Chapter 1247
In Trouble
Chapter 1247 In Trouble
Haihan army can make such a careful deployment, these means are obviously not adjustments made after the battle, but corresponding arrangements have been made long ago.The two generals of the coalition army couldn't figure out which link went wrong for a while, so that the Haihan people had countermeasures in advance.But now is not the time to pursue these minutiae. It is not too late to save our strength and withdraw to the country, and then slowly figure out what happened.However, since the opponent has deployed interception means on the back road of retreat, there must be no peace along the way.
As they expected, the guerrilla interception launched by the Haihan Army is launched almost all the time. They will not emerge from the hiding place in the forest to engage the coalition forces head-on, but will continue to fire cold shots to slow down the coalition forces marching speed.The activities of its small group of troops in the forest are very flexible. They often move their positions immediately after firing a few shots, making it impossible for the coalition forces to defend against them.
And the chasing soldiers who come from the tail are even more difficult to deal with. Hogg can clearly feel that the performance of the rifles used by the opponent is better than that of his own troops. They often shoot outside their own range, using the range of the weapon The advantage is to launch a unilateral attack on one's own soldiers.In this situation, Hogg didn't dare to fight at all, he could only command the troops to fight and retreat.But the main force in front seemed to be constantly changing its marching route, instead of going all the way north along the way it came from, which also brought a lot of trouble to the retreat of the troops behind.
Hogg didn't know that the main force in front was constantly blocked and harassed by the ambush army in the forest, so he had to change his route to avoid fighting. Passively separated from the main force, they could only try to break through to the north by themselves.The formation became more and more scattered during the retreat. After marching for about twenty miles, the formation was completely lost. The soldiers just subconsciously moved towards the north or in a crowded direction, and the command system was basically declared useless.
Under such circumstances, the Haihan field troops responsible for delaying their progress basically only need to implement the established combat plan step by step, constantly interspersing in the forest, cutting the enemy's formation, looking for its weak points to strike, Then quickly evacuate to implement the next penetration.
In terms of tactical proficiency alone, the jungle warfare strength of Roger's troops is far inferior to Qian Tiandun's special warfare troop, which is famous for its mountain and jungle operations, but it is already enough to deal with this panicked enemy army. More than enough.Under repeated interspersing and cutting, the panicked opponents had no countermeasures at all, and the orderly retreat gradually turned into fleeing for their own lives.
In the process, the coalition forces fell behind, lost their way, and were killed and captured more and more. Although Hogg and Bapon knew it wrong, it was difficult to organize a decent resistance in this chaotic situation. , Even unable to regroup the troops, they could only bury their heads and flee northward desperately.Although I don't know what other means the Haihan people have deployed in the north, but this is their only chance of escape, and they don't care about thinking about the hidden crisis right now.
At a place about ten miles away from the landing point, the fleeing troops encountered scattered soldiers fleeing from the north, and the bad news brought Hogg and Bapon were even more frightened—the Haihan fleet raided this morning The landing point has been reached, and the docks and camps that the coalition forces have just established in the local area have been occupied.In other words, the only way for them to escape back to Johor seems to have been cut off by the Haihan people in advance.
This news finally confirmed their previous guess, that is, Haihan had already noticed this kind of movement before the coalition forces launched an offensive, and made corresponding deployments in advance.The coalition forces arrived in the south of the island only yesterday afternoon and launched an offensive towards the village of Haihan, but their fleet circled the Johor Strait early this morning and accurately attacked the coalition forces' landing point on Sing Tao. This is undoubtedly a conscious time lag .The Haihan people were very aware of the coalition's combat plan, so they gave up launching an anti-landing operation when the coalition forces were crossing the sea, and then waited for the main force of the coalition forces to leave the landing point and go south, and then came out to cut off the coalition forces' retreat. The danger is also fully exposed.
