Although the Dutch coalition lost in the artillery battle, it had little impact on the indigenous armies. Although the artillery firepower of the People's Army was far better than that of the Dutch artillery, the targets of the artillery were concentrated and the duration was much shorter. The indigenous people had basically no substantial understanding of modern warfare. Instead, they only felt that the People's Army's artillery momentum was still a little worse. Therefore, after receiving the order for attack, the indigenous army on the left and right wings did not hesitate and immediately launched an attack on the People's Army's positions.

Although the People's Army only arranged one company of troops on the left and right wings, each of them had 300 members of the farm guards, and each was equipped with rifles and 4 machine guns, so the firepower was not weak.

However, although the indigenous army is not very proficient in modern warfare, Java has been colonized for hundreds of years, and the indigenous and colonists have fought countless wars. Knowing the power of foreign guns and cannons, they will not play the trick of "protecting magical powers and invulnerable swords and guns" like the Boxer Rebellion. They have also accumulated some experience in fighting firearms, which is to try their best to fight in the dense forest, which can effectively reduce the advantages of the opponent's weapons.

There are many trees covering the positions between the two sides, which can provide sufficient shelter for the indigenous army. This is also one of the reasons why the indigenous tribes know that the People's Army's firepower is strong, but they dare to participate in the war. Therefore, the indigenous army also fully utilizes the cover of the dense forest to advance towards the People's Army's positions. Although the People's Army fires, it does not kill much to the indigenous army.

However, within 200 meters of the People's Army's position, all the trees were cut down and there was no cover to use. Therefore, only this distance was the insurmountable natural barrier for indigenous troops.

The indigenous troops on both sides of the left and right wings launched several attacks on the People's Army's positions. After losing Lin Mu's cover, they could not cross the defense line composed of guns and bullets by relying solely on their flesh and blood. They could only leave a pile of corpses in the open space, and then retreated back to the woods to hide. However, the indigenous soldiers equipped with rifles used the forest to cover and fired at the People's Army's positions.

The number of indigenous troops on the left and right wings is more than 3,000, and the rifles are equipped with about 500. In terms of quantity alone, they are not inferior to the People's Army. However, indigenous troops have just obtained these rifles from the Dutch colonial government. They have not been trained yet. They just know how to shoot, withdraw shells, load bullets, etc., and they don't know what aiming, horizontal shooting, vertical shooting, half-squat shooting, use of bunkers, etc., and they just fired a few shots and went to the battlefield.

Needless to mention the soldiers of the People's Army, even members of the farm guards have been trained for more than 10 days and have fired at least 30 shots. Therefore, the two sides are not fighting fire at the same level at all, but the indigenous troops are hiding in the woods to shoot. Although they are at a comprehensive disadvantage in firepower, there are not many casualties.

However, the People's Army has its own way to deal with forest cover. The rifle shooting is not very effective, but there are weapons such as grenade launchers and 60 mortars, which aim at the densely populated forests of native people to open fire.

Although most of the shells hit the tree poles, the debris that exploded still had a considerable lethality, and the attack on indigenous soldiers suddenly increased greatly. The casualties of indigenous troops also increased, which made the indigenous soldiers realize that hiding in the bushes could not completely guarantee their safety, and was therefore beaten by the People's Army to retreat continuously.

Just when the battle situation on both wings gradually became unfavorable to the tribal coalition, the frontal offensive of the Dutch colonial army was also not smooth. Originally, the Dutch colonial army was just a feint attack on the front, so they just arranged the army in the woods and fired against the People's Army. Since the colonial army was different from the indigenous people, they had received long-term professional training and had a certain advantage in number. Although the People's Army had the support of grenade launchers and mortars, they could gain a certain advantage, but they could not gain an absolute advantage. The two sides were temporarily in a stalemate.

However, due to the unfavorable situation of the two wings of the Dutch coalition, the colonial army could only strengthen the frontal offensive. Of course, Martinez and Van der Witt judged that the People's Army might have arranged more troops on both wings, so they could try to launch a strong attack from the frontal. So the colonial army immediately organized a stormtrooper of more than 500 people to launch a charge towards the People's Army's positions.

However, since the Dutch artillery was almost destroyed at this time, although the opponent's firepower position could be determined, there were only 5 artillery left to provide firepower support to the charging soldiers. Moreover, this time the artillery did not dare to be careless. After only 5 rounds of artillery attacks, it stopped immediately and immediately transferred its position. As soon as the artillery was over, the colonial army's stormtroopers launched a charge towards the People's Army's defense line.

It should be said that the Dutch shelling still had a certain effect. After the shelling was over, the firepower of the People's Army was significantly weakened, and the stormtroopers took advantage of this opportunity and rushed towards the People's Army's defense line with rifles.

