Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 821 Misunderstanding

Although the Umbrella Company's preparations were sufficient, they were still very secretive. Frank and Sabah were a little dumbfounded when they saw the letter of challenge sent by Reza Khan.

The gauntlet sent by Reza Khan was written in Persian. It was embarrassing that none of the nearly [-] commanders and fighters in the entire headquarters could understand it.

"Why don't you Persians speak Persian?" Frank was very surprised. It's normal for Chinese not to speak Persian. Sabah is a standard Persian and a senior military officer. It's a bit embarrassing not to read.

"It's normal. I study English at school." Sabah was not too embarrassed, and he was quite confident.

"Where did you go to school?" Frank was immediately led astray.

"Cairo——" Sabah was also from a wealthy family, otherwise he might not even have the opportunity to go to school, and the peninsula does not implement compulsory education.

"Go find it. None of your [-] men can read?" Frank was very upset. If this problem is not resolved, even if Reza Khan's troops are completely defeated, Frank will feel unsatisfactory.

"Sir, the enemy is setting up artillery positions." The battlefield situation did not leave enough time for Frank.

Frank is holding the binoculars with a sullen face. Reza Khan's troops are deploying. The number of artillery is very small, only two so far, and the position is within the range of mortar fire. It is estimated that a three-shot rapid fire from the mortar can destroy Reza Khan's artillery position,

Although Frank wanted to emulate the sages to respond to Reza Khan, the reality is that as long as Reza Khan's troops are fully deployed and the artillery positions are completed, the casualties of the mercenaries will definitely increase.

At this time, in the headquarters, the anxious roaring of the front-line officers on the phone could be heard quietly, and no one spoke, waiting for Frank's next order.

"Let's get started, kill them!" Frank immediately threw the gauntlet out of the sky. Although face is important, protecting the interests of the company is even more important. Every time a mercenary dies, the umbrella company has to pay hundreds of pounds in pensions. Saving one is one. Compared with the real benefits, there is no need to care about the details. It has already reached this point, so there is no need to care about those red tapes.

"Start, kill them!" The staff officer repeated Frank's order, and the command headquarters, where the air was almost frozen, immediately boiled.

The ensuing battle process will never be forgotten by Sabah.

In fact, it can no longer be described as a battle, but a unilateral massacre, just like a medieval knight in heavy armor facing an ignorant toddler who just learned to walk. The powerful firepower of the mercenaries completely destroyed them.

The war has entered the era of hot weapons, and living people are replaced by cold modern weapons. All the battles Sabah participated in before, although equipped with modern weapons, were still conducted in an almost primitive way. The essence of war has not changed. .

The mercenaries are fighting in a way beyond Sabah's understanding. There is no cavalry charge that makes people excited, there is no ruthless volley of guns, and there is no bloody hand-to-hand combat that makes adrenal glands accelerate. Sabah is ready to pay a heavy price. Against Reza Khan's cavalry, he didn't even have a chance to send troops.

After the only two cannons were knocked out, Reza Khan's troops immediately withdrew from the battlefield as quickly as possible without stopping to entangle. When the last Persian cavalry disappeared from sight, Sabah was still struggling confidence.

"This is the end?" Sabah really couldn't accept that such a well-prepared battle ended in such an anticlimactic manner. At the same time as it was unbelievable, Sabah was also very grateful.

If the battle really comes to a stalemate, Frank will definitely dispatch Sabah's troops to attack Reza Khan's troops, and then the situation will be reversed. For the cavalry of the Najd Sultanate, the Cossacks of the Persian Empire are still unstoppable. i's.

"Of course it won't be over. Send your scouts to determine the enemy's movements. They may return to the battlefield at any time." After all, Frank still did not let Sabah go, and the slave army must have the awareness of the slave army.

Sabah has resigned to his fate. The Cossack cavalrymen of the Persian Empire are all fighting in front of the mercenaries of the umbrella company. Sabah and his generation will never want to get rid of the shadow of the umbrella company in this life.

The scouts of the Najd Sultanate are indeed working very hard. They may not have the mentality of Sabah, but they have a deeper understanding of the powerful combat effectiveness of the mercenaries. No one wants to fight against such an enemy, and there is no hope of victory. The Nezhi people also have no indomitable spiritual connotation. They were successively conquered by Turkmans, Turks, and Mongols, and then they were ruled by the Ottoman Empire for hundreds of years. There are no psychological barriers in Africa.

It is abnormal not to surrender.

