The Dutch coalition retreated into the position, and Helwig did not dare to slack off, while hurriedly collecting the defeated army, and on the other hand, regrouping the defeated army to arrange the defensive line, strengthening the defense of the position, in case the People's Army took advantage of the victory to attack the Dutch coalition camp. And after Martinez and VanderVuit retreated to the position, they also helped Hellwig organize the defense of the position.

I worked hard for an afternoon, but the defense of the position was still not complete, after all, the defeated army was not formed, and it was mainly because the armies of the tribes had no intention of fighting, but finally the People's Army did not come to attack the position, and seeing that it was almost dark, Helwig, Martinez, VanderVuit and others were also relieved, it is estimated that the People's Army will not attack today, and can finally get a day's buffer time.

At this time, the loss statistics of the Dutch coalition army also came out, the losses of the coalition army in this battle reached more than 3,200 people, plus the seriously wounded soldiers, a total of more than 3,500 combat attrition, more than 1/4 of the whole army, if you add before the war, on the way to Batavia, encountered an ambush by the People's Army, the loss of the army, the total loss of about 4,000 people, and the loss of the Dutch colonial army also exceeded 1,000 people.

Although he knew that the loss of this defeat was not small, he was still shocked when he saw the statistics of the losses, because this loss was very close to the lower limit of the accepted army losses of 1/3. And Martinez and VanderVuit also looked at each other and were speechless.

After a long while, Helweig said: "Two, although the overseas Chinese did not attack our position today, they will definitely come to attack tomorrow, and at this point, what should we do next?"

Martinez said: "Commander, I think our position will definitely not be able to hold, so let's retreat to Batavia,"

Helwig hesitated for a moment before he said: "We still have more than 8 or 9,000 soldiers to fight, and it is not difficult to hold the position, so retreat to Batavia, I am afraid that all the tribes will be separated from us?"

Vander Develt said: "Commander, although we still have 8 or 9,000 soldiers, but the real combatant is only our colonial army, the army of the indigenous tribes is not only unbearable, but also has long been disheartened, the people's army attacked, they are afraid that they will not resist, but immediately flee, but now the colonial army is less than 3,000 people, and they can't hold their positions at all, so they can only retreat to Batavia to fight with the people's army." ”

Helvig said: "If we can't hold our positions now, then even if we retreat back to Batavia, can we hold Batavia?"

Martinez said: "Commander, we have built a well-established fortification around the city of Batavia, which is much stronger than the position here, and we can also ask the British for help, the British fleet has promised to help us hold Batavia, as long as we have the help of the British fleet, we will be able to hold Batavia." ”

In fact, Helwig also knew that at this point, he had no other choice but to rely on the British fleet to hold Batavia. However, no matter what the final result of this war is, his military career has come to an end, of course, he is not the only one who is unlucky, His Excellency the Governor, Martinez, VanderVuit and others can't run, so Helweig's heart is also very balanced, anyway, he has accumulated a lot of money in Batavia over the years, so he can return to Europe like this, and he can live a very rich life. And before the domestic punishment decision arrives, I still have to stand on this last shift.

So Helwig nodded and said, "Okay, then we will withdraw our troops tomorrow and retreat to Batavia, but we can't be careless tonight, and we must do a good job of guarding the position." ”

When Martinez and VanderVuit heard this, they immediately went to make arrangements, and Helwig ordered that the leaders of the armies of each tribe be invited to discuss the matter, but only 11 of the 13 tribes came, and two tribes did not retreat to their positions at all, but fled directly back to their tribes with the remnants of the army.

Helwig informed the remaining 11 tribal leaders of his decision to withdraw to Batavia, and expressed the hope that all tribes would also retreat to Batavia to defend against the KPA attack. And he made up a set of rhetoric. Helwig told the tribal leaders that the People's Army would definitely attack Batavia next, and once they captured Batavia, then the next target would naturally be other tribes, so as long as they held Batavia, they could keep the other tribes.

After listening to Helweig's words, the reactions of the tribal leaders were also different, some agreed, some opposed, and some said that they needed to think about it.

In fact, Helwig's main purpose was to increase the number of troops in Batavia. Although Britain has said that it will help the Dutch colonial government to defend Batavia, Hellwig knows very well that Britain's role is mainly in terms of national deterrence, but in terms of the current strength in Java, the British fleet does not have much advantage compared with overseas Chinese, because it is an army, Britain has not brought many people, and the British army has always been not very good, but overseas Chinese do not seem to have much fear of Britain, so they can add some more troops to Batavia, and the probability of holding Batavia is naturally greater, which is also Helweig's last responsibility。

However, now that the Dutch colonial government had reduced its binding power to these tribes, it was not possible to force them to do so, but only to move them by words, and to be able to move one by one, so Helwig welcomed the tribes who were willing to go to Batavia, and hoped that the other tribes would consider it more seriously, and then announced the dissolution of the meeting.

