At the same time that Durabo captured Mataka at the time of his triumph, the Western Route Army, led by the deputy commander-in-chief of the Southern Army, Tuturi Koslanda, also captured the counties of Sanjia and Mataronja in one day. Because for the same reason as Durabo. Tuturi Koslanda could only order the whole army to rest for the night and continue the march tomorrow.

On the second day, the whole family sounded the rallying horn again, and after a night's rest, the main force of the Southern Army led by Durabo went all the way to Lumiar, and then halfway through, Durabo received information from the intelligence department, which said: "The Portuguese army has gathered nearly 50,000 Portuguese native troops and more than 60,000 servant troops in Lumicar. Heavy armament consisted of about forty heavy howitzers, the model of which is unknown. Other heavy weapons do not. ”

Durabo slapped the front panel of the car and said, "Great, I thought they would continue to flee like rats, and they were able to concentrate their superior forces to prepare for a decisive battle with us." Since you have prepared a feast, wouldn't it be a shame for me not to go to the feast? ”

Then Durabo stood up and said to the herald beside him: "You immediately tell the troops to speed up the march and reach Lumyar before 11 o'clock at noon." Tell the cadres of the various divisions that there is a big meal waiting for us in Lumiar. ”

Soon the brightness of Durabo was conveyed, and then the whole march became unusually fast, and Durabo led his army to a subordinate town of Lumikar at noon that day, and after a brief rest, the African People's Army continued to advance again, and the next target was Lumikar.

Non-Jingchinomiya.

Shen Yan handed a telegram from the Mozambia front to Li Junhao with a big grin, and said respectfully: "Chairman, according to the telegram, the Southern Army led by Durabo split into two routes yesterday and went west automatically. The other way, led by Durabo himself, captured the county town of Mataka yesterday afternoon, and continued to the south this morning. ”

After hearing this, Li Junhao said: "What does this Dulabo want to do, there are only more than 60,000 people in the army all the way. On the other hand, there are more than 190,000 people along the way, but there is no problem. But at this time, it is a bit of a taboo to divide the troops and move. Don't be too proud, officer. ”

At this time, Jeriola took the telegram, and after reading the telegram, Jeriola said: "Chairman, don't be blind to command, what this Durabo wants to do, I have roughly guessed it, he led the main force all the way south to the Portuguese capital of Mozambia, Nampura, and the 60,000 troops led by the deputy commander were cut off for him, and then interspersed left and right to protect his rear flank from being attacked by the Portuguese. Finish the Battle of Mozambia in the fastest possible time. ”

"Oh, that's exactly what you say. Let's see. Lee Jun-ho said.

"Okay." Jeriola says:

The town of Lomala must pass through the city of Lumikar, where more than 5,000 Portuguese regiments and a black servant regiment were stationed yesterday under the leadership of the Portuguese regimental commander. These two regiments were attached to the 5th Division of the Portuguese Mozambia. This division was originally stationed in Zambezia Province, and shortly after Lee Jun-ho declared war on Portugal, the 5th Division was transferred by the Governor of Mozambia. Shortly after the city of Lumikar, the highest military commander had drawn out a native regiment and a servant regiment to garrison the city, while the remaining two regiments were left behind in Lumikar.

The Alongera Army of the Southern Army (APA-s) in Durabo arrived on the outskirts of the Lomala town area at around 11 a.m. that day. Due to the news of the war between the African People's Army and the Portuguese, the people in the town ran out, and the Portuguese police in the original town had already fled because they were afraid of the war and became substitutes. At this time, the strength of the entire town was only more than 5,000 people from these two regiments.

Dulabo then ordered the scouts to go to the town of Lomala with all kinds of equipment to do a close reconnaissance, because the border of the ******** belongs to the plain terrain and the terrain is flat, and the natives attack at every turn, so as long as the Portuguese live, even if it is an ordinary small county town, there are city walls, although this Lomala town is not a county seat, but it guards the Lumikar traffic artery, and a large number of merchants pass through here and build a small city wall more than four meters high, and there is no moat dug outside the city. There was no garrison outside the city, only a handful of servants standing on the city walls.

After the scout returned, he said to Durabo and the others: "It seems that there are only a few soldiers in this town, judging by the number of soldiers, and the common people have already escaped. The number of troops here should not exceed more than five thousand. In addition, no heavy weapons were found. ”

"How do you know that the Portuguese army in the town will not exceed more than five thousand? You didn't go in to see it? Durabo asked uncertainly, puzzled.

"The reason is simple: the Portuguese have only 100,000 men and 150,000 servant troops in the whole of Mozambia, and now they have only 50,000 native troops and 60,000 servants. Among them, the 1st and 2nd, 3rd, and 8th divisions were stationed everywhere, and a country only yielded more than 200,000 people, of which the servant army accounted for more than half, because the city of Lumikar was the focus behind, so they would not leave too many troops here to defend, not to mention that it was just a small town. The platoon commander of the scout replied:

In fact, the platoon commander of the reconnaissance platoon was very right, such a large combat area, the whole country of Mozambia was already overstretched, if it were not for the special geographical location of Lomala Town, I believe that the Portuguese commander who stayed in Lumikar would not have dispersed his troops here, and the troops of these two regiments would not have been sent.

"He's Nana, such a little Portuguese, just take him directly." The chief of staff on the side shouted.

At this time, Durabo spread out the map in front of his car and pointed to the town of Lomara and said: "It is relatively easy to take this town, but you see, yesterday the Portuguese have entered the city of Lumikar, if we attack this town, then the Portuguese stationed in the city of Lumikar will definitely be reinforced, even if we can capture the town of Lomala before the Portuguese reinforcements arrive, then our plan of action will be exposed to the other party, the devils of Lumikar City are vigilant, and then our plan to encircle and annihilate the Portuguese in Lumikar City will be in vain!" ”

"What does the commander-in-chief mean?" The chief of staff asked suspiciously.

"Send one division to feint to attack the town of Lomala, and two more divisions to fight the enemy for reinforcements! Why don't the remaining troops give me a detour behind the city of Lumikar to cut off the enemy's retreat. Durabo gave the battle order, and then continued: "The task of attacking the town of Lomala was carried out by the 1st Division of the 5th Army and a regiment of the Artillery Division, and the 2nd Division, the 3rd Division and the Artillery Division were responsible for encircling and destroying the reinforcements.