"Okay, I'm so fucking happy."

Seeing the artillery force showing off, a large group of fire shrouded the port building complex, and the land was like cracks, the officers and soldiers cheered in unison.

The only shame... the time is too short.

After 8 minutes

The sound of cannons came to an abrupt end. The soldiers of the 2nd regiment, who were the main attackers, took the Mauser 1871 cavalry rifle in their hands, lined up with scattered soldiers to start the attack.

The soldiers crossed the deserted fields outside the port, crossed the ditches and streams, and approached step by step towards the port.

"Get up, damn... Get up and fight, Queenslanders are fighting." The Dutch officer rushed out of the ruins in a dirt, waved the Colt revolver in his hand, and drove the soldiers to fight with kicks and scolds.

The port town had been blown into ruins by shells, and there were broken walls everywhere. Dutch soldiers got up from the ruins at the corner of the house, shook their heads, which were buzzing by the shells, and mechanically picked up their guns to resist according to the order.

For a moment, gunfire broke out and the battle began.

The whistling bullets shuttled through the air, knocking the offensive soldiers to the ground from time to time, sparse the dense attacking queues, and Dutch soldiers kept popping out of the broken walls and throwing them into battle.

The Second Regiment was repelled on two consecutive attacks, killing and injured more than a hundred people.

Battalion Commander Lei Xiaopeng looked at the soldiers who retreated like a tide, and his eyes flashed with anger.

Although the shelling caused serious casualties to the Dutch defenders, it did not completely lose its combat capability and could still resist stubbornly with the advantage of geographical location.

The attacking soldiers were exposed to the wilderness and suffered a great loss in fighting.

Lei Xiaopeng watched the fifth company commander being lifted down, and he was shot twice in his chest. The blood general's uniform was dyed red. He was already dead. He immediately called Deputy Company Commander Hu Dachuan. "Dachuan, your company commander is dead. The fifth company is temporarily led by you. After the war, I will issue you a letter of appointment."

"Please rest assured that Hu Dachuan will definitely live up to his trust."

"Okay, I want you to take the brothers of the 5th Company as a sharp knife and attack again. Remember to attack with courage and decisiveness, not afraid of sacrifice, and resolutely insert it into the ruins of the port building. Rely on the advantage of the geographical location, hold on to the large army and respond to the battle and kill the enemy."

"I understand and ensure that the task is completed."

"Okay, I will ask the artillery to open the attack channel for you. As long as you attack first, I will record your first contribution and go down and prepare."

"yes."

Seeing Hu Dachuan leave, Lei Xiaopeng commanded the 60 light artillery company that followed the attack to set up four artillery pieces. After the infantry attack was launched, he bombarded the Dutch defenders gathered in the broken walls.

Since the distance between the two is only six or seven hundred meters, the 60 artillery is flattened and the barrel is fired directly, making the strike very accurate.

The shells penetrated into the ruins like eyes and exploded, exploding the Dutch defenders hiding behind and gravel rubble.

If there is fierce resistance there, the shells will follow and explode, covering the surrounding area with an explosive ball of fire.

Take this opportunity

Hu Dachuan led the 5th Company soldiers to rush and attack into the town, occupying a piece of ruins of peripheral buildings, and scattered and hid behind the corners of the wall, beside the broken wall and the big pillars, and defended by the geographical advantage.

When the Dutch commander saw the enemy attacking the town, he immediately mobilized the remaining enemies to counterattack, trying to drive the enemy out and regain the lost position.

Hundreds of indigenous people rushed over with swords and guns in their hands. They rushed down the ruined streets alleys, shouting unknown indigenous languages, looking murderous.

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Hu Dachuan calmly commanded the soldiers to shoot fiercely, shooting the enemy like cutting leeks. When the natives rushed to a distance of fifty or sixty meters, they fell to the ground and died here as if an invisible wall blocked them.

The Mauser 1871 ammunition cabin riding rifle has very strong continuous firepower. You can shoot a shot with just a single bolt. Dozens of riding rifles form dense firepower, curbing the fierce offensive momentum of the indigenous warriors.

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The soldiers had encountered many times in the tropical jungle. The Mauser performed extremely well on the rifle, and the continuous firepower had never disappointed, but it was just another unilateral massacre.

These indigenous warriors came and retreated quickly. In just a few minutes, they left a large body to retreat in a hurry and were chased and beaten by soldiers from the 5th Company. The positions they occupied not only did not decrease, but instead expanded a lot.

Just in this moment

About 200 indigenous warriors were killed and injured. The soldiers re-shot the wounded who were still wailing one by one. The attacking troops had no extra medical resources and could be used on the injured prisoners.

The orders have been conveyed by the Shangfeng, and those who resist stubbornly will be killed without mercy!

Immediately behind the 5th Company, the subsequent offensive troops continued to attack, and quickly expanded to both sides with the position occupied by the 5th Company as the starting point.

The Dutch defenders' counterattack was very determined. They had no choice but to retreat. Nearly 2,000 soldiers who survived the artillery fire gathered together. While quickly building the barricade, they launched waves of fierce counterattacks.

The dense gunfire continued, and the two sides started a bloody battle between house and house.

The offensive troops pulled 60 light artillery into the ruins of the town, and blew up close at the barricades built by the Dutch, causing the earth and rocks to splatter and flesh to fly.

It turns out that in the face of absolute firepower advantage, all resistance is futile.

