Chapter 358: Attack on Sabah
A dozen armored vehicles and troop transport trucks drove out in a row, and these trucks quickly headed towards the city, and after a few minutes, they entered this slightly messy and dilapidated city, well, if this is also a city, if Guo Yu sees it, he will say that this is not as grand as a county town in the Republic of China, at least most of the counties in the Republic of China still have a city wall or something, and there is really nothing here.
There was no resistance and resistance at all on the way, and the troops came directly to the fortifications of the Dutch, and without talking nonsense, they took the mortars directly from the cars and began to erect them.
It was the Dutch soldier in charge of the guard who had noticed that something was wrong outside, and a group of guys with guns had come to the outside of the fortifications, and they were still fiddling with something, although he didn't know the mortar, but he could guess that it was a kind of cannon.
"Alarm, alarm, oh my God, there's an enemy attacking us."
The guy was screaming there like a rooster choked by the neck, causing chaos within the fortifications.
Since it was colonized by the Dutch, it has been peaceful, there has never been any fighting, and these soldiers are also accustomed to the days when no one patrols leisurely, drinks coffee, and occasionally finds a local ugly woman with dark skin, who never thought that one day war would come.
The Dutch fortifications look a bit like castles, adhering to the Dutch love to build castles, but they are built of brick and stone, and on the island of Kalimantan, it is more than enough to deal with the resistance of the local natives, after all, those natives only have spears and bows and arrows, but in front of the Huafu army, it is really not enough.
The 120-mm mortar erected by the Huafu Army is not the 60 mortar equipped by the squad, and the 120 mortar is considered a heavy artillery, but the range is much smaller than that of the cannon. Ideal for movement warfare and such military operations of direct bombing of targets.
"Target front fortifications, prepare, shoot."
As soon as the officer gave the order, more than a dozen 120 mortars began to fire, and the shells smashed into the castle, and for a time explosions rang out. The castle, which was not very fortified, partially collapsed after the first round of shelling.
"Prepare for the second round of shelling, shoot."
The Dutch defenders were not given any respite, and the second round of shells was fired, and after the shelling, there was a "boom", and the walls on one side of the castle collapsed, and the Dutch defenders were completely exposed to the artillery fire of the Huafu army.
"Sir, shall we surrender?" A Dutch soldier shouted at his commander inside.
"Do you think I don't want to fucking surrender. But does the enemy give us a chance to surrender? The captain scolded loudly.
"Boom," the third round of shelling began, this time the shells were aimed directly at the gap, and the bombs exploded inside the fortifications, and for a time a single piece flew wildly, and dozens of Dutch soldiers who had no time to dodge returned to heaven.
At this moment, a flag with a white sheet stretched out from inside, and at the same time someone shouted loudly: "We surrender." Surrender, don't fight anymore. ”
They speak Dutch. The Huafu soldiers did not understand at all, and continued their artillery preparations.
At this moment, a guy with a ragged and dusty face suddenly ran out of the hole, carrying Bai Qi to the position, and then one fell to the ground, and roared loudly. "Let us go, we're willing to surrender, don't fire any more cannons, please."
The hand of the officer of the Huafu Army was not down, although he did not understand Dutch. But he knew English, and in the Netherlands, English was the most spoken language besides Dutch, and the Dutch captain knew English as well, which was thankful.
"You come out of it with all your soldiers, you are not allowed to carry any weapons, and if anyone is not honest, we will kill everyone directly." The officer of the Huafu Army said loudly in English.
"Okay, okay, we will do it, we will never carry weapons, we will not do anything to resist." He dropped the white flag and ran back, and after a while, a group of Dutchmen came out of it, all of them more or less wounded, some of them quite badly.
But this is war, not playing games, this is a contest between life and death, there is no fluke, the Dutch have not fought for many years, many soldiers have been abolished, it is better to say that they are soldiers, it is better to say that they are local tax collectors.
There were 87 Dutchmen here, but more than half of them died in the shelling, and only 32 remained, and the largest officer was the original commander here, a captain officer, that is, the guy who ran out with a white flag and wailed.
The Dutch garrisoned a total of about 10,000 troops in Kalimantan, and these people are to be distributed in more than 30 cities, but they are not evenly distributed, big cities naturally send heavy troops, and this kind of small city, with these soldiers can be managed in peacetime, when Guo Yu acquired Ma Chen, there were only dozens of soldiers, which is why the Netherlands does not pay attention to these small cities, and now the main cities of Kalimantan are concentrated on the north shore of the island, and the other coasts are mostly primeval forests, which are of little value.
