

Besides, the Australasia Intelligence Organization has found more than one indigenous force. The army they have with many indigenous forces is enough to give the Dutch East Indies a headache.

Although Australasia supports some obsolete rifles, not the currently advanced Lee Enfield rifles.

But for the Dutch government, which has always found it difficult to suppress the rebellion, it doesn't matter what gun it is.

Australasia acted quickly. On the day of reaching the cooperation, some weapons and equipment were shipped to various sultanates and indigenous forces.

Of course, the transportation routes of these weapons and equipment are relatively secretive, and some even use airship transportation to avoid being discovered by the Dutch government.

Of course, even if the Dutch government discovered it, it could explain these airships as civilian economic purposes.

The Dutch did not have the corresponding technology, and there was no better way to deal with these airships flying in the sky.

They would not be crazy enough to attack the airships in Australasia, because this would be no different from directly declaring war on Australasia.

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