1855 United States Tycoon

Chapter 504, Concentration Camp (3)

Waldner’s plan to launch an attack on the concentration camp is not completely hopeless and desperate. In fact, Waldner really has the strength to capture this concentration camp. Compared with later generations of the Resistance Alliance, which only had limited light weapons, Waldner’s hands were much more upscale.

The United States people provided the Boers with a lot of weapons that were conducive to mobile operations, especially guerrilla warfare, including some artillery. For example, there are several 75mm infantry guns and 80mm mortars. In addition, there are two 76mm cannons hidden in a hidden place. Although it seems that the caliber of this artillery is not much different from that of the 75mm infantry gun, as a long-barreled cannon, this artillery has a long range, low trajectory, and high shooting accuracy. It is used to shoot directly at the bunker. Something like this is very suitable. In addition, for this operation recently, the United States brought some shells specially used to attack the fortifications.

It’s just that this type of artillery is a little heavier. It requires at least two horses to move. In the past, it was still possible to move like this. As the British set up barbed wire, separation walls, and isolation ditches everywhere, the movement of this artillery became large. Question, so Waldner was hidden in a cave, and it hadn’t come in handy for a long time. But for this battle, Waldner still tried to drag it out. This must be the last battle between these two cannons, and even if everything goes well, there is absolutely no time to hide them when retreating.

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Early in the morning, the sun had just come out, and Hilton was sleeping soundly. Suddenly, there was a rapid knock on the door, accompanied by an anxious cry: “Major, major, wake up, something is happening!”

“What’s the matter? Are there Boers who are dishonest again?” Major Hilton didn’t care too much, he just thought that there might be some Boers who were dishonest and wanted to escape or something.

“No, Major, yes…” The shouting outside was suddenly interrupted by a loud noise, and Major Hilton immediately understood that it was not that someone had fled, but that the concentration camp had found an attack, because he was familiar with the voice. It was the sound of a shell exploding.

Major Hilton kicked the goose down quilt aside, jumped out of the bed, put on his random general uniform, and opened the door while tying his belt.

“Damn it, what’s the matter?”

“Major, I found that the guerrillas are nearby. There may be thousands of them,” the soldier said.

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When Major Hilton came to the forefront, the British army had already fought the guerrillas and had lost a blockade. The bunkers built behind the blockade ditch also had thick black smoke. The Boer guerrillas are using mortars and infantry artillery to shoot at several bunkers behind to cover their own infantry charge.

This situation did not scare Major Hilton. The fortifications on the periphery of the concentration camp were quite solid, at least for a guerrilla group, which was absolutely true (of course, the later Tito guerrillas with armored divisions are exceptions.). Concentration camps have railways directly connected to other areas, and reinforcements can arrive quickly. Even if these guerrillas destroy the railways, reinforcements can arrive in at most one morning. In fact, when the concentration camps are set up, one of its functions is to use them. To act as a decoy against the guerrillas. Therefore, its defensive capabilities are stronger than those seen outside.

The guerrillas quickly erected a plank bridge in front of the second blockade ditch, and dragged the portable 75mm gun over and fired at the bunker. At this time, the British artillery fire had also reacted, and the mortars in the concentration camp began to fire. The 120mm artillery shells continued to fall, and many guerrillas were blown to the ground.

The mortars placed on the reverse slope of the guerrillas also began to fire, shooting a lot of smoke, fog, and bullets toward the front of the British to cover the infantry’s assault. The 75 infantry artillery also started firing at the bunkers. The shells of the 75 infantry artillery guns cannot effectively kill the British in the bunker unless they are shot in the middle. But these shots also played a role in interference, making it easier for the soldiers to approach the enemy’s bunker.

Person rushed to a bunker with a flamethrower on his back. The thick smoke produced by a few smoke, fog, and bombs covered him, allowing him to rush to a place not far from a bunker. Person lay down, set up the flamethrower, and waited for a gust of wind to disperse the smoke a bit, revealing the outline of the bunker, he pulled the trigger, and a fire dragon shot out.

“Okay, kill another one!” Persson smiled.

