"You are going to withdraw your troops? You are going to withdraw your troops before you fight yet?"

Yang Feng looked at Van Mok in disbelief. The latter had been promoted to general and had actually been transferred back to Europe. But this time it was probably because he and Yang Feng had a good relationship, so the Netherlands government specifically asked him to inform him of this somewhat embarrassing news.

It’s because I haven’t fought yet that I retreated! It would be embarrassing if I fight again!

Van Mok thought to himself.

"His Excellency the Head of State is not really withdrawing troops, but is just gradually reducing the number of troops in the Far East. According to our plan, the garrison will be reduced to 10,000 by the end of the year. In addition, the defense of the autonomous republics will be gradually taken care of by themselves. After all, as a federal, these things should be shared, not alone by the Dutch army."

He continued.

Of course these are all words of face. Everyone understands this means that the Netherlands will completely withdraw from the stage of the Far East. As for the autonomous republics of the Dutch and India Federation, they have left the blame. You can go whatever you want. If you are willing to establish, you can establish. If you are willing to embrace the rich, go to embrace the rich, and stay under the queen's banner, then we welcome it. Anyway, if something happens, we will not send troops to protect it. At most, we can support it spiritually.

"Oh, what do you want me to say? You made me passive!"

Yang Feng said in great depression.

He really didn't expect these profiteers to run so simply. They ran away immediately when they saw that the limelight was wrong. This was absolutely smart, but he was very passive. After all, the 200,000 Dutch troops on Java Island can still be regarded as the most powerful force until now. The Ming army had only 50,000 people there, while Hada had only 150,000 people, and there were also 40,000 whips of Allah. These troops were scattered on the long n-shaped defense line. The retreat of the Dutch army would make the entire defense line riddled.

In other words, during the retreat period of the Netherlands' army for more than half a year, at least 200,000 troops would be needed to fill the vacancy they left behind.

But now Yang Feng is also in short supply. He has a total of 250,000 troops in his hands. Assam has stationed 50,000 troops on Java Island. In addition, there are three overseas Chinese protection teams in Sumatra, Palembang, Medan and Padang. These are all brigade-level, and there are some of them in Li Zongren. The garrisons at various bases in Borneo and Yingtian are deducted. The mobile combat forces that are fully capable of being used are less than 100,000! You can't use them all to block the holes left by the Dutch people, right?

But since the Netherlands has decided, it will definitely not change because of him.

"Okay? Since that's the case, I have nothing to say! But I hope your air force will not cut it for the time being."

Yang Feng said.

The Netherlands Air Force still has more than 100 combat aircraft here, the main base is Batavia, and also shares the Machen base with its Air Force. These more than 100 meteor mk8s are the same as the Ming army. It is still very useful if it can stay.

"Well, I think Congress should agree."

Van Mok said.

After they left, the interests of the Netherlands in the Far East had to be taken care of by Yang Feng. In addition, a large number of Yang Feng's enterprises in the Netherlands are also becoming an important force in the Netherlands economy. In any aspect, this face should be sold. After all, they themselves understand that they are not authentic in doing this. Staying there is an explanation, and it is also good to use this to train the pilot.

The news that the Netherlands will gradually reduce the garrison of the East Indies immediately caused noise in Southeast Asia. Everyone understands that their withdrawal at this time means completely withdrawing from the stage of the Far East. The sea coachman who once rampant in the ocean has also completely withdrawn from the stage of the great powers' struggle. Although they have long become small supporting roles who play supporting roles, this time they are completely over.

Almost just as the first Dutch troops boarded a transport ship back to Europe in Batavia, the Aceh Autonomous Republic, which had long been impatient, declared independence from the Dutch and India federal states.

The Netherlands government condemned this.

But that's all.

Immediately afterwards, the North Sumatra Autonomous Republic and the Java Autonomous Republic announced the merger without passing the Netherlands government. Hada was still the prime minister.

Fortunately, he has not declared independence directly.

The Netherlands government remains silent.

With these people in front, it is natural that they should follow up and follow up behind. Under Yang Feng's instruction, the two Borneo Autonomous Republics in the East and West announced a merger to form a new Borneo Autonomous Republic, and of course they did not announce their establishment.

The Netherlands government remains silent.

"The head of state doesn't look very good?"

Lao Pan stood on the dock, looked at the merchant ship gradually moving away, and said to Yang Feng with a smile.

