Rise of Australia

Chapter 235 Goa Offensive and Defensive Battle

After a brief adaptive training, the five airships currently owned by the Aeronautical Laboratory were dispatched to Portuguese Timor and Portuguese India respectively, becoming the defense cards of the two places.

Because the aircraft needs to be kept secret, it cannot be used in the next war.The airship can also play a role similar to that of an airplane. It has a good performance in reconnaissance, bombing, etc., and can also be used in the transportation of materials.

If there is no war, these five airships will serve as means of transportation. Each airship can transport more than ten tons of supplies, and it will take much less time than a transport ship.

Fortunately, the three colonies occupied have a large number of native populations, so there is no shortage of labor when building defensive positions, and the construction speed of defensive positions is also very fast.

After Australasia guaranteed the cement and steel needed for the construction of the positions, the three colonies soon established defensive positions, among which the defensive positions of Portuguese India and Portuguese East Timor were more complete.

After the time entered September, all three regions began to prepare for war, and even the mainland of Australasia sent a large number of fleets to patrol.

But what Arthur didn't expect was that September was almost over, and there was still no trace of the Portuguese.

If it weren't for the captured Portuguese soldiers still working in the mines in Australasia, Arthur almost thought that Australasia and Portugal had entered a state of peace.

Finally, at the end of September, a small fleet patrolling near the Indian Ocean finally spotted the Portuguese fleet.

After layers of reports, the news reached the three colonies and Arthur.

On the contrary, the Australasian soldiers did not have the tension of the upcoming war, and some were just looking forward to the feats to be established.

Although Arthur did not go to Portuguese India in person, Arthur's speech in Portuguese Timor was still heard by the soldiers of the Second Division through various means.

When all kinds of worries have been resolved, the soldiers naturally look forward to the merits after the victory of the war. After all, who doesn't want to be a nobleman?

Even the commander of the Second Division, Fritz Leiner, was looking forward to gearing up at this time, quietly waiting for the arrival of the Portuguese.

Of course, expectations belong to expectations, and various preparations and countermeasures are also essential.Commander Fritz wisely gave up the defense of the coast, and instead established two very strong defensive positions outside the city.

There is no other reason. If the battle is carried out on the coast, the Portuguese fleet can cause mass destruction to the Australasian soldiers. This is what Commander Fritz does not want to see.

Judging from Arthur's personality, even if Commander Fritz successfully resisted all the Portuguese attacks, if the army suffered a large number of casualties, the merits and demerits would be offset. Not only would the credit be greatly reduced, but Arthur would also be dissatisfied.

Therefore, Fritz's defense plan is very simple, that is, to abandon the outer coast, and even the city if necessary, with the goal of weakening the Portuguese's effective strength.

As long as all the Portuguese reinforcements can be wiped out, then the war will be decided by Australasia.

Using a small Portuguese India in exchange for a large number of casualties of the Portuguese reinforcements is a surefire profit for Commander Fritz.

In order to prevent the Portuguese fleet from using the naval guns on the warships to support the Portuguese soldiers, Commander Fritz deliberately built the defensive position closer to the city, and some Portuguese would serve as labor during the war.

As long as the Portuguese dare to bomb with naval guns, Australasia will release the photos of the scene and the tragedy of the Portuguese being bombed as soon as possible.

The country's own cannons bombarded its own people, which caused a sensation in Portugal, which is spectacular when you think about it.

On September 1907, 9, the Portuguese Indian coast.

After nearly two months of preparation, the Portuguese fleet sent the first batch of troops to the periphery of Portuguese India.

This is a reinforcement army composed of [-] Portuguese soldiers and [-] indigenous soldiers. It is also an emergency dispatched by Portugal from the mainland and African colonies.

Of course, this is only the first batch of reinforcements from the Portuguese.In order to quell the tension and panic in the country, Carlos I specially ordered that on the basis of the original 4 troops, another 8 troops were transferred from the colonies to form an [-] troops. Teach Australasia a lesson.

It's just that the transportation of such a huge army is also a problem, at least three to four times.

The first target for the army to capture was finally set in Portuguese India after a long discussion by the Portuguese military.

In fact, it is easy to understand that Portuguese Timor is too close to Australasia, and reinforcements from Australasia can arrive quickly at any time, and there is also the need to worry about Australasian reinforcements from Portuguese India encircling the Portuguese army. .

