After receiving the approval of the General Staff Headquarters on the 9th, Fang Liang did not set off in a hurry like Han Xin, but got in touch with the intelligence officers stationed in Makassar City first. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

The intelligence officer in the city of Makassar said in a telegram: The Dutch army has strengthened the defense of the port, and there are also two shore defense guns, and the losses will be great if they want to storm it, but the danger will be much less after the landing, and the heavy weapons of the Dutch regiment are only six six-pounder mountain guns, and there are not many light and heavy machine guns.

There has never been an immortal in war, but Fang Liang still thinks that it is good to die one less. As for the difficulty in capturing the city of Makassar, how to land will definitely not choose to attack, otherwise the losses will be great.

After thinking about the map for a long time, Fang Liang finally found the landing site, which was a river 20 kilometers south of the city of Makassar, and waited for the land to go ashore in this river.

After having the landing plan, Fang Liangcai invited the division commander, chief of staff, deputy division commander, regiment commanders, and naval captains of the 4th City to assign tasks.

Without any politeness, Fang Liang first introduced the establishment of the Archipelago Military Region, the Archipelago Province and the Archipelago Fleet, and then arranged the future garrison of each regiment, the 4th Regiment was stationed in Manado City, and after the 6th Division occupied the city, it could be stationed, and the 6th Division's forces were liberated to occupy other places; The 3rd Regiment was stationed in the city of Dili to protect the eastern gateway of Java and to provide early warning to the Archipelago Military District of the enemy coming from the east; The 2nd Regiment is stationed in Ambon City and mainly protects the security of the Archipelago Province and the Archipelago Fleet; The 1st Regiment was stationed in the city of Makassar and was a necessary stop for the supply of supplies for the entire archipelago military district; The division headquarters was stationed in the city of Makassar.

The commander of the 4th Division asked: "Chief of Staff, is it too scattered to arrange the army in this way, and how can we assemble in the event of a war?" How can we support each other? I feel like it's dangerous. ”

"There's no way now, just 2 divisions, how can they be stationed? You can't all get together and leave it all in the rest of the world. But this is only the beginning, when we fully occupy the East Indies, force the Netherlands to negotiate, and we take sovereignty, then at least 2 divisions of reserve troops will be sent or we will recruit 2 divisions of troops ourselves. In this case, it would be good for us to occupy the city and declare sovereignty. Fang Liang continued: "Let's arrange the battle plan, the Dutch army we are facing has 3 Dutch regiments, the 6th Division solves 2 regiments, and our division is responsible for solving a Dutch regiment stationed in the city of Makassar. ”

"Chief of Staff, you can arrange it, the 4th Division will resolutely complete the task."

"Okay, let me first explain the local information, a Dutch regiment is stationed in the city of Makassar, and there are 6 6-pounder guns with heavy weapons; In addition, 2 shore defense guns were arranged in the port, so we could not get close within 15 kilometers of the front of the port, and the loss would be great if we chose to attack, so I decided after thinking about it, let's first send a regiment of vanguard troops to destroy the Dutch regiment, and the landing place I chose was this river south of Limpin, and merchant ships and speedboats could reach the inland shore and pass underneath, but heavy weapons could not be brought. I would like to give this task to the 1 regiment, and I have no confidence to complete it. ”

"Guaranteed to get the job done."

"Okay, the weapon that can be used this time is mortar, as long as they go ashore, their shore defense guns will be useless, and the power of the opponent's 6-pounder gun is not as good as your 81mm mortar, so it will not be difficult after landing. So you will leave tomorrow at 5 p.m. and land at about 5 a.m. on the 12th. The rest of the plans are up to you. ”

"Yes, I promise to destroy the Dutch regiment and occupy Makassar."

"Okay, I'll wait for your good news, go and prepare, and leave tomorrow afternoon, and the meeting will be dismissed."

The sea route from Mazen to Makassar is about 350 nautical miles, and it takes more than 35 hours for a merchant ship to sail.

This time the escort was carried by destroyers and 2 S6 motor-torpedo boats.

The 1st Regiment had 4,220 men excluding the artillery battalion, which occupied 12 merchant ships, and the artillery battalion was inconvenient to unload the ships without occupying the port, so it had to wait until the port of the city of Makassar was occupied before arriving with the main force.

On the morning of the 12th, they arrived at Sulawesi and landed ashore, and after a brief rest, a reconnaissance company was dispatched to find a reasonable route to Makassar. At the same time, destroyers and torpedo boats will be sent to patrol the sea tomorrow to intercept their escape routes from the sea, but they must not get too close to the coast and guard against the enemy's shore defense artillery.

In the afternoon, the 1st Regiment rushed to Limbang and rested in Limbang for the night, waiting for news from the reconnaissance company.

In the evening, the personnel of the reconnaissance company returned one after another, and only one road to Makassar could be found to cross the river, and they had to make a 5-kilometer detour to the northeast. The regiment commander felt that the distance of 5 kilometers was not far, just to the northeast, and when the time came, he could go straight to the back of the Dutch regiment in Kassar, and he was very satisfied with this road.

At 12 noon on the 13th, while the Dutch soldiers were preparing to eat, the 1st Regiment attacked.

The tactics of the offensive were simple, the 1st Battalion was responsible for the main attack, the 2nd and 3rd Battalions outflanked from the left and right 2 flanks to ensure the security of the 1st Battalion's flanks, and the 4th Battalion and the regimental headquarters served as reserves and received the occupied areas.

Since the Dutch did not consider that Lan Fang's army would be killed from the back, the back was like an open gate, and the commander of the 1st Battalion drove straight in, and even some of the police did not deal with it, leaving it all to the 4th Battalion to deal with. When the 1st Battalion was still 2 kilometers away from the dock area, it encountered the third blockade line of the Dutch army, and the defensive direction that was suitable for blocking the troops coming from the sea was also towards the dock area, but now it had to block the enemy coming from the back, and the defensive effect was greatly reduced.

The battalion commander also wanted a quick victory, so he asked the battalion to fire all 60mm and 81mm mortars, and there was a burst of artillery bombardment on the enemy's position, and after 5 shells per gun, the 1st Company began to attack.

24 mortars, firing 120 shells, blew up the Dutch defensive positions.

After the shelling, the 1st Company began to spread out in a platoon battle formation, gradually moving forward.

The Dutch army had only one company stationed here, and the bulk of the troops were in front, and this was used as a backup fortification, and of course it was impossible to send more guards.

"Company commander, we can't stop it, the enemy's artillery fire is too powerful, we can't stop it, look, the enemy is rushing over."

"Retreat quickly, and immediately send someone to inform the regiment commander."

"Yes, Company Commander"

In fact, at this time, he just didn't inform the regiment commander, and the regiment commander had already known from the sound of artillery that an enemy was coming from behind.

Originally, there were 2 battalions stationed on the first line of defense, 1 and a half battalions on the 2nd line of defense, and 1 company on the 3rd line of defense, but now the enemy is attacking from behind and the 3rd line of defense is lost, so the second line of defense must be held, otherwise, they will be pressed on the first line of defense, and there will be no room for movement. The commander of the Dutch regiment was also resolute, and while ordering the 2nd line of defense to hold its position, he ordered the 1st battalion to immediately go to support the 2nd line of defense.