The journey starts from the Titanic

When the South China Army was more than two hundred meters away, the British infantry began to shoot. There were bursts of gunshots from the Malay indigenous soldiers, but they were not allowed to shoot within 200 meters. , The vast majority of the South China Army lay unscathed in the trenches.

They approached the South China Army at a distance of 50 meters smoothly.This made the British commander very satisfied. He held up his binoculars and chuckled softly: "Sure enough, they didn't have the guts to fight us. As long as we charge, they will be finished."

Chapter 106

Just when the British commander thought it would be done overnight, the South China Army position shot loudly. The two Maxine machine guns that had been camouflaged behind the turf began to fire, knocking down the enemy close at hand.

At the same time, two 40-caliber mortars were also roaring among the gunfire.

The location of the careless British machine guns and mortars has been exposed just now, and they were detected by the South China Army. So when the British machine guns and mortars were firing well, they were suddenly hit by the South China Army mortars. The shelling was a stop.

"The enemy actually has mortars and machine guns? Damn, we were cheated. Withdraw!" The British commander said decisively.

He didn't expect that the opponent's equipment was not inferior to his own. It was indeed not an easy task to easily capture the South China Army's position with the same strength.

In fact, without the order of the British commander, the 100-odd Malay indigenous soldiers rushing in front have been knocked down by the South China Army. The rest are lying on the ground, looking for bunkers so that they can block the guns of the South China Army. , That is impossible.

The battle lasted only a few minutes. After the British army left more than 100 soldiers, after the attack failed, they took the initiative to retreat.

The South China Army also did not have the strength to eat each other. After the British army retreated, they only launched a small anti-reunion and then retreated back to their positions. The two sides faced off again.

After the British offensive was frustrated, there was no longer any thought of going south.

"How can those damn yellow monkeys have such advanced weapons?" The British commander reported the battle to his superiors.

The news was finally confirmed by the British army about the large number of advanced weapons in the South China Army. They had not believed much about the Dutch rumors before.

The source of the weapons is very simple, either provided by the Americans or related to the Americans. However, there is no basis for the British to settle accounts with the Americans. They can only curse the American arms dealers in their hearts.

After a small battle or trial, the British army died down, and the South China army was temporarily still.

The situation of the British troops entering East Borneo from Sabah on the eastern road was better, and they were not effectively blocked by the South China Army and no fighting occurred.

Because the South China Army in the Balikpapan area where part of the main force of Borneo was pinned down, was competing with the British. It was too late to estimate the northern part of East Borneo, allowing the British to succeed and control Sandakan and other areas.

The South China army was beyond reach, and had to give Britain some advantage.However, those places were not developed very much, and even if the British occupied them for a while, it would be difficult to digest, otherwise they would not attract a large number of immigrants from China to develop the British Sarawak region.

After South China occupied a large amount of land in Borneo, the Chinese in the northern part of British Borneo began to migrate south and entered the sphere of influence of South China, resulting in a labor shortage in the northern part of British Borneo.

The British cannot do without the industrious Chinese who cultivate and plant for them, so a more interesting phenomenon occurred. Both sides began to compete for Chinese immigrants.

It is not in South China’s interest to allow the British to easily occupy East Borneo. Although the local terrain is restricted and South China has to organize a landing in Java, it cannot draw enough troops to drive the British away, but a small number of elite troops can be used to hold the British. .

Machen, the capital of South Borneo, is the headquarters of the Borneo Theater.

Holding Singkawang’s battle report, Zhang Chengdong said happily: "This Xue Yue is really good! Maybe he is a famous tiger. Unfortunately, we can't provoke the British for the time being. Let them go first."

"It's okay, hold on to the British first, and wait for us to take care of the Java affairs, then go back and clean them up."

Colonel Bai Chongxi, the combat staff officer, smiled.