The same is true for the East Asian colonies, and the East Asian colonies have a small land area and a small population. Even if they are occupied, they cannot restore too much morale among the people and the army.

On the other hand, Portuguese India is the colony with the largest land area and the largest population among the Portuguese Asian colonies, and the Indians are also more obedient than other colonial natives.

If Portuguese India can be recovered, it can also use Portuguese India as a springboard to recover the other two colonies.

Arthur and the Australasian military had already anticipated this. Not only did they give Portuguese India the most resources, but they also mobilized more than 3000 troops from Portuguese Timor.

As a result, the current Portuguese India has a total of nearly 1 troops, plus three airships and a large number of artillery and weapon reserves.

On the afternoon of September 9, the Portuguese fleet officially approached the coast of Portuguese India, and launched the so-called beach attack.

Nine thousand aboriginal soldiers took the lead, and unexpectedly discovered that there was not a single Australasian soldier on the coast, not even any defensive positions and facilities.

The Portuguese were still not at ease, and let the aborigines continue to expand for another kilometer. After the footprints of the Australasians were still not found, the Portuguese soldiers landed with confidence. The commander of the reinforcements even laughed and said: Knowing the arrival of our reinforcements, the Australasian people are already timid! Recovering Goa City, you will all be heroes!"

The Australasian didn't show any resistance, not even a single figure, which made the Portuguese completely relaxed.

It took only a few days for Australasia to capture the three Portuguese colonies before, which caused a lot of panic among the Portuguese people and the government.

Now it seems that the Australasians are nothing more than that. Perhaps the capture of these three colonies has already seriously damaged their vitality, and they are regretting it now.

Under the command of the Portuguese general, 1 indigenous soldiers took the lead, and the army behind more than [-] Portuguese soldiers slowly moved towards Goa.

No Australasians were found along the way, which made the march of the army much faster, and even many Portuguese soldiers were already having a pleasant exchange, discussing where to drink after entering Goa.

It was not until near Goa that the native soldiers in front discovered the Australasian position.

At the same time, Commander Fritz also discovered these Portuguese troops.

The native soldiers leading the battle were loosely disciplined and all looked relaxed, obviously without the self-knowledge of being cannon fodder.

And the Portuguese soldiers in the rear were also relaxed and at ease. If they didn't know the situation, they might think they were here to play.

Seeing such a scene, Commander Fritz immediately asked the orderlers to go quietly to inform the reserve troops at the rear and let them go around to the rear of the group of Portuguese soldiers.

Commander Fritz divided the 1-strong army into three parts, with 4000 in the first position and 500 in the second. There is also a reserve force of 500 ready to support the first and second positions. Two positions.

After seeing that the Portuguese army was so loose, Commander Fritz was confident that with two positions of more than 5000 troops, he would be able to hold it. Let more than 4000 reserve troops go around the enemy's rear, form an encirclement circle around the enemy, and eliminate all Portuguese soldiers. Mr. Ritz's final plan.

The reserve force is behind Goa, about a kilometer more than the front defensive position.

Coupled with the obstruction of the surrounding vegetation and buildings, the Portuguese army did not find that there was one person missing in the position, nor did it find that an army quietly disappeared outside the position.

After layers of reports, the Portuguese general also learned of the situation in the Australasian position.

However, the Portuguese military has long been prepared. In order to deal with such positional warfare, these [-] indigenous soldiers are the best cannon fodder, and the large number of artillery mobilized from Portugal is the confidence of the Portuguese army that they are not afraid of such positional warfare.

After ordering the artillery to form their own positions to aim at the Australasian positions ahead, the Portuguese general smiled slightly and ordered: "Charge!"

Following an order, nine thousand indigenous soldiers rushed towards the front position quickly.It's not that they are so brave and fearless, it's just that the guns of the supervisory team and Portuguese soldiers behind them are pointing at them. If they don't charge, they will definitely die under the guns of Portuguese soldiers.

But don't doubt the cruelty of Europeans towards these natives now. There are not many Europeans who can truly treat the natives as human beings.

For the vast majority of Europeans, the population of these colonies is like livestock, squeezed as much as possible when they can be used, and life and death are nothing to do when they are not used.

In order to prevent the Portuguese army from panicking and fleeing before the reserve troops failed to form an encirclement circle, Commander Fritz specially ordered the soldiers to carry out a small-scale defense to keep the enemy 200 meters in front of the position, so that they could have hope of capturing the position. Temporarily drag them in front of the position.

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