Chapter 93: Lan Fang Rises
Madu Port is located in the eastern part of Kalimantan Island and is a small harbor. Nygae ordered the fleet to meet the retreating army at the port of Madu and evacuate safely from the sea. There has been no news from the Eastern Road Army, and Nick judged that there were two possibilities. First, led his troops to retreat to Bandar Seri Begawan, but this possibility was very small, because Lan Fang's army was equipped with cavalry troops, and how could Green's two legs run over four legs. Even if it was withdrawn, it would have suffered a lot of losses. Second, the Lanfang army has outflanked itself, which shows that is more than lucky. In particular, the vigilant troops found that a large number of Lanfang troops had outflanked them, and this alone showed that the Eastern Route Army led by Green had little hope.
Two days later, Nalg led his troops to Madu, and immediately ordered the troops to build defensive positions, and ordered the gunboats to form strong supporting fire at sea to cover the retreat of the main forces on board. The port of Madu was too small to dock five or six hundred tons of cargo ships, and the retreating soldiers had to go through small boats to the big ships, so it took time, at least two days to get on board, so it was necessary to build fortifications on the periphery of Madugang to win time for retreat.
During this period, Lan Fang's cavalry troops pursued Madu Port first, but the Dutch army had already built fortifications. The cavalry was not good at positional warfare, so they had to wait for the infantry to arrive.
Wang Zhi led two regiments of the 1st Brigade to outflank and block the Dutch retreat to Bandar Seri Begawan from the north. Although they did not encounter the main Dutch army, they did get a windfall. The Portuguese and Belgians, who were following behind the main Dutch army, received the order to retreat to the port of Madu. Immediately panicked. The Portuguese commanders believed that the retreat of so many people to the small port of Madu was undoubtedly looking for death, so they chose to retreat towards Bandar Seri Begawan.
In particular, the Dutch commander took care of face. The true situation was not stated, and if the Portuguese commander had known the real situation, especially the unknown fate of the Eastern Route Army, he would certainly not have chosen to retreat to Bandar Seri Begawan. The Portuguese, Belgians chose to retreat north, undoubtedly in a catastrophe. The Portuguese chose to retreat north, and the Belgians chose to retreat north. Their fate came to an end.
At noon that day, the two armies met unexpectedly, and a large army suddenly appeared on the north flank. The Portuguese and Belgians were stunned. Wang Zhi held up the telescope and observed: "The army that appeared in front is not the Dutch army, it is the Portuguese and Belgian troops, the commander of the 1st regiment!" "Here!" Wang Zhi put down the binoculars and continued: "You are blocking the Spaniards in Melaya, is their performance really bad?" "Report to the brigade commander. That's true. The combat effectiveness of the Spaniards is simply not worth mentioning. ”
Wang Zhi decisively ordered: "When the two armies meet, the brave wins, and I don't think there is any need to block them on the spot." Command, all of them can form a skirmisher and launch a free attack on the formation! Suddenly, the trumpet of the charge sounded, and the soldiers shot at the enemy like bows and arrows from Lixuan. The soldiers ran and shot as they ran, and a dense rain of bullets swept towards the enemy. At this time, the Portuguese and Belgians were forming a formation. They still followed the old tactics, marching forward in formation, and then arranging artillery bombardment. You must know that this method of warfare is used against natives with large swords and spears in their hands. It was very effective, but Lan Fang's troops had already changed their guns. is a quasi-modern force.
The Portuguese and Belgians were not ready, and the two armies were mixed up. In the past two years, the Lanfang Guards have reached a certain level in full accordance with the training syllabus of the Chinese Empire, especially the stabbing jishu. Less than 10 minutes after the hand-to-hand fighting between the two sides broke out, the tall foreigners fell to the ground one after another, and this bloody scene frightened the Portuguese and Belgians. First the Belgians were the first to break down and flee, and then the Spaniards were also defeated.