More than four hours later

The port encirclement and suppression battle has come to an end. Nearly 700 Dutch defenders were shot dead, and more people were captured. Only more than 400 Dutch soldiers were left entrenched in the wood yard to fight to the death.

The Second Regiment organized several attacks, but after paying the heavy price of more than 80 casualties, it still failed to conquer this solid position.

The large timber yard next to this port is filled with many trees surrounded by thick ones, densely packed and cushioned with some rammed earth, showing irregular circles, like a solid turtle shell fortress.

The power of the Type 60 light cannon is slightly smaller, and the direct shooting effect is not good.

"Why are the damn Dutch people so difficult?" Deputy Division Commander Colonel Koch cursed hatefully and turned around and ordered; "The 60th artillery battalion, which was assigned to us, was ordered to advance quickly and lightly, and approach the main force of the Northern Division, ready to stop the Dutch reinforcements coming from Semuda at any time, and ordered the engineer battalion to quickly repair the road and drag out our two 95mm artillery battalions. The next battle would be necessary to have artillery firepower, so that they could all speed up."

"As for orders, Master."

"Battleman Li Xiaopeng..."

"arrive."

"Take your battalion to watch this enemy, find a way to break out a gap and destroy this enemy to me."

"Yes, sir."

Colonel Koch turned his head and looked at the Dutch shore artillery position not far away. It was about seven or eight hundred meters away. This was a hilly terrain with a height of dozens of meters. The terrain was smooth and traffic trenches were dug around. At the top of the hill were three 280 mm concrete structure shore turrets in the shape of "子" and were built very sturdy.

Surrounding the top turret, there are several German 239mm shore cannons, all of which are built with hat-like reinforced concrete cannons, with openings facing the bay.

There are about 600 white soldiers in the fort, and relying on the traffic trench and reinforced concrete fortress, forming a thin but very strong defense line.

This turret is not big, and it is already the limit to be able to accommodate more than 600 white soldiers.

After attacking the port, most of the enemies were eliminated.

Only these two hard nails were left in front of Colonel Koch, one was the fort and the other was the wood yard. The defenders were white soldiers with high fighting spirit. They had sufficient guns and bullets and enough food, which was indeed two troubles.

As long as there is enough time, Colonel Koch has a hundred ways to get these two hard nails, and now what he lacks is time.

The main force of the attacking port was the Second Regiment and the Third Regiment, with a total of more than 2,300 soldiers. After a fierce battle, more than 400 people were killed or injured since the battle, and nearly 2,700 enemies (including the indigenous vassal army) were eliminated and captured. The attacking troops had combat effectiveness and had more than 1,900 people left.

Thousands of white soldiers were still gathered in the fort and the wood yard, and they were able to bite back at any time.

Therefore, the main force of the Second Regiment was involved in the port and was temporarily unable to support the main force of the division.

The barren terrain hundreds of meters between the fort and the port is an open terrain without any cover, becoming an obstacle to the offensive forces and a natural obstacle to the Dutch army's counterattack. Under the strict protection of both the enemy and us, if you want to cross this open terrain, you must bear a certain price of casualties.

The problem now is;

The division's main force (first regiment, third regiment lacks a battalion) set up a battlefield on the road between the port and Semuda, located in a hilly area about 5 kilometers away from the port, preparing to snipe a large number of Dutch reinforcements from Semuda City to fight a siege and fight a battle of reinforcements.

Based on pre-war sand table deduction;

The Dutch defenders will inevitably be unwilling to lose the port. There is a chance that more than 80% of the chance of reinforcement of the port defenders. The distance between the two is only 18 kilometers. If you march quickly, you can arrive in two hours.

Therefore, the Kalimantan Division was divided into two parts, and the main force of the division was led by the division commander Liu Shan, responsible for blocking the enemy's large reinforcements, and resolutely curbing them outside the port.

The attacking port troops were mainly composed of the Second Regiment, striving to remove the Dutch defenders at the port as soon as possible, and then serve as the reserve force of the division's main force, ready to enter a large-scale counterattack war at any time.

Now, the problem facing Colonel Koch is that the main force of the Second Regiment was dragged in the port and was temporarily unable to participate in the large-scale counterattack.

Once the main force of the Second Regiment leaves, the Dutch defenders may counterattack and regain the port at any time with two solid strongholds, the fort and the timber yard.

"Stand Master, see what good things we found?" Lei Xiaopeng and the 5th Company Commander Hu Dachuan came over excitedly. The soldiers behind them were holding a large number of jars and jars, all of them full of excitement.

Colonel Koch looked at it with confusion, then sniffed hard and said, "This... is kerosene."

"Hehe... That's right, it's kerosene. The fifth company commander Hu Dachuan and his men searched for the remaining enemies. He smelled the strong smell of kerosene in the collapsed ruins. When he opened it, he saw that he was so good... there were hundreds of cans of kerosene. In addition to the kerosene jars that were crushed by the collapse of the house, they were still intact and dozens of them were large." Lei Xiaopeng pointed with his hand and said proudly. "The wood yard is so strong, it's not easy to blow up a passage. Let's pour kerosene on him and burn them hard, turning all these Dutch ghosts into roasted pigs. If you don't want to burn them into ashes, you run out as a target."

"Yeah, a good idea." Colonel Koch slapped his thigh and immediately agreed.

For the army, burning a large amount of wood is nothing, and destroying the entire port town is nothing. As long as the cost of casualties is reduced, it is worth it. In the end, victory will be over.

At worst, if you destroy it and then build it, it has nothing to do with the army.
Chapter completed!