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Chapter 1218 Indigenous Army Appears!
"I don't know if the oil team has found the oil field. They have been in the jungle for a long time, and there may not be any news."

Officers such as Huang Degong and the soldiers of the No.12 Corps were not idle in Pangkalan Susu. They used shovels and shovels to build a bastion and an oil refinery there.

Sumatra is still under the control of the indigenous people of Aceh, and many surrounding tribes and kingdoms obey the orders of Aceh.

The purpose of building the bastion is to resist the attack of Aceh and the surrounding indigenous people.

Even if it is an ordinary square city, Aceh, which mainly uses cold weapons, is difficult to capture, and the bastions equipped with artillery and guns are like a natural moat to Aceh.

"According to the time, they should return, otherwise the dry food they took away would not be enough, unless they looted the food in the villages in the jungle..." The people who stayed on the coast counted the time.

In fact, with a distance of [-] miles, if it is an open plain, it will not take half a day. However, the thorny tropical rainforest, the uncertain location of the oil field, and heavy equipment such as rotary heads have delayed the drilling team for several days in the jungle. .

"We sent a small team to look for them," Huang Degong said.

Because the drilling team will tie thick cloth strips to the big trees passing by as marks when they go deep into the jungle, so if a lightly armed team is sent to look for them, they can be found quickly.

Just when Huang Degong and other troops staying on the coast wanted to send a detachment to contact the drilling team that had disappeared into the jungle, the drilling team happened to send someone back to report to Huang Degong and others.

"It's oil!" The drilling team shouted when they saw Huang Degong and the others.

"Long live!" The officers and soldiers of the No.12 Corps who stayed on the coast cheered.

Although they don't know what it means to produce oil, they know that the two goals of landing on Sumatra Island have been achieved...

"No, our mission has not been completed. The indigenous army of Aceh has not yet appeared. We need to defeat the indigenous army of Aceh and make them lose their courage to attack the oil refinery. Otherwise, they will suffer from the oil refinery after it is built. They kept attacking." Huang Degong said.

The Queen of Aceh seems to have been summoning the native troops for a long time. Huang Degong and they cultivated the prototype of the bastion by the coast.

Compared with ordinary castles and city walls, the bastion is not tall, even a little low, but the bastion makes the muskets and artillery form a crossfire, and there are almost no shooting dead ends.

The appearance of the bastion plunged the war into a protracted siege.

When the defenders have sufficient ammunition, it is difficult for the attacking party to capture the bastion.

"I think this country of Aceh has come to an end, and the king's queen is allowed to succeed him. Isn't it messed up by a woman in power?"

"I don't know what the queen they call Alan looks like. She must be very beautiful to be chosen by their king as a princess. If she is captured and presented to the Lord, maybe it will reward us!"

"You're thinking too much. There must be a lot of Yingying and Yanyan around the military master. How could you like the woman from Nanyang, and she's someone else's wretched wife."

When some soldiers were patrolling nearby, they couldn't help chatting when there was no fighting for the time being.

In the jungle to the north of Susu, Pangkalan, a large indigenous army is approaching.

"Moo!" A war elephant roared uneasily, with its thick trunk raised high, causing the mahout and a few native soldiers with spears to rush over to subdue it.

This army has hundreds of war elephants, with towers on the back of the war elephants, and even early firecrackers.

In front of the war elephants are indigenous infantry armed with spears, scimitars, and shields. There are thousands of them, their weapons are not unified, and few of them have armor.

Behind the War Elephant Troop, there is a rather elite native troop, many of them are equipped with firecrackers and wear armor.

Further behind, there are elephants pulling the cannon, and gunners are following the cannon.

The Kingdom of Aceh was a kingdom cultivated by the Ottoman Empire in the East to deal with the Portuguese and to buy pepper from here.

The merchants of the Ottoman Empire sold the firearms eliminated by their empire to Aceh, so Aceh actually had a lot of firearms.

In the middle of the indigenous army, a woman wearing a tall turban and veil is riding a war horse. There are many nobles wearing Ottoman silk near her, and many elite indigenous troops are gathered around them. .

From time to time, the great nobles gathered together to whisper, and they didn't know what they were discussing.

The Queen of Aceh could understand what they said, but the veil covered her expression, revealing only a pair of beautiful black eyes.

At the end of the indigenous army were the auxiliary soldiers who supported the main army of the kingdom. They were almost unarmed, carrying grain from each village, and transporting grain in the most primitive way.

The undeveloped tropical rain forest lacks wide roads, and there are many complicated terrains on the way. Just carrying food is a very troublesome thing.When the food runs out, these soldiers are likely to flee to the jungle to find food.

There were about 5 to [-] soldiers plus auxiliary soldiers. Facing the powerful invaders, the Kingdom of Aceh mobilized warriors from almost all villages, preparing to fight the invaders to the death.

Their king was defeated by the powerful firepower of the No.12 Corps in the battle of attacking Malacca, and was captured and executed.

At the forefront of the 5-strong army, there was a sudden commotion.

The indigenous soldiers at the front quickly reported back, and panic spread from the front of the army to the rear like a plague, making all the indigenous soldiers at the back feel as if they were facing an enemy.

The sentries in front galloped all the way to the queen's horse, and reported to her and the surrounding nobles in an incomprehensible language.

The faces of the great nobles changed drastically, and even the Queen's eyes revealed a trace of tension.

They argued loudly and seemed to disagree on how to deal with the sudden event.

In the end, under the queen's ruling, the nobles quickly made a decision.

The army of Aceh was urgently mobilized, and the leaders and soldiers grabbed their weapons and prepared to go to war.

The army chief shouted to keep the morale of the soldiers up.

With an army of 5 people, there may be less than 2 people actually fighting. The most serious problem of this indigenous army may be the problem of morale.Once a small group of troops is defeated, it is likely to lead to the collapse of the entire army.

Aceh's army stopped after moving forward for a while. The queen led the nobles from the middle of the army to the forefront on horseback. Their sentinels discovered the prototype of the bastion that was suddenly built on the coast.

(End of this chapter)