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That something big was the complete and unprecedented reorganisation of the Dutch military her fighting forces, training infrastructure, command structure, logistical infrastructure, and doctrine. At the end of March a order had been placed at the '''Koolhoven Aviation Factory''' to increase the production of their reliable "Krijg-peerd" helicopter. This combined with other orders for armored vehicles, tanks aircraft and guns resulted in the rapid development of remarkably successful military equipment. However the mass increase in production of military equipment meant a rapid expansion of existing capabilities to not intervene with normal economic production, thus a certain limit was created and other production centers where sought abroad in Taulandt and Nieuw Nederlandt pumping a considerable amount of money into their respective industries. The most notable change was the reorganization and reformation of the Dutch national service or ''Dienstplicht''. It was increased in its length and it now was to last 24 months of which 6 months would be spent on training and 18 months deployment, followed by reserve duties up until the age of 50. Before the new doctrine and the reforms the ''Dienstplicht'' period was 18 months total, the lengthening was done to train the soldier up to make him qualitatively better than any other in the world. It was realized that this new mobile style of warfare which included air mobility relied upon highly trained soldiers thus a longer national service period was added. Something that was not popular with the public but passed parliament. This period thus not only resulted in the increase of military spending, National service time, and the change in doctrine but also the start of an anti-war movement. All these reforms were put to the test in December of 1963 during operation Jambi when the first battle-ready units would be deployed in combat. These 12,000 men proved effective and further strengthenedsolidified the so-called “Hervorming van Langen”.

=== Operation SlagthuisSlachthuis ===

The following period which lasted fornext 5 years (1967-1972) waswere marked by both the rebels and the Dutch recuperating their losses, stabilizingstabilising frontlines, and modernizingmodernising their armedfighting forces rapidlyat a rapid pace. With Dutch control of Sumatra and the Malayan peninsula by 19671969 was relegated to the coastal areas and urban centers. ItTo wasdeal aroundwith thisthe timenew thatstrategic troopreality deploymentsof werethe scaled-down andsituation, the KNIL was operationally fully integrated into the Dutch armed forces. The Dutch already by mid-1966 began to be armed with more advanced aircraft, ground weapons, artillery, and ships. Through this period the Dutch conscript system was reformed to increase the manpower mobilization abilities and the quality. At the same time, the Rebels who now controlled the interiorusage of thelarge-scale Malaya peninsula and most of Sumatra began properly built up their forces and rebuilt andbombing regroupedraids, turningthat themselvesdevastated intoentire asections properof conventionalthe forcejungle and increasingbecame the numbernorm. All of guerilla fighters. At this timewas inpossible 1968, they also began through Russian channels to push for a diplomatic end toas the warearly offeringinvestments awere peace treaty tobearing the Dutchfruits whichof wastheir refused. Everyone knew that this lull in the fightinglabour, reduced to more limitedadvanced butweapon still intense guerilla warfaresystems, wasaerospace becausesystems bothand sidesships were buildingbecoming upavailable theirin forcesmassive fornumbers, whatcombined would become known aswith the war.increase ain periodavailable somanpower deadlymade so brutal so destructive that only in recent yearsallowed the archipelago has begunNetherlands to properlybecome recovera inlarger regardsand tomore populationhigh-quality and developmentforce.