After the battle for Muzhai became bloody and white-hot, the battle on the other side advanced very smoothly, and four 60mm light field guns were pushed to a distance of only more than 600 meters, facing a large number of soldiers and prisoners of the Royal Netherlands Army ranks to open heavy fire.

This is the bloody tactics of bayonets on the cannon, the cannonballs fall accurately into the crowd and explode, and the iron broom sweeps down a piece.

More than a dozen shells went down, blowing up the white Dutch soldiers in a tight formation, leaving more than 130 corpses and wreckage in a hurry.

The enemy formation in the encirclement was compressed step by step, and a large number of terrified indigenous soldiers knelt down and raised their hands in surrender, and finally the formation was compressed to a narrow area of less than a kilometer, and the total strength of the Dutch army in the encirclement was only more than 1,600 people, almost half of the number of white and indigenous soldiers.

The chubby Saicardo saw that there were less than 800 of his more than 4,000 strong soldiers, and almost all of them were wounded and exhausted, and they had been beaten by the Queenslanders like frightened birds, and he was immediately saddened.

These men were all selected by themselves from among the tribal warriors, and they had worked hard for more than ten years to get to their current size, and they were once beaten back to their original form.

The Dutch are completely using themselves as cannon fodder, and by the way, the same is true of the devilish Queenslanders, who can't go on like this.

Come to think of it

Saicado looked at the lush tropical jungle on both sides of the road, perhaps ...... This is the way the indigenous people live, right?

The tropical jungle during the day is not so desperate, it is better than facing the shining bayonets of the devilish Queenslander.

The big question now is ...... Someone had to be behind to stop the Queenslanders from following in pursuit.

This side of the car

Lieutenant Colonel Schmidt, who was directing his soldiers to storm the fortress, was annoyed to see the soldiers of the Royal Rifle Battalion retreating;

In another half hour, I'm sure I'll be able to break this damn cage.

But the enemy had already been killed in the back, and he had to give up the victory that was about to be achieved, and quickly organized his soldiers to turn back and form a new line of defense, covering the retreating indigenous and white soldiers from both sides into the safety behind him.

Today's battlefield situation is like a mille-feuille, layer by layer.

The main force of the regiment that was stubbornly defending the fortress of Muzhai held out for nearly four hours under the extremely difficult situation of being attacked by the enemy on its belly and back, and the troops suffered heavy casualties, more than half of the troops were reduced, almost everyone alive was wounded, and the shells were also exhausted.

At this critical moment, the enemy from behind suddenly stopped attacking, which made the pressure of the group suddenly decrease.

The officers and men of the regiment heard the roar of the main force of the division attacking all the way, which was like a person who was struggling to walk in the darkness at first sight, and the courage and strength of the officers and men filled their bodies with unknown sources, raised their guns and launched a decisive counterattack against the enemy troops who invaded both sides of the wooden building, and knocked out the Dutch enemy in one fell swoop, and re-stabilized the defensive line of the wooden village.

The situation on the battlefield is like a kaleidoscope, changing every minute and every second.

Now that he had made up his mind to flee the battlefield, Secado immediately went into action, passing on his verbal orders through his henchmen, and then quietly moved to the edge of the dense forest on one side, and got into it.

The situation on the battlefield was chaotic, and the retreating White Militia and the soldiers of the Royal Rat Battalion were regrouping, and no one was noticing.

By the time they found out, more than half of the more than 800 indigenous soldiers had fled, leaving only more than 100 indigenous soldiers with guns to vigilantly guard the back road, and then fled into the jungle with the soldiers in front.

The news was quickly reported to Lieutenant Colonel Schmidt, and he was immediately furious, but he did not expect to be put together by the indigenous servant army and become cannon fodder for their palace.

Take stock of it;

Only more than 760 white soldiers, including militia and soldiers from the Royal Rifle Battalion, were able to continue the fighting, and they were being watched by the pressing Queensland army, and they could not get out at all.

The situation is terrible now, almost to the last minute.

The white soldiers saw that there was no hope of escape, and their morale was extremely low, and it was possible that the Queenslanders would collapse with a single shock.

Lieutenant Colonel Schmidt didn't want to die here, he had a beautiful wife, a large group of children, and several large and productive plantations on the island of Java, so that he could live a prosperous and happy life as long as he escaped from this damn war.

At this time, it is time to think about yourself, and maybe it is a good way to escape along the passage opened by the natives.

He rolled his eyes, walked over and whispered a few words to a few Dutch officers beside him, and when he saw the struggling look on their faces, he patiently persuaded them, and finally obtained the approval of these Dutch officers, and was willing to act at the opportunity.

The other side

The main force of the Kalimantan Division was approaching the fortress of Muzhai, and it was already possible to see a regiment of soldiers in front of it fighting bloodily, and they were fighting hard to block a large group of enemy troops from the direction of Saimuda, and the situation was not optimistic.

Time is precious on both sides, and perhaps the next minute the tide will turn abruptly.

In order to open the situation as soon as possible and join the group of victorious divisions, Colonel Koch decisively ordered four 60 light field guns to fire at close range and destroy the enemy's last will to resist with shells.

"Boom, boom, boom......"

The shells with glittering fire accurately landed on the enemy position, and the explosion rose into large balls of fire, carrying fragments of earth and flesh into the sky, and under the accurate shelling, the remaining Dutch defenders unsurprisingly collapsed and surrendered to their knees.

post-war inventory;

In the last blow, more than 230 white Dutch soldiers in the fortress were killed and more than 500 captured, but the main officer, Lieutenant Colonel Schmidt, and others were not among them, and they did not know where to flee.

