Chapter 62 I'll Curse You to Death
In fact, the term "Huayong" is not very presentable. It sounds similar to the Homecoming Corps, and also has a bit of the meaning of vagrant soldiers and brave warriors.
In fact, this is not the case. In order to form the Chinese Braves, the British allocated a military expenditure of up to 30,000 pounds each year. The Chinese Braves enjoyed first-class salaries and benefits in the Far East, so their abilities were naturally beyond doubt. Based on Rock's understanding of the Chinese Brave Battalion, even according to the standards of the British domestic army, the shooting results of the Chinese Braves could generally be considered excellent.
It should be noted here that the British Army has always emphasized shooting skills. During the Korean War, the Chinese People's Volunteer Army knew that "we are not afraid of American artillery, but we are afraid of British guns." It can be seen that the British army's shooting skills are good.
The British troops that emphasized shooting were beaten badly by the Boers on the front line, not because the British troops were not good at shooting, but because their tactics were not good. The "linear tactics" were line-up shooting tactics, which emphasized discipline and courage. During the battle, the troops were not allowed to open fire unless they advanced close enough to the enemy. The Boers were good at small-scale guerrilla warfare and did not fight the British head-on. Before the British lobster soldiers approached the Boer guerrillas' line, the Boer guerrillas had already scattered and broken up into small pieces. The British troops did not even get a chance to shoot in volleys. How could they win?
This can also explain why, when British troops fought against the Boers in the past, the British troops often suffered hundreds or thousands of casualties after a battle, while the Boers suffered single-digit casualties.
It’s not that our army didn’t try hard, but the enemy was too cunning.
To put it bluntly, the Boer guerrillas fighting the British regular army was like a hunter hunting a stupid roe deer, and they hit them with every shot. But when the Boer guerrillas met Rock——
Okay, Rock didn't graduate from a military academy, but he likes to hang out with Iron Blood and Super Big. Any talker picked out from these two forums is better at guerrilla warfare than the Boers in the 19th century.
"Anton, from now on, forget everything the British officers in the Chinese Battalion taught you. We are not the regular army now, but the police, so we cannot use regular army tactics." Rock found a perfect reason to convince Anton. Although the reason was a bit lame, this was the way to deal with an honest man like Anton.
To be honest, sometimes when Rock was communicating with Anton, he really wanted to yell: There is an honest man here, come and bully him!
"Hiss, we are not even allowed to use our tactics after leaving the Huayong Battalion?" Anton is really so naive. He believes whatever Rock says.
You have to believe it. Anton's English is not yet at the level where he can communicate smoothly with the British. In the entire Chinese Battalion, only Rock has the closest relationship with the British and can speak in front of Henry, so to some extent, Rock's words are what the British mean.
"We are not allowed to wear clothes yet. So, even if we have to go to the front line, we have to wear police uniforms." Rock was very satisfied with this. The summer uniforms issued by the Cape Town Police Department are khaki. Although they are not very good-looking, compared with those fiery red lobster soldiers, Rock immediately felt a lot more at ease.
Whether in the forest or on the grassland, red is the most conspicuous color. In terms of camouflage effect, it is certainly not as good as khaki. Don't underestimate this little camouflage effect. If it was really not important, the British would not have abandoned that set of clothes later.
"What should we do?" Anton was at a loss. In the Chinese Brave Battalion, the Chinese braves were also trained in line-up shooting. Now that they have lost the familiar tactics, Anton was very uncomfortable and could not figure out how to deal with those damn Boer guerrillas.
"It's better not to allow it. Come on, let's do an experiment." Rock wanted to use facts to prove that the generals in the expeditionary force headquarters were all idiots.
There were two teams of commandos with the same number of people and the same equipment. Rock arranged one team to form an offensive formation using linear tactics in accordance with the tradition of the Huayong Battalion.
Another team set up a defensive position with the help of flower beds, trees, corners of houses, windows and other shelters beside the training ground.
As soon as Rock blew the whistle to start the exercise , Anton and all the commandos were stunned.
"This-how do we fight this?" Anton's eyes were bigger than copper bells. The commandos looked at each other and suddenly burst into laughter.
Yes, there was no way to fight . Not to mention how good the defending commandos were at shooting, the two Maxim heavy machine guns set up by Rock in the defensive position could eliminate all the attacking team members in a short period of time.
Rock, this black-hearted guy, even set up Maxim heavy machine guns at both ends of the defensive position. This seriously violated the tactical regulations stipulated by the officers at the beginning and did not concentrate the use of heavy firepower. However, Anton tried several angles and found that he could not break through the blockade of the two Maxim heavy machine guns. If he dodged one, he would definitely be within the firing range of the other. After Anton discovered this, he immediately broke out in a cold sweat.
英——The British are wrong?!
This discovery shocked Anton even more than when he learned that Rock had become a Cape Town citizen.
"Are you stupid? Come on, the grandfathers are waiting for you!"
"The leader has given the order, why don't you attack? Disobeying orders will result in death."
"Come on, we'll give you ten meters. If I shoot first, I'll be your son."
The defending commandos had no idea how intense Anton's psychological struggle was, and they began to provoke the hesitant attackers.
"Sister, come out if you dare!"
"How can we attack like this? This is courting death."
"The grandfathers decided to scold you to death here."
The attacking players were not stupid. Although their guns were empty, they would clearly be committing suicide if they rushed forward.
"Come on, come on, switch sides between attack and defense, and feel what it's like to face crossfire." Rock arranged the rotation so that everyone could face this crossfire directly, so that they could understand how outrageous the mistakes made by the British officers before were.
The offense and defense were in different positions. The defensive player who was happily provocative just now was immediately dumbfounded. The original offensive player who was comfortably staying behind the bunker was in a good mood. Come on, come on, who was the one who laughed at me for being a coward just now? Now show me how brave you are.
The offensive players were not stupid either, they also decided to curse the opponents to death, so the training ground was very lively.
"Locke, is this cross fire?" Anton does have potential and has realized the role of cross fire.
While the training ground was full of joy, in the police chief's office, which Rock and Anton did not notice, August Russell was standing at the window, watching everything that happened on the training ground. If anyone noticed, they would find that August Russell's expression was very complicated.