The entire Xingdao is a huge trap, waiting for the coalition forces to automatically drill into it, and then slowly tighten the pockets.Hogg and Bapon now also understand why the Haihan people still did not use artillery when the battle situation was tight yesterday, just to let the coalition forces continue to have a hint of "I can do it" and leave enough action for the outflanking fleet time.As soon as the battle started today, Haihan decisively used artillery to demonstrate, which made the coalition forces lose their courage to continue fighting, and deployed troops in the field to block the coalition forces gradually.After this whole set of combined punches, the coalition forces basically had no resistance at all, and could only run away blindly.
But now that the way back has been cut off, where should he escape?This is a huge problem.Although Xingdao is not small in size, it is surrounded by the sea on all sides, and there are no villages and towns on the island for supplies, and the Haihan army is always chasing after it. Where can this team of 2000 people escape to find life?
Although those in the know know that there is no escape from their situation, they subconsciously continue to march north. After all, their only way of life is in the north, and if the situation on the other side of the strait is found to be wrong, they will definitely send another ship to rescue the coalition forces on the island. .Although the troops are scattered now, perhaps they can regroup the stragglers when they reach the coast, and then establish positions to resist the Haihan army that is chasing up.
But what they don't know is that the fleet led by Mu Xiabo has repelled three waves of the Johor fleet trying to counterattack across the sea today.These small-tonnage civilian ships basically have no chance to perform in front of the Haihan warships. They often have to be smashed to pieces as soon as they are hit by a single shot, and they cannot easily climb up the high ship's side even if they can get close.Although the British armed sailing ships were slightly stronger, their numbers and firepower were obviously at a disadvantage. After observing the battle between Haihan and Johor ships from a distance at sea, they slipped away with great interest.At present, in the waters near the landing point in the Johor Strait, none of their ships dare to approach the coastline.
Of course, it is not that the coalition forces have prepared an emergency backup plan, but before that, they must first confirm that there is no chance of escape near the original landing point, and then start another plan.
Before sunset that day, after confirming with their own eyes that the coastal camp had been replaced with the Haihan double-color flag, the coalition forces finally gave up the idea of returning to Johor from here, and after regrouping, they turned to march west.The Haihan army did not pursue it overnight, and only sent a small number of scouts to fall behind to observe its movements.
Tan Juren's rear was not idle during the day. After the enemy retreated, he organized manpower to clean the battlefield and accept prisoners.According to Roger's instructions, Tan Juren asked the migrant workers to urgently build a temporary prisoner-of-war camp for the prisoners in the open space outside the village.
Tan Juren's design is very simple, that is, to lay a number of wooden piles on the ground, and then connect them with barbed wire, enclosing a large open space, leaving a gap as an entrance and exit.This is simpler than the "horse ring" mentioned by Roger, and the construction speed is also faster. Hundreds of migrant workers entered the construction site at the same time, and it took less than an hour to build a temporary detention site that can accommodate a thousand people.
Soon, prisoners were escorted back one after another. Except for a very few senior officers with intelligence value and Europeans with obvious appearance, other ordinary soldiers were thrown into this open space directly after a simple body search.By noon, more than [-] prisoners of war had been received.
Regarding how to manage the hard labor camps, this is already one of the subjects that the officials sent out must learn. Although Tan Juren has no practical experience, after seeing it in various colonies all the way, combined with the theoretical knowledge he has learned, the current situation It's not hard to face him.He asked the soldiers to distribute some materials and tools to the prisoners of war, asking them to organize and build awnings in the open space, dig out public facilities such as latrines and cisterns in designated places, and announced that food would not be available until these tasks were completed. and drinking water.It doesn't take long to observe those who are active and have strong organizational and command abilities, and then appoint them as temporary foremen and leaders to lead the prisoners to work.
As for those senior military officers and the British, the treatment they received was relatively better, at least they did not need to build their own cells and living facilities.Tan Juren temporarily requisitioned several barracks in the army and imprisoned these more valuable prisoners of war.But how to deal with these guys, because Tan Juren lacked relevant operating experience, he had to wait for Roger to come back to make up his mind.
