Wild North America 1846

Chapter 584 Start quickly

Author: Portuguese toothless

Chapter 584 Start quickly

Come seven o'clock in the evening

The afterglow of the setting sun filled the sky, as red as blood.

The war-torn town of Pasang is filled with a thick smell of blood and gunpowder smoke. Some surviving Arab women are cleaning up the corpses in the streets and alleys, loading the corpses onto carriages and transporting them to a remote area outside the town.

Burn the fire.

Soldiers with guns and ammunition escorted a long procession of prisoners toward the outside of the town. The men, taller than the wheels of taxis, were among them, young and old, and were about to face their final fate.

These Yemeni natives dared to harm the small team sent by Datang, and the price they paid was their final and complete destruction.

on the street

Several Arab women cried and desperately grabbed the prisoners' arms. Then a group of wolf-like soldiers rushed up, kicked and punched them. They knocked them unconscious with the butts of their rifles without mercy, pulled their hair and threw them aside.

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Now that you know this, why bother in the first place?

Brigadier General Hu Changda rode past surrounded by officers. He sighed slightly in his heart and passed by as if he hadn't seen him before.

After a while

Then we came to the large mansion of Yemeni Chief Omar Hussein. The stone wall here was blasted by artillery fire and had several large holes. There was a huge gap in the collapse. The surrounding areas were broken and rubble was everywhere, and large areas of bright red blood could be seen.

The body has been taken away.

Looking inside through the collapsed gap, we can see that this is a typical Arab-style manor. Most of the house facilities are intact. There are only a few clear scars from bullets on the walls, which is insignificant.

This house occupies a large area. At first glance, it looks like there are dozens of houses, and there is also a stone corridor with a very Arabian style. Thick grapevines spread on the corridor, which will definitely be full of green in the hot season, with hanging hangings.

Full of mouth-watering sweet and sour grapes.

Brigadier General Hu Changda decided immediately;

The temporary division headquarters of the 3rd Division is located here, with Pasang Town as the center. Starting tomorrow, battalion and company-level troops will be dispatched to carry out successive raids on the surrounding villages and towns, and begin to screen and suppress bandits like a net.

its operational purpose;

The first is to strengthen the deterrence and attack on the local Yemeni Arab indigenous tribes. His Highness has always said in advance, "This is a battle to establish prestige. We must display the empire's majestic military power so that our old enemies will be frightened and dare not even dare to fight!"

These relatively weak enemies are loosely organized and have outdated weapons, making them a good target for the troops to practice and gain blood.

The Imperial Army implements a mixed military service system that combines compulsory military service with professional military service. Ordinary soldiers are required to serve as compulsory soldiers for five years and are only paid a low salary each month, which can effectively reduce overall military expenditures.

The backbone sergeants of the company generally account for 5 to 6%. Most of the grassroots squad platoon leaders are composed of senior sergeants with service years ranging from 5 to 30 years. They enjoy a salary income lower than that of officers and higher than that of soldiers, which is generally 130% of the income of ordinary residents.

Between %~180%.

In 1871, the average income of residents in the empire was about 83.7 Tang Yuan. The starting salary of professional sergeants with more than 5 years of experience was 102 Yuan, and the highest salary for the third-level sergeant major was 145 Yuan.

There are few sergeants in the infantry force. After the officers of the grassroots company are killed in combat, senior sergeants can serve as company commanders in emergencies and continue to organize the troops to fight, playing a backbone role.

In the artillery, cavalry and Royal Navy ships, the proportion of professional sergeants is higher than the previous one. In main battleships such as armored cruisers, the proportion of professional sergeants is even as high as more than 30%, just to ensure the high combat level of main battleships.

The second purpose of the battle is naturally to vigorously search for war horses, which are important military resources to ensure the victory of the expedition to Egypt. War horses, pack horses, large mules, cattle, sheep, chickens, ducks, pigs and other livestock and poultry are all being harvested.

ranks.

Some are good for fighting, and some are good for colonial development in Eritrea. With these domestic livestock and poultry as a base, chickens lay eggs, and eggs lay chickens, they will bloom everywhere in a few years. Isn’t it easier than spending money to buy them?

Is it too much?

The third purpose of the campaign to eradicate banditry is hard to explain. It can probably only be understood, not expressed in words.

In the early years or more than ten years of colonization of Eritrea, it was necessary to maintain a strong logistical support base. The Commander-in-Chief has decided to place the colonial center in the city of Sana'a in the Yemeni region.

Within a radius of 1,900 kilometers on the northern shore of the Red Sea, only the city of Sana'a has strong supply capabilities and is also the gathering place for commerce and trade in the entire region. This status has been maintained for more than a thousand years.

but before that

It is necessary to effectively sort out the area, adopt a series of measures such as reduction, strike and shock, and at the same time plunder part of the Arab female population of working age. This is because of the physiological needs of early immigrants and the need to start a family, and it is also a necessary measure to comfort the expedition soldiers.

