Rise of Australia
Chapter 428 Big Bombing
Chapter 428 Big Bombing
Governor Alexander and Ambassador Renault quickly realized how the European powers fought and how cruel European wars were.
The Australasian navy and air force bombarded Batavia and nearby areas for several hours before the Australasian army attacked Batavia, forcing the Dutch army to hide behind defensive positions , No one dared to show their heads and fight back.
After the enemy's bombing calmed down, Governor Alexander and the Dutch army were surprised to find that the Australasian army was not far from Batavia. They had successfully landed during the bombing period and were close to Batavia.
Just as Governor Alexander planned to order soldiers to attack and repel the Australasians, the enemy quickly taught Governor Alexander a lesson.
Compared with the firepower of the navy and air force, the number of artillery equipped by the Australasian Army is not weak at all, and it can even cause more intensive bombardment of Batavia's defenders with a large number of rapid-fire guns.
In order to cope with such engineering conditions, the First Division carried a total of thousands of artillery pieces, including hundreds of large-caliber artillery pieces and numerous small and medium-caliber artillery pieces.
The previous bombing by the navy and air force had already dealt a considerable blow to Batavia's city defenses. The army's dense and medium-caliber artillery had evolved into a reminder for the Dutch army.
The strong fortress of Liege could not stand for long under the bombardment of the Germans, let alone Batavia, whose city defense strength is not enough.
Although Batavia has a total population of several million people, it is the largest city in the entire Dutch East Indies.
But most of the residents here are aboriginals, and there are only hundreds of thousands of real Dutch immigrants and mixed-race population, which is less than one-tenth of the total population.
The Australasian army soon approached Batavia, led, of course, by the native troops.
This is the Australasian army's test of the Dutch army, testing the firepower configuration of the Dutch defenders, and looking for areas with weaker defenses in Batavia.
Under the cover of a large number of artillery, [-] natives attacked Batavia's defense line.
There are two lines of defense outside the city of Batavia. The first line of defense has more than 3 indigenous defenders, and the second line of defense has more than 1 Dutch troops and more than 1 indigenous defenders.
In order to build these two lines of defense, Governor Alexander mobilized almost all the troops near Batavia, which also meant that apart from these two lines of defense, the Dutch East Indies had no means of resistance in the Batavia area.
In the previous two rounds of bombing, a large number of casualties were caused to both the native army and the regular army of the Dutch East Indies.
In particular, aircraft, a weapon that can accurately drop bombs, caused huge casualties to the Dutch side, whose defensive positions were not very strong.
Soon [-] colonial troops collided with Batavia's first line of defense.Although the Dutch army has an advantage in numbers, the firearms equipped by the Dutch natives are obviously not comparable to the Australasian colonial troops, not to mention that these colonial troops have sufficient fire support.
Some aborigines are often covered by the firepower from the rear as soon as they emerge, and some even hide in their positions and dare not show their heads at all, for fear of facing the bombing of Australasia.
In fact, this is also understandable. After all, the Netherlands has not participated in a large-scale war for a long time. The combat effectiveness of the Dutch East India Army is a problem, let alone these colonial troops composed of natives.
These colonial troops still have a certain combat effectiveness against the unarmed aborigines, but if they are allowed to face the better equipped Australasian colonial army, how much combat effectiveness they will display is also a question.
You must know that although the colonial troops of both sides are composed of natives, there are still obvious differences in the treatment of these natives by the two sides.
In Australasia, Arthur has publicly promised that after the war, he will gently repatriate all the aboriginal soldiers and their families who participated in the war, and will give them enough travel expenses.
This also means that they don't have to continue to be free labor in Australasia, and they can regain their freedom in other regions.
But the Dutch colonial army was different.Although the Netherlands is a weaker country, the attitude of the Dutch towards the natives is quite cruel.
Even after ruling this area for hundreds of years, a large number of Dutch and native mixed populations were born, of course, it cannot prevent the Dutch from indifference and discrimination against these natives.
Even if these native troops fought desperately for the Netherlands, they could only get a little reward at most, and it was even more impossible to regain their freedom.
The best end for the Dutch colonial troops is to become an ordinary native after serving, enduring the exploitation of the Dutch, but barely making ends meet.
Compared with two or two, it goes without saying who can work harder.At least the colonial troops in Australasia are still doing very well in terms of discipline. With the command of Australasian officers, they can also exert a certain combat effectiveness.
However, after the Dutch colonial army faced the indiscriminate bombing of Australasia, some indigenous soldiers seemed a little nervous, and some even dared not show their faces.
