Chapter 231 Birds in the Sky

Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!

With one roar after another and explosion after another, the position that the Portuguese had "worked so hard" to build in front of them burst into a burst of brilliant fireworks, followed by exclamations and wails in different dialects, but it soon dissipated with the continuous bombing of artillery fire.

Of course, maybe it didn't dissipate. It's just that the continuous explosion of artillery fire completely covered up the wailing of the Portuguese and the natives.

"The enemy is coming, the enemy is coming!"

"Be careful to hide, be careful to hide!"

"Damn, it might be the Australasians, how come they are here so soon?"

"Go and inform the commander, the Australasians are coming!"

The Portuguese soldiers who were lucky enough not to be affected by the bombing, at this time, rolled and crawled out of the bombing area.

By the time the Portuguese army successfully reacted and rushed to the vicinity of the position, it was more than ten minutes later.

At this time, the first round of bombing had already ended, and the explosion of a large number of shells had stained the Portuguese position with a layer of black eyes.

If someone carefully searches, they may find some limbs and some digging tools abandoned in the corner.

"Everyone, enter the position and defend against the enemy!" The Portuguese soldiers conveyed the order frantically.

This position under construction is the first and only line of defense in Dili.

To be honest, a small city with a population of more than 20,000 people can build such a large-scale defense line, which depends on a large number of natives.

If there were no natives, let alone building a defense line, I am afraid that the city would have been destroyed and people would have died in the first round of bombing.

The first round of bombing of the First Division was very effective. Many temporary positions have collapsed, and the artillery positions exposed outside that have not been built have also been destroyed in this bombing.

Although there is still a relatively solid trench that can serve as the front-line defense position.

But General Silvio Lonnie Rodlin said that it was wishful thinking to rely on this trench to stop the offensive pace of the First Division.

Looking at the time on the watch, I found that it was already more than eight o'clock in the morning.

General Silvio Lonnie Rodlin murmured to himself: "That group of guys should be here soon, right?"

"Stop the bombing and let the Portuguese enter their positions." General Silvio Lonnie Rodlin suddenly ordered.

Although the artillerymen did not understand the purpose of General Silvio Lonnie Rodlin's order, they still stopped their men's loading actions obediently.

The Portuguese army finally breathed a sigh of relief when they saw this. Under the order of its garrison commander, a large number of soldiers rushed into the positions.

Of course, the trench areas that took the longest time to build and were the most solid were definitely filled with Portuguese troops.

Some temporary simple positions and some half-collapsed defensive positions were guarded by the indigenous troops.

In order to ensure the loyalty of the indigenous troops, all low-level officers of the indigenous troops were Portuguese.

In addition, the garrison commander of Portuguese Timor also sent a supervision team to monitor the actions of the indigenous troops.

As long as the native troops dared to retreat, they would be greeted by the ruthless bullets of the supervision team.

In this way, a delicate truce was maintained between the First Division and the Portuguese army.

The Portuguese soldiers waited for the charge of the Australasians with fear, while the soldiers of the First Division hid in the distance under the order of General Silvio Lonnie Rodlin.

On the Portuguese position.

At first, the Portuguese were still a little frightened. Because the explosions just now were very frequent, it seemed that thousands of artillery pieces were firing at the same time, and the shells were coming head-on like a downpour.

Although the main force of the Portuguese soldiers was not affected by the bombing, the vibration and sound caused by the explosion also made the Portuguese soldiers feel the despair and panic from the fire suppression.

This is why even though the bombing of the First Division had stopped for more than ten minutes, the Portuguese soldiers did not dare to counterattack with artillery fire.

First, the Portuguese artillery positions had been destroyed, and second, the number of artillery of the Portuguese garrison was not large. Whether in terms of quantity or quality, it could not be the opponent of Australasian.

"Soldiers, the Australasians have run out of shells! Although the bombing just now was frequent, it also consumed most of the Australasians' ammunition reserves. Cheer up, as long as you hold the position and wait for our reinforcements to arrive, all of you will be heroes of the kingdom, and His Majesty the King will personally award you medals!" The commander of the Portuguese Timor garrison, Café Filho, hurriedly gathered the troops' morale.

After hearing the explanation of the garrison commander, and the fact that the Australasians' shelling had indeed stopped, the Portuguese soldiers breathed a sigh of relief, and the natives began to be glad that they were able to survive temporarily.

Buzz~buzz~buzz~buzz~

A buzzing sound suddenly sounded in the position that had fallen into a brief silence, which surprised the Portuguese soldiers.

