Rise of Australia

Chapter 230 Landing!login!
Portuguese Timor is the second colony occupied by the Portuguese colonial empire in East Asia, and it is also one of Portugal's important strongholds in East Asia.

The current Portuguese Timor has a total population of more than 35, of which 90.00% are local indigenous people, [-]% are other foreign nationalities, and less than [-]% are white immigrants from Portugal and Europe.

This also means that Portuguese Timor only has a white population of more than 2. It is a small colony with a small land area and a small population.

But the economic value of Portuguese Timor is not low.Although more than half of the land, that is, the western part of Timor Island, was gradually occupied by the Netherlands, Portugal still held its own land in the east of Timor Island.

More importantly, although the small Portuguese Timor only has a land of more than 1 square kilometers, it has a large amount of mineral resources including gold, manganese, chromium, tin, and copper. It has abundant oil and natural gas resources.

Although there are not many mineral resources discovered so far, Portuguese Timor is an extremely important springboard for Australasia, capable of controlling the more central part of the Dutch East Indies.

If Portuguese Timor can be controlled, Australasia will have the ability to turn the entire Timor Sea into the inland sea of ​​Australasia.

Not only that, but it can also rely on Portuguese Timor to exercise certain control over the western part of Timor Island, that is, Java Island.

Since the two countries declared war on each other, the war has attracted the attention of some Europeans.

What everyone didn't expect was that this was just a diplomatic conflict, but it turned into a war between two countries.

This can only be said to be the firmness of Australasia and Portugal's non-backward.

All major European countries have expressed their concern about this war, but in such a chaotic era, wars have become accustomed to Europeans, and everyone has long been familiar with it.

At present, Portugal has a total of three colonies in Asia, located in East Asia, Southeast Asia and India.

But these three colonies all have the same characteristics, they are all small and have few people, so it is impossible to have too many garrisons.

This also led to the addition of all Portuguese colonial troops in Asia, which only had a size of more than 3000 people.

It is basically impossible to rely on more than 3000 people to defend the attack of the Australasian army.

Of course, Alfonso I did not think about relying on these 3000 people to complete the war.The reinforcements from the Portuguese mainland have already moved, and the fastest one will arrive in just one month.

Long before the war began, the Ministry of Defense had a detailed plan.Australasia will invest at least 5 people, of which 1 will be the vanguard, responsible for the rapid capture of Portugal's Timor colony in Southeast Asia.

The remaining 4 people were divided into two parts, one part was used as the main force, and when the vanguard successfully captured Timor, they landed on Portugal's other Asian colonies.

The remaining part is used as a reserve force and is temporarily stationed in Australasia in a state of combat readiness. First, it can prevent the enemy from landing in Australasia. Second, as a reserve force, it can support the front line in an emergency.

Of course, the most important thing is to quickly capture Portuguese Timor, and then use Portuguese Timor as a springboard to land on Portugal's colonies in East Asia and India.

After losing three colonies in a row, the Portuguese government had to consider the consequences of continuing to fight.

August 1907, 8, at four o'clock in the afternoon, Maryborough Harbour.

After the Australasian government declared war on Portugal, the First Defense Division was ready to land on Timor Island in a transport ship.

The commander of the [-]st Division was Silvio Lonnie Rodling, an excellent general who advocated offensive firepower.

It's just that Silvio Lonnie Rodling's complexion didn't look very good at this time, and his resolute face seemed hesitant and clouded.

Of course, Silvio Lonnie Rodling was not worried about not being able to win the Kingdom of Portugal, nor was he afraid of the war that had already come.

What made Silvio Lonnie Rodling feel a little worried was actually an order from Arthur that the casualties of the soldiers must be reduced as much as possible, and the Portuguese's effective strength should be weakened as much as possible, including the Portuguese's attack in Timor. Influence.

It is easy to understand the weakening of the Portuguese's vitality, isn't it just to kill as many Portuguese soldiers as possible?

Reducing the casualties of soldiers can also be done carefully. As long as the firepower is frantically suppressed before the attack, and more firepower output is exchanged for the chances of survival of the soldiers, the casualties of the soldiers can be reduced.

But how to weaken the Portuguese influence in Timor?You can't massacre the Portuguese civilians in Timor. Although doing so will weaken the Portuguese's influence, Australasia has completely become a negative role in this war.

Turning a supported war into a condemned war is hardly worth the effort.

Gently shaking his head, General Silvio Lonnie Rodling decided to temporarily put aside his distracting thoughts and try to conquer Portuguese Timor first.

Unless there is a national emergency, it is basically impossible for Arthur's Guards to go to war.

This represents Arthur's last hole card, and it is also the most luxuriously equipped and best-trained army in Australasia.

This is also the reason why the First National Defense Division was able to obtain the qualification to become the vanguard. Apart from the Guards Division, the First Division is the earliest established and longest-trained unit in Australasia, and its combat effectiveness has long been comparable to the elite German army.

In order to implement the tradition of emphasizing firepower, General Silvio Lonnie Rodling deliberately ordered all artillery to carry more than twice the ammunition, and also specifically requested assistance from the Navy.