As a result, only a very small part of the 1 troops, or even less than [-], actually fought against the Australasian army under artillery fire.
Among the remaining 2 people, some did not even dare to show their heads, and some occasionally showed their heads and fired a few shots indiscriminately. How can we guarantee the accuracy of the head in such a situation?
Soon, the Australasian colonial forces rushed the Dutch positions, and the Dutch colonial forces engaged in hand-to-hand combat.
How should I say the hand-to-hand combat between the indigenous people, it makes people feel a little bit spicy.Some aborigines even used tricks such as picking their eyes and kicking their crotch legs, completely forgetting that the bayonet on the rifle in their hands would be more deadly.
However, this is not bad news for Australasia. If we only look at the physical fitness of the aborigines, the aborigines in Australasia are actually better.
This is not nonsense. There is not much difference between the aborigines of Australasia and the aborigines of the Netherlands, but the difference between the colonial troops of the two sides is somewhat huge.
Arthur has always been very generous to the army. Even if it is only a colonial army composed of aborigines, he can get a daily meal of meat and fruit, so that these aboriginal soldiers can recover their physical strength and strengthen their bodies.
After all, Australia and New Zealand in Australasia are well-known pastoral areas. As long as there is no shortage of beef and mutton, it is okay to give some alms to these indigenous soldiers.
This also caused these indigenous soldiers to become much stronger than before after reasonable training, and they looked more robust than the indigenous soldiers in the Netherlands.
As for the Dutch soldiers, although the treatment of the native soldiers will be better than that of ordinary support, it is not so good that they can eat meat and fruit every day.
Most of the income of the Dutch East Indies was transported to the mainland of the Netherlands, and the colonial government did not have much available funds, let alone spend money to improve the lives of these native soldiers.
Coupled with the different willingness of the soldiers on both sides to participate in the war, this also led to the 2 Australasian aboriginal soldiers maintaining a relatively large advantage against the more than [-] Dutch aboriginal soldiers.Even soon, Batavia's first line of defense was already in jeopardy.
"Damn it, let the [-]rd Colonial Division go up and try to hold the first line of defense." Seeing that the first line of defense was about to be lost, Governor Alexander, who was commanding from the rear, quickly ordered the only remaining [-]rd Colonial Division to go up and block the UM The attack of the Lacian army.
"Let the army retreat and ask the Air Force to carry out a second bombing." On the other hand, Silvio, the commander of the Australasian First Division, also ordered the colonial army to stop attacking, and continued to use artillery and aircraft to open up the situation.
Commander Silvio didn't intend to attack Batavia's first line of defense immediately.For Commander Silvio, it is undoubtedly more cost-effective to exchange the least casualties for greater results.
Although the casualties were those natives, the Western Front Army had not many troops, so it was natural to save a little if it could be saved.
With the order of the commanders of both sides, the Netherlands sent the [-]rd Colonial Division to support, and Australasia also withdrew the colonial army, and the first line of defense returned to temporary peace.
"Mr. Governor, have the enemies been repulsed?" Ambassador Renault asked excitedly in the headquarters behind the Netherlands.
If the Australasian attack can be repelled smoothly, even if it is only a small-scale battle, it will be a credit to everyone present.
Faced with such almost free credit, even Renault, who was once a diplomatic ambassador, was a little moved at this time.
"I'm afraid not, Ambassador Renault. The enemy has only dispatched colonial troops, and the casualties are not heavy so far. I am afraid that the enemy's retreat is brewing a bigger attack. Send an order to let the frontline troops rest on the spot, and at the same time be careful of possible bombing and sneak attacks by the enemy." .” Governor Alexander shook his head and replied a little cautiously.
Sure enough, shortly after the messenger delivered Governor Alexander's order, there was another deafening roar from the rear of Australasia.
After the thousands of artillery pieces stopped for more than ten minutes, they continued to bombard Batavia's defensive positions, so that Governor Alexander and Ambassador Renault hid in the fortifications and did not dare to show their faces.
The enemy's bombing lasted about an hour. Seeing that the bombing and vibration outside the air-raid shelter had stopped, Governor Alexander thought that the enemy was short of shells. After all, such bombing had lasted for more than half a day, and the number of shells consumed was even greater Countless.
But soon, Governor Alexander could no longer laugh.A few minutes after the bombardment stopped, Governor Alexander followed the soldiers out of the fortifications, and immediately heard a hum from the sky unexpectedly.
Governor Alexander was not familiar with such a voice. It was this flying thing called an airplane that caused heavy casualties to the Dutch army.
