Under the fierce attack of the People's Army, the indigenous army was forced to retreat to the dense forest on the other side again. After all, if they continue to stay on the avenue at this time, it is basically a dead end. Therefore, although there seems to be ambushing in the jungle on the other side, it seems that there is little movement. Anyway, if the left and right are dead, then hide for a while before talking about it.

Apart from a few explosions, there were no other ambush in the dense forest. Therefore, most of the indigenous soldiers still hid in the dense forest. However, the People's Army did not press too much. After all, the purpose of this battle had been achieved, and the accidental nature of fighting in the jungle was too great, so there was no need to chase him. So the People's Army only chased after 3 or 40 meters and stopped chasing.

The battle was not long and it ended in less than 40 minutes. After simple statistics, the People's Army killed more than 160 indigenous soldiers, and about 150 injured indigenous soldiers fell on the ground beside the avenue. The People's Army itself was not killed, only 7 soldiers were injured, 4 people in the farm guards were killed and 16 people were injured. In addition, some indigenous soldiers died in the jungle or fled into the jungle. There was no complete statistics. But that's it, this was also a very perfect victory.

Jiang Haidong was also very satisfied with the result of this battle, so he immediately ordered the wounded soldiers to undergo simple treatment, bring the bodies of the dead, and immediately evacuate from the battlefield and return to the farm.

The People's Army neither killed nor took away the injured indigenous soldiers, but kept them on the spot and fend for themselves. This time, the People's Army went into battle lightly, and of course it was impossible to capture prisoners. Keeping them not killing them is not entirely humanitarian. It also intends to increase the burden on the indigenous army and even the Dutch coalition. After all, the indigenous army cannot leave these wounded soldiers alone. If they take these wounded soldiers to join the Dutch army, it will definitely bring a considerable burden to the Dutch army.

After the People's Army withdrew, about half an hour later, the indigenous soldiers who fled into the dense forest turned back one after another, and asked the wounded again, and finally confirmed that the People's Army had really left. So the indigenous army gathered again, sheltered the bodies of the dead, and gave the injured a simple treatment. The next step was to go to Batavia to join the Dutch army after consultation by several leaders. First, they had already reached this point, less than 30 kilometers away from Batavia, so they had to meet each other no matter what. Second, there were still many wounded people who would definitely not be able to return to the tribe, and when they arrived in Batavia, they could get the wounded first.

So the indigenous army buried the dead on the spot, took the wounded, organized the team, and set off again, continuing to drive away to Batavia.

At this time, the Dutch colonial army and tribal coalition had already set up Batavia, assembled in the predetermined positions, and built fortifications. The headquarters was located in a small indigenous village about 18 kilometers away from the farm, while the Dutch coalition position was about 12 kilometers away from the farm.

Although the combat effectiveness of the Dutch army was not very good, the structure of the army was the same as that of Britain, which was typically heavy on the sea and was less than the land. Therefore, the highest military commander of Java was the naval commander Helveg, who was naturally the highest commander of this battle. However, after all, Helveg was a naval officer and was not proficient in land warfare. The two of them were responsible for tactical command. In fact, they were two army officers, Army Colonel Martinez and Van der Witt. They were the first to lead the army out of the city, laying out defense positions outside the city, and setting up commands.

Two days later, Hurvig arrived at the front headquarters. However, before he could sit firmly, he received two bad news. Two indigenous tribes were ambushed by the People's Army halfway, killing about 400 soldiers, and more than 500 wounded soldiers, of which more than 200 indigenous soldiers were seriously injured and basically lost their combat effectiveness.

Before the battle officially started, even two defeats were defeated and more than 600 people were reduced, which made Hurvig very angry. Although the reduction of troops did not hurt the coalition forces, it was a big blow to the morale of the entire army. Because after the two tribes arrived at the position, the news of the ambush and the loss of soldiers and generals quickly spread throughout the army, and many natives saw a large number of wounded people. This also shocked many tribes. Failure always hurts people's confidence. So some tribes were also thinking whether to go back as soon as possible and stop fighting this battle.

But for the Dutch colonial government and for Helvig, this battle was all on the verge of the arrow and had to be fired. No matter what, it must be fought. Therefore, the tribes must be appeased and agitated, otherwise this battle would not be won at all.

