Expedition to Europe

In fact, for many foreign legion soldiers, they basically have no psychological risks.

This is the advantage of being uneducated. Only when you read a lot will you have wild thoughts. The thoughts of the "dog-killing generation" will be relatively simple.

In fact, Lan Fang has never stopped educating soldiers. Various night schools and cram schools are also widely available, but for many soldiers, it is enough to recognize a few words and not ask for help when writing letters home. Many soldiers' understanding of culture has not risen to the philosophical level, so it is a bit difficult for them to consider the relationship between killing and human nature.

Huang Li was still not careless. In the Lan Fang army, it can be said that if it comes to the experience of facing the natives, no one is richer than Huang Li, so Huang Li is also more cautious. Don't look at Huang Li's usual performance of five big and three, but that doesn't mean that Huang Li has never smelled the rose. When the war is about to begin, Huang Li still did what a commander should do.

"Boys, are you all ready?" In the outermost bunker, Huang Li greeted loudly as soon as he entered the door.

This is a semi-permanent fortification that meets the standards of the Lan Fang Infantry Manual. The bottom is based on thick logs, supported by a keel made of high-quality steel, and the logs on the top are covered with sandbags wrapped in a protective net, which is camouflaged with branches.

The bunker is about six or seven square meters, and the narrow shooting holes can cover most of the area in front of the bunker. There are six people stationed in such a bunker, two machine gunners, two deputy gunners, and two riflemen. The weapons they have are two Type 20 light machine guns, four M-2 rifles, two or six pistols, and countless bullets and grenades.

The Lan Fang army had no restrictions on the equipment of pistols. In principle, soldiers could carry as many as they wanted on the battlefield. The Lan Fang military was responsible for the supply of 9mm bullets, but not guns. All personal weapons were prepared by the soldiers themselves. Most soldiers used M1911, a pistol that the Lan Fang military had obtained production license for. After increasing the ammunition capacity from seven rounds to nine rounds, this pistol became the standard pistol of the Lan Fang army.

"Ready!" Seeing Huang Li coming in, the six young men all stood at attention and saluted, their voices full of desire for battle.

The guys were indeed well prepared. Just before Huang Li arrived, two machine gunners were checking spare barrels. Each machine gun in the "exploration team" was equipped with three spare barrels. In principle, two barrels were equipped with the gun and one was a spare. This time, because there were more enemies and the expected combat intensity was relatively high, all three barrels had been distributed. Now these barrels are next to the shooting position, within the reach of the deputy shooter. Once the battle started, the deputy shooter could quickly replace the barrel in the shortest time.

In addition to replacing the barrel, the deputy shooter was also responsible for replacing the bullets. In the ammunition box next to the spare barrel, more than a dozen 97-round drums were ready, which could supply a machine gun with bursts of fire for about half an hour.

The task of the rifleman in the bunker during non-combat time was to press bullets into the drum with the deputy shooter. After the battle started, if the machine gunner was injured or killed, the rifleman should be ready to take over at any time, and also prepare grenades. If the enemy approached the machine gun bunker, it was time for the rifleman's grenades to play a role.

In this machine gun bunker, 15 boxes of bullets have been prepared. According to the standard of the Lan Fang Army, each box has 1,600 bullets. The bullets stored in this machine gun bunker alone are enough to kill half of the gathered Malagasy people.

Of course, in actual combat, 100 bullets to kill one enemy is a good result.

It sounds a bit inefficient, but in fact, this is already a very good probability. Don't think that you will kill all sides if you are equipped with machine guns. There was no relevant statistics during the First World War, so we don't know the specific efficiency. But in the Second World War, the US military needed an average of nearly 200,000 bullets to kill an enemy. Even the Germans, who are recognized as the highest individual soldiers, need more than 2,000 bullets to kill an enemy.

So if the Foreign Legion can kill an enemy with 100 bullets, it is already extremely efficient.

"Very good, please take a rest." Huang Li was satisfied with the young men's mental state, patted the shoulder of the soldier closest to the bunker entrance and smiled: "You are at the outermost edge of our defense circle, and will be the first to be attacked by those natives. Are you afraid?"

The structure of this temporary camp is a semi-circular defense position, relying on the camp wall, with a circle of bunkers on the outside. The bunker where Huang Li is located is the outermost one.

"Don't be afraid, General, if those natives dare to come, we will make sure they will never return." The soldiers were full of fighting spirit, and the deputy squad representative with the rank of sergeant answered.

