Just as Zhang Zhijun was receiving guests in the city, the People's Army that entered the farm began its first attack since landing in Java.

It turned out that the spies sent by the People's Army had received a return from the Chinese residential area called Dagon about 20 kilometers away from the farm. The People's Army learned from Zhu Shoushan that this place is actually not strictly considered a Chinese residential area, but a small town, about 50 kilometers away from Batavia City. Since Dagon was located on a major transportation road, it formed a town where goods were mainly distributed and distributed, but most of them were Chinese, mainly small and medium-sized merchants, with about 2,000 people. In addition, some European merchants and local merchants were also some European merchants and local merchants. Many of the goods in Batavia are distributed here, making Dagon very prosperous. The Zhang family also has two shops in Dagon.

However, although Dagon is mostly Chinese, he has never been robbed in the previous anti-Chinese incidents, because after the "Hongxi Massacre", the colonial authorities also realized that anti-Chinese is a double-edged sword. On the one hand, it provoked conflicts between Chinese and indigenous people, which was conducive to the rule of the colonial authorities; but on the other hand, anti-Chinese will also have a great impact on Java's economy. After the "Hongxi Massacre", Java's economy plummeted, leading to the then governor of the Dutch East India Company (Note) Johannes Seedens, who was arrested and imprisoned. Therefore, although the colonial authorities still needed anti-Chinese to divert conflicts and maintain their own rule, they also paid great attention to controlling their qualities, because it was impossible to cause unrest in important areas. This is also one of the reasons why there was no large-scale Chinese slaughter after the "Hongxi Massacre".

The geographical location and function of Dagon are very important for the development of Batavia City, so the colonial authorities stationed a company of troops in the town. Now the town has been robbed by local indigenous people. It seems that this anti-China incident has begun to develop in an out-of-control direction.

In fact, this is also one of the changes caused by the East China government's overseas Chinese protection behavior. It turned out that after the People's Army landed, it not only shocked the Badavia authorities, but also had a great impact among the local indigenous people. In the battle to rescue the farm, it caused more than 700 casualties in the indigenous tribes, causing considerable panic. Although the indigenous people were oppressed by the Dutch colonists in the past, they could still be superior to the Chinese. But now some people stood up for the Chinese and killed so many locals at once. There were also rumors. Some said that the Qing Dynasty was going to send a large army to wash away Java, and some said that the colonial authorities had already cooperated with the Qing Dynasty to hold the indigenous people responsible for their anti-China extermination. Therefore, people were panic for a while.

Javanese people like Sha Songgu who grew up with colonial education hoped to join forces with the colonial authorities to suppress the Chinese, but some locals, the indigenous tribes, chose to attack the Chinese residential areas in retaliation. In order to defend Batavia, the colonial authorities took away Dagon's army, which caused the Dagon's guards to be empty, and a small number of police could not stop them at all. They were eventually captured by the army organized by the two tribes.

Although Li Lixin was not clear about these internal information, he immediately decided to send troops to rescue, because Dagon is not far from the farm and is within the range where troops can be used. Moreover, the residents of Dagon are mainly Chinese, so of course they cannot be saved. In addition, through the previous battle, it was found that the indigenous people had very weak combat power. Although they were large in number, they were vulnerable at all.

This rescue mission was still led by Qian Guoyu, and the first company was still in charge. One platoon left by the third company on the farm was temporarily pulled to the first company command, plus the 60 mortar platoons of the company and the machine gun company divided into the company. In this way, the total force was 6 platoons, about 240 people. At the same time, three infantry radio stations were also equipped for the first company to facilitate the dispatch of the battlefield. In addition, 16 donkeys and horses and 6 large chariots were mobilized from the farm.

After Qian Guoyu received the order, he immediately gathered all the troops and set out. Under the guidance of the guide, he marched towards Dagong. There was a road between the farm and Dagong. Although the quality of the road was average, bumpy and not very flat, it was relatively wide. Therefore, the marching speed was very fast. It took only more than an hour to arrive near the Chinese residential area.

When the army was still 4 or 5 kilometers away, they found the Chinese who escaped from Dagon. Qian Guoyu asked them about Dagon's situation and guided them to escape to the farm, where they could be protected. The troops walked forward 1 or 2 kilometers, and more Chinese people fled, and they could see thick smoke rolling in front of them.

At this time, the scouts who arrived at Dagong's reconnaissance were waiting on the roadside. After meeting Qian Guoyu, they reported to him the details of Dagong's situation. The robbery of the Chinese residential area was a local native, with about 5,600 people, and they were obviously organized. Now they have basically controlled the Dgong's residential area and are robbing property. However, the natives mainly looted and did not massacre the Chinese. In addition, the weapons used by the natives are still mainly cold weapons, with only a small amount of firepower.

