"What happened to those prisoners of war?" Walbeck was most concerned about the captured colonial soldiers, especially those who were directly affiliated with the guerrillas.
"They are all treated the same. Since most men have been drafted into the army, there is an urgent shortage of labor in the country. Recently, there has been a urgent demand from above, so the garrison troops in various places are searching for the indigenous residents, capturing the young and middle-aged people among them and selling them as slaves. In this way
It can not only solve part of the military expenditure, but also solve the problem of domestic labor shortage. We have been transporting slaves recently." Seeing Walbeck's increasingly fierce eyes, the timid Domonan was too scared to hide it, such as
The person who pours beans through a bamboo tube usually tells everything he knows about the situation, regardless of whether it is useful or not.
"A bunch of bastards." Walbeck cursed and kicked Domonan, and then he said viciously: "Execute all the Bostonians and burn the trucks. As for the finances, let the slaves take as much as possible and leave the rest.
Burn it too." Walbeck immediately issued the order.
Hearing that he was going to be executed, Domonan was trembling with fear. At this time, he was slumped on the ground speechless and had no strength at all. Two soldiers came up to drag Domonan out of the house, but he
His fat body was so heavy that two strong warriors could not drag him. Soon two more warriors came up and dragged the fat pig-like Duomonan out of the house. After a scream, there was no one in the yard.
From the sound, it was obvious that Domonan was dead.
Walbeck ignored the woman who was still curled up on the corner of the bed, and walked out of the house with the soldiers. When he saw everyone in the house leaving, the woman in the house dared to let out a terrified scream.
But the entire town was already under control, and the woman's screams would not have any impact. Even so, an indigenous soldier walking behind turned around and entered the house. The screams soon stopped. Apparently, the woman was killed by the soldiers.
Dead, Walbeck sighed and walked out of the yard without saying anything.
Under the command of Walbeck, the soldiers liberated the slaves and asked them to take away as much wealth as possible from the car. Some useful items from the Southern Army were also carried on the soldiers' backs, and then they used fuel from the truck's fuel tank.
Gasoline set everything on fire in the town of Caballo.
The fire in Kaballo Town was fueled by gasoline, so it burned quite vigorously and could be seen from miles away. The garrison in Bukavu quickly discovered the situation here, and they quickly sent troops to check the situation. When the garrison arrived,
At that time, all that was left to them was the raging fire, the stinking corpses and the burned car with only a frame left.
The attack on Caballo Town made Lieutenant General MacLean very angry. While he ordered the 20th Army to search for the perpetrators, he also ordered the troops to step up their attack on the southern counties of the Chinese Empire. In his mind, this incident was just a bandit rebellion.
Because the border defense line has been heavily defended, Lieutenant General McClain did not believe that any troops could pass through such a tightly defended border river.
The two Boston armies that crossed the Cunene River were divided into two. The Third Army planned to attack Walvis Bay along the coastline, and then use the advantage of shipping there to improve its supply line, and then continue to attack southward. The Seventh Army planned to go all the way south.
Attack Windhoek, the capital of the southern county of Biya, to capture three large diamond mines nearby.
Faced with challenges from two aspects, Cheng Guangling decided to hold off one group and annihilate one group, and first eliminate the enemy's effective forces before launching a full-scale decisive battle. Therefore, he strengthened a brigade of the Wehrmacht to Brigadier General Baden and asked them to delay the attack of the Seventh Army.
Speed, and he personally led the main force to meet the Boston Third Army coming along the coastline.
A normal commander would choose to attack the Seventh Army in the inland areas, because the Chinese Empire does not have sea control in the Ocean of Storms, and attacking coastal areas would easily be attacked by large-caliber naval guns and carrier-based aircraft.
McClain thought so too. For this reason, he secretly transferred one of the corps of the Third Army to the Seventh Army to fight, and he personally led the Seventh Army to attack Windhoek. He knew very well that Washington III wanted to
The issue of military expenditure is a big headache.
If McClane personally leads the team, seizes a large financial resource like three diamond mines, and dedicates it to Washington III, his prestige in the military will greatly increase, and it is very likely that he will be promoted again, or even be promoted to the commander of the Southern Subcontinent Command.
, the Axis forces that controlled the entire southern subcontinent. At that time, not only did he easily obtain the position of patriarch, but he could also trample his elder brother who was fighting in the north under his feet. This feeling was what he had always longed for.
With nearly 190,000 troops from the Seventh Army and one corps, Maclean marched towards Windhoek in a hurry. However, the Bostonians had only occupied the southern subcontinent for a short period of time, and there was no detailed map here, so they could only find
Keep track of the general direction and move forward gropingly.
