The return of the two KPA units that ambushed the indigenous army to the farm was also a great boost to the morale of the farm. As the Dutch coalition forces drove out of the city one after another, they set up positions. Of course, the People's Army didn't take it seriously, and they were happy because the coalition army took the initiative to go out of the city to meet the battle, after all, there was no need to fight a tough battle, but the rest of the people on the farm, as well as the Chinese people in the shelter, were somewhat nervous, after all, there were too many coalition troops.

Although the KPA did not release the news of the number of coalition troops, there were always some people on the farm who had various channels and could get some news, and a lot of the news was somewhat exaggerated, because of the strength of the coalition army, so it was inevitable that they would be nervous, but after learning that the KPA had won two battles in a row, everyone was relieved, after all, so far, the KPA had never been defeated.

However, the final battle on Java Island is about to be ushered in, and although the People's Army is full of confidence in this battle, as the supreme commander of the army, Luo Yue does not dare to take it lightly. Although Luo Yue also knows that with the support of the navy, it is indeed not difficult to win this battle, but now Luo Yue is an officer of the army after all, although there is no sharp contradiction between the navy and the army within the People's Army at present, but it is inevitable to compete with each other and think that they will strive for more resources, so Luo Yue does not want to rely on the navy at all times, and it is best to rely on himself.

In fact, the tactics of the People's Army are not complicated, that is, first focus on positional defense, use defense to consume the sharpness and strength of the Dutch coalition army, and then look for the weakness of the Dutch coalition army to counterattack, but the purpose of the counterattack is only to defeat the Dutch coalition army, and is not in a hurry to attack the position of the Dutch coalition army.

Although with the current strength of the KPA, it is not that it cannot capture the position of the Dutch coalition army, but after all, the KPA is at an absolute disadvantage in numbers, and if it rashly attacks the opponent's position, it will definitely suffer considerable losses, and the KPA has better tactics. It was to wait until night, with naval fire support, to attack the positions of the Dutch coalition forces, so that their own losses would be much smaller. Of course, to hold the position, it is better to rely on the strength of the army itself.

After the general tactical idea was decided, the layout of the club was as follows: The first battalion was responsible for the frontal defense of the farm, and also brought 200 farm guards; the battalion headquarters of the third battalion was stationed at the dock, and the remaining two companies were temporarily under the direct command of the regimental headquarters, each with 300 farm guards to guard both sides of the farm; the second battalion also had more than 200 farm guards as the general reserve of the whole army; and the machine gun companies of each battalion were scattered to each company and deployed on the position, and the regiment belonged to a 100-mm mortar battalion. and the battalions of 82-mm mortars were used in a concentrated manner, and since the Dutch coalition still had more than 20 artillery pieces, all positions had to be prepared for artillery shelling.

Early the next morning, the Dutch troops set out from their positions and advanced to a place about 4 or 5 kilometers away from the KPA positions to assemble.

Of course, Martinez knew that the soldiers of the People's Army were hiding in the trenches, but they could not judge the main part of the opponent's position, so they could not order the firing unit of the shelling, after all, the Dutch army only had more than 20 artillery pieces, and could not form a large-scale artillery coverage, so they could only carry out precision strikes, but to carry out accurate strikes, they must have sufficient intelligence support, and now they could not see the position of the opponent's troops, and they did not know where to fire at all.

So Martinez's head couldn't help sweating, the Netherlands didn't pay attention to the army, Martinez's actual combat experience was basically obtained in the battle between Javan and the natives, and every time the natives would line up in formation, so that Martinez could see at a glance, that would hide in the trenches. But it is not a way to consume it like this, and it is definitely impossible not to open fire, Bi Jing still has to fool the indigenous army, so Martinez finally decides, whether he hits or not, he will bombard for a while, and then say, anyway, the natives don't understand, as long as they see the artillery fire.

The Dutch artillery was divided into three positions, and although Martinez's actual combat experience was insufficient, there was still basic common sense, and with Martinez's order, the Dutch artillery immediately loaded and positioned, and the "boom boom" on the position of the People's Army was a burst of artillery bombardment. The Dutch artillery shelling lasted for about 10 minutes, and more than 20 artillery pieces fired a total of more than 300 shells.

Sure enough, in the eyes of the natives, this burst of artillery bombardment was still very strong, after all, these people had seen the artillery bombardment in ordinary times? Therefore, many people cheered.

In fact, the Dutch shelling did almost no damage to the KPA, because the vast majority of the shells did not hit the KPA lurking area at all, and the KPA's tunnel engineering was quite professional, and it was completely excavated and arranged according to the standards of the old time and space, so it had a very effective defense against artillery critical hits. Of course, it was impossible to be 100% preventive, but after the Dutch bombardment, only about 10 soldiers were killed and more than 20 were wounded.

