Rise of Australia

Chapter 232
It is true that the defensive positions built by Portugal can block the bombing of some artillery, but this defensive position did not consider the threat from overhead at all.

This also led to the fact that after the Portuguese army was bombed from above, not only the vast majority of Portuguese soldiers were unprepared, but the defensive positions that had provided them with a lot of protection before did not play any role.

Although the number of shells in this bombing is much less than before, all the shells carried by the bomber are large-caliber bombs that are ready to be fired on the ground. The purpose is to cause as much damage as possible.

Coincidentally, one of the bombs happened to fall on the side of Cafe Ferjo, the commander of the Portuguese Timorese Garrison, and the violent explosion swept across Kafe Ferjo, his adjutants and orderlies. .

After dropping all the bombs, the bomber returned immediately without turning its head, leaving only the Portuguese buzzing in the sky.

Of course, it is impossible to kill all Portuguese soldiers and indigenous soldiers with more than 100 bombs.

The accuracy of throwing down from a high altitude is not high. It is not bad if half of a hundred bombs fall on the Portuguese soldiers.

But despite this, the fear brought about by the large number of shells falling from the sky is definitely not easy to alleviate.

Especially those who witnessed the cannonball getting bigger and bigger in their eyes, and finally exploded next to them, even if they were lucky enough to survive, they were already terrified at this time.

This is still the case for the Portuguese, not to mention the native army, which is already likely to be loose.

The indigenous army suffered even more casualties during this bombing. Some of the frightened indigenous people could no longer suppress the fear in their hearts, and ran out of the position.

If it was normal, these natives would be greeted with bullets and scolding from the supervisory team as soon as they climbed out of the position.

But now, the commander of the garrison, Cafe Ferjo, his adjutant, and the messengers all died in the bombing just now. The Portuguese soldiers who supervised the battle team were also immersed in the fear of the bombing that fell from the sky just now. Collapse.

After the soldiers of the supervisory team reacted, many native soldiers had already left the position and were rushing into the jungle with their feet loose.

"Damn it, stop those yellow-skinned monkeys!" Some Portuguese soldiers reacted quickly and shouted anxiously.

As a member of the Supervising Team, it is their task to supervise all indigenous soldiers.If these aborigines are allowed to disperse successfully, they will be severely held accountable no matter whether the war is won or not.

Seeing that the scolding didn't work, several soldiers of the supervisory team quickly took out their rifles and fired at the native soldiers who were running farther and farther away.

Although a few scattered gunshots did knock down a few aboriginals, after hearing the gunshots, more aboriginals fled at a faster pace, and even if they accidentally fell down, they groped forward.

The Portuguese soldiers became a little annoyed, but the natives who fled at first had already run hundreds of meters away, and it was not so easy to chase them back.

Helpless, the supervisory team could only focus on the remaining native soldiers in the position, cautiously prevent other native soldiers from escaping, and immediately report to the garrison commander Kafei Filho.

But how could the soldiers of these supervising teams think that the commander of the garrison they were loyal to had no bones left in the previous bombing, which also determined that their report was doomed to sink into the sea.

On the other hand, after the bombing ended, General Silvio Lonnie Rodling would naturally not let go of this good opportunity.

After three consecutive rounds of bombing, the Portuguese army's morale has been broken, and the indigenous army has even begun to flee.

This is the best opportunity for the first division to attack. If it goes well, it can even take down the enemy's position in one go.

Of course, in order to implement the requirement of minimum casualties, General Silvio Lonnie Rodling deliberately ordered the artillery to bombard the enemy's position with another round of firepower before the infantry charged.

The bombing this time was the same as the first time, it was large-scale and high-frequency.

This is to prevent the Portuguese from forming a counterattack against the soldiers of the First Division and causing unnecessary casualties.

This is the current logistical advantage of Australasia.Facing the Portuguese army of only 1000 and the indigenous army of 2000, the First Division had consumed hundreds of shells and even dispatched bombers for this.

Of course, the effect of doing so is also very obvious.The First Division has not had any casualties so far, but the Portuguese have suffered heavy casualties, and most of the surviving people have lost their fighting spirit.

