It is true that the Portuguese built defensive positions to hold off some artillery bombardment, but they did not take into account the threat from overhead.

As a result, the Portuguese army was bombarded overhead, and not only was the vast majority of Portuguese soldiers unprepared, but the defensive positions that had previously provided them with a lot of protection did not play any role.

Although the number of shells in this bombing was much smaller than before, the shells carried by the bombers were all large-caliber touchdown bombs, which were filled with a large amount of broken iron and steel balls, as well as glass slag and other sharp objects, in order to cause as much damage as possible.

Coincidentally, one of the bombs happened to fall on the side of the commander of the Portuguese Timor garrison, Caffe Filho, and the violent explosion directly swept Caffe Filho, his adjutants and heralds.

After dropping all the bombs, the bomber turned back without looking back, leaving only the humming of the Portuguese in the sky.

Of course, it was impossible to kill all the Portuguese and indigenous soldiers with more than a hundred bombs.

The accuracy of the drop from a high altitude was not high, and half of a hundred bombs could fall on the side of the Portuguese soldiers.

But despite this, the fear brought by this large number of shells falling from the sky is definitely not easy to alleviate.

Especially those who watched the shells grow bigger and bigger in their eyes and finally explode next to them, even if they were lucky enough not to die, they were already frightened by this time.

The Portuguese were still like that, not to mention the already loose native armies.

The natives suffered even more casualties in the bombardment, and some of the frightened natives could no longer suppress their fears, and ran out of the position.

Under normal circumstances, these natives would have just climbed out of their positions to meet the bullets and scolds from the Warlords.

But now, the commander of the garrison, Caffe Filho, his adjutants, and the heralds had all died in the bombardment, and the Portuguese soldiers of the overseer were also immersed in the fear of the bombardment that had just fallen from the sky, and did not notice the collapse of the native army at first.

By the time the Overseer soldiers reacted, many of the native soldiers had moved away from their positions and were running wildly into the jungle with their feet outstretched.

"Damn, stop those yellow-skinned monkeys!" Some Portuguese soldiers reacted quickly and hurriedly shouted anxiously.

As a member of the Warlord, it is their job to supervise all the Native soldiers. If these natives are allowed to disperse, they will be severely held accountable regardless of whether the war is won or not.

Seeing that the reprimand didn't work, several soldiers of the Overseer hurriedly took out their rifles and opened fire on the native soldiers who were running farther and farther.

Although a few scattered gunshots did knock down a few natives, after hearing the gunshots, more natives fled more quickly, and even if they accidentally fell, they also crawled and crawled forward.

The Portuguese soldiers were a little annoyed, but the natives who had fled at first had already run a few hundred meters away, and it was not so easy to chase back.

In desperation, the Overseer could only focus on the remaining indigenous soldiers in the position, carefully preventing the other indigenous soldiers from escaping, and immediately report to the garrison commander Kafei Filho.

But how could the soldiers of these overseers have thought that the garrison commander they are loyal to has already lost his bones in the previous bombing, which also determines that their report is destined to be lost.

On the other hand, after the bombardment, General Silvio Lonnie Rodlin naturally did not let go of this good opportunity.

After three successive rounds of bombardment, the Portuguese army had broken down, and the indigenous army had even begun to flee.

This was the best opportunity for the 1st Division to attack, and if it went well, it could even take the enemy's position in one go.

Of course, in order to carry out the requirement of minimum casualties, General Silvio Lonny Rodlin deliberately ordered the artillery to bombard the enemy's positions before the infantry charged.

This bombing, like the first, was widespread and frequent.

This was to prevent the Portuguese from counterattacking the soldiers of the 1st Division, causing unnecessary casualties.

This is the current logistical advantage of Australasia. In the face of a Portuguese army of only a thousand men and an indigenous army of two thousand, the 1st Division had already consumed hundreds of shells and even sent bombers for this.

Of course, the effect of this is also very obvious. The 1st Division has not suffered any casualties so far, while the Portuguese have suffered heavy casualties and the vast majority of those who survived have lost their fighting spirit.

