After a brief adaptation training, the five airships currently owned by the Aviation Laboratory were dispatched to Portuguese Timor and Portuguese India respectively, becoming the cards of defense in the two places.

Because the planes need to be kept secret, the next war cannot be used. The airship can also play a role similar to that of an airplane, and has a good performance in reconnaissance, bombing, etc., and can also be used in the transportation of materials.

If there is no war, the five airships will serve as transports, each capable of transporting more than ten tons of supplies in much less time than a transport ship.

Fortunately, the three colonies occupied had large indigenous populations, so there was no shortage of labor to build defensive positions, and defensive positions were built quickly.

After Australasia secured the cement and steel needed to build the positions, all three colonies soon established defensive positions, with Portuguese India and Portuguese East Timor being more complete.

In September, all three regions began to prepare for war, and even Australasia itself sent a large number of additional fleets to patrol.

But what Arthur did not expect was that September was almost over, and there was still no sign of the Portuguese.

If it weren't for the fact that the captured Portuguese soldiers were still working in the mines of Australasia, Arthur would have almost thought that Australasia had entered a state of peace with Portugal.

Finally, at the end of September, a small fleet patrolling near the Indian Ocean finally spotted the traces of the Portuguese fleet.

After many reports, the news also reached the hands of the three colonies and Arthur.

The Australasian soldiers, on the contrary, did not have the tension of the coming war, and some, only the anticipation of the exploits that were about to be established.

Although Arthur did not personally travel to Portuguese India, Arthur's speech in Portuguese Timor reached the ears of the soldiers of the 2nd Division in various ways.

With all kinds of worries being solved, the soldiers naturally look forward to the merits after the victory in the war, after all, who doesn't want to become a nobleman?

Even the commander of the 2nd Division, Filitz Reiner, was looking forward to gearing up and quietly waiting for the arrival of the Portuguese.

Of course, anticipation is anticipation, and various preparations and countermeasures are also essential. Commander Filitz wisely abandoned the defense of the coast and instead established two tenth-strong defensive positions outside the city.

For no other reason, if the battle was fought on the coast, the Portuguese fleet would be able to inflict mass destruction on the Australasian soldiers, which Commander Filitz did not want to see.

According to Arthur's character, even if Commander Filitz successfully resisted all the Portuguese attacks, if the army suffered a large number of casualties, it would be worth the credit, not only greatly reducing the credit, but also making Arthur dissatisfied.

Thus Firitz's plan of defense was simple: to abandon the outer coasts, and even cities if necessary, with the goal of weakening the living forces of the Portuguese.

As long as all the Portuguese reinforcements can be wiped out, then the war will be decided by Australasia.

The exchange of a small Portuguese India for a large number of casualties of Portuguese reinforcements was a sure win for Commander Filitz Division.

In order to prevent the Portuguese fleet from supporting the Portuguese soldiers with the guns of the warships, the division commander Filitz deliberately built the defensive positions closer to the city, and some Portuguese would also serve as laborers in the war.

As long as the Portuguese dared to bombard with naval artillery, Australasia would immediately release the photos of the scene and the tragic situation of the Portuguese being bombed.

The bombardment of its own people by the country's own artillery caused a sensation in Portugal, which is spectacular when you think about it.

28 September 1907, Portuguese Indian coast.

After nearly two months of preparation, the Portuguese fleet sent its first troops to the periphery of Portuguese India.

It was a reinforcement of 11,000 Portuguese soldiers and 9,000 indigenous soldiers, and it was also an emergency Portuguese army transferred from the mainland and African colonies.

Of course, this was only the first reinforcements from the Portuguese. In order to calm the tension and panic in the country, Carlos I specially ordered that on the basis of the original 40,000 troops, another 40,000 troops would be transferred from the colonies to form an army of 80,000 people, not only to take back the three occupied colonies, but also to teach Australasia a lesson.

It's just that such a large army transport is also a problem, at least three or four times to transport.

The first target of the army, after long discussions with the Portuguese military, was finally set on Portuguese India.

In fact, it is also very easy to understand that Portuguese Timor is close to Australasia, and Australasian reinforcements can arrive quickly at any time, and they also have to worry about the Australasian reinforcements from Portuguese India encircling the Portuguese army.

The same is true of the colonies in East Asia, and the colonies of East Asia have a small land area and a small population, and even if they are occupied, they will not be able to restore much of the people's morale and military morale.

