klisemfg Chapter 339 Landing, War
Chapter 339 Landing, War
In this operation, the first to arrive were the national army led by Jibran.
With the support of South China's military intelligence department, Jibran led a team of 6000 people and lurked only two kilometers away from the landing site.
Gibran himself is Acehnese, and most of the members of the team he leads are also from the Acehnese ethnic group.
However, what is not known is that Jibran has another identity. He is an intelligence officer developed by the Secret Guard.
With the full support of the secret guards, he rose rapidly step by step and became the military leader of the Acehnese.
For this battle, Jibran originally planned to directly block the landing troops in the strait.
But faced with the demands of the people behind him, he finally agreed to the suggestions of the South China military personnel.
The landing in southern Indonesia went exceptionally smoothly, and the troops encountered almost no obstacles during the landing process.
They thought that they were able to complete the landing mission so smoothly because of their strong confidentiality and proper landing arrangements.
No one realized that both teams were actually under the control of the Nanhua secret guards.
In An Yi's plan, it is necessary to successfully occupy a beachhead in southern Indonesia.
Only in this way can we continue to inflict losses on both sides and force them into a protracted war of attrition.
We must make the southern Indonesian military feel that they are just about to break through and occupy Sumatra.
If I fight back directly when I log in, what if I succeed?
The secret guards did not dare to overestimate the fighting ability of these Javanese people.
After the South Indonesian army landed, they did not immediately deploy their troops to fight.
Instead, they established positions directly on the high ground near the beach.
They also have to cover various artillery vehicles landing on the island.
These equipments were all support given to them by the United States. It was with these equipments that Suharto felt he could retake Sumatra.
The next morning, before the sun rose completely, a thin layer of mist was floating over the sea.
Jibran led his team quietly approaching the high ground near the beach.
They moved carefully through the dense jungle, trying not to make any noise.
Finally they reached a position overlooking the beach.
Jibran raised the telescope and observed the situation below.
He saw the South Indonesian Army busy setting up positions, their figures looming in the mist.
After a fierce battle, Gibran's troops attacked the South Indonesian army's positions on the beach.
However, despite the counterattack of a large number of heavy weapons, Gibran still failed to push the South Indonesian army into the sea.
At the same time, Suharto received battle reports from the front in the rear, and learned that the South Indonesian army had successfully landed and established defensive positions.
He was extremely excited and immediately congratulated the commanders on the front line. He also promised that as long as the final victory was achieved, all personnel involved in the operation would be rewarded with promotions and salary increases.
At the meeting that day, Suharto once again emphasized the importance of follow-up troops.
He pointed out that the ethnic armed forces must not be given the opportunity to seize the positions they had established with great difficulty.
In the following days, the fighting between the two sides intensified.
The South Indonesian army continued to send in additional troops in an attempt to break through the encirclement, but Gibran's troops put up a tenacious resistance and refused to let the enemy succeed.
For this war, several ethnic groups on the island of Sumatra contributed manpower and manpower and joined the war enthusiastically.
In fact, not all ethnic groups on the island are so eager for independence, but those who are disobedient have already been quietly dealt with by the secret guards.
Because of this, the entire island of Sumatra is now united in resisting southern Indonesia.
In just one week, the scale of the battle between the two sides gradually expanded, reaching tens of thousands of people.
At first, the South Indonesian army did not encounter much resistance when they landed, but when they got ashore, they were greeted with fierce attacks from the islanders.
This caught them off guard and resulted in heavy casualties.
During this week, Suharto continued to send additional troops to the island, and more than 10,000 people have landed on the island.
However, although they successfully broke through the defensive position two kilometers away, they found themselves trapped in the encirclement formed by several hills five kilometers to the rear, making it difficult to move forward.
These hills became an insurmountable obstacle, rendering their attack at a standstill.
Faced with reports of large numbers of casualties from the front, Suharto could not sleep all night.
At a military meeting in southern Indonesia, he anxiously asked participants their views on the current situation.
Opinions were divided, and some even began to question the necessity of the war and expressed their intention to withdraw from it.
However, on the next day, the latest battle report suddenly came from the front.
The South Indonesian Army on the front line successfully broke through the hill heights.
All the ideas of withdrawal that Suharto had been considering were suddenly thrown out of the window.
At this time, the troops in the rear of southern Indonesia continued to land in a steady stream as originally planned, but this time there were fewer armored vehicles in the team that landed.
This was mainly because the losses of armored vehicles on the front line were too great.
To be honest, even Suharto himself did not expect that the enemies on the island actually had rocket launchers capable of destroying tanks.
You know, the weapons and equipment currently used in southern Indonesia are almost all supported by the Americans, and the quantity is not large. Therefore, Suharto is naturally reluctant to put all the equipment into the battlefield on Sumatra Island.
In comparison, it is more cost-effective to equip each person with a gun.
This war did not attract the attention of many countries, especially those Western countries. They only mentioned it in the newspapers, and then no one paid attention to it anymore.
However, for the Southeast Asian countries, the situation is completely different. They are still very concerned about this war. After all, this is a war happening around them.
ASEAN even held an emergency meeting for this purpose.
At the meeting, South China proposed a proposal to implement special management of relief supplies in Jakarta.
In other words, the storage and distribution of these supplies must be operated by people sent by ASEAN to ensure that the relief supplies they provide will not be diverted by the South Indonesian government for war purposes.
This suggestion was supported by everyone, and no one raised any objections. Even North Indonesia, which had just joined, suggested that ASEAN needed to maintain regional peace and that the people from South Indonesia should withdraw.
After the ASEAN meeting ended, Suharto's side was immediately notified.
Suharto was furious when he heard the news! They had just come up with this plan and hadn't even had time to implement it before it was completely ruined.
Suharto was very angry. He thought that this war was completely beyond his expectations and completely different from what he had originally imagined.
According to his expectation, the original inhabitants of the island should only have a small number of firearms, and most of the others were simple weapons such as bows and arrows and spears.
But in fact, the people on the island have a large number of advanced firearms and light artillery, and these weapons are a full set of American equipment.
Since these weapons were all American, Suharto specifically went to consult American personnel.
U.S. officials made it clear that the weapons did not come from the United States.
As for other details, they refused to disclose more information.
In fact, Adam, the leader of the United States in southern Indonesia, was well aware of what was going on behind the scenes, but because of the order from home not to participate in the war, he was unwilling to interfere.
This is obviously something that South China and the White House have already discussed.
During this time, one of his intelligence officers stationed in southern Indonesia died in an accident.
And this person has been trying to help South Indonesia get the United States to join the war.
No matter who did it, he didn't want to meddle in it.
He knew very well that this person had received a lot of benefits from Suharto.
He never expected that this person would actually do the job after taking the money.
It's really stupid and I can't see the situation clearly at all.
David secretly complained in his heart. In his eyes, the person who did it was either from Nanhua or from within the country.
There is no other possibility.
The country has clearly stated that it will not be involved in this matter, but this person is so irrational. Not only was it not enough that the report submitted was rejected by him, he even went so far as to report directly to the country over the head.
But the only thing David wanted to figure out now was where the money this man had received went. It must have been a lot of money for this old man to be so concerned about it.