Yes, Prime Minister of Japan

"In this attack, there will be no naval gun support. You only have 80 K9 self-propelled guns and 120 towed 155mm howitzers. The infantry can only march on foot through the rainforest. I don't need to say anything else. Be prepared to have engineers build roads all the way to Jayapura."

Then the entire army was transformed into engineers, who dug over 80 miles of temporary road across the northwestern border of Papua New Guinea.

Crossing the border leads to an agricultural area developed by Indonesians.

These are all typical tropical agricultural areas. Apart from the Christian church we saw when we first entered, we also saw several Javanese mosques.

"kill!"

The soldiers easily occupied the village.

"Smash the mosque!"

The Papua Liberation Army swarmed in, waving liberation flags, and stormed in, dragging out and shooting the Javanese imams in the temple. They also removed the infidel symbols from the temple and replaced them with Christian liberation symbols.

Of course, there is also a statue of Li Xinghe on it. Meanwhile, communists and cultists from Japan and South Korea gathered together with the Papuan Liberation Army to conduct a new round of ideological mobilization among the locals.

The locals here mainly refer to the indigenous people; the Javanese would have to be found in prisoner-of-war camps.

The occupation of the area was completed in a few tens of minutes, and the command moved north to attack the outer city of Jayapura.

Following the road developed by the Indonesians, their first stop was the Tami River estuary area southeast of Jayapura, a suburban farm of Javanese people with only 10,000 inhabitants. There was a rather large Masjid Mosque there, which had also been occupied.

The two regional commands, 17.1 and 17.2, under the Paradise Bird Military Region, were stationed in the area. In reality, they were only the size of less than two battalions, with a force of about a thousand people.

They hid in the city and dared not fight back.

He Yang then ordered a relentless artillery barrage on the city.

"attack!"

The general offensive was launched, and the thunderous sound of artillery bombarded Chayapra. To the command, this battle was as ridiculous as someone who was used to high school exams having to compete in kindergarten.

The 155mm howitzers launched a relentless attack on the city. The dense barrage of bombardment from two hundred artillery pieces made the city tremble and shake. The dilapidated city buildings crumbled and collapsed with each bombardment.

The Papua Liberation Army charged forward with roars.

Giving them rifles wasn't very effective, as they preferred to fire a full magazine from the trigger, so they were given many more melee weapons so they could efficiently and environmentally clean up the colonists. Then, the sounds of battle cries echoed through the city.

Swords, spears, and bows and arrows—primal savagery was unleashed between bodies. All groups with Javanese appearances fell or were captured. The resistance from the two regional command centers ended with negligible force, but the bloodshed in the entire city had only just begun.

After the thick smoke and fierce fighting subsided, He Yang led the command post to the port, which had been renamed 'Nobel' and was now adorned with the flags of many countries.

The city of 15 people suddenly became much quieter. Corpses lay scattered along the roadside, and defeated Javanese squatted in various corners, glaring at the army that entered the city, only to be wiped out soon after.

He Yang gasped in shock:

"Tens of thousands of people must have died..."

When the coalition forces were fighting abroad, they maintained a high level of ethical conduct in their operations. Apart from the vassal Han Kuang Volunteer Army, they generally did not engage in such dirty work that would pollute the army.

The main concern is that too many casualties would negatively impact the international image of the coalition forces. After all, appearances still need to be maintained.

We can't end up like the Australian army next door, completely losing face because of their filthy acts of child abuse and murder.

He Yang sent someone to find the PLO Army to mediate.

However, the local Papuan National Liberation Army has its own explanation for the extermination of Javanese civilians:

"Over the past 80 years, we have lost 40 people. On average, 5000 people are killed by the Indonesian army every year. Are we only allowed to kill our residents while we are expected to be patient and civilized? No, I learned a saying from the Analects of Confucius in church: 'Repay evil with justice and repay kindness with kindness.' Our revenge against the Indonesian colonizers is repaying evil with justice, and handing over the gold mines they occupied to you is repaying kindness with kindness. After we eliminate the main resistance force, the rest who surrender will be sent to prisoner-of-war camps."

