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Golf is said to have originated with the shepherds of Scotland, but it later evolved into a game of the British royal family, and later spread from the British royal family to the people, and established strict rules and etiquette, becoming an aristocratic sport, and was sought after by all nobles throughout the British Commonwealth.

Ferguson was born in the British aristocracy, and although he was not knighted, he was still a nobleman, so he was also contaminated with the sport that most British aristocrats liked, golf.

It's just a pity that due to the limitations of the venue, Ferguson can only practice swinging in the back garden of his residence, and the key to playing golf well or not lies in the swing, so although the weather is still very cold and the sky is still early, Ferguson still practices very seriously, and every time he swings, he must strive for perfection.

By the time the lieutenant walked in to report, Ferguson had already made hundreds of swings.

"Your Excellency, Brigadier General." The adjutant respectfully said to Ferguson, "I just received a call from Mr. Johnson, the police commissioner under the Ministry of Industry of the Concession, who just said on the phone that the detention center where the Lone Army Camp was held was attacked by a group of unidentified and unknown armed men, resulting in the collective escape of more than 400 Chinese prisoners in the Lone Army Camp. ”

"Oh T." When Ferguson heard this, he turned around and said sharply, "The detention center was attacked? ”

"Yes General." The adjutant replied solemnly, "After escaping from prison, the Lone Army Camp did not evacuate Shanghai, but took advantage of the night to control a barracks of the Italian army not far from the detention center, not only captured all the Italian soldiers, but also captured all the equipment of the Italian army. ”

"Fake." Ferguson threw his club on the grass in anger and exclaimed, "It's too much. ”

The adjutant added: "Your Excellency, Mr. Johnson said that even the Chinese patrol of the patrol room participated in this atrocity, so the patrol of the patrol house is no longer reliable, and Mr. Johnson asks our army to immediately send troops to the western area of the concession to suppress the atrocities of the lone military camp. ”

When Ferguson heard this, he immediately frowned.

Ferguson is the highest commander of the British army stationed in Shanghai, with the rank of brigadier general, and the position is brigade commander, but it should be noted that the British army stationed in Shanghai does not have a brigade, in fact, there is only one regiment, and it is a servant regiment formed by Gurkha mercenaries, and the British army in the real sense has only one company.

Of course, then again, the real British army is actually far inferior to the Gurkha mercenaries, in fact, the Gurkha are famous for their bravery and good fighting, and several large rebellions in the Indian colonies were suppressed by the British, who were the main thugs of the British government to enslave the Indians.

However, at present, the Shanghai Public Concession has become an isolated island surrounded by the Japanese army, so the British Army, together with the US Army stationed in the Public Concession, and the French Army in the French Concession, the first task is to guard against the Japanese troops on the periphery.

Considering that there are still enough reserves left, the strength is even more strained.

Therefore, the British army really couldn't mobilize too many troops to suppress the lonely military camp.

The adjutant naturally knew Ferguson's difficulties, and immediately put forward a proposal: "Your Excellency, the Chinese patrol troops in the various patrol houses are unstable, and it will definitely not work to expect them to suppress the lone military camp, but there is no problem in transferring them to various intersections to guard them, so that our troops can also pull out their hands." ”

"Goode!" Ferguson nodded happily and said, "Call Mr. Johnson at once, ask him to transfer all the patrols and detectives in the patrol room to various intersections, take the responsibility of guarding the main roads in place of the army, and then order the Gurkha Royal Infantry Battalion to assemble urgently, I will only give you ten minutes." ”

"Yes." The adjutant saluted, turned and hurried away.

Ten minutes later, the Gurkha Royal Infantry Battalion had assembled and then, led by Ferguson, had made its way to the Italian camp in the western part of the concession.

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Italian garrison.

A company of the lone army camp is in full swing to build fortifications.

Shi Changqing, the commander of the first company, was a violent temper, because the company had few people and the progress of building fortifications was too slow, so Shi Changqing hit the idea on the heads of those Italian prisoners and the white people who were captured later, Shi Changqing ordered the officers and soldiers of the first company to take bayonets, forcing these Italian prisoners and whites to help them build fortifications.

In the face of the bayonets of the lone camp, the Italian prisoners of war and the whites could only bow their proud heads.

With the addition of more than 100 Italian prisoners of war and more than 300 white men, the progress of the construction of the fortifications was greatly accelerated, and it was less than two hours before and after, and it was almost dawn that the fortifications built on the basis of the original Italian army barracks had been basically formed, these fortifications mainly included two heavy machine gun steel plate fortifications at the front and back doors, eight bunkers under the walls on both sides and four sentry posts at the corners of the upper walls, and the six-story corridor in front of the dormitory building had all been converted into fortifications. There are more than 100 firing positions in the corridor.

If you are facing devils, this little fortification is not enough to see.

But in the face of the British army, Xu Rui claimed that it was enough.

It's really not that Xu Rui underestimated the British, the British army was really worse than the Japanese army, and the battle in Singapore, 100,000 British troops were defeated by half of Yamashita Fengwen's division, and then the confrontation in Burma was not to mention, the British army in Burma was beaten and fled with