The battalion chief of staff said: "Regiment commander, let's retreat from the sea while the Lanfang Navy is not coming." Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ“

"No, I'm not willing to leave without a fight."

"Commander, if you don't retreat, you won't even have a chance to escape."

"Where can you retreat? Lan Fang's navy has already occupied the surroundings, and we can't retreat at all. ”

"We can retreat east, we can go to Darwin, Australia, and from there we can divert back home. Lan Fang's army does not have a strategic eastern region yet, if the regiment commander feels that it is not good to withdraw to Darvin, we can go to Jayapura for the time being and join the 3rd regiment. “

"Alright, withdraw the troops, let's go to Jayapura."

"No, regiment commander, we can only retreat if they let their 3 battalions withstand us in front, otherwise no one will be able to leave. We can only take the troops directly under the regimental headquarters and the 2nd battalion. “

"I will be punished if I give up the army and go back, besides, I can't do anything about giving up my brothers."

"Regiment commander, the 3 battalions in front will surrender after knowing that we retreat, they can't die, we won't have a chance if we don't leave, and we will all lose here. When we have the chance, we will come back and avenge our brothers. “

The regimental commander thought about it for a while, and it was more cost-effective to be punished than to lose his life, so he accepted the advice of the chief of staff, got down and boarded the ship, retreated, gave up all heavy weapons, and brought only three days' dry rations. This dry food was prepared in advance, and it was prepared for emergency use in the battle recovery of the Lan Fang Army, and now it is just in handy.

After receiving the regiment commander's order to retreat, the members of the unit were very happy, that is, they could save their lives, and they didn't have to fight hard with the Lanfang army, and they didn't have to take responsibility, so they boarded the ship very quickly. Since there was no need to carry heavy weapons and baggage, only three large merchant ships were used, and the regimental commander ordered them to set sail immediately after boarding.

The 1st Battalion was thwarted in the 2nd line of defense, and the 2nd and 3rd Battalions were gradually outflanked and encircled the Dutch troops within the narrow limits of the docks.

The battalion commanders did not ask the troops to storm the storm, but used mortars to clear the heavy machine-gun positions of the Dutch. From time to time, 60mm mortar shells were fired into the Dutch defenses, which wore down the Dutch army's will to fight.

At this time, the commander of the 1st Regiment of the Lanfang People's Army had already followed, and observed the enemy's fortifications through the telescope for a while, and found that they were all temporary fortifications built with sandbags, and the defensive ability was very low, so the regiment commander ordered the mortars of each battalion to fire 10 shells each, and destroy the enemy's fortifications first.

Four battalions, 96 mortars, each with 10 shells, fell into the narrow fortifications of the Dutch army, and immediately blew the Dutch army on their backs, stumps and flesh everywhere, the number of dead and wounded increased dramatically, and the fortifications were completely destroyed.

Some veterans know the power of the artillery, and lie on the ground with their heads tightly held with their hands, as long as it is not a direct hit, the possibility of death is smaller, at most it is injured; The recruits don't have this experience, they are still running around, trying to avoid artillery fire, even the fortifications have been blown up, where is there a place to hide.

The battalion commanders of the 3 battalions approached the deputy regiment commander and asked to retreat to the 1st line of defense.

"Deputy Commander, our fortifications are no longer usable, and we can't hold on to a wave of enemy attacks, and we have wasted the lives of our brothers in vain."

"That's right, deputy commander, if you lose too many soldiers, it's the first line of defense in retreat, and you can't hold it."

The deputy regimental commander had no better way, so he had to order a retreat and bring the wounded soldiers with him.

The commander of the People's Legion looked at the bombing effect through the binoculars and felt very happy, mortars are indeed a good thing in close combat, and a burst of artillery bombardment blew up the enemy's improvised fortifications.

When the 3 battalions of the Dutch retreated to the first line of defense, they were surprised to find that there were no soldiers to defend here, and the regiment commander, the chief of staff, and the men of the 2nd battalion all ran away. This made the three battalion commanders very indignant, and no one would feel comfortable if they made a cushion for others.

While arranging for the soldiers to enter the defensive position, the deputy regiment commander said to several battalion commanders: "Go and arrange the defense first, as long as you hold the defensive line and withstand the enemy's attack, you can discuss the next move." “

The commander of the Lan Fong People's Army did not order the soldiers to charge, but after occupying the 2nd defensive line, he organized the construction of defensive positions and blocked the Dutch troops in the dock area. Then find a way to gradually destroy the enemy, so that the enemy can jump over the wall or break through and escape, if you break through and escape, it will cost you more to destroy the enemy.

