Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 688

Strictly speaking, this is not the first time an aircraft has bombed ground forces. In Tripolitania, North Africa, the Italian Air Force has successfully bombed the ground forces of the Ottoman Empire using "Gorge" fighter jets. However, due to insufficient ammunition, The effect is not obvious, so it has not attracted attention.

Compared with the "Strong Wind", the "Albatross" is a model specially used for bombing, with a larger bomb load and more accurate throwing. Eighteen fifty-kilogram bombs were thrown into a small town with an area of ​​less than one kilometer. The whole town was instantly engulfed in flames.

Before the bombing started, the mercenaries were still cheering.

When the town turned into a sea of ​​flames, the mercenaries also fell silent.

In the face of absolute superior weapons, personal combat power is really not important. The mercenaries are well equipped and have strong individual qualities. It is not a problem to bully the East Indian servants. In this situation, how many people can survive?

It can be said that for a moment, many mercenaries were planning to retire. Anyway, it would be good to return to southern Africa to be a farmer. There is really no need to stay in the umbrella and die.

Middleton was one of them. He was probably awakened by the violent explosion. Middleton came to Hicks sleepily, and was dumbfounded when he saw Xianda who had turned into a sea of ​​flames: "This, what the hell—— "

I don't even know how to express my feelings.

"Fortunately, we don't need to fight the plane!" Hicks was also shocked, but he didn't have those extra thoughts of Middleton.

"Is your lord selling planes?" Middleton realized a serious problem.

"They are all fighter jets, not this kind of bombers. Even if we sell them in the future, do you think the lord will let us fight at the risk of being bombed?" Hicks is not worried. The pension of the umbrella company is also very expensive. Soldiers are used to bully people and pick up leaks, not to attack tough battles. The senior management of the umbrella has very accurate positioning of mercenaries.

Otherwise, the umbrella company would not refuse Italy and the Ottoman Empire's request to hire umbrellas to participate in the war.

Because of the many conflicts between Nyasaland, Southwest Africa, and Tanganyika, Umbrella Corporation is also famous all over the world.

When the Italians and the Ottoman Empire bought aircraft in Nyasaland, they hoped to hire mercenaries from the umbrella company to join the war, and the price was still very high.

It's a pity that this request was also rejected by Rock. After the conflict with Southwest Africa ended, Rock's position on the umbrella company gradually became clear. After all, the umbrella is a commercial enterprise, so the umbrella will not involve wars between major powers and avoid becoming a major power. It is okay to bully a country like the Netherlands as a victim of strife. For traditional big countries like Britain, France and Germany, the umbrella must be respected, so that the umbrella can live longer.

Middleton was so upset that Hicks couldn't listen to what Middleton said at the moment.

"Don't worry, because of the East India, Lord will never sell the plane to the Dutch. Even if you want to sell it, there must be a way to counter it, and the umbrella company will participate in the war." Hicks is not sure. , but you can only convince yourself.

While talking, three more "Albatross" roared over, dropped another [-] bombs on Xianda, which had become a sea of ​​flames, and then left with his back.

"It's a bit wasteful——" Hicks was still in the mood to comment. He certainly didn't know that once the bomber set off, it had to empty the bombs before flying back, so as to avoid danger when it landed.

So fighting a war is really a very expensive thing.

A bomb would cost one or two hundred rands even if it was a friendly price, and it would cost several thousand rands to dispatch six planes at a time. If you don't have any economic strength, you really can't afford high technology.

Unlike the pessimistic Middleton and the optimistic Hicks, recruit Huang Gang's mood is turned upside down.

A month ago, Huang Gang was an ordinary worker in the Medan plantation. His daily work was rubber tapping, oil pressing, or sugarcane harvesting. If nothing unexpected happened, Huang Gang, like his father, was looking for a Chinese family at the right age. A girl who started a family and continued her unchanging job, or a girl who was unlucky and could only find a Javanese family, gradually became a Baba Nyonya.

Now Huang Gang has more choices. He can continue to serve in the Medan army, or he can work hard to train and join the umbrella to become a well-paid mercenary. He is more likely to immigrate to southern Africa and become a farmer.

Either option has a better future than the job of plantation worker.

If Huang Gang had doubts about various rumors in southern Africa before, now these doubts have disappeared without a trace.

Southern Africa has strong economic strength. Even an ordinary mercenary would be a wealthy man in East India.

Southern Africa has a strong military strength, and the Dutch, who have ruled East India for hundreds of years, are vulnerable to mercenaries in Southern Africa.

It is said that these seemingly omnipotent mercenaries are not the most powerful army in southern Africa. Huang Gang racked his brains and couldn't imagine how powerful the most powerful army in southern Africa could be.