Three days later, the first step of the campaign to unify the whole island of Nanhua was completed, well, these three days took two days on the road, and on the third day the attack began, each city only sent a few hundred soldiers, and defeated the enemy and seized control of the city.
The troops left the guards behind, and the large army continued to move north, and the western front directly attacked the northern bank city of Dongwanlu, which is the capital of the Republic of Lanfang, the original Chinese gathering place, but now it has been occupied by the Dutch and eroded by foreigners, and the Chinese here can only do the hardest and most tiring work to support their families.
It took only an hour for the troops of the Western Front to take East Wanlu, and the more than 100 Dutch soldiers stationed here were basically killed, and none of them had a clear-headed officer who was willing to come out with a flag and surrender, so they could only consider themselves unlucky.
The troops of the Western Front continued to advance northward, Kuching. This is the westernmost city in Sarawak, and it was originally a city in the Republic of Lanfang, so there are a lot of Chinese.
Kuching has a population of just over 50,000 but 30,000 Chinese, who are oppressed by the smaller population of Iban and Malays.
Before coming, Guo Yu had already explained that the Chinese in the world are one family, and these Chinese are the people who need to be protected by the Huafu Army, and when the troops attack, they must distinguish well, and at the same time do a good job in propaganda work, so as not to let disputes among the Chinese occur.
The Iban garrisoned 3,000 soldiers here, the main weapons were rifles, these guns were purchased from the Dutch or the British, but there were no heavy weapons, Kuching is a beautiful riverside city, the city has developed waterways, but it is not suitable for large ships to enter, Hua Phuc army can only choose to land on the coast and then attack Kuching.
Under the moonlight, several large landing ships constantly brought soldiers to land, and at about 11 p.m., two regiments of soldiers landed on the coast not far from Kuching City.
It was not a good place for chariots, so the warriors had to carry guns and ammunition on their backs, carry mortars, and climb over the hills in front to reach Kuching below.
As the troops approached Kuching City, they launched a general assault, with the 203rd Regiment directly attacking the Sarawak army station, while the 204th Regiment entered the city and controlled all government departments and troops in the city.
The battle started to the end, it only took more than 2 hours, the Iban soldiers suffered heavy casualties, the Huafu army ** like not asking for money, under the bombardment of artillery fire, the soldiers of the Iban people had no chance to resist at all, they were not as humanist as the Dutch, and they also wanted to surrender, most of them chose to escape, but there were really not many opportunities to escape, so after the battle, most of the soldiers were directly killed, and the Huafu army only sacrificed less than 10 people, which was a big victory.
The city was charged, officials were brought together to administer it, and in one day, Kuching, the westernmost city in Sarawak, fell. And the news did not spread at all, and the rest of the people in Kalimantan did not know that war was coming.
Not to be outdone, the troops of the Eastern Front directly took Dalagan and went north to the mountains to fight roots, and within a few days they also took two cities.
By this time, the eastern and western fronts of Nanhua had formed a situation of encirclement, and after that, they would also face the largest number of enemies.
All the countries and most of the forces on the north shore of Kalimantan are concentrated, except for South China, Sabah, Sarawak, Brunei Sultanate, Indonesia, Malaya, British colonies, and even Japanese plantations and European mines, all of which are here, so to speak, before the establishment of South China, the entire north coast concentrated 90% of the population and wealth of Kalimantan.
Eight days have passed, the troops have arrived at the designated place, the preliminary plan has been completed smoothly, the troops basically have no losses, the 120,000 army plus more than 40 warships and dozens of transport ships, as well as the reconnaissance of the air force, are definitely armed to the teeth.
"Now it's time to fight a tough battle, when you encounter resistance, push it directly with ammunition, don't let the ants stumble on our steps." Under the orders of the commander-in-chief, Wu Dazhu, the real offensive campaign began.
And this time, the naval forces were first dispatched to blockade the waters off the north coast, and no boats were allowed to go to sea, even fishing boats.
And in the outside world, no one in Hei knew that such a big thing had happened in Kalimantan, and Nanhua blocked the news of its own country, and then blocked the city where Qiē had fought, otherwise the news would be revealed, not to be afraid of anything, but to reduce trouble.
The troops began to disperse the attack, and the 6th Division landed directly in Sabah, the first target was Kota Kinabalu, Kota Kinabalu is the capital of Sabah, and the garrison should have more than 10,000 people, but they agreed to save the situation that there is a shortage of heavy weapons, of course, these situations are mainly caused by the Europeans, and they will not sell heavy weapons to these colonies, even if you pay more money. (To be continued......)