1850 American Gold Tycoon.

Chapter 397 Surrender?

"Colonel, there's a big fish here."

After the bodies were assembled, a crew member pointed to the Dutch captain who had been shelled to death and said to Elvis.

"Big fish?"

Elvis glanced disdainfully at the corpse of the Dutch captain.

"The military rank is not as high as mine, a small captain, just a small fish and shrimp."

The crew couldn't help but laugh. I'm afraid there is only one person on the entire island with a higher rank than you.

Elvis took out the binoculars to observe the situation in Pontianak City.

At this time, Pontianak City has become a mess, and the city is full of soldiers of the Dutch and Indian colonial army running around.

After observing for a while, Elvis put down the binoculars, and said to Ye Tenghui: "Mr. Ye, your men stay behind the fort, and the three cannons are also reserved for you. Be sure to guard the fort."

Elvis looked at the chaotic Pontianak City and decided to take advantage of the chaos to make a big move.

"Your Excellency, Colonel, is leaving the fort?" Ye Tenghui said in shock.

"My task is to disturb the Pontianak defenders and create chaos. I will lead people into the city to surprise the Dutch." Elvis said with a relaxed face.

"Go into the city?"

Ye Tenghui's eyes widened. Do you think you are Zhao Zilong?Want to kill seven in and seven out in Pontianak?
"But you don't. You only have 70 soldiers, and there are at least a thousand defenders in the city of Pontianak."

"But they don't know that I only have 70 people." Elvis said confidently.

"Mr. Liang told me about the Feishui War that took place in China more than a thousand years ago. Now the Dutch defenders in Pontianak City are the million-strong army of the former Qin Dynasty. Although there are many people, there is nothing to be afraid of! A wolf will be afraid A hundred sheep?"

There are thousands of defenders in the city of Pontianak, but after falling into chaos and morale collapses, the thousands of defenders will definitely not be able to exert the fighting power that the thousands of defenders should have.

The composition of the Pontianak defenders is complex, and the hearts of the people are not in harmony. How much combat power they can have is also a big question mark.

The reality was exactly as Elvis expected. After learning that the East Indies Fleet had withdrawn to Batavia, the morale of the defenders in Pontianak City was already very low.

Land transportation on the island of Borneo is inconvenient, and their supplies depend on sea transportation.

The withdrawal of the East Indies Fleet to Batavia shows that they have lost their command of the sea, and subsequent logistical supplies will become a big problem.

Now a regiment of troops suddenly appeared in Pontianak, which made the low morale of the Dutch and Indian defenders even worse.

"General! An enemy regiment took down our fort at the port! We were defeated, and the captain died unfortunately. I have led my troops to break through! Our vital strength has been preserved!"

Carlito, who hastily retreated back to Pontianak City, reported to Andersen, the defender of the Dutch Indian Army.

"Breakout? Carlito! Where are our soldiers from Lanfang Company?"

Ye Tingfan looked at Carlito whose clothes were cleaner than his own, and naturally did not believe what Carlito said.

The soldiers on the Pontianak Fort are the elite of Lanfang Company. Needless to say, it must be Carlito who left Lanfang soldiers on the fort and ran away with oil on his feet.

Thinking of this, Ye Tingfan became anxious immediately.

When Carlito was thinking about how to explain this problem, the officer of Lanfang Bing also ran in and said.

"Our Lanfang soldiers have also broken through."

How could Anderson fail to see a problem that Ye Tingfan could see?Besides, Pontianak City is 20 kilometers away from the coast.

No matter what, the California Army has to wait for the high tide to land. Now it happens to be high tide. If there is no accident, the California Army has just begun to land. Where is a regiment of soldiers under their noses?
Is it possible that the California Army can fly and has grown wings to fly to Pontianak?
Anderson was about to deal with these deserters, only to hear gunshots in the city at this time.

The guard ran in in a panic and reported, "General! The enemy has already entered the city of Pontianak!"

Andersen's face darkened, and his heart beat faster. He asked Carlito in a deep voice, "Carlito, can you see clearly? Is there really a group?"

"General, I am also a veteran. Listening to the sound of gunfire, the enemy's firepower is extremely fierce! They still have cannons! It must be a regiment! It can't be wrong!" Carlito insisted that there was a regiment of enemy troops attacking the port fort.

"One regiment! At least one regiment! The enemy is overwhelming! People are next to each other, let alone thousands of people!" Officer Lan Fang on the side also hurriedly said.

Anderson fell silent.

Although he remained calm on the surface, his heart was already in a mess.

Pontianak originally had 4 defenders, one of which was composed of elite white soldiers and old Java soldiers.

In addition to this elite regiment, he also has two thousand Pontianak native soldiers and one thousand Lanfang soldiers who can be called.

But since the Chinese resistance organization on the island launched an attack on Dongwanlu and other places like crazy, Andersen had to divide his troops to suppress the Chinese resistance organization.

In order to guard against the landing of the California Army, he deployed [-] troops to defend the coast.

Now that the defenders in Pontianak City are full, Andersen can only mobilize a thousand.Moreover, not all of the former soldiers were white soldiers. A considerable part of the soldiers were indigenous people, and these indigenous people were simply unreliable.

He may not be able to withstand an elite group of opponents attacking Pontianak.

Andersen turned his back and looked at the map on the wall, lost in thought.

Now that the morale of our own army is low and it is in chaos, it is no longer realistic to organize an effective resistance force to hold on to Pontianak and wait for Batavia or the reinforcements from Kentawangan, the base camp of the Dutch and Indian troops in West Borneo, to the south.