With Huang Gang's limited imagination, he can only think that he is about the same as those gods in mythology.

One thing is certain, the citizens of southern Africa will not worry about the invasion of foreign enemies, and they will not suffer humiliation. Even if they work on the farms in southern Africa, the content of the work is similar to that of the plantations in East India, and they should work happier .

An hour later, lunch opened a new door for Huang Gang.

Because they were with mercenaries, Huang Gang and his class also enjoyed the treatment of mercenaries from the Umbrella Company. Each of them got two boxes of canned food, one meat and one vegetarian, as well as a piece of bread and an apple, as well as the food that was being heated on the nearby fire. coffee.

When he got the can, Huang Gang didn't know how to open it.

The mercenaries around were not polite. They used bayonets to pry open the can, and then there was a lot of wailing.

"It's fucking luncheon meat again—"

"Mine is braised pork, who would like to exchange a can of soybeans with me?"

"Not bad, mine is whitebait—"

The mercenary who got the canned whitebait was immediately surrounded by people, and Huang Gang didn't even know what whitebait was.

"Eat?" Hicks is still soybeans, and both cans are soybeans, which is the benefit of being the captain.

"I don't want to eat it. I want to take it back to my sister. She hasn't seen it yet." Huang Gang was going to have a hungry meal and carefully put the can in his pocket. The two sisters happened to have one for each of them, but they would definitely share the food.

Hicks didn't try to persuade him any more, and of course he didn't ask the cook to bring Huang Gang two more boxes. The logistical supplies are all rationed. If you bring two more boxes to Huang Gang now, maybe a mercenary will be hungry tomorrow. Don't look at these guys. Now pick and choose, if you really want to give none, these guys will make a mess.

However, Hicks did not turn a blind eye. As soon as the second box of soybean cans was opened, Hicks handed it to Huang Gang: "I'm full, take this box—"

Now that it is opened, it must be eaten, otherwise it will turn rancid in minutes due to the sweltering heat of the tropical rainforest.

"Sir, thank you—" Huang Gang wanted to decline, but immediately handed over more cans.

"Eat this, or I'll beat you to death!"

"Boy, it's cheap for you. This is braised pork. Look at the thick fat. Eat slowly—"

"I haven't opened this one yet, how about replacing it with your apple?"

The guy who changed the apple was immediately ridiculed by a group of people.

If it were a guy with strong self-esteem, he would probably feel humiliated.

But Huang Gang didn't feel this way. This group of guys who looked like five big and three thick guys were really delicate, otherwise it would be impossible to survive on the battlefield until now. They used these seemingly tough things to keep Huang Gang from being too embarrassed. The way to force Huang Gang to accept.

Like Huang Gang, the guides from the Medan army had a lot of cans in their hands, most of which were opened but not eaten at all, or only a little bit, and some were not even opened at all.

Looking at the appearance of these mercenaries, it is really not charity. Many of them really hate these beautifully packaged foods from the bottom of their hearts.

In East India, even such a tin box is not willing to throw away.

Now Huang Gang finally believed that in southern Africa, even an ordinary mercenary was a rich man, because in East India, even rich men were not so generous.

When Huang Gang was working in the Lingzhi plantation, he saw the children of the Lingzhi family eat this kind of expensive canned food. Even the Lingzhi family was willing to open one or two for each meal, and they put it on the dining table as a formal meal. For the dishes, the box must be carefully put away after eating.

They won't throw them around like these lavish mercenaries.

The coffee after the meal refreshed Huanggang’s cognition again. East India is actually an important coffee producing area. Banda Aceh, the northernmost tip of Sumatra Island, produces the best coffee in East India. The farm where Huanggang worked in the past actually produced coffee, but Huang Gang had never drank it, only secretly tasted the coffee beans.

It doesn't taste very good without ground coffee beans.

The coffee distributed by the Umbrella Company is instant coffee made by crushing coffee beans, adding milk powder and sucrose. This kind of coffee must taste much better than eating raw coffee beans.

The key is that the mercenaries have no limit. The large bag of coffee is directly poured into a vat filled with boiling water and stirred. Whoever wants to drink can just use a cup to fill it. Some people even drink coffee directly from a helmet. It looks ugly, but the amount Big tube full.

Huang Gang didn't have a special coffee cup, so he took a box of canned soybeans and washed it clean to fill it.

The rich aroma is mixed with the silkiness of milk, and there is also a hint of bean aroma of canned soybeans. After a sip of sweetness, it is almost greasy, and Huang Gang is instantly happy and satisfied.

Eating sweets is easy to make people happy.

(End of this chapter)