Australian Storm 1876

  Chapter 233 The enemy's traces appear

  It was all bad news to wake up early in the morning, and Head Fritz finally heard the good news, and his frowned brows relaxed a little.

  The mountain beam topography in the interval basin is so good!

   is always more advantageous than blocking on the plains. The blocking enemy forces can occupy favorable terrain to attack the enemy and reduce their own casualties. This is really good news.

  The emergency combat meeting lasted for a while. After the meeting, everyone went their separate ways and began to prepare intensively.

  3177 Xinghuahui militiamen put into pre-war preparations in accordance with the original sequence. Qi Feng led 800 armed and capable militiamen on standby at any time, ready to follow the leader of the regiment Fritz to the front.

  Other militias are led by instructors to conduct intensive military training, and they are prepared to urgently recruit 3000 militias as the general reserve within three days. They will also conduct intensive military training, follow orders, and be ready to support the front line at any time.

Thus

  Defensive force In addition to the more than 1,600 officers and soldiers of the Third Regiment, plus 3,177 key militiamen, 3,000 militiamen were urgently recruited. The defensive force mobilized has reached 7,777, which is basically the ultimate.

  It is not that more young and middle-aged farmers cannot be mobilized, but that there are no more weapons and equipment. Entering the era of hot weapons, charging with a spear and a knife is tantamount to seeking death. It is completely unnecessary.

  The mule carts and tractors in the town of Moresby are all assembled, and once the news is clear, they can be pulled out and the large group of troops will be quickly sent to the frontline area.

  Due to the shortage of artillery, the artillery regiment of the First Division of the Shangri-La Garrison had only three artillery companies and no battalion organization. Each foot dragoon regiment was assigned an artillery company, with a total of 8 95mm artillery.

The combat troops of the two battalions of the 3rd Garrison Regiment of more than 1,000 people were ready to go. They took away the only 4 Miss Australia artillery of the 3rd Regiment and a large amount of ammunition, leaving 4 French 95mm field plus howitzers to the deputy commander Mo Rufeng. The second battalion, the second battalion is also the only military reserve, responsible for guarding the town and port of Moresby.

  Miss Australia’s artillery is very hot, and all military departments are staring at it. The Coast Guard ships and coastal defense artillery are given priority. The Shangri-La garrison can get very few hands.

  In January, all the four planned artillery pieces were equipped with the Third Regiment in Moresby.

  In February, all the planned five artillery pieces were equipped with a regiment stationed in Jayapura.

  In March, the six artillery pieces in the plan hadn’t been seen yet. The equipment plan was to make up the eight arrangements of the subordinate artillery company of the first regiment, and the remaining three artillery pieces were equipped for the second regiment.

  It was only in April that the four Miss Australia artillery vacancies of the three regiments could be filled. For the time being, they can only replace them with 95mm field cannons imported from France. Fortunately, the artillery shells are common and the ammunition reserves are sufficient.

  Now that all the weapons equipped in the establishment are not in place, the Dutch have already fought over.

  The action is surprisingly fast, which shows that they are eager to regain a game, and they can't wait for a minute or a second.

  3 o'clock in the afternoon

The Southern Task Force of the    Regimental Reconnaissance Company reported that in the tropical jungle about 4.2 kilometers south of Sandaoliang Village, they encountered a Dutch engineering unit and guard infantry who were rushing to open a road. There was a short and fierce battle between the two sides.

  The enemy killed about 17 people, wounded more than 30 people, and lost more than ten people. Some officers and soldiers of the remaining reconnaissance company were dealing with the enemy in the jungle, trying their best to slow down the enemy's actions, and buy time for the large forces to rush to set up blocking positions.

  As the Dutch attacked heavily and shielded the battlefield with all their strength to protect the construction of the engineering troops, the advance team's harassment operation was not effective. Please Tuanzuo adults lead the reinforcements to arrive as soon as possible.

  After receiving the accurate news, the army that had been on standby quickly dispatched.

  The flow of cars, horses and dragons, heavily armed soldiers and militiamen in large vehicles and tractors, immediately rushed to the southern front.

  Smoke and dust billowed on the road, and the prospect of a rush of iron currents is exciting.

"Deputy Commander Mo, after I leave, the important task of guarding the town is entrusted to you. You must guard this large rear for me, and try to train me more reserve soldiers. Don't be limited to 3,000 people. The team, the more the number, the better. It is not realistic to expect Lord Earl to dispatch troops from Australia. The four guards are just so small, sprinkle pepper on the vast area, not only to maintain public order and order, but also to guard against sudden white forces. In a crisis, Australia actually has no troops to adjust. Even if hundreds of officers and soldiers are deployed, it will not help. The real counterattack depends on ourselves. As long as we can receive a large amount of weapons and equipment and fully armed the militia forces, we can change the situation and turn to a counterattack. At this stage, we must keep this in mind."

  Head Fritz repeatedly asked before leaving, the deputy head Mo Rufeng responded with a rigorous expression, raised his hand and saluted and replied; "My lord, the humble duty must complete the task."

   "Okay, I won't say more if the troops have already been deployed."

  "The humble duty wishes Master Tuanzuo victory to block the enemy, and successes are passed on frequently."

   "I hope so."

Commander Fritz gave a wry smile. He knew that the combat effectiveness of the Dutch troops was not weak, and the combat effectiveness of the local troops was not inferior to that of the German troops. Especially the European mercenary troops were old fritters that had been rolling in the battle for many years. It was not easy to deal with.

