After the British fleet arrived in Java, it was the time when the People's Army, which had arrived in Java in advance, launched a counterattack against the indigenous Sukka tribe of Java.

And just two days before the British fleet arrived in Java, the KPA sent another rescue operation, this time to rescue a Chinese village, about 30 kilometers away from the farm, but the Chinese in this village took the initiative to rescue the KPA, and this operation killed more than 200 natives, and also rescued more than 1,200 Chinese.

However, after returning to the farm, the interrogation of the natives captured in this operation revealed that the original action of the natives was to retaliate against the People's Army, because the first two sorties of the People's Army dealt a very heavy blow to the nearby natives, and the surrounding 4 or 5 indigenous tribes had a lot of casualties, and the indigenous tribes did not dare to come to provoke the People's Army, so they had to take advantage of the local Chinese. Among the three natives attacked by the People's Army, the Suka tribe participated, so this attack on the Suka tribe was also named "Punishment Operation".

Of course, in the few days of waiting, the People's Army has not been idle, and has already begun to prepare for war. First of all, a drone was sent to take aerial photographs of the top view of the Sukka tribe, and scouts were sent to conduct field reconnaissance, and then a combat map was drawn, and the local Chinese on the farm, as well as the captured Sukka tribesmen, learned more about the situation of the Sukka tribe, and so on.

The Sukka tribe is actually a collection of several villages, with a total population of about 4,000-4,500, distributed in 5 villages, the largest of which is called Utina Village, with about 400 families and a population of about 2,000, accounting for about half of the population, and the chief of the tribe is called Lindihan, who is 52 years old this year.

The tribe as a whole is basically based on agriculture as the main means of survival, and there are a small number of tribes who make a living by hunting or handicrafts. However, due to the low farming skills of the Javanese people, the living standard is very poor, but in recent decades, due to the influence of the colonial economy, they have also begun to grow some cash crops such as coconut, cocoa, sugar cane, etc., which has improved the living standard of the tribe to a certain extent, but on the whole, the living standard of the whole tribe is still not high, and it basically belongs to the natural economy based on the family.

Due to the limited control of the Dutch colonial government over Javanese society, the tribes of Java had a great deal of self-control, and each tribe had its own system, laws, and armies, and even fought with each other, and as long as it did not affect the rule of the colonial government, they would generally turn a blind eye and pretend not to know, and sometimes even provoke fights between tribes to facilitate the rule of the colonial government.

However, due to the small size of the Sukka tribe, the number of professional armies will not be very large, only more than 100 people, but the entire tribe is a system of farming and warfare, and all the young and middle-aged villagers are also people and soldiers, and they are farmers in peacetime, and they become warriors when they need to fight. The vast majority of the captives captured by the KPA were such people.

After discussing with Qian Guoyu, Li Lixin believed that since the current People's Army was insufficient and the army formed by the local Chinese could not shoulder the heavy responsibility, it was impossible to launch a full-scale attack on the Sukka tribe, but instead used the tactic of attacking the Yellow Dragon directly, skipping the other villages of the Sukka tribe and directly attacking the village of Utina. However, the Sukka tribe was about 60 kilometers away from the farm, so the whole operation could not be completed in one day, so the two decided to set out at noon, arrive near the Sukka tribe in the evening to lurk and rest, and launch an attack in the early hours of the morning, first shelling with mortars, disrupting the order in the village, and then taking advantage of the chaos to kill the village, neither to seize the booty nor to capture prisoners, but to fight quickly, to fight quickly, to inflict a major blow and damage on the Sukka tribe in the shortest possible time, and if the chief could be killed, it would be the best.

Of course, such tactics will definitely injure a large number of old and weak women and children, and it was in the indiscriminate shelling at the beginning, but war is war, and accidental injuries are inevitable, and now the People's Army has not yet been able to distinguish between the old and weak women and children and the young and middle-aged in the battlefield, and when the natives attacked the Chinese residential areas, they did not spare the old and weak women and children of the Chinese, and most of the people killed by the natives were the old and young children, and many women were not killed, but they were also affected by * Therefore, there is no need for the KPA to be soft-hearted, and of course what to do on the battlefield is still up to each fighter to decide.

And this time the troops dispatched are still a company and a mortar platoon of the company, and an 82 mortar platoon is also added, the strength is still about 200 people, and this time Li Lixin will personally lead the team, while Qian Guoyu will stay on the farm.