Although the Papuans are indigenous people and there are more than 200 ethnic groups, their primitive morality is much stronger than that of the Indonesian government.

They want revenge.

The Allied forces were in a dilemma regarding how to deal with the colonists who had been riding on their backs—whether to push them into the bay, bury them in Lake Centane, or throw them into the vast rainforest. After all, they still had basic human morality.

So they reported the issue to the Southern Command for further investigation.

After a detailed assessment of the situation, the staff of the Southern Command sent a decisive order to the Papua Liberation Command led by He Yang:

"Civilization is the privilege of the civilized, and revenge is the instinct of the indigenous people. Don't dwell on these matters with the Papuans in detail, and don't overanalyze what happened afterward. Allow those who can escape to escape, and allow those who have been mistreated to take revenge. We are just bystanders. But let's show basic respect to the dead and let them bury their bodies. When the Indonesian government was pushing through their 'colonial law,' they didn't even consider the lives of these people."

As an accomplice in the liberation of Indigenous peoples, the coalition forces should not interfere excessively in the Indigenous peoples' revenge plans.

For the indigenous people, who are killed an average of 5000 times a year and frequently subjected to bloody repression, only a bloody response can bring them liberation. (The rest of the text appears to be nonsensical and unrelated to the initial statement.)

Whether it's Papua, or places like the Maluku and North Maluku Islands, we must respect the practices of the indigenous people.

In addition, Zhang Xiaoqian personally called He Yang and told him:

"We must be prepared for the hundreds of thousands, even millions, of deaths and injuries that would occur if Indonesia were to disintegrate. Over the past 80 years, the Indonesian government has used its immigration laws to relocate Javanese colonists abroad at an alarming rate, causing widespread religious conflicts and bloodshed in the Sumatra, Kalimantan, Sulawesi, Maluku and other archipelagic regions. Now it is time for them to pay the price for their colonial policies."

Back then, Indonesia forcibly relocated the Javanese people, who were Muslims, to various islands on its east and west sides, posing as liberators, leaders of civilization, and guardians. It labeled the indigenous people as "monkey-like creatures" and subjected them to excessively cruel abuse, massacres, forced conversions, and so-called "civilization" – all of which were sins of its own making.

What was done in the past is now being repaid; it is fair and reasonable.

He Yang suddenly raised another question:

"What should we do if India's economy collapses?"

“It’s alright. Tens of thousands of people die in India every year because of similar things. We don’t need your help.”

Zhang Xiaoqian provided a humorous answer.

Indians will kill themselves.

The siege ended successfully, and the fall of the island's capital has once again become a major topic of discussion.

As expected, this sparked huge anger and protests in Indonesia, with the Javanese people being particularly vocal in their riots on the island, criticizing and condemning Li Xinghe as a demon on earth.

But for the Indonesian military junta, this defeat, with its overwhelming disparity in strength, almost certainly foreshadowed their demise.

"It hasn't even been a month, and the capital of Papua has already fallen. 7 mobile troops and 50 immigrants are trapped on the island. They're trying to starve us to death..."

Looking at Li Xinghe now, the fact that he has the leisure to film a TV series seems to mock their incompetence.

Chapter 899: Nabire Death Highway, Java Sea Bounty Hunt (5300 words)

After the Battle of Jayapura, the technical and tactical capabilities of the Indonesian local forces were fully exposed to the coalition forces.

He Yang's evaluation is:

"The militia is just so-so. Their reconnaissance ability is practically zero, and their combat skills are inferior to those of the Vietnamese army. However, they are very good at harming civilians."

The PLO commander bitterly stated:

"After all, their daily routine is to harm ordinary people."

Since that's the case, He Yang won't stand on ceremony.

