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Chapter 216 The Battle of Java (6)

After negotiation with the Navy, Luo Yue immediately rushed back to the farm. It was over 5 pm and the battlefield cleaning was basically over. At this time, Zhu Shoushan was organizing people to dig a pit to bury the dead of the coalition army. However, the dead of the People's Army and the Farm Guards temporarily restrained and were buried uniformly after the battle was over. They were soldiers of the People's Army and had to be cremated and brought back to Qingdao for burial.

Luo Yue immediately recruited members of the group department and battalion commanders to arrange a combat plan tonight. In this battle, the first battalion was responsible for assaulting the Dutch coalition's positions. It will set off at 3 a.m. and enter within 5 kilometers of the Dutch coalition's positions before 5 a.m. After the navy's attack began, it will immediately advance to the Dutch coalition's positions. Once the navy's attack ends, it will immediately launch an attack on the Dutch coalition's positions. The regiment's 100th mortar battalion acts with the first battalion, and after the navy launches an attack, it will immediately advance to within range, and then launch a shelling at the Dutch coalition's positions to cooperate with the navy's attack.

The task of the Second Battalion is to circumvent the rear of the Dutch coalition position and establish an ambush position between the coalition position and Batavia. After the Dutch coalition position is captured by the People's Army, a large number of remnants will definitely retreat in the direction of Batavia. They are responsible for ambushing the fugitive enemy halfway and annihilation of the enemy as much as possible. However, since the marching distance of the Second Battalion is very long, they must set off after dinner.

The Third Battalion followed up after the first battalion broke through the Dutch coalition's position and expanded the results. Since the weather had already brightened at this time, the farm guards also acted with the Third Battalion.

After receiving Luo Yue's order, each unit immediately prepared. It was time for dinner. Luo Yue was about to go for dinner, but Huang Qingping, the head of the medical team, came to find Luo Yue with a young girl.

Huang Qingping is one of the medical staff who traveled through the army. She is not an ordinary nurse, but one of the backbone physicians of the medical team. Her main business is to prevent infectious diseases. After the establishment of the East China government, she served in the Ministry of Health. This time she was assigned to be the head of the medical team of the Java Overseas Chinese Protection Fleet.

The young girl, Luo Yue, also known her name, Li Lihua, is a mixed-race child of Javanese and British. She is one of the people rescued by the People's Army when she rescued Dagon Town. Since she has half of Chinese descent and her family is one of the largest foreign merchants in Java, the People's Army also counts her as a member of Javanese Chinese.

It turned out that Li Lihua came to the farm with more than 20 children. Later, with the arrival of the People's Army, more and more battles were fought, and the number of wounded people also increased greatly. In fact, the People's Army and the Farm Guard were not too many wounded, but there were soldiers in the People's Army who were not accustomed to the local conditions and became sick, and there were also many Chinese in the shelter.

In addition, among the indigenous prisoners captured by the People's Army, there were also a large number of wounded people. The People's Army also treated these wounded people for humanitarian reasons. Although the treatment conditions for them were not as good as those of the People's Army and the Chinese, the basic treatment conditions could still be guaranteed. Therefore, many indigenous prisoners saved their lives. Of course, some seriously injured indigenous prisoners also died.

However, as a result, medical staff became one of the busiest people on the farm. Although the Zhang family prepared a lot of medicines in the farm, there was no shortage of more than 20 medical staff brought from Qingdao. Therefore, the People's Army recruited a group of personnel to help among the Chinese who were sheltered. Li Lihua learned some nursing knowledge when she was studying in Europe, so she also joined the medical staff and helped the People's Army a lot. Because Li Lihua had experience studying in Europe, she was considered an emerging woman in this era, and she was cheerful and caring, and Huang Qingping also had a good impression of her. Most of the officers and soldiers of the People's Army knew Li Lihua.

Seeing that the two of them came to find him, Luo Yue couldn't help but feel a little surprised and said, "Doctor Huang, is there any trouble for you to find Sheng?"

Huang Qingping nodded and said, "Captain Luo, there are too many wounded people today. There are more than 200 of them, including severe injuries and at least 100 people who need treatment for bedding. There are not enough beds in our hospital."

Luo Yue didn't feel a little headache after hearing this. Medical problems were indeed the most insufficient preparations in this overseas Chinese protection campaign. Therefore, after arriving in Java, there were the most problems. The beds were one of them. The farm houses were limited. Originally, they only planned to be distributed to the hospital for 5 rooms. Later, due to the increase in wounded people, four more rooms were added, but I didn't expect that the beds were still not enough now.

