During the Russo-Japanese War in 1904, Tsarist Russia fought fiercely with Japan.

The Russian army relied on the solid fortifications of the Lushunkou Fortress to defend, and the Japanese army dug the trench to a place that was only a few dozen meters close to the Russian position. The Russian army used ordinary artillery and machine guns to kill the Japanese army. So Russian artillery Captain Nikolaevich tried to modify an old 47mm naval mortar on a gun stand with wheels and fired a long-tail shell at a large elevation angle. As a result, it effectively killed the Japanese army in the trench and repelled many attacks from the Japanese army.

Did you see that the inventor of the mortar has a name, which fully shows that inventing a mortar does not require advanced knowledge or complete equipment. You only need a sudden idea to invent a brand new weapon.

Compared with traditional artillery, mortars have many benefits. The most important advantage is that they are simple structure and convenient to operate. They are very suitable for the Northern Rhodesian Division with low education. In addition, for the tropical rainforest terrain of Niasaran and Congo Free State, the movement of mortars is also more convenient than that of traditional artillery. It is very difficult to move traditional artillery in tropical rainforests, so it is difficult to accompany the troops to move. As long as the caliber is not too large, it can be done, and it can be used as it is equipped and run away when it is hit.

In other words, there is no market for mortars, so Rock was not in a hurry to launch mortars. If Niasaran was not affected by the UK, Rock would have ordered the arsenal to start researching mortars.

However, the lack of a market does not mean there is no demand. Ethan Barrett now hopes to have a weapon that can attack the Niasalans who are carrying out sniping.

Martin is still very good at choosing a site. The sniper position he chose is at the corner of a river berth. The mercenaries lack weapons to effectively strike the sniper position.

The tropical rainforest terrain of the Congo Free State has basically no roads, and the rivers become the most natural road. The Belgians colonized and developed the Congo Free State along the rivers densely covered in the rainforest.

The mercenaries took a guide when they set out from Kinshasa. As a result, when they were attacked on the first day, the guide dispersed, which made Ethan Barrett dared to leave the river.

Getting lost in the rain forest is not a joke. Not to mention more than 2,000 people, even if more than 20,000 people rashly enter the rain forest, they will be swallowed up by the seemingly calm and harmless rain forest.

The position of the Northern Rhodesian Division is on the other side of the river. Mercenaries who want to attack the positions of the Northern Rhodesian Division can only be carried out from the river in a wooden boat.

However, the wooden boats had almost no defensive capabilities in front of heavy machine guns, so after only two tentative attacks, more than ten wooden boats were lost, and nearly one hundred people, the mercenary officers had disagreements again.

"Stop, we can't arrive at Kalemi smoothly. Even if we arrive at Kalemi smoothly, how much does it cost to pay? Do we still have the ability to attack Kalemi?" Charles had already developed the intention to retreat. Since the attack on the first night, Charles had fully realized that the mercenaries did not have the strength to fight against the Niasalans.

"It's less than a hundred kilometers away from Kalemi. We have been here after a thousand hardships. Now you say you want to stop. Where is your work ethics? Where is your chivalrous spirit?" Ethan Barrett disagreed with retreat. If you retreat now, Ethan Barrett will be ruined.

Sometimes we have to admit that people in this era are still very dedicated. Soldiers in the 21st century have a higher level of education and think more about life, human nature and value.

Relatively speaking, people in this era are relatively simple. For a simple ideal, many people are indeed willing to sacrifice their lives and will not care about the gains and losses in it.

"When I decided to become a mercenary, I sold my soul to the devil." Robert finished the fight with a sinister, you talked about professional ethics and chivalrous spirit to the war hyena, and you are having fun!

In the Western world, mercenaries are actually just a profession. In essence, mercenaries, like accountants and engineers, are just a way to support their families. Mercenaries also have family members. The reason they go to the battlefield is to live a good life for their families. Money is the only thing that mercenaries value, so don’t expect the mercenaries to have a high professional ethics and chivalrous spirit, which is all a trick.

In a word, mercenaries are actually ordinary people in nature, and their technical and tactical skills are definitely not as standard as soldiers. Veterans with truly skilled skills and tactics will not be mercenaries at all. Isn’t it good to be bodyguards for those dignitaries? They don’t have to work hard and earn too much, and they don’t need to go to the Congo Free State to accompany the mud and crocodile.