Under the cover of artillery fire, the soldiers of the [-]st Division quickly approached the Portuguese position.

At this time, there were not many Portuguese soldiers who were still fighting, and they were all suppressed by artillery fire and couldn't hold their heads up.

After the soldiers of the first division were only more than 100 meters away from the Portuguese battlefield, the coverage of the artillery moved quietly to the rear of the position to avoid harming the soldiers of the first division.

At this time, the surviving Portuguese soldiers, because the commander had already died in battle, and were terrified by the previous bombings and air strikes, had been huddled in the cement facility and dared not come out. Great Lasia soldiers form any counterattack.

At around 300:400 noon, the soldiers of the First Division successfully occupied the Portuguese position and captured more than [-] Portuguese soldiers and more than [-] indigenous soldiers.

For these Portuguese soldiers, General Silvio Lonnie Rodling waved his hands and asked a group of soldiers to guard them strictly.

And those native soldiers naturally have no interest value, so the only ending waiting for them is death.

After a brief rest in the position, General Silvio Lonny Rodling left a platoon to watch over the captured Portuguese soldiers, while the main force continued north, thinking of Dili, the capital of Portuguese Timor. rush to.

The Portuguese soldiers and indigenous troops on the ground can be said to be all the troops of Portuguese Timor.

At present, the only protective force in Dili may be the few policemen in the city.

But wanting to rely on the police to resist the attack of the First Division may be even more absurd than an idiot's dream.

At [-] o'clock in the afternoon, the Australasian army successfully entered the city of Dili and fully occupied the Governor's Palace and garrison headquarters in Dili.

At the same time, General Silvio Lonnie Rodling ordered his soldiers to move the captured Portuguese soldiers to the city and sent a telegram to the country.

It was past four o'clock in the afternoon when Arthur received the telegram from General Silvio Lonnie Rodling.

Arthur immediately sent a call back to General Silvio Lonny Rodling, asking General Silvio Lonny Rodling to properly handle everything in Dili and try to control the order in Dili.

At the same time, some defensive positions were built on the coast and western border of Portuguese Timor to prevent possible future Portuguese landings.

At [-] o'clock in the evening, following the order of the Ministry of Defense of Australasia, the Second Division divided into two groups and went to the remaining two Portuguese colonies in Asia to capture and occupy them.

Although these two colonies are too far away for Australasia, and whether it is Portugal's Indian colony or Portugal's colonies in East Asia, Australasia is not eligible to occupy.

After the occupation, the attitudes of the neighboring British India and the Qing Dynasty had to be considered, so these two colonies were not within Arthur's target range.

Of course, in times of war, it is still very necessary to capture these two colonies.

These two colonies are also Portugal’s bridgeheads in Asia. Without these two colonies, Portugal’s closest area to Audaracia would be the Portuguese colony of Mozambique, separated from Australasia by the Indian Ocean.

December 1907, 8, six o'clock in the morning.

After more than a day of sailing, part of the second division's troops finally arrived at Portugal's colonies in East Asia, and quickly captured the colonies.

The land area of ​​this colony is much smaller than that of Portuguese Timor, and the population is not large.

If only the Portuguese are counted, the Portuguese population in this colony does not even exceed 1, and the garrison is even more patchwork. Relying on the local indigenous population in the colony, the number of garrisons can barely be piled up to 1000.

This also made the training level of the garrison here even more worrying, and the equipment of some soldiers composed of local aborigines was much behind.

After several rounds of shelling, these Portuguese troops completely lost their fighting spirit, most of them were captured, and the rest were corpses that had been sacrificed in the shelling.

Like Portuguese Timor, after the battlefield here was completely victorious, the deputy commander of the second division quickly sent a telegram to the country, briefly describing the course and results of the war, and obtained Arthur's latest instructions.

In addition to maintaining order and consolidating defenses that are almost the same as those in Portuguese Timor, there is also the relocation of Portuguese property as much as possible.

Although it is not blatant to execute the Portuguese, it is completely fine to dispose of their property.

