Chapter 624 Undercurrent

Arthur was not aware of the Dutch's decision to do everything they could to quell the rebellion, but no matter how much the Dutch resisted, the loss of the Dutch East Indies had become a fact.

In this incident, the Netherlands, the indigenous people, and Australasia were not at fault. The only thing to blame was the Netherlands, a medium-sized country far away in Europe, but it had such a large colony in the Dutch East Indies, and the Dutch East Indies was so close to Australasia, which was a great power.

Arthur did this just to help the Dutch get rid of it in advance. After all, according to the situation in the Netherlands, the Dutch East Indies would not last long and was destined to break away from the rule of the Dutch.

After knowing that Australasia was behind Bob, Noor Brady Hakala treated him as a guest of honor, and even asked him about military affairs repeatedly.

Of course, this does not mean that Noor Brady Hakala will fully surrender to Australasia.

Compared with his subordinates who are not good at strategy, relying on the help of the Australians occasionally under the premise of the same purpose is more helpful to Noor Brady Hakala's plan.

The assistance Australasia gave to these natives was very simple. In addition to a small amount of weapons, there were also some food that had been stored for a long time.

But these supports were very important for the current situation. This would allow the native forces to expand their military forces rapidly while maintaining food and clothing, and crush the Dutch East Indies in terms of military strength.

The natives had nothing much, but they had a lot of people. There was no problem in arming millions of troops with tens of millions of natives, and the limit of the army could even be expanded to about 5 million.

Of course, this war did not require such an exaggerated army. The entire Dutch army added up to only about 200,000. Even if the natives were weak, 500,000 to 600,000 troops were enough to form an advantage over the Dutch army.

After all, this was not the Netherlands. It would take more than a month for the Dutch to transport weapons and equipment, and the various costs were simply unbearable for the Dutch government.

Under Bob's suggestion, the indigenous army controlled by Nur Brady Hakala quickly captured Zhanbi in the south of Sumatra Island and officially announced the reconstruction of the Zhanbi Sultanate with Zhanbi as its capital.

It has only been 20 years since the demise of the Zhanbi Sultanate, and the indigenous people in the Zhanbi area still have a lot of support.

As expected, after the Zhanbi Sultanate was officially rebuilt, a large number of small and medium-sized indigenous forces began to join the Zhanbi Sultanate, which quickly broke through the population of one million in this newly rebuilt country, and Nur Brady Hakala's army also took advantage of the opportunity to expand to 20,000 people.

Nur Brady Hakala's success made other natives very jealous. In just over a week, on the three islands of the Dutch East Indies, more than a dozen native countries such as the Zhanbei Sultanate, the Shak Sultanate, the Deli Sultanate, the Aceh Sultanate, the Kutai Sultanate, the Burungan Sultanate, the Sanfa Sultanate, and the Yogyakarta Sultanate sprang up. Either the extinct native sultanates were rebuilt, or the natives who surrendered to the Dutch East Indies declared independence. In short, the Dutch East Indies was really in chaos.

After these sultanates became independent or rebuilt, they all set their sights on the land controlled by the Dutch East Indies.

These lands were either the former lands of their countries or the lands of some extinct native sultanates, which were snatched from them by the Dutch anyway.

Now is the best opportunity to defeat the Dutch, and these natives will naturally not give up, and have decided to directly disintegrate the Dutch rule in the Dutch East Indies.

After Nur Brady Hakala re-established the Zhanbei Sultanate, he set his sights on Palembang, not far south of Zhanbei.

The name of Palembang may be unfamiliar, but it has another name, called Palembang.

There used to be a giant in Sumatra, called the Palembang Sultanate, which was forcibly disbanded and annexed by the Dutch hundreds of years ago.

Palembang, the capital of the Palembang Sultanate, is also one of the largest cities in Sumatra, and can be called the central city in southern Sumatra.

The strategic plan that Bob made for Nur Brady Hakala was to first capture Zhanbei, and then successively annex Balinbang, Lampung Port and Bengkulu to establish a large sultanate in southern Sumatra.

The most important point is that the southern part of Sumatra is very close to Java, and is even separated by the Sunda Strait.

As the nearest indigenous country to Batavia, if Nur Brady Hakala can complete his strategic plan as quickly as possible, he may even have the hope of directly capturing Batavia and establishing a huge sultanate spanning Sumatra and Java.

After all, compared to Sumatra, which has a population of only a few million, Java, with a population of more than 20 million, is the center of the entire East Indies.

It is precisely because he knows that Java is the center of the Dutch East Indies that Arthur asked the Royal Security Intelligence Service to focus its work on Java after discovering that the Dutch did not intend to seek peace.

