"This is the most beautiful hell." - Excerpted from "Records of the Second Sino-Russian War". When the Russian soldiers first set foot on this tropical Dutch East Indies, they had a very good impression here because it was

In December, the problem in the Dutch East Indies was not too hot, but as time went by, as the Russian troops entered Kalimantan in batches to participate in the battle against the Chinese Marine Corps, the Russians found that they were

Gradually falling into a quagmire of death. It is getting deeper and deeper and cannot extricate itself.

At first, the Russians planned to block the offensive of the Chinese Marine Corps at the beachhead. In their view, the behavior of the Chinese Army was largely an act of containment and harassment, and would not be of a large scale. When the first batch of 3,000

Russian and Dutch soldiers, led by officers, deployed a small number of 75mm rapid-fire guns at the fortress on the shore.

, and then set up machine guns to massacre the landing Chinese army. The first thing that appeared in front of them was not the Chinese army's landing ship, but the battleships. The Russian soldiers who did not know much about the navy could not tell the difference between them.

What is it? But they know very well that the heavy artillery above cannot be resisted by their own strength!

Facing the ferocious artillery fire, the officers and soldiers of the second-rate Russian army, who had never seen artillery of more than 6 inches, quickly collapsed. On the purgatory-like battlefield, they abandoned artillery and machine guns and struggled in a sea of ​​fire and blood.

In just fifteen minutes, the shelling destroyed more than 30% of the Russian and Dutch soldiers and almost all the heavy equipment. So after the Chinese Marine Corps landed, the Russian and Dutch troops withdrew from their positions with little resistance.

As the third largest island in the world, Kalimantan has a total area of ​​more than 740,000 square kilometers. In addition to the northwest corner occupied by the British, the Dutch still have nearly 540,000 square kilometers of land. What does this mean? Even if

The Russian-Dutch Allied Forces can number 50,000 people, so one person has to be responsible for guarding an area of ​​more than 10 square kilometers in this vast land. But in fact, the Russian-Dutch Allied Forces can really be regarded as combatants. A company that can carry guns and fight.

Not even 40,000!

There is no defense line at all on the island. For the Chinese Marine Corps, as long as they can find a way, they can almost get where they want to go. Both sides basically have no heavy weapons, and there are no solid fortresses on the island that need to be breached. Most of them

Some areas can be solved with rifles and 60 mortars. The Russians don't have enough troops.

, the Chinese Army is also insufficient in strength, but one difference is that in Kalimantan, the Chinese Marine Corps can get the support of the Chinese armed forces who are still here. These natives have been engaged in various "street fighting and armed fighting" for a long time.

The paramilitary personnel in the Chinese community are definitely the best guides and auxiliary forces.

After the Chinese paramilitary personnel obtained brand-new weapons and various equipment, their combat effectiveness was definitely higher than that of the Russian soldiers coming from the far north. Especially in street fighting and jungle fighting, a platoon of Russian soldiers was often defeated by a squad.

The Chinese paramilitaries were beaten everywhere. The reason is very simple. Russia

No military in the country has ever been taught how to fight and survive in the tropical rainforest. Let alone fighting, there are all kinds of toxin-bearing insects, arthropods, snakes, and hot and humid climate in the tropical rainforest.

Sickness, etc. can drive the Russian soldiers to all kinds of evil.

The so-called large-scale fighting almost never broke out after the Chinese Marine Corps landed. After the large group of Russian troops landed in southern Kalimantan, they were reduced in number due to various non-combat reasons while heading to the northern theater.

About 30%. Moreover, they were ambushed and harassed by Chinese paramilitary personnel along the way. Of course, these are not the most critical issues. The most critical issue is, what do these tens of thousands of people eat?

The most important part of the Dutch East Indies is Java Island. In addition to Java Island, Kalimantan Island was almost dominated by local indigenous people and Chinese at the beginning of the 20th century. Moreover, the population of the entire Dutch part was not large. In addition,

Due to poor roads and lack of transportation, the transportation of food and supplies is simply not enough for large-scale

The needs of model military operations. This also applies to the Chinese Marine Corps, so the latter generally operates in areas with more Chinese people, or in areas close to the coast. Anyway, the inland is mostly mountains and jungles. Who can go into such a place?

Who died. The Chinese army could be maintained by raising food from the Chinese community and transporting it by sea.

But what should the Russians do? The eastern coast of Kalimantan is almost the backyard of the Chinese Navy. After two wars, the Russian and Dutch fleets did not dare to leave the Batavia port easily. And in the Java Sea, there are various submarines of the Chinese Navy

Amusement park. Sinking a ship means that a regiment's supplies and weapons are gone. As for "raising funds from local indigenous people with the help of the Dutch"

Let’s not talk about whether the scattered local indigenous people can get supplies for the established Russian army. It is unrealistic simply from the distance. Kalimantan is a vast island with dense rivers. If these things are transported here, it will be

This is a question. You can’t rely on the locals to use canoes for transportation? What’s more, the Dutch and Russians have never had the idea of ​​“fair trade”.