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Governor Alexander and Ambassador Renault quickly realized how the European powers fought and how cruel European wars were.
The Australasian navy and air force bombarded Batavia and nearby areas for several hours before the Australasian army attacked Batavia, forcing the Dutch army to hide behind defensive positions , No one dared to show their heads and fight back.
After the enemy's bombing calmed down, Governor Alexander and the Dutch army were surprised to find that the Australasian army was not far from Batavia. They had successfully landed during the bombing period and were close to Batavia.
Just as Governor Alexander planned to order soldiers to attack and repel the Australasians, the enemy quickly taught Governor Alexander a lesson.
Compared with the firepower of the navy and air force, the number of artillery equipped by the Australasian Army is not weak at all, and it can even cause more intensive bombardment of Batavia's defenders with a large number of rapid-fire guns.
In order to cope with such engineering conditions, the First Division carried a total of thousands of artillery pieces, including hundreds of large-caliber artillery pieces and numerous small and medium-caliber artillery pieces.
The previous bombing by the navy and air force had already dealt a considerable blow to Batavia's city defenses. The army's dense and medium-caliber artillery had evolved into a reminder for the Dutch army.
The strong fortress of Liege could not stand for long under the bombardment of the Germans, let alone Batavia, whose city defense strength is not enough.
Although Batavia has a total population of several million people, it is the largest city in the entire Dutch East Indies.
But most of the residents here are aboriginals, and there are only hundreds of thousands of real Dutch immigrants and mixed-race population, which is less than one-tenth of the total population.
The Australasian army soon approached Batavia, led, of course, by the native troops.
This is the Australasian army's test of the Dutch army, testing the firepower configuration of the Dutch defenders, and looking for areas with weaker defenses in Batavia.
Under the cover of a large number of artillery, [-] natives attacked Batavia's defense line.
There are two lines of defense outside the city of Batavia. The first line of defense has more than 3 indigenous defenders, and the second line of defense has more than 1 Dutch troops and more than 1 indigenous defenders.
In order to build these two lines of defense, Governor Alexander mobilized almost all the troops near Batavia, which also meant that apart from these two lines of defense, the Dutch East Indies had no means of resistance in the Batavia area.
In the previous two rounds of bombing, a large number of casualties were caused to both the native army and the regular army of the Dutch East Indies.
In particular, aircraft, a weapon that can accurately drop bombs, caused huge casualties to the Dutch side, whose defensive positions were not very strong.
Soon [-] colonial troops collided with Batavia's first line of defense.Although the Dutch army has an advantage in numbers, the firearms equipped by the Dutch natives are obviously not comparable to the Australasian colonial troops, not to mention that these colonial troops have sufficient fire support.
Some aborigines are often covered by the firepower from the rear as soon as they emerge, and some even hide in their positions and dare not show their heads at all, for fear of facing the bombing of Australasia.
In fact, this is also understandable. After all, the Netherlands has not participated in a large-scale war for a long time. The combat effectiveness of the Dutch East India Army is a problem, let alone these colonial troops composed of natives.
These colonial troops still have a certain combat effectiveness against the unarmed aborigines, but if they are allowed to face the better equipped Australasian colonial army, how much combat effectiveness they will display is also a question.
You must know that although the colonial troops of both sides are composed of natives, there are still obvious differences in the treatment of these natives by the two sides.
In Australasia, Arthur has publicly promised that after the war, he will gently repatriate all the aboriginal soldiers and their families who participated in the war, and will give them enough travel expenses.
This also means that they don't have to continue to be free labor in Australasia, and they can regain their freedom in other regions.
But the Dutch colonial army was different.Although the Netherlands is a weaker country, the attitude of the Dutch towards the natives is quite cruel.
Even after ruling this area for hundreds of years, a large number of Dutch and native mixed populations were born, of course, it cannot prevent the Dutch from indifference and discrimination against these natives.
Even if these native troops fought desperately for the Netherlands, they could only get a little reward at most, and it was even more impossible to regain their freedom.
The best end for the Dutch colonial troops is to become an ordinary native after serving, enduring the exploitation of the Dutch, but barely making ends meet.
Compared with two or two, it goes without saying who can work harder.At least the colonial troops in Australasia are still doing very well in terms of discipline. With the command of Australasian officers, they can also exert a certain combat effectiveness.
However, after the Dutch colonial army faced the indiscriminate bombing of Australasia, some indigenous soldiers seemed a little nervous, and some even dared not show their faces.
As a result, only a very small part of the 1 troops, or even less than [-], actually fought against the Australasian army under artillery fire.
