Australian Storm 1876

  Chapter 236 Internal Strife

  There are countless officers and soldiers who have been tortured by cruel wars. Lieutenant Colonel Bergkamp is a Junker military aristocrat from the Grand Duchy of Hessen. He has participated in a large-scale Franco-Prussian War and has rich experience in dealing with such things.

   "Papa" twice

Two obvious handprints appeared on Captain Bergkamp’s pale face, and Lieutenant Colonel Schmeichel slapped him twice, and then roared; "Drink this **** hot cup of coffee in your hand immediately," It will make you awake, hurry up!"

"Yes, sir."

   Out of the instinct to obey orders, Captain Bergkamp swallowed the hot hot coffee, a strange red appeared on his pale face, and he finally recovered.

   "You need a good rest, Mr. Captain, but before that, you want to tell me what happened?"

  "Yes, yes, please forgive me for my gaffe, sir, we have encountered enemy reinforcements..."

  After learning more about the specific situation, Lieutenant Colonel Schmeichel realized that the landing troops were in serious trouble. The reinforcements from Moresby were faster than expected, and the counterattack was more fierce.

  This is not a big problem, the landing troops are confident enough to solve the opponent.

  The biggest problem is that the Miss Australia artillery, which once suffered a lot from the Royal Navy, suddenly appeared in the equipment of the enemy army, forming an absolute advantage in heavy firepower. This is almost an unsolvable problem.

  What should come is always coming, and these issues must be reported quickly.

  Suddenly, the pouring rain fell from about 5 o'clock in the afternoon until late at night. After the clouds closed and the rain broke, the deep night sky was like a clear gem, exuding charming little stars.

The Dutch engineers started fighting at night in the jungle. The burning torches illuminated the surrounding area for more than 100 meters. The soldiers were bare-chested pulling the sharp saw, fighting sweatingly, and the big trees were felled rumblingly. , The road stretches forward.

  About three o'clock in the night

  The engineers who were working hard were attacked by the enemy. The sound of gunshots cut through the silence of the night. The bullets knocked down several engineers who were working hard, and the camp suddenly became chaotic.

  The guards who rushed over immediately fired at the depths of the jungle, but they dared not chase them too far. After only more than a hundred meters deep, they immediately retreated, just blindly firing into the depths of the jungle, and the fighting was so lively.

  After a while

  After everything calmed down, the engineering battalion dared to continue construction with a horror, but soon the attack occurred from the side again, and the ongoing project was once again interrupted.

   Repeated this several times, the sky was already bright, and the construction progress was greatly slowed down.

The originally planned one-and-a-half-day road project was carried out for three and a half days under the intentional obstruction of the enemy. The Dutch engineering battalion paid a heavy price of 21 casualties and finally completed the emergency military service from Lucky Bay to Sandaoliang Village. sidewalk.

  This is just the beginning of all disasters

The Eighth Battalion of the Third Guard Regiment and more than a thousand militiamen who participated in the defense have completely rebuilt Sandaoliang Village in the past two days and built more than 40 low parapet walls with logs piled up in the lumber yard. Located below the stilt house.

In addition, in a place more than 300 meters south of the village entrance, six "∪"-shaped earth-rock mixed camps lined up were built, separated by more than 100 meters. The total length is about 700 meters of frontal defense line, showing a clear " Two" font structure.

The long line below    is the defensive parapet wall of Sandaoliang Village, which is composed of more than 40 stilted houses and belongs to the second-line defensive position.

Other stilted houses have been demolished. Part of the timber and bamboo walls were used to build frontier fortifications, and some of the timber and bamboo walls were transported to the north of the stream, where a third line of defense is being built in full swing, trying to use the terrain to increase defenses. In depth.

The short line above    is a first-line position about 300 meters away, and each "∪"-shaped mixed battalion can be used for more than 20 officers and soldiers.

The camp is covered by a simple triangular thatched pergola in the timber yard, which can be used for sheltering from wind and rain. The front is a breast wall mixed with earth and wood. This thickened breast wall is made of two-foot-thick wet mud between two layers of logs. A hand-operated Gatling heavy machine gun was erected in the fort, equipped with 12 fully armed soldiers.

  It seems that the reinforcements from Moresby have not been idle in the past two days. Thousands of sturdy soldiers are also engaged in night battles, and a plain defensive fortress has begun to take shape.

  In the dense forest

  A group of senior officers of the Royal Dutch East Indies Army are holding their binoculars and carefully observing the other's defense facilities. The relaxed look on their faces has long since disappeared, becoming solemn and serious.

"Damn it, I can smell the Germans from this defensive parapet. I remember that in the Battle of Walter in the Franco-Prussian War 12 years ago, the French heavy cavalry stormed the Bavarian fortress. It was this kind of half-height parapet. How did it spread thousands of miles to Iberia (Victoria Island)?"