As a result, some scattered Russian and Dutch troops did not hesitate to use their weapons to rob! If it were normal times, it would be no big deal. Anyway, the Dutch police were more than enough to deal with the local indigenous people. They are still more than enough to deal with the local indigenous people now. But they can't beat you.

Still can't run away? There have been various conflicts between the Chinese and the local aborigines, but generally the two sides are still better

Being more restrained will not lead to bloodshed, especially after the Beiyang Fleet, the predecessor of the Chinese Navy, bloodbathed Batavia more than ten years ago. The natives seem to understand a truth, despite the fact that the Chinese are usually easier to talk, but if this makes them anxious

If it were true, they were definitely more terrifying than the Dutch. This can be seen from the indigenous gathering areas in Batavia that were massacred by various artillery and machine guns.

Moreover, the shelling of Batavia also brought about many other changes that the locals did not expect. First of all, they expressed extreme dissatisfaction with the treacherous behavior of the Dutch colonists, who were clearly instigated by the Dutch.

They said that they could "patronize" Chinese shops, "take away" some shops and finances, and "teach a lesson" to some inconsiderate people.

.But when things really got serious, the Dutch authorities chose to play it safe. They watched the natives fall under the attack of machine guns and artillery of various calibers. After this incident, the Dutch no longer dared to exploit the Chinese too much.

, then taxes and labor services will be passed on to the indigenous people, and friends will become enemies. What's more, the local indigenous people and the Dutch are not friends at all!

Another thing is that the indigenous people have actually found some common interests with the Chinese. China needs the natural rubber, tin ore and other specialties produced in the Dutch East Indies. Since they cannot directly intervene, the Chinese naturally become agents, and the Chinese lack sufficient resources.

Cheap labor, and the natives have nothing but labor. Since the natives already know that the Chinese opposite have already

You can no longer bully them at will, so you must accept employment in order to live. In addition, both the indigenous people and the Chinese hate the Dutch very much, so the two sides will get along better. Although there is still a lot of friction between them,

At least some disadvantaged groups of local indigenous people have begun to cooperate with the Chinese, and during this war, this cooperation became even deeper.

Of course, these are all minor problems for the Russians. If they don’t have food, they can rob it, but if they can’t find it, they can’t find it themselves. If they don’t have weapons, they don’t have to fight. Anyway, the place is so big. If you find a place to hide, the Chinese Marine Corps will really find it.

No, but what if I get sick? There are all kinds of tropical diseases and creatures carrying all kinds of deadly toxins. Even God will not let these guys from the north go.

Not to mention anything else, just a disease called malaria has caused the non-combat casualty of the Russians to reach more than 20%! As the saying goes, if you often walk by the river, how can you not get wet shoes? How can you often hang out in rivers and lakes without getting knifed? In the tropical rain forest,

How can one not be bitten by mosquitoes? How can one not be infected with malaria if bitten by mosquitoes too many times?

? Although the locals also suffered from the sting, it was the result of natural selection over the years. Those who survived to this day were somewhat resistant. Even the Chinese Marine Corps who participated in the station battle this time chose more southern soldiers.

, just because you take this into consideration.

Even if the Russians have considered it, they do not have this condition. Although the local Dutch government plans to reserve a batch of quinine and other drugs, there is always a gap between the plan and the actual situation, and even if a batch of drugs is stored, it can actually be distributed to frontline officers and soldiers.

How many, I’m afraid only the parties involved know.

.In addition, a batch was sunk at sea (hit by a submarine) and a batch was robbed on land. Even if there is a small amount of quinine, it is definitely not enough for frontline personnel, and malaria is an acute disease.

The disease can quickly lead to death, so this can keep medical staff and chaplains in the army busy.

"Here, our first goal is not to defeat our opponents but to survive. Everything here is our enemy. The climate, people, animals and even plants here are killing our soldiers silently. The military's

The morale and combat effectiveness were very high, but under the scorching sun and the endless harassment

During the battle, they were all tortured by various diseases. In the end, my soldiers and officers could no longer be called soldiers at all. They were in ragged clothes, in low spirits, and were tortured by diseases as if they were living skeletons. "War."

The latter Russian officer described the situation of the Russians at that time in his memoirs.

In this way, in the original plan, the Chinese Marine Corps had considered fighting a war combining conventional warfare and guerrilla warfare behind enemy lines without a mass base. As a result, due to various reasons, the battle on Kalimantan Island was carried out quite easily.

.Securing a few important nodes and then attacking the exhausted Russian army became a daily task. On the contrary, it made this battlefield the easiest battlefield.
Chapter completed!