What the ship was pulling on was the turrets on their four destroyers. The four tribal-class destroyers had already crossed the strait on a stormy night. The bald man's intercepting fleet was unable to stop them due to the harsh sea conditions. Except for one destroyer, the other three ships were intact. At this time, they had already hid in the Yangtze River and were sailing upstream Wuhan, where they completed their arming.

However, these four destroyers will make some changes in weapon configuration. Except for the main gun that has not changed, everything else has been changed. The anti-aircraft weapon has become four double-unit 37mm anti-aircraft guns, semi-open gun positions, and the anti-aircraft machine gun has been changed to four four-unit 14.5mm. These are directly provided by Yang Feng, and his people will be responsible for installing them.

Lao Pan is here to inspect the goods this time, of course it's just a meaning.

After dealing with Yang Feng for so long, he now occasionally jokes with Yang Feng.

"Oh, my friends are all gone. How can you make me feel good!"

Yang Feng said sadly.

"Your friends should have left long ago. The era of colonists has passed. Now the Asian people have awakened, but their minds are still stuck in the ancient Victorian era. They don't know that they have been swept into the garbage dump of history. They are smart now. When the people who pursue freedom get up and drive them away, they will not be as polite as they are now."

Old Pan said lightly.

"Are you mocking me?"

Yang Feng said purely.

"No, I'm just telling a fact."

Old Pan said.

Yang Feng nodded, suddenly turned around and said, "You are just mocking me!"

After saying that, he looked at a middle-aged woman who had been standing not far away from them and looked quite charming and said, "Who is this elder sister? Is your wife? It seems that you two are quite married. You will take them to the mall for a walk, and whatever you buy is mine."

"No, no, this is Miss Hu."

"Miss Hu? Is he still a lady at such an old age?"

"Well, Master, we should not care too much about other people's personal relationship issues. She is a special correspondent of Xinhua News Agency and will be based in Yingtianfu in the future. We have registered with your industrial and commercial and cultural departments, and we have consulted. You do not prohibit Xinhua News Agency activities here."

Old Pan said.

"Of course, we are free to speak here, let alone Xinhua News Agency, there are reporters from the Soviet Union. Last time, it was because we sneaked into the military restricted area, so we were expelled. But she is really not your wife?"

Old Pan glanced at him speechlessly.

"Okay, but I need to remind you that if Miss Hu likes to get lost in the military restricted areas, we will also expel them. There are quite a few military restricted areas here."

"His Excellency, we have no interest in your military restricted area at all."

"That's the best." Yang Feng nodded and put his shoulders on his shoulders, and said sincerely with a smile: "Old Pan, do you want to do a big business?"

"How old?" Old Pan asked vigilantly.

"It's very big, probably at the level of millions."

"His Excellency, you have taken away millions of people from us. Isn't it enough?"

"Millions? How many are there? I remember that even those sinners of the decadent class and the stubborn anti-hole factions, there are less than one million people in total. You won't even count the refugees who left by themselves, right? That has nothing to do with you, that's what they are willing to join me."

Yang Feng said.

In his opinion, the population he received during this period was not large. He sent a ship to receive about four million from various ports, and the transaction with Comrade Li was less than one million. This was mainly because the comrades in their places did not cooperate, especially those with high ideological awareness and even were very resistant to this. Some even killed people secretly without reporting, and some deliberately died unexpectedly. In short, there are policies and countermeasures above. Whether they are willing to keep people under the knife sometimes depends on their luck.

In addition, his teams were too serious. To be honest, a large part of the ones that Comrade Li killed in the early stages was indeed a big part of them. After knowing that the target he was trying to save was actually mixed, the team members would definitely not bring some real scum in society, so they were stuck in the audit, which resulted in the fact that the efficiency was not high.

Most of those prisoners of war were illiterate farmers, who wanted to go home after the war and their wives and children to go home. Many people even had no idea what the Ming Dynasty looked like. Of course, such people would not do it if they wanted him to leave his hometown and run abroad. Chinese people have a strong sense of rural consciousness, especially northerners, which is even worse. Many even would rather be shot in their hometown than throw a handful of bones into Nanyang.

In other words, some officers and literate people have a lot of information. They know that Yang Feng is good, so the number of people they get is not large.

This time, Yang Feng’s target was the soldiers of the Minhua Army who were gradually dismissed by Comrade Li after surrendering.
Chapter completed!