When it was dark, Haihan withdrew his troops and returned to the camp. The number of prisoners had exceeded 500, and more than ten senior officers and British people were captured.After Luo Jie came back to check, he was also very happy, ordered the three armies to be rewarded, and then forced Tan Juren to have a few drinks together.
Tan Juren asked with some concern: "Don't you want to continue chasing and suppressing the Johor Army tomorrow? Don't drink too much and delay the business!"
"Don't worry, it's not that easy to escape!" Roger said confidently: "It's enough for one company to stay here tomorrow, and Lao Mu and I will slowly clean them up. It will take three to five days at most. , the island can restore normal order. As for those prisoners of war, you can assign them labor tasks as soon as possible, no matter what you do, anyway, don’t let them idle.”
Tan Juren nodded understandingly and said: "I understand, let them build the place they want to live in first!"
Roger said: "You can arrange these things, but you have to remember that they are not Han Chinese, and they are not related to our culture. If you meet someone who is restless, don't be soft-hearted. I still say the same thing, kill some people who are not good. Honest people, the rest will be obedient. Don't waste your time on trivial matters, for us, these prisoners of war are just pure expendables."
Tan Juren said, "What about the officers and the British?"
"Let's keep them temporarily. I will deal with them together after I have dealt with the enemy forces on the island." Roger said fiercely: "If you dare to fight against us, you have to pay some price. If you don't hurt them Don't remember the lesson!"
Early the next morning, Roger set off again with the troops.The troops he led took platoons as units, separated by about half a mile, and began to conduct a fragmented search on the island.In fact, it is not difficult to find traces of the enemy army. There are only a few fresh water sources on the island, and even fewer water sources near the Strait of Johor. There are at least 1000 enemy soldiers wandering in the wild. Their range of activities should not be large It will be too far away from the water source, as long as the approximate location is determined, it is only a matter of time to find the other party.What's more, a small group of elites were sent out yesterday to track them all night. When the big troops get close, they will naturally find the guiding signs they left.
The remnants led by Babon and Hogg had arrived at the backup landing point last night, but it was unknown whether it was the poor visibility at night or the reinforcements on the other side of the strait had been defeated by the Haihan warships, and no ships took advantage of this. Time to pick up people on the south bank of the strait.They waited all night and did not see their ship appear until dawn.And shortly after dawn, the first thing that appeared in the field of vision was not the rescue ship coming from the opposite side of the strait, but the Haihan warship flying the double-color flag.
"The location of this place may have been leaked, we'd better get out of here as soon as possible." Seeing the appearance of the Haihan warship, Ba Peng immediately had a bad premonition in his heart.Although this prepared sea-crossing location is hidden, some of the officers who know this backup plan may have been captured by Haihan. It is not difficult to obtain this information with a little interrogation.At that time, they will be blocked on the coast by the Haihan army, and with the current morale, they will not be able to fight head-on with their opponents.
However, Hogg suggested: "Why don't we go back to the south again? The Haihan army must have been mobilized by now to search for us on the island. If we go back to the south at this time, we may be able to step into the gap. If we are lucky, we can directly It is not impossible to capture their lair."
"If we're unlucky, we might be stopped halfway!" Bapon didn't agree with Hogg's adventurous plan. The coalition forces retreated to the domestic route, and there was no other place on the island where they could get supplies. Even if they were allowed to escape, how long could they last on this island?It is impossible for these more than 1000 people to become savages who dig out bird eggs and eat wild fruits, and live in the wild for a long time.There is no need for the Haihan people to be in a hurry to wipe out them. As long as they delay for a few more days, these people under them will not be able to escape and return to the country, and they should gradually choose to surrender voluntarily.
The opinions of the two generals had a major disagreement for the first time after the expedition, and neither of them could persuade the other.However, the two troops marching from east to west along the coastline of the Strait of Johor and led by Roger from south to north, were getting closer and closer to their position.