It is winter in the southern hemisphere now, and there are not many mosquitoes on Timor Island, let alone causing such a large-scale buzzing sound.

Where did this buzzing sound come from? It is impossible that all Portuguese soldiers heard it wrong?

"My God, look at the sky, there are several big birds!" A sharp-eyed soldier suddenly discovered the abnormality in the sky and screamed in shock.

"Oh, shit! How can there be such big birds? Are these guys the ones making the buzzing noise?"

The Portuguese soldiers had never seen such a strange bird before, and they watched in surprise.

"Okay, be careful of the sneak attack of the Australasians. This may be a new species we have never seen on this land. We will have plenty of time to study it after the war. Listen, boys, I will personally recommend the soldier who killed the most enemies and ask His Majesty to grant him a title!" Kafe Filho also naturally noticed the abnormality in the sky, but did not care.

Hearing Kafe Filho's words, many Portuguese soldiers were excited and couldn't help but hold the guns tightly in their hands.

The monarchy of the Kingdom of Portugal has a long history, and the nobles are also one of the most powerful classes in the Kingdom of Portugal.

Everyone has a noble dream, and war is one of the ways to become a noble.

After hearing the buzzing sound, General Silvio Lonnie Rodlin smiled, nodded and said: "Artillery, make some noise for these guys, and a surprise sneak attack can get the best results."

The Australasian soldiers naturally heard the buzzing sound and saw the strange things in the sky.

However, as well-trained soldiers, they knew that the first thing they had to do was to execute military orders.

Boom!

The bombing of the First Division sounded again, but the frequency this time was much weaker than the last time, and the shell consumption was only about one-fifth of the last indiscriminate attack.

The position was bombed again, and the most nervous were naturally the Portuguese soldiers.

However, after hearing that the frequency of the bombing had obviously decreased this time, General Kafe Filho smiled confidently and asked the soldiers to convey his words: "The Australasians have run out of shells. Hold on to this round of bombing and wait for the enemy to get close before counterattacking with all your strength!"

After the messenger went to convey the order, General Kafe Filho hid in the more solid trench next to him that was specially reinforced with cement.

This kind of hiding place was planned long ago when digging the trench. Because cement structure is generally used, the solidity is also higher than that of ordinary trenches.

Such cement facilities are connected to the trenches, but because the area where the connection is located is a curve with a large angle, it can effectively prevent the shock wave to the side after the shells fall into the trenches.

Basically, there is such a cement structure every 100 meters in the trench, which is used to provide a safe hiding place for the bombed soldiers.

This round of bombing came and went quickly. Except for the native soldiers who were not protected by the cement structure, the casualties of the Portuguese soldiers were not great.

This also greatly strengthened the confidence of the Portuguese soldiers to win the war. The soldiers of Australasian were not very good. Apart from hiding in the distance and throwing shells, they did not even dare to charge formally.

Buzz~

The more obvious buzzing sound interrupted the Portuguese guess. Many people looked up and their pupils widened suddenly.

The big bird they thought was in the sky was dropping black spots one after another.

Those black spots continued to enlarge in the pupils of the Portuguese soldiers, and eventually evolved into the shape of shells.

"It's a shell! Dodge! Dodge!" Kafe Filho was the first to discover this situation.

After some black spots gradually fell from the sky, General Kafe Filho curiously used a telescope to observe what these black spots were.

The result shocked Kafe Filho. It was not a big bird in the sky, but a series of bird-like machines.

And those machines were dropping shells one after another, and the landing point directly below the shells was the Portuguese position.

Unfortunately, from the time General Café Filho discovered this situation and shouted, to the shells landing and exploding, this process only took a few seconds.

What can you do in a few seconds? How many times can you blink your eyes, how many times can you take a step?

Except for a few Portuguese soldiers who were closer to the concrete structure, most of the Portuguese soldiers had no chance to escape from their positions into the concrete structure.

In addition, because everyone was unprepared, there were only more than a dozen Portuguese soldiers who actually entered the concrete structure.

Boom! Boom!

A total of six bombers were dispatched in Australasia this time, and the pilots who performed the mission were all very experienced.

The first round of shells of these six bombers was as many as 36, and they were all large-caliber bombs with a wide killing range.

And the bombings continued one after another. After the six bombers dropped all the bombs they carried, they returned home in a swagger.

On the Portuguese positions, a scene even more tragic than the previous large-scale bombing was staged.

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