The new army under    has been trained for no more than 5 months with its head and tail. Whether it can withstand the test of the cruel war requires facts.

  He solemnly saluted the deputy commander and the marching officer, turned around and stepped on the command car, closing the door.

The command vehicle is improved from the long-carriage of a walking tractor. A carriage carriage is installed on the rear body. Long wooden pedals are extended on both sides. Several regiment guards stand on the wooden pedals, holding on tightly in their hands. The railings hang outside the carriage like later Indian trains.

  The hand-held tractor command vehicle emits "sudden" black smoke, and disappears in the noisy roar, and merges into the torrent of steel.

  This is the most advanced military mobile equipment of the era, and its off-road capability is many times stronger than that of a four-wheeled carriage.

  Sandaoliang Village

  This newly built resettlement village is located in a basin between two mountain ridges. The turbulent river originating in the mountains winds through the village and heads northwest, submerged in the tropical forest.

Shangri-La Island has a typical tropical rainforest climate. The island’s annual rainfall is very heavy, reaching as much as 6000 mm to 8000 mm. There are many rivers originating in the central mountain range, which are deeply cut between the mountain ravines and separate the more than 1,700 kilometers of central mountain range. It's torn apart.

   Numerous fertile valleys, swamps and plains formed by alluvial accumulations over the past tens of thousands of years, large and small Xingpu Plain and hilly areas, are the best land for the development of agricultural reclamation.

Sandaoliang Village is composed of more than 100 stilt houses, which are distributed in a long strip along the mountain stream. The stilt houses in the village are harvested from logs in the forest to form a skeleton. The high roofs are covered with large leaf thatch, and the walls are It is made of green bamboos, light and strong, ventilated on all sides, suitable for living in humid and sultry areas.

   more than nine o'clock in the morning

Soldiers from the reconnaissance company in six tractors arrived, accompanied by three war horses. There were fifty or sixty fully armed soldiers. After they arrived in a hurry, they left behind a few guards and equipment, and they rushed under the guidance of a guide sent by the village chief. Into the endless tropical jungle.

  An uneasy atmosphere quickly permeated the new immigrants. It is said that the news of the Dutch call is getting more and more spread. It is useless how Wu Agui, the village head, can comfort them. Some women in the village have already frightened and cried.

  According to the instructions of the chief, the village chief Wu Agui quickly summoned 37 militiamen in the village to organize households to prepare to evacuate with cattle and sheep, mainly sending the elderly, women, girls and children to the rear villages.

Wu Agui is the only retired veteran in the village who also serves as the militia platoon leader in Sandaoliang Village. He can be more calm when encountering major events. Other new immigrants will not do it. Children in each family cried and cried and called the adults a mess, as if the sky was falling. He had to speak well. Shouting in a loud voice, a round of notifications made people tired.

  At about 1:30 in the afternoon, two soldiers covered in blood came out of the jungle.

One soldier ran away without saying anything, and went to deliver emergency military information. Another soldier brought bad news like a bolt from the blue... The Dutch really came here, and the village is already very far away. It's near.

  The village must organize women and children to evacuate immediately, carry handy property with them, and burn bulk materials such as grain on the spot to prevent them from becoming enemies.

Sandaoliang Village is a newly built resettlement village. Most of the existing food is bought with resettlement loans. For ordinary farmers who regard food as their life, it is extremely difficult for them to burn the food. Take it away on the body.

  In this mess of shouts, time passed by every minute...

  In just tens of minutes

The Dutch soldiers of the brigade emerged from the jungle. These soldiers wearing Prussian hard helmets, carmine uniforms and dark blue army pants were very conspicuous in the green jungle, and they quickly rushed across hundreds of meters of newly reclaimed fields. To the village.

At this time, the evacuated new immigrants had just left the entrance of the village. The immigrants walking in front drove cattle and sheep, and followed behind the tractor in the direction of Erdaoliang Village. The people behind had not left the village with large bags of grain. When the Dutchman came over, they panicked and yelled and became a mess.

   Seeing the hideous ghost rushing up with a rifle with a flashing bayonet, many people were so scared that they threw away the food bags in their hands and ran around like a nest. It really worked better than what the village chief said.

  "Aim at the target ahead and fire..."

With an order from the Dutch commander, the French Grass 1874 rifles in the hands of the soldiers "cracked". After the large blue and black smoke dissipated, many people in front of the fleeing crowd shot and fell, and the blood was stained red. Cottage road.

  The soldiers who were like wolves and tigers did not stop the slaughter, let alone what mercy was?

  After a few rounds of guns, there were at least forty or fifty people lying down on the road out of the village, dead or injured.

Some of the elderly women sitting on the tractor were also hit by bullets and fell down. The screams were mixed with calls for help. Several piglets and cattle on the road were frightened and ran around, blocking the path of the tractor. .

   "Quickly, the enemy rushed up, let's rush through."

   "Squad leader, but... the road is blocked."

  "I can’t manage that much anymore. It’s not a time to be merciful. It’s all dead to stay here. Let’s break through first. The Dutch are very black and can escape one by one."

"understood."

  The transport squad leader gave an order, and six tractors loaded with grain and women and old people smashed the people and animals blocking the front and fled. The two cavalry who retreated together had already disappeared.

  They must have withdrawn to Erdaoliang Village first, to inform the villagers that the enemy situation is urgent, not to make this kind of low-level mistakes that are reluctant to bear, that is also reluctant, and finally give away their lives in vain.

  (End of this chapter)