After you have eaten and drunk

This detachment of seventy or eighty men in full armor rested for a while before preparing to get up and return and blew the assembly whistle.

The soldiers quickly came to the open space in front of the thatched hut of the tribal chieftain and lined up, and Hu Dachuan came out of the house with a wine burp, his face was a little red, and his figure was a little more blessed than last year, which showed that this period of life was quite comfortable.

Because he followed the Kalimantan 2nd Division to land in Saimuda first, and performed remarkably in a series of battles, Hu Dachuan has been promoted from deputy company commander to company commander, and it is expected that in the near future, a bar with two bronze stars on his shoulder will become a bar with three bronze stars, opening an upward channel for future promotion.

Four years have passed

Most of the officers of the same year were still rolling in the ranks of second lieutenant and lieutenant, and after the war, Hu Dachuan was about to be promoted to captain, which can be said to be a big step ahead of his colleagues.

Although it can't be compared with Li Xuanzhu's simple perverted officers like promotions, salary increases, eating and drinking, it is enough to be proud.

Hu Dachuan was in a very good mood, he saw many soldiers running out of the thatched huts where the indigenous women were held, hurriedly fastening their military uniforms and belts and running over to gather, so he turned his eyes as if he didn't see them.

Since landing last year, this group of brothers has fought many battles one after another, and it can be said that they are all veterans of a hundred battles.

The defeat of the Dutch did not mean that the war was completely over.

The Queensland army served as the conqueror, and then came the war of law and order, the war of suppressing bandits, and the war of sweeping and clearing the countryside lasted intermittently for more than half a year.

It was not until the higher authorities were ruthless and thoroughly adopted the policy of "vacating cages for birds" and the policy of indigenous reservations that the situation in the occupied areas was completely eradicated.

If the skin does not exist, the hair will be attached?

Hu Dachuan very much agreed with the theory of Deputy Division Commander Koch, who had preached it many times at the division's officers' meetings;

Iron and blood are the best companions of conquest, and the shiny bayonet will teach the natives what to do and not waste time trying to communicate, which means that you first have to learn the aboriginal language, which is undoubtedly extremely unrealistic and ridiculous.

Wolves and dogs are always two species, don't try to confuse them, it will all prove futile......

After the whole team

The Qingxiang troops left the indigenous village and embarked on the journey back.

The soldiers escorted several indigenous prisoners of war and more than 10 disheveled indigenous women, and at the front of the procession were less than 100 elderly and infirm women and children, who were driven away from the village where they had lived for generations.

Behind the long procession, the few remaining pieces of food were collected and piled up in the open space in the center of the village.

Even if they escaped, there was nothing to eat in the village.

The fate of these old women and children is the Aboriginal reservation, and from now on, there will not be a single Aboriginal here, of course, this is only a theoretical statement.

There are still many fleeing natives in the depths of the jungle, both men and women.

The long line formed a long queue of snakes, and the soldiers walking in front of them walked on the path in the jungle with Mauser 1871 magazine mounted rifles in their hands, which were filled with yellow, orange and orange bullets.

Their destination was a riverside pier more than 10 kilometres away, where the team would take a steamer back to the city of Saimuda.

They came by boat during the raid in the early hours of the morning, and they rushed forward in the night, surrounding the indigenous village at dawn, and catching them by surprise.

The forests and bushes on both sides of the road are lush and seem to be an endless green that shades the scorching sun in the sky, insects chirp in the ears, and the wind blows the trees like a tidal wave.

The old and infirm women and children of the indigenous people who walked ahead carried large and small pockets containing some clothing and food, which were all they had left, so the pace of progress was slow.

The rude movements of the soldiers did not increase the speed much.

An hour and a half later

The staggering procession had covered less than half the distance, about 5 kilometers away, which made the soldiers even more impatient, brandishing clubs and beginning to drive away the old and weak natives.

Company commander Hu Dachuan walked in the team with a calm expression, did not say anything to stop the rude behavior of the soldiers, but carefully observed the surroundings with interest.

It's already served with the pot, haven't you come out yet?

The surrounding lush jungle is quiet and silent, only the sound of insects, and there is nothing unusual to see.

At this rate, even if you are two hours slower, you will be able to walk to the river pier, and by that time...... It's too late.

In the jungle

More than 40 natives armed with bows and arrows and long knives hid in the dense forest, looking at the staggering team in the distance with an uncontrollable anger in their eyes.

The elders of the indigenous ranks, the respected priests, who had been driven away like cattle and sheep, to a native reservation with neither water nor food, was filled with righteous indignation and rage.

The natives who fled to the jungle were left with the village's provisions, as if a kite had broken its string and could not survive in the jungle for long.

In the face of the brutal occupying forces, they are ready to give it a go.

After letting go of the old and weak group of natives walking in front, the natives hiding in the forest suddenly attacked, and with a categorical order, more than 20 poisoned arrows were fired at the soldiers in the line.

