On the morning of the 8th, at 10 o'clock, before Zhang Wei arrived in Palembang, he received a telegram from James from Pontianak that Daniel, the personal representative of the British Governor of the Straits Settlements, had gone to Pontianak to inquire about the news, and the British might react quickly. Pen~Fun~Pavilion www.biquge.info Zhang Wei is also looking forward to it, does Britain want to do it himself or support the Netherlands to fight with him?

Up to now, Zhang Wei didn't have the worries at the beginning, the system could be upgraded in a few days, and there was no need to be afraid after the upgrade, he occupied more and more territory, that is, there was a tug-of-war, just protect a province, his system would not be downgraded, and there would be no danger, Zhang Wei can now let go and compete with the Dutch for territory, I really had too many worries before, and I lost a lot of opportunities in vain, otaku is otaku, and I still need to exercise.

In the morning, after Zhang Wei left Palembang, the chief of staff of the Sumatra Provincial Military District, several division leaders of the 11th Division, and several regiment commanders gathered again to reiterate the battle plan. The 4th Battalion of the 4th Regiment was left to guard the baggage, 4 motor-torpedo boats blocked the river, and the rest of the troops were to participate in the battle.

To the east of Palembang is the Musi River, and it is impossible to move troops to the east of the river in a short time; To the south is the mountainous area, it is difficult for the troops to survive there without logistical baggage, to the north is the ocean, and now the Netherlands will not move to the sea without a navy, the only way to escape is to go west, withdraw to Jambi, and join the 2nd Division there, so the key point of this battle is how to block the Dutch division from retreating westward.

In the end, the division headquarters decided to hand over this arduous task to the 1st Regiment to carry out, and ordered the 1st Regiment to march 15 kilometers to the hilly area west of Palembang within two hours, and to establish a blocking position within one and a half hours.

After receiving the mission, the first regiment did not ink, and under the leadership of the intelligence officers, they immediately set off. Fortunately, it was the middle of the month, and the weather was not dark, so I could barely march in a hurry.

The 2nd Regiment attacked south along the river, the 3rd Regiment attacked semi-encircled from the west, and the 4th Regiment and the troops directly under the division headquarters acted as reserves, following from the rear and supporting the troops in front at any time. The intention of the division was to drive the Dutch division out of Palembang and encircle and annihilate it in the west of the city.

At 5 o'clock in the morning, the first to attack was the 75mm mountain artillery battalion under the division and the 65mm mountain artillery battalion directly under the three regiments, and the target of the artillery bombardment was the division headquarters of the Dutch division and the regimental headquarters of the two regiments.

When the shelling began, the soldiers in the Dutch barracks were sleeping, and all the officers and men were awakened by the sudden sound of artillery.

The division commander immediately realized that this must be Lan Fangjun's call, Lan Fangjun is already famous for liking sneak attacks, and it is necessary to organize soldiers to break through immediately, otherwise they will definitely be surrounded and annihilated. He didn't care about putting on his pants, got on his shoes, grabbed his shirt and pistol, and ran out, shouting as he ran, "Follow me, break through quickly." At this time, the deputy division commander and the chief of staff also came to find the division commander, and after the convergence, they rushed out with the guards, still shouting while running, some soldiers also ran after hearing it, and the rest of the people just ran with the crowd, and the shells exploded in the crowd from time to time, but now no one cares about anyone, just follows the division commander. Many people don't even have pants and shoes, let alone weapons.

The first round was a test firing, followed by a continuous stream of shells, but fortunately, the division commander gave a decisive order, and most of the soldiers ran out, and a small number did not run out. The only ones who are well dressed and equipped are the guards.

After running out of the range of the Lanfang Army's shelling, everyone was also happy, if it weren't for the division commander's wisdom and decisiveness, these people would have been scrapped under the fire of the Lanfang Army.

Soon, the 1st and 2nd regiments also followed, and the situation of these two regiments was now much better than that of the officers and men directly under the division headquarters, they were subjected to less shelling, and they were on the south side of the city, and many shells did not land in the barracks, although the artillery was not pulled out, but there were a few heavy machine guns, and the soldiers were at least armed.

The chief of staff said: "Division commander, now we have no weapons, ammunition, and heavy supplies, and there is no way to fight the Lanfang Army at all. “

"Is there anything you can do about it?"

"Our only chance now is to take advantage of the fact that the Lan Fang army has not yet attacked, and quickly move to Zhanbei, otherwise we can only be annihilated, do you think the current soldiers can still fight?"

"Why don't we wait for the Lan Fang Army to stop shelling and then go back to get weapons?"

"Division commander, first, it's too late, Lan Fangjun's army is about to attack, and second, you can't find weapons when you go back, either the shells are destroyed or buried in the rubble. Let's move now. “

The division commander thought that he would definitely be punished for escaping to Jambi in this way, but it was better than losing his life, so he accepted the advice of the chief of staff and ordered: The 1st Regiment will open the way in front, the 2nd Regiment will cover in the rear, and the regimental headquarters will be in the middle, and immediately move to Jambi.

There was no baggage, and they were fleeing for their lives, so the troops moved very quickly.

By the time the Lanfang People's Army rushed into the Dutch barracks, the Dutch officers and soldiers had already run away, and the rest were injured and unable to run.

The regimental commanders took the lead, leaving 1 company to maintain the scene, and the rest of the personnel began to chase the Dutch officers and soldiers.

"Oh, this Dutchman runs faster than a rabbit."

"You kid save your energy, save your strength to fight the Dutch devils, or you won't be able to open it for a while."

"you, take care of yourself, even if you can't open it, Lao Tzu will still open it, if you don't believe it, you'll see the result later."

The Dutch officers and soldiers fled all the way, but no one cared if they fell behind. The troops did not arrive and sent scouts. After running for more than 1 hour in a row, he didn't encounter the enemy, and the division commander felt that the chief of staff's idea was really good, and finally let himself escape, and his life was saved in the first place.

Suddenly, there was a dense burst of gunfire ahead. The master is shocked, there will be no ambush ahead.

The 1st Regiment of the 3rd Dutch Division, which was on the march, was suddenly strafed by heavy machine gun fire, and a company in front had lost its combat effectiveness.

The commander of the 1st regiment hurriedly sent someone to pass the news to the division commander and waited for the division commander's instructions.

The division commander and the chief of staff came to the front line soon, and through the telescope handed over by the commander of the 1st regiment, the division commander found that the Lanfang Army had already arranged fortifications 2 kilometers ahead, and he wanted to rush over, so he asked the chief of staff: "Chief of staff, what should we do?" ”

The chief of staff thought to himself, it was still a step too late, and he had no good way but to rush hard, so he said: "Division commander, we have a blockade in front and a chasing soldier in the back, if we don't act quickly, the bureau will be surrounded immediately, and now the only way out is to break through the blocking position in front, this is our only way to live." ”

"They've already set up a blocking position, and it's too difficult to charge."

"That's better than sitting here and waiting to die."

The division commander thought about it for a while and made up his mind, if he didn't attack, how could he know that he couldn't rush over.

So the order was: "All the heavy machine guns occupy the small dirt slope on the west side of the road, set up a support position, and the rest of the personnel check the guns and ammunition, and after ten minutes charge intensively in the form of a regiment." “

The European armies of this era will do this, without experiencing the baptism of the First World War, the troops are just immature, have they not learned from the experience of the Boer War? Don't know how powerful the heavy machine gun is? There is also the devil's pig rush tactics and bullshit's banzai charge, which are scum in front of automatic and semi-automatic weapons, which is tantamount to suicide.