Chapter 488
"What are you looking at? They look like anxious ghosts. I warn you to stop beating this white girl and don't make trouble for me." A thick figure stood at the door. He was Geng Daguozhi, a senior sergeant in the regiment headquarters, and was injured on one leg and a little lame.
Follow the German military system
The Queensland Army has a rank of sergeants, which belongs to the head and the head of the army. Most of them are experienced senior professional soldiers and can play a backbone role in combat.
When grassroots officers are killed, senior sergeants can command the battles of the entire platoon and even the entire company.
Geng Daguozhi is a veteran in his 30s. He has participated in the bloody battle of Moresby and many battles. He has accumulated 56 acres of meritorious fields on the military merit book, almost more than some of the less experienced even-level officials. You should know that these 56 acres refer to the fields in northern Queensland. If other overseas territories are multiplied by coefficients, for example, you can get nearly 200 acres of meritorious fields in Borneo, which is a medium-sized farm.
Most of the soldiers of Geng Daguozi's same period retired and enjoyed their happiness. He was the only one who was unwilling to leave the army. Nothing else was to love his military career.
"Master Sergeant, let's take a look. Such a beautiful white girl is rare, even if you pass it, it's fun!"
"Fuck, don't think you guys are thinking about what I don't know. I guess they are experiencing bad water. Don't blame me for not reminding you that the regiment minister has specifically told you that no white woman can touch anyone, and dare to invade military law and punish you severely. You can touch the back of your neck and whether you can cut off your dog's head with one knife."
Geng Daguozi made a stern warning from good intentions. Although he repeatedly said that there were dozens of people in the Queensland army who were sentenced to death by military law every year, and there were many bold and arrogant people.
The Queensland army was essentially a feudal lord army, but it was covered with a layer of modern firearms. The German military system it followed also came from the German feudal empire, so naturally some of the dross of the feudal kingdom were indispensable, which was a problem with the fetal belt.
Being a soldier is natural and paying money.
Strict military discipline refers to the fact that in the army, once soldiers take leave with their military pay to play, as long as they don’t make trouble when they are drunk, commit crimes with weapons, eat, drink, whore and gambling are not prohibited, and are personal freedom.
This is mostly the case with feudal armies in today's world, and Red Fort has not yet been able to change all this.
In Borneo and Somalia, Queensland military soldiers have caused trouble to local indigenous women, and killing and setting fires is even more common. As long as you don’t make too much trouble, the commander usually turns a blind eye and doesn’t investigate it.
Wolves eat meat when traveling for thousands of miles, and dogs eat shit when traveling for thousands of miles.
The Queensland Army is a wolf-like armed force, using money and land to tempt soldiers to work hard. It does not have any noble family and country feelings. What is promoted in the army is to be loyal to the leader and the lord, win the war and eat meat and share the money with a large scale.
As long as the person who violated is not a Chinese woman or a white woman, the commander of the army will usually raise it high and fall down gently, and just punish it symbolically.
As for the efforts of not taking the masses one by one, loving the people as much as their children, generating electricity for their faith, and willing to sacrifice their lives and never paying attention to gains and losses, the Queensland army today cannot reach such a noble level. Looking around the world, there is no such iron army, and the world is as black as crows.
Therefore, while the African Expeditionary Force was stationed in Xi'an Town, the business of brothels and restaurants was full of business, ushering in a period of rapid development.
"It's not like the sergeant commander, at best, just a white girl. Could it be that the group leader can really kill us brothers who follow him through life and death?"
"Yes, it's not that exaggerating, right?"
The people assigned to the kitchen were all lazy people, and their discipline was far less strict than the combat troops. Several cooks picked them up and bowed their heads, and their eyes were secretly seen through Geng Daguozi's legs. They looked at the look that way, the little Aries outside would eat them all.
"Hmph, I've said everything I should say. I dare to test the law with your own risk of your own consequences."
Geng Daguozi pulled out the cigarette pier pot from his belt, put the brass-like tobacco pot into a cloth bag, filled it with a full tobacco, compacted it slowly with his hands, then held it in his mouth, lit it and took a good breath.
The strong smell of tobacco spread and cheered him up. He turned around and shouted, "Who... took the white girl down to rest and drink some water. Do whatever you have to do in the house, don't run out and attract attention."