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Night falls soon

More than 10 blazing bonfires were set up in the open space of the big house. Fatty mutton was roasting on the bonfires. Delicious haggis soup was stewed in large rolling iron pots, as well as large pots of melons and fruits.

Basket after basket of freshly baked flatbreads was filled to the brim.

Against the backdrop of the bonfire, the officers and soldiers gathered here, their faces glowing red with pride and excitement, gathered here in small groups to eat and drink, and the scene was very lively.

Due to religious reasons, no fine wine was confiscated from the house of the indigenous Arab chief, but a batch of unexpected loot was seized.

in a certain house

Under the dim light of the olive oil lamp, Brigadier General He Changda and a group of officers looked solemnly at the large wooden boxes piled up in the room, a total of 60 boxes. In the two open boxes, each box contained 5 brand-new and unused legal weapons.

Xia Sebo 1866 breech-loading rifle, the rifle is coated with thick gun oil, what does this mean?

The officers present looked grim. Everyone knew that this was France's latest standard rifle. Its performance was much better than the Migne rifle. It was basically similar to the Colt standard rifle used by the Imperial Expeditionary Force. There was not much difference.

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Before the Prussian-Danish War and the Austro-Prussian War

At that time, the Prussians, authorized by the Tang Empire, developed the unique Mauser rifle, and used this epoch-making breech-locking rifle to defeat the Kingdom of Denmark and the Austrian Empire. This made France see a crisis.

As the traditional hegemonic land empire in Europe, France cannot sit still. If the Prussians rise like this, will they still be the number one in Europe?

Under such a historical environment, a wave of innovation in French-made rifles was born, and several similar breech-loading rifles appeared one after another. Among them, the French Chacepo 1866 breech-loading rifle was favored by the French Army.

In 1864, the French modified their Minie rifle with a clamshell breech. It was still considered a breech rifle. The breech device looked like a snuff bottle. The French also called it a snuff bottle rifle, but the whole

The style of the gun body is still that of a Charleville musket with a history of more than 100 years.

But the performance of this modified thing is very average, just like the British Schneider Enfield rifle, which is not the case.

Therefore, in 1866, after research, the French launched the Chassepo 1866, which had the same rifling as the Prussian Mauser rifle, the same breech rotating bolt lock, and a ring of rubber on the lock. This was the latest French rifle.

Special innovations.

In the era of European paper fixed-loading ammunition, its breech locking strength was better than that of the Dresser rifle, and it was not easy to leak gunpowder gas. Even though it only added a ring of rubber, this reflected the profound skills of French engineers.

Due to production capacity and various reasons, the French Chassepo 1866 breech-loading rifle was not equipped on a large scale. By the end of 1871, the output was only about 30,000 to 40,000 pieces.

In the early days of the Franco-Prussian War, France's famous Chalon regiment was not widely equipped with the Chassebol 1866 breech-loading rifle. It suffered a great loss in the battle with the Prussian army because the weapons were not good enough.

Today, this French-made Chassepo 1866 breech-loading rifle, which represents the highest level of European light weapons, appears in the warehouse of an indigenous chief in Yemen. The information contained in it is extraordinary and is beyond the scope of the third division's decision-making. It must be

Report to the Expeditionary Force Headquarters immediately.

"Oh my God, what do these French guys want to do?"

"If this is the case, then the military must be alerted to pay close attention. My impression is that the French have a division of troops stationed in the Suez Canal Zone, with about 12,000 to 13,000 people. This is a considerable force."

"What Deputy Chief of Staff Lu said is absolutely true. If the French get involved with the Egyptians, then... the scale of the conflict will instantly increase to a level, and it may develop in an uncontrollable direction in the future!"

"Will the French army move south from Port Said? Although this possibility is possible, it is not high. Why do they think they have a chance of winning?"

"Don't be careless. If the French army colludes with the army under the governor of Egypt. There is no doubt about the superiority of the troops. Coupled with the familiarity of the terrain and climate, and the introduction of such advanced infantry weapons, the Fourth Division may encounter a tough opponent!"

“Damn the French!”

"By the way, we should ask the housekeeper of the manor to interrogate the inside story and see if there are any other advanced rifles wandering in the Yemeni area? How deep have the French penetrated... What do they want to do?"

The buzzing discussions among the officers reminded Brigadier General Hu Changda, who asked solemnly: "Is there anyone in the chief's manor who is the housekeeper or other tribal elders who knows the inside story? Uh... won't they all be killed?"

The division commander's question made the officers below look at each other in confusion. Geng Shulin, the lieutenant colonel leader of the 312th Regiment who was responsible for carrying out the specific extermination mission, immediately sat down.

He hesitated for a moment but then stood up, raised his hands and saluted and reported back; "Reporting to the teacher, the 312th Regiment will resolutely implement the order to the summit. By 8:00 pm, all men in Pasang Town who are taller than a wheel will be eliminated. Mission execution.

It’s over, so far… I haven’t found anyone missing yet.”

After all, they are all wiped out.

After hearing this, Brigadier General Hu Changda had no choice but to stare at him with a complaining look like "You're so quick to strike", but there was nothing he could do to save him.

(End of chapter)