Chapter 92: Killing

At dawn, the Dutch army launched an offensive. However, the Dutch army did not expect that the opponent's resistance suddenly became stronger, and the number of people increased. Lan Fang's blocking force suddenly became tenacious, making it difficult for the Dutch army to parry. Not only that, but the Dutch paid a heavy price for the first charge. The Dutch Pioneer Commander was furious and immediately ordered the cannon to be fired, and at the same time he quickly reported to the deputy commander Greene. Green was very sober-headed, and he thought that he was about to attack Lan Fang's territory, and Lan Fang's resistance naturally became tenacious, which showed that Lan Fang's army was Zuihou's struggle.

Green immediately requisitioned 2 thousand men to the front, bringing the number of attacking troops to 5 thousand. Green wants to take Sarawak in one go and kill Lanfang. He had no sense that disaster was approaching, and after the heavy shelling stopped, Green faintly heard shouts and dense gunfire. "Your Excellency, the second round of attacks has begun, and you will hear good news." Sure enough, Green heard the good news that he would never forget.

At midnight, the 1st Regiment of the 1st Brigade arrived at the designated position according to Jihua and immediately began to build fortifications. Distanced from the Dutch, the Spaniards set out as soon as daybreak. There was a Dutch army in front of them, so the Spaniards were not very vigilant. When the commander of the regiment saw the Spaniards approaching in a column of troops and came within mortar range, he ordered three rapid fires while all the heavy machine guns were fired. The purpose of the first regiment commander was to deter the Spaniards from retreating and to ensure the encirclement of the Dutch army. However, the head of the troupe did not expect that the performance of the Spaniards was simply superb.

Originally, the Spaniards were not here to play with their lives, firstly, they were here to cheer, and secondly. The Dutch emperor promised to give the Spaniards a territory, and Spain would never send an army without interest. According to the normal military paradigm, the marching troops should send search units. At the very least, you can see that there is something ahead. But the Spaniards did not expect that Lan Fang's army would appear in the rear of the Dutch army. When mortar shells exploded in the Spanish queue and heavy machine guns fired fiercely, the Spanish officers and men were stunned.

The sudden blow caused the troops in front to be thrown into disarray and began to run back for their lives. Since the Spaniards were unprepared, the forward troops rushed the Chinese army to a pulp, and in the blink of an eye, the defeat was like a mountain. The head of the regiment was a little stunned when he saw this scene, "Commander." The enemy dropped all the artillery. The subordinates called out loudly, and the commander of the regiment woke up like a dream and immediately ordered the troops to attack. The pursuing troops shouted and were very shocked. At this time, the Spanish officers and soldiers had lost their formation, and they ran wild regardless of the sagger.

To say that the endurance of the foreigners is really powerful, a group of all launched a charge. There was no catch up with the fleeing Spaniards. But the sights along the way are comical. Abandoned rifles, heavy machine guns, mortars and military materiel were everywhere. The Spanish officers and soldiers had no other mind, that is, how far they could run. A regiment of officers and men pursued for 5 kilometers and then withdrew. More than 3,000 Spanish officers and soldiers ran more than 10 kilometers before stopping. The Spanish commander gathered the remnants of the defeated army, and although the losses were not large, the artillery was gone, the mortars were gone, the heavy machine guns were gone, and at least a third of the soldiers abandoned their weapons.

The Spanish commander did not examine himself. Instead, he scolded Green for his incompetence. After analysis, the Spanish commander believed. The goal of Lan Fang's army is to target itself, and in the current state, it is wisest to withdraw to Bandar Seri Begawan. The Spaniards fled in disarray, and Green became a turtle in the urn.

After dawn, Tie Ning finally received the news from the 2nd Brigade that he had set up a blocking position in the rear of the Dutch army. Tie Ning immediately ordered everyone to mount their horses and launch an attack. The three regiments of cavalry attacked, and the scene seemed to be overwhelming, the earth was shaking, the air was stirring, and the troops were directed at Green's headquarters. Inside the headquarters, Green was learning about the attack, when suddenly the earth shook like a tsunami landslide. "What's that sound?" Green looked out in surprise. "Report to the general, a large number of cavalry have been found on the west side!" Green didn't wait for the order to be given, and the officers and soldiers were already panicking.

Grimm immediately ordered a retreat, and Tie Ning led the cavalry to cut off the Dutch army, and then began to outflank the He army at the front. Green led a crowd of about 4,000 people to flee north. Tie Ning immediately ordered a cavalry regiment to quickly pursue Grimm north on the west side of Grimm's escape route to prevent Grimm from escaping westward.

On the Sarawak blocking position, the Dutch army was in a state of anger and had just begun to launch a second attack, when suddenly heavy gunfire broke out from the rear. The Dutch army was stunned, the order to attack had been issued, and the Dutch soldiers were lying on the ground, neither advancing nor retreating.

The rear was even more chaotic, and Wang Zhi saw this scene at the command post and knew that the commander had succeeded in the rear. After being overjoyed, Wang Zhi did not have time to inform Shi Jie, and immediately ordered the troops to attack on all fronts. Under the flanking attack, the Dutch army collapsed and began to flee eastward, unable to form an army. The troops began to intercept the pursuit, and there was no suspense in the battle. Since there was a gap in the east, the Dutch officers and soldiers fled eastward, and the next thing was to capture the prisoners.