Moreover, the Dutch shelling also determined the location of the Dutch artillery positions for the KPA.

In this battle, the KPA did not use modern equipment such as drones or helicopters for positioning, but completely relied on manpower measurement and calculation to determine the location of the opponent's artillery positions, and only used individual radio stations for communication. This was mainly to test the results of artillery training before the previous order, and to gradually reduce the dependence of the KPA on modern equipment.

The fact that the Dutch artillery bombardment was too long and that there was no extreme shift in positions after the shelling also left enough time for the KPA artillery counterattack.

Of course, this cannot be entirely blamed on the Dutch army for not following military conventions, because according to the information obtained by the Dutch colonial government, the KPA should not have large and medium-caliber artillery, probably some 50 mm rapid-fire guns, but rapid-fire guns obviously could not pose any threat to artillery positions. The main heavy-weapon mortar assembled by the KPA was an absolutely new weapon in this era, so although the Dutch artillery arranged the artillery in separate positions according to the convention, after the shelling was over, it was not transferred at the very moment.

The biggest advantage of the mortar is that it is flexible and mobile, even if it is 120 mortars, it can also be transferred quickly by manpower in a short distance, so when the Dutch army launched an artillery bombardment, the 82 mortars and 100 mortar units of the People's Army were arranged in a company as a unit. This is due to the fact that the effective range of mortars is smaller than that of normal artillery, and it is necessary to move forward to get the striking distance. However, although the terrain of Java is flat, it is well planted, and there are plenty of areas for concealment between the positions of the two sides.

The 82 mortar company and the 100 mortar company were equipped with nine mortars, so the KPA put in a total of 54 mortars to counterattack; the maximum firing range of the 100 mortars was 5,400 meters, and the effective firing range was about 4,000 meters, which was the main force of the artillery bombardment; and the maximum firing range of the 82 mortars was 3,200 meters, and the effective firing range was about 2,400 meters, mainly for jamming fire。

According to the rules of artillery tactics, after 10 rounds of firing, the position should be immediately shifted. And for 10 rounds of shooting, it takes about 100 seconds - 120 seconds or so, so in less than two minutes, the mortar unit of the People's Army poured 540 shells into the artillery positions of the Netherlands, whether it is the total amount of fire projection, or the density of fire projection per unit of time, it is far more than the Dutch artillery, although the shooting accuracy of the mortar is not as good as the general artillery, and half of it is interference shooting, so the real hit target range, only more than 60 shells, but it is enough, after all, the artillery target of the People's Army is clear and concentrated, and the Dutch artillery position has no bunker facilities。 And after the shelling, the KPA mortar units quickly withdrew from the artillery positions and retreated to their own positions.

As a result, two of the three positions of the Dutch artillery were basically destroyed, and the remaining one also lost nearly half, with a total of 16 artillery pieces destroyed and more than 300 soldiers suffering casualties.

Martinez, the front-line commander of the Dutch coalition forces, could not help but be a little confused: Didn't he say that the overseas Chinese did not have large-caliber artillery? Judging from the round of shelling just now, the number of artillery pieces of the overseas Chinese was at least 50 or more, although all of them were * artillery, but the firepower projection capacity is also far above the Dutch army, but 50 artillery pieces are at least the configuration of an artillery regiment, only donkeys, horses and livestock need more than 300 horses, and personnel need at least 1,500 people, and such a huge number of manpower and animal power is impossible to conceal, so how did the overseas Chinese unknowingly transport so many artillery pieces to the island?

But now is not the time to study tactics, but what should be done next? The artillery of the Dutch coalition army has basically been disabled, so should the next step be to launch a ground attack, or to temporarily withdraw and retreat? When the enemy launches an attack, the opponent has more than 50 artillery pieces, which will cause great damage to the attacking side, and retreating like this will be a heavy blow to the morale of the troops.

At this time, another army commander, Colonel VanderWitt, said: "Colonel Martinez, don't hesitate any longer, immediately launch an impeachment attack, now we still have a chance of victory, and once we retreat, at least half of the natives will be scattered, so it is impossible for us to win this war." ”

Martinez nodded, and understood what VanderVuit meant, although yesterday Helvig even coaxed and deceived and flickered, inciting the emotions of the indigenous tribes, but this mood is extremely unstable, and the slightest setback will immediately be beaten into a metamorphosis, so at this time it can only advance, not retreat, although it is now attacked, the chance of winning will not be very large.

Thinking of this, Martinez immediately ordered the coalition forces from all sides to attack the farm position.