Putting aside the troubles in Batavia for the moment, the siege by the natives frightened the Dutch colonists in Yogyakarta. On November 1, the assembled Dutch colonial army and servant army began to withdraw their troops. Under the urging of Yogyakarta,

On the way home.

After all, the Dutch colonial army was considered a regular army. They did not rush back all at once, but cautiously dispatched a reconnaissance force. However, the Dutch colonists were used to being arrogant, and the reconnaissance force only acted as a reconnaissance force.

It is not useless. In Indonesia, the rebels are mostly composed of native civilians or former nobles. These people have no military quality. Intimidating reconnaissance marches are more effective. If you scare them, they will be killed.

Scared out.

But the Nanhua Army is different. Although it has not been established for a long time, it has at least experienced a low-intensity battle. According to the militia training manual and Liu Yiming's own summary, the theoretical and tactical level of the Nanhua Army has been decades ahead of this era.

You must know that the next few decades will be the fastest decades of tactical changes. First, there will be changes in the army's weapons, and then there will be the emergence of the air force. The speed of tactical changes will be faster and more rapid than in the previous two hundred years.

At this time, the South China Army set up an ambush position, but did not enter the position. Instead, they hid in the jungle a few hundred meters away from the position. The Dutch soldiers only roughly checked the situation along the road and did not go deep into the jungle on the roadside.

Waiting for the Dutch scouts to pass, at the signal from the Nanhua scouts, the Nanhua soldiers quickly entered the position and waited for the arrival of the main force of the Dutch colonial army.

Less than half an hour later, the Dutch colonial army slowly approached the ambush position.

The Nanhua Army deployed more than 300 broadsword mines in the pocket array. They brought them all and used them all. They also set up an ambush position about 500 meters long to ensure that they could completely eat up this enemy force.

The Dutch soldiers were unaware that more than 1,800 people walked into the ambush area unprepared. In the middle of the march, the Dutch colonial battalion commander felt something was wrong.

"What's wrong, Pierce? Why don't you leave?" asked Picard, another battalion commander.

"I felt like something wasn't right," Pierce said.

"What's wrong?" Picard heard Pierce say this and raised his telescope to look around.

"I can't really tell, I just have an ominous premonition," Pierce said.

"Don't worry Pierce, these yellow-skinned monkeys just lost a thousand people under the city of Yogyakarta. Do they still have the energy to ambush us?" Picard looked at the jungle for a long time and said to Pierce indifferently.

"Besides, even if they dare, how can they ambush us? We have two thousand people, they need ten thousand people to put pressure on us, do they have it? Let's go, the master of Yogyakarta is scared to death, it's too late to go back

I have to be scolded again!”

"Okay..." Pierce had no evidence, and the Dutch colonial army continued to advance.

"It was so dangerous, we almost got hit! If we hit now and at least half of them escape, it would be bad." In the grass in the distance, Yang Tao was also staring at the Dutch colonial army. Next to his hand was the flare gun, which he had already touched.

All, it turned out to be a false alarm.

In this way, eight hundred Dutchmen and a thousand traitors stepped into the ambush area perfectly. Then, Pierce stopped the mistake again.

"What's wrong, Pierce? If we keep going like this, we won't be able to make it before dark!" Picard was a little angry.

"I know something is wrong. It's too quiet. The road is too quiet. The sound of birds chirping is too far away from us. Something must be wrong!" Pierce said to Piccard in panic.

"The battle is accurate..." Picard looked around. Even the chirping of birds was really very small. It was obviously not coming from nearby, and something was obviously wrong. But before he finished speaking, there was no chance to say anything more.

While Pierce was speaking, Yang Tao raised the flare gun in his hand and pulled the trigger. A flare shot into the air with a harsh sound, followed by a rapid explosion.

The mine building was detonated, and the Dutch and local traitors who had not experienced anti-artillery training felt the enthusiasm of modern weapons. Tens of thousands of steel balls did not kill many people at a long distance, but they only killed nearly a thousand wounded!

Before they could recover from the explosion, the sharp whistling of artillery shells came again. Dozens of mortars fired covering fire. They only fired a short burst of fire for a minute. The mortars stopped shelling, and the infantry quickly rushed forward.

Go up and divide and surround the Dutch who are still in panic.

It's that simple. In this era, weapons have advanced to the British 77. Germany also has a Commission 1888. Six months later, Lao Maozi's m1891 will also start production. The charge of the artillery shells will also change from traditional black powder or solid bullets.

Progress to TNT, Dana Dynamite, Picric Acid, etc.

But in terms of infantry tactics, France and Germany are still making progress based on the Franco-Prussian War, and the United Kingdom is still continuing the tactics before the Franco-Prussian War, not to mention small countries like the Netherlands.

The division and encirclement tactics used during World War II proved effective here. The Dutch felt that gunshots were suddenly coming from all directions, and the contact with friendly forces was no longer possible. In panic, the traitor first laid down his weapons, knelt on the ground and surrendered.

This seemed to be a signal. As the first traitor knelt on the ground, the gunshots became sparse. Within ten minutes, the entire marching column surrendered or fled.

In the end, 580 Dutch were captured, of which more than 400 were injured to varying degrees, and more than 800 natives were captured, of which only about 200 were intact.

There were more than 1,300 prisoners in the Nanhua Army, but only less than half were able to move on their own.

"Miscalculation!" Yang Tao muttered as he looked at this situation.

"There is no other way. We can't take it away at all. Let's set up a camp on the spot!" Yang Tao thought.

When I thought of it, I decided to join the South China Army and soon found a campsite not far away, and stationed themselves there with supplies from the Dutch.

The next day, Yang Tao left a squadron to guard the prisoners and took the rest to meet Xie Hui.

In West Manle County, Xie Hui is still stationed here. The original team of 400 people has increased to more than 600 after successively accepting the stragglers who returned.

On November 2, Yang Tao brought the main force of the second and third detachments back to the city of Simangle.

"How was it? Were they fooled?" Xie Hui asked.

"No problem. We only have a few people slightly injured and captured more than a thousand people. There are a lot of wounded, but they are all useful and cannot be brought back. I have left a squadron to keep an eye on them. How are you doing here?" Yang Tao said.

"Everything is going well here. I tested the firepower of the city defenders by the way. Based on comprehensive judgment, there should be more than one battalion with combat effectiveness in Yogyakarta. This is far more than the garrison level of Yogyakarta. The militia should be mobilized!" Xie Hui said

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"Where are the casualties?" Yang Tao asked with concern.
Chapter completed!