Australian Storm 1876

   Chapter 580

  The quiet wasteland goes up the mountain, the wind screams, swaying the lush weeds in the mountains.

  Before the two armies

  Li Yong was invited to have a separate conversation with Italian Colonel Pellini, and the two men rode up to the front and looked carefully.

   Colonel Pellini was very gentleman and took the lead in a knightly manner. Li Yong also leaned right away to signal that he had a hunch...The Italians could not go on.

"Dear Mr. Li, we are no stranger to your great reputation. I regret to meet on this occasion. Your brutal attack has caused serious losses to us. This may lead to a terrible situation in which the two sides formally go to war, Mr. Li. Have you ever thought of such serious consequences?"

  Li Yong replied in a cold voice; “Mr. Colonel, I don’t want to repeat our position. It has been stated clearly in the letter that any continued invasion of the town of Ede by the Italian army will be regarded as a direct war.”

"Obviously, there has been a misunderstanding between our two sides, which has directly led to the terrible situation that has emerged today. I believe this is something neither of you nor I would like to see..." Colonel Pellini was not surprised by the toughness of the other party. Deeply understand this.

  Although Count DeSantis has set the tone of the peace talks, as a commander representing the interests of Italy, Colonel Pellini still tries to strive for more favorable conditions. This has nothing to do with sentiment, but a different position.

So he continued: "The terrible war spreads death and fear, which every responsible gentleman is unwilling to see. The army of the Kingdom of Italy is committed to spreading the Lord’s gospel and bringing mercy and love to this primitive wildness. Based on this, we are willing to resolve the differences between the two sides through non-violent means."

  This set of tongue-twister-like euphemisms reveals the original intention... peace talks.

  Although he had a premonition in his heart, Li Yong was still stunned for a moment when the incident happened suddenly, his gaze scanned the Italian army in the distance, and he groaned without answering immediately.

  There are still two thousand Italian troops in the battle. They are lined up in a neat line. Several heavy machine guns and no less than 6 field guns can be seen.

  Li Yong didn't know that the Italians put all the lightly wounded who could move into the back row of the queue. All the soldiers had become scared birds, and the cavalry would blow up their nests as long as they hit.

  Objectively speaking, Italians are very good at making superficial things.

  Li Yong considering the frontal attack would cause too many casualties, and peace talks seems to be a good choice.

  The advantage of cavalry is that they can freely choose the battlefield. They can fight when they want to fight, and withdraw when they want to withdraw. The initiative is firmly in their hands, and the enemy is seriously weakened. The final victory is inevitable.

  But the militia is not without its weaknesses. It is only 7 kilometers away from Ed Town. Regardless of harassing the gang, the Ruo Italian Army resolutely approached Ed Town and it only took two to three hours to reach it.

  By then, there will not be many choices left for Li Yong.

Ed Town is just a small town surrounded by a wooden fence. It is usually used to resist the invasion of wild animals. It breaks like a piece of paper in front of enemy artillery fire. At this point, you will either stick to the **** battle or retreat decisively. , It seems that there is no third option.

  The property worth hundreds of thousands of pounds was either destroyed in the fire of war or seized by the enemy.

   thought of here

  Li Yong said in a deep voice; "Do you want peace talks?"

   "If you want to understand it this way, it's not important. We prefer to call it a non-violent means to resolve differences between the two sides." Colonel Pellini slyly changed the concept.

  Once it will be investigated in the future

  Italy will never admit that it is a formal peace talks, which is tantamount to revealing its **** scars to the world and admitting that it has suffered a shameful defeat. This is something that Italy will never accept.

   The two official terms of "peace talks" are obviously too formal.

  Li Yong took a deep look at the other party, and said indifferently; “On the contrary, I don’t think this issue is optional. The formal peace talks can better demonstrate the sincerity of peace.”

"That's probably not something we can come forward to solve. We need the authorization of the African Expeditionary Force Command. You obviously want the military and political leaders of the African province of Somalia to come forward instead of sending a few mercenaries to talk to us. Under the circumstances, how can we guarantee our own interests?" Colonel Pellini spread his hands and behaved very sincerely.

   "Then how to ensure that the terms of the talks can be implemented?"

   "It's very simple, because we don't want what happened last night to go viral, and you don't want the war to destroy Ed Town. Both of us have the need to sit down and talk."

   "Hehe... I'm afraid you overestimated yourself. We are confident to keep our homeland."

"I have to say that you are too naive, Mr. Li, once the attack that happened last night is transmitted back to Italy, it will cause a shock to the government and the opposition. What you are facing is not the encirclement and suppression of thousands of soldiers, but the destruction of the powerful Italian Royal Navy iron-clad battleship. Sexual attacks, including the town of Ede, Assab and Xi'an will all be bombed into white ground. The Kingdom of Italy will officially declare war on Australia. Such serious consequences are absolutely unbearable for you."

  The expression of Li Yong's face changed when he thought about it. It's really possible after thinking about it.

  Even if this possibility is only 1/10, Li Yong is unwilling to risk his entire net worth because he cannot bet on it.

   "Well, I agree, I hope you keep your promise."

  "Please rest assured, Mr. Li, we hope to reach a tacit agreement on something. This is the best result for both parties. Let us end this disaster as soon as possible."

