Chapter 1003: Dawn Attack

The night and the Dutch corpses that could be seen everywhere on the west side of the No. 1 small plateau won Pan Dongsheng the most important night, and the Dutch troops who had been gathering all night under the mountain launched several rounds of artillery bombardment at dusk, but the field artillery fired from the back had almost no effect on the reconnaissance company that was proficient in field fortifications.

Under the guidance of artillery fire, the Dutch organized two companies of troops to carry out a tentative attack, and before advancing to a range of 100 meters, more than 20 corpses were dropped in the sound of accurate blocking on the hill, and the bare slope and dark night in front of the No. 1 high ground immediately made the Dutch lose the courage to advance, and then completely stopped, estimating that it was time for dinner......

At night, the Dutch did not have any offensive strategy at all except for constantly creating some movements, but Pan Dongsheng was confused all night, and he was busy arranging for soldiers to take turns to enter the night position and squat.

At 3 o'clock in the morning, the team sent back to report in the evening hurried back, and they brought the news that made Pan Dongsheng's blood boil - after learning of the enemy's whereabouts, the 2nd Division of Nanhua had already marched out of the night to outflank it, and the commander-in-chief, He Xiaojun, had already led the 1st Division into the left flank of the front line to prepare for the early morning attack.

Before dawn, two regimental heavy mortar companies entered the No. 1 heights and set up their main positions behind the positions, with eight 80mm heavy mortars and four 60mm light mortars. Immediately, the soldiers who were guarding were completely sleepless. These big guys. The troops have all conducted exercises on weekdays, but today we have to see the actual combat results with our own eyes!

Less than 5 o'clock in the morning, when the east just showed a glimmer of light, He Xiaojun stood at the city headquarters only 2 kilometers away from the attack line, under the dim oil lamp, the military strength of the two sides on the frontal battlefield was standardized one by one, and the military strength of the Dutch was after the battle of South Andy. He naturally knows in his heart, and as an opponent on the battlefield, he naturally attaches great importance to the opponent of the other party.

The two elite offensives he led could be described as blowing, but in addition to the battalion-sized Dutch regular army and mercenaries, the vast majority of the opponents were indigenous servant troops, which had no fighting spirit at all and were completely vulnerable, but lasted more than a week. still made He Xiaojun a little anxious.

The Ministry of Military Affairs and his idea are completely consistent, that is, to concentrate the elite of South China. Scattering and smashing the Dutch army on the entire island of Java to set the tide of the war in one fell swoop, once this land strategy is successful, the South Chinese Navy will also be engaged in suppressing the Dutch and completely forcing the other side to make major concessions.

And the center of all this, of course, lies in the "rapid defeat of the enemy", now, the opportunity is in front of themselves, the two main Dutch forces actually exposed a huge air defense in the West Galawang area, the left flank of the Dutch 4th Division after the failure of the attack on the Chinese rebels stationed in the Galawang area, began to shrink its forces, the right flank of the Dutch 3rd Division actually made an unexpected move, but greatly advanced.

He was not sure of the strategy of the Dutch, but from the intelligence, it seemed that the Dutch had copied Karawang's idea, but this was obviously a very naΓ―ve plan, and he happened to be caught by his own yellow finches......

"Report! A lump lurking in place! ”

"Report! The 3rd Battalion of the 2nd Regiment has already touched the offensive position 300 meters west of Boda Village! ”

"General, the Second Division has just called, and it is advancing towards the Gandun River, and the forest along the way is dense, which affects the speed of the march, and it is hurrying up! Their location is about here! Shi Liang, a staff officer of the division headquarters, came in with another telegram and planted a small red flag on the combat map.

The drums of war have been beaten, but there are still some problems in the tactical encirclement, the entire Karawang and Bejiasi, everywhere are deserted hills and river valleys, the commander of the second division, Qi Fang, is also an old man of the Nanyang system, there is no problem in combat quality, but I didn't expect to run into trouble when the matter comes......

Looking at the clock, it was already the time to launch an attack, He Xiaojun walked back and forth, and immediately gave the order, "Start the dawn attack!" Send a report to the 2nd Division and resolutely pursue the enemy until it is completely defeated or annihilated...... Order the regiments directly under the division headquarters to prepare to participate in the pursuit battle, be sure to expand the results of the battle, and resolutely destroy the enemy! ”

The clock ticked to 5 a.m., and three green flares rose from Heights 1 into the grey night sky, and almost at the same moment, the shelling from Position 4 and Heights 1 on the west side began at the same time.

The sporadic lights of the Dutch at the foot of the mountain almost became a clear target, and the first round of 80mm mortars made a sky-high fire at the foot of the mountain, which obviously ignited some flammable materials, and the violent explosion made the Dutch's messy barracks explode immediately, and Pan Dongsheng could even see the Dutch scurrying around with the naked eye.