He made a drinking position to the Arab woman sitting by the greenhouse peeling potatoes. The Arab woman understood it in a moment and immediately pulled the ignorant Sophia away.
These people are not qualified to live in a cool and breathable wooden building. There are rows of military tents near the wooden building, covered with long wide-leaf thatch, covered with damp red mud, which can cover the hot sunshine in Southeast Africa.
The Arab woman took Sophia into a military tent, and then she couldn't see her figure when she put down the gauze tent at the door...
A sharp alarm suddenly sounded and echoed over Hekou Town.
The fully armed soldiers quickly rushed out of the wooden building and lined up on the field outside. With the orders of grassroots commanders to check weapons, the sound of guns hitting condensed a strong atmosphere of murder.
"The number of people reported by the regiment headquarters guard company, are they all here?"
"Report to the Chief, the regiment headquarters guard company received 207 people, and actually 159 people, of which 46 people in the second row were performing alert services. The two of them had not yet arrived for sick leave. Please instruct."
"Everyone has it, check weapons and ammunition, and prepare for combat."
"yes."
"Report to the commander, and both of them are requesting to return to the team after they have been sick."
"Return to the team."
"yes."
The strict army lines in front of the wooden building are neatly arranged and murderous.
Li Shuanzhu walked out of the wooden building with sharp eyes, looking towards Enzo Town. The lieutenant officer who was running over quickly immediately stopped and stood attentively saluted the report. "Reporting to the chief, there was an abnormal movement in the Portuguese in the Enzo Town. An armed force of about 260 people was approaching us, holding guns and mixed infantry and cavalry, with unknown intentions."
"They are seeking death!" Li Shuanzhu said a few words in a cold voice and immediately ordered; "The troops advanced according to the emergency combat plan and ordered the cavalry battalion to be assigned to our regiment artillery company to prepare for combat."
"Yes, prepare for combat."
Lieutenant Colonel Li Shuanzhu's estimate was right. Juan Carlos, the overlord of Enzo Town, was originally here to ask for an explanation, but he didn't expect that his daughter Sophia was arrested back to Hekou Town for verbal offense. At that time, the Queensland army was crowded with people and guns, and Juan Carlos was shocked and did not dare to act rashly.
After I went back, I became more and more humbled. I couldn't get through this level in my heart. So I brought a large group of people to force me to ask for someone...
Outside Hekou Town
The ground is covered with charred marks left by burning. After burning, the weeds are empty, as if they are a black scar on the lush alluvial plain. Thick wood ash seeps into the soil under the erosion of rain, and the land will become more fertile in the coming year.
The two sides confronted each other more than 160 meters apart. Juan Carlos and a bearded officer in the uniform of a lieutenant in the Kingdom of Portugal stood side by side on horseback, looking at the front with a gloomy face.
Behind him were more than 200 white men with guns and more than 40 Portuguese soldiers. A small number of them rode horses and most of them walked around, surrounded by messy crowds. Many white armed civilians were whispering, making them angry.
There were only 60 Portuguese soldiers in the town. It seemed that in addition to the soldiers on duty, Juan Carlos brought out all the other soldiers in Enzo's town. Most of the white men who could pick up guns came. It can be said that they were all out and they were bound to win.
Hu Kaishan, the captain of a battalion of a battalion in the first regiment of the African Expeditionary Force, led a whole company of soldiers to form three slender queues to confront the Portuguese.
Not long after
The leaders of both sides are moving forward, preparing to start a new round of negotiations.
For more than two months, such scenes have happened many times, whether in Hekou Town or elsewhere. The Portuguese maintained considerable restraint, and the African Expeditionary Force advanced team was unwilling to take the lead in using force, forming this unique way of negotiation.
"Wuan, Mr. Captain, I hope to see your chief Lieutenant Colonel Lie. I hope you can understand a father's concern. I must take Sophia back, no one can stop him." Juan Carlos suppressed the anger in his heart, aggravated his tone, and emphasized that he would never retreat.
"I'm sorry, my sir has no time to see you. Miss Sophia will be here to receive the necessary punishment, to cleanse the sin of offense and ignorance of fear."
"This is the ridiculous joke I've ever heard, and you don't even believe in God."
"Mr. Juan Carlos, this is not the problem, but your behavior..." Captain Hu Kaishan paused, raised his chin to signal the group of white militias in front of him and continued; "Making the matter more serious can be regarded as an armed provocation against us. This is an extraordinary act that seriously undermines the tacit understanding between the two sides. It is easy to cause accidental fire. You must be responsible for this."