After interrogating the white captives, it was discovered that some of the indigenous soldiers had escaped along the tropical jungle under the leadership of Sedoka, and the Dutch officer, Lieutenant Colonel Schmidt, and others ran away and could not catch up.

Now the battle situation is critical, and there is no time to pursue and destroy the remnants of the enemy.

After the Dutch army found that the main force of the Kalimantan 2nd Division was pouring into the fortress, the last of their fighting courage completely disappeared.

Knowing that nothing could be done, the Dutch receiving force from Semuda retreated like a tide, leaving a large body on the edge of the hill in the open position in front of the fortress, and the crimson blood stained almost the whole land, looking extremely miserable.

At about 11:00 p.m., and from 5 a.m., the battle lasted for six hours, and the officers and men on both sides were tired, hungry, and extremely tired.

After a long day's hard work, it fell short.

Seeing that his dream of receiving the encircled Dutch troops was shattered, Colonel Henry gave the order to retreat in hatred, and returned to Semuda with his wounds covered in wounds to lick his wounds.

The officers and men of the 2nd Kalimantan Division also reached the end of the crossbow, and they were unable to pursue, so they could only watch them leave in the smoke of artillery fire.

At this point, after a full 24 hours and 30 minutes, this fierce and dangerous battle finally came to an end.

After the war, take stock of the results;

In the face of the heavily defended port, the Shangri-La 2nd Division carried forward the spirit of daring to fight and fought to break through in one fell swoop and achieve a decisive victory.

During the battle, more than 3,400 enemies (including 1,100 white soldiers) were killed and wounded, more than 2,000 people (including more than 600 white defenders of the fort) were captured, and two German-made 280-mm long-barreled shore guns, five German-made 239-mm shore guns, more than 2,000 German-made 1871 rifles, more than 1,600 old-fashioned breech-loading rifles, and countless cold weapons of all kinds were captured.

After the absolute victory in the Battle of the Port, the 2nd Shangri-La Division carried forward the spirit of continuous combat and bravely attacked the Dutch reinforcements in half of the way and surrounded them in one fell swoop.

The regiment stubbornly withstood the heavy attack of the Dutch defenders who came from Semuda inside and outside, paid heavy sacrifices to complete the task of division and encirclement, and cooperated with the main force of the division to annihilate the encircled enemy in one fell swoop.

This campaign

Except for a small number of the besieged Dutch troops (more than 800 native troops and a few white officers), most of the rest were annihilated.

post-war statistics;

The encirclement annihilated two rifle battalions of the Royal Netherlands Army in one fell swoop, killing and wounding more than 500 people and capturing more than 500 people.

In this battle, more than 3,300 indigenous servant troops were annihilated in one fell swoop, and more than half of them were taken prisoner.

More than 1,000 German-made Mauser 1871 rifles and more than 2,600 old-fashioned breech loading rifles were captured in the battle, and cold weapons were piled up.

On the battlefield dominated by the Muzhai Fortress, the 1st Regiment of the 2nd Division of Shangri-La performed particularly well, withstanding the attack of the opponent's heavy army group and inflicting heavy casualties on the enemy.

More than 3,270 enemy soldiers (including more than 670 white Dutch soldiers) were killed and wounded, and more than 920 casualties were suffered by themselves, winning a brilliant victory.

During the battle, three German-made 95mm guns were destroyed, and more than 200 German-made Mauser 1871 rifles were captured, and the rest were taken away by the retreating Dutch troops.

After obtaining such a major result, the Shangri-La Second Division itself also paid a considerable price, consuming nearly 4,700 indigenous cannon fodder in the battle, and reducing the total number of troops to more than 1,900 people, including 972 soldiers killed, more than 370 seriously wounded, and more than 500 lightly wounded.

The combat effectiveness of the whole division was reduced by half, and the ammunition consumption was serious, so it had to enter the stage of resting and recuperating.

Next

Port Town

It was a fine day, white clouds were floating in the clear blue sky, a large number of warships belonging to the mighty Combined Fleet escorted a mixed fleet of more than a dozen large cargo ships and troop carriers to the port, and cargo ships with a displacement of up to 5,000 tons docked directly to the dock to unload a large number of supplies and personnel.

Heavily armed soldiers of the 1st Kalimantan Division and a large number of well-equipped men were unloaded from the freighter in an orderly manner, and the people on the dock shouted and mooed and neighed, and it became very lively.

Light gray tents were erected on the smooth roads and coastal forts near the harbor, densely arranged in a neat row, like large clumps of mushrooms growing in the field, which was spectacular.

A group of senior commanders of the Second Division gathered at the port, and all of them looked high-spirited, and the feeling of pride could not be hidden.

After all, he has won two big battles in a row, and he is very confident in front of the brothers of the first division.

As the commander-in-chief of Borneo's military, Wei Chi Shouchou could not be said to be unconcerned about the Second Division's unauthorized expansion of the war, but he was also helpless.

After all, the task of the 2nd Division was to attack the enemy in front of the port, and it was impossible to ignore the Dutch reinforcements, but no one expected that the 2nd Division's appetite was so good, and the 2nd Division beat the rabbit and disabled the Semuda Dutch heavy army group by the way, which is really not a small credit.