   "It's very simple. There are **** Germans on the opposite side. These war animals can be seen everywhere."

  "Oh...sorry sir, to be precise, the opposite should be a Bavarian Junker military nobleman. He cannot represent the Germans, and the Grand Duke of Bavaria cannot represent the Emperor Wilhelm I."

Colonel Heinrich, who is in charge of commanding the Volunteer Barracks at the Royal Overijssel in the Netherlands, acted very gentlemanly, and then quickly showed the unique frankness of the Germans; "On the contrary, I am curious, your **** body smells like rancid fish. The Dutch, the poor are about to sell their ass, who gave you the confidence to be disrespectful to the great German Empire, I remember that you **** **** still has 276,000 gold marks for the mercenary team, I need you to pay this immediately For a sum of money, my team will not participate in any military operations before that. In addition, I want to say that your mouth really smells bad."

  The battle has not yet started. Several senior officers in the jungle started to quarrel. Lord Smidt von Krauns, Colonel of the Royal Netherlands Army, as the chief military officer of the landing force, had to come forward to make a round;

"Well, gentlemen, the humid and sweltering climate in the jungle really makes the false fire rise. Let us not discuss this unpleasant topic for the time being. Colonel Heinrich, also a member of the Junker military nobleman, do you If you can get in touch with the opposing military commander, the Governor's Mansion will offer enough attractive conditions. I believe this will greatly reduce our casualties."

"I’m afraid I’m disappointed, Lord Schmidt von Krauns. The commander opposite is likely to come from a certain Junker military nobleman in Bavaria. He will only be loyal to the Grand Duke of Bavaria. I am only loyal to the Grand Duke of Hessian. The Junker military aristocracy only collectively referred to the feudal military lords who had martial arts traditions in the German region. I can send a letter requesting negotiation, but it does not mean that the other party will recognize it."

  "Great, Colonel Heinrich, we just need your help."

  "Sorry, Lord, the premise is to pay 276,000 German gold marks first. The advance mercenary team suffered heavy casualties and losses. They must receive sufficient compensation. We will not participate in any action before this and we will leave."

   Colonel Heinrich finished speaking and left, leaving only a group of angry Dutch officers. One of the logistics officers spit on his back.

   "It's too hateful. These money-seeking **** will definitely be judged. I curse them to go to hell." The logistics officer swears fiercely.

  "I don’t know if Colonel Heinrich goes to hell. The only thing I know now is...Without the mercenary team to be the vanguard and do dirty work, we need to gnaw down this strong fortification area by ourselves."

  Speaking of which

Lord Schmidt von Krauns gave the ruthless logistics officer a stern look; "Thank you for your cooperation, this cunning German can use a high-sounding excuse to refuse to go to war. God bless this hard bone. Don't lose our teeth."

  After some preparations

The official battle started at 2 o'clock in the afternoon. More than 600 officers and soldiers of the Royal Utrecht Grenadier Battalion in the Netherlands came out of the 1.5-kilometer-wide forest and lined up in two sparse formations amid the rhythmic music of the military band. The attack advances.

  The distance from the forest to the first-line defensive position is about 500 meters, which is a short distance away, and it only takes a few minutes to move forward quickly.

  As soon as the infantry formation just stepped out of the forest, the Royal Army’s six 95mm field cannons roared, flattening their muzzles in the forest and firing straight into a line of positions.

  The continuous bombardment sounded "rumbled", and splashes of mud exploded near the reinforced breast wall of the first-line position, and 4 shells directly bombed the reinforced breast wall.

  But that’s all

  The front-line reinforced breast wall has withstood the test of shells. The wet mud in the double-layer logs is joined with thatch and bamboo, which can withstand the huge force of shell explosions.

  Li Shuanzhu, who was hiding behind the breast wall, was buzzed by the shells. He shook his head vigorously, and when he saw the command flag waving from behind, he immediately called out loudly; "Open fire and beat these **** hard."

The hand-cranked Gatling heavy machine gun on the position roared, "Da Da Da Da..." fired hot projectiles, swept across like a death scythe, six heavy machine guns and dozens of riding rifles formed a dense fire net. Constantly knocking down the opponent's offensive infantry, blood splattered on the spot.

In the loose queue of the Dutch, infantry were shot and fell continuously. At this time, the Miss Australia artillery from the defense also roared and shot fierce shells directly into the forest. Throwing his arms high, the forest was in a mess.

The artillery of both sides were leveled and fired directly. The accuracy was astonishing, which was equivalent to that of artillery and bayonet. In this artillery conversation, Miss Australia won the battle. The 4 artillery poured out more than 40 shells in one minute, which destroyed the Netherlands. The three artillery pieces of the Royal Army had no loss of its own.

  The Dutch lost their first attack and hurriedly dropped nearly 80 corpses back into the forest in an embarrassing manner. After a short rest, they were brewing to launch a second attack.

  (End of this chapter)