Australian Storm 1876

  Chapter 240 April 1st this day

   April 1, 1882, this day

  The Queensland State Assembly passed the National Guard expansion case. The cost of building the army was paid in full by the Earl of Queensland, and the state finances really couldn't afford it.

  On this day, under the National Guard sequence guard dragoon division, the guards tiger cavalry division preparatory committee was established one after another.

Originally, the Dragon Cavalry and Tiger Cavalry’s elite troops were equivalent to one regiment, and they were both well-trained players. Now only two regiments need to be expanded, plus the artillery regiment, the heavy regiment and other personnel and equipment. Chengjun.

With sufficient weapons and equipment and sufficient expenses, the two divisions selected 4,000 young male students from fresh graduates to join the army, and enlisted 5,000 men with excellent riding skills. The relevant personnel continued to travel south by train and arrived at The military training bases in Beilun Town and Songshu Town have carried out four months of high-intensity military training, and everything is running in an orderly manner.

   April 1st this day

  Moresby area, on the defensive position of Erdaoliang Village

Commander Fritz smiled at the Jiuying who had arrived in the reinforcements. The original 4 Miss Australia artillery was lost in the battle. Jiuying brought the six Miss Australia artillery he dreamed of, which made it hard to be bombarded by the Dutch artillery. The bitter head Fritz is full of confidence, and he can take a good breath now.

  "This group of bastards, they have bullied us without artillery in the past two days. They are so violent that they show off their power. Let's see how I can plow them with artillery fire."

"Master Tuanzuo, take the Seventh Battalion and take a rest. The Red River Valley has sent us a large amount of infantry equipment, and a batch of weapons and ammunition will be delivered after half a month. There are 4,000 riding rifles and a large number of shells in the plan. General Manager Wu is preparing and training 4 militia regiments and is undergoing intense military training. You need to make overall arrangements for all of this. Leave the position to me.” Deputy head of regiment Mo Rufeng raised his hand in salute, and gave a hand to him. The letter said solemnly; "This is a secret letter from Lord Earl, you will know it at a glance."

   "Oh..." Captain Fritz gave a solemn expression, with his waist straight up to salute the letter, and then took the letter with both hands. After opening it, he read it carefully, showing a clear look on his face.

He closed the envelope and said, "Well, the position will be handed over to you. Although supported by reinforcements, these Dutchmen cannot bear the huge casualties caused by the continuous attack. The momentum of the attack has exhausted and is now learning from us. After establishing the parapet defense base, it looks like they are ready to fight a protracted battle, as long as they are ready to jump over the wall in a hurry."

  "Please rest assured, your lord, I will sleep with my eyes wide open and staring."

   "Ha ha ha... that's good."

Commander Fritz withdrew with the incomplete Seventh Battalion. Nine soldiers who had been nurtured for a long time entered the position one after another, accompanied by a large number of capable militias to assist in the battle, plus six Miss Australia artillery. Firepower, holding the ridge position with complete confidence.

  Mo Rufeng was ready to show the enemy’s weakness. When the enemy gathered forces to charge, he was cruel and used Miss Australia’s artillery to cover and shoot 3 regiments of nine battalions.

   April 1st this day

  Makassar Strait

  Off the coast of Samarinda, east of Brahman Island

A large-scale mixed fleet travels on the blue sea. This is a huge mixed fleet consisting of 14 Coast Guard ships and 11 transport ships. When the warships have tall triangular masts appearing on the sea one by one, The chimney spewed thick black smoke and slashed through the waves, almost blacking out half of the sky, and it seemed so indomitable and amazing.

Two of the eleven transport ships are coal transport ships, and of the other eight freighters, four are 3,000-ton fast passenger and cargo ships. Except for the “Taishan” ocean-going fast freighter, the other three The ships are all fast ships under the command of "Guangjitang", including the "Venus", "Hope" and "Wish". These four ships carry the first regiment and the second regiment of the first division of the Shangri-La garrison, artillery troops and equipment. The regiment has a total of more than 4,000 people, and there are more than 6,000 fully armed militiamen.

The remaining five ships are all 5000-ton freighters, carrying more than 400 horses, more than 200 large trucks, 120 tractors, and a large number of military equipment, from shells to guns and ammunition, from daily necessities to tents, from There are everything from black bean pasture to canned milk powder, enough for tens of thousands of troops to use for 5 months without the need for external supplies.

  These supplies are not used immediately by the landing forces, but are brought together as a strategic reserve, allowing the landing forces to use them for a long time without outside support.

  As for the grain and coal landing troops only brought a small amount, intelligence shows;

Samalinda itself is a famous rice producing area. There is no shortage of cassava, coconut, tropical fruits, bananas and various agricultural products. May is the rice harvesting season. When the time comes, there will be as much food as possible, and more coal will be used. Endless.

  After the two ships of coal arrived at the port of Samarinda, it was almost enough to fill up the coal bins of warships and freighters, and there would be a surplus of two to three thousand tons at most.

About 40 kilometers away from Samarinda, the fleet was divided into two. The "Flamingo" and the "Pelican" led four seagull-type battleships to set off first, and hurried on the sea at high speed and headed straight for Sanma. Linda killed in the direction.

  More than 50 minutes later

The port of Samarinda was as quiet as usual. The Dutch officials in the port were sitting under the parasols, drinking untouched afternoon tea, and leisurely watching the indigenous workers carrying large bags of grain loading the ship, and it was a sunny day. Good day.