This little Zhuge in history was brought from Guangxi to Nanyang by Zhang Chengdong, and it was quite used. The battle in Borneo was planned by Bai Chongxi and a group of young officers from the General Staff.

The South China Fifth and Sixth Divisions under the command of Zhang Chengdong, except for a brigade of 7000 people led by the titan Li Hanhun, stationed in the oil area of ​​Borneo, Balikpapan, the remaining main force of more than 20,000 people gathered in Machen, South Borneo , Ready to land in Surabaya.

The troops succeeding the Fifth and Sixth Divisions were second-line troops armed with forestry workers. They were weak in combat effectiveness and were of the same rank as the Malay indigenous soldiers.

If the British army does not make a decision to fight, these second-line troops can also be dragged out of the British army for a period of time.

It was Bai Chongxi who made this plan. His plan was a bit risky, but Zhang Chengdong gladly adopted it.

Java is much more important than Borneo.As long as you can win Java, even if you lose Borneo, it is only worth it.

"We can't let the British live too comfortably. East Borneo also has to make trouble for the British. Do you have any good ideas?"

Zhang Chengdong asked.

"Why don't you send Delta? In the jungle, one of them can be used as ten. It is not suitable to hold the British." Bai Chongxi suggested.

"Good idea. Let the British see what is the jungle death." Zhang Chengdong was very satisfied with Bai Chongxi's answer.

It is Dai Chuanxin Squadron who undertakes this task.

Half a month ago, they came to Borneo from Sumatra under the command of Zhang Chengdong.

According to the plan, they were originally going to participate in the Java Landing War, but when the British came, they had no choice but to entertain malicious British people.

In an ordinary barracks of Ma Chen's South China Army, a group of soldiers with thick bags are about to set off again.

"Head, are you going to fight the Dutch in the past?" The young soldier Ji Guolei had already integrated into this special unit, and his words made other fighters eager to move.

"It's going to fight, but it's not the Dutch, but the British. These thieves have taken advantage of us and have invaded parts of the northern part of East Borneo. Our task is to stop them from going south.

The tropical rain forest is our battlefield and the burial place of our enemies.Are you confident to clean them up?"

Dai Chuanxin asked.

"Have!"

The fighting shouted loudly.

"Okay. Board the ship."

In this way, this group of soldiers who have just emerged from the tropical rainforest of Sumatra have entered a new battlefield. They have to overcome many difficulties.

At least in terms of intelligence and supplies, it is inferior to South China’s long-term operation of Sumatra, but Zhang Chengdong still believes that these fighters will win and buy time for South China’s landing....

Medan.

Chen Youren walked into the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the South China Military Government as usual.With a faint smile on his face, he was calm and relaxed, as if he had a chance to win.

After the conflict between the British and South China forces in Singkawang, Clifford, the secret envoy of the Governor's House in Singapore, asked for a re-meeting, which seemed a bit eager.

When Chen Youren came in, Clifford had been sitting in the reception room for a while.Seeing Chen Youren, he immediately showed an impeccable smile: "Mr. Chen, you are in a good mood today, is there anything worth sharing?"

This is somewhat familiar. Looking at the friendly smile on this English gentleman's face, Chen Youren can hardly hate such a warm and kind English gentleman.

"Of course. Today's weather is good, very sunny, we can enjoy this wonderful time." Chen Youren smiled.

He has lived in London for a few years and is very familiar with the rhetoric of the British that everything is tied to the weather.

It sounds unsatisfactory, but the conspiracy of the cunning British is like the weather in London, hidden in a faint fog.

"Yeah. It's really a nice city, it's amazing.

Almost every day, I find the surprise here.It's hard to imagine, across a shallow strait, this place is so beautiful but I don't know."

Clifford secretly paid attention to Chen Youren's expression. This is what he really said. Except for a few areas, the South China government has almost restricted his actions. Therefore, a lot of information about Medan is also sent back to the Governor's Mansion in Singapore through Clifford.