Rise of Australia

Chapter 237 Battle Results (addition 1)

Although the army successfully gathered was only more than 3000 people, the Portuguese general had nothing to do at this time.

Seeing that the Australasian army on the front line has rushed out, there are still a large number of Australasian people chasing and intercepting them.

Under such circumstances, instead of running earlier, it would be like waiting to die if they continued to gather the defeated soldiers. The smart Portuguese general chose the most reasonable method, which was to break out with the people gathered now.

Most of the soldiers recruited by the Portuguese generals were Portuguese, but about a quarter were indigenous soldiers.

The Portuguese generals were not stupid either. The route to break out of the siege was very difficult. It was the best way to let these indigenous soldiers explore the way and break out of the siege.

After randomly picking a direction close to the coast, the Portuguese general led the remnants of his defeated soldiers and broke out towards the coast.

Long before the roundabout and outflanking, Commander Fritz specifically instructed the enemy's possible retreat routes.

The coast is the most likely retreat target for the Portuguese army. After all, the inland is British India, and the British do not have such a good relationship with Portugal in India.

Because of this, the outflanking troops on the coast are the most, and they have successfully allocated two heavy machine guns and a lot of grenades.

The Portuguese general thought he had found a way out, but unexpectedly, he became the greatest military exploit in the eyes of Australasian soldiers.

After more than ten minutes of fierce fighting, the group of defeated soldiers gathered by the Portuguese general suffered heavy casualties, and the rest couldn't hold on any longer, and quickly dropped their weapons and shouted to surrender.

It's a pity that the Australasian soldiers can't understand Portuguese. Even if these Portuguese soldiers look like they are about to surrender, they still follow the orders given to them by the commander and try not to leave anyone alive.

On the other side, the soldiers on the front line commanded by Commander Fritz had already rushed out, chasing and intercepting the disintegrated Portuguese army.

It is not a good thing to let these routs flee, and these routs can also cause casualties to the Australasian army in the dark.

Even if they dare not attack the Australasian army, it is an uncontrollable force.

The previous offensive and defensive battles cost the Portuguese army at least 8000 people, [-]% of whom were indigenous soldiers.

Subtracting the more than 3000 routs gathered by the Portuguese general, there were still 9000 routs fleeing in all directions on the frontal battlefield, and they were also the main target of Commander Fritz.

Fortunately, the airship in the sky can also provide fire support, and can also detect the specific escape direction of the rout.

Through the bombing of the airship in the sky, Commander Fritz can easily know where the rout is, and then lead the soldiers to encircle and suppress it.

The war lasted from afternoon to night, and finally the sound of artillery fire and fighting gradually stopped.

Seeing that the night was getting darker, Commander Fritz decisively ordered the troops to retreat and wait until the next morning to search.

The long-term war made the soldiers very tired. Commander Fritz said nothing. Apart from letting more than 1000 soldiers in the second-line positions be on guard and patrolling, other soldiers can count the number of people, casualties and ammunition consumption according to the establishment. Then you can rest on your own.

Although Division Commander Fritz returned to his command room, he did not rest, but patiently waited for the casualties of the troops to be counted.

After more than half an hour, the troops gradually counted their own casualties and reported them to Fritz's headquarters.

This offensive and defensive battle should be the war with the most casualties since the founding of Australasia, and it is also the war with the greatest results.

First of all, in Australasia, the army of nearly 1 people suffered more than 700 casualties, of which more than 100 were killed, more than 200 were seriously injured, and the rest were minor injuries.

There is a Portuguese fleet stationed outside the sea area, and it is impossible to use a transport ship to send these wounded back to the country for medical treatment.

But fortunately, Commander Fritz still has three airships, and it is no problem to accommodate the nearly 400 moderately and seriously wounded.

The treatment of the seriously wounded was very urgent. Commander Fritz ordered the airship soldiers to carry all the wounded to the airship, and immediately set sail to send the wounded back to China for medical treatment.

When the time comes, the airship will be able to bring some supplies and deliver orders from the country by the way.

As for the remaining 200 lightly wounded, most of these people were only affected by fragments of artillery fire and bruised by stray bullets, and did not lose much combat effectiveness, and they could simply be bandaged.

Compared with the loss of personnel, the consumption of ammunition in this war is actually not large, at least compared to the offensive and defensive battle in Portuguese Timor, the consumption of ammunition is not large.

After all, most of the time of the battle, the Australasian army was in a state of fighting, and the consumption of ammunition was naturally impossible.

Fortunately, a large amount of weapons, ammunition, food, and medical supplies have been hoarded in Portuguese India before. The loss of this war today is not large. At least judging from the materials hoarded now, it will not be a problem to carry out several more wars like this.

Although the specific casualties of the Portuguese are not clear, the vast majority of the Portuguese army today has been killed, and the scattered Portuguese soldiers are even less than one-tenth of the total number of the army.

The broken Portuguese soldiers could no longer pose a threat to Australasia. They only needed to carry out another suppression operation, and they had no resistance.

Now for Commander Fritz, the real trouble has become the Portuguese fleet off the coast.

Although Portugal's navy cannot be on the stage in the world, it is still stronger than the current Australasian navy.

If these Portuguese navies do not leave, then the port of Portuguese India will not be able to resume traffic, and the only way for Commander Fritz to obtain logistics is airships.

However, I believe that some scattered Portuguese soldiers can still return to the coast. After they convey the results of the army's complete defeat and disintegration, I believe that the Portuguese fleet will not stay on the coast of Portuguese India for long.

Thinking of this, General Fritz sent a telegram to the country, detailing the entire process and process of the war, and seeking Arthur's next instructions.

After waiting for a while and not receiving a call back from China, Mr. Fritz chose to rest for a while. After all, there is more heavy work in the new day.

It was early next morning when Arthur received the telegram.

It's not that the transmission of the telegram was so slow. In fact, the telegram from Mr. Fritz was already received at midnight last night.

But after all, the telegram was good news, and it wasn't that urgent, so Minister Kent decided not to disturb Arthur's sleep, but chose to report it early the next morning.

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