Chapter 577 How can we be worthy of the hundreds of millions of Indonesian people!
Indonesia acted quickly, and the international community was not slow either.
The international community began reporting on Indonesia's blatant invasion of the newly born Borneo Republic.
Indonesian planes, Indonesian navy, Indonesian army, these bad memories have brought back nightmares to many elderly people who experienced World War II.
The Indonesian army, in particular, was in a tense situation during the war and had no regard for military discipline in the occupied towns such as Sibu and Tawau. How could it be that they had accepted the invitation of the Malay authorities to quell the rebellion?
They burned, killed, looted and committed all kinds of evil.
Compared with the Japanese invaders, they are not much inferior.
Think about it, Indonesia launched several genocides in the past! They were so cruel to their own people, let alone outsiders?
Many journalists risked their lives to take many photos, exposing Indonesia's ugly face to the international community.
The airports in Kuching and Kota Kinabalu, as well as the surrounding areas, were badly bombed. Given the level of Indonesian bombers, if they wanted to bomb an airport, they would definitely have to bomb a large area.
The various broken walls and ruins make the photos even more shocking.
Then, the international community's public opinion, at some point, gradually began to criticize Indonesia as the most aggressive country since World War II.
The Netherlands stood up to criticize Indonesia for invading West Papua, Portugal stood up to criticize Indonesia for invading East Timor, and even Britain and the United States pointed out that Indonesia had invaded Sarawak and Sabah, the predecessor of the Borneo Republic, as well as Singapore, but was stopped by Britain and the United States.
For a while, Indonesia seemed to be on the verge of being condemned by everyone.
At this time, the Sverdlov-class cruiser "Ordzhonikidze" had just arrived in the Sulu Sea and was about to arrive in Kota Kinabalu, the capital of Sabah.
They knew that there were several fighter jets in North Kalimantan, otherwise, how could the fighter jets from Malaysia be shot down?
Therefore, Indonesia's MiG-17 fighters, covering the Il-28 bombers, never relaxed and continued to destroy the fortifications around Kota Kinabalu to ensure the landing of the Marines.
Poor Sabah and its poor army, perhaps they are still excited about the small victory in the battle in the Tawau area, and have no idea that tomorrow morning, the invincible navy of Greater Indonesia will arrive at the sea off Kota Kinabalu, and then Sabah will be conquered in one battle.
Compared to the Western Front, the advancement on the Eastern Front is not bad either. Although it has not yet reached Kuching, the maximum range of the artillery shells can already bomb Kuching!
As long as Sabah falls tomorrow, Sarawak will surely be so frightened that it will be difficult for them to organize an effective resistance.
Suharto was in a good mood as the fruits of victory would be reaped in just two days.
Even if the United Kingdom and the United States intervene and talk, Indonesia has already made a secret move in Sabah and Sarawak. Cease-fire, definitely cease-fire! Why not cease-fire if they have taken it? —
Compared with Indonesia's pride, the people of Borneo were in deep grief. Radio, news and newspapers continued to report the miserable plight of the people on the front line.
Many Malays who were attached to their homeland and did not believe that Indonesia would kill even their own people suffered a great disaster.
Their language is the same as the Indonesian language, just like the United States and the United Kingdom both speak English, but with some differences.
But Indonesia doesn't care.
The invaders' faces are not polite at all.
In fact, they wanted to rob and bully the Chinese more, but when the Chinese saw the war, they knew what kind of people the Indonesians were and ran away!
They had lost thousands of fellow soldiers before, so how could they be nice to the Malays who stayed behind?
As a result, the Malays who had suffered "successfully" united the entire Borneo kingdom against the enemy.
Taib Mahmud signed a larger defense contract with Blackwater Security, hoping that Blackwater could better help the Republic of Borneo.
If it fails, Blackwater will gain nothing.
At this moment, Taib Mahmud really hopes that Blackwater Dad can show the same efficiency he used to deal with them and defeat the invading Indonesia.
Otherwise, he was worried that if Indonesia took control of Sarawak and Sabah, other MPs might be fine, but someone like him who stood out would definitely not be able to survive. How could Indonesia allow someone like him to exist?
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Wang Yuanchao was in North America, but he was keeping an eye on the Republic of Borneo's every move. He was even informed of the Indonesian navy and American satellites.
The Blackwater reinforcements crossed the Philippine Sea, the Surigao Strait, the Philippines' inland sea, the Bohol Sea, and then the Sulu Sea, hiding during the day and moving at night. They even stopped for a day near Labuan Island and arrived at the new capital of Borneo, Bintulu Port, two days earlier than the Indonesian navy.
He has been holding back all this time, intending to seduce Indonesia and severely destroy the Kingdom of Borneo.
In this way, if he attacks again, it would be perfectly legitimate for the victorious country to demand that the defeated country cede territory and pay compensation.
It would be great if Indonesia could be divided.
How can you feel comfortable when your neighbors have a population of hundreds of millions while you have a population of only a few million?
He now has some understanding of the thoughts of North Korea, South Korea, Vietnam and other countries.
Anyway, those Malays considered themselves to be of the same ethnic group and thought that Indonesia would not do anything to them, so they stayed where they were. When Wang Yuanchao learned the news, he almost woke up laughing.