"Our condition is that the Italian army cannot go one step further, otherwise it will be regarded as a violation of the tacit understanding between the two sides and reopening the war. You can send representatives to the town of Ede for talks. By the way, we still have some prisoners here. Interest." With a triumphant smile at the corner of Li Yong's mouth, he turned his horse's head and left.

  The trumpet for retreat soon sounded, and the huge cavalry brigade of the civic regiment yelled and left happily, leaving only a large tract of grass that was trampled on.

  Experienced last night’s battle

  The mercenaries saw the weakness of the Italian soldiers. They seemed to be much easier to deal with than the Dutch and Portuguese.

  If the plan is more careful in advance, there is a chance to take off all the heavy machine gun positions, and enter the camp before the Italian soldiers can organize an effective counterattack, and completely solve this incoming enemy.

  The situation on the battlefield is ever-changing, and once the opportunity is lost, it never comes.

Li Yong agreed to the other party’s request for secret talks, because it is more in his interest to end this way. In essence, he is a big smuggler and mercenary leader, not an army commander who executes the order to annihilate the enemy. Fight life and death.

  He has not forgotten that there are more than 10,000 indigenous tribal warriors outside the town of Ed.

  Li Yong’s command to these fat sheep who came to the door was very simple; “Encircle them and defeat them, so as not to let one person slip through the net.”

The chief of the Tigray tribe really mistrusted the Italians. He summoned all the tribal warriors who fled into the mountains, and came with full hope for revenge, hoping to defeat the hateful Orientals and return to the ancestral land. The result was ruthless. Betrayal and slaughter.

  The process will not be repeated

  The whole process seemed to be a large-scale hunting. Li Yong led a large group of cavalry to surround the black natives, and the final outcome was doomed.

  The burnt-out Italians are busy treating the wounded and cleaning up the mess. They have already forgotten these local indigenous people.

  In the evening, the setting sun is like blood

  Li Yong's spirited horseman stood on the hill, behind him was a large group of cheerful mercenary leaders, pointing to the battlefield.

  The corpses were everywhere on the wasteland, and broken swords, guns and shields were scattered everywhere.

   Driven by heavily armed mercenaries, groups of indigenous black captives headed down in despair and headed towards Ed Town. The setting sun reflected their hopeless and lonely figures, looking so desolate.

   "Hahahaha... It’s a great boss, this is a great deal. These powerful captives are the best coolies."

   "Nonsense, do you still need to talk about it?"

   "If you want me to say, these Italians are really good. They summoned all these black natives to catch them all in one go, so that we don't have to go and catch them all over the mountains."

   "I'm worried that there is no labor in my plantation. This is coming...hahahaha...great."

  A group of mercenary leaders smiled. For them, these black prisoners of war are all money. The nearby Chinese farms and plantations require a lot of manpower. It also requires coolies to open mountains and repair roads. The black natives who came to the door were a surprise.

At this moment

  A fast horse came galloping, the messenger came down to the hill, turned over and dismounted, ran a dozen steps up to the front, and presented a telegram with both hands; “Yong Ye, an emergency telegram from Xi’an.”

  Li Yong took the telegram and unfolded it to read the content, frowning involuntarily.

  Ed Town’s battle situation was reported to Xi’an-City by telegram in real time, and to the head of the African Chief Executive through the Somali garrison headquarters. As for the situation further up, Li Yong didn’t know.

  The content of the telegram is very simple;

  I hereby order Li Yong as the plenipotentiary representative of the negotiations to try to obtain control of the Morgada area. Another call is that 4,000 black indigenous captives are needed to build the road, and 1,000 are needed for the Greater Hanish Islands, and sufficient numbers need to be reserved.

  It's better for the black people to take the prisoners. The total number of prisoners is between 11,000 and 12,000, and 5,000 people are taken away at once. It is estimated that the compensation is also very limited. But since the above has spoken, no mercenary leader dared to make irresponsible remarks, that is purely uncomfortable.

  If you really want to check the above, everything underneath your buttocks is not clean. It is light to ransack your home and throw it into the hard labor camp. Ninety-nine percent of it goes directly to the gallows.

  Originally, there were a few eye-opening guys in Xi’an. They were directly taken up by the Weiwu headquarters. The corpses were hung on the gallows on the edge of the desert and dried into skeletons. All family wealth was confiscated, and their wives and daughters became someone else’s.

  This reminds all the mercenary leaders who are so arrogant;

  On this one-third acre of land in Somalia, Red Fort is the real boss behind the scenes. It is the dragon who is holding it, and the tiger is lying. Shouldn't you pay taxes when doing business with no capital?

  It was not about the indigenous captives that made Li Yong frown, but the instructions above to the Morgada area, which is difficult to do!

Eritrea is divided into eastern, central and western sections. The eastern section is about 360 kilometers long along the coastline, and there are three main towns. These three towns are lined up along the Red Coast, namely Morgada. Ed and Assab, continuing to the southeast from Assab, arrived in Xi'an-city.

  Now Ed and Assab are in the hands of the local Chinese People's Group in Somalia. Morgada is occupied by the Italians, and they will not let it out easily.

  This is really troublesome!

  (End of this chapter)