Among the remaining 2 people, some did not even dare to show their heads, and some occasionally showed their heads and fired a few shots indiscriminately. How can we guarantee the accuracy of the head in such a situation?
Soon, the Australasian colonial forces rushed the Dutch positions, and the Dutch colonial forces engaged in hand-to-hand combat.
How should I say the hand-to-hand combat between the indigenous people, it makes people feel a little bit spicy.Some aborigines even used tricks such as picking their eyes and kicking their crotch legs, completely forgetting that the bayonet on the rifle in their hands would be more deadly.
However, this is not bad news for Australasia. If we only look at the physical fitness of the aborigines, the aborigines in Australasia are actually better.
This is not nonsense. There is not much difference between the aborigines of Australasia and the aborigines of the Netherlands, but the difference between the colonial troops of the two sides is somewhat huge.
Arthur has always been very generous to the army. Even if it is only a colonial army composed of aborigines, he can get a daily meal of meat and fruit, so that these aboriginal soldiers can recover their physical strength and strengthen their bodies.
After all, Australia and New Zealand in Australasia are well-known pastoral areas. As long as there is no shortage of beef and mutton, it is okay to give some alms to these indigenous soldiers.
This also caused these indigenous soldiers to become much stronger than before after reasonable training, and they looked more robust than the indigenous soldiers in the Netherlands.
As for the Dutch soldiers, although the treatment of the native soldiers will be better than that of ordinary support, it is not so good that they can eat meat and fruit every day.
Most of the income of the Dutch East Indies was transported to the mainland of the Netherlands, and the colonial government did not have much available funds, let alone spend money to improve the lives of these native soldiers.
Coupled with the different willingness of the soldiers on both sides to participate in the war, this also led to the 2 Australasian aboriginal soldiers maintaining a relatively large advantage against the more than [-] Dutch aboriginal soldiers.Even soon, Batavia's first line of defense was already in jeopardy.
"Damn it, let the [-]rd Colonial Division go up and try to hold the first line of defense." Seeing that the first line of defense was about to be lost, Governor Alexander, who was commanding from the rear, quickly ordered the only remaining [-]rd Colonial Division to go up and block the UM The attack of the Lacian army.
"Let the army retreat and ask the Air Force to carry out a second bombing." On the other hand, Silvio, the commander of the Australasian First Division, also ordered the colonial army to stop attacking, and continued to use artillery and aircraft to open up the situation.
Commander Silvio didn't intend to attack Batavia's first line of defense immediately.For Commander Silvio, it is undoubtedly more cost-effective to exchange the least casualties for greater results.
Although the casualties were those natives, the Western Front Army had not many troops, so it was natural to save a little if it could be saved.
With the order of the commanders of both sides, the Netherlands sent the [-]rd Colonial Division to support, and Australasia also withdrew the colonial army, and the first line of defense returned to temporary peace.
"Mr. Governor, have the enemies been repulsed?" Ambassador Renault asked excitedly in the headquarters behind the Netherlands.
If the Australasian attack can be repelled smoothly, even if it is only a small-scale battle, it will be a credit to everyone present.
Faced with such almost free credit, even Renault, who was once a diplomatic ambassador, was a little moved at this time.
"I'm afraid not, Ambassador Renault. The enemy has only dispatched colonial troops, and the casualties are not heavy so far. I am afraid that the enemy's retreat is brewing a bigger attack. Send an order to let the frontline troops rest on the spot, and at the same time be careful of possible bombing and sneak attacks by the enemy." .” Governor Alexander shook his head and replied a little cautiously.
Sure enough, shortly after the messenger delivered Governor Alexander's order, there was another deafening roar from the rear of Australasia.
After the thousands of artillery pieces stopped for more than ten minutes, they continued to bombard Batavia's defensive positions, so that Governor Alexander and Ambassador Renault hid in the fortifications and did not dare to show their faces.
The enemy's bombing lasted about an hour. Seeing that the bombing and vibration outside the air-raid shelter had stopped, Governor Alexander thought that the enemy was short of shells. After all, such bombing had lasted for more than half a day, and the number of shells consumed was even greater Countless.
But soon, Governor Alexander could no longer laugh.A few minutes after the bombardment stopped, Governor Alexander followed the soldiers out of the fortifications, and immediately heard a hum from the sky unexpectedly.
Governor Alexander was not familiar with such a voice. It was this flying thing called an airplane that caused heavy casualties to the Dutch army.
The first update of 3000 words, ask for a monthly ticket, ask for support!
(End of this chapter)
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