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"Chief of Staff, those foreign devils are at the foot of a mountain in the northeast! About 15,000 people! When are we going to attack them? Gu Yun asked excitedly. Gu Yun's subordinates are all locals who have lived in West Borneo since childhood, and they are more adapted to the terrain and environment here than the Xinhua Army. At present, their main task is to lead the way for the scouts of the Xinhua Army to ensure that the Xinhua Army can accurately obtain battlefield intelligence. Fighting in unfamiliar areas, intelligence is very important!

"Don't worry, we've been on the road for days, let's take a break! Attack those foreign devils early tomorrow morning! Niu Meng, chief of staff of the Xinhua Army, said. Although there are only more than 20,000 Xinhua troops in his hands now, he does not take the 15,000 Jose coalition troops in his eyes at all. With the same strength, the Western Army is no match for the Xinhua Army at all. Even if they are more well-trained than the Xinhua Army, the gap in weapons and equipment makes them completely at a disadvantage. The Exocet rifles and artillery used by the Xinhua Army are completely superior to them in terms of rate of fire and range!

"Yes, Chief of Staff!" Although Gu Yun was a little eager to avenge his father Gu Liubo, Niu Meng said this, and he had no choice but to obey the order. After all, he is now a member of the Xinhua Army, and the first rule of the Xinhua Army is that he must obey orders!

"Gu Yun, I know what you think again! Don't worry, this time you will definitely get your wish! Niu Meng patted Gu Yun on the shoulder and said. Although Gu Yun joined the Xinhua Army for revenge. But. Gu Yun's joining the Xinhua Army has great benefits for Xinhua. As the son of the previous ruler, Gu Yun also has a huge influence in West Borneo. He joined Xinhua and was able to play a huge role model. At the same time, it can also allow the Chinese in West Borneo to accept Xinhua more quickly.

"Hmmm! Xie Lu Xie Chief of Staff! Gu Yun saluted and left. He suddenly felt that for him, joining the Xinhua Army might really be a very wise choice!

After the arrival of the Xinhua army in Pontianak, it did not immediately launch an attack on the Jose coalition forces. Instead, a short break began. After hundreds of kilometers, the soldiers were very tired. Launching an attack at this time will greatly affect the combat effectiveness of the troops. Anyway, the Jose coalition forces are now trapped in West Borneo. Without sea supremacy, it would be impossible for them to escape from here. To the west is the Java Sea controlled by the Xinhua Army and the Xinhua Army, and to the east is the endless swamp, and they have no way to escape!

In the afternoon of the same day. Wei Yong, commander of the First Fleet of the Xinhua Army, went ashore in Pontianak. Meet the Chief of the General Staff Niu Meng,

"Wei Yong, in this naval battle, you performed very well, and you really didn't lose our face on Flying Fish Island! His Majesty is very pleased with your performance! Niu Meng patted Wei Yong on the shoulder and said. From the perspective of generation, Niu Meng is Wei Yong's uncle, and he is now the chief of the general staff of the Xinhua Army, therefore. Wei Yong, who has a very high status in the navy of Xinhuaguo, is in front of Niu Meng. He was very respectful.

"Chief of the General Staff, these are the lives of the soldiers, I don't dare to be greedy!" Wei Yong said with a smile.

"Well, don't be modest! After this battle, His Majesty will reward his merits! Niu Meng said.

"Well, Chief of the General Staff, when are you going to launch an offensive against the Jose coalition forces. However, those foreign devils are hiding out of the range of our naval guns, and the navy cannot provide you with artillery support! Wei Yong said. If the Jose coalition forces dared to stay in Pontianak, the First Fleet's naval guns alone would be enough to make the Josei coalition pay a huge price. However, now that the Jose coalition has abandoned Pontianak, the navy cannot help.

"It doesn't matter, even without naval artillery support, we can defeat them! Those 90 105mm howitzers of the heavy artillery brigade are not vegetarian! Niu Meng said nonchalantly. The heavy artillery brigade of the Xinhua Army was put into actual combat for the first time, and when Xinhua City faced the attack of the Spanish army, only 18 105mm howitzers of the heavy artillery battalion were put into battle. Just those 18 105mm howitzers dealt a fatal blow to the Spanish army. Now there are 90 gates, which is enough to form an absolute suppression of the Jose coalition army. Plus the individual infantry brigades also had an artillery battalion, each of which was armed with 24 75-mm field guns. Taken together, Niu Meng has a total of 72 75mm field guns and 90 105mm howitzers.

The news of the arrival of the Xinhua army in Pontianak was not concealed from the Jose coalition army. Lieutenant General Callisto, who was in charge of commanding the Xinhua Army, hesitated when he learned that the Xinhua Army had arrived in Pontianak. After the long march, the Xinhua Army will certainly have a great reduction in its combat effectiveness. If they launch a surprise attack, they may be able to inflict heavy losses on the Xinhua army. However, Pontianak was within the range of the Xinhua Navy's shelling, which made Vice Admiral Callisto dare not act rashly, for fear of being hit by the Xinhua Navy's fire again.