"Sir Captain, you don't need to teach me a lesson. I know what I'm doing, oh...wait..." Juan Carlos's face suddenly changed and he asked in confusion. "You said Lieutenant Colonel Li didn't have time to see me, what was he doing? Is this related to Sophia?"
His face became extremely ugly, and he obviously thought it was wrong.
Juan Carlos used his own life to save others, believing that Lieutenant Colonel Li had always coveted his beautiful daughter. The so-called offense was an excuse. Think about the consequences of the little Aries who had no ability to resist and fell into the mouth of the devil...
"Oh...no...Sophia has to go back with me."
"So...you're bringing this group of mobs to ask for it?" Hu Kaishan sat upright on the horse, with a madly contemptuous smile on his lips.
Amid the sound of the trumpet from Hekou Town, he heard the order to prepare for the battle, which meant that the regiment master had changed his previous appeasement policy and was ready to take action against the gang of ignorant Portuguese white idiots in front of him.
According to the combat plan
Once the battle begins, the artillery company under the regiment headquarters will gather fire and bomb, and the cavalry battalion (partially, including one cavalry company and two unsatisfied cavalry platoons, a total of about 220 cavalry) attacked from the diagonal sect of Hekou Town, and surrounded the enemy's rear route to strive for complete annihilation.
The infantry confronting the enemy can move forward steadily, with superior forces and superior artillery fire, and the enemy takes the initiative to come to the door. If you cannot fight a beautiful encirclement and annihilation battle, you can find a piece of tofu and hit it to death.
"Oh, you devils, ignorant pagans, I pray that the holy light from heaven purifies this land and brings you to the dark hell forever."
Seeing Hu Kaishan's contemptuous smile, Juan Carlos couldn't help but wave his hands and shouted loudly. He was really angry and no one dared to mock him like this.
Putting aside the white skin color and Portuguese identity, the so-called Lord Barazzo Juan Carlos is just a remote place of wealth, arrogant, ignorant, and ignorant of awe, not to mention any strategy.
He jumped up when the other party was excited, and his anger had already broken through the rational defense line.
Fortunately, there was a Portuguese bearded lieutenant beside him. Seeing this, he frowned and persuaded him in Portuguese. "Hey...Mr. Juan, now is not a good time to vent his anger. If this continues, we will get nothing. You must control yourself. Don't forget that Miss Sophia is still in their hands."
"I can't stand Lieutenant François, these pagans are humiliating me."
"I can see that he is deliberately irritating you. This is a mean trap. We must be prepared to retreat at any time."
"No, no, Lieutenant François, I will take Sophia back with you and take your men to break a hole in the soldiers blocking ahead. I will take the others into the town. This is the only way to save Sophia."
"How is this possible? That's a whole company of soldiers, and it's useless to rush in. They still have thousands of well-trained soldiers in the town."
"There is nothing impossible. The number of people does not determine everything. The Spanish conqueror Cortez defeated the Aztec Empire in Mexico with only 600 troops and wiped out the huge treasury of the rulers. Later, in 1533, another great conqueror, Pizarro, overthrew the Inca Empire in South America and snatched away a massive amount of wealth that was madly enough. He brought only 180 people." Juan Carlos said quickly and said in a fast pace
Dao, his face flushed because of his excitement, and he was immersed in the glorious dream of the former conquerors; "We have 267 Portuguese warriors, 43 of them kingdom warriors wearing Adrian's iron helmets. This power is strong enough. Don't worry about these Orientals who look quite like things. They are just good-looking people. Once they do something, they will flee in panic, just like little quails looking for their mothers. Victory must belong to us."
His words obviously touched the bearded Lieutenant; "Mr. Barazzo, the order from the Governor is not allowed to open the fire first, and if we fight, we will be too few."
"Then just shoot. No one knows who fired the first shot in the chaos. I will pay you 800 pounds after the matter is done. This money is enough to buy a decent house in Lisbon and a garden facing the sea." Juan Carlos really invested a lot.
In his opinion, instead of paying £1,000 in atonement, it would be better to spend £800 to grab his daughter Sophia back, which would save £200.
The vision of the local rich man determines that he is the local rich man after all, and he cannot be promoted.
Chapter completed!