December 17, 1899, South Sea, Hollands, northwest Borneo, Brunei.

The entire port and city had now been occupied by Seris's army, and just a few days earlier, two brigades of the 34th Integrated Division of the Republic Army had successfully joined forces in Brunei, and then the army had conquered Bapa, Yaz, and Tualan, and had advanced to Kilabharu in the north.

Before the Seris army arrived, Andrei, the commander of the Dutch army who was originally stationed at the local port, still wanted to fight a tough battle with the garrison of more than 2,000 people under his command, but when he saw the dense artillery positions of the Seris army outside the city through his glasses, his heart immediately cooled, "More than two hundred cannons, the artillery lineup of the Orientals is too exaggerated......

According to the Seris military system, the artillery battalion directly under the jurisdiction of a brigade-level unit is equipped with 66 75mm mountain guns and 8 105mm howitzer heavy guns, and the two brigades are 132 mountain guns and 16 heavy guns, plus the artillery regiment units directly under the 34th integrated division, this unit of the Republic has a total of more than 260 large and medium-caliber artillery pieces of various types. On the other hand, on the Dutch side, not to mention the pitiful garrison, even their harbor shore defense guns were still firing outside the port, and the limited turning angle of a few batteries was no threat to the Seris army outside the city.

At the same time, the Dutch in the harbor were aware of the problem...... Unless these multi-ton shore guns are dismantled now, Andrei quickly shook his head and discarded the stupid idea.

"God willing, we're in big trouble."

Besides, it can be done, what if the Ceris Navy outside the port takes the opportunity to attack, the more Andre thinks about it, the more confused his brain becomes, and he can only let the Dutch colonial army in the city under the arrangement of his deputy to line up the line along the cover of the city.

At the same time, the Seris army outside the city had already lost patience, and immediately made their next move after the Dutch rejected their reply to surrender.

Under the cover of their own infantry troops, Seris's artillery units arranged their artillery positions in turn, and in a short time, according to the order from above, Seris's more than 200 artillery pieces all roared towards the distant city after an order!

"Boom-"

"Boom-boom-boom-"

Due to the lack of artillery cover, the Dutch suffered heavy losses under the shelling of the 34th Integrated Division, and the division commander Liu Chao took advantage of the situation to give the order to attack, "Kill-kill-"

The artillery positions also extended to the rear, "boom-"

The handful of troops at the front of the Dutch were completely cut off in a short time, and in an instant the two sides were close to each other!

Some of the Dutch soldiers, who had not lost their courage, tried to fight the Seris army, but before they could aim or mount their bayonets, a large number of grenades were thrown at them.

"Boom-Boom-Boom-Boom"

"Ahh ――”

"Ahhh ――”

Many of the Dutch soldiers who had been blown up and had lost arms and legs rolled on the ground screaming and rolling, and these were lucky, and some of the mutilated corpses did not even have a chance to scream.

"Kill, brother of the 34th Division, forward! Rush me!! ”

"Kill! Kill! Kill! ”

"Smack...... Bang bang ......"

"Smack...... Bang Bang ...... Smack! ……”

Each squad unit of the Seris army was armed with a 7.92mm LM-1 light machine gun, which is 450 machine guns for a brigade, which is unthinkable in the Far East, even in Europe, where military development is the most advanced.

Under such a strong firepower, the soldiers of the Dutch colonial army on the outer edge had no room for luck at all, and in a short period of time they were all shot into a sieve by the firepower of the 34th Division, you must know that most of the Dutch soldiers were only equipped with old-fashioned black powder breech rifles, after years of use, the rifling of many weapons had long been smoothed, in addition, the Dutch colonial army in the port was rarely equipped with automatic weapons such as Maxim and Green, and the force between the two sides was not at the same level at all.

In fact, it is not only the Dutch, at this time, a large number of great powers, including Western Europe, are far from being able to compare with Seris, and unlike the current lag armament of various countries, Seris's military district troops have been equipped with a large number of individual grenades and machine guns from a very early age. In particular, the 7.92mm caliber LM-1 light machine gun is different from the heavy machine guns such as Makqin commonly equipped in various countries, and the light machine gun equipped by the Republic can be easily carried by a Seris soldier.

In addition, compared with the Maxim heavy machine guns equipped in other countries, the power and range of the LM-1 light machine gun may be slightly inferior, but compared to the number and density of equipment of this type of automatic weapon, the armies of Western countries are far from being comparable to the Seris troops. In this era, the most common equipment of machine guns in the West is the German army, but even the German [***] team, one of its infantry divisions is only equipped with about 10 Maxim machine guns, excluding the establishment of the two sides, the same strength (an infantry division in the West is almost equivalent to the number of troops of a brigade-level unit in Seris) Seris army has almost 50 times the number of automatic weapons of the German army.

It can be said that although Western countries in this era have also equipped a large number of new machine guns and artillery into their own armies, it is even quite exaggerated to do so much for each unit to be equipped with so many automatic weapons and to equip each of its brigade-level units with reading artillery units. You know, it's not World War II 40 years later...... An artillery battalion alone has more than 70 artillery pieces, and even the American infantry division during the Korean War had to bow down!

In the face of the onslaught of Seris's army, the southern perimeter of the Dutch defensive line that had been deployed in Kirabalu soon collapsed, and most of the Dutch colonial soldiers were unfortunately taken prisoner of Seris, except for those who were killed and a few who retreated into the city.

Taking advantage of the twilight before falling, Liu Chao, the commander of the 34th Integrated Division, quickly made new arrangements, and under his orders, various units marched into the city one after another, preparing to deal a merciless blow to the stubborn Dutch defenders in the city.

In fact, all the preparations of the Seris side were completely in vain...... From the retreat of the remnants of the Dutch soldiers at the front, until the Chinese troops on the opposite side rushed into the city, the Dutch army in Kirabaru was completely defenseless.

Liu Chao, the commander of the 34th Division, also seemed to regard the siege battle in front of him as a pure training, and under his orders, the two brigade-level units of the 34th Integrated Division completely implemented the tactics they had learned from the military academy.

While one side of the Seris troops attacked, the troops on both sides always provided timely fire assistance, and the artillery positions in the rear also happened to cover the front troops in a timely manner, which not only suppressed the opponent's firepower but also ensured that the target of each attack of their own troops was stuck in an acceptable range.

Once the front team has captured a few buildings that can cover the troops, the original covering troops in the rear will take over the tasks of the friendly forces and then go into attack.

Under the command of the division headquarters, the entire 34th Division fought the original brutal siege war beautifully.

After a rush of killing, the Dutch army in the city was completely lost, and in the end, only a hundred remnants of the colonial army fled into the battery, relying on strong bunkers to return fire.

At the same time, the fleet under the command of Colonel Yang Zhaonan of the Ceris Navy outside the port also discovered the situation on the shore.

"Send electricity to the ships, and let everyone help the 34th Division of the Army!"

"Good Ratcha!"

Three ironclad battleships and dozens of gunboats suddenly roared!

"Boom-boom-boom-"

"Woo-boom-"

The Dutch soldiers hiding behind the fortress were suddenly blown up, and in the face of the front and rear attacks of the Serris Sea Army, the remnants of the Dutch colonial army were like a little fire in a rainstorm. After all, the firing perimeter is so narrow, and the result of such a dense target being "welcomed" by such a large number of shelling in a short period of time is undoubtedly terrifying.

In less than ten minutes, Kilabaru's coastal fort was reduced to rubble by the Seris navy, and the Dutch soldiers who had been left behind in the fortifications were mutilated corpses...... (To be continued.) )