In addition to the two sultanates on Java, the Dutch themselves are not very unified.

First of all, there are many Dutch and indigenous mixed-race people in Batavia. These mixed-race people naturally cannot all be loyal to the Dutch rule, and there are still many mixed-race people who hold indigenous ideas.

In addition, a large part of the Dutch colonial army is composed of indigenous or mixed-race people, which also means that the current Batavia is not as peaceful as it seems.

September 11, 1925, Batavia, the capital of the Dutch East Indies.

"General Muhammad, there is someone who claims to be your friend looking for you." In a villa in Batavia, a servant pushed open the master's office and whispered respectfully.

"Friend?" Muhammad was a little puzzled, but still let the servant let the person in.

"General Muhammad, long time no see." The man pushed open the door and smiled heartily, and said to General Muhammad who was frowning in the office.

"Eric, how could it be you?" Muhammad was shocked and hurried forward to confirm whether he saw it wrong. Then he asked the servant to bring two cups of tea, smiled and pulled the visitor to the seat, and sat next to him.

"Why, you don't welcome me after becoming a general?" The man named Arik said with a smile.

"Don't mention it, Eric. Don't you know that I was given the title of general only to appease the mixed-race people, and I have no real power in the army. Most of the army is ruled by General Monk. Except for my army, my title of general is not useful anywhere." Muhammad smiled and shook his head, sighed slightly and said.

"The Dutch East Indies is already facing such a serious crisis, why are they still so defensive against you, Muhammad?" Eric asked with a smile.

"Don't mention it. The full-scale rebellion has already given the colonial government a headache. They are worried whether I will also join the rebellion to completely overthrow the rule of the East Indies." Muhammad sneered.

Although they are all loyal to the royal government, they are suspected by the colonial government just because of their mixed-race identity, and even try to undermine themselves in the army. Such rejection makes Muhammad very unhappy, and even a little disgusted from the heart.

"Honestly, Muhammad, don't you want to change the current situation?" Eric nodded with a smile, looking at his friend with a hint of meaning.

"How to change it? As long as the fact that I am a mixed-race person cannot be changed, the colonial government will never reuse me. What's more, I am a person who returned from studying in Australasia, and they are even less likely to trust me at such a time." Muhammad shook his head, obviously having lost hope in the idea of ​​changing the status quo.

"Alas, what a pity. How could a student from East India who was once praised as the most talented in the Royal Military Academy be disregarded after returning to East India?" Eric sighed first, stood on the same line with Muhammad, narrowing the distance between the two, and then continued: "But I'm not talking about changing your status in the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Muhammad."

"Eric, I'm afraid you are talking about Australasia?" Muhammad was not surprised by his old friend's intention. After all, Eric and he were both students from the Royal Military Academy of Australasia.

Although neither of them could stay in Australasia in the end, Eric was most likely to be loyal to Australasia.

"That's right, Muhammad. As an old friend, I won't hide it from you. My current identity is an intelligence officer of the Royal Security Intelligence Bureau of Australasia, specializing in winning over forces against the Netherlands and subverting the rule of the Dutch East Indies.

Muhammad, your talent is completely wronged in the small Dutch East Indies, why don't you try to join Australasia?

You are not unaware of His Majesty's attitude towards winning over foreign talents. As long as you are willing to join Australasia, you will still be a general." Eric nodded, and said his intention without concealing it. He looked at his old friend eagerly and persuaded him.

"I understand what you said, Eric. But don't forget that I am a mixed blood of Dutch and indigenous people after all. Such an identity will not be welcomed anywhere.

Besides, I am either Dutch or indigenous. How can I join Australasia?" Muhammad shook his head and rejected his old friend's kindness.

Eric expected Muhammad's refusal. After all, it is not so easy to persuade such an ambitious talent to join Australasia.

However, Eric was quite satisfied with Muhammad's attitude. At least he was not too opposed to his intention. This proved that Muhammad's loyalty to the Kingdom of the Netherlands had decreased. He even needed an excuse to rebel against the Netherlands.

"If you don't mind, I can introduce you to any indigenous force. The Dutch rule in the East Indies may be overturned at any time. Since you have indigenous blood, why don't you join the indigenous forces? His Majesty also plans to support an indigenous country. If you don't mind, I can recommend you as the Minister of Defense of this indigenous country." Eric smiled and said his second proposal, which was the real purpose of his visit.

The previous request for Muhammad to surrender to Australasia was just a lead to the second request.

After all, Muhammad is a mixed blood of Dutch and indigenous people. As he said, even if he surrendered to Australasia, it is not easy to gain Arthur's trust.

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