He reported this to his superiors:

“Their 6-strong mobile force is now stuck in the narrow port of Nabire on the northwest side of the island. There are no roads to the west or east, and the sea route out of U-Town Bay has been blocked by the First Guerrilla Squadron. I request to go directly to annihilate this legion, and leave the rest to the Papuans.”

Establishing settlements at suitable harbors on the edge of dense rainforests, followed by clearing the land by burning to create individual settlements, is a common initial stage of island development. Although these island settlements are all on the same island, they lack road and rail connections, resembling small oases in a rainforest desert.

This type of terrain is typical of Papua Island, or rather, various islands in Southeast Asia.

The same thing happened when the US and Japanese forces fought the Guadalcanal campaign.

Li Xinghe quickly approved:

"You can handle this yourself."

He Yang convened a meeting of the small staff:

Who is leading the army?

The Indonesian forces deployed are quite diverse, including three marine divisions with approximately 2 personnel, three army reserve training divisions with approximately 2 personnel, and four regional combat support brigades drawn from the Kalimantan, Sulawesi, and Maluku military regions.

"Indonesian Army Reserve Commander, Muhammad Hassan."

The name is as common as a roadside stone or a blade of grass, but it is indeed the name of a real person.

Australian Chief of Staff Campbell asked in surprise:

"You think you can just wipe them out?"

He Yang said matter-of-factly:

"In Sichuan, there are specific rules for hosting large banquets in villages. If the guests are already seated, are we just going to wait for them to leave without serving the food?"

For the Papua Liberation Command, the mobile forces that had been blockaded by the First Guerrilla Force in Utau Bay and Nabire were like a piece of fat meat on the table. If they didn't eat it, would they just let it go bad on its own?

"Within a month, we will definitely be able to resolve the remaining four provinces of Papua. However, we need to blockade the surrounding waters for this purpose. I will request to reinforce the second guerrilla squadron with two light aircraft carriers to blockade the waters around the Aru Islands in the southwest of Papua."

Previously, the First Guerrilla Squadron, led by Ryusho and Hosho, had blockaded the Halmahera Sea on the northwest side of Papua Island, blocking Indonesian missile boats and patrol ships from the direction of the Maluku Islands.

Now, He Yang hopes to send a second guerrilla team to completely blockade the Arafura Sea in southwestern Papua, so that he can organize roll-on/roll-off ships to move his command post from land to near the sea, and move it with the troops to one coastal settlement after another.

The command quickly dispatched Hyuga and Fusō with the Second Guerrilla Squad south.

Several days later, the PLO forces, following their command, traveled hundreds of nautical miles west from Jayapura and entered Utau Bay.

They launched a massive landing attack on Cape Napan, northeast of Nabire. A nearby Indonesian coastal defense post attempted to issue a warning, but its radar and dilapidated buildings on the island were quickly destroyed by hand-held rocket launchers carried by the troops.

He Yang swatted at the mosquitoes:

"It feels like we're just like the American and Japanese troops during World War II, fighting in the Pacific all we do is travel by boat, hop on islands, camp in rainforests, and kill mosquitoes and leeches."

The soldiers consumed the most insect repellent.

News of the coalition's large-scale landing at Cape Napan did not escape the notice of the local garrison. General Mohammed Hassan, an unfortunate fellow who usually focused solely on training new recruits, was now squatting in Nabire, which lacked supplies, heavy artillery, and even officers, and could only look up at the sky in despair.

"What? Oh well, I can't control that, I can't find my subordinates..."

It's kind of funny, because without subsequent logistical support, the 60,000-strong mobile force that was urgently mobilized didn't receive any reinforcements. Even the simplest cargo ship transport didn't provide them with heavy weapons, artillery, or tanks. The legendary Leopard 2 tank, the strongest in Asia, was practically useless at this point.

Therefore, the main task of the landing force was to fight with the local residents of Nabire and seize their houses to live in.

