Chapter 215: The Battle of Java (5)
After learning that the counterattack on the right flank was successful, Luo Yue immediately ordered the troops of all fronts to launch a comprehensive counterattack against the Dutch coalition forces, and sent out all the remaining more than 300 farm guards on the farm.
The defeat of the left flank of the Dutch coalition also led to the collapse of the entire front. First of all, after the 2nd Battalion easily defeated the enemy on his right flank, Li Lixin immediately divided two companies of troops and launched an attack on the frontal troops of the Dutch coalition army from the flank.
Although the frontal colonial army had already begun to retreat at this time, due to the rapid collapse of the left flank, the frontal colonial army did not have time to complete the retreat, and the KPA attacked from the flank and launched a white-knuckle battle with the colonial army. Although the colonial army still has an absolute superiority in numbers, the morale of the two sides is not at the same level at all, and the momentum of the KPA holding the right wing to victory is precisely the time when morale is high and the fighting spirit is strong; and the colonial army knows that the collapse of the left flank has had a huge impact on the morale of the army, and at this time the whole army is in the process of retreating, and the training, quality, and quality of the KPA soldiers. The actual combat experience is far above the colonial army, so when the two sides fight, the people's army is not at a disadvantage, and with a sharp spirit, it rushes and fights, and it actually kills the colonial army unable to parry and retreats again and again.
At this moment, the KPA in the front position of the farm had already pursued to the rear of the colonial army, and there was another fierce pursuit, and many colonial soldiers were stabbed to the ground by the KPA, and as a result, the KPA was attacked from both sides, and the colonial army was quickly defeated. Martinez and Van de Vit also couldn't command, of course, it was useless to change anyone to command at this time, so they also hurriedly took the guards around them and took the lead in retreating. On the other side of the battlefield, the left flank of the KPA and the right flank of the Dutch coalition also engaged in fierce fighting, although the tribal alliance on this road suffered little losses, it was still able to withstand the counterattack of the KPA, and if they could work together and fight to the death, they might be able to win by virtue of their numerical superiority. Although it can't save the defeat, it can make the Dutch coalition lose less miserably, and it looks better.
But the tribal alliance army was originally a rabble, a plate of loose sand, and a good wind battle can still be carried out, and now the general trend of the battlefield has gone, there is still a love war there, so as not to resist for a while, they immediately retreated from the battlefield, and the people's army naturally will not let go, so the subsequent pursuit soon evolved into a crushing pursuit battle.
At this time, not only the soldiers of the People's Army, but even the members of the Farm Guards were also high-spirited, and everyone was brave, although they had participated in at least one operation with the People's Army before, and many of them had even participated in actual combat, but such a large-scale battlefield was the first time, in fact, not to mention them, even the People's Army had experienced such a 10,000-person scale land battle, and their own side had the advantage, and the victory was in their hands, which was naturally even more inspiring, so everyone scrambled to be the first, thinking of stabbing one to death. The two enemies participated in this battle in vain, and they behaved more actively than the KPA soldiers.
The Dutch coalition army became a big rout and retreated to its own position, but fortunately, Helwig, who was sitting in the position, received the news one step earlier, and hurriedly organized the army that stayed in the position to meet the defeated army, and before the attack, the people's army also received an order not to attack the position of the Dutch coalition army, so when the pursuit reached the position of the Dutch coalition army, it also stopped chasing and withdrew to the position of the farm, so that the Dutch coalition army could be regarded as relieving this momentum, hurriedly collected the defeated army, and strengthened the defense of the position.
And Luo Yue also ordered the collection of troops to end this battle, and ordered all the young and middle-aged men on the farm to go out, clean up the battlefield, contain the prisoners, and count the results, and only a small number of soldiers were left on the battlefield to guard and watch the prisoners, and the rest of the army soldiers were withdrawn to the farm to rest, after all, the victory of this battle is only a part of the entire battle plan, this is not the final victory, there is still a battle waiting for the People's Army tonight, that is the Guan Jian battle that completely defeated the Dutch coalition army. Therefore, the KPA should now seize the time to rest and recover. And the work of cleaning up the battlefield, of course, is mainly done by other Chinese people in the farm, after all, these people are sheltered, but they are not raised for nothing, and they must always be allowed to do something.
In addition, allowing the containment personnel to clear the battlefield is also to let them see for themselves the major victory achieved by the KPA. It turned out that by this time, the Chinese sheltered on the farm, There are more than 10,000 foreigners in total, and although most of them are grateful to the People's Army, there are also a few discordant voices, some Javanese Chinese believe that it was the actions of the People's Army that angered the colonists and natives of Java, which led to the occurrence of the anti-Chinese incident; some people think that the People's Army's frequent attacks on the indigenous tribes in Java will only intensify the contradictions between the Chinese and the natives, and when the People's Army leaves, the natives will definitely launch a crazy revenge against the Javanese Chinese; and some people think that the People's Army is making a lot of fun now, because the natives have not used all their strength, and when the natives go all out to deal with the People's Army, the People's Army is not an opponent at all, so they are only evading it for a while, but after all, it can't be avoided.