Under the cover of artillery fire, the soldiers of the 1st Division quickly approached the Portuguese positions.

At this time, there were not many Portuguese soldiers who were still fighting spirit, and they were still suppressed by artillery fire and could not raise their heads at all.

After the soldiers of the 1st Division were only a little more than 100 meters away from the Portuguese battlefield, the artillery coverage quietly moved to the rear of the position to avoid harming the soldiers of the 1st Division.

At this time, the surviving Portuguese soldiers, because the commander had been killed, and because they were frightened by the previous bombardments and air raids, they had been cowering in the concrete facilities and did not dare to come out, and it was naturally impossible to form any counterattack against the Australasian soldiers who were slowly approaching.

At about eleven o'clock in the afternoon, the soldiers of the 1st Division successfully occupied the Portuguese position, capturing more than 300 Portuguese soldiers and more than 400 indigenous soldiers.

For these Portuguese soldiers, General Silvio Lonnie Rodlin waved his hand and asked a group of soldiers to watch over them severely.

And those indigenous soldiers, naturally, do not have any profit value, therefore, the only end waiting for them is death.

After a brief rest in the position, General Silvio Lonny Rodlin left a platoon to guard the captured Portuguese soldiers, while the large force continued northward, thinking of Dili, the capital of Portuguese Timor.

The Portuguese soldiers and indigenous troops on the positions were arguably all the armies of Portuguese Timor.

At present, the only protective force in Dili may be the few police officers in the city.

But trying to rely on the police to resist the attack of the 1st Division may feel even more absurd than a fool's dream.

At three o'clock in the afternoon, the Australasian army successfully entered the city of Dili and took full possession of the governor's palace and garrison headquarters in Dili.

At the same time, General Silvio Lonnie Rodlin ordered his soldiers to move the captured Portuguese soldiers into the city, and sent a telegram to the country.

When Arthur received the telegram from General Silvio Lonnie Rodrin, it was already past four o'clock in the afternoon.

Arthur immediately sent a telegram back to General Silvio Lonnie Rodrin, asking General Silvio Lonnie Rodlin to properly dispose of everything in Timor and try to control the order of Timor.

At the same time, defensive positions were to be built along the coast and western border of Portuguese Timor to prevent possible future Portuguese landings.

At six o'clock in the evening, with the order of the Australasian Ministry of Defence, the soldiers of the 2nd Division divided into two routes and went to the two remaining Portuguese colonies in Asia to capture and occupy them.

Although these two colonies were too far away for Australasia, Australasia did not qualify for occupation either the Portuguese colony of India or the Portuguese colony in East Asia.

After the occupation, the attitude of the adjacent British India and the Qing State had to be considered, so these two colonies were not in Arthur's target.

Of course, in times of war, it is still necessary to capture these two colonies.

These two colonies were also the bridgehead of Portugal in Asia, without which Portugal would be the closest region to Odalasia, a Portuguese colony of Mozambique, separated from Australasia by a distance from the Indian Ocean.

August 10, 1907, six o'clock in the morning.

After more than a day of sailing, part of the 2nd Division finally reached the Portuguese colonies in East Asia, and quickly captured them.

The colony was much smaller than that of Portuguese Timor and was inhabited by a small population.

If only the Portuguese are counted, the Portuguese population of this colony does not even exceed 10,000, and the garrison is even more patchwork, relying on the local indigenous population of the colony, and barely accumulating the number of garrisons to 1,000 people.

This has also led to the fact that the level of training of the garrison here is even more worrying, and the equipment of some of the local indigenous soldiers is much more backward.

After several rounds of shelling, the Portuguese troops were completely demoralized, most of them were captured, and the rest were corpses that had been sacrificed in the fire.

As in Portuguese Timor, after the complete victory on the battlefield here, the deputy commander of the 2nd Division hurriedly sent a telegram to China, briefly describing the course and results of the war, and obtaining Arthur's latest instructions.

In addition to maintaining order and consolidating the defenses of Portuguese Timor, there was also the relocation of Portuguese property as much as possible.

Although it was not possible to execute the Portuguese in a blatant manner, it was perfectly fine to dispose of their property.

