Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 70

Rock really doesn't know, there may be dum bombs, but there are really no grenades.

Around 700 AD, Byzantine soldiers filled ceramic containers with "Greek fire (oil)" and added some caltrops to them, relying on the caltrops flying around after the ceramic container exploded to cause damage to the enemy.This is the earliest record of grenades.

The UK actually has grenades. Don’t forget that the “March of the British Grenadiers” is marching along with the thin red line. The “grenadiers” here use grenades.

After entering the 19th century, with the development of guns and the reduction of castle offensive and defensive battles, grenades were once neglected until the First World War. Due to the rise of trenches, grenades were widely used, so the Second Boer War During the period, the British army really did not have hand grenades.

In fact, it doesn't matter if there is one, even if there is, the commandos probably won't get it, they won't even give them a dum, and they still want grenades?

Dream it!

But it doesn't matter, there are no grenades, but explosives are everywhere. Rock asked Henry to find some explosives, wrap them in a cut canvas raincoat, and then reinforce them with leggings. It is a simple explosive bag. This explosive bag Its power is about the same as that of grenades.

"Henry, I will prepare for 10 minutes of firepower before attacking later. I am going to conduct a tentative attack first, find the firepower of the Boers, then suppress them, and then carry out a roundabout attack. Remember, suppress the firepower of the Boers. "Rock still divides the work with Henry, anyway, it is still early before the sun goes down, and there is plenty of time.

"I'll try my best to prepare for firepower. Be careful. If it doesn't work, don't force it. This bastard is trying to kill us. As long as we pass this level, I must make him look good." Henry gritted his teeth. He also had experience in serving in the colonies. Know the importance of cover fire.

Of course, Roque didn't play any infantry coordination, barrage follow-up, that set is too tall, the commando can't play it, and the artillery unit can't cooperate. After all, the artillery unit is not his own, maybe he will "Injured".

It is enough to have firepower prepared. The British have never been stingy in this regard. They have a lot of shells. If the Boers can be piled up with shells, the British are probably happy to use this method.

Twenty or ten minutes later, Rock, Anton, and the non-existent Stanley led less than a hundred commandos to the starting position of the attack, waiting for fire from the rear.

"Stanley, I will take your men to make a tentative attack later, don't go too far, shoot from a distance, and lure the Boers' machine guns to fire, and then we will advance to the back of the slope in the direction of two o'clock, where It is the blind spot for the Boers to shoot, and we will launch an attack after the artillery has cleared the firepower of the Boers." Rock carefully observed the terrain, using his little military knowledge, and arranged as carefully as possible.

It was enough, at least Rock's little military knowledge was much more than Anton imagined.

"Okay, Locke, remember to cover me." Stanley's hands were shaking, not sure if it was because of excitement or nervousness.

"I will!" Rock said solemnly. The cover will definitely cover, but the effect cannot be guaranteed. The starting position of the attack is more than 500 meters away from the Boers' position, and the heavy machine gun can only be blinded without using tracer bullets.

Anton looked at it for a long time before he understood what Roque meant by "two o'clock" and "shooting the blind spot". Looking at Roque again, Anton was completely convinced: "Loke, you are too good, where did you learn? here?"

study?

Rock really wanted to say that it was iron-blooded and super-big, but I'm afraid Anton would be more confused.

"It was taught by the instructor before—" Rock's expression was very natural, as if he was a little surprised at Anton's ignorance.

Anton was so ashamed that he was about to stuff his head into his crotch, and he was still muttering to himself: "Did the instructor teach it? Why don't I remember—"

It’s right to have no impression. When he was in Huayong Camp, Anton couldn’t understand English at all, so Anton still doesn’t know what the instructors taught.

There was no time left for Anton to recall, the major finally had a conscience, agreed to Henry's request, and the artillery began to fire.

Regardless of the fact that there are only 20 cannons, the momentum created is enough to scare Rock.

The shells of this year have not yet had time to use smokeless gunpowder. When they exploded, the momentum was huge. The thick black smoke was mixed with orange-red fireballs, engulfing the positions of the Boer coalition forces. This is actually a good opportunity for infantry coordination. It's a pity that the police didn't train with the artillery, and Rock didn't understand the level of the British artillery, so he had to give up this opportunity.

After the shelling stopped for a while, Rock began to urge Stanley: "Stanley, go up and down, pay attention to concealment, don't rush too hard—"

Stanley's eyes started to bloodshot as soon as the gunfire started, and before Rock's words fell, Stanley jumped out of the parapet with Lee Enfield, who had already loaded the bayonet.

"Testing attack, probing—" Rock reminded Stanley loudly, and he didn't know if Stanley understood.

Obviously not. As a policeman, Stanley has never experienced formal military training. He encountered the guerrillas a few days ago. Because of the high efficiency of Anton and Rock, Stanley had no chance to perform. It's over, which probably gave Stanley an illusion that the Boer coalition forces are not much stronger than the thieves in Cape Town.

Therefore, although Rock repeatedly emphasized that this was a tentative attack, Stanley didn't take it to heart. He jumped out of the parapet, and Stanley started to charge, and he still straightened his back and swaggered.

This made Rock's eyes tearing apart. It doesn't matter if Stanley kills himself. He has more than a dozen Chinese police officers under him. Now that the sheriff is so brave, how can the police be inferior to others, so the speed of the police is also Soon, a simple tentative attack was beaten by more than a dozen people in a desperate charge.

The distance of 500 meters is not far, and it is not close. Even if a fully armed soldier sprints on a battlefield with complex terrain, it will take at least two minutes, more than two minutes, which is enough for the defensive Boer coalition forces to fight well. get ready.

The Boer coalition army is also very experienced. When Stanley and the others started charging, the Boer coalition army did not shoot. It was not until Stanley and the others reached the foot of the mountain and began to climb up that the Boer coalition army counterattacked one after another.

Rock can be sure that the Boer coalition forces are definitely using dum bullets, because at the same time the Boer coalition army heavy machine guns fired, Stanley's body was almost torn apart by the heavy machine guns. The feeling of dismemberment.

At the same time, three Chinese police officers were also dismembered.

"Two heavy machine guns, one 37mm machine gun, tell Henry to let the artillery kill them." Rock's heart was calm, this is war, and casualties are inevitable.

　Today seems to be a strange day, I heard that there will be more——

　　

　

(End of this chapter)