The army marched for two days and only advanced more than 100 kilometers. The sun was already setting in the west. Lieutenant General McClain was riding on his horse and kept cursing: "Damn weather, it's so sweltering, you can't even sweat. Damn it.
In the rain forest, mechanized equipment cannot be used, and even large-caliber artillery cannot be carried." He cursed all the way as he moved forward, without even looking at the soldiers who were walking on foot with all their equipment. They were sweating and almost exhausted.
Suddenly the team stopped moving forward. McClain, who was riding on horseback, was stunned. He then said to the cavalry guard next to him: "Go to the front and see what happened and why you stopped."
The guard mounted his horse and quickly rushed to the front of the team. After a while, the guard came back. He rode on his horse and reported: "Report to the commander, we can't move forward."
"Can't move forward? Come with me and have a look." McClain whipped the horse's butt and rushed to the front of the team with many guards.
When we reached the front of the team, the green under our feet was gone. The ground was covered with very soft alkaline soil, which made the horses' hooves sink from time to time. McClain stepped on the soft soil and continued to move forward. There was no dense rain forest here anymore, replaced by nothing.
There are scattered cacti and no other green plants.
McLean suddenly discovered that there are benefits to the rainforest. It is also humid and hot here. The humid and slightly salty wind blows through, making people feel indescribably uncomfortable. At the same time, there is no rainforest canopy to block the sun, and it is still poisonous.
The setting sun illuminated McClain's cheeks, making him feel hot.
Moving forward, McClain discovered a vast expanse of water with no visible edges. The water was quite smooth without a trace of waves. It was like a transparent and flawless mirror, reflecting the brilliance of the sun.
"Is this a lake?" McClain raised his telescope and observed, but he also couldn't see where the shore was.
An officer who knew the area well said: "No, this is a salt marsh."
"Salt marsh?" McClane heard the term for the first time, and he asked, "What is a salt marsh?"
The officer apparently graduated from the geology department of a certain university before joining the army. When McClain asked, he slowly explained: "Salt marshes are also called salt flats or salt crust depressions. This is usually a place where nearby animals replenish salt.
During the dry season, a thick layer of salt and alkali will appear on the surface of the salt marsh. The surface is uneven and cracked, and rapid dust storms and cyclones will pass by from time to time. In the rainy season, just like now, water is accumulated on the salt and alkali.
This is somewhat due to the injection of seasonal rivers or seasonal springs. Due to periodic flooding and evaporation, the bottom of the salt marsh is soft, not cemented, but impermeable. The concentration of seawater and the drainage of small underground cracks lead to the formation of gypsum, calcite and aragonite.
Similar stone deposits. It is generally believed that most salt marshes were once small bays, similar to evaporative salt basins formed in past geological periods." The officer looked like an old scholar giving a lecture, pointing to the salt marshes and talking.
, McLean was confused.
"Okay, stop for a moment." McClain finally couldn't help but interrupt the officer who was still talking and asked: "Just tell us whether we can pass here."
The officer said: "The water in the salt marsh is generally not very deep. As for whether it can be passed here, we still need to find someone to try."
McClain rolled his eyes and said, "After talking for so long, why don't we let someone go down and give it a try." The officer smiled awkwardly and said no more.
McClain turned back to the guard company commander and said, "Send a few people to try and see if they can pass."
Soon, several soldiers from the guard company slowly descended to the ground. One of the soldiers had a rope wrapped around his waist and cautiously stepped toward the water, while the others grabbed the other end of the rope and were ready to pull him up at any time.
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Stepping into the water carefully, the soldier found that the water was really not deep and could only cover his ankles. Just when the soldier was about to turn around and tell everyone that the water was shallow and passable, he suddenly felt that the mud under his feet was too soft.
His feet were slowly sinking, causing the soldier to yell in fear.
The soldier behind thought he was bitten by something and quickly pulled the rope. The soldier in the salt marsh continued to sink, and soon he was half a foot deep. At this time, the soldier on the shore exerted force and stunned him out of the water.
It was pulled out of the soil and quickly dragged to the shore.
"How's it going? Is there any danger?" Lieutenant General McClain asked hurriedly when he saw the guard company commander running back.
The guard company commander shook his head and said: "The water is very shallow, only reaching the ankles, but the mud is very soft, and people will sink about half a foot."
Hearing the guard company commander's report, MacLean frowned. He could barely pass a place like this, but trekking through such terrain is very physically demanding, and you can't see the other side at all. Who knows how big this salt marsh is?