When the coalition forces went south to attack the Xingdao base, they were bent on using sneak attack tactics to quickly solve the battle, as long as they could quickly capture the villages and strongholds of Haihan, they would naturally have a large amount of supplies to supply. Therefore, in order to be able to carry out the tactics of marching rapidly and lightly armed, the rations carried by the troops at that time were relatively limited, only enough for two or three days of consumption. The generals believed that even if the war did not go well, the subsequent food shipments from the landing site north of the island could meet short-term supply needs, and seriously underestimated the military risks faced by this supply line. After two days of frustration, the troops were scattered, and the logistics base was captured by the enemy, the fatal supply problem was immediately exposed.

Many soldiers carry enough dry food to last another day, and then they may have to rely on picking wild fruits and hunting to supplement their food, but the Haihan pursuers behind their butts probably won't leave them this kind of free time, and they will soon fall into a situation of fleeing hungry.

Hogg and Barpon didn't have to worry about food shortages for the time being, and they even brought a special cook with them during the expedition, and the food they brought with them was enough to keep them alive for a few more days. However, the most common problem at this time is that there is no shortage but inequality, and the officers have to eat, and the soldiers are hungry, so it is easy for them to mutiny under the weight of the external environment. But before the high-ranking officers could negotiate a reasonable food ration plan, the Haihan army had already reached the perimeter of their temporary camp and engaged the guarded sentry.

According to yesterday's experience, more Haihan troops will soon flock to this place, so the coalition forces immediately fought and retreated, just hoping to get out of the battle as soon as possible. Then they found that the pursuit of the Haihan army was not only from the east, but also from the south. To the north is the Johor Strait, and the only way for the coalition forces to retreat is to flee westward.

To the west, miles away, there was also the coastline, and the space left for the coalition forces to escape had been squeezed into a small area by the pursuers. The southwest corner of Sing Dao is dominated by swampy terrain, and it is extremely inconvenient to trek through it, so when the warring parties considered a possible landing point, they did not take this area into account at all. And the coalition generals never imagined that they would one day be forced to step into this quagmire.

Haihan's pursuit stopped at the edge of the swamp and did not continue the pursuit. Although no one can drown in this swamp, there is no need to continue to bite and defend, as long as the southeast and southeast directions are blocked, and then the fleet is transferred to block the survival route of the Johor Strait, the enemy will naturally be unable to fly. There was not even a few dry firewood to be found in the swamp, and there was even less food for the brigade, and even if the group hid in it, they would not survive for a few days.

After Roger and Mushaber had deployed their respective siege lines, they finally met at the edge of the swamp. The last time the two met was last year, and after a few brief greetings, the two quickly cut to the chase and briefly communicated the deployment of the encirclement and the next combat plan. They estimated that it would take at least four to five days to completely clear the island of enemy troops, but fortunately, the Johor army still had a large amount of food supplies piled up on the nearby coast, which could be solved in the next few days, and there was no need to travel long distances to bring food from the base in the south of the island.

"Now that the battle is over, what are you going to do next?" asked Mu Shabai curiously.

Roger had already planned for this, and replied without hesitation: "Then we must knock a hard deal! The Englishmen we caught, as well as the high-ranking officers in Johor, should be able to get a lot of ransom money." The remaining prisoners of war, if they are not willing to pay for their redemption, should stay on the island as slaves. It just so happens that we are also in a chronic labor shortage here, and these people should be able to come in handy. ”

"Are you going to settle the matter privately, or do you want to make it public?" asked Mushabeth continued.

"I don't think there's any need to save face for the British. The Dutch and Portuguese should be happy to see their jokes. Roger said eloquently: "Expelling the enemy and raising the prestige of our country is a matter of giving us a long face, and besides, Xingdao can also use this record to brush up its sense of existence, maybe the next batch of immigrants will be more allocated." By the way, Lao Mu, you have a lot of news channels over there, so go back and help me light a few fires and help publicize the propaganda. ”

Mu Shabai casually replied that the position of the island in the South China Sea, which he is in charge of, is relatively special, and the news channels are more reliable than the folk rumors.

The enemy army collapsed faster than they expected, and after about two hours of encircling the enemy army in the swamp, enemy soldiers began to surrender one after another. For no other reason, these people no longer have dry food, and the Haihan army outside the swamp has been holding iron horns and loudly proclaiming "disarm and do not kill" in many Chinese, and some soldiers who do not want to continue to fight hard choose to surrender.

"At this rate, it shouldn't take more than four or five days, at most two or three days to get home. Looking at the bundled prisoners of war, Mushabai couldn't help but sigh.

"It's better to end it early, so as not to build and develop on the island. Roger replied casually.

Mu Shabai said: "You haven't thought about beating Johor again?"

"I've thought about it!" Roger immediately admitted, "Of course, I also thought about whether to take advantage of the situation to fight back against Johor, but then I thought that it didn't make much sense, our troops were too small to control too much territory, and even if we took a few cities, we couldn't occupy them." Let's honestly get the star island done first!"

Roger's idea is undoubtedly very pragmatic, it is not difficult for Haihan to attack a country like Johor, but if the purpose is not clear, it will not have much practical significance if such a battle is won. Judging from the current situation of Haihan, there is no shortage of land resources, but the population is far from keeping up with the needs of national development, and it is difficult to play a significant role in promoting national strength by occupying more land. Not to mention, just this group of enemy troops who invaded Star Island still need to be resettled after capturing them, and it is not easy for this island to suddenly have one or two thousand more people who need to be strictly managed. You must know that the total population of the island is less than 3,000 now, and suddenly there are so many more prisoners, turning the good Star Island into a large prison, and there is a lot of work that needs to be done in the middle, and it is not a problem that can be completely solved by forming a hard labor camp.

