Chapter 237 Battle Results (Additional Update 1)

Although the troops that were successfully gathered were only more than 3,000 people, the Portuguese general had no choice at this time.

Seeing that the Australasian army on the front line had already rushed out, there were still a large number of Australasians chasing and blocking behind them.

In such a situation, not running away early and continuing to gather those remnants was simply waiting for death. The smart Portuguese general chose the most reasonable method, which was to break out with the people who were gathered now.

Most of the soldiers gathered by the Portuguese general were Portuguese, but about a quarter were indigenous soldiers.

The Portuguese general was not stupid either. The way to break out was definitely difficult, and letting these indigenous soldiers explore and break out was the best way.

After randomly choosing a direction close to the coast, the Portuguese general took the remnants he had gathered and broke out to the coast.

Long before the roundabout, Division Commander Firitz specifically instructed the enemy's possible retreat routes.

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

Because of this, the outflanking troops on the coast were the largest, and they were successfully allocated two heavy machine guns and many grenades.

The Portuguese general thought he had found a way to survive, but he did not expect that he would become the greatest military achievement in the eyes of the 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 remaining people could no longer hold on, and hurriedly threw down their weapons and shouted to surrender.

Unfortunately, the Australasian soldiers could not understand Portuguese. Even if these Portuguese soldiers looked like they were about to surrender, they implemented the orders given to them by the commander and tried not to leave any alive.

On the other hand, the soldiers on the front-line positions commanded by Division Commander Firitz had already rushed out and surrounded and intercepted the already scattered Portuguese army.

It was not a good thing to let these defeated soldiers flee. These defeated soldiers could also cause casualties to the Australasian army in the dark.

Even if they did not dare to attack the Australasian army, they were an uncontrollable force.

The previous offensive and defensive battles caused the Portuguese army to lose at least 8,000 people, 70% of whom were native soldiers.

Minus the more than 3,000 defeated soldiers gathered by the Portuguese general, there were still 8,000 to 9,000 defeated soldiers on the front battlefield, and they were also the focus of the pursuit of Division Commander Firitz.

Fortunately, the airships in the sky can also provide fire support and detect the specific escape direction of the defeated soldiers.

Through the bombing of the airships in the sky, Division Commander Firitz can easily find out where the defeated soldiers are, and then lead the soldiers to encircle and suppress them.

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

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

The long war made the soldiers very tired. Division Commander Firitz said nothing. In addition to letting more than 1,000 soldiers in the second-line positions to be on guard and patrol, other soldiers can count the number of people, casualties and ammunition consumption according to the organization, and then they can rest on their own.

Although Commander Fitz 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, each unit gradually counted its casualties and reported them to Fitz's headquarters.

This offensive and defensive battle should be the war with the most casualties since Australasia became an independent country, and it is also the war with the greatest results.

First of all, on the Australasia side, nearly 10,000 troops suffered more than 700 casualties, including more than 100 deaths, more than 200 serious injuries, and the rest were lightly injured.

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

But fortunately, Commander Fitz still has three airships, which can accommodate nearly 400 medium and seriously injured.

The treatment of the seriously injured is very urgent. Commander Fitz ordered the airship soldiers to lift all the wounded onto the airship and set sail immediately to send the wounded back to the country for treatment.

When the airship returns, it can also bring some supplies and convey orders from the country.

As for the remaining more than 200 lightly wounded soldiers, most of them were only affected by the fragments of artillery fire and scratched by stray bullets, and did not lose much combat effectiveness, so they only needed to be bandaged.

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

After all, for most of the time of the war, the Australasian army was in a state of retreat, and the consumption of ammunition was naturally not much.

Fortunately, a large amount of weapons, ammunition, food and medical supplies were stockpiled in Portuguese India before. The loss of today's war was not large, at least judging from the current stockpiled supplies, it would not be a problem to fight a few more such wars.

Although the specific casualties of the Portuguese were not clear, most of the Portuguese army today had been killed, and the number of Portuguese soldiers who fled was even less than one-tenth of the total number of the army.

The fledging Portuguese soldiers could no longer pose a threat to Australasia. They only needed to carry out another clearing operation, and they would have no resistance.

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

Although the Portuguese navy is not world-class, 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 restore traffic, and the only way for Division Commander Fitz to obtain logistics is airship.

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

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

After waiting for a while and not receiving a reply from the country, Division Commander Fitz chose to rest for a while. After all, there is more arduous work in the new day.

When Arthur received the telegram, it was already the morning of the next day.

It's not that the transmission of the telegram is so slow. In fact, the telegram from Division Commander Fitz was received at midnight last night.

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

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