On the other hand, Portuguese India was the largest and most populous of the Portuguese colonies in Asia, and the Indians were more obedient than the natives of the other colonies.

If Portuguese India can be recovered, it can also be used as a springboard to recover the other two colonies.

Arthur and the Australasian military had anticipated this, and not only gave the Portuguese India the most resources, but also drew more than 3,000 troops from Portuguese Timor.

As a result, the current Portuguese India has a total army of nearly 10,000 men, plus three airships and a large number of artillery and weapons reserves.

On the afternoon of 28 September, the Portuguese fleet officially approached the coast of Portuguese India and launched the so-called beach-grabbing land war.

Nine thousand indigenous soldiers took the lead, and unexpectedly found that there was not a single Australasian soldier on the coast, not even any defensive positions and facilities.

The Portuguese were not at ease, so they let these natives continue to expand outward for a kilometer, and still did not find the footprints of the Australasian people, the Portuguese soldiers landed with confidence, and the commander of the reinforcements laughed and said: "Knowing the arrival of our reinforcements, the Australasian people are already timid!" Take back the city of Goa, and you will all be heroes! ”

The Australasian did not resist in the slightest, not even a single figure, which allowed the Portuguese to relax completely.

Previously, Australasia had captured three Portuguese colonies in just a few days, causing a lot of panic among the Portuguese people and government.

Now it seems that the Australasian people are no more than that, and perhaps the capture of these three colonies has already damaged their vitality, and now they are regretting it.

Under the orders of the Portuguese general, 9,000 native soldiers took the lead, and the army behind more than 10,000 Portuguese soldiers slowly advanced towards Goa.

No Australasian people were found along the way, which made the pace of the army move much faster, and even many Portuguese soldiers were already happily exchanging views about where to drink after entering Goa.

It was only when they came to the vicinity of Goa that the indigenous soldiers in front discovered the Australasian position.

At the same time, the division commander Filitz also discovered these Portuguese troops.

The indigenous soldiers who took the lead were loosely disciplined and relaxed one by one, obviously lacking the self-knowledge of being cannon fodder.

And the Portuguese soldiers in the rear were also relaxed one by one, and those who didn't know the situation might think they were here to play.

Seeing such a scene, Commander Filitz immediately asked the heralds to quietly go and inform the reserve troops in the rear, so that they could detour to the rear of this group of Portuguese soldiers.

Commander Fritz divided the 10,000-man army into three parts, 4,000 men in the first position, 1,500 men in the second, and 4,500 men in reserve, ready to support the first and second lines.

After seeing the Portuguese army so loose, Division Commander Filitz was confident that with an army of more than 5,000 people in two positions, he would be able to hold it, and let the reserve force of more than 4,000 people go around the enemy's rear to form an encirclement of the enemy, and it was the final plan of Division Commander Filitz to destroy all the Portuguese soldiers.

The reserve troops were in the rear of Goa, about a kilometre from the defensive positions ahead.

Coupled with the surrounding vegetation and buildings, the Portuguese army did not notice that a single person was missing from the position, nor did they find that an army had quietly disappeared outside the position.

After layers of debriefing, the Portuguese general also learned about the situation of the Australasian position.

However, the Portuguese military had long been prepared, and in order to deal with such positional warfare, these 9,000 indigenous soldiers were the best cannon fodder, and the large number of artillery mobilized from Portugal was the confidence of the Portuguese army not to be afraid of such positional warfare.

After giving the order for the artillery to form their respective positions and aim at the Australasian position in front, the Portuguese general smiled slightly and ordered: "Charge!" ”

With an order, nine thousand native soldiers quickly rushed towards the forward position. It's not that they are so brave to die, it's just that the guns of the Overseers and Portuguese soldiers behind them are pointing at them, and if they don't charge, they will definitely die at the guns of the Portuguese soldiers.

Don't doubt the degree of cruelty of Europeans to these natives now, there are not many Europeans who can really treat the natives as human beings, and it is not an exaggeration to describe them as one out of ten thousand, one out of a hundred thousand.

For the vast majority of Europeans, the populations of these colonies were like cattle, squeezed as hard as they could when they could be used, and life and death when they could not.

In order to prevent the Portuguese army from panicking and fleeing in a hurry before the reserve forces succeeded in forming an encirclement, the division commander Filitz specially ordered the soldiers to carry out a small defense, and stuck the enemy one or two hundred meters in front of the position, so that they could keep hope of capturing the position, so that they could temporarily drag them in front of the position.

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