Chapter 91: Luring the Enemy Deeper
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Just as the Huaxia Army was looking up and down, the infantry regiment commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Wei An finally belatedly appeared on the edge of the territory controlled by the Huaxia Army.
The guard post on the high mountain immediately reported to the headquarters of the Huaxia Army by wireless telegraphy.
Nima's, it's finally here!
After receiving the information, there was a commotion among the personnel of the headquarters.
Hu Zhen ordered with an expressionless face: "Order all departments, act immediately according to the plan, you must be cautious and careful, don't let go of a person!" ”
More than a dozen radio stations immediately started ticking and issued Hu Zhen's orders to all sides.
Radio waves spread in all directions, and dozens of radio stations near the headquarters of the Huaxia Army were turned on and waited all day, and finally received an order from the headquarters: "The Dutch army has appeared, act immediately according to the plan, you must be cautious!" ”
"Okay, do it now!" When they saw the telegram translated by the radio personnel, the officers at all levels were overjoyed and waved their hands to the heralds who were waiting next to the radio station.
"Yes, act now!" The heralds immediately saluted the officers in understanding, and then galloped out to deliver orders to the troops.
Compared with the contemporaries who relied on shouting, writing letters, beacons, flags, lights, and other ways to transmit command information, with the help of radio stations, the efficiency of the Huaxia Army in sending orders was very amazing. In less than ten minutes, everyone from the headquarters personnel to the soldiers, first aiders, and cooks all knew the order to act immediately according to the plan.
However, the infantry regiment led by Wei An, with more than 2,600 people, did not know anything about this, and was still advancing with pride.
Vian thinks that a day earlier is no different from a day later, anyway, all the indigenous forces in Borneo are to be wiped out, either by other Dutch officers or by themselves, and the most important thing now is whether he can make enough real money, otherwise the military merit medal for destroying these natives will not be worth a few dollars.
Under this mentality, Wei'an's infantry regiment finally exchanged fire with the Huaxia army.
This Huaxia army consisted of only two companies of 300 men, commanded by He Pingxiong.
After the Battle of Tiecheng Mountain, He Pingxiong was promoted to battalion commander for meritorious service, which was the fastest promotion among non-German students. Because He Pingxiong was relatively familiar with the terrain in this area, he was specially designated by Hu Zhen today as the commander of the first battle with the Dutch colonial army.
He Pingxiong's heart was very calm at the moment, but the soldiers under him were very aggrieved and injured. Because, Commander-in-Chief Hu Zhen stipulated that when they carried out this mission, not only could they not carry light and heavy machine guns, Lian Zhenhua rifles could not be carried at night, but could only carry those old-fashioned single-shot rifles, and even some breech-loading muskets, bows and arrows, and six stone throwers.
In the chaotic sound of gunfire, some arrows and stones from the catapult fell weakly on the far side of the Dutch colonial army.
Hearing the news, Wei An, who rushed from the back of the team, laughed when he saw this: "Haha, the natives are the natives, just use a little bow and arrow and a stone thrower, I see what you can do to me!" ”
After laughing for a while, Wei An, who felt very bored, gritted his teeth and ordered: "Children, rush me, beat all these damned natives to death, and those who were not killed are arrested and hanged!" ”
"Rush!"
Under the command of a white officer, the native soldiers made a massive charge.
But the Huaxia army disappeared without a trace, and the Dutch captured only five dilapidated stone throwers and a pile of polished round stones.
"Humph! Primitive people are still using stone throwers! Vian carefully looked at the five stone throwers in front of him for a while with the eyes of admiring some kind of archaeological object, and even stepped forward to stroke them with his fingers. Then he ordered: "The stone thrower cannot be used by these primitive people, except for one that is left to be shipped back to Europe for exhibition, and the rest are all burned!" ”
In the thick smoke and fire, 20 soldiers escorted more than 100 forcibly recruited people, dragging heavy stone throwers and slowly moving towards Pontianak.
In this military operation, Lieutenant Colonel Wei'an has caught less than fifty taels of gold so far, and he is really not interested, and this primitive man's stone thrower will be transported back to Europe, maybe he can make a little money, even if he can't make a few dollars, maybe he can earn a little eyeballs and talking points among those noble ladies.
After arranging the transportation of the trebuch, Vian continued to direct the infantry regiment forward.
Something happened that annoyed Vian.
The Huaxia army lay in ambush on the side of the road and used a salvo of single-shot rifles, killing and wounding more than a dozen soldiers.
A few indigenous soldiers died, anyway, they were requisitioned locally, as many as they wanted, as long as they were given weapons, given some food to eat, and trained hard for a few days, they would be a hard-working soldier again.
The problem was that a white officer, who was in his early twenties, did not know that a bullet from an aborigine could also hurt people, and he rushed forward with a soldier and was hit in the thigh by a bullet. The military doctor came to see the injury and said that the thigh might not be saved, and that he might not even be able to save his life in this hot jungle.
Vian had no choice but to arrange for ten more soldiers to send the young white officer back to Pontianak for treatment.
After receiving this attack, Wei An changed his measures and ordered the troops not to march as usual, but to set up a battle formation, with the sharp soldiers in front and on the flanks, forming a cordon, and after searching the suspicious area to pass through without any problems, the brigade then moved on the road.
In this way, the speed of the Dutch army was even slower, and they could only walk more than ten kilometers in a day.
He Pingxiong, who was in charge of commanding the task of luring the enemy, was not in a hurry at all, commanding the soldiers of the two companies, one would elbow the Dutch army on the flank, and the other would block the attack on the head, which made the Dutch army want to die.
In this case, of course, Vian would not take the lead with his noble life, and all the white officers would not joke with their own lives, but simply ordered the indigenous soldiers to rush to the front.
Fortunately, the Huaxia army seems to bully the weak and fear the hard, as long as the Dutch army charges with a gun, it immediately becomes a turtle with a shrunken head, and it doesn't know where to run like a gust of wind.
This game was played for another six days, and the Dutch army chased the Huaxia army step by step to an open plain.
Borneo is mostly a tropical jungle terrain, and there are not many plains in front of it that have been developed into cultivated fields.
At this time, it was the end of winter, and even Borneo in the tropics was now in the dry season, and the cultivated fields that the Chinese army had fled into had been harvested, and the ground was dry.
Looking at the hundreds of soldiers of the Huaxia Army desperately fleeing in front of him, Wei An was suddenly overjoyed, and he ordered that there was no need to set up a tight flank cordon on this plain with a wide field of vision, but to immediately concentrate all his strength to pursue those Huaxia troops who were already exhausted.
Hu Zhen and the personnel of the headquarters were using binoculars to observe the Dutch troops in the distance, and saw that the Dutch troops had removed a vigilant formation and replaced it with a pursuit posture.
A staff officer jumped up for joy and said, "Okay, it's our turn!" ”