(End of this chapter)
Haihan army can make such a careful deployment, these means are obviously not adjustments made after the battle, but corresponding arrangements have been made long ago.The two generals of the coalition army couldn't figure out which link went wrong for a while, so that the Haihan people had countermeasures in advance.But now is not the time to pursue these minutiae. It is not too late to save our strength and withdraw to the country, and then slowly figure out what happened.However, since the opponent has deployed interception means on the back road of retreat, there must be no peace along the way.
As they expected, the guerrilla interception launched by the Haihan Army is launched almost all the time. They will not emerge from the hiding place in the forest to engage the coalition forces head-on, but will continue to fire cold shots to slow down the coalition forces marching speed.The activities of its small group of troops in the forest are very flexible. They often move their positions immediately after firing a few shots, making it impossible for the coalition forces to defend against them.
And the chasing soldiers who come from the tail are even more difficult to deal with. Hogg can clearly feel that the performance of the rifles used by the opponent is better than that of his own troops. They often shoot outside their own range, using the range of the weapon The advantage is to launch a unilateral attack on one's own soldiers.In this situation, Hogg didn't dare to fight at all, he could only command the troops to fight and retreat.But the main force in front seemed to be constantly changing its marching route, instead of going all the way north along the way it came from, which also brought a lot of trouble to the retreat of the troops behind.
Hogg didn't know that the main force in front was constantly blocked and harassed by the ambush army in the forest, so he had to change his route to avoid fighting. Passively separated from the main force, they could only try to break through to the north by themselves.The formation became more and more scattered during the retreat. After marching for about twenty miles, the formation was completely lost. The soldiers just subconsciously moved towards the north or in a crowded direction, and the command system was basically declared useless.
Under such circumstances, the Haihan field troops responsible for delaying their progress basically only need to implement the established combat plan step by step, constantly interspersing in the forest, cutting the enemy's formation, looking for its weak points to strike, Then quickly evacuate to implement the next penetration.
In terms of tactical proficiency alone, the jungle warfare strength of Roger's troops is far inferior to Qian Tiandun's special warfare troop, which is famous for its mountain and jungle operations, but it is already enough to deal with this panicked enemy army. More than enough.Under repeated interspersing and cutting, the panicked opponents had no countermeasures at all, and the orderly retreat gradually turned into fleeing for their own lives.
In the process, the coalition forces fell behind, lost their way, and were killed and captured more and more. Although Hogg and Bapon knew it wrong, it was difficult to organize a decent resistance in this chaotic situation. , Even unable to regroup the troops, they could only bury their heads and flee northward desperately.Although I don't know what other means the Haihan people have deployed in the north, but this is their only chance of escape, and they don't care about thinking about the hidden crisis right now.
At a place about ten miles away from the landing point, the fleeing troops encountered scattered soldiers fleeing from the north, and the bad news brought Hogg and Bapon were even more frightened—the Haihan fleet raided this morning The landing point has been reached, and the docks and camps that the coalition forces have just established in the local area have been occupied.In other words, the only way for them to escape back to Johor seems to have been cut off by the Haihan people in advance.
This news finally confirmed their previous guess, that is, Haihan had already noticed this kind of movement before the coalition forces launched an offensive, and made corresponding deployments in advance.The coalition forces arrived in the south of the island only yesterday afternoon and launched an offensive towards the village of Haihan, but their fleet circled the Johor Strait early this morning and accurately attacked the coalition forces' landing point on Sing Tao. This is undoubtedly a conscious time lag .The Haihan people were very aware of the coalition's combat plan, so they gave up launching an anti-landing operation when the coalition forces were crossing the sea, and then waited for the main force of the coalition forces to leave the landing point and go south, and then came out to cut off the coalition forces' retreat. The danger is also fully exposed.
