Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 326 Desperate

During the Russo-Japanese War in 1904, Tsarist Russia fought fiercely with Japan.

The Russian army relied on the strong fortifications of the Lushunkou Fortress to defend, and the Japanese army dug trenches to a place only tens of meters away from the Russian army's position. The Russian army could hardly kill the Japanese army with ordinary artillery and machine guns, so the Russian artillery captain Nikolaevich So I tried to modify an old-fashioned 47mm naval mortar on a gun mount with wheels, and fired a long-tailed shell at a high elevation angle. The result was that it effectively killed the Japanese army in the trench and repelled many Japanese attacks. .

Did you see that the inventor of the mortar has a name, which fully shows that the invention of the mortar does not require advanced knowledge, nor does it require perfect equipment, but only needs an idea to invent a brand new weapon .

Compared with traditional artillery, mortars have many advantages. The main advantages are simple structure and convenient operation. They are very suitable for the Rhodesian northern division with low education level. In addition, they are aimed at tropical rainforests such as Nyasaland and Congo Free State. Terrain, the movement of mortars is also more convenient than traditional artillery. Traditional artillery is very difficult to move in the tropical rainforest, so it is difficult to accompany troops in action. As long as the caliber is not too large, mortars can do it. , hit and run.

That is to say, there is no market for mortars yet, so Rock is not in a hurry to launch mortars. If Nyasaland is not affected by the UK now, Rock has already ordered the arsenal to start researching mortars.

However, the absence of a market does not mean that there is no demand. Ethan Barrett now very much hopes to have a weapon that can attack the Nyasalan people who are carrying out snipers.

Martin is still very good at site selection. The sniper position he chose is at the corner of a river bend. The mercenaries lack weapons to effectively attack the sniper position.

In the tropical rainforest terrain of the Congo Free State, there are basically no roads, and the river has become the most natural road. The Belgians colonized the Congo Free State along the dense rivers in the rainforest.

The mercenaries had a guide with them when they set off from Kinshasa, but when they were attacked on the first day, the guide dispersed, which made Ethan Barrett afraid to leave the river even more.

Getting lost in the rainforest is no joke. Let alone more than 2000 people, even if more than 2 people enter the rainforest rashly, they will be swallowed by the seemingly peaceful and harmless rainforest.

The position of the northern Rhodesian division was on the other side of the river bend. If the mercenaries wanted to attack the northern Rhodesian division's position, they could only proceed from the river in canoes.

However, wooden boats had almost no defensive capability against heavy machine guns, so after only two tentative attacks and the loss of more than ten wooden boats and nearly 100 people, the mercenary officers disagreed again.

"Stop it, it is impossible for us to reach Kalemie smoothly. Even if we reach Kalemie smoothly, how much will we have to pay? Are we still able to launch an attack on Kalemie?" Charles has already started to retreat, starting from the first After being attacked that night, Charles had fully realized that the mercenaries simply did not have the strength to fight against the Nyasalands.

"It's less than [-] kilometers away from Kalemie. We have gone through a lot of hardships to get here. Now you say you want to stop. What about your professional ethics? What about your chivalry?" Ethan Barrett disagreed with the retreat. If we retreat now, Ethan Barrett will be ruined.

Sometimes I have to admit that people in this era are still very dedicated. Soldiers in the 21st century, because they have received a higher level of education, think more about life, human nature, and value.

Relatively speaking, people in this era are relatively simple. For a simple ideal, many people are indeed willing to throw their heads and blood, regardless of the gains and losses involved.

"When I decided to become a mercenary, I sold my soul to the devil." Robert made up the knife sullenly, you are talking about professional ethics and chivalry with war hyenas, what a joke!

In the Western world, mercenaries are actually a profession. In essence, mercenaries, like accountants and engineers, are just a way to support their families. Mercenaries also have families. The reason why they go to the battlefield is to live a good life for their families. Well, money is the only thing that mercenaries value, so don't expect high professional ethics and chivalry from mercenaries, it's all a lie.

In a word, mercenaries are actually ordinary people in essence, and their technical and tactical skills are definitely not up to the standards of soldiers. Veterans who are truly skilled in technical and tactical skills will not be mercenaries at all. Wouldn’t it be good to serve as bodyguards for those dignitaries?You don't have to work hard to earn more, and you don't have to go to the Congo Free State to be with mud and crocodiles.