However, now there are problems, and we still need to solve them one by one. Therefore, Luo Yue thought about it and said, "I have found Zhu Shoushan. Can you please add a few more rooms to the hospital?"

Huang Qingping shook her head and said, "We have already found him, and he said that we can only get another room for us, because there are really no rooms on the farm, and this room only has 40 beds at most, and there are at least 50 beds left. Now I have ordered a group of indigenous people who are slightly injured to be removed. Basically, all the wounded people this time can be placed, but there will be wars in the future, and there will be some sick people among our personnel. At that time, there is really no way."

Luo Yue thought that this was also a problem, because there would be another big battle to fight tonight. Regardless of the outcome, there would definitely be a lot of wounded people. So Luo Yue pondered for a moment and said, "How many native wounded people are still in the hospital now?"

Huang Qingping said: "There are more than 80 people."

Luo Yue said: "So transfer all the indigenous wounded personnel to the shack outside to be placed, free up all the beds in the room, and prepare them for future wounded personnel?"

Huang Qingping smiled bitterly and said, "Now there are not enough shacks outside. This time, in addition to our own wounded people, the number of indigenous wounded people has increased by more than 3,600, of which more than 300 need bedside treatment, and at least 20 shacks are needed to be enough. It is not easy to build another 20 shacks in the farm now."

Now the total number of people on the farm has reached more than 16,000, which is indeed a huge burden for the farm. It turned out that the square in front of the inner city had been full, and even half of the cattle sheds were occupied. The Zhang family had wiped out some of the crops and built some shacks, which was to accommodate everyone. But by this time the Zhang family had paid a huge price, and the People's Army could not ask the Zhang family to eradicate other crops, and the planting grounds of some crops were not suitable for building shacks.

Luo Yue didn't feel even more headache after hearing this. It seems that it is indeed not easy to be alone. In addition to fighting, there is also a lot of messy things to deal with. Now there is really no way out. After all, you can't throw all these indigenous wounded people out of the farm and let them fend for themselves.

At this time, Huang Qingping also saw that Luo Yue was helpless and said, "Captain, Miss Lihua just now came to think of a way to resettle some native wounded people to Dagong Town. I don't know what you think of this method."

Luo Yue thought about it and looked at Li Lihua again. Li Lihua said: "Captain Luo, there is a church and a hospital in Dagon Town, which are all the industries of my family. I can guarantee that they can accept the wounded. There are still some vacant rooms in the town, so the next wounded can be placed, which can at least relieve the pressure on the farm."

At this time, Luo Yue also figured it out that Li Lihua's suggestion was indeed a good idea. Not only could it be possible to resettle some of the indigenous wounded soldiers, but it could also send all the Chinese in Dagon Town to shelter, so that it would be time for the farm to send a lot of space. Moreover, after the battle tonight, the indigenous people would not dare to rob the Chinese again. Therefore, even if all the Chinese were sent back to Dagon Town and send some soldiers to station in Dagon Town, there would be no danger. Moreover, Dagon Town is only more than 20 kilometers away from the farm. If something really happens, it is time for the farm to dispatch troops to rescue. Of course, the premise is that the expected victory will be achieved tonight's battle.

So Luo Yue said, "Okay, I will discuss with Manager Zhu later. If we discuss it, we will notify Miss Li. And it is too late today. I will arrange personnel to go to Dagong Town tomorrow morning. If the situation is OK, I will arrange some of the wounded people." He paused and said, "But I will ask Miss Li to work hard tomorrow, but I will send troops to protect Miss Li, so don't worry about safety."

Li Lihua nodded and said, "Okay, I'll wait for news from Captain Luo."

Luo Yue said to Huang Qingping again: "Doctor Huang, can you hold on tonight?"

Huang Qingping sighed and said, "It's up to fate. The temperature in Java is very high, so it doesn't matter if it sleeps in the open air. If it doesn't rain, there will be no big problem, but if it rains, it's hard to say."

After Huang Qingping and Li Lihua left, Luo Yue found Zhu Shoushan again, told him Li Lihua's suggestions, and at the same time he also said his own ideas. After hearing this, Zhu Shoushan also agreed with this suggestion, because the farm really couldn't accommodate more people now, and it would be a good thing to be able to free up some people. Moreover, the Zhang family has two shops in Dagong Town, which can not only accommodate some wounded people, but also arrange some personnel to help the People's Army manage in Dagong Town.

After hearing Zhu Shoushan's words, Luo Yue was relieved and immediately asked Zhu Shoushan to arrange some personnel to go to Dagong Town with Li Lihua tomorrow morning.

After dinner, the Second Battalion first left the farm and set off, and the rest of the soldiers also began to rest, waiting for the night to fight.

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