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When the coalition forces went south to attack the Xingdao base, they were bent on using sneak attack tactics to quickly solve the battle, as long as they could quickly capture the villages and strongholds of Haihan, they would naturally have a large amount of supplies to supply. Therefore, in order to be able to carry out the tactics of marching rapidly and lightly armed, the rations carried by the troops at that time were relatively limited, only enough for two or three days of consumption. The generals believed that even if the war did not go well, the subsequent food shipments from the landing site north of the island could meet short-term supply needs, and seriously underestimated the military risks faced by this supply line. After two days of frustration, the troops were scattered, and the logistics base was captured by the enemy, the fatal supply problem was immediately exposed.

Many soldiers carry enough dry food to last another day, and then they may have to rely on picking wild fruits and hunting to supplement their food, but the Haihan pursuers behind their butts probably won't leave them this kind of free time, and they will soon fall into a situation of fleeing hungry.

Hogg and Barpon didn't have to worry about food shortages for the time being, and they even brought a special cook with them during the expedition, and the food they brought with them was enough to keep them alive for a few more days. However, the most common problem at this time is that there is no shortage but inequality, and the officers have to eat, and the soldiers are hungry, so it is easy for them to mutiny under the weight of the external environment. But before the high-ranking officers could negotiate a reasonable food ration plan, the Haihan army had already reached the perimeter of their temporary camp and engaged the guarded sentry.

According to yesterday's experience, more Haihan troops will soon flock to this place, so the coalition forces immediately fought and retreated, just hoping to get out of the battle as soon as possible. Then they found that the pursuit of the Haihan army was not only from the east, but also from the south. To the north is the Johor Strait, and the only way for the coalition forces to retreat is to flee westward.

To the west, miles away, there was also the coastline, and the space left for the coalition forces to escape had been squeezed into a small area by the pursuers. The southwest corner of Sing Dao is dominated by swampy terrain, and it is extremely inconvenient to trek through it, so when the warring parties considered a possible landing point, they did not take this area into account at all. And the coalition generals never imagined that they would one day be forced to step into this quagmire.

Haihan's pursuit stopped at the edge of the swamp and did not continue the pursuit. Although no one can drown in this swamp, there is no need to continue to bite and defend, as long as the southeast and southeast directions are blocked, and then the fleet is transferred to block the survival route of the Johor Strait, the enemy will naturally be unable to fly. There was not even a few dry firewood to be found in the swamp, and there was even less food for the brigade, and even if the group hid in it, they would not survive for a few days.

After Roger and Mushaber had deployed their respective siege lines, they finally met at the edge of the swamp. The last time the two met was last year, and after a few brief greetings, the two quickly cut to the chase and briefly communicated the deployment of the encirclement and the next combat plan. They estimated that it would take at least four to five days to completely clear the island of enemy troops, but fortunately, the Johor army still had a large amount of food supplies piled up on the nearby coast, which could be solved in the next few days, and there was no need to travel long distances to bring food from the base in the south of the island.

"Now that the battle is over, what are you going to do next?" asked Mu Shabai curiously.

Roger had already planned for this, and replied without hesitation: "Then we must knock a hard deal! The Englishmen we caught, as well as the high-ranking officers in Johor, should be able to get a lot of ransom money." The remaining prisoners of war, if they are not willing to pay for their redemption, should stay on the island as slaves. It just so happens that we are also in a chronic labor shortage here, and these people should be able to come in handy. ”

"Are you going to settle the matter privately, or do you want to make it public?" asked Mushabeth continued.

"I don't think there's any need to save face for the British. The Dutch and Portuguese should be happy to see their jokes. Roger said eloquently: "Expelling the enemy and raising the prestige of our country is a matter of giving us a long face, and besides, Xingdao can also use this record to brush up its sense of existence, maybe the next batch of immigrants will be more allocated." By the way, Lao Mu, you have a lot of news channels over there, so go back and help me light a few fires and help publicize the propaganda. ”

Mu Shabai casually replied that the position of the island in the South China Sea, which he is in charge of, is relatively special, and the news channels are more reliable than the folk rumors.

The enemy army collapsed faster than they expected, and after about two hours of encircling the enemy army in the swamp, enemy soldiers began to surrender one after another. For no other reason, these people no longer have dry food, and the Haihan army outside the swamp has been holding iron horns and loudly proclaiming "disarm and do not kill" in many Chinese, and some soldiers who do not want to continue to fight hard choose to surrender.

"At this rate, it shouldn't take more than four or five days, at most two or three days to get home. Looking at the bundled prisoners of war, Mushabai couldn't help but sigh.

"It's better to end it early, so as not to build and develop on the island. Roger replied casually.

Mu Shabai said: "You haven't thought about beating Johor again?"

"I've thought about it!" Roger immediately admitted, "Of course, I also thought about whether to take advantage of the situation to fight back against Johor, but then I thought that it didn't make much sense, our troops were too small to control too much territory, and even if we took a few cities, we couldn't occupy them." Let's honestly get the star island done first!"

Roger's idea is undoubtedly very pragmatic, it is not difficult for Haihan to attack a country like Johor, but if the purpose is not clear, it will not have much practical significance if such a battle is won. Judging from the current situation of Haihan, there is no shortage of land resources, but the population is far from keeping up with the needs of national development, and it is difficult to play a significant role in promoting national strength by occupying more land. Not to mention, just this group of enemy troops who invaded Star Island still need to be resettled after capturing them, and it is not easy for this island to suddenly have one or two thousand more people who need to be strictly managed. You must know that the total population of the island is less than 3,000 now, and suddenly there are so many more prisoners, turning the good Star Island into a large prison, and there is a lot of work that needs to be done in the middle, and it is not a problem that can be completely solved by forming a hard labor camp.

(End of chapter)