There was a one-sided situation on the battlefield, and the short Lanfang soldiers fled in embarrassment with the tall foreign soldiers. Many foreign soldiers simply knelt on the ground, raised their hands and surrendered. At 2 o'clock in the afternoon, the Portuguese and Belgian commanders ran into a village and were then surrounded by Wang Zhi's troops. The captured enemy infantry artillery was used, and as soon as the bombardment began, the Belgians raised the white flag and surrendered, and the Portuguese also raised the white flag to surrender when the tide was turning. About 4,000 people from Portugal and Belgium were wiped out in seven hours.
At night, Wang Zhi was urging the soldiers to build fortifications when a communications officer, Pegasus, arrived and conveyed the commander's order. The Dutch army had withdrawn to Madu Port, and Wang Zhi led his troops to immediately advance to Bandar Seri Begawan and capture Bandar Seri Begawan. Wang Zhi woke up like a dream, no wonder he didn't see the Dutch army. Wang Zhi knew that Commander Weishenme had him rush to capture Bandar Seri Begawan, with the aim of preventing the enemy from destroying the port.
Tie Ning led his troops to the periphery of Madu Port, and the Dutch army used the cover of naval guns on the sea to form a dense artillery blockade area. Seeing this scene, Tie Ning could only watch the Dutch army retreat. Chen Lei and Shi Jie asked Ying to launch an attack, but Tie Ning stopped them. "If we attack, we can intercept some of the Dutch troops, but we will pay heavy losses, and we cannot afford to lose them in our current state. Inform the troops that they are not allowed to attack without my orders. ”
The Dutch commander was on the warship on the sea, witnessing this scene, and completely understood Lan Fang's strength, and he judged that Lan Fang's army was at least 20,000 people, and it was strong in combat. There is no doubt that the army led by Green must be finished. Ignorant of Lan Fang's situation, turned his anger on Governor Robben. The expeditionary coalition was defeated, and believed that Robben had an unshirkable responsibility. The most convincing evidence is that Lan Fang's formation of a powerful army was not formed in a day or two, Weishenme Robben had no idea, and was ready to put the blame for the defeat on Robben.
Nygg led 10,000 Dutch troops to safely evacuate Madu Port and go to Jakarta, where the islands of Java and Sumatra are still Dutch colonies. The Malay Peninsula had become British territory, so went to Robben to vent his anger. The expeditionary coalition came in a mighty way, and as a result, it was defeated, and was bound to give an account to Emperor Bixia, and he had to find a scapegoat. Robben was the governor of the Dutch colony, so it was naturally difficult to take responsibility.
A month later, Tie Ning led a cavalry unit to accept the surrender of the remnants of Green's army at the edge of the deep forest. On this day, the sun was shining and the sky was clear. Tie Ning rode his war horse and watched patiently at the dense woods. Soon. A group of men and horses came out of the dense forest, and the soldiers in front of them waved white flags. I saw that they were ragged and their beards were unkempt. It's like being called Hanako. Green, the deputy commander of the Dutch army, led more than 2,000 remnants of the East Road Army and formally surrendered to Tiening.
Green rode his horse, also with a scruffy beard. His uniform was relatively intact, just dirty. In the past month, Green has found all his anger on the wildlings, and has almost slaughtered the wildlings in the forest. As the vanquished, Green had nothing to say. When he handed over the gun and command knife to Tie Ning, he said, "Your Excellency, as a defeated, I want to know that your army is so strong in combat. Are you the army of the Chinese Empire? Please tell us the truth. ”
Tie Ning smiled: "General Green, I can't hide it. The officers above the platoon level of my unit are all from the mainland, so you are not unjustly defeated. When Green learned the truth, his mood became calm. Tie Ning told him. led the army to retreat safely. The vast majority of the Spaniards also escaped from Bandar Seri Bega. The Portuguese, Belgians were exterminated. Green demanded that they be treated as prisoners of war, and Tie Ning promised Lan Fang that he would not treat the prisoners of war badly.