To put it bluntly, it is okay for mercenaries to bully and bully ordinary people, but it is difficult to fight against the real army. Charles and Robert didn't know how powerful the Nyasaland army was before, so they accepted Leopold II's employment. When they came to the Congo Free State, if Charles and Robert knew that they were facing such an army, no matter how high the price Leopold II offered, Charles and Robert would not accept it.

"You bastard, are you trying to betray your honor!" Ethan Barrett snarled and stood up, apparently wanting to teach Robert a lesson.

It was changed to before, and now some people have begun to dissuade it.

Not this time, the officers, including Charles, watched Ethan Barrett get up and walk towards Robert, all watching with cold eyes.

The battle situation is really not good, anyone can see that, if you continue to advance to Carlisle, you will die. Even if Carlisle has a golden mountain, you can still earn your life.

"Now, organize your troops and move on, don't let your family be ashamed because of you!" Ethan Barrett was almost yelling against Robert's face, the spitting star must have sprayed on Robert's face, Robert was unmoved.

"Fuck, there are less than 100 people left in my army, how do you let me advance, you want me to attack, okay, give me more people, and I will let them die for you!" Robert did not show weakness , stood up and confronted Ethan Barrett.

Both of them stared at each other fiercely, panting louder than a cow, and their voices were louder than each other. The mercenaries who were resting nearby were startled. Many stood up with their guns in their hands, and looked indifferently at Ethan who was arguing. · Barrett and Robert.

"Okay, now the troops have a rest, let's discuss a more secure plan." Charles still came out to smooth things over, otherwise if these two people clashed, the blow to morale would be immeasurable.

"Safe? What's the safest method? How can I retreat safely?" Ethan Barrett was already dazzled, and turned around to spout at Charles again.

Charles spread his hands helplessly, such a good man couldn't do it.

The atmosphere froze for a moment, only the river around and quietly flowing. The mercenaries who participated in the attack before did not even snatch their bodies back, and all fell into the river. The animals were tearing at the corpses of the mercenaries.

This was an unparalleled blow to the morale of the mercenaries.

"We are launching an attack. If it doesn't work this time, we will retreat—" Ethan Barrett calmed down, and finally admitted that he had underestimated the Nyasalan people. In fact, retreating directly is the best choice now. But they have come here, and Ethan Barrett will not be reconciled if he doesn't try again.

What if the Nyasaland people on the other side of the river are at the end of their battle?

In fact, Ethan Barrett also knew that this was just a fantasy. Since the beginning of the battle, the mercenaries had not caused any effective casualties to the Nyasaland people. Ethan Barrett even suspected that the Nyasaland people had Perhaps up to now, not even a single person was injured.

"Okay!" Charles is still saving face, as long as Ethan Barrett doesn't insist on going his own way, Charles is still willing to cooperate.

If they weren't on the verge of extinction, who would want to run away? If they just fled back to Kinshasa, Charles and the others would never have anything to do with the mercenary industry in this life, and they would even become the laughing stock of the whole world.

In addition to being depressed, Charles is now crazily complaining about Leopold II in his heart, blaming this bastard, why provoke the Nyasaland people?

Even if the people from the Antwerp company were disobedient and provoked the Nyasaland people, why did they use such an extreme method to deal with it? Isn't it good to lose money and hand it over to others?

And the Antwerp company bastards, they all deserve hell-

Tucao return to Tucao, the war is imminent, the officers are not even in the mood to talk, they are thinking about their own concerns, or sorting out their equipment.

In any case, I still have to blog about it.

In the silent rainforest, there was a sudden mournful cry: "Enemy, we have enemies behind us, and the Nyasalan people are behind us—"

behind!

Charles stood up suddenly and looked at the river behind him.

Sure enough, there were more than a dozen wooden boats on the river about 400 to [-] meters behind him.

The distance is too far to see clearly who is on board, but their flag is very clear, it is the British Union Jack.

There is no doubt that they are Nyasalandians!

"Why did the Nyasaran people appear behind us?!"

"It's over, we're done!"

"I want to go home—"

The mercenaries were in a mess. In the river channel of the tropical rainforest, there were interceptions in front and pursuers in the back. No matter which direction they went, it was a dead end.

Don't think about escaping into the rainforest, that's almost certain to be the way to death, on the contrary, there is still a glimmer of life if you continue to advance along the river or break through with all your strength.

It is impossible to attack. Nyasaland's sniper troops have proved by facts that their defense is impenetrable, and continuing to attack can only lead to death.

It is impossible to break through with all your strength. The terrain of the river, two heavy machine guns are enough to block the entire river——

None can escape.

(End of this chapter)