The entire Xingdao is a huge trap, waiting for the coalition forces to automatically drill into it, and then slowly tighten the pockets.Hogg and Bapon now also understand why the Haihan people still did not use artillery when the battle situation was tight yesterday, just to let the coalition forces continue to have a hint of "I can do it" and leave enough action for the outflanking fleet time.As soon as the battle started today, Haihan decisively used artillery to demonstrate, which made the coalition forces lose their courage to continue fighting, and deployed troops in the field to block the coalition forces gradually.After this whole set of combined punches, the coalition forces basically had no resistance at all, and could only run away blindly.
But now that the way back has been cut off, where should he escape?This is a huge problem.Although Xingdao is not small in size, it is surrounded by the sea on all sides, and there are no villages and towns on the island for supplies, and the Haihan army is always chasing after it. Where can this team of 2000 people escape to find life?
Although those in the know know that there is no escape from their situation, they subconsciously continue to march north. After all, their only way of life is in the north, and if the situation on the other side of the strait is found to be wrong, they will definitely send another ship to rescue the coalition forces on the island. .Although the troops are scattered now, perhaps they can regroup the stragglers when they reach the coast, and then establish positions to resist the Haihan army that is chasing up.
But what they don't know is that the fleet led by Mu Xiabo has repelled three waves of the Johor fleet trying to counterattack across the sea today.These small-tonnage civilian ships basically have no chance to perform in front of the Haihan warships. They often have to be smashed to pieces as soon as they are hit by a single shot, and they cannot easily climb up the high ship's side even if they can get close.Although the British armed sailing ships were slightly stronger, their numbers and firepower were obviously at a disadvantage. After observing the battle between Haihan and Johor ships from a distance at sea, they slipped away with great interest.At present, in the waters near the landing point in the Johor Strait, none of their ships dare to approach the coastline.
Of course, it is not that the coalition forces have prepared an emergency backup plan, but before that, they must first confirm that there is no chance of escape near the original landing point, and then start another plan.
Before sunset that day, after confirming with their own eyes that the coastal camp had been replaced with the Haihan double-color flag, the coalition forces finally gave up the idea of returning to Johor from here, and after regrouping, they turned to march west.The Haihan army did not pursue it overnight, and only sent a small number of scouts to fall behind to observe its movements.
Tan Juren's rear was not idle during the day. After the enemy retreated, he organized manpower to clean the battlefield and accept prisoners.According to Roger's instructions, Tan Juren asked the migrant workers to urgently build a temporary prisoner-of-war camp for the prisoners in the open space outside the village.
Tan Juren's design is very simple, that is, to lay a number of wooden piles on the ground, and then connect them with barbed wire, enclosing a large open space, leaving a gap as an entrance and exit.This is simpler than the "horse ring" mentioned by Roger, and the construction speed is also faster. Hundreds of migrant workers entered the construction site at the same time, and it took less than an hour to build a temporary detention site that can accommodate a thousand people.
Soon, prisoners were escorted back one after another. Except for a very few senior officers with intelligence value and Europeans with obvious appearance, other ordinary soldiers were thrown into this open space directly after a simple body search.By noon, more than [-] prisoners of war had been received.
Regarding how to manage the hard labor camps, this is already one of the subjects that the officials sent out must learn. Although Tan Juren has no practical experience, after seeing it in various colonies all the way, combined with the theoretical knowledge he has learned, the current situation It's not hard to face him.He asked the soldiers to distribute some materials and tools to the prisoners of war, asking them to organize and build awnings in the open space, dig out public facilities such as latrines and cisterns in designated places, and announced that food would not be available until these tasks were completed. and drinking water.It doesn't take long to observe those who are active and have strong organizational and command abilities, and then appoint them as temporary foremen and leaders to lead the prisoners to work.
As for those senior military officers and the British, the treatment they received was relatively better, at least they did not need to build their own cells and living facilities.Tan Juren temporarily requisitioned several barracks in the army and imprisoned these more valuable prisoners of war.But how to deal with these guys, because Tan Juren lacked relevant operating experience, he had to wait for Roger to come back to make up his mind.