The factories and properties that the Portuguese had worked so hard to build in the region were all wedding dresses for Australasia.

Portuguese Timor did not experience such brutal demolitions, as Portuguese Timor was a target of Arthur and was already within Australasia's sphere of influence.

As long as the war goes well, after the end of the war, Portuguese Timor should be renamed Australian Timor, and naturally there is no need to go to great lengths to relocate the property of those Portuguese, anyway, they will not be able to run away when the land is handed over.

A few days later, on 12 August, the army led by the commander of the 2nd Division, Fritz Reiner, finally crossed the Indian Ocean and reached Portuguese India.

Although when it comes to the suzerainty of India, the British Empire is the first thing that comes to mind.

But in reality, the British Empire was not the only country that colonized India, Portugal and France were also among the countries that colonized India.

However, the British had ruled most of India for a long time, and the Portuguese and French only occupied a small amount of land on both coasts of India, which was nothing compared to the whole of India.

This is why Portugal and France are generally not mentioned when referring to the Indian colonies.

Portuguese India, on the other hand, is a colony occupied by Portugal on the west coast of India, with Goa as its capital.

India has a huge land area and population, and even the French and Portuguese Indias, which occupy only a small area, have a population of 300,000 and 450,000 respectively.

Portugal had a garrison of two thousand men in Portuguese India, of which 1,000 were Portuguese and 1,000 Indian.

Although Portuguese India had a larger population and better land than Portuguese Timor, the garrison of Portuguese India was 1,000 fewer than that of Portuguese Timor.

This was because Portuguese India's neighbor was the powerful British India, and Portugal could not be an opponent of the British Empire, so the defense of Portuguese India was not so important.

If the British Empire wanted to annex Portuguese India, even if it had a garrison of five or six thousand men, it could not be an opponent of British India.

But if the British Empire had no idea about Portuguese India, then even if Portuguese India had no garrison, only a police force to maintain law and order, the security problem could be initially guaranteed.

Unlike Portuguese Timor, which is neighbored by the Netherlands, a country about the size of Portugal.

In addition, the Portuguese Timor had already lost nearly half of its land under the occupation of the Dutch, so it was naturally impossible to lower the defense of the Netherlands.

With only a thousand Portuguese soldiers, Portuguese India naturally could not be an opponent of the 2nd Division.

Although Indian soldiers were more loyal than the natives of Southeast Asia, they were not even as effective as the Portuguese soldiers, and even less likely to be compared to the Australasian counterparts.

After paying hundreds of shells and dozens of casualties, the 2nd Division also succeeded in conquering Portuguese India and capturing Goa, the capital of Portuguese India.

As in the colonies of East Asia, on the day of the occupation, General Fritz Reiner quickly sent a telegram to Australasia, and received the same response from Arthur: to maintain order in the city and strengthen the border guards.

At the same time, a small army began to search for various factories and assets in Goa in preparation for the relocation of them all to Australasia.

After the full occupation of Portugal's three colonies in Asia, Arthur breathed a sigh of relief.

Although the 1st and 2nd Divisions combined cost hundreds of casualties, this small number of casualties was acceptable compared to the results achieved.

In addition, all wounded Australasian soldiers will be quickly transported to Australasia for treatment.

The government will not only provide him with free treatment, but also provide all his salary for the duration of his injury.

After the preliminary implementation of the battle plan was completed, Arthur dared to announce the news to the public with confidence.

The results of the battle had been hidden before, for fear that the enemy would react, which would make the actions of the second division more difficult.

Now that all the initial combat missions have been completed, it is time to announce the good news to the whole country, and even to the world.

Of course, some of these details cannot be told honestly, but are transformed into some other words.

For example, the bombers that were once dispatched in Portuguese Timor were replaced by official Australasian airships.

Anyway, airships are now able to fly in the sky and drop cannonballs downward.

The Europeans have not seen the war with their own eyes, and naturally no one will doubt it.

It's more than 4,000 words today, and I came back late, plus I didn't have a good rest yesterday.

Tomorrow 6,000 words, ask for a monthly ticket, brothers

(End of chapter)