As a result, Nabire City, which is predominantly inhabited by indigenous people, took the lead in starting an unrestricted fighting tournament. The indigenous residents and the Mobile Corps fought each other, and the Mobile Corps was even unable to complete its task of suppressing the citizens effectively.

Since they didn't have the money to rent a house and needed to eat, it would be strange if they didn't fight, since they were trying to stay in residents' beds and eat their meals without paying.

So when the Allied forces arrived, the city of Nabire, dozens of miles away, had already become the site of a military-civilian combat competition.

In the early hours of the morning, the final assault began.

This time, only 40 cannons were brought. He Yang ordered them to aim the cannons at the farmland and fields on the outskirts of the city and fire them on a large scale to intimidate the enemy.

"attack!"

Then, two brigades of the Papua Liberation Army sneaked in under cover of darkness and drove away the chaotic Indonesian Mobile Corps.

The Javanese are generally of Mongoloid descent, while the Papuans are a more isolated and typical equatorial race. The two groups are very different, so gunfire could be heard throughout the city in the early hours of the morning, and the mobile corps gradually collapsed and fled the city.

"Run, run!"

Less than five hours after the general offensive began, the area outside Nabire was filled with fleeing Indonesian troops. While its marines might still have some fighting spirit, the three reserve army divisions and various local support brigades clearly lacked the will to fight.

"Fire!"

Seeing their poor tactical and technical skills, He Yang ordered the surrounding troops to open fire and kill them.

At this time, tens of thousands of people were exposed to the firing range of artillery, drones and sniper rifles. Indonesian soldiers fleeing from Nabila inland fell in droves along the riverbanks, in the rainforest and by the roads.

Drones have given the PLO the ability to conduct low-altitude reconnaissance and pursuit. Large drones carrying rifles can even carry out low-altitude reconnaissance and strike operations, and can immediately open fire on any living person they spot.

More than 20 miles south of Nabile, along the riverbank and beside the rainforest, lay the bodies of Indonesian soldiers who had been strangled while running around. The genocidal offensive had been fully launched, resulting in the deaths of tens of thousands of Indonesian soldiers on the riverbank.

It became a rainforest that had suffered countless deaths.

"Hassan has been found; he was blown in two," his subordinates reported as they dragged back half of his arm.

Wiping away the blood, He Yang pulled out a small notebook: "I, He Yang, have followed my boss in battles across the country, to Australia, Vietnam, and Singapore. Now I'm even commanding a battle on Papua Island, and my biggest enemies are mosquitoes and leeches. I need to add another entry."

The mobile regiment on Papua Island was wiped out, and the entire island descended into retaliatory slaughter. The Javanese colonists in Indonesia experienced the same pain that had plagued those who had been massacred in the riots years before. Men were killed, houses were seized or set on fire, and the violence continued unabated. Large numbers of corpses were thrown into the rainforest to be left to the cycle of nature.

The indigenous people want to use a cathartic, bloody revenge to quell the hatred they have endured for 70 years of oppression.

The coalition forces stood aside, merely acting as recorders.

……

News of the Indonesian hastily assembled mobile force suffering a crushing defeat in a single day, with corpses piling up along the Nabile River, in the rainforest, and in the city, quickly spread from the coalition's official website.

In reality, this matter could not be concealed, as photos of corpses piled up along the riverbank had already spread everywhere. Although it was banned by various platforms due to its graphic violence, the blurred photos still told Indonesians just how enormous the price their self-proclaimed 'powerful motherland' and 'Southeast Asian hegemon' had paid for arbitrarily provoking Li Xinghe was.

Indonesian society is silent; even fantasies about "slaying the Japanese and destroying Lee" posted on TikTok have decreased significantly, replaced by complaints about the military government's incompetence.

Meanwhile, prices in the market rose rapidly, and there was a great deal of noise everywhere. Airfares to Kuala Lumpur and Bangkok more than tripled.

This is the advanced nature of modern society, but also its vulnerability.

People desperately need to win, and once they can't achieve that mentality, they immediately turn to the predicament of failure and despair.