Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 44 Marriage

Regarding the advantages and disadvantages of linear tactics, in 1899, no one in the world knew better than Roque.

Historically, linear tactics have indeed played a big role. In the era of muskets and flintlocks, due to the limitations of weapon defects, in order to increase the killing effect, the only way to increase the hit rate is to use approaching shooting and queuing up to shoot.

The British went to the extreme in this aspect. The lobster soldiers were also called the "Sequoia Army". The color of the uniform, the lobster soldier wearing the tricorne hat finally conquered the world with the British Empire as the constitutional monarchy was established.

Linear tactics are the main tactics used by lobster soldiers to conquer the world. This tactic has very high requirements for discipline and coordination. Speed ​​forward, and the goose step that was widely used later began to take shape during this period.

The famous "March of the British Grenadiers", a marching song used by the British army, has a very fresh and pleasant style. "Lobster Soldiers" is accompanied by this brisk song, facing the enemy's bullets and enduring the pain of comrades around. After suffering casualties, walking through various complex terrains, facing all kinds of enemies fearlessly, and establishing a glorious empire on which the sun never sets.

The most representative of linear tactics was the Battle of Waterloo. At that time, the Duke of Wellington demanded that the British army must let the French Guards cavalry charge within 20 yards before they could fire. What is the concept of 20 yards?

18 meters!

Almost the length of a bus, at this distance, the soldiers on both sides can almost see the freckles on each other's faces, and the opponent is still a cavalry!

Now that linear tactics have been brilliant, the British have no reason to change, so in the Second Boer War, British troops still used linear tactics.

It cannot be said that the British are stubborn. No one will improve a tactic until it is completely eliminated by the times, and linear tactics will be completely eliminated by the times until the First World War. The Maxim machine gun and barbed wire in World War I became The nightmare of linear tactics, the British and French allied forces killed more than 6 people in one day in the Battle of the Somme, and linear tactics have since become history.

In fact, in the second Boer War, the linear tactics were exhausted. The total population of the Boers was only 40, and they were unable to fight the British Expeditionary Force head-on. Therefore, the Boers had to use small-scale militia groups. Lanceval fought a guerrilla war with the British.

The record of the Boers is indeed brilliant. In the just past Ladysmith Battle, the British army killed 1139 people and lost 250 people. The Boer army only killed 8 people and injured 30 people.

It seemed that the result of the battle was like the Boers were fighting the black tribes, which was simply unacceptable to the proud British.

Of course, with the huge difference in overall strength, the British could indeed conquer the Boers, which also prevented the weakness of linear tactics from being fully exposed, and also caused the British and French allied forces to suffer heavy losses in World War I.

Except Roque, no one knew all this, even if Roque told all this, no one would believe it, but the same thing, if Henry said it, the effect would be completely different.

"—Do you understand? If you still stubbornly use bright red as the color of your military uniform, if you still stubbornly use linear tactics and don't think ahead, then sooner or later the empire will face even more painful losses. Just think about it, the Boers don't have machine guns , the population is sparse, but if it is replaced by another country whose size is not much smaller than the empire, what will the result be?" Rock can only pick up what he can say, which is shocking enough.

"What will be the result—" Henry subconsciously repeated Roque's words. After Mrs. Clicquot opened it, Henry didn't take a sip, but his mouth was dry.

"You have also served in the army, and you know the power of the Maxim machine gun, so think about it, when the soldiers lined up and charged an army with the Maxim machine gun, what would they face? Originally An evenly matched battle will turn into a one-sided massacre!" Rock is not exaggerating, this kind of war scene will definitely happen in the future.

No, this kind of war scene has actually happened, and it was made by the British.

In the Zulu War five years ago, a British army of more than 50 people repelled dozens of charges by more than 4 Metabilis with only 5000 Maxim heavy machine guns, and killed 3000 people in the entire battle. There are many Matapele warriors, and the advantages of the Maxim heavy machine gun are undoubtedly revealed.

"No, that kind of thing must not happen, we have to do something." Coincidentally, Henry has experienced the Zulu War, so he knows the power of the Maxim heavy machine gun. When the advantage belongs to his side, Henry is proud, but when the advantage belonging to the other party——

Henry was instantly frightened into a cold sweat.

"We can't do anything. Don't forget that we are the police. No matter what we say, it will be regarded as sleep talk. Uh, that's not true. You are also from the army. You should have something to do with it. Otherwise, you can go find it." Your old superior? They should be in Ladysmith." Rock still thought of a way, Henry was from the army, so he must have something to do with it.

"No, no, I can't go to them." Henry refused again and again, with a very embarrassed expression on his face, and he blushed very rarely.

"What's going on? This doesn't look like your style. By the way, how did you leave the army in the first place?" Rock was quite curious, and it made Henry, a bastard, blush, which meant that Henry must have had a pretty miserable past. .

"Don't ask, I won't tell you!" Henry was a little annoyed, and his tone was very firm.

Rock didn't speak, and looked Henry up and down with malicious eyes, and Henry soon became embarrassed.

"Well, I was pursuing the daughter of General Hopkins—" Henry didn't have many city houses, and he was very frank with his friends, which marked a big step forward for the relationship between Henry and Rock.

"Ha, you made the belly of the general's daughter bigger!" Rock's brain was blown out. This kind of thing is not uncommon among nobles.

"No, I didn't. Lacey and I really love each other, but Lacey already has a marriage contract—" Henry couldn't continue, with tears in his eyes, he picked up the cup in front of him and drank it down.

This time it's Rock's embarrassment. Who doesn't have a few failed relationship experiences? Rock no longer laughed at Henry, nor did he apologize to Henry. The cup was drained in one gulp.

Don't say anything, it's all in the wine.

　Sorry guys, forgot to update-

　　

　

(End of this chapter)