1855 United States Tycoon

Chapter 493

The burning flames at the station certainly attracted the attention of the nearby British army, so the British army stationed in the nearby battalion hurriedly took up arms and rushed towards the station.

Commander Jericho knew that if he went out to rescue in such a dark night, he might encounter enemy resistance, so he divided his own forces into two teams. Company A led the front, and Company B and Company C dragged behind for a distance of more than two hundred meters. In this way, generally speaking, if the enemy is ready to ambush, then everyone will not fall into the ambush circle, so there will be opportunities for mutual reinforcement.

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Primorac turned his head and looked at the burning station, knowing that Waldner had obtained his hand. But he knew that it would take time to ship all those things out, and these materials were very important to the Boers.

“Deputy Captain, the British are here over there!” A guerrilla ran over and said to Primorac.

“Okay, get ready!” Primorac said.

After a while, the British troops appeared in everyone’s sight. At the forefront are several cavalry, all with flashlights, and their task is to search. But Primorac was not worried about what they could find. This was because it was too dark, and also because they didn’t have time to search carefully. Really searched all the way carefully, and when they got to the station, Waldner and the others might have already gone back to the celebration party. So the search and reconnaissance of these cavalry is just better than nothing. In the current environment, it is basically impossible for them to find those hidden and good ambushers.

But another situation made Primorac frowned. The British actually divided the team into two parts, and the distance between the front and the back was such a large distance, which made it impossible for him to put two teams into the ambush circle at the same time. . In this way, he had to choose whether to attack the British guys in front or let the first batch go and attack the back gang first. Although it’s hard to tell if there are more people in the front and back team in the dark, but generally speaking, the back gang should be the main force, so from the perspective of attacking the enemy, the front-line troops should be put over and focused on the attack. Those enemies behind. But this time the combat was a blockade in nature. Let’s not talk about how the troops behind are attacked, the ones in front will not look back and how to deal with the front and back flanking. What if those guys in the past don’t care about the back and rush straight towards the station, then what should they do? Therefore, Primorac thought for a while, and ordered to attack the group in front and block all the enemies here. It’s just that in order to deal with the next group of enemies, he still needs to make some adjustments to his tactics.

“Go and inform Harris so that he won’t be busy hitting that thing out, and then hit my order!”

At this time, the A company of the former British team has entered the ambush circle.

Primorac aimed at a British soldier with a flashlight walking in front. He fired the first shot and shouted: “Hit!” Then the gunshots and explosions suddenly rang out.

The guerrillas first rang a series of mines, more than a dozen mines exploded, and then more than a dozen defensive grenades were thrown into the air. When those British soldiers attacked by the explosion habitually lie down on the ground, under normal circumstances, this action allows them to face the shrapnel and bullets in a smaller area, thereby greatly reducing the chance of being shot. But at this time, this kind of action is very lethal, because the defensive grenade thrown into the air by the serial mine exploded in the air. This area is enlarged. These more than ten defensive grenades that exploded in the air caused more casualties than the previous explosions of mines and guns. Company A lost more than half of its combat effectiveness almost in the blink of an eye.

However, the British stabilized from the panic and began to slowly counterattack. At the same time, the British army of the second team also joined the battle, and Primorac’s battle pressure immediately increased.

The British began using mortars to fire flares over their defensive positions in Primorac, and then the mortars fell like raindrops. Then the British began to organize, rushing towards Primorac’s defensive position with the bayonet.

“The waiting is now!” Primorac thought. Using the light of the flares, he estimated the distance of the British, and then ordered: “Blow up!”

Immediately four broadswords exploded, and immediately brought down a large row of British people, and the British attack was suppressed again.

Primorac looked at the time, and the people from United States provided them with a luminous watch, which was especially convenient to use at night. Almost an hour has passed. After this period of resistance, he estimated that Waldner’s side was over, so he remembered his guerrillas and said: “We can retreat.”

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“Look, I said that chemical weapons will not cause the Boers to fail quickly.” Scrooge said triumphantly with the newly obtained information.

