Colonel Colin was the commander of the garrison of Samarinda, and he was the third commander to be replaced in a year, the first two of whom had been killed in the battle to suppress the guerrillas.

In recent years, the guerrillas have become more and more cunning and more sophisticated, and the advantage of the Dutch colonial army has plummeted, and not only the Chinese, but also the natives have joined them, which has made the Dutch exhausted.

Since taking office, Colin has abandoned the operation of killing the guerrillas and has instead defended Sammarinda, and as long as the estuary city is preserved, the Dutch colonial order will not collapse.

But God didn't do it, and while he was praying for God's blessing, the war finally fell on him, and in July, Borneo became more and more sweltering, almost overwhelming.

On the periphery of Sanmarinda, scouts began to appear in twos and threes, and gradually more and more militia gathered, more and more in number, these militiamen dug fortifications and built camps about five kilometers away from the city, one camp after another, forming a crescent-shaped encirclement, blocking Sanmarinda.

By July 10, all the traffic lines on Samarinda Road had been cut off, except for the sea route. Faced with a staggering number of militiamen, Colin was also terrified, and he sent soldiers to attack these militias several times, but they were all beaten back.

In the midst of the dark Indonesian monkeys, there was a large number of soldiers with accurate marksmanship and skillful tactics, far more powerful than the Dutch, and whenever the Dutch were about to break through the defense, they would be met head-on, and in three counterattacks, Colin lost more than 200 men. And his entire strength was only 1,200 people

At this point, Colin could only desperately ask the colonial authorities for assistance. At the same time, he played with his life, strengthened the fortifications of the city, and wanted to be a turtle with a shrunken head and protect himself with a hard shell.

"Commander-in-chief, according to the reconnaissance, there are a total of 1,200 Dutch troops in the city, and about 2,000 indigenous military police, but the combat effectiveness of these people is almost zero. Samarinda is located in the estuary delta and there is no danger to defend, for us. There are only two difficulties to solve. ”

After several years of training, Li Xun has grown up rapidly and has become an excellent commander, and he is talking eloquently in front of the sand table.

"The first difficulty is the sea route, we can't block the sea. As a result, the Dutch defenders could receive a steady stream of munitions and supplies, and even warships to assist them in the battle. The second trouble is that Sammarinda has a large number of artillery. The number should be at least 50 or more. ”

Xu Shuzheng listened. His brows also furrowed: "They are only more than a thousand people, how can they be equipped with so many artillery?" ”

"Commander-in-chief, most of these guns are decades old, and many of them are breech guns, bronze cannons. Although the range is limited, it is still enough to deal with infantry. ”

As a former coachman at sea. The Dutch still have some foundation, in order to defend Sanmarinda, the Dutch built a large number of artillery batteries, equipped with dozens of large-caliber old bronze guns. Among them, there were 20 24-pounder guns, 8 32-pounder guns, and a small number of modern guns.

When Xu Shuzheng heard this, he also frowned slightly, if there were powerful artillery, he would naturally not care about this, but the problem was that they simply did not have enough offensive weapons in their hands.

The most powerful guerrilla is equipped with a 120 mm mortar, which was developed by the Mukden Arsenal in 1923, with a maximum range of 5,300 meters, and a weight of only 180 kilograms, and a rate of fire of 15 rounds per minute.

Since this mortar came into the hands of the guerrillas, it has exerted an amazing power, and the stronghold of the average Dutch is completely abandoned after just one shot, and it is deeply loved by the soldiers.

But pointing at the mortar to attack the fortification, it was still too difficult, Xu Shuzheng turned around on the ground a few times, and gradually formed a crazy thought in his mind: "Ci is not in charge of the army, it seems that there is only a sea of people tactics!" ”

After Xu Shuzheng thought of this, he immediately gave a decisive order to gather all the indigenous militia. During these years, the guerrillas also absorbed some indigenous people in the early days. But everyone soon found out that the problem was that the indigenous soldiers were stupid to death, and no matter how they trained, it had no effect.

And when these guys encounter a fight, they are often the first to collapse, but the snatch of victory is at the forefront, and once they are arrested, it is even more troublesome, they almost say anything.

After becoming familiar with the greedy and cowardly and arrogant virtues of the aborigines, Xu Shuzheng decisively incorporated them into the logistics team and did not give them a chance to go to the front line at all.

However, this time was different from the past, Xu Shuzheng gathered a large number of indigenous militias, and in front of them, he also prepared the most haode opium smoke.