"Sergeant" is the first level of soldiers in Lan Fang's military rank system. In fact, there is a "sergeant major" above "sergeant", but "sergeant major" is held by senior soldiers. They have not been promoted to officer positions for various reasons, but they enjoy treatment no less than "lieutenant" officers. In fact, in terms of the importance of the troops, the importance of "sergeant major" is higher than that of junior officers.

In the entire "exploration team", there are only two "sergeants major". The status of these two sergeants major in the "exploration team" is second only to Huang Li and Wu Qing, and they are more important than ordinary company-level officers.

"Very good, remember your mission, remember the honor of our foreign legion, and never retreat!" Huang Li was very satisfied. Morale is an important factor in determining the outcome of a war.

"Yes! Never retreat!" All the soldiers expressed their determination with the loudest answer.

The Malagasy people did not give Huang Li too much time. He only inspected less than half of the bunkers. The figures of the Malagasy people could be seen in the distance. Wu Qing also hurried to report: "The bastard Magnum wanted to run away, but I locked him up."

In fact, keeping Magnum and his more than 100 men would not be of much help to the upcoming battle, but at this critical moment, Magnum and his men must not be allowed to shake the morale of the army. If Magnum withdraws when the battle is about to break out, it will definitely cause a series of chain reactions.

"Fuck, I'm going to kill him!" Huang Li immediately got angry.

"I can't take care of him now. Let's talk about it after the fight. I'll go to the other side. This side is left to you-" Wu Qing said, and ran to the other end of the temporary camp with the guards.

There were more and more Madagascar people in the distance. Like the natives Huang Li and his team had seen a few days ago, they had feathers on their heads that seemed to be picked from the tails of some birds, and their faces were painted with many colorful stripes of unknown meaning. Most of them were not wearing clothes, and a few of them had a narrow piece of animal skin around their waists, which was not used to protect vital parts, but looked more like decoration.

The weapons of these Madagascar natives were still javelins and bows and arrows, but now Huang Li and his team did not dare to be careless. It was estimated that these javelins and feather arrows were poisoned. Even if they were scratched by these weapons, the military doctors would be helpless.

These natives were still quite methodical. They did not rush to launch an attack, but began to gather on the hills in the distance, as if to exert psychological pressure on this side.

In this case, it is actually better to use mortars to attack. At this distance, the mortars can exert their greatest power.

Huang Li still suppressed the temptation in his heart. Huang Li wanted to teach these natives a profound lesson so that they would never forget today's tragic situation. Using mortars alone would not achieve the goal. Heavy machine guns would exert the greatest deterrent power.

The original text is in Liu # 9 @Shu/Bar!

In terms of deterrence, artillery is indeed not as good as heavy machine guns.

If a person is hit by artillery, most of them will be torn into pieces and no longer look like a human. Even if it is a large-caliber artillery, it is possible that they will be directly vaporized. Heavy machine guns are different. When a person is hit by a heavy machine gun, most of the body will be directly broken into two parts. At this time, the person will not die immediately, but will struggle and wail in extreme pain. At this time, the torture to the companions is the most serious. Even if rescue is provided, it cannot be saved. If you don't rescue, hearing those begging voices and watching the former companions struggling in pain, the entanglement can really make people schizophrenic.

Huang Li intends to use heavy machine guns to turn this place into a Shura field.

The heavy machine guns equipped by Lan Fang had an effective range of about 1,500 meters and a maximum range of more than 4,000 meters. This was almost meaningless. Basically, at a distance of one thousand meters, the bullets would have no idea where they were flying. Therefore, the Lan Fang army stipulated that heavy machine guns could only be fired when the enemy was within one thousand meters.

Now that they were pursuing the greatest results and facing an enemy that was not equipped with hot weapons, Huang Li decided to put the enemy closer so as to achieve the greatest killing effect.

So when the natives of Madagascar launched an attack, Huang Li did not rush to order shooting, but just kept reminding the soldiers to cheer up: "Be prepared - don't panic - remember the shooting essentials - let the enemy get close before shooting - pay attention to the combination of point shooting and sweeping shooting - shooters and assistant shooters should cooperate well - "

Such words seem meaningless, but they can effectively relieve the tension of the soldiers, let the soldiers know that their superiors are with them, and they are in a strong and efficient group. Even new recruits will calm down in such constant reminders, and veterans will enter the combat state and enter the rhythm they are familiar with.

There is still a deviation from Huang Li's estimate. Before the Malagasy people entered the 500-meter area, the other end of the camp suddenly broke out with the rapid shooting of machine guns and the sound of mortar shells breaking through the air.

Wu Qing's side has already started fighting.

Huang Li did not hesitate and immediately gave the order at the highest volume: "Everyone - fire!"

It really broke out instantly.