Maryborough is a small port city in eastern Queensland, which is why the landing force chose it as the landing site.

Initiating an operation under the eyes of a big city like Sydney will inevitably allow the Portuguese to receive the information in advance.

Although it will not have a great impact on the pattern of the war, the Portuguese who have prepared in advance will definitely cause greater casualties to the Australasian army.

The distance from Maryborough to Portuguese Timor is not short, even if the fleet is sailing at full speed, it will take at least ten hours.

This also led to the fact that when the fleet approached Portuguese Timor, it happened to be more than six o'clock in the morning and it was still dark.

Coupled with the fact that it is now winter in the southern hemisphere, although Portuguese Timor is not very cold, the sky is not yet bright, and it is hazy, which is the best time for a sneak attack.

The soldiers of the First Division experienced a long rest on the transport ship. Although the quality of sleep was not very good, they were full of energy and looked forward to it.

"Action!" Following the order of General Silvio Lonnie Rodling, the soldiers of the First Division took small boats from the transport ships and rushed to land on the beach.

At six o'clock in the morning, Timor Island was still pitch black. Even if all the soldiers of the First Division successfully landed on Timor Island, the sky was just about to dawn.

Of course, the real reason why the First Division did not encounter resistance was actually that the place where the First Division chose to log in was located in the area controlled by the Netherlands.

The Portuguese may have been on guard for a long time, and they have also strengthened their guard against the coast.But who would have thought that the landing site of Australasia would be in the area controlled by the Netherlands.

The Netherlands is different from Portugal. The Netherlands has a large number of colonies in Southeast Asia. The Dutch East Indies is composed of many large and small islands.

This also brought a very obvious problem to the Netherlands, that is, the size of the Netherlands is not enough to completely control the Dutch East Indies.

Many of the smaller islands and barren areas of the Dutch East Indies were under Dutch control.

Although the west of Timor Island was obtained through competition between the Netherlands and Portugal, the center of gravity of the Netherlands in Timor Island is in the western cities.

After landing from the central part of Timor Island, Silvio Lonny Rodling waved his hand and directly ordered all the soldiers to advance eastward, aiming to reach Dili, the capital of Portuguese Timor.

Portuguese Timor has a total of more than 2 Portuguese, most of whom live in Dili, the capital of Portuguese Timor.

This also means that as long as Dili is controlled, it will basically control the entire Portuguese Timor.

Of course, in order to guard against the most important and only city of Portuguese Timor, a Portuguese army of 1000 soldiers and an indigenous army of about 2000 were stationed near Dili.

Therefore, when the soldiers of the First Division approached Dili, they also discovered such a strange landscape.

A certain scale of defensive positions has been built near Dili, including long trenches and positions.

Under the urging of a few Portuguese soldiers, many natives worked here, and it can be seen that the vast majority of this defensive position was built by the natives.

It was just dawn, and the Portuguese army could not be seen clearly.But it is very likely that they are still resting. After all, who would have thought that the Australasian army would have arrived in Dili the day after the declaration of war?

Silvio Lonnie Rodling immediately ordered the soldiers to stop advancing to hide their figures, and then asked all artillery to temporarily build positions to bombard the Portuguese and indigenous people in front.

Perhaps it was because of being too tired after not sleeping all night, the Portuguese's attention has been on the natives. The soldiers exchanged a few words with each other from time to time, and then whipped the natives around them.

The experience of the aborigines was even more tragic. If they stopped their movements for a while, they would be yelled mercilessly by the Portuguese, and they would even be whipped. It was impossible to concentrate on discovering the existence of the Australasians.

In addition, the sky was not yet fully bright, and another layer of protection was vaguely formed for the first division. Even if the temporary artillery position was established, the Portuguese did not find anything.

After receiving the report from the artillery under his command, General Silvio Lonnie Rodling nodded in satisfaction, looked coldly at the Portuguese a few hundred meters away, and said coldly: "All artillery, the enemy on the target position , a round of indiscriminate bombing!"

What Silvio Lonnie Rodling referred to as indiscriminate bombing was really area bombing.

Doing so consumes a lot of shells, that is, burning military expenditures in disguise.

But for the more extravagant Australasians, using the consumption of shells to reduce casualties is an absolute bargain.

第一师装备了CA-1机关炮，M1897式75毫米野战炮和GA1906式105毫米半自动火炮。

These three artillery have the same feature, that is, they are equipped with semi-automatic artillery technology.

Although it will also increase the consumption of shells, the increase in firepower is huge.

This is also an important reason why indiscriminate strikes within a certain range can be achieved. It is precisely because of these three semi-automatic artillery pieces and the additional ammunition carried by the artillery army as requested by General Silvio Lonnie Rodling.

One of the reasons why General Silvio Lonnie Rodling was not worried about logistical consumption was the promise from Arthur.

Before the army set off, Arthur specifically asked General Silvio Lonnie Rodling to let him go and not worry about logistics consumption.

Because the military factory had produced a large amount of spare bullets and ammunition long before this, the Australasian fleet would also send these materials to the front line in a short time.

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