If the Cossacks are famous for their bravery and skill in fighting, then the slave soldiers of Nezhi are famous for their loyalty and obedience.

The Nezhi cavalry is the real version of slave soldiers. Ali Rashid was originally a slave before Li De and Tang En chose Ali Rashid.

While the scouts brought back the latest news, they also brought back some spoils abandoned by Reza Khan's troops, some broken military flags, a Persian-style saber, a war horse that lost its owner, and a brand new Lee Enfield.

Frank looked at those Lee Enfields who had hardly been used and still smelled of gun oil. If Port Elizabeth allowed, with the thousand mercenaries in his hand and the three thousand servants of Sabah, Frank It feels like it can capture the entire territory of Persia.

Even if you think about it, both Britain and Russia have the ability to occupy Persia because of the checks and balances between the big powers, so Persia can survive until now.

"Reza Khan's troops have already withdrawn from Khuzestan. It seems that they have given up." Sabah lost those extra thoughts and now honestly plays his role.

"They didn't give up, they wanted to take back Khuzestan in another way." In Frank's hand was the telegram just sent from Port Elizabeth, and Reza Khan is now in Port Elizabeth.

If it were someone else, most of them would not dare to go to Port Elizabeth now. From this aspect, I have to say that Reza Khan is indeed very courageous, otherwise he would not dare to tear himself apart with the umbrella company.

However, compared to the decisiveness when he left Port Elizabeth a few days ago, now that Reza Khan returns to Port Elizabeth, his figure is somewhat bleak, and he is no longer high-spirited when facing Tang En, and his whole person is much more humble.

"The rebellion in Khuzestan has stopped. This is the result of our joint efforts. Now we are working to restore oil production in Ahvaz, but the situation is not optimistic. The previous predatory development has caused serious damage to the oil fields. Some The oil company blew up the oil well when it was withdrawing, so many days have passed, and the fire in the oil well has not been extinguished, we are looking for a way to put out the fire, but it is not easy, we lack equipment and technology." Tang En never mentioned the unpleasantness of the past, and now many misunderstandings have been clarified. Reza Khan didn't want to fight against the umbrella company, but no one could understand the "war letter" written in Persian, so there was Later misunderstanding.

"The guards suffered heavy losses in the rebellion. We have to show results to regain the trust of the king." Reza Khan is in a very difficult situation now. Although the conflict between the guards and mercenaries is still unknown to the outside world, But it is still inevitable that there are rumors that the Umbrella's military operations in Khuzestan have also stimulated the sensitive Russians. Now the Russians are trying to infiltrate the Guards led by Reza Khan and sent several Russian-born instructor, this will inevitably affect Reza Khan's control over the Guards.

Unlike Khuzestan's umbrella, the Russians have greater ambitions to annex the whole of Persia. The lesser of two evils, Reza Khan had to seek cooperation with the umbrella company again.

Reza Khan also tried his best to move between Britain and Russia.

"Isn't it enough to regain the jurisdiction over Khuzestan?" Tang En would not give Reza Khan too much support, the nominal support was enough, and Reza Khan had to figure out the rest.

Nominally, Khuzestan is still a Persian territory. In fact, Khuzestan is already under the actual control of the umbrella company. Dunn doesn't care about these titles, but only cares about real interests. Now is not the best time to annex Khuzestan. But some preparatory work can be done, such as mass immigration to Khuzestan, changing the demographic structure of Khuzestan so that when the opportunity arises, the umbrella companies can completely swallow Khuzestan.

As for the method of annexation, any reason is fine, even if it is a clumsy excuse, it will not be more absurd than the excuse of Britain and France to expand their colonies.

As for Russia's influence, Russia will fully shrink in a few years, just like the United Kingdom now.

"Not enough, I need artillery and more rifles." Reza Khan was impressed by the overwhelming firepower in Ahvaz that day.

In fact, there are only twelve mortars, which are really not overwhelming, but for Persia, this firepower is enough.

"Rifles are negotiable, artillery is impossible, and it is difficult for our umbrella to buy artillery now, and you don't have enough gunners, so you don't need to pursue high-tech weapons such as artillery." Tang En's contempt for the Persian army is obvious. This made Reza Khan feel bad.

But who can be blamed? If Reza Khan's troops defeated the mercenaries of the Umbrella Company that day, then Tang En would be humbled in front of Reza Khan now.

Not being able to buy artillery for the umbrella is really not an excuse. Just as many people inferred before, the Balkans are indeed resurgent, and this time the involvement of the two major military blocs is more obvious.

(End of this chapter)