Chapter 175: Attacking Dong Wanlu
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Anthony. Governor Pedro was very depressed, he originally thought that this negotiation was likely to succeed, in this case, although the Spanish expeditionary force would fail miserably, but at last it would be able to save everyone's lives! But they didn't expect that even if they made concessions one after another, the Xinhua Army still rejected their conditions. The negotiations officially broke down, and the Jose coalition army and the Xinhua army will start a life-and-death struggle in Dongwanlu. And it is a battle that has already been doomed, and the Jose coalition army will definitely be crushed by the powerful Xinhua army!
"Your Excellency, General, it is a pity that this time we have negotiated with great sincerity! However, I didn't expect it to be the end result! "Anthony. Governor Pedro said dejectedly.
"Your Excellency the Governor, I am also sorry!" Niu Meng said expressionlessly. Although, not being able to solve the war in West Borneo without blood, will make the Xinhua army pay a certain loss. However, such losses are not unacceptable for the Xinhua Army.
"Well, since the negotiations have broken down, we will take our leave!" Anthony. Governor Pedro said. Now that the negotiations have broken down, they will have to return to Don Wanlu and consult with Lieutenant General Callisto and Lieutenant General De Boer about countermeasures.
"Your Excellency the Governor! The matter of reporting to the East Wanlu can be handed over to others! As for the two of you, just stay! Niu Meng said.
"What? You want to detain us? Damn, we are messengers of negotiations. How can you treat us like this? "Jacques. The Governor of Dominica rebuked. The Xinhua Army even had to detain the envoys for negotiations, which is too unscrupulous!
"Your Excellency, two Governors, you have a very high position in the Jose Coalition Army. This time among the crimes committed by the Jose coalition forces. I think a lot of it has to do with you. In order to prevent you from going missing in the war, it is better to leave you behind now! Niu Meng said. If these two guys escape with the help of the chaotic battlefield, it will definitely be a lot of effort to capture them back in the future. Now that they've delivered themselves to the door, we can't let them slip away like this!
"Your Excellency, General. You can't do this! We are innocent, we are civil officials, and we did not participate in the massacre of the Chinese! "Anthony. Governor Pedro also hurriedly explained. If detained by the Xinhua Army. It is estimated that the probability of escaping again will be very low.
"Anthony. Your Excellency Governor Pedro, you may be innocent! But what about the one next to you? On the island of Java. Behind the riots that took place in Indonesia's indigenous people. The man behind this is His Excellency the Governor! We in Xinhua have understood this very clearly! Therefore, in order to ensure that he can be handed over to Xinhua Kingdom for trial, he must be detained now! Niu Meng said.
"No, that's none of my business, those Indonesian monkeys did it!" Jacques. The Governor of Dominica shouted. It's just that it's just a senseless rebellion. Niu Meng waved his hand, and several wolf-like soldiers of the Xinhua Army put Anthony . Governor Pedro and Jacques. The Governor of Dominica was taken into custody.
"Damn it. You yellow-skinned monkeys who don't know etiquette, you dare to do this to us. The Kingdom of the Netherlands will not let you go! "Jacques. The Governor of Dominica cursed fiercely. Shut up quickly, though. The soldiers who escorted him were not easy to deal with, and when they smashed the butt of their rifles, they instantly smashed his head and bleed. Suddenly, Jacques. The Governor of Dominica didn't dare to say anything more!
Those escorts Anthony. Governor Pedro and Jacques. The guards from the Governor of Dominica were also forcibly disarmed by the Xinhua Army, and then guarded, and only two people were released to report to Dongwanlu.
After that, the Xinhua army continued to march towards Dongwanlu. Niu Meng believed that under the powerful firepower of the Xinhua Army, even if the Holland and Western coalition forces built fortifications in Dongwanlu, they would fall apart! The Xinhua Army has the ability to achieve the last victory in this war at a small cost!
The rejection of the negotiation conditions of the Dutch-Western coalition also made those Indonesian Chinese children and the Chinese of Lan Fangguo trust Xinhua more much. After all, the Xinhua Army's ability to avenge the Chinese who died without caring about its own casualties attracted their approval.
That evening, the messenger returned to East Manly, and Lieutenant General Callisto and Lieutenant General de Boer learned that the negotiations had broken down and that Anthony Murphy had learned that the negotiations had broken down. Governor Pedro and Jacques. The news that the governor of Dominica was also detained in the Xinhua Army made the two very angry, and at the same time a little more desperate. Now there are only two ways in front of them, either to surrender unconditionally to the Xinhua Army, and then leave their life and death to the Xinhua Army to control. The other way is to fight to the death. However, the worst result of these two roads is that the vast majority of Jose Coalition officers and soldiers will lose their lives!
