In a tropical jungle with dense trees

Towering trees shade the sky, and their outstretched foliage blocks out the intense sunlight near the equator, and only a few bits of light can shine through the gaps in the foliage to the bushes.

The green bushes and vegetation were so lush that Hu Dachuan led a platoon of advance soldiers who had to use machetes to cut off the branches and vines that were growing wildly, and made a difficult way through the jungle.

The advance team sent by the 2nd Division, with a total strength of three companies, searched in a fan-shaped formation in platoon units, with the aim of quickly finding a shortcut to the port of Saimuda, shielding the small Dutch troops from harassing them, detecting the enemy's situation, and protecting the safety of the construction of the wing engineer battalion.

Hu Dachuan and his soldiers were dressed strangely, they wore wide-brimmed hats covered with nets on their heads, completely covering their faces, the neckline, cuffs, and trousers of their uniforms were all tightly tied to prevent mosquitoes, flies, insects and pigs from biting and sucking blood in the tropical jungle, and they wore gloves on their hands, and not an inch of skin was exposed.

The advance team soldiers were armed with the Mauser 1871 rifle produced by the Azure Arms Company, which was 11 mm in caliber, 953 mm in length, and weighed 3.2 kg, which was 339 mm shorter and 1.32 kg lighter than the standard Mauser 1871 rifle.

Although the range and accuracy were affected as a result, it was very suitable for jungle and horse combat, and it was more flexible in small spaces and more suitable for the size of Asians.

"Stop moving, a few of you stay on guard nearby, and the rest of you will rest on the spot and eat a little to regain your strength."

By a clear stream, Hu Dachuan stopped his soldiers, and it was very difficult to trek through the jungle, cutting off the branches and vines with every step forward, and forcibly opening up a path.

In addition to the soldiers who went out to stand guard, the other soldiers took out their water bottles to drink, eat some dry food, and milk candy to replenish their strength, and no one relied on trees or sat on the ground, which is taboo in the tropical jungle.

Hu Dachuan walked to the side of the stream and stretched out his hand to pry the clear water, lifted the gauze under the brim of his hat, washed his face with the cold stream water, and immediately lifted his spirits.

"Guys, set up a pot to boil some water, refill everyone's kettle, and search this hellish place without water." Hu Dachuan gave an order, and the soldiers immediately moved to find some dead branches and leaves to make a fire and boil water.

In accordance with the provisions of the Operational Regulations;

In the tropical jungle, you are not allowed to drink raw water, not even in flowing streams, let alone stagnant ponds, which are breeding grounds for countless germs.

Due to the low-lying terrain in the coastal areas of Central Kalimantan, during the rainy season during the high tide of the rainy season, the water of several large rivers cannot flow smoothly into the sea due to the strong pushing action of the sea tide, so it spreads out in the coastal area to form a vast area of swamps.

in this period

The tropical jungle at the foot of Hu Dachuan was completely flooded, and the stagnant water would slowly subside until the tide receded.

It's been more than a month since the dry season, and the ocean is no longer visible, and the rotting branches and leaves that have been silent for thousands of years have made this land extremely fertile, and forests and shrubs are growing vigorously.

Just when the brigade was resting, a vigilant soldier suddenly made a gesture to discover the enemy's situation, and everyone immediately got nervous, picked up their weapons, opened the safety on the gun and loaded it.

Hu Dachuan thought about it a little, and sent a squad to search for the advance on the left, and a squad to search and advance to the front right, surround the enemy in a pincer shape, and the rest of the people followed him to attack head-on and fight a small battle of annihilation.

There were about a dozen white Dutch soldiers in the jungle, and more than two dozen indigenous warriors armed with cold weapons, and they found that the signal flare of the landing force should have been fired by this group of enemies, and they set up a temporary camp upstream of the stream, which was unfortunately discovered.

Thinking about it, this is also inevitable, the landing force sent more than a dozen search teams, almost dragnet-style search, and the small Dutch troops hidden in the jungle could not hide at all.

The battle started very suddenly, and for a time there was a lot of gunfire.

The enemy soldiers in the makeshift camp were shot like leeks, and several white soldiers were shot one after another before they could resist, their chests bloomed with bright blood, and they fell to the ground and died.

The natives with cold weapons shouted in panic and fled in all directions, and were soon knocked down by rows of scorching bullets and died, leaving the smart ones to fall to the ground and immediately raise their hands in surrender.

The soldiers of the advance team appeared in the jungle one after another, carefully entered the temporary camp with guns, replenished the wounded who fell to the ground, mended their knives, and tied up the prisoners who survived with their backhands.

This jungle assault captured three white people, more than a dozen natives, one of the white captives still had the rank of second lieutenant in the Royal Netherlands Army, Hu Dachuan looked him up and down with great interest, this is a young and tall white Dutch man, about 20 years old.

"Do you speak English?" Hu Dachuan asked.

