Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 67 Dumbomb

There is one problem that must be clarified. Regardless of the fact that the rifle's scale is often seven or eight hundred, one or two thousand, it is actually bluffing. If you do not use a scope and only use mechanical aiming, the sight is already more than 200 meters away. The target is even bigger. At this time, it is meaningless to require accurate shooting. Whether you can hit the target basically depends on the blindness.

Or--

Rely on feeling!

What is feeling?

Half of it is Mongolia, and the other half is still Mongolia.

Lee Enfield's ruler has a range of 800 meters. At this distance, not to mention hitting people, even elephants can't hit them. Under normal circumstances, the attack distance of a rifle is about 200 meters, and it can't be farther. It will be more than 200 meters, and the distance is more than [-] meters. When aiming, you need to use the scope to assist.

The Lee Enfield rifles that Rock and the others are equipped with can be regarded as the most advanced rifles in the world at present, but Rock and the others are not equipped with scopes. Although scopes have been used since the American South American War, they are of real practical value. The scope will not be successfully developed by Carl Zeiss in Germany until 1904.

In fact, it doesn't matter if they have it or not. Rock and the others don't have it, let alone the Boer guerrillas. From a long distance, Rock and the others can use heavy machine guns to suppress the Boer guerrillas. The Boer guerrillas don't have heavy machine guns to fight back. asymmetric warfare.

In fact, Rock and his cavalry also carry heavy machine guns. Although the heavy machine gun is "heavy", it weighs just over 50 catties, and it doesn't weigh too much with four boxes of ammunition. Six people worked together, and within 2 minutes, the heavy machine gun position was set up.

In fact, it was not necessary. When Rock's heavy machine gun positions were set up, the detour troops led by Anton had already detoured back to their positions. The Boer guerrillas did not hold back stubbornly, and simply chose to surrender.

It should be emphasized that the British captive policy during this period was still very loose. According to the regulations of the Expeditionary Force Command, any member of the Boer guerrillas who surrendered to the British army, as long as they vowed not to fight against the British army, the commander of the Expeditionary Force The Ministry will be lenient.

Of course, policy is policy, and execution is another matter. When Rock and Henry set off, August Russell dictated an order from Sir Kitchener, the chief of staff of the expeditionary force. Shoot on the spot, whether injured or captured, or voluntarily surrendered.

Note that August Russell was "dictating" and did not have an order document, at least not seen by Rock and Henry.

So how to deal with these prisoners is still a big problem.

"Locke, we killed 35 Boers, captured 11, and prepared an eight-member firing squad. This time we have made a lot of credit." Henry was very happy, and wiped out a guerrilla with a total of 46 people at once. It may not be a big deal in the army, but it is very difficult for the police.

What's more, before this, the expeditionary force had been repeatedly defeated on the frontal battlefield. As far as Henry knew, this was the first time that the Boer guerrillas had been wiped out in an organized way.

"Henry, don't worry, these captives can't die, and it's still useful to keep them." Rock didn't want to kill the captives, and these captives were still useful.

"Can't die? Did you forget what the director said when we set off?" Henry didn't think too much about it. The leniency policy of the Expeditionary Army Command was for the Boers, and the actual implementation was another matter.

"No matter what the director said, let me ask you, have you seen the relevant order documents?" Rock will not obey a "dictated" order, what if August Russell refuses to accept it in the future?

"I didn't see—" Henry looked confused.

"Then pretend it never happened." Rock is not stupid, what if this is a trap?

Don’t think that this kind of thing can’t happen. In the latter part of the Boer War, such a case once happened. A British captain was dismembered by a Boer guerrilla, and then the captain’s men drove the Boer guerrilla to extinction. Zhong also killed a German pastor, which attracted the attention of the Kaiser. The final result was that two colonial officers were shot as scapegoats.

The two colonial officers were Australians, and the Australians later made a film mocking the sanctimonious British.

Unfortunately, Roque has seen that movie, so Roque will not make this mistake. Regardless of whether the British will pay later, Roque will not give the British a chance.

"—How is it possible? Locke, you have to think about it, it's the director's order." Henry didn't expect that Rock would dare to disobey the order, which is very dangerous. Stuart Russell wears small shoes.

"I didn't say disobedience, but don't kill them now. Those Boer prisoners are of great use. Hand them over to Stanley and let them stay in a conspicuous place, so we don't have to worry about Boer bombs." Rock's method is a bit Cruel, but works well.

"Good way, Locke, you are a genius!" Henry was not stupid, and immediately understood what Rock meant.

The main way for the Boer guerrillas to attack the railway line is to use explosives to overturn the train first, and then launch an attack, otherwise the Boer guerrillas would not be able to catch up with the train at all.

In the past, the train had no choice but to respond passively. Now Rock puts the Boer prisoners in a prominent position on the train. If the Boer guerrillas want to blow up the train, the captured Boer guerrillas will die first. Rock wants to see Let's see if the Boers can be ruthless.

Soon, the train started again, this time at a much faster speed, about 30 kilometers per hour. Although it was still not fast enough, if there were no accidents, the commando team should be able to complete the mission of the expeditionary force headquarters.

Although he has seen the dawn of completing the task, Rock is not happy. In the battle just now, four Chinese policemen were killed on the spot, and two Chinese policemen were seriously injured. In terms of medical conditions in this era, serious injuries can almost Adjudicated to be dead.

It seems unreasonable that there are some casualties and serious injuries, but no minor injuries. After checking the seized weapons and ammunition, Rock discovered that many of the bullets used by the Boers had modified their warheads with files to varying degrees. This also means that Now, the Boers are using dum bombs on a large scale.

That's right, it's the Dum bomb. The name of the Dum bomb comes from its place of origin, the British arsenal located in the small town of Dum Dum near Calcutta, India.

Although the 1899 "Hague Convention" clearly stipulates that the use of dum ammunition on the battlefield is prohibited, it is obvious that the Boers did not abide by this regulation. Of course, Rock also believes that the British will certainly not abide by it.

For Britons and Boers, the Hague Convention—

what is that?

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