At dinner, very depressed, Helwig drank a few bottles of stuffy wine with Martinez, VanderVit and others, and then went to their rooms to rest.

Helwig's room was located at the headquarters at the rear of the position, and it was a private house, although the conditions in the house were average, but it was not so elaborate during the war, and at least it had a wall and a roof, which was much better than a tent. Helwig was in a bad mood and a little drunk, so he fell asleep on the marching bed for a while.

I don't know how long later, in a daze, Helwig vaguely heard the sound of an explosion "boom, boom", but Helwig was still half-asleep and half-awake, and he didn't understand what was going on.

But suddenly, only a loud "boom" was heard, which not only shook the eardrums, but even the cups, bottles and utensils in the room were shaken to the ground, and Helvig was also shaken upside down on the marching bed, and almost fell off the bed.

At this time, Helvig finally woke up, opened his eyes, and saw that through the crack in the wall panel door, he could vaguely see the fire outside, and the sound of explosions outside the house was continuous, big and small, far and near.

And Helwig couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat at this time, hurriedly got up and didn't even have time to put on his clothes, opened the door and looked out, only to see that the position of the Dutch coalition army was already in a sea of fire.

It turned out that at 5 o'clock in the morning, the 130 naval guns of the Kunming first launched an artillery attack on the positions of the Dutch coalition forces, and then the carrier-based helicopters of the Kunming and Yueyang ships also took off and flew towards the positions of the Dutch coalition forces.

Although the battle was lost during the day, the Dutch night guard was well arranged, not only arranging soldiers on duty for the night, but also troops patrolling the perimeter of the position regularly to prevent KPA night attacks. But no one thought that the shells would fall from the sky and fall directly into the position, so the position was suddenly chaotic. And at this moment, the helicopter also flew over the position and threw it into the position at an altitude of 1000 meters*.

In fact, there are many advantages to using a helicopter as a bomber, because the helicopter does not fly fast, and it can hover in the air, so it can carry out precision bombing. Although it was nighttime, the KPA had already reconnoitred the camp of the Dutch coalition forces in advance, so they threw all of them into the area where the barracks were concentrated.

The two Z-20 helicopters each loaded 80 *, each weighing 30 kg, because * was bombed vertically by gravity, so the charge of * was very large, reaching nearly 20 kg, and the power of the explosion was not under the shells of the 130 naval guns, as a result, these 80 * were dropped from high altitude in turn and exploded in the camp of the Dutch coalition army, not only blowing up the sleeping soldiers to flesh and blood, dismembering limbs, but also blowing up tents and houses, and igniting a fire. Some* even triggered explosions stored in coalition positions.

At this moment, there was a great chaos in the position of the Dutch coalition army, and the soldiers who were frightened in their sleep fled from their tents and houses, and scurried around in the position like headless flies, and some people even shot indiscriminately.

Taking advantage of the chaos in the positions of the Dutch coalition forces, the 1st KPA Battalion and 100 Mortar Battalion, which had already been lurking outside the positions, advanced forward. Due to the chaos in the position at this time, the guards and patrol soldiers set up by the Dutch coalition army were also transferred back to the camp, and the advance of the KPA was not hindered in the slightest. The 100 th mortar battalion advanced to the predetermined artillery position, then set up mortars and opened fire into the position; while the first battalion advanced to a position only 600 meters away from the position, at this time the position was already a sea of fire, illuminated as bright as day, and it could be seen very clearly, the position was already in chaos, as long as the KPA launched an attack at this time, it could easily break through the defense of the Dutch coalition army and enter the position.

By this time, the two helicopters had finished throwing* and began to return home, and the Kunming had stopped shelling, but the KPA's 27 100 mortars had already opened full fire, so shells continued to fall into the positions of the Dutch coalition forces. At this time, the soldiers in the position had already woken up and ran around the position, trying to find a safe place, but the firepower of the People's Army covered almost the entire position, and they could not find a safe place.

After more than 10 minutes of mortar shelling, Luo Yue estimated that the position had almost been blown up, so he ordered the mortar unit to stop the shelling and ordered a battalion to attack the position.

I wish you all a happy Spring Festival and a safe and healthy family.