The white second lieutenant officer just glared at Hu Dachuan with angry eyes, closed his mouth tightly and did not speak, looking very individual.

"If you don't know English, then prepare to go to hell now." Hu Dachuan didn't talk much nonsense, took out a standard revolver from his waist and put it directly on the head of the white second lieutenant officer.

With a gentle pull of the trigger, his head will explode like a watermelon, dead to the point where he can't die anymore.

The white lieutenant's eyes quickly turned from stubbornness to fear, he didn't expect the other party to be so savage, and he killed people directly without saying a word, and decisively coaxed under the cold muzzle threat; "Sir...... Please don't shoot sir, I speak English and am willing to answer your questions. ”

"Your name?"

"Michael Lustig."

"The number of the unit to which you belong?"

"Report sir, I am an officer of Company C of the Royal Groningen rifle battalion, and my unit has been ordered to be stationed in the port of Semuda."

"Is you the only team in the jungle?"

Hearing this question, Second Lieutenant Michael Lustig looked hesitant, apparently not wanting to answer a question involving military secrets.

Hu Dachuan didn't talk much nonsense, turned the muzzle of the revolver, aimed at the back of the head of a captured indigenous captive, and after a crisp gunshot, the aboriginal captive was shot in the head and fell to the ground and died.

"Oh...... God, you're the devil, uh......" The rest of Lieutenant Michael-Lustig's words were choked in his throat and could not be spoken, because Hu Dachuan's muzzle turned back.

"You don't cherish the opportunity to give you." Hu Dachuan stared at him coldly, and said in a cold tone; "A life disappears in an instant, it's just a matter of pulling the trigger, I don't have time to talk nonsense with you, if you want to live, answer my questions obediently, don't give me a calf, otherwise I don't mind blowing your head with a shot."

Under the threat of great fear of death, Second Lieutenant Michael Lustig nodded with a pale face, and the inner defense line had been completely destroyed.

"Is you the only team in the jungle?"

"Sir, there's another team, about 10 kilometers to the west, and that's their area of defense."

"Your mission?"

"Our task is to be on alert, and once we detect a large-scale enemy landing, we will immediately use signal flares to warn and harass and hold back enemy troops."

"How many enemy troops are there in the port of Semuda, how many are the regular army soldiers, how many are the white militia, and how many are the indigenous servants?"

This question made Second Lieutenant Michael Lustig hesitate, but seeing the officer in front of him with a grim look and the other two white soldiers being dragged aside for questioning, he only lasted a few seconds before collapsing; "God, please don't shoot, I say...... I'll say it all. ”

"Tell me honestly, or I'll shoot you in the head."

"Yes, sir, there are two royal infantry battalion-level units and a fortress artillery battalion in Port Semuda, with a total strength of more than 2,500 people, in addition to more than 3,300 conscripted white armed militiamen, more than 13,000 indigenous servants, and the commander is Colonel Henry, who is a senior officer transferred from the Aceh Theater of Operations, because he slaughtered many local rebels, so he is called "Butcher Henry", and under the leadership of "Butcher Henry", three large civil forts and numerous civil breastwall defense points have been established......

In order to survive, Second Lieutenant Michael Lustig quickly broke down and cried bitterly about what he knew about the military and his inventory.

Catching this soft egg made Hu Dachuan's heart jump, and he realized that this important military information must be quickly reported to the division headquarters in order to correct the inaccurate information in the previous reconnaissance and make a correct decision for the next military deployment.

"Platoon Commander Li, you take a squad of people to escort these three white prisoners back, and immediately send them to the division headquarters to report important military information, and I will take the rest of the people to continue the search to prevent any fish from escaping." Hu Dachuan quickly gave the order.

"Yes, sir." Platoon Commander Li immediately arranged for someone to take the three white captives away, and he saw that there were more than 10 indigenous captives who hesitated, and turned his head and was about to ask these natives what to do?

I saw Hu Dachuan wave his hand; "We are carrying out important military affairs, and we can't bring these burdens with us, so we have all taken care of them."

Order

The soldiers slashed their guns, and the indigenous captives were soon corpses on the ground, and the thick smell of blood filled the jungle with a disgusting smell.

The three white captives were so frightened that their legs were weak, and the tall Second Lieutenant Michael Lustig was so frightened that his pants were so wet that he was scared to pee.

"Alright, don't be stunned, you guys hurry back with the captured guns and prisoners." Hu Dachuan waved his hand and asked Platoon Commander Li to leave quickly.

Platoon Commander Li endured the discomfort in his heart, raised his hand and saluted and replied; "Yes, return immediately with the captives."

The rest of the soldiers simply cleaned up and threw the dead soldiers' bodies into the stream, where the crimson blood immediately stained the stream, and the corpses floated downstream along the rushing stream, and it would not be long before they drifted into the sea......

Hu Dachuan led the soldiers into the vast jungle, and his figure quickly disappeared.