The next 10 minutes were completely a tactical performance of the artillery company, the high rate of fire of the mortars and the high lethality of the bunker targets were undoubtedly a sharp weapon for attacking the barracks, after two rounds of school firing, the 12 mortars immediately launched a fixed point rapid fire at a constant speed of 4 rounds per minute, and only 1 minute later, the village where the Dutch were entrenched was already in a sea of fire.

Then the barrage Xu Jin shot, the replacement of the incendiary bombs, directly those Dutch soldiers who tried to save the defeat were involved in the fire net in the sky, the sparks burst out of the incendiary agent, scattered all over the sky, the Dutch set up a tent yesterday for an afternoon, but now became the culprit of the fire, and what is more terrible is that the flames and poisonous smoke everywhere directly led to the temporary paralysis of the Dutch command system.

At this time, the exchange of fire on the Western Front finally began, and the soldiers of the 1st Brigade and the 2nd Regiment of the 1st Division as the main attack were divided into two routes, and attacked the fortifications built by the Dutch in front of them from both flanks of the No. 2 Heights on the left, and in front of the position, the 60mm battalion-level mortars took on the task of opening the way with rapid artillery fire, and the screaming shells immediately blew up the simple wooden fences and sandbag fortifications in front of the Dutch.

A regiment of three battalions had already lurked in the grass in front of the position overnight, seeing the rapid artillery fire extending forward, the commander of the third battalion, Yao Xingmeng, stood up with a bow, and behind him, hundreds of fearless figures of men immediately surged, and five Type 87 heavy machine guns erected on the flanks immediately lifted their camouflage, and the muzzle of the black hole pointed directly at the Dutch bunker 100 meters away.

The rapid artillery fire just now blew up a company of Dutchmen guarding the crossing, and the passage into Boda Village was just a narrow dirt road, and the Dutch of this company were guarding, that is, the mud fortifications temporarily built on the dirt road, but after 2 minutes of rapid fire from 60mm mortars, the temporary fortifications built yesterday had already become a pile of garbage.

In fact, the Dutch captain Mentel on the defense planned to evacuate, and the artillery fire was rushing to the present, and the camp in the rear was already a sea of fire...... However, while he was engaged in a fierce ideological struggle, in the darkness in front of him, a black shadow suddenly appeared without warning......

"Password! What ......" shouted a soldier lying behind cover, revealing only the small half of his head and the muzzle of a black-hole Sharps rifle.

Captain Mentel leaned behind a simple bunker made of two tree stumps, obviously awakened by this sudden situation, and he obviously realized that there was no friendly army in front of him, and he was just about to shout the signal to shoot, but he saw a sudden fly in the sky with white smoke, which immediately reminded him of the previous rumor - a Chinese-made hand-held bomb appeared on the battlefield!

The thought made him immediately give up the idea of raising his gun to shoot, and instead threw himself into the pit behind him...... Next, he immediately felt the power of this damn lone bomb, and in the immediate vicinity, there were violent explosions one after another, and waves of air and dirt were thrown up in his face, completely filling the entire position!

The gray air was mixed with the pungent smell of gunpowder after the explosion of explosives, which even made him feel as if he was in a vacuum, and even a little suffocating, and the violent explosion directly made him fall into a temporary tinnitus, and when he came to his senses and looked up, the dozen or so soldiers who were still crowded around him just now, in addition to two who were stunned, there were also a bunch of people on the ground, many of whom had open their mouths and heart-rending expressions on their faces.

Not far to the right, behind the sandbag, Sergeant Palmer had just gotten up with a rifle with a bayonet, and after firing two shots in the darkness in front of him in a panic, he seemed to be a little mentally deranged and picked up his rifle and jumped onto the sandbag...... However, his bravery did not have the slightest effect, and in the darkness, extremely brilliant gunfire suddenly lit up!

Sergeant Palmer's body trembled violently like chaff, and then fell into the fortifications like a broken sack, and then, the gunfire of Sergeant Palmer's shooting just now attracted two more black bombs, and the three soldiers in one of the sergeant's bunkers were directly swept out by the air wave generated by the explosion.

The explosion ignited some unknown material, the beating flames calmed Captain Mentel's buzzing head, and the ear piercing, which had been a little deaf just now, also regained some function, and he quickly got up from the single pit with an inexplicable force, raised the Colt revolver in his hand and aimed at the few black shadows that had just rushed to the left......

Suddenly, a heavy iron lump slammed into his military cap, which made him want to curse loudly...... And the thing that hit him bounced and landed heavily at his feet, and at this moment, he finally saw clearly the so-called hand-held bomb produced by Chinese under his feet......

Rumble...... (To be continued......)