Chapter 40: Unification of Borneo

The cruiser 'Hector' took the lead and overtook the other ships of the fleet! At this time, the superiority of the warships in speed was undoubtedly revealed.

When it was the first to land, the anxious soldiers rushed out of the boat, rifles in hand, and rushed towards the town not far away.

Due to the connivance of Captain Aldorp, the soldiers who were supposed to stay on duty on the ship were all gone, leaving only the unarmed cooks and firemen still on the ship, because the kitchen knives on the board were taken away by the guys in the boiler room! Originally, they wanted to fight for one, but looking at the powerful appearance of the guys who burned the boiler, they obediently gave up!

Therefore, in the end, on the best battleship of the Dutch East Indies colony, there were only a dozen firemen left without the slightest combat effectiveness, and the emptiness was unbelievable.

Within a few minutes, the cruiser 'Egret' and six freighters in the back had all landed!

Looking at the sailors of the 'Hector' who were already frantically rushing towards the town, no one in the remaining 1,000 Dutch army and navy wanted to be left behind!

At this time, the officer's bullet pressure alone could no longer stop the soldiers who were dominated by yùwang. Borneo's famed gold is the catalyst. An irresistible torrent carried all the Dutch troops and rushed to the invisible abyss.

"Commander, all the ships have raised the signal flags that we agreed with the Cobra special forces. The herald rushed in and said loudly.

"Okay, the 'Cobra' guy did a really good job, the next war will be given to us!" After Yang Wang Peng finished speaking excitedly, he turned to order: "Order, order all mortars, infantry guns and all heavy artillery of the divisional artillery regiment to aim at me, cover the artillery fire in five minutes!" Then, all the troops will rush up to collect the prisoners for me!"

At this moment, nearly a hundred cannons raised the muzzles of the black holes, and the Dutch, who had no idea that the gates of hell had been opened, had already rushed into the empty town.

"Fire!"

"Fire!"

With a sound of command, bursts of exploding fire rushed out of the muzzle and flew towards the enemy troops hundreds of meters away.

"......Boom!" The power of the 'Fire Lion' heavy howitzer is incomparable, a shell goes down, a stump and broken arm within more than 20 meters, the Dutch who have never experienced this situation are stunned at once, but the familiar whistling sound of large-caliber shells from the sky constantly makes all the Dutch troops fall into an ice cellar.

"It's a cannonball!" Vincent listened to this unusually familiar voice, his face suddenly turned extremely pale, and he hurriedly shouted to the Dutch soldiers who were already stunned by the horror of the scene.

However, he apparently warned too late, and large shells rained down on the already empty harbor town. The weak human body was torn to pieces by the shrapnel flying in all directions, and the flying blood turned the harbor city, which looked beautiful and peaceful just now, into a hell in an instant.

At this time, in the face of shells flying from all directions, the rifles in the hands of the Dutch soldiers were no different from burning sticks!

The soldiers, who had not experienced any fierce war for a long time, only knew to lie on the ground with their heads in their hands, prayed to God that they would be lucky to survive, and vowed never to set foot in this land full of cruel memories again.

Although five minutes of artillery fire coverage was a short time, the consequences of a thousand shells falling on an army of less than two thousand people can already be imagined.

"Okay! The overall situation has been decided!" Yang Wangpeng threw away the telescope in his hand, sat on the chair next to him, picked up the teacup and drank it comfortably.

"It's really boring, our army hasn't fired a single shot yet! This is the end of the battle!" Ouyang Tian said with some dissatisfaction.

"Hehe, I didn't shoot a shot, but there were a lot of shells, and the division commander's task can't be completed!" Gao Qiliang said with a smile.

"I finally understand now why the young master always emphasizes the tactics of concentrated use of large-scale artillery, look at the earth-shattering power, not only has a strong lethality, but also a great deterrent to the hearts of enemy soldiers! I believe that after this war, there will be many more officers and soldiers who advocate the theory of artillery!" Yang Wangpeng said suddenly.

"This is the modern war that the young master said, with the large-scale use of machine guns and artillery, the way of war has undergone fundamental changes, and the ancient platoon gun attack method has become outdated!" Ouyang Tian, as the chief of staff, has studied these tactical changes the most!

"Yes, thanks to the young master's genius, he has formulated new army strategies, tactics, and military regulations in line with the times! This time, we have carried out new military changes ahead of the Westerners, and I believe that we will surprise them with the Huo family army in the near future!" Gao Qiliang said with some emotion and some expectation.

"Well, the Dutch's army is not even third-rate among European countries, and this time it will collapse at the touch of a button against us, and it will not be able to test the combat effectiveness of our army at all! Now, I really want to fight with Britain, France, Germany, and Russia, which are the first-class army powers, to see whose army is superior!" Yang Wangpeng said loudly and arrogantly.

"Report!"

While the three of them were chatting, the loud voice of the young guard came from outside the door.

"Come in!"

"Regiment commander, the troops have finished cleaning the battlefield, this is the specific battle report!" Looking at the piece of paper in the soldier's hand, Yang Wangpeng did not take it, but waved his hand and said directly: "You read it, let's just listen to it!" He didn't have much interest in this short war!