In addition to the People's Army, more than 40 people were also selected from the farm guards, these people are the old people of the original farm guards, who have been trained in peacetime and have learned to use rifles, so under the training of the People's Army, these people's progress is obviously faster than others, although they are not up to the standards of the People's Army, but they can also be taken out to see the real battlefield, after all, to train them to the standard of the People's Army is not something that can be achieved in a short period of time, and now they can only use the quick method, and the battlefield is of course the best crash course。 In fact, this is how the group of people in the early days of the People's Army grew up. And the difficulty of this battle is not great, which is suitable for the first battle of rookies. In addition, this attack really needs the help of some local Chinese.

Zhang Guoping, the captain of the escort team, was also very excited, after the People's Army came to the farm, the two sorties were with fewer enemies and more and achieved major results, which also made Zhang Guoping admire the People's Army, but these two times did not have the share of the escort, so Zhang Guoping's heart was also very depressed. And this time he actually got the opportunity, and he took the initiative to attack Sukaluo, so Zhang Guoping also rubbed his fists and prepared to do a big job on the battlefield.

So in the afternoon of the day when the British fleet arrived in Java, the KPA set out from the farm and marched towards the Sukka tribe, because they had to avoid passers-by along the way, so they took most of the paths, and after more than three hours, they arrived at a wooded area near the Sukka tribe, about 7 or 8 kilometers from the village of Utina, and spent the night in this woods.

In fact, the most difficult part of this battle is not in the combat aspect, but in the rest of the night. Because there are many mosquitoes in the tropics, because they are at night, if there is no protective measures, people will not be able to sleep at all, and this time the battle is light, and there is no tent, each person brings a felt. And Li Lixin and Qian Guoyu used to be members of the Marine Corps, and they have very rich experience in tropical jungle operations, and they know that in the tropical jungle, mosquito prevention is a key subject, of course, when they crossed, they also brought a lot of anti-mosquito potions, but due to the long time, they have basically failed, but there are some mosquito repellent lamps that can be used, and this time I also brought a few.

However, in ancient China, there have always been a lot of mosquito repellent earthwork medicines, in fact, they are also very effective, and the Zhang family also prepared a large number of such mosquito repellent drugs for the People's Army, plus there are a few mosquito repellent lamps, and then wrap the whole body with felt, and this night can basically be spent safely.

At 4 a.m. the next day, all the personnel were woken up, and under a few dim lights, the soldiers sorted out their weapons and equipment, ate a little dry food, and then set off for the village of Utina of the Sukka tribe.

It was not yet dawn and the avenue was deserted, and the scouts had already been dispatched in advance to direct the troops on the road, so that they did not lose their way, although they were marching in the dark. And on the way to the village of Utina, it had to pass through another village of the Sukka tribe, but at this time the whole village was sleeping peacefully, and the KPA moved quickly, except for the occasional dog barking, did not alarm anyone at all, and passed through the village very smoothly and came to the vicinity of the village of Utina.

The location of the artillery positions had already been determined by the scouts, but since the range of the 82 mortars and the 60 mortars was different, the positions of the two mortar platoons were also different. Moreover, the mortar platoon also had to act as a guard after the shelling in case people from other villages came to reinforce it.

After all the units of the People's Army had entered the predetermined position, it was about 5:30 a.m., when the edge of the sky was slightly white, and the scouts had completed their final reconnaissance report.

According to the pre-battle arrangement, the red signal flares represent the launch of an attack, three signals indicate an artillery bombardment, and one signal indicates a cessation of shelling; while yellow represents a retreat; and green means that the enemy has reinforcements; according to various signals, each unit has different plans, and the plan is very thorough.

At this time, the two mortar platoons had already set up mortars, and according to the distance parameters provided by the scouts, the firing units were adjusted, and after seeing the signal flares, the three 82 mortars of the two mortar platoons and six 60 mortars immediately opened fire, and the shells fell, bursting out with a huge roar and dazzling sparks, although it was not considered to illuminate the village as bright as day, but it was enough to observe the location of the shells.

In fact, the first round of shelling was not very high, only 4 shells fell into the village, and only 1 hit the house, but the residents of the village had already been awakened by the explosion of the first round of shelling, but they did not know what was happening, a few people saw the fire outside, so they got up and opened the door and went out to watch, but most of them did not understand.

By this time, both mortar platoons had corrected their firing units based on the results of their observations, and a second round of shelling had been launched. After passing through the correction unit, the accuracy of the shelling was greatly improved, and all nine shells in the second round fell on the village, and the third, fourth, and fifth rounds of shelling followed one after another, and in a short time, the whole village was covered with explosions and fires.