Seeing that Persson had killed a bunker, the other soldiers also stood up and continued to attack. However, at this moment, several small dirt bags around suddenly spewed out a string of bullets. Suddenly knocked down more than a dozen guerrillas to the ground. As for Persson, it has become the target of the British concentrated fire. Several bullets hit Person and the flamethrower fuel tank on his back at the same time. The fuel tank exploded with a bang. Person suddenly became a burning man. He fell to the ground, rolled a bit, and then died.

The sudden appearance of the bunker caught the guerrillas by surprise and suffered heavy casualties, but at this time, the 76mm cannon, the guerrilla’s big killer, was also pulled up. Coupled with the newly provided semi-armor-piercing thermite fired bombs from the United States, almost every shot of this artillery can completely destroy a bunker.

The flamethrower and semi-armor-piercing burning, burning, and bullets were completely beyond the imagination of the British, and the Boer guerrillas also showed amazing fighting will. Although the casualties were heavy, they were still advancing step by step.

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Just when Waldner led his guerrillas in desperate battle, on the other side of the earth, a large number of concentration camps were being built. These camps are located in the Philippines, and the people who built them are from the United States.

As far as the general idea is concerned, the concentration camps of United States in the Philippines are not much different from those of the British in Boer. They both use the idea of ​​draining the water to catch fish. It’s just a little different in the name. The British are called concentration camps, while the names of the United States are much better, called “civilized schools”. Yes, the people of United States shamelessly named the camp a “civilized school”.

The people of United States claimed that the “civilization school” was established to improve the civilization of the Filipinos and to allow them to enter a civilized society as soon as possible. “We believe that it is inhumane to leave anyone in the darkness before civilization. Therefore, we decided to take a concentrated study approach to help the Filipino people quickly enter a civilized society.”

Since it is a school, then naturally there should be courses. What are courses? Taking into account the level of civilization of the Filipinos, there are two main courses. The first is of course English. Because just the savage language of the Filipinos, how can it be called a language? Without a language, how can it be civilized? So of course it is very important to understand English. Even if you can’t speak it, you must at least understand a few words. Otherwise, how can we contribute to a civilized society?

The second is of course the training of work ability. If you do not master the work skills to adapt to a civilized society, how can you contribute to the construction of a civilized Philippines in the future? Of course, there are also various other professional knowledge learning, including mathematics, physics, and chemistry.

Of course, the teaching method of sitting in the classroom is not good. We must adopt better and more effective teaching methods. As the saying goes, “It’s always shallow on paper, and you have to do it yourself if you want to know it.” Therefore, studying in work is the best way to learn. Therefore, in this school, the daily courses are arranged like this:

In the early morning, before dawn, the Filipinos in the civilized school were whipped up by whips, bulldogs, and so on. Well, the plan for a day is in the morning. If you don’t hurry, how can you quickly become a civilized person? ?

Then it was breakfast, and then it was learning in labor. Male Filipinos generally have such several places to study: mines, construction sites, and plantations. They will study civilization there all day. For example, in a mine, learn how to use metal tools for mining; how to pull advanced mine carts erected on narrow gauges to transport ore to the ground along a narrow pit; how to judge whether the mine is facing a collapse, permeable and what? How to reinforce mines that may collapse, and save themselves in the event of a mining disaster. This is all the wisdom of modern civilization, and the people of United States taught them so selflessly. Of course, when teaching mining, sometimes there are some unexpected teaching accidents, such as mine collapse, gas explosion, permeable water and other messy things. But where is the gain without paying? The ancients said: “You can die at night after hearing the Tao!” If you die in the process of learning civilization, I believe that even if you are a ghost, you are happy?

In addition to the mine, there is also a construction site that is also a good classroom, where you can learn modern construction technology, and learn a lot of important mathematical knowledge and physics knowledge. For example, Filipino students studying on a construction site where a railway is laid can learn that the distance between the sleepers is equal, which contains profound knowledge of mathematics and physics. And the important physiology knowledge that people are hit by a vehicle or crushed is to die, which greatly Ascension their scientific and cultural level, Ascension their level of civilization.

As for the plantation, the Filipinos also learned a lot of modern agricultural knowledge.

Out of respect for women, this kind of civilized education will not fail to involve women. Women in the Philippines are taught how to do some primary processing of certain agricultural products, as well as some knowledge about modern aquaculture. What’s more commendable is that the people from United States have taught the Filipinos so much precious knowledge, and they don’t even charge tuition, and even provide them with food and housing for free. This is just too great and kind.