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Chapter 215 The Battle of Java (5)

After learning that the right-wing counterattack was successful, Luo Yue immediately ordered the troops from various fronts to launch a comprehensive counterattack against the Dutch coalition, and sent out all the only 300 remaining farm guards on the farm.

The defeat of the left wing of the Dutch coalition also led to the collapse of the entire line. First, after the Second Battalion easily defeated the enemy on its right wing, Li Lixin immediately divided the troops of two companies and launched an attack on the frontal forces of the Dutch coalition from the side.

Although the frontal colonial army had begun to retreat at this time, due to the collapse of the left wing too quickly, the frontal colonial army had no time to complete the retreat, so the People's Army came from the side and fought hand-to-hand combat with the colonial army. Although the colonial army still had an absolute advantage in number, the spirit of both sides was not at the same level. The People's Army's momentum to win with the right wing was when morale was high and fighting spirit was strong. The colonial army knew that the collapse of the left wing had had a huge impact on the morale of the army. At this time, the entire army was moving into retreat again, and the training, quality, and practical experience of the People's Army soldiers were far above the colonial army. Therefore, when the two sides fought, the People's Army was not at a disadvantage. Moreover, with a sharp spirit, it rushed and fought hard, and the colonial army could not withstand it and retreated repeatedly.

At this moment, the People's Army, which was on the front position of the farm, had pursued the rear of the colonial army, and there was another relentless pursuit. Many colonial soldiers were stabbed to the ground by the People's Army. As a result, they were attacked by the People's Army in two directions, and the colonial army was soon defeated. Martinez and Van der Witt could not command. Of course, it would be useless to be the one who commanded at this time, so they hurriedly took the guards around them to retreat first. On the other side of the battlefield, the left wing of the People's Army and the right wing of the Dutch coalition also launched a fierce battle. Although the tribal coalition on the way did not suffer much loss, they could still withstand the counterattack of the People's Army. If they could work together and fight to the death, they might even win by relying on the advantage of numbers. Although the defeat could not be restored, it would have made the Dutch coalition lose less miserably and look better.

But the tribal coalition was originally a mob, and they could fight with a scattered sand and fight with the wind. Now the general trend of the battlefield has gone, and there is still a fight in love. If you resist for a while, you will immediately retreat from the battlefield. The People's Army will naturally not let it go. Therefore, the pursuit soon evolved into a battle to defeat the pursuit.

At this time, not only were the soldiers of the People's Army, but even the members of the farm guards were full of fighting spirit and everyone was brave. Although they had participated in at least one operation with the People's Army before, and many of them had even participated in actual combat, this was the first time in such a large-scale battlefield. Not to mention them, the People's Army did not experience such a land war of ten thousand people, and they had the advantage of their own side and were sure to win, which was naturally inspiring. So everyone was competing for the first time, thinking that one or two enemies would kill them to participate in this battle, and they performed more actively than the People's Army soldiers.

The Dutch coalition army became a great defeat and retreated to its own position. Fortunately, Helveg, who was in the position, received the news earlier and quickly organized the troops left behind to meet the defeated army. Before attacking, the People's Army also received an order not to attack the Dutch coalition positions. Therefore, when chasing the Dutch coalition positions, it would stop chasing and withdrawing the position on the farm. Only then did the Dutch coalition army recovered, quickly seized the defeated army, and strengthened its defense against the position.

Luo Yue also ordered the withdrawal of troops to end the battle, and ordered all young and middle-aged men on the farm to dispatch to clean up the battlefield, shelter the prisoners, and count the results. On the battlefield, only a small number of soldiers were left to guard the prisoners, and the remaining soldiers of the army retreated to the farm to rest. After all, the victory of this battle was only one part of the entire combat plan, and this was not the final victory. There was still a battle waiting for the People's Army to completely defeat the Dutch coalition. Therefore, the People's Army must hurry up and restorate. The matter of cleaning up the battlefield was of course mainly done by other Chinese people who were accommodated in the farm. After all, sheltering these people was not in vain. They always had to let them do something.

In addition, letting the sheltered personnel clear the battlefield was also to let them see with their own eyes the major victory of the People's Army. It turned out that at this time, there were more than 10,000 Chinese people in the farm. Although most of them were grateful to the People's Army, a few discordant voices appeared. Some Chinese in Java believed that the People's Army's actions angered the Javanese colonists and indigenous people, which led to the anti-Chinese incident. Some people believed that the People's Army was attacking frequently and attacking the indigenous tribes would only intensify the conflict between the Chinese and indigenous people. Once the People's Army left, the indigenous people would definitely retaliate against the Javanese Chinese; some people believed that although the People's Army was having a lot of fun now, it was because the indigenous people had not used all their strength. When the indigenous people worked hard to deal with the People's Army, the People's Army was no match at all, so they only avoided for a while now, but they could not escape.