There are 4 gallons and more than 20 local small wooden boats in the port. A short walk along the stone-built pier is a three to four-story building full of European style, all of which are made of light-colored boulders. With a strong Amsterdam-style Nordic style, the ladies wore fluffy skirts and walked on the streets with umbrellas. If you ignore the dark-skinned local indigenous people, it seems to be no different from the Nordic towns.

   "Oh Meiga, what is that?" A young white woman stopped, her big light blue eyes filled with doubts.

  The gentleman next to him turned his head and saw that there were large traces of ink stain on the blue sea.

  Oh... not right!

  Along with one after another tall steel triangle masts surfaced on the sea, that is 6 hurriedly advancing warships, rushing towards the port of Samarinda at full speed, the distance is already less than 7-8 kilometers.

   "Oh... God, that is the enemy's battleship, and the Queenslanders are coming."

  After a brief astonishment, the gentleman immediately realized something, yelled aloud regardless of etiquette, and then ran away.

  Looking at the direction, it is obviously a fort on the outside of the port.

  The people on the street on the pier were obviously attracted by the gentleman's rushing all the way, whispering with suspicious expressions, not knowing the warship rushing all the way from the outer sea.

  It wasn't until a few minutes later that a Dutch captain walking out of the cabin spotted a warship approaching quickly in the open sea, and it sounded the alarm on the ship.

  Unfortunately it’s too late...

  On the breakwater outside the port of Samarinda, there is a striking white cloth sign made of several white sheets. This sign means safety. The Dutch garrison at the fort still did not find any danger approaching.

It is very simple to achieve this effect. Some water or food is often boiled on the Fort Watch Point. As long as you mix some tuberose and the other side flower minced into the firewood, the Watch Point soldiers will be unconscious after inhaling, and they are at least asleep now. It has been a few hours.

  The gentleman who ran all the way came to the vicinity of the fort, and was quickly stopped by the soldiers on duty under the hill.

  The foot of the hill blocks the line of sight, and the open sea cannot be seen from here. You have to climb to the fort on the top of the hill to see it.

Responsible sentry will not allow idlers to wait. Just when the gentleman hurriedly explained that the enemy had killed him, a tall and mighty warship rushed in from the narrow waterway, sending large white waves, and then again. One ship, one after another rushed in...

   "Look, this is the Queenslander fleet I'm talking about. They really killed it. Do you believe me now?"

   "Yes, sir, my god... the enemy attack!" The guards reacted and hurriedly blew the police whistle tied to their necks, but it was too late.

The   Landing Fleet took the Port of Samarinda calmly, and the soldiers rushed down like a tide. They first controlled the fort, then the entire town, and blocked the surrounding roads.

  Only allowed in, not allowed out.

   April 1st this day

  Preparations began last year. After the initial small-scale trial production and the successive completion of plant and equipment, the Deep Blue Arms Company was finally established and started the industrial production of artillery and light weapons.

Deep Blue Weapon Company is divided into three branches and a laboratory. An artillery branch specializes in the production of series of reciprocating artillery products, a light weapons branch specializes in the production of long and short guns, and a gunpowder branch specializes in the production of various artillery ammunition and guns. Need ammunition.

The only laboratory is the artillery laboratory. With experienced artillery experts from Krupp in Germany, the development of other types of artillery hydraulic recoil machines is progressing very quickly. After all, the design principles have been finalized, and only durability tests and Some other small improvements.

  The light weapons production line produces the 1871 magazine-type riding rifle licensed by the German Mauser company, which is a special riding rifle with a shorter barrel compared to the standard Mauser 1871 rifle.

   was designed and finalized in 1873. The length of the gun is 953mm, the length of the barrel is 648mm, the weight of the gun is 3.2kg, and the range is 200 to 1,100 yards.

  The length of the barrel of the riding rifle has been shortened by nearly 30 cm, the weight has been reduced by 1.3 kg, and the range and accuracy have been slightly reduced. It is more conducive to use on horses and in the jungle, and is more suitable for oriental physique holding.

  Dark Blue Weapons Company produced a later improved magazine-style riding rifle by Mauser. This riding rifle was designed and finalized in 1877. The original design was inspired by a war.

  In the Tenth Russian-Turkish War

  The Winchester M1866 burst rifle equipped by the Ottoman Empire completely suppressed the single-shot one shot used by the Tsarist Russian army, demonstrating the power of the burst rifle.

  Especially in the Battle of Pleven in 1877, the Winchester burst rifle showed great power, completely disintegrating the Russian army’s invincible bayonet offensive, and paved the way to the attack.

Inspired by this war, the German army considered using a continuous-fire rifle to replace the Type 71 single-shot rifle. Paul Mauser immediately started the design. It took only two months to complete the design and added the Type 71 rifle. A magazine.

This improved Mauser 71 rifle has won the appreciation of the Queensland Earl. The magazine-style riding rifle series is widely equipped with the Queensland National Guard. This is the riding rifle licensed by the Deep Blue Weapon Company and is the most advanced company of the era. One of the firing rifles.

According to the production capacity of Deep Blue Arms, it can produce 22,000 Mauser 71 riding rifles per year (about 60 per day on average), 80,000 Colt revolvers, 50 million rounds of bullets, and 1.2 million smokeless gunpowders. Pounds, more than 800 artillery of various types, more than 3,000 sets of artillery hydraulic recoil machines.

  This level can fully meet the current needs of the Red River Valley, especially the artillery hydraulic recuperators are all used for export, which has made a lot of money.

  (End of this chapter)