The time soon came on January 31, this day was a beautiful day, at 8 o'clock in the morning, a British army of about 500 people began to land in Pontianak Port, because Pontianak Port is relatively large, there are many places for landing, so the Dutch army can not deploy defenses throughout the port, they only dug trenches around Pontianak City, so the British army completed the landing without encountering obstacles, and marched towards Pontianak City.

Lin Fei had already set up his own scouts in the port, and after the scouts found out that the British troops had landed, they immediately went to Pier 9 and reported to Lin Fei.

Lin Fei asked the British army's offensive route clearly, knowing that the British army was about to launch an attack on the west of the city, and immediately led the sniper team to a high ground outside the west of the city, which was far away from the battlefield and could overlook the battlefield, and the two sides would not have the heart to fight, so Lin Fei planned to observe the battle there.

Lin Fei came to the high ground at about 8:30, at this time the Dutch army was completely ready, everyone was close to the chest wall of the trench, the German Mauser M1893 rifle was lying flat on the chest wall, shoulder to the butt, hand on the trigger, eyes firmly fixed on the notch of the gauge and the ring of sights, waiting for the British soldier's earthy yellow uniform to appear in the front sight.

Each Dutch soldier was flanked by five or six natives, who were all loaded with magazines for Dutch soldiers, and the Mauser M1893 rifle was fed with five rounds of magazines, which were placed in the magazine before loading.

At 9 o'clock in the morning, the British troops emerged from the horizon, and their commander was named Normanyle, who was only a captain, and the British did not look down on the Dutch combat effectiveness at all, so only one captain was sent as the commander of the vanguard unit.

The British soon discovered the Dutch trenches and hurriedly reported to Normanyer, who was taken aback and said in surprise: "Aren't the Dutch going to fight us in the field?" How do you dig trenches now and switch to trench warfare? ”

How could the British know that Lin Fei had made a point against the Dutch, so no one could answer this question, and one of Normanyle's subordinates asked, "Captain, are we going to attack again?" Why don't you wait for the big army? ”

Norman said "no" repeatedly, and then said with a smile: "The Dutch soldiers have extremely poor military qualities, and they are definitely not our opponents, so they ordered the troops to launch an attack on the Dutch trenches." ”

The British soldiers immediately opened up into a skirmish line and walked towards the Dutch trenches, Lin Fei on the high ground took a telescope to see the attacking British troops, and couldn't help but secretly admire: "The British army is worthy of being the first army in the world, and this offensive tactic alone is already worthy of its name. ”

When the British troops approached 200 meters to the trench, they raised their guns and fired, and the Dutch troops immediately fired back, and the British troops were by no means shooting randomly and sporadically, but raised their guns in an organized manner and fired together, and the "snap" shots were very neat, on the other hand, on the Dutch side, the commander did not have the concept of a salvo at all, and everyone was shooting at will.

Every time the British fired a gun, someone would always fall in the Dutch trench, and every time the Dutch fired, they did not see the British soldiers fall, and the British gradually got closer and closer to the trenches.

Zhang Chuang, who was beside Lin Fei, said worriedly: "Your Majesty, I don't think the Dutch are good at all, if they continue like this, they will definitely not be the opponents of the British." ”

Lin Fei smiled and said, "What are you panicking about? Although the British have good military skills, but the number is too small, you see, there are only 500 people, on the Dutch side, although there are only 6 or 700 people in the trenches, but there are 8,000 Dutch soldiers and hundreds of thousands of natives in the city, I think this battle will definitely be a war of attrition, this is what I want to see the most. ”

While Lin Fei was talking, the British had already begun to charge the trenches, and the Dutch army knew that the rifles alone could no longer stop the British, so they put on the bayonet, and the commander gave an order, and the Dutch soldiers jumped out of the trenches and rushed towards the British soldiers.

The British soldiers were armed with the Lee Enfield rifle, which and its successors were the standard rifles of the British Army in the First and Second World Wars of the Lin Fei era, and can be called the famous guns of a generation, but this rifle has one big flaw, that is...... The bayonet and the muzzle are set together, and if you put on the bayonet, you can't shoot again, and the gap between the Mauser M1893 in the hands of the Dutch army is not small.

The British did not load bayonets in the process of charging, because they did not believe that the Dutch had the courage to rush out and fight bayonets, and they thought that they would run clean as soon as they charged, but the reality was just the opposite of what they imagined, and the Dutch rushed out, not only the Dutch, but also many natives behind them.

The natives, who had few guns, each with a large knife and a wooden club, screamed and screamed as they charged, and the British soldiers did not dare to rush again when they saw that their opponent was in this position, and each of them used the fastest speed to finish the five rounds in the cartridge, and then quickly retreated.