“The Boers are not going to fail fast. It seems that there is no more meaning now.” Carol said, “Anyway, the last ship of gold has been set off, and the most important gains have been obtained. Moreover, the British Army is on the front line. The incompetence in the battle has also been exposed quite adequately. At least, the Germans’ sense of awe for the British military has dropped significantly now. We have actually won, haven’t we?”

“Yes. But we can do better. Not only do we have to convince the Germans that the British Army is nothing great, but we also have to convince them that the British Navy is not invincible. If we do this, then That lame man will definitely be more vigorous when provoking the British.” Scrooge said.

“Challenge the British navy? It’s not easy. The Boers don’t even have a navy.” Carroll said.

“Of course such a thing cannot be done by the Boers alone, but it is not impossible with our help. Well, Catherine, once such a thing happens, I think the disturbance to the gold market will definitely be very large. In addition, , You can release rumors right now, but they are not rumors. The Boers successfully broke through the British blockade and got brand new gas masks and other weapons. Even, we can also provide some Boers wearing anti-virus A photo of the mask.” Scrooge said with a smile, “This way the efficiency of the British navy will also be questioned. The lame, inspired by this, might do something.”

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After the British used chemical weapons to take Johannesburg, the British offensive became quite smooth. In the remaining cities, the Boers hardly made any decent resistance. But this does not mean that South Africa is stable and united. On the contrary, there have been more attacks. The British army must remain vigilant 24 hours a day, because it is possible to be attacked at any time, sometimes with sniper rifles, sometimes with mortars, and sometimes with grenades. In short, many British soldiers feel that now The days are more sad than before.

Compared to the depression of the soldiers, Lord Roberts has been in a good mood recently. Because according to the above order, he will soon be able to return to the country, he will return to the country to take over the post of commander-in-chief of the British army, and his current post will be taken over by Lord Kitchenner.

Roberts knew that it was very difficult to eliminate the Boer guerrillas in a short time. A few days ago, in a battle, the British killed several guerrillas. From a guerrilla, they found a booklet called “Guerrilla Warfare Tactics Guide.” Lord Roberts studied this not thick booklet carefully, and then found that he could hardly think of any good way to deal with the combat methods mentioned in the booklet.

It is mentioned in this booklet that if you want to win guerrilla warfare, you must adhere to the principle of long-term combat, and accumulate small victories to make great victories. It is necessary to preserve oneself, but also to destroy the enemy. In the purpose of war, destroying the enemy is the main one, and preserving oneself is the second. Because only by destroying the enemy in large numbers can you effectively preserve yourself. To do this, we must integrate guerrilla warfare among the people, trust the masses, and rely on the masses. When talking about tactical issues, this booklet even pointed out that “advantages without preparation, not real advantages, and no initiative.” Therefore, the guerrillas should attack when the enemy’s vigilance or lack of preparation. , So that we can beat the strong with the weak. For this reason, this booklet puts forward a principle: when the enemy is attacking, we should not fight with them, we can retreat first, so that they can’t find us and can’t beat us; when the enemy is stationed in a certain place, we have to keep going. To harass him, make them eat and eat well, sleep well, and be in panic all day long; when the enemy is extremely exhausted, relaxes their vigilance, and reveals their flaws, we can hit them severely; and if the enemy fails to persevere, When forced to retreat, we have to chase them all the way, just as Kutuzov chased Napoleon. In this way, when the enemy hits us, we can’t fight it. When we hit the enemy, we can hit their sore spots and hit them with nowhere to escape…

After studying the booklet carefully, Lord Roberts realized that if the Boer guerrillas were fighting in accordance with the booklet’s principles, it would not be a day’s work to destroy them. And in this process, there will only be continuous small-scale battles, and there will never be a big victory that can bring him glory. On the contrary, if it is not done well, there will be many embarrassing things. So Lord Roberts immediately sent a telegram to the country, claiming that he was in poor health and demanding to be transferred back to the country. He is not worried that no one wants to replace him, because now, many guys will feel that the overall situation is set here and they can come to gilded.