The Dutch soldiers were also relieved to see that Lan Fang's army did not attack, and began to enjoy a short period of peace.

Several battalion commanders approached the deputy regiment commander to discuss countermeasures.

"The deputy regiment commander, the regiment commander and the chief of staff have all run away, and now your official position is the biggest here, we will listen to you all if you say what to do."

"Deputy Regiment Commander, now that Lan Fangjun is not attacking, things are even more difficult to handle, they must have reinforcements arriving one after another, we are alone, things are really not easy to do."

"Otherwise, let's go to Xiaoshan Mountain and go to the shore defense artillery company, the defense effect will be better than here."

"If there are no reinforcements there, we can't hold it for a few days, there is no ammunition and no baggage, if the Lan Fang army doesn't attack, we will be starved to death in a few days."

"Deputy regiment commander, the regiment commander has already run away, or let's surrender, there will be fewer deaths in that way, anyway, the responsibility is the regiment commander, and it is a capital crime to escape from the battle."

After listening to everyone's speeches, the deputy regiment commander himself has no good way, and it is unrealistic to break through for the time being, even if he breaks through, there is no place to go, there is no reinforcement to hold the position, and there is no hope, if he takes the opportunity to surrender, he has no responsibility.

"We have no way to retreat for the time being, it seems that we have to surrender, what do you think?"

"We listen to the deputy head of the regiment." No one wants to be held responsible.

"Okay, since everyone agrees to surrender, let's surrender, and I will take this responsibility."

Everyone is embarrassed to say it, and everyone really thinks so in their hearts.

"Then ask the commander of the 1st battalion to run once and talk to the other party, so as to avoid the senseless sacrifice of the brothers."

"Okay, then I'll run once."

The commander of the 1st Battalion of the Dutch Army found a torn white cloth, carried it with a wooden stick, and slowly walked towards the KPA stationed on the defense line of the 2nd island.

The commander of the 1st KPA Regiment was very happy about the surrender of the Dutch army, at least he didn't have to risk his brothers' lives to charge, so he happily accepted the other party's request.

The 1st Regiment sent the 1st and 2nd Battalions to take over the docks smoothly, collect the weapons of the Dutch soldiers, and place the soldiers in a centralized manner, and the officers enjoyed the treatment of officers. and asked the deputy regiment commander to lead the 3rd battalion to persuade the shore defense artillery company to surrender.

For the Dutch commander who escaped, he was still very guilty at first, but his life was more important, and when the ship left the dock, the guilt in his heart disappeared without a trace. When he heard the large-scale artillery bombardment of the People's Army, he was even more glad that he had made a decision early and was able to escape from the encirclement of the Lanfang Army.

When the merchant ship left the port, the Lan Fang Navy on the destroyer found out, how could it let go of these 3 merchant ships at a critical moment?

When the merchant ship left the dock for one hour and left the range of the shore defense guns, the destroyer led two motorized torpedo boats to catch up with the merchant ship and demanded that it stop for inspection.

Without the escort of warships, the Dutch regiment commander knew that he could not escape, so he had to announce his surrender, and the Lanfang Navy sent someone to take over the three merchant ships.

After the destroyer telegraphed to the 1st Regiment, he learned that the port had been occupied, so he escorted three merchant ships in the direction of the port and prepared to anchor at Makassar.

When the Dutch regiment commander, chief of staff and the 2nd battalion were escorted back, they were despised by all the soldiers, the regiment commander and the chief of staff and others were captured, of course, they could not enjoy the treatment they deserved, and those officers who surrendered, fortunately followed the deputy regiment commander, or else they would have to go to the prisoner of war camp.

After receiving the report from the 1st Regiment, Fang Liang hurriedly ordered the fleet and merchant ships to return, and once again escorted the division headquarters and several other regiments to the Makassar rendezvous. At the same time, the arrival time of the archipelago fleet and the provincial government of the archipelago was reconfirmed.

The next step was to move steadily, gradually to the east and south, to occupy the entire archipelago, to capture the Dutch people, to confiscate their wealth, to clear the pirates, and to ensure the smooth flow of logistics and baggage.