After all, the forces of the encirclement are limited, and the east side is open. At dusk, Tie Ning saw Wang Zhi and Shi Jie. "Report to the commander, our department has captured more than 600 prisoners." "Report to the commander, our department has captured more than 1,300 prisoners!" Wang Zhi and Shi Jie reported separately. Tie Ning said in a good mood: "Very good, the two of you have completed the task excellently, continue to clean up the battlefield, and now we will watch the performance of the cavalry troops." "The cavalry of the three regiments continued to pursue the enemy to the east, and the results of the battle cannot be counted at the present time.

In the evening of the same day, two regiments of the 3rd Brigade rushed north to prevent the remaining Dutch troops from converging with the Dutch army in the west. On the afternoon of the second day, the pursuing cavalry unit returned, and after counting about 2,000 prisoners, about 1,000 fled eastward. More than 500 of them fled into the swamp, and after the war, after investigation, all of the more than 500 Dutch officers and soldiers were buried in the mouths of crocodiles. A crocodile in the marshy area of Kalimantan Island, which can be described as a legion. In addition, more than 500 Dutch officers and soldiers fled into the forest.

Going back to Green's situation, this guy led the remnants, threw off his armor and fled north, only to be blocked by two regiments of the 2nd Brigade. The Dutch attacked with all their might, but were repulsed by the blocking force due to the lack of artillery support. Grimm then tried to flee westward, intending to join up with the eastern army, but was intercepted by a cavalry regiment. Desperate, Green had no choice but to flee westward, and Zuihou Green led about 2,000 men into the Central Forest.

Although Green escaped and ascended to heaven, he did not expect to be attacked by the wild men. Grimm angrily poured his anger on the wildlings, and as a result, the wildlings in the forest were slaughtered by Grimm's ferocious slaughter, and there was not much left.

In the headquarters of Melaya, Tie Ning faced the commanders and said, "Ladies and gentlemen, although the Dutch commander led the remnants to flee into the forest, I can declare them dead. It was sufficient to order a regiment of cavalry to stand guard on the outskirts of the forest. Brethren, after your heroic fighting, we have won the victory of annihilating the army of the Western Route, but it is not yet time to rejoice. ”

"Next, we must carry forward the spirit of continuous combat and the fighting spirit of the old Northern Expeditionary Army. Do the brothers have faith in taking advantage of the victory and destroying the Dutch army on the Western Route in one fell swoop? "Have faith!" All the generals spoke in unison, full of desire to fight. "I'll tell you the good news, the Dutch army on the western route is trapped in Lapu, and our recruit brigade is fighting well, and the Dutch army on the western road is dragged according to jihua. Now I command: "All the generals stand up???????。

The Dutch commander led his troops to Rapp and was intercepted, and the most frustrating thing was that they encountered a mine array, a ubiquitous mine, which delayed for three days before launching an attack on Mida Ridge. However, the terrain of Meidaling was dangerous, easy to defend and difficult to attack, and the defense of Lan Fang's army was 5,000 people, so the Nalgae attack was blocked. The mines were finally cleared, and the attack was stubbornly blocked. However, the rapid progress of the East Road army made him suddenly brighten his gloomy mood.

"Commander, General Green has sent news that this morning, the Eastern Road Army will launch a strong offensive on the front line of Sarawak, if Sarawak is captured, General Green will lead his troops into the territory of Lan Fang, and the next step is to occupy Gongshan, and the Lapu defense line in front of us will be self-defeating." One of his subordinates said happily. "Order the troops to intensify the offensive and not allow the enemy a chance to breathe." At this time, another subordinate reported: "Your Excellency, the liaison officer of the East Route Army did not arrive on time, for some reason?" ”

groaned for a moment and said: "Send a team of scouts to meet the liaison officer, I want to keep abreast of the movements of the Eastern Route Army, as long as the Eastern Route Army breaks through Sarawak, we will enter Lanfang and go straight to Pontianak." "At dusk, the detective cavalry who received the liaison officer returned, and brought back the bad news that surprised, and the captain of the reconnaissance cavalry reported that they had encountered the Lanfang cavalry unit in the east, and if they hadn't run fast, I am afraid that they would have become ghosts under the knife long ago.

looked at the panicked Captain of the Cavalry, almost not believing that this was true, but the Captain of the Cavalry would not lie about the military situation. "How many strange soldiers are there in Lan Fang?" "About a regiment of cavalry." gasped when he heard this, and secretly thought: Lan Fang actually has a cavalry unit, it seems that Green is more than lucky, maybe Green has already led his troops to retreat, and Lan Fang's goal is to aim at himself. waved the Captain of the Scout Cavalry to step back.

"Your Excellency, the Eastern Route Army has broken off contact with us, and the enemy's cavalry unit has appeared in the middle zone, the situation is not good!" A subordinate analyzes. stuck his head on the map and suddenly said, "We were fooled, Lan Fang's army began to block in Melaya and retreated all the way. The purpose is to lure the enemy deeper, and then complete the deployment of troops, General Green is in danger. I didn't expect Lan Fang to have a strong cavalry force, and Robben didn't know about it. ”

After all, was sober-headed, and immediately ordered a retreat to Madu Harbor, and used the cover of the fleet to evacuate safely from the sea, as for Green's eastern army, he could only resign himself to fate. did not choose to rescue, it was Lan Fang's cavalry troops that he was worried about, and it can be said that made the most correct choice. (To be continued......)

PS: The gap between imagination and reality is often unsatisfactory.