In fact, these people really did not intend to sing about the People's Army, but because they had lived in Java for a long time, they had long been accustomed to groveling in front of the Dutch colonies and natives, and they felt very uncomfortable with this strong attitude of the People's Army. However, most of the Chinese are still grateful to the People's Army, and since the People's Army landed, whether it was rescuing the Chinese or attacking the indigenous tribes, it was invincible, which has suppressed the spread of these negative emotions, and Luo Yue did not pay much attention to it although he heard some rumors.
Before the start of this war, this negativity reached a small peak because the Dutch coalition army had amassed a large number of troops, and most of the news of the large number of Dutch and indigenous troops in the farms was spread by these pessimists.
Now that the People's Army has defeated the Dutch coalition army, it is natural to show the Chinese who are sheltered by the peasants to show their military exploits, and this is also a great opportunity to smash pessimism and let the Javanese Chinese establish absolute confidence in the People's Army and the East China government.
Sure enough, when the Chinese came to the battlefield and saw that the ground was almost full of the corpses of colonial soldiers and indigenous tribal soldiers, as well as captured prisoners, as well as captured weapons and flags, pessimism was naturally completely shattered.
In the afternoon, the results of the preliminary clean-up had come out, and the KPA had killed a total of 1,358 people, captured 1,692 prisoners, and captured 216 rifles, 54 flags of various kinds, and more than 2,000 other weapons such as knives, guns, swords, and halberds. KPA fighters were killed 37 and 61 wounded, the first time since the KPA landed in Java that there were more than double-digit casualties, while members of the Farm Guard lost 83 killed and 155 wounded.
Although the KPA casualties were the highest since the landing in Java, and the total casualties of the KPA and the Farm Guards reached three digits, they were negligible compared to the casualties of the Dutch coalition forces, so although the battle was not completely defeated by the Dutch coalition forces, it was an absolute victory.
However, after all, this is a battle of 10,000 people, so there are quite a lot of things to clean up the battlefield after the aftermath, and Luo Yue handed over all the work of the club to Zhu Shoushan to deal with, while he rushed to the dock, and Shang Jinfeng, Wang Hailong, Zhang Wei and others negotiated the battle to attack the Dutch coalition position tonight.
According to the previous plan, the defeat of the Dutch coalition during the day was only the first step, and after the victory in the daytime battle, the night assault was the first step to completely defeat the Dutch coalition army.
Night warfare is still a big problem in this era, and the army that is good at night warfare often has a considerable advantage in battle, while the KPA has carried out very strict night combat training, and often chooses night battles in the past, so choosing to use night battles to attack the positions of the Dutch coalition army can reduce their own losses. However, this also requires the support of the navy, and Bi Jing took the initiative to attack the enemy's position, but of course the two sides had to negotiate the battle plan and the coordination between the sea and land.
First of all, the time is set at 5 o'clock in the morning, which is also the time when the KPA often chooses to fight at night, because at this time it is only 1 or 2 hours before dawn, if the KPA assault disrupts the enemy's position, then after dawn, the follow-up troops can continue to follow up and expand the results of the battle.
What the Navy can provide to the Army is to bombard enemy positions with naval guns and send helicopters to attack from the air, and this time the helicopters will use a new type of weapon, which is the airdrop brought by the follow-up fleet*, which is the latest weapon specially made by the Qingdao Arsenal for helicopter use, because the KPA helicopters are all anti-submarine or transport types, and there are several civilian types, which lack ground attack weapons. Although the anti-submarine helicopter with five warships can hang the 620 Vulcan cannon, this thing is too ammo-intensive, and it is possible to install a machine gun on the side door, but the power is too small, and it must be attached to the ground to be used, lacking a weapon that can attack the ground at high altitudes.
And the Qingdao Arsenal made the airdrop * is a weapon specially developed for helicopters, simply put, the helicopter is used as a bomber, this time in Java is just to test the performance and use of this * effect, for the preparation of the battle, if the test can be successful, it means that the People's Army has more than a dozen bombers in its hands, in this era, this is almost a strategic advantage.
At the same time, the two sides also determined on the map the location of the naval artillery and helicopter attacks, as well as the places where the KPA was lurking, and the navy would take the lead in launching the attack, and then the army would follow up, and the navy's attack time would be about half an hour, and the army should make full use of this half an hour to approach the positions of the Dutch coalition forces, and only wait for the navy's attack to end, they could immediately launch an attack on the positions of the Dutch coalition forces, without giving the coalition forces a chance to breathe.