Just after the stormtrooper ran more than 100 meters away, the firepower on the People's Army's positions suddenly increased several times, and there was a "tick-tick-tick-tick-tick-tick-tick-tick-tick-tick-tick-tick-tick-tick-tick-tick-tick-tick-tick-tick-tick-tick-tick-tick-tick-tick-tick-tick-tick

It turned out that six Maxim machine guns in the People's Army's positions began to fire, forming three cross-fire networks, just like the god of death waving a sickle, harvesting lives in large quantities. The soldiers of the colonial army fell into the ground like dead grass under the gust of wind.

In less than half a minute, the colonial army's charge was bleeding from the front of the People's Army's defense line, and finally there were less than 300 people who fled back to the dense forest.

The People's Army's artillery counterattack also followed, and all 60 mortars and grenades in the position were concentrated to carry out a cover attack on the woods within 200-500 meters from the position. For a time, the entire jungle was shrouded by explosions and smoke. Under the intensive firepower of the People's Army, the colonial army could no longer hide in the jungle, so they had to retreat one after another and retreated to the location where the attack was launched.

In the rear of the Dutch coalition, Martinez and Van der Witt, who were commanding the battle, were also stunned. Of course, they could see that this was a round of intensive artillery attacks. Obviously, the number of artillery in the People's Army was more than 50. So at this point, will we continue to fight this battle? To be honest, both of them knew very well that the strength of the People's Army was much stronger than they expected. If they continued like this, the Dutch coalition could not break through the People's Army's defense line, but if they wanted to withdraw, neither of them could make up their minds. Because even if the Dutch coalition retreated like this, even if the Dutch coalition did not collapse, it would definitely not be possible to launch an attack on the farm again.

Just as the two were hesitating, a communication soldier suddenly came to report that the indigenous army on the left wing was attacked by the People's Army and had collapsed at this time. After hearing this, the two were shocked. They could not help but be shocked. They could not have launched a counterattack. The left wing was defeated so quickly and did not ask for help from him? The defeat of the left wing was exposed, and they might have to retreat even if they did not retreat.

However, this was a decision for the two of them, so they didn't have to worry about it anymore. At this moment, there was another report from the telecommunications army, and the army in the front People's Army position also broke out and launched a charge towards the colonial army.

After hearing this, Martinez didn't dare to hesitate anymore and immediately ordered a retreat.

In fact, although Luo Yue was on the farm, he was always paying attention to the situation in all aspects. Although this time, the entire battlefield was not monitored by drones, communication soldiers kept giving back the situation on the battlefield, and the regiment staff marked it on the sand table. Therefore, Luo Yue and the regiment headquarters staff also had control over the entire situation.

In fact, the battle progress was much smoother than Luo Yue expected. It can be said that all fronts have made considerable progress. Therefore, Luo Yue decided not to hesitate and immediately launched a counterattack against the Dutch coalition forces to end the battle as soon as possible, and then let the soldiers rest well. After all, there will be battles at night.

However, choosing the counterattack front is a problem. It is not that it is difficult to choose, but that there are too many options. In fact, all three lines can be launched to counterattack. Luo Yue finally chose to launch a counterattack from the right wing. So he immediately ordered the second battalion, which was on standby on the farm, to launch a counterattack from the right wing to the enemy. At the same time, he ordered the mortar troops to provide fire support for the counterattack.

At this time, the Second Battalion was waiting in the farm a little annoyed. Bi Jing was fighting fiercely outside the farm, and gunfire was constantly sounding, but he was waiting in the farm, so he was naturally eager to try. After receiving the order to attack, everyone was immediately excited. He immediately came to the right wing under the leadership of battalion commander Li Lixin and joined the mortar unit that provided fire support.

After simple negotiations, the two sides decided that the Second Battalion was responsible for fire suppression within 1,500 meters, and the 82 mortars were responsible for fire support within 1,500-3,000; and the 100 mortars were responsible for fire strikes at a distance of 3,000-5,000, which formed three levels of fire cover and infantry and artillery cooperation.

After realizing the counterattack tactics, Li Lixin immediately ordered that the 60 mortars and grenade launchers of the entire battalion should be concentrated to remove firepower within a range of 1,500 meters. Originally, the tribal coalition forces attacking the right wing had retreated to 1,000 meters, just within the attack range of the People's Army, so they were forced to continue to retreat by artillery fire. However, the People's Army's firepower attack was a progressive extension, one distance section after another.

In the eyes of the tribal coalition, although it was constantly retreating, the enemy's artillery bombardment seemed to be chasing him. It was like being bombed step by step, not letting go of a single step, and no one could withstand such a blow. Moreover, the tribal coalition was not a well-trained and strict army discipline, so it could still withstand it. When it retreated to more than 3,000 meters, the entire army collapsed and it was too late to ask for help from the colonial army in the front.
Chapter completed!