Dagon Town is arranged according to the European-style town layout pattern. The whole town is generally a rectangular, east-west, with a main street across the town, and there is a larger square in the center of the town.

So Qian Guoyu immediately ordered the first company to be divided into platoons, and from the west side of the town, they entered Dagon Town in three directions, and joined the main street. The battle was mainly to expel the indigenous army from the town, and did not pursue killing or captives; and another combat platoon, machine gun platoon, and mortar platoon were ambushed on the road of the indigenous army's retreat, and after the army evacuated from Dagon, they intercepted them. And all units used infantry radio stations to contact them.

After the combat mission was dispatched, the troops immediately took action. Qian Guoyu personally led a platoon to form the way. When he advanced into the outer blocks of Dagon, he could see the bodies, bloodstains and scattered cloths, objects, and the sounds of people crying on the streets.

Qian Guoyu ordered the team to disperse and advance from three different adjacent streets. He held a pair of Type 96 pistols and walked not far away with a team of soldiers. He saw several natives coming out of the room not far ahead, carrying packages of different sizes, and were talking and laughing, but he was talking in the local dialect and couldn't understand what he said.

These natives walked out of the house and saw the People's Army going from the street, because they had never seen the People's Army's outfits before. Qian Guoyu immediately raised his gun and shot, and an indigenous person fell to the ground. In fact, Qian Guoyu is now a battalion-level officer. Although he should command the battle on the front line, he does not have to go into battle in person. However, before Qian Guoyu traveled through time, he was just an ordinary soldier. He was promoted to battalion commander in less than three years. Even in the war years, he was promoted rapidly, so some habits have not been changed.

At this time, several other natives realized, but the other People's Army soldiers raised their guns and shot them all at once.

However, the gunfire also alarmed other natives and came out of the rooms and streets. The soldiers of the People's Army fired continuously, causing the natives to fall to the ground. In a short while, more than 10 natives were killed. The other natives were immediately frightened to look for a place to hide, and some fled to the other end of the street.

But the soldiers of the People's Army immediately rushed forward, either shooting or stabbing the hiding natives with bayonets. Therefore, in a blink of an eye, the People's Army killed 6 or 7 natives and killed all the nearby natives.

At this time, the brave Chinese had already stretched out their heads from the room to visit. Qian Guoyu looked around and shouted: "Friends, everyone listened. We are from the Chinese army, all Chinese. We come to Java to protect the Chinese. Please hide at home and don't come out. Let's wait until we drive all the thugs away."

After saying that, Qian Guoyu waved his pistol and said, "Continue to move forward."

So a group of troops continued to advance and continuously shot dead the indigenous people they encountered on the road. Although the advancement was slow, it was steady and effective. After more than 10 minutes, the troops of the route advanced more than 200 meters ahead, and more than 30 indigenous people were killed. The people's army in the other two routes were also steadily advancing. The indigenous people also felt the pressure clearly and hurried out from the robbery room and gathered in the square in the center of the town.

After 20 minutes, the three people's army rushed to the main street of the town, and the indigenous army had gathered here. Therefore, the soldiers of the People's Army immediately looked for building bunkers to hide, and then shot at the indigenous people. Most of the indigenous army used cold weapons and could not resist at all. They were beaten to the ground, with countless casualties. Although a small number of indigenous people equipped with muskets and fired against the People's Army, their muskets were too backward. In both the rate of fire and the range, they were far less than the Type 01 rifles equipped with the People's Army. As a result, they were attacked one by one by one by one by one. In a short while, most of them were killed and injured.

At this time, the natives knew that they were not opponents, so they fled one after another and fled along the main street to the outside of the town. The People's Army did not stop them because there were troops specifically responsible for blocking outside the town. Therefore, Qian Guoyu also notified the troops to force the indigenous troops out of the town and cleared out the remaining personnel in the town. He also notified the blocking troops outside the town that the enemy had escaped from the town.

The positions of the blocking troops are located about 3 kilometers away from the town, and the combat platoon is responsible for the frontal blocking. The six machine guns of the machine gun platoon are distributed on both sides of the blocking position to form crossfire, while the mortar platoon is arranged behind the position. Since the indigenous people are basically an army in the cold weapon era and have no long-range attack capabilities at all, there is no strike level for firepower. All strike firepower targets are concentrated within a range of 200-300 meters in front of the position. We strive to cause a fierce attack on the indigenous army in the shortest time. Then the combat platoon attacks and completely defeat the indigenous army.

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