"Yes!"

"In this operation, a total of 1,714 Dutch were annihilated, 506 were killed, 214 were slightly wounded, 1,208 were captured, and no serious wounded were killed. On the battlefield, the 3,415-ton iron-hulled wood-hulled cruiser 'Hector,' the 1,352-ton wooden-hulled cruiser 'Egret,' six 5,000-ton cargo ships, 1,452 old-fashioned rear-loading single-shot rifles, and a number of ammunition were captured! Our troops were wounded 12 people when they captured the prisoners, all of them were lightly wounded, and there were no serious wounded. Report over!"

Looking at the soldiers who saluted and left, Yang Wangpeng knew very well that the seriously injured soldiers in the Netherlands had been secretly disposed of, and Huo Jiajun's own medicine was not too sufficient, and it was impossible to raise these people for white rice!

"Good fight, it seems that I should report to the division commander!" Yang Wangpeng said with a smile as he looked at the blue sky in the west.

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"I don't know what Liu Zongzhi is thinking about now? Our People's Army's resistance is limited. Sitting in the headquarters of Lanfang Company's company in Dongwanlu, Huo Jianguang looked coldly at the old man with white hair in front of him and said coldly.

He took the first regiment and the fourth jǐng guard regiment, nearly 10,000 soldiers of the Huo family's army, and at present he had occupied most of the territory of the Lanfang country, and the Lanfang army, which had not many fortified cities to defend, was almost immediately defeated! Now they had surrounded the capital of Lanfang, Dongwanlu, except for the Machen area, which had not yet arrived because of the rugged terrain, the entire West Borneo was completely under the control of the Huojia army.

"If it weren't for the tens of thousands of Chinese people in the city, I wouldn't have bothered to talk to you here!"

Liu Asheng's face froze, his eyelids jumped suddenly, and the cold sweat on his head instantly soaked the back of his clothes, this Chinese army that came out of nowhere was really powerful, sharp artillery, jīng quasi-rifles, not only hit the indigenous tribes in various places, but also swept the entire West Borneo in less than three days, if it weren't for the poor road conditions, I believe that the other party would have hit the East Wanlu City a long time ago.

"Master Huo, please calm your anger! It's really because there are too many people in the company, and it's difficult for everyone's opinions to be unified! After all, Lanfang is a republican country. Liu Asheng said urgently.

"Yes, we also have a large group of people, how can we say surrender, surrender!"

"You don't leave us any land, what will we rely on to make a living in the future!"

"We'll all drink the northwest wind from now on!" ......

Now the old and young people sitting in the hall are almost all shareholders of the Lanfang Company, and they are also the vested interests of the Lanfang Kingdom! Although the army outside the city is powerful and terrifying, the people sitting here are not fools, and they can naturally see their scruples about the Chinese residents of the city!

After all, they had been holding the power for decades, and now they were suddenly going to give it all up, and they had to hand over almost all the land in their hands, and only keep the shops and mansions of each family, these conditions seemed extremely harsh to them, and these conditions were really difficult for them to accept!

Huo Jianguang looked at these agitated guys coldly, and the killing intent in his heart was already a little irrepressible, if he hadn't been educated by Huo Shan's Han nationality and patriotism, and didn't want the war to happen and hurt the tens of thousands of innocent fellow clans in the city, I'm afraid he would have slaughtered all these guys a long time ago!

"Report!"

Just then, the guard standing at the door walked in.

"Division commander, the battle report of the second and third regiments!"

"Oh, hurry up!" After listening to the guards, Huo Jianguang stood up with some interest, although he also knew that with the equipment of his troops, there was no problem in fighting these rabble, but if the casualties were too large, it would not be what he wanted!

"The 2nd Regiment came to report that by October 26 rì and October 29 rì, within three days they had occupied the whole of Sarawak, annihilating 5,680 enemy troops and capturing 5,026. The Second Regiment suffered 23 casualties and 8 deaths, and there were no serious casualties! The 3rd Regiment reported on the operation of Samarinda, in which a total of 1,714 Dutch were annihilated, 506 were killed, 214 were lightly wounded, and 1,208 were taken prisoner, and the 3,415-ton wooden-hulled cruiser 'Hector,' the 1,352-ton wooden-hulled cruiser 'Egret,' six 5,000-ton freighters, 1,452 old-fashioned rear-loading single-shot rifles, and some ammunition were captured! Our troops wounded 12 people while capturing prisoners, all of them lightly, and there were no serious wounded. Report over!"

After taking the document handed over by the soldier, Huo Jianguang quickly browsed it, and couldn't help laughing, "These little rabbit cubs have done a good job, they have all rushed to the front of Lao Tzu!

"I've seen it, and the commissar has sent a messenger to the headquarters! Now the commendation order has been sent to all the front-line combat troops!"

Hearing his words, Huo Jianguang said happily: "Okay! Or Lao Gao understands my thoughts! Let's go, let's go out of the city, and continue to grind here, Lao Tzu is about to get sick!" After speaking, ignoring the stunned Lan Fang people who had just been shocked by the battle report, strode out of the door with their guards!

"Master Huo, please go slowly, we... We are willing to surrender!"