"Damn yellow-skinned monkeys, they not only refused our terms, but also detained our negotiators, it's just shameless!" Lieutenant General Callisto cursed fiercely. Xinhua Jun's unreasonable way of playing cards made him very angry.
"Forget it, General Callisto, don't talk about these useless things! Next, we have to prepare for a decisive battle with the Xinhua Army! "Lieutenant General de Boer was also very frustrated. In his opinion, the conditions they put forward this time have already made great concessions. But I didn't expect that I was still rejected by the Xinhua Army. They just wanted to save the lives of tens of thousands of officers and soldiers of the Jose-Western coalition army, but the Xinhua army did not even agree to this.
"General DeBoer, are we going to inform the other soldiers of this?" Lieutenant General Callisto asked.
"I really want to tell everyone! I think that in a desperate situation, our soldiers will definitely bravely fight the Xinhua Army, so as to burst out with strong combat effectiveness! Only if the Xinhua Army pays heavy losses, will they regret it and will sit down to negotiate with us! Lieutenant General de Boer said.
"Okay, then we will immediately gather the officers above the battalion level and inform them of the news, and then they will convey it to the ordinary soldiers!" Lieutenant General Callisto.
Late that night, the entire Jose coalition army learned that their request for negotiations had been rejected by the Xinhua Army, and that the Xinhua Army had put forward unacceptable conditions. For a time, the entire Jose coalition army was in chaos, and many people were desperate, in the narratives of the soldiers who fled back from the Pontianak battlefield, the Xinhua Army was a powerful and invincible opponent, and fighting against the Xinhua Army was a dead end. Of course, more people broke out in desperation and the idea of fighting with the Xinhua Army. Now that it is already dead, then it is not possible for the Xinhua Army to achieve the ultimate victory so easily, even if it is to die, it must make the Xinhua Army pay the price!
Under this thought, the Jose coalition army burst out with great enthusiasm for fighting. And this is exactly what Lieutenant General Callisto and Lieutenant General de Boer want to see. However, in such a situation, there were many deserters in the Jose coalition army. For these deserters, neither Lieutenant General Callistor nor Lieutenant General de Boer paid any attention. After all, this is the territory of the Chinese, and it is undoubtedly very difficult for them to escape if they break away from the large army! Especially after the massacre of the Chinese by the Allied Allied Army in East Manlu, the Chinese throughout West Borneo were full of hostility towards the Allied Allied Army. Once caught by those Chinese, these people will only have a dead end!
On the afternoon of July 15, the Xinhua army arrived at Dongwanlu. The Xinhua army, which set out from Shankouyang, arrived almost at the same time, and the two armies, one south and one north, surrounded Dongwanlu. At this time, the total strength of the Xinhua Army reached 7 infantry brigades and 1 heavy artillery brigade, nearly 50,000 people. In terms of total strength, it has surpassed the Jose coalition army, coupled with the advantage in weapons and equipment, in terms of comprehensive combat strength, it has thrown out the Jose coalition army several streets!
The pressure of the new Chinese army made the Jose coalition army very nervous. However, many people are also determined to die and are ready to fight the Xinhua Army to the end! It's just that I don't know how long this fighting spirit can last. Under the powerful firepower of the Xinhua Army, their fighting spirit is very likely to disappear completely. In the face of death, anyone can feel fear!
Early the next morning, under the order of Niu Meng, chief of the General Staff, the Xinhua Army launched a general attack on Dongwanlu. In order to dismantle the fortifications of the Allied Jersey Army as much as possible and deal a heavy blow to the Allied Allied Holland Army, the artillery of the Xinhua Army will carry out a large-scale artillery bombardment of Dongwanlu!
Dongwanlu is the capital of Lanfangguo, and in a few decades, it has grown from a small town to a city of more than 100,000 people. It's just that in this invasion of the Jose coalition army, the Lanfang army was defeated, Dongwanlu fell, and the Chinese living here also suffered a huge catastrophe, tens of thousands of Chinese were brutally killed by the Jose coalition army, and the entire city was also seriously damaged. The so-called fortifications of the Jose coalition army were nothing more than the construction of some barricades and fortresses with the help of the houses in the city of East Wanlu, and they planned to use street battles to consume the strength of the Xinhua army and achieve the purpose of forcing the Xinhua army to accept their conditions!
At 7:45 a.m., the shelling of the Xinhua Army began! 90 105-mm howitzers of the heavy artillery brigade and 7 field guns of the 168-mm artillery battalion of the 75 infantry brigades, at the same time a fierce shelling of the East Manlu began!
For a time, the entire Dongwanlu was shrouded in gunsmoke. One after another, the shells exploded in the city, easily destroying the houses and other buildings in the city, and the Jose coalition soldiers hiding inside naturally suffered heavy losses in the shelling! The Xinhua Army didn't seem to be stingy with shells at all, and it was completely trying to blow Dongwanlu into a flat position! (To be continued......)