So Helveg immediately recruited leaders of various tribes to discuss matters. After everyone arrived, Helveg once again made a frank statement to them Cheng Ming's interests and made it very frankly that if the coalition forces lost this battle, the Dutch colonial government would have to give up a lot of real interests, political power, etc. to the Chinese in Java, and with the military support of the East China government, they would inevitably get rid of their position in Java in the future and beside the indigenous people of Java, so Java will not be Java for Java, but Java for Chinese. If the tribes do not want to be suppressed by the Chinese, then the only way would be to work with the Dutch colonial government to defeat the People's Army.

These words really shocked all the tribes, because everyone knew that indigenous tribes could not resist the powerful force of the East China government, and then the Javanese natives could only become third-class people. Of course, this was the result that every tribe was unwilling to accept. Therefore, only by relying on the Dutch colonial government and defeating the People's Army can we maintain the current status of the second indigenous Javanese. So no one mentioned going home again, but they honestly negotiated the combat matters against the People's Army.

Seeing that everyone was moved by his words, Helveg couldn't help but feel energetic, but he also knew that relying on such intimidation was not enough. To boost the morale of the indigenous army, some interest stimulation was required. So Helveg made another promise that after defeating the People's Army and breaking the farm, in addition to the rewards from the colonial government, he could allow the tribes to loot at will, and the property obtained was owned by each tribe. Therefore, after the war, except for Batavia, all the industries and wealth of the Zhang family could be robbed by each tribe.

Sure enough, after hearing Helveg's promise, the leaders of various tribes were also greatly boosted, because the Zhang family is recognized as a wealthy family in Java, and its industries are almost all over the island. If he could seize his property, it would definitely be a considerable income for all tribes. Although the preface was to defeat the People's Army, it did boost the spirit of all tribes, after all, there was hope.

In fact, Helvig also knew that since Zhang Jiaji was obviously standing on the side of the People's Army this time, once the Dutch coalition wins, it is basically impossible for the Zhang family to gain a foothold in Java. At this time, many merchants in Batavia were already staring at the Zhang family's industries. They just waited for the war to end. Of course, if the Dutch coalition wins, they would win. Even the Governor came forward to form a "Zhangjia Industrial Processing Committee" to coordinate the handling of the Zhang family's industries in Java and other Dutch colonial governments.

Now that Helvig promises that tribes will plunder the property of the Zhang family, it will definitely cause dissatisfaction among the merchants. The Netherlands is also a country built by merchants. Merchants have great political capabilities and can influence the decisions of the country. However, the most urgent task now is to defeat the People's Army. If the People's Army cannot be defeated, then nothing will be useful. To defeat the People's Army, we will stabilize these tribes and let them work harder.

Seeing that everyone was intrigued, Helveg also decided to strike while the iron was hot. Since all tribes had arrived, he would not hesitate and launch an attack on the farm tomorrow, striving to take the farm in one fell swoop. At this time, the tribes naturally did not object, and even if one or two tribes had objections, they could not speak on this occasion.

The tactical part is led by Colonel Martinez. The distribution plan of the club is divided into three routes, with the Dutch colonial government troops responsible for the frontal attack, and the First Army of the Tribal Alliance attacked the left wing; the Second Army of the Tribal Alliance attacked the right wing, and the Third Army of the Tribal Alliance was the reserve.

After the tactics were arranged, Martinez further explained the reasons for the chosen tactical arrangement, so that the coalition forces could fully utilize the advantages of the coalition forces, and once the People's Army's troops were dispersed, they would lose sight of the other. Moreover, the front was often the strongest defense, so the colonial government army was responsible for attacking and defending the weak sides. Moreover, before the formal attack, the colonial government army could also provide artillery support to the coalition forces.

This tactic has also been recognized by all tribes. After all, the colonial government took over the most difficult combat mission and provided artillery support to the coalition forces. So what else can be said?

In fact, the Netherlands chose this tactic for its own considerations. From the Dutch's mind, they planned to use the indigenous tribes as cannon fodder, so that they could consume the sharpness and ammunition of the People's Army, and then attack by the colonial government troops to end the battle. However, this is too obvious. After all, the indigenous people are not stupid and will not be willing to be cannon fodder. Therefore, the Netherlands made some changes to this tactical idea, which turned into a three-sided attack, but it still did not change in essence.
Chapter completed!