It seems that retreating to protect the forces is the most sensible choice now.

The California army has a good record, and its combat effectiveness is definitely not comparable to that of the Chinese colonial companies on the island, such as the Dagang Company and the San Tiaogou Company.

After a short thought, Andersen decisively issued an order: "Notify the troops in the city and the troops on the coast, take the expats to evacuate Pontianak, and head south to Kentawangan!"

At this time, in the lower reaches of the Kapuas River, Liang Yao's fleet was taking advantage of the high tide to bombard the positions of the Dutch and Indian troops along the coast, clearing the way for the subsequent landing troops to land.

Liang Yao's fleet is mainly small ships, but small ships also have the advantages of small ships.

Ships kept shallow so they could get closer to shelling the shore.

"The strength of the Dutch and Indian navy is not bad, but their army's combat effectiveness is really not flattering."

Fremont raised his binoculars and looked at the soldiers of the Royal Dutch Indian Army who were constantly fleeing their positions under shelling and said.

"The situation would be better if there were all Dutch soldiers, but it's a pity that Dutch officers are coercing a group of natives to fight. Such an army has no cohesion at all." Liang Yao agreed with Fremont's point of view.

The Dutch East Indies Fleet can fight, except for the inheritance of the Dutch naval power.

Another very important reason is that most of their sailors are experienced Dutch sailors and European sailors, while the core personnel of the fleet are all Dutch, and there are basically no indigenous sailors.Therefore, the command and organization are handy.

The army of the Dutch Royal Dutch Indian Army is completely reversed. The Dutch and whites are a minority, and the local aborigines are the majority.

The ratio of white soldiers to native soldiers in the Dutch Royal Dutch Indian Army was 1 to 3.

Such an army can fight smoothly with its technological advantages, but once it encounters an opponent stronger than itself, it will be vulnerable.

"There are so many natives on the shore. It is estimated that the red-haired ghosts used these natives as cannon fodder, and they huddled themselves in the city of Pontianak. There are too many white soldiers in the city of Pontianak. I am afraid that they will have to chew on hard bones during the siege. " Deng Wenqi said.

Liang Yao took out his pocket watch to check the time. He didn't know if Elvis who was lurking in Pontianak had captured the fort of Pontianak port.

"You guys play like you don't need money. I have been in the army since the reign of Lord Jiaqing, and I have been in the army for dozens of years. I have never fought such a rich battle."

Hong Mingxiang watched Liang Yao's fleet pouring shells on the coast without asking for money, and couldn't help showing envious eyes.

"If you fire more shells, you will save fewer people from dying. My soldiers' lives are precious, more valuable than shells." Liang Yao put away his pocket watch and ordered, "Get ready to land!"

Hong Mingxiang also ordered to beat the drums to prepare for battle.

The landing force was spearheaded by sailors from the Guangdong Navy, followed by two battalions of the California Infantry Regiment, who rushed to the coast in small boats while the sea was at high tide.

Seeing the enemy army rushing up, the Dutch officers who stayed behind hurriedly tore off the white part of the Dutch flag, made a simple white flag, and raised the white flag to surrender.

The first to rush to the position of the Dutch and Indian troops was the Guangdong Navy sailors led by Vice Admiral Kang Enze of the Guangdong Navy.

Kang Enze was carrying a Walter 1851 rifle with a bayonet attached, and was about to fight to the death with the Dutch Royal Dutch Indian Army. Unexpectedly, the opponent raised a white flag just before he arrived at the position and before the fight started.

Kang Enze thought that the other party was cheating. Not wanting to, [-] or [-] white officers led five or six hundred indigenous soldiers and threw out their weapons. They raised their hands and shouted in English: "Stop fighting! We surrender! We surrender!"

Seeing that it was Chinese who rushed up, the white officer didn't know how to say surrender in Chinese, so he simply knelt on the ground and raised his hands to show that he had no intention of resisting.

Kang Enze fought in such a daze without bloodshed, and took down the position of the Dutch Royal Dutch Indian Army without any casualties.

Soon, Liang Yao on the Boldness learned that the Dutch and Indian troops had surrendered.

"Is that how you surrender?"

After listening to Kang Enze's report and looking at Hong Mingxiang who was secretly delighted, Liang Yao felt a blood loss.

If I had known that the Dutch and Indian troops could not help fighting on land, I would have done it myself.

After going ashore, Liang Yao looked at the 725 captives waiting in line for inspection. He always felt that things were not that simple. He called a military officer with the highest rank among the surrenders to him and asked, "Your coastal positions only have so few people?"

"It turned out that there were [-] people. After the fall of Pontianak, General Anderson ordered us to retreat. We are the unlucky ghosts who stayed behind to cover."

The major of the Dutch Royal Dutch Indian Army who was questioned replied like a bamboo tube pouring beans.

"Pontianak has fallen?" Liang Yao's eyes widened.

"Hasn't one of your regiments already entered Pontianak?" said the major.

a group?

Not to mention a regiment, Elvis, who was in charge of disturbing the enemy's rear in Pontianak, had only 70 crew members, including himself, there were only 71 people, not even a company.

Could it be that Lan Fang's army in Pontianak is gone anyway?
Liang Yao was also at a loss, not understanding what was going on.

Could it be that this is a trap for the Dutch to lure the enemy deep?To ambush them on land where they marched into Pontianak?

(End of this chapter)