The factories and properties that these Portuguese worked so hard to build in this area also made wedding dresses for Australasia.

Portuguese Timor did not experience such barbaric demolition, because Portuguese Timor was Arthur's goal and was already within the sphere of influence of Australasia.

As long as the war goes well, Portuguese Timor should be renamed Australian Timor after the war. Naturally, there is no need to go to great lengths to relocate the property of the Portuguese, and they will not be able to escape when the land is handed over anyway.

A few days later, on August 8, the army led by the commander of the Second Division, Fritz Lehner, finally crossed the Indian Ocean and arrived in Portuguese India.

Although when it comes to the suzerain of India, everyone will immediately think of the British Empire.

But in fact, the British Empire was not the only country that colonized India. Portugal and France were also among the countries that colonized India.

It's just that Britain has ruled most of India for a long time, and Portugal and France only occupy the small land on both sides of India's coasts, which is completely insignificant compared with the whole of India.

This is why Portugal and France are generally not mentioned when referring to the Indian colonies.

Portuguese India is a colony occupied by Portugal on the west coast of India, with Goa as its capital.

India has a huge land area and population. Even if they only occupy a small area, French India and Portuguese India have populations of 30 and 45 respectively.

Portugal had a garrison of 2000 men in Portuguese India, of which 1000 were Portuguese and 1000 were Indians.

Although Portuguese India had a larger population and better land than Portuguese Timor, the garrison in Portuguese India was 1000 fewer than Portuguese Timor.

This is because the neighbor of Portuguese India is the powerful British India, and it is impossible for Portugal to be the opponent of the British Empire. Therefore, the defensive power of Portuguese India is not so important.

If the British Empire wants to annex Portuguese India, even if it has a garrison of 6000 people, it cannot be the opponent of British India.

But if the British Empire has no idea about Portuguese India, then even if Portuguese India has no garrisons and only a police force to maintain law and order, security issues can be initially guaranteed.

Portuguese Timor is different. The neighbor of Portuguese Timor is the Netherlands, a country about the size of Portugal.

Coupled with the fact that Portuguese Timor has lost nearly half of its land under the Dutch occupation, it is naturally impossible to reduce the defense against the Netherlands.

With only a thousand Portuguese soldiers, Portuguese India naturally cannot be the opponent of the Second Division.

Although Indian soldiers are more loyal than natives in Southeast Asia, their combat effectiveness is not even comparable to Portuguese soldiers, let alone Australasian soldiers.

After paying hundreds of shells and dozens of casualties, the Second Division also successfully conquered Portuguese India and occupied Goa, the capital of Portuguese India.

Like the colonies in East Asia, on the day of the occupation, General Fritz Leiner quickly sent a telegram to Australasia, and received the same response from Arthur: maintaining urban order and strengthening border guards.

At the same time, a small army began to search for various factories and assets in Goa, preparing to relocate them all to Australasia.

After fully occupying Portugal's three colonies in Asia, Arthur was completely relieved.

Although the first division and the second division together suffered hundreds of casualties, compared to the results achieved, this little casualty is acceptable.

Moreover, all injured Australasian soldiers will be quickly transported to Australasia for treatment.

The government will not only provide free treatment for him, but also provide all his salary during the injury period.

After the initial execution of the battle plan was completed, Arthur dared to release the news with confidence.

I have been hiding the results of the battle before, because I am afraid that the enemy will react and make the second division's actions more difficult.

Now that all the initial combat missions are over, it is time to announce the good news to the whole country, and even to the whole world.

Of course, some of these details cannot be told the truth, but have been transformed into some other rhetoric.

For example, the bombers that had been dispatched in Portuguese Timor were replaced by airships by Australasian officials.

Anyway, the airship is now able to fly in the sky and throw shells downward.

Europeans have never seen war with their own eyes, so naturally no one doubts it.

　Today is just over 4000 words, I came back late, and I didn’t have a good rest yesterday.

　　[-] words tomorrow, ask for a monthly ticket, brothers
　　
　
(End of this chapter)