1850 American Gold Baron

Chapter 412 Ying Xiao

Faced with continuous night harassment by the Chinese army.

The Dutch and Indian troops outside Pontianak have not had a peaceful sleep for two weeks.

During the siege of the city, almost every night, there would be loud gunfire around their camp.

At first, the Dutch and Indian troops would send troops to prevent the Chinese army from stealing the camp.

But after two weeks, they discovered that the Chinese army was just pretending to harass them, and had no intention of attacking their military camp.

Therefore, in the end, the Dutch and Indian troops, from Andersen himself to ordinary Dutch and Indian soldiers, were accustomed to the Chinese army's pretentiousness at night.

No one thought that the Chinese army would launch a night attack on them at night.

The Dutch and Indian troops also relaxed their defenses against the Chinese troops at night.

"This time, the wolf really came."

Looking at the Western Brigade soldiers who were gathering to check their weapons and equipment, Wen Xian teased.

At the same time, Wenxian recorded these observations verbatim in the notebook he carried with him.

The world knows very little about this army that hangs alone on the frontier of the United States, and even has some disdain for it.

However, Wen Xian now believes that this is an armed force that cannot be underestimated.

The level of professionalism and combat literacy displayed by this army are no less than those of the armies of powerful European countries.

"Let us give General Anderson a surprise tonight." Liang Yao rubbed his hands and looked at the soldiers of the Western Brigade who were gathering in an orderly manner, and said confidently.

"I'm afraid your prisoner of war camp will be expanded again." Wen Xian said with emotion.

After these days of observation, Wenxian now does not think Liang Yao is an arrogant person.

Wen Xian had the same view as Liang Yao, feeling that this was a battle without suspense.

The exhausted Dutch and Indian Army, which lacked supplies, were no match for the high-spirited soldiers of the Western Brigade.

After the troops were assembled, Liang Yao took out his pocket watch and with the light of the kerosene lamp, he could see the current time clearly.

It is now 11 o'clock at night. In the past, at this time, he would always be as punctual as an alarm clock, firing off guns and even firecrackers for the Dutch and Indian troops outside Pontianak to help them sleep. Today is of course no exception.

"attack!"

Liang Yao put away his pocket watch and gave the order to attack.

Intensive gunfire sounded as scheduled.

The officers and soldiers of the artillery company fired artillery shells into the Dutch-Indian army camp as if they were free of charge.

However, the Dutch and Indian troops, who had long been immune to the sound of gunfire, did not react to the sudden sound of gunfire.

Exhausted, they just want to have a good sleep now.

Some Shibin of the Dutch Indian Army even blocked their ears with cotton and rags before going to bed.

The first person to realize something was wrong was the sentry on duty.

The sentries first noticed that the cannon fire was particularly dense tonight.

Only when explosive bombs fell one after another in the military camp, and three or five sentries were killed on the spot by the explosive bombs, did the sentries react.

Today, the Chinese army is not just making a fool of themselves, but is really going to attack at night!

"Enemy attack! Enemy attack!" the sentries shouted.

Upon learning of the night attack by the Chinese army, Anderson hurriedly put on his military uniform, put on his saber and walked out of the camp to prepare for an army counterattack.

But what happened next shocked Andersen himself.

The Dutch and Indian troops were exhausted and exhausted due to the long-term fraudulent attacks by the Chinese army. Many Dutch and Indian soldiers were already on the verge of collapse.

When they heard about the enemy attack, many highly nervous Dutch and Indian soldiers picked up their guns, loaded their bullets, and fired when they saw figures.

It is difficult to distinguish ourselves from the enemy at night.

The sudden sound of gunfire in the camp also caused many Dutch and Indian soldiers who were still in good spirits to mistakenly believe that Liang Yao's Chinese army had entered the camp.

He also picked up the guy and shot when he saw the figure.

The soldiers of the Pontianak Sultanate, who had long been dissatisfied with the Dutch and Indian soldiers, also took advantage of the chaos to attack the nervous Dutch and Indian soldiers, or picked up rifles on the ground to attack the Dutch and Indian soldiers.

The entire Dutch-Indian army camp instantly became a mess.

"Yingxiao?"

Hearing the chaotic and unorganized gunshots coming from the Dutch-Indian army camp, Liang Yao couldn't help but raise the telescope in his hand and carefully observed the situation in the Dutch-Indian army camp.

However, under the darkness of the night, Liang Yao couldn't see any clues.

"General! Half of the shells have been fired!"

The commander of the artillery company came to report to Liang Yao that they had fired half of the base number of artillery shells.

"Keep fighting." Liang Yao ordered.

"Based on my experience in serving for many years, there is a high probability of a camp roar occurring in the Dutch-Indian Army's military camp," Elvis said.

"If it's a camp roar, then let them continue to fight on their own for a while. We can not join in the fun for now, otherwise we are afraid that the Dutch and Indian troops are putting on a show for us and will waste the opportunity to fight." Deng Wenkang said.

"Mr. Deng, then you think too highly of the Dutch Indian Army. It is not surprising that an army that could be frightened by dozens of stragglers and abandon the city of Pontianak would have a camp roar." Elvis still insisted on himself.

point of view.

Soon after, the soldiers of the Pontianak Sultanate who ran out of the Dutch-Indian Army camp also confirmed Elvis's view. There was indeed a camp roar in the Dutch-Indian Army camp.

At midnight, when the gunshots in the Dutch and Indian Army's camp gradually became sparse, Liang Yao ordered the infantry to approach the Dutch and Indian Army's military camp and surrounded it.

At this time, Kruger also led two battalions to Pontianak from the coast of the mouth of the Capuas River, and together with the Pontianak defenders completed the encirclement of the Dutch-Indian army camp.

Wait until the sky is dark and the white fish belly appears in the east.

Only then did the Dutch-Indian army camp manage to restore order.

After the roar of the camp in the middle of the night, the Dutch and Indian army's military camp was now in a mess.

The Dutch and Indian troops suffered heavy casualties. Nearly one-third of the soldiers were killed or wounded in the camp roar and lost their combat effectiveness.

Although the Dutch-Indian Army still has about 3,000 troops.

But obviously, these Dutch and Indian troops, whose morale was extremely low, no longer had the courage to fight anymore.

Looking at the hell-like camp and the miserable soldiers.

Anderson, with disheveled hair and confused eyes, stood there for a long time, speechless.

"It's over, it's over, everything is over."

Anderson muttered incoherently.

He knew very well that the camp roar at night had already sentenced him to death in his career.

Anderson had thought about being defeated by Liang Yao's Western Brigade on the battlefield, but he never expected that he would fail in such a humiliating way.

"General, the Chinese army has surrounded our military camp. Should we continue to fight or surrender?"

A colonel of the Dutch-Indian Army bravely stepped forward and asked, and did not forget to add something after he finished speaking.

"The Chinese army has a large number of people, as many as a brigade, or even more."

Anderson smiled bitterly: "Whether it's war or surrender, you already have the answer in your mind, why do you need to ask me?"

After saying that, Anderson slumped down on the muddy ground mixed with blood.

Even if he wants to fight to the end now, not to mention the Javanese soldiers in the army, even the European soldiers and these officers will probably not listen to his orders and fight to the end with the Chinese army.

Furthermore, their reinforcements are still far away, and they will not be able to hold on until the day when the reinforcements arrive.

Such resistance was futile and meaningless in the eyes of these officers.

(End of chapter)