When it was dark, Haihan withdrew his troops and returned to the camp. The number of prisoners had exceeded 500, and more than ten senior officers and British people were captured.After Luo Jie came back to check, he was also very happy, ordered the three armies to be rewarded, and then forced Tan Juren to have a few drinks together.
Tan Juren asked with some concern: "Don't you want to continue chasing and suppressing the Johor Army tomorrow? Don't drink too much and delay the business!"
"Don't worry, it's not that easy to escape!" Roger said confidently: "It's enough for one company to stay here tomorrow, and Lao Mu and I will slowly clean them up. It will take three to five days at most. , the island can restore normal order. As for those prisoners of war, you can assign them labor tasks as soon as possible, no matter what you do, anyway, don’t let them idle.”
Tan Juren nodded understandingly and said: "I understand, let them build the place they want to live in first!"
Roger said: "You can arrange these things, but you have to remember that they are not Han Chinese, and they are not related to our culture. If you meet someone who is restless, don't be soft-hearted. I still say the same thing, kill some people who are not good. Honest people, the rest will be obedient. Don't waste your time on trivial matters, for us, these prisoners of war are just pure expendables."
Tan Juren said, "What about the officers and the British?"
"Let's keep them temporarily. I will deal with them together after I have dealt with the enemy forces on the island." Roger said fiercely: "If you dare to fight against us, you have to pay some price. If you don't hurt them Don't remember the lesson!"
Early the next morning, Roger set off again with the troops.The troops he led took platoons as units, separated by about half a mile, and began to conduct a fragmented search on the island.In fact, it is not difficult to find traces of the enemy army. There are only a few fresh water sources on the island, and even fewer water sources near the Strait of Johor. There are at least 1000 enemy soldiers wandering in the wild. Their range of activities should not be large It will be too far away from the water source, as long as the approximate location is determined, it is only a matter of time to find the other party.What's more, a small group of elites were sent out yesterday to track them all night. When the big troops get close, they will naturally find the guiding signs they left.
The remnants led by Babon and Hogg had arrived at the backup landing point last night, but it was unknown whether it was the poor visibility at night or the reinforcements on the other side of the strait had been defeated by the Haihan warships, and no ships took advantage of this. Time to pick up people on the south bank of the strait.They waited all night and did not see their ship appear until dawn.And shortly after dawn, the first thing that appeared in the field of vision was not the rescue ship coming from the opposite side of the strait, but the Haihan warship flying the double-color flag.
"The location of this place may have been leaked, we'd better get out of here as soon as possible." Seeing the appearance of the Haihan warship, Ba Peng immediately had a bad premonition in his heart.Although this prepared sea-crossing location is hidden, some of the officers who know this backup plan may have been captured by Haihan. It is not difficult to obtain this information with a little interrogation.At that time, they will be blocked on the coast by the Haihan army, and with the current morale, they will not be able to fight head-on with their opponents.
However, Hogg suggested: "Why don't we go back to the south again? The Haihan army must have been mobilized by now to search for us on the island. If we go back to the south at this time, we may be able to step into the gap. If we are lucky, we can directly It is not impossible to capture their lair."
"If we're unlucky, we might be stopped halfway!" Bapon didn't agree with Hogg's adventurous plan. The coalition forces retreated to the domestic route, and there was no other place on the island where they could get supplies. Even if they were allowed to escape, how long could they last on this island?It is impossible for these more than 1000 people to become savages who dig out bird eggs and eat wild fruits, and live in the wild for a long time.There is no need for the Haihan people to be in a hurry to wipe out them. As long as they delay for a few more days, these people under them will not be able to escape and return to the country, and they should gradually choose to surrender voluntarily.
The opinions of the two generals had a major disagreement for the first time after the expedition, and neither of them could persuade the other.However, the two troops marching from east to west along the coastline of the Strait of Johor and led by Roger from south to north, were getting closer and closer to their position.
(End of this chapter)