"Listen, Samarinda is the largest city in East Borneo, and there is a lot of wealth in it, and there are a lot of women, as long as you rush in, these things are yours, and we don't want a penny. If you don't dare to charge, what will happen to you, you all know whether you want to fight like a hero or suffer terrible consequences, choose for yourself. ”

As soon as they heard Xu Shuzheng's words, these natives all had weak legs, but they had learned the power of these Chinese, and when they got together, they simply had endless tricks, and they couldn't survive or die.

Let's be honest and obedient, and besides, there is opium, and money, and possibly women, all of which have a fatal attraction to them, and these people are beautiful and full of opium.

The soldiers drove the fellows away and rushed towards Samarinda. With the stimulation of opium, the ferocity and madness in the bones of these natives were all aroused, and they screamed and rushed towards the city.

With muskets in their hands and large blades in their hands, they moved like monkeys, and moved so quickly that thousands of people rushed up like a tide.

After the Dutch got the report, their eyes were also round, Colin personally went to the front line to command, three batteries, dozens of cannons were all aimed at these guys, the shells exploded in their ranks, these natives were blown apart, and the fragments of limbs fell everywhere on the ground.

Whew......

In less than an hour, the 1,000 or so natives were slaughtered, and they were all smashed to pieces by the Dutch artillery fire and bullets before they even rushed within a hundred meters.

The soft delta terrain was blasted out of huge craters by shells, and each pit soon gathered a large amount of blood and water, and even human parts, floating on it, looking like a slaughterhouse, full of blood and horror.

Xu Shuzheng didn't care about these at all, and after he arranged the attack, he returned to the command headquarters and played chess with Zhang Honggang.

"General! You've lost again. ”

Zhang Honggang was also ashamed: "Commander-in-chief, your chess skills are like gods, don't make us happy, you are about to lose your temper." ”

"Chess skills can be learned, the key is that you don't have to pay attention, just like Li Xun, you can deal with me for a while now."

While he was talking, Li Xun suddenly ran over: "Commander-in-chief, those natives are all consumed." ”

Xu Shuzheng's eyebrows raised: "I know, it's really a bunch of rice buckets, I thought they could hold on for a while longer." Then continue to organize other natives to attack the Dutch positions, and if there are not enough people, capture them from the periphery, and when the Dutch fire is weakened, the regular troops will show their skills again. ”

"Commander-in-chief, I have no objection to using the natives to fight a war of attrition, but I am worried that if the Dutch can get support from the sea, I am afraid that even if tens of thousands of people die, they may not be able to take it down."

Xu Shuzheng waved his hand: "Don't worry, I guess someone has already helped us seal the port." ”

"Are you saying that the country has made a move?" Li Xun's eyes suddenly showed joy.

They have been able to thrive in the South Seas thanks to domestic support, and if China can increase its efforts, this is great news.

"Don't worry, go ahead and do it, in short, the good days of the Dutch are coming to an end."

"Understood!"

Li Xun rushed down and continued to organize the attack, and for five days, every day, thousands of indigenous militia rushed towards the Dutch position.

The Dutch also hated these natives to the extreme, and they shot desperately to kill them all. In front of the position, there were piles of corpses, which, due to the hot weather, would rot and deteriorate in more than a day, and in about two or three days, maggots would grow on the corpses.

White, fleshy insects crawled everywhere, puddles, dirt bags, and rotting corpses exposed mottled white bones, and a thick stench, which made people feel sick when they approached a little.

With the precipitation, this filthy thing would flow down the river to Samarinda, a harbor city that, within a few days, was covered in the stench of corpses and became a city of hell.

The afterimage of the battlefield reminds people of the flesh and blood mill in Western Europe at the beginning, and it was the same at that time, when people were tortured into numb beasts, and a terrible scene was staged again.

Faced with this situation, Colin was already mad, he cursed every day, those shameless Chinese, did not dare to fight with them, it turned out to be with such a shameless practice, it was simply hateful!

In addition to scolding the Chinese, he is also scolding the bureaucrats, since the siege of Samarinda, they urgently need all kinds of material support, especially ammunition, they have little left, so if they continue, I am afraid that they will no longer be able to sustain it.

"Good news, Mr. Colonel, three munitions ships have arrived from Batavia, which will sail into the harbor early tomorrow morning, and a battalion of soldiers will be delivered."

Hearing this news, a smile finally appeared on Colin's face: "Great, damn Chinese, you will be punished by God!" ”

Just when the Dutch were looking forward to the arrival of reinforcements, the offensive against Sanmarinda had also reached the most critical time, after a few days of attrition, the Dutch were exhausted, and Xu Shuzheng had gathered 1,200 elite soldiers to prepare for haode. (To be continued......)