The Dutch did not chase either, and retreated to the trenches, leaving large areas of corpses in front of the trenches, including the British and the Dutch, and the most of them were natives.

The first attack of the British army failed, and then began to wait for the large force, and at 11 o'clock in the morning, the scout reported to Lin Fei: "Your Majesty, the large force of the British has landed..."

Lin Fei hurriedly asked, "How many people are they here?" ”

"About 3,000 people, and 15 light mountain guns, pulled by horses, the distance is too far for the caliber of the mountain guns to be seen clearly."

"With 3,000 men and 15 mountain guns, the British really paid for it." Lin Fei said to himself, "There are so many people, a lot of food and ammunition are needed, I think the British will not be able to hold it sooner or later..."

The commander of the British army, named "Thompson", with the rank of brigadier general, naturally knew that the British logistics supply lines were too long and had to be resolved quickly, so after listening to the report of Captain Normanyle, he decisively ordered to march to the Dutch trenches west of the city.

The 3,000-strong British army was divided into six detachments of 500 men and arrived in the west of the city, and the governor of Sumanville, who was in charge of the commander-in-chief in the city, was taken aback by the report, and hurriedly drew troops from the city defense forces in all directions to supplement the defense line west of the city, and soon the number of Dutch soldiers increased to 2,000, and the number of natives increased to 4,000.

Lin Fei overlooked the overall situation from the high ground, and clearly saw that the Dutch side was increasing troops, Lin Fei was very happy, and muttered in a low voice: "You should increase your troops more, it is best to die on the battlefield, only we Chinese are left in the city." ”

Thompson gave the order to attack at 1 o'clock in the afternoon, and the 15 guns were the first to fire the shells into the Dutch trenches, and the explosives used by the British shells were picric acid, although the explosion was much stronger than the black powder, but there was still a certain gap compared with Lin Fei's trinitrotoluene, but despite this, it still caused a lot of damage to the Dutch.

The shells kicked up thick clouds of black smoke and sand, and fell into the trenches, and shrapnel penetrated the breastwork and hit the bodies of the Dutch soldiers and natives......

The artillery bombardment lasted for almost half an hour, and Thompson felt that it was almost over, and immediately ordered: "The whole army is attacked..."

More than 3,000 British soldiers formed a skirmish line in front of the trench and walked towards the trench.

I saw that in the British formation, from time to time, a single soldier raised his rifle, pulled the trigger, and shot sporadically, Lin Fei was very surprised, didn't the British army always raise their guns to fire volleys? With the combat qualities and discipline of the British army, how could there be soldiers shooting alone?

Lin Fei immediately turned his binoculars to look at the Dutch position, only to see that every time the gun rang out, there were Dutch soldiers in the trenches falling, Lin Fei instantly understood that these people who shot were snipers in the British army... Although the British army does not have a special sniper rifle, the Enfield rifle has excellent ballistic performance and has great potential to be converted into a sniper rifle.

Lin Fei secretly thought in his heart, in the future, when he fights the British, he needs to guard against their snipers...

The British army got closer and closer to the Dutch trenches, and the Dutch and the natives rushed out of the trenches with strange screams, but this time, the British troops quickly retreated, and at the same time as retreating, a Maxim heavy machine gun truck was pushed out from behind the skirmish, and before the Dutch and the natives reacted, the Maxim heavy machine gun had already sounded, and I saw the Dutch fall down one by one, like a piece of dominoes that had been pushed down.

The Dutch hurried into the trenches, the British chased after them with their butts, the British soldiers could shoot while running, the Dutch were knocked down in a large area, and the British soldiers immediately got on their bayonets after firing the bullets in the cartridges and jumped into the trenches with bayonets.

The Dutch soldiers had already been beaten with Maxim heavy machine guns and beaten by rifles, and their morale plummeted, and their bayonet skills were inferior to those of the British soldiers, and they were completely inferior for a while.

Looking at the aborigines again, the table can only be described as funny and ridiculous, the big knives and wooden sticks they are holding are just bluffing, usually bullying the honest and diligent Chinese is okay, but it is really not good to do it with the British army with real knives and guns, the aborigines have thrown down the big knives and wooden sticks, and fled to the back, crying while running and crying for their fathers and mothers, the British soldiers also know that the aborigines are easy to fight, and they pick on the aborigines, and the aborigines have suffered countless casualties.

The natives who escaped by luck could not return to the city, because there was a Dutch warlord outside the city, and two Grimm fast cannons were set up on the edge of the city gate, and whoever dared to enter the gate would be killed.

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