To put it bluntly, mercenaries can bully ordinary people, but fighting with real troops is a hard time. Charles and Robert did not know how powerful the combat power of the Niasaran army was before, so they accepted Leopold II's employment and came to the Free State of the Congo rashly. If Charles and Robert knew that they were facing such an army, even if Leopold II offered a high price, Charles and Robert would not accept it.

"You bastard, do you want to betray your honor!" Ethan Barret roared and stood up, as if he wanted to teach Robert a lesson.

If it were before, someone has begun to dissuade him now.

This time, the officers, including Charles, watched helplessly as Ethan Barrett stood up and walked towards Robert, watching coldly.

The battle situation is really not good, and anyone can tell that continuing to move towards Carlisle is to die. Even if Carlisle has gold coins now, it can only make a fortune if you have a life.

"Now, organize your troops and keep moving forward, don't let your family be shamed because of you!" Ethan Barrett roared almost against Robert's face. The spitting star must have spitted on Robert's face, but Robert remained indifferent.

"Damn my troops now have less than a hundred people. How do you let me advance? I want me to attack. OK, give me more people, I will let them die for you!" Robert was not outdone, and stood up and squirted to Ethan Barrett.

Both of them were glaring, facing each other, gasping for tit, and their voices were thicker than those of a cow, and their voices were higher than those of a cow. The mercenaries who were resting nearby were alarmed. Many people stood up with guns and looked indifferently at Ethan Barrett and Robert who were arguing.

"Okay, now the troops have a rest, let's discuss a more secure plan." Charles still came out to smooth things over, otherwise if the two of them clashed, the blow to morale would be immeasurable.

"Safe? What is the safest way? How can I retreat safely?" Ethan Barrett was already blinded and turned around and squirted at Charles again.

Charles had no choice but to spread his hands, this was such a good person.

The atmosphere solidified for a moment, and only the river water around me and the quietly flowed. The mercenaries who participated in the attack had not even snatched back their bodies and all fell into the river. Now the river water was churning and blood was surging. Needless to ask, it must be the wild animals in the river tearing the mercenaries' bodies.

This is an unparalleled blow to the morale of the mercenaries.

"We are launching an attack. If this time doesn't work, we will retreat-" Ethan Barret calmed down and finally admitted that he underestimated the Niasalans. In fact, the best choice is to retreat directly now, but they have already come here. If you don't try it again, Ethan Barret is really unwilling to accept it.

What if the Niasalans on the other side of the river are at the end of their strength?

In fact, Ethan Barrett also knew that this was just a fantasy. Since the beginning of the battle, the mercenaries did not cause any effective casualties to the Nyasarans. Ethan Barrett even suspected that the Nyasarans might not be injured by a single person until now.

"Yes!" Charles still gave face. As long as Ethan Barrett was unwilling to do so, Charles was still willing to cooperate.

If it weren't for the brink of despair, who would have wanted to escape at the last minute? If he just fled back to Kinshasa like this, Charles and the others would have lost their chances in the industry of mercenaries in their lives, and would even become laughing stocks in the world.

In addition to depression, Charles is now crazily complaining about Leopold II. It’s all this bastard. Why do you provoke the Niasalans?

Even if the people from Antwerp Company are disobedient and provoke Niasarans, why should we deal with it in such an extreme way? Isn’t it good to pay the money to pay?

And the bastards of Antwerp, they all deserve to go to hell-

No matter how much the war is coming, the officers are not even in a mood to speak, they are all thinking about their own thoughts or tidying up their own equipment.

Anyway, I still have to take a look.

A shrill wail suddenly came from the quiet rain forest: "Enem, we have enemies behind us, and the Niasalans are behind us-"

behind!

Charles suddenly stood up and looked at the river behind him.

Sure enough, there were more than a dozen wooden boats on the river surface about three or four hundred meters away behind him.

The distance is too far, and it is impossible to see who is on the boat, but their flag is very clear, it is the British rice-shaped flag.

There is no doubt that they are Niasalans!

"How did the Temeryasalans appear behind us?!"

"It's over, we're over!"

"I want to go home-"

The mercenaries suddenly became in chaos. There were blockages in the river channel of the tropical rainforest and pursuers behind. No matter which direction they were heading, they were dead.

Don’t think about escaping into the rainforest, it’s almost certainly a path to death. On the contrary, there is still a glimmer of hope to continue moving along the river or break through with all your strength.

It is impossible to attack. Niasaran's sniper troops have proved with facts that their defense is solid, and continuing to attack can only lead to death.

It is unlikely to break through with all your strength. In the terrain of the river, two heavy machine guns are enough to block the entire river surface.

No one can escape.
Chapter completed!