Chapter 75: Short Spear
On a rainy night, two men hid under a big tree outside the town to smoke. There was only one explanation: the two men were sentinels. There was an important person in the town who was worth their protection. The heavy rain distracted their attention. On such a night, they did not think that there would be an expeditionary force attacking, so they relaxed their vigilance.
As soon as he discovered the sentry, Rock signaled the entire team to stop.
"What's wrong?" Henry, who was struggling in the mud, came to Rock like a tumbler.
"There is a sentry under the big tree ahead." Rock pondered. It would take certain skills to kill the sentry without attracting other people's attention. Rock knew he couldn't do it.
"Maybe it's one of ours." Henry still had a sense of luck.
"Don't be silly. If it were our people, with such heavy rain, the sentry would have disappeared long ago." Rock was blunt. In fact, the performance of the British Expeditionary Force in the Boer War was not as good as that of the Boer Coalition.
"What are you waiting for? Kill them!" Henry was full of murderous intent. In Henry's eyes, all the Boers were like flying checks.
"You're crazy—" Rock pressed down Henry's raised gun and gestured to the town with his chin: "With such heavy rain, there are still diligent sentries. There must be big fish in the town. You and Anton lead the men to bypass and set up machine gun positions on the other side of the town. I will attack from this side and see how much we can earn this time."
Not only Henry is a money-grubber, Rock is too. No one can go against the pound.
"Good idea, wait for my signal." Henry agreed with Rock's plan.
This is also the safest way. If there are really big shots in the town, then as soon as the battle starts, the first reaction of the big shots in the town will be to escape immediately, rather than organizing a counterattack on the spot, because no one knows how many expeditionary forces will attack on a rainy night, so escape is the first option. At that time, Henry and others only need to wait and see.
"How do you give me a signal? Use a heavy machine gun to send Morse code? How can I catch people then? After setting up the machine gun position, just wait. I will launch an attack in the early morning and drive the people out of the town." Fortunately, Rock has a pocket watch. High technology is really a good thing.
"You are simply a genius!" Henry Rock was completely convinced. What kind of person is this? Is the training in the Huayong Battalion so advanced?
Watching Henry and his group disappear in the rainy night, Rock raised his hand and called Li De over: "Do you see the big tree outside the town? There are two Boer guerrilla sentries under the tree. I want to kill them silently. Who among us can do it?"
Rock asked himself if he couldn't do it, so he had to work together. There are many talented people among the Chinese police, and three heads are better than one.
"Survey the scouts - let the Gao De brothers go. They used to be hunters and are best at this." Li De really had a solution.
They are indeed good at it. Rock called the brothers Gode and Gordon over and explained the situation. Gode and Gordon nodded repeatedly. Gode then took out two steel spears from his canvas pocket.
"You guys are carrying this stuff?" Rock was surprised. The police station equipped the police with Webley revolvers and Lee Enfield rifles, but these two actually brought their own weapons. They were truly professionals.
"Boss, my brother and I thought that we might be able to catch a rabbit or something during the weekdays and prepare a special meal for our brothers." Gao De took off his raincoat and suede shoes.
Rock immediately became full of confidence in the Gode brothers. They were indeed professionals. They took off their raincoats for ease of movement and took off their leather shoes for approaching quietly. If you were not an old hand, you would not notice these things at all.
"Wait, let's go together." Rock wanted to go with Gode and Gordon to confirm that the two men were sentinels of the Boer coalition. Rock was also worried that there might be a third sentinel. One more person would mean one more protection.
In fact, there was no need to be so careful. On a rainy night, any faint sounds were drowned out by the sound of wind and rain. Basically, no one could be seen more than ten meters away. Rock, Gode and Gordon moved forward cautiously until they could hear the voices of two sentinels chatting.
Can't understand!
But Rock could tell that the sentry was speaking Dutch.
Although Dutch and English are two different languages, Dutch is between German and English, which both belong to the Germanic language family, and is closer to English than any other language.
It was good to confirm that they were Boers . Rock nodded to Gode and Gordon. Gode and Gordon each held a short steel spear and bent over to approach the two sentinels.
In the drizzle, Rock only saw a flash of cold light without hearing any sound, and the two sentinels were knocked to the ground.
Not counting the knocking him to the ground, Gao De's use of the spear was absolutely steady, accurate, and ruthless. The spear directly penetrated the sentry's neck and nailed the sentry to the big tree behind him. The sentry gasped and grabbed the spear handle hard, trying to pull the spear out of his neck, but blood gushed out like a faucet that had been opened, and the sentry slowly became motionless.
"Well done!" Rock was calm and walked forward to check the dead sentry.
They were indeed Boers. They were taller than ordinary British people and their equipment was relatively backward. The expeditionary force was equipped with Lee-Enfield rifles. One of these two men had a Martini Henry rifle, and the other had a Winchester M1873 rifle. They were definitely Boers without a doubt.
The Martini-Henry rifle may still be used by the British army. The Winchester M1873 was definitely used by the Boers. Although this gun has a relatively fast rate of fire, it uses pistol bullets, so it has less powder and a short range. The British army would not choose this weapon.
"Well done!" Rock praised them generously. Gode and Gordon were all smiling. They were the first veterans to come to Cape Town. The hunting skill was useless in Cape Town, but after coming to the Orange Free State, they finally shined. As long as they hold on to Rock's thighs, the future will be promising!
"Hurry up and eat something. We'll sneak over here until the early morning. If we are discovered, we'll attack head-on. Reed, protect your explosive pack and make sure it doesn't get wet." Rock was full of confidence. He was sure to catch the big fish in the town.
The rainy night was indeed unbearable, but in order to win, Rock had no choice but to wait in the rainy night.
Finally, the sky began to turn pale and the heavy rain that had been falling all night finally stopped. Rock glanced at the town still shrouded in morning mist and silently gave the commandos the order to attack.
The heavy rain did indeed paralyze the Boers' vigilance to the greatest extent, and Rock and his men entered the town smoothly. This indicated that the Boers only placed two sentries outside the town and did not even arrange a secret sentry.
But the success only ended there. After all, they were not professional special forces, and Rock and his men were not fully prepared. They did not have enough understanding of the situation in the town. As soon as Gode tried to open the door of the first house, the dog in the yard started barking wildly.
What a piece of shit!
Then let’s attack with force.