Lieutenant General Callisto hoped that the Xinhua Army would immediately launch an attack, so that the army he led would be able to wait for work and teach the Xinhua Army a hard lesson. However, when he learned that the Xinhua army not only did not attack immediately, but was resting in Pontianak, he knew that his plan had failed. This made Lieutenant General Callisto very depressed, but there was nothing he could do.

On July 12, the second batch of four infantry brigades of the Xinhua Army landed at Shankouyang. According to the orders of the Xinhua General Staff, these troops did not go to Pontianak to join the troops led by Niu Meng, but marched directly from Shankou Yang to the east of Wanlu. Cooperate with the army attacking from Pontianak and flank Dongwanlu from two sides to ensure that the Dutch-Western coalition army can be completely annihilated!

At the same time, after a day of rest, the Xinhua Army led by Niu Meng also recovered its combat strength! On the morning of July 12, the Xinhua Army set out from Pontianak to attack the Jose coalition army led by Lieutenant General Callisto.

At 11 a.m., the Xinhua Army was less than four kilometers away from Lieutenant General Callisto's troops, and the 1st Forward Brigade was just over two kilometers away from the defensive line of the Jose coalition forces. If you keep going, you'll be within range of Jose's artillery!

"Order the artillery battalions of the heavy artillery brigades and the infantry brigades, build artillery positions! An hour later, shelling those foreign devils! All the departments hurry up and eat dry food, and after eliminating those foreign devils, they will enjoy a sumptuous dinner! Niu Meng ordered.

The Xinhua Army immediately moved into action, with the 1st Brigade in front, the 2nd Brigade and the 5th Brigade on the left and right flanks respectively, and the artillery battalions of the heavy artillery brigade and the infantry brigades began to build positions and prepare for the artillery bombardment of the Dutch-Western coalition forces!

After the arrival of the Xinhua Army, the Jose coalition army also entered a combat state. Lieutenant General Callisto divided the 15,000 Jose coalition troops into three parts and fought-for-tat against the Xinhua army. However, in terms of troops, Lieutenant General Callisto's troops did not have any advantage.

Lieutenant General Callisto, a traditional Spanish army general, still believed in a dense queue to bring out the firepower of the muskets. Therefore, both the Spanish Army and the Dutch Army were assembled in a phalanx situation. The dense phalanx composed of hundreds of people looks majestic and imposing. It's just that they seem to have forgotten that when the Spanish Army fought against the Luzon and Xinhua armies in Mindanao before, it suffered a big loss with such a formation!

At 12 noon, the attack of the Xinhua army was ready. The muzzles of 90 105-mm howitzers of the heavy artillery brigade and 72 75-mm field guns of three artillery battalions were pointed at the allied Jose forces four kilometers away.

In addition to mortars, the artillery equipped by the infantry of the Xinhua Army is mainly 75 mm field guns, 105 mm howitzers, and 155 mm heavy howitzers.

The 75-mm field gun weighed 800 kg, the shells weighed 5 kg, the firing range was 4500 meters, the rear-mounted reloading method was adopted, and the rate of fire was one round a minute. 155-mm howitzer, weighing 1.2 tons, shell weight 12.5 kg, maximum firing range 6 km. These two cannons, both in terms of rate of fire and range, far exceed the same type of cannons in Western countries!

"Fire!" As soon as the commander of the heavy artillery brigade gave the order, 90 105-mm howitzers immediately launched an artillery bombardment!

"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! The sound of shelling, like thunder, echoed across the empty plains. One by one, the blazing shells, under the action of huge kinetic energy, flew towards the positions of the Jose coalition forces!

The shell of the 105-mm howitzer, weighing 12.5 kg, was filled with four kg of black gunpowder. Even though the power of black powder is nowhere near that of high explosives such as TNT, in an open area without any cover, it is enough to deal a devastating blow to the Jose coalition army!

"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! "The sound of dense explosions sounded in the ranks of the Jose coalition forces, and the shock wave of the explosion of the cannonballs easily threw the human body out of the air, like a leaf. The shrapnel in all directions easily harvested the lives of these foreign devils. The dense formation formed by the Jose-Western coalition forces became the best target for the artillery of the Xinhua Army.

After the 105-mm howitzers opened fire, 72 75-mm field guns also opened fire. Although the power of the 75mm field gun was far inferior to that of the 105mm howitzer, the 75mm field gun had a faster rate of fire.

The entire position of the Jose coalition army was shrouded in gunsmoke. The Jose Coalition soldiers who formed the phalanx were torn to shreds in the explosion, and their stumps and broken arms flew everywhere, like a hell on earth!

"Oh God! How is this possible? How could the shelling of those Xinhua troops be so fierce? Lieutenant General Callisto said tremblingly, the fierce shelling of the Xinhua Army caused a great shock to him! (To be continued......)