In fact, these people did not intend to belittle the People's Army, but because they lived in Java for a long time and had been accustomed to colonizing the Netherlands. They felt very uncomfortable with the strong attitude of the People's Army. Therefore, they felt uneasy in their hearts, so they had such thoughts. However, most Chinese people were grateful to the People's Army. Moreover, since the People's Army landed, they had invincible victory in rescuing the Chinese or attacking the indigenous tribes, which has been suppressing the spread of these negative emotions. Although Luo Yue heard some rumors, he did not care too much.

Before the war started, because the Dutch coalition had assembled a large number of troops, this negative sentiment reached a small peak. The news of the Netherlands and the indigenous coalition's large forces spread on the farms were mostly spread by these pessimists.

Now that the People's Army has defeated the Dutch coalition, it is natural to show its military achievements to the Chinese who are sheltered by the peasants. This is also a great opportunity to smash the pessimism and allow the Chinese in Java to establish absolute confidence in the People's Army and the East China government.

Sure enough, when the Chinese came to the battlefield, they saw almost all the colonial soldiers, the bodies of indigenous tribe soldiers, captured prisoners, seized weapons, flags, and pessimism were naturally completely shattered. Not only did most pessimists change their attitudes, but no one believed them anymore.

In the afternoon, the results of the preliminary cleaning had already come out. In this battle, the People's Army killed 1,358 people, captured 1,692 people, seized 216 rifles, 54 flags, and more than 2,000 other weapons such as swords, guns, swords and halberds. 37 soldiers in the People's Army were killed and 61 injured. This was the first time that the People's Army had suffered more than two-digit casualties since landing in Java; 83 members of the Farm Guard were killed and 155 injured.

Although the casualties of the People's Army set a new high after landing in Java, and the total casualties of the People's Army and the Farm Guard reached three figures, it was minimal compared to the casualties of the Dutch coalition. Therefore, although this battle failed to completely defeat the Dutch coalition, it was also an absolute victory.

However, this is a battle of ten thousand people after all, so there are quite a lot of things to clean up the battlefield after the disaster. Luo Yue handed over the work of the family to Zhu Shoushan, and he rushed to the dock, monks Jinfeng, Wang Hailong, Zhang Wei and others negotiated the battle to attack the Dutch coalition positions tonight.

According to the previous plan, defeating the Dutch coalition during the day is only the first step, and after the daytime battle, the night assault is a step to completely defeating the Dutch coalition.

Night battles are still a big problem in this era. Army that is good at night battles often have a considerable advantage in combat. The People's Army has conducted very strict night battle training and often chose night battles before. Therefore, choosing to use night battles to attack the Dutch coalition positions can reduce its own losses. However, this also requires the support of the navy. Bijing is the position to actively attack the enemy's position, but of course the two sides must negotiate the combat plan and the coordination between sea and land.

First of all, the time is set at 5 a.m. This is also the time when the People's Army chooses to be regular in night wars, because at this time it is only 1 or 2 hours before dawn. If the People's Army's assault disrupts the enemy's position, then after dawn, the subsequent troops can continue to follow up and expand the results of the battle.

The Navy can provide the army with naval guns to bombard enemy positions and send helicopters to launch an attack from the air. This time the helicopter will use a new weapon, which is an airdrop brought by the subsequent fleet. This is a new weapon specially designed for helicopters by Qingdao Arsenal. Because the People's Army's helicopters are all anti-submarine or transport types, and there are several civilian types, lacking weapons for ground attack. Although the anti-submarine helicopters brought by the five warships can hang 620 Vulcan guns, this thing is too ammunition-consuming, and it is possible to install machine guns on the side door, but their power is too small, and they must be stuck to the ground to use it, lacking a weapon that can attack the ground at high altitudes.

The airdrop * manufactured by Qingdao Arsenal is a weapon specially developed for helicopters. Simply put, it is to use helicopters as bombers. This time, I only tested the performance and use effect of this * in Java to prepare for the battle since then. If the test is successful, it means that the People's Army has more than a dozen bombers in its hands. In this era, this is almost a strategic advantage.
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