If someone were to take the initiative to pay this price, he would welcome it!
February 1983, 2, Thursday, the 10th day of the twelfth lunar month, two days away from New Year’s Eve.
At 6:10 in the morning, the Borneo Republic sounded the clarion call for a counterattack.
The Western Route Army, the main Indonesian force in Kuching, was met with overwhelming bombing.
The Kidd-class destroyer is equipped with two MK45 single-barrel 127mm naval guns. Although this type of naval gun is obviously inferior to missiles in terms of range, speed, and hit accuracy in modern naval battles and can no longer pose a threat to enemy warships, its larger caliber naval gun is a more effective weapon for shore fire support in amphibious landing operations.
It has the advantages of long-term continuous firing and large bomb load, and can effectively bombard fixed surface targets of coastal defense. The MK45 single-barrel 127mm naval gun has a firing rate of 10 to 40 rounds per minute, an elevation range of -15° to +65°, a maximum firing height of 23.7 kilometers, and an elevation range of 13.6 kilometers.
Anchored overnight at Kuching Harbor, four ships and eight naval guns attacked the unguarded Indonesian army positions according to the prepared firing parameters. This carpet bombing was simply plowing the ground with artillery fire.
After 10 minutes of bombing, the Indonesian West Route Army directly blew up the camp.
The Blackwater mercenaries rushed forward in armored vehicles.
There were dead and wounded everywhere, and some fled in panic. Because there were also many surrendering, Black Water could not catch up in time.
The Western Route Army was almost wiped out.
The Eastern Army, the Indonesian Army in the Tawau area, discovered that the offensive of the Borneo Republic had suddenly intensified!
The guys who had only dared to fight before now actually dared to charge forward, overturning the Indonesian army's various strongholds and camps one by one, and chasing them to the seaside like chasing rabbits. They had no choice but to surrender.
They are facing the country with the strongest army on the face of the earth! ! ! To bully these scumbags in Indonesia, they don’t even need their strongest combat power, the militia can hold them down!
If you don't have strategy, and you can't even compare with others in equipment, isn't that just asking for trouble? The Blackwater mercenaries have a full set of American equipment!
These people had been suppressed before and were not allowed to attack!
Otherwise, even if the Indonesian army doubles, it will still not be enough to fight them.
An army of 5 invaded the Kingdom of Borneo, but was defeated in just one night.
The Eastern Army was completely wiped out, and only a part of the Western Army, about 5000 people, escaped.
Did he really escape back?
That was what Blackwater put back.
Wang Yuanchao gave remote commands, asking them to hang behind and push forward.
The Heishui army followed closely behind, like chasing rabbits, and took advantage of the situation to kill into Sangkao County on the Indonesian border. More than 100 kilometers west of here is Pontianak. If they occupied Pontianak, it would almost mean the occupation of Indonesia's West Kalimantan province.
Suharto had just sat down in the presidential office in the morning when he received news of the major defeat on the front line. He was stunned.
The situation was very good yesterday, and the navy and the army told themselves that they would soon see the fruits of victory.
When we woke up today, not only did we lose the fruits, but our army was also driven away?
This is simply inexcusable, this is aggression!
This is naked aggression!
Suharto suddenly thought of the navy and quickly asked someone to send a telegram to the navy!
late.
F15 and F16 flew towards the Indonesian fleet in the sea in overwhelming numbers.
In particular, the huge flagship "Ordzhonikidze", which only had artillery but no missiles, was simply a sitting target. It was hit by four or five bombs and sank.
What’s the difference between other warships and toys in front of F15 and F16?
Seeing the bad situation, several warships hoisted white flags and announced their surrender.
You ships, are you surrendering to the Air Force?
Let the fighting cock go down and accept your surrender?
fry!
Indonesians jumped off ship in despair.
After all, jumping off the boat still leaves a chance of survival, but not jumping off the boat will be a dead end.
Suharto began to feel scared.
But something even scarier is coming.
The First Fleet's main bases in Jakarta, Tanjung Pinang (opposite Singapore), and the Second Fleet's main bases in Surabaya and Tarakan were all bombed.
Jakarta's airport was not immune either.
Many fighter jets took off in a hurry to fight. It was useless even if the MiG-17 took off. They couldn't even defeat the second-generation aircraft like the F5, let alone the fourth-generation aircraft like the F15 and F16.
Faced with this terror that was several generations away, the air defenses of these bases were as fragile as paper.
But no matter how the Indonesian representative shouted at the United Nations, no one sympathized with him.
Among the five major countries, Indonesia first betrayed the Soviet Union, and now cannot see the situation clearly and is clamoring against the West's own son.
What? You are the only one who can hit others, but others can’t hit you?
When you are who?
So many international opinions have reminded you before, but where are your eyes? Where are your ears?
Now you're yelling?
Sorry, the international community has neither eyes nor ears at this moment.
Unable to count on mediation from the international community, Suharto felt a little desperate as he watched the advancing Borneo army.
The other side had already captured Pontianak. In front of the other side, Pontianak was really like a defenseless little girl. The defenders of Pontianak surrendered without even firing a shot!
How can we be worthy of our country! How can we be worthy of the hundreds of millions of Indonesian people!
(End of this chapter)