The sound in the forest immediately aroused the vigilance of the soldiers, and they almost immediately ducked down to dodge, but they could not avoid the fire of the earthen bow at close range.

After a few screams of pain, three or four soldiers fell from the arrows.

In the end, the veterans of a hundred battles reacted quickly, and almost at the moment when the bow and arrow were fired, a soldier had already raised the muzzle of his gun, aimed at the indigenous samurai looming in the jungle and opened fire.

Then the "crackling" gunshots were connected into pieces, and the branches and leaves in the woods were scattered, and the screams were endless.

The soldiers fought back quickly and violently, and they crouched down with their experienced guns, guns in hand, and fired back wherever there was a sound, causing the screams of being shot in the jungle from time to time.

The arrows that followed became much more sparse and inaccurate, and no more soldiers fell except for one or two unlucky men who were wounded by arrows.

After a few minutes of intense firefighting

Silence returned to the forest, and only the smell of blood and gunpowder smoke in the air indicated that an ambush had just taken place and that it was not over.

"Platoon Commander Shi, take your people to drive the natives into the jungle to prevent the natives from setting traps."

Hu Dachuan was very experienced, and he did not rashly order the soldiers to enter the jungle, but let the natives go in to test the old and weak.

In any case, it is impossible to exterminate the indigenous samurai, and they are not in a hurry, they can deal with it calmly, this is the lesson of the blood left by the previous anti-bandit wars, and the army grows quickly in the skirmishes against the natives.

The few who were wounded by the arrow were all soldiers in the stone dog platoon, and he angrily drove the natives into the jungle.

The natives were forced into the jungle, and then there was a series of screams and screams, and a trap was set in the jungle.

The attacking native warriors obviously did not expect the other party to be so insidious, and they killed them desperately in a fit of rage, and then a dense volley of gunfire rang out, splashing the blood of these brave men, and they fell to the ground and died.

Needless to say, the rest is not to be said

After solving these enemies in front of him, Hu Dachuan sent two squads of soldiers to make a detour into the forest, and the intermittent gunfire rang out for a long time, and finally returned to silence.

Hu Dachuan ignored these people, and the main force of the team gathered together, and soldiers were sent into the jungle to guard against the aborigines again.

He is now hurrying to treat the wounded with the team's hygienists, and these veterans of a hundred battles can save one if they can.

A total of six soldiers were wounded by the arrows, and except for one who died directly in the neck with a poisoned arrow, the others were slightly or seriously injured.

Arrow wounds are not terrible, but the terrible thing is that the aborigines have smeared poisonous frogs on the tips of arrows, which is very tricky to deal with.

Wounded soldiers were shot in the back, in the arm, or in the thigh, in different ways.

The wounded soldier was held down by several other soldiers and screamed wildly, blood splattered far away, and the wound was quickly dressed with medicine.

After surviving the infection after the injury, the only thing waiting for him is to retire gloomily, this arrow will bring him at least ten acres of meritorious fields, and the days of leisurely happiness are ahead.

The method taken is to quickly pull out the poisoned arrow, cut the wound with a cross knife, and make the strong indigenous old and weak suck out the poisonous blood, after the frog poison spreads upward, use the cross knife to cut the skin on it, continue to force the old and weak to suck out the poisonous blood, and finally apply the medicine to wrap the wound, whether you can survive this hurdle depends on the life of the injured soldier.

The same was done for soldiers who were shot in the back by poisoned arrows, but unfortunately it had little effect.

Hu Dachuan watched as the black blood on the soldier's back spread and swollen, quickly seeping into the internal organs, although the four indigenous old and weak desperately sucked out the poisonous blood, it still could not save the young soldier's life.

Ten minutes later

The soldier who was screaming in pain stopped wailing, his expression froze at the moment before he died, and a blue-black poisonous gas filled his face, showing the intensity of the poison.

There were already a few old and weak aborigines who had been forcibly ordered to suck out the poisonous blood and fell to the ground, and they had long since lost their breath.

The smell of death filled the air, which made Hu Dachuan's face turn pale.

Two of the six wounded soldiers were killed and one was seriously injured, and only three people were able to be saved, and the luckiest guy was shot in the abdomen by an arrow, fortunately he did not hurt his internal organs, and the arrow was not poisoned, and he was lucky to save a life.

"Company commander, what about the rest?"

"Handled."

Hu Dachuan replied coldly, after this toss, there were only more than 40 people left, and Hu Dachuan was not in the mood to continue to lure the enemy with them, so he simply dealt with them all.

There was another burst of gunfire in the jungle, and it quickly stopped.

Hu Dachuan led a reduced group of more than half and ordered the indigenous prisoners of war to carry the bodies of the fallen soldiers to the mouth of the river, where they would return to Saimuda by boat to end the normal clean-up operation.

Similar actions occurred almost all the time in the occupied areas of Borneo, and the colonial process was full of conquest and violent resistance.