With the defeat of the Dutch expeditionary coalition, the entire island of Kalimantan became the territory of the Republic of Lanfang. Lan Fang's territory expanded dozens of times, not to mention that Lan Fang sent officials to various places to establish government administration, which lasted three months of warfare, and the captured prisoners of war became Lan Fang's thorny problem. Tens of thousands of soldiers were captured in battle against the Sultan, and nearly 8,000 prisoners of war were captured in battle against the Dutch army. These people are all being held in prisoner of war camps, and the daily attrition may make it difficult for the Lanfang government to continue.
After the days of celebration have passed. Pontianak has returned to its former calm. On this day, a meeting of military and political officials was held in the Governor's Palace, and Liu Maoen, the highest administrator of Lanfang, said: "Under the wise command of Commander Tie, we defeated the powerful Dutch army and achieved the greatest victory in Lanfang's history. The most gratifying thing is that the entire island of Kalimantan has become the sacred territory of Lan Fang, and in this land of Nanyang, the wishes of the Chinese sons and daughters for several generations have come true. ”
Everyone raised their eyebrows and expressed their feelings. General Chief Liu continued: "The brilliant achievements we have achieved today are inseparable from the support of the mainland. It can be said that without the strong support of the empire, there would be no Lanfang today. I declare that Lan Fang will always be a subject country of the mainland and will never betray, which is the voice of overseas compatriots. The whole audience burst into warm applause, this situation, this scene, the family affection that blood is thicker than water, made everyone's blood boil.
Chief Liu continued: "At present, the territory is expanding, and Lanfang's government finances have entered a difficult period. Now we are facing a very difficult problem, how to settle the nearly 20,000 prisoners of war, please discuss. "For a long time, Lanfang has formed a democratic discussion to decide on national affairs, so the democratic atmosphere is very strong. At this time, the prime minister of the cabinet stood up and said: "The chief and the iron commander, the contemptible people think that the prisoners of war should be released, so as to show Lan Fang's good and virtuous life and a model of civilization." Second, it can reduce the cost of detaining prisoners of war, killing two birds with one stone. "Many people agree with Premier Cao's proposal.
Tie Ning didn't squeak, and Chief Liu asked, "Commander Tie, why don't you speak?" Tie Ning stood up and said, "I don't agree to release prisoners of war? Tie Ning stood up against the weight being too heavy, and everyone invariably showed a confused expression. Tie Ning said: "The Chinese nation has always been kind, and Zeng Friends Haode treats visitors from all over the world. But the cruel reality has cost us blood. We've always been courteous, but what do we get? Don't forget, how you were deceived by foreigners in the land of the South Seas, and how you were devastated by the ravages you suffered, have you forgotten so quickly? “
Probably everyone has the experience of being bullied by foreigners, so everyone agrees. Tie Ning continued: "If we are the vanquished, the foreigners will never show kindness, and the end will definitely be a river of blood." Don't think that our detention of prisoners of war is a loss-making business, in the future we will let foreigners take gold coins to ransom people, I think everyone will calculate the benefits of this. In addition, prisoners of war were labor that did not cost money. At present, we cannot build railways on the island, but we can build roads, and we can build the railway beds in advance, so that we can quickly lay railways in the future when conditions permit, and in short, we cannot let them be idle. ”
Everyone talked about it, thinking that Commander Tie had a good idea, but there was a policy to refute Lan Fang. Tie Ning continued: "Everyone, after all, our Chinese nation has a fine civilization tradition, and we can be friendly when it comes to treating prisoners of war, and I think the people will accept it." In addition, I would like to tell you that after this war, Lan Fang has risen in the hot land of Nanyang, and a new era has begun??????。 (To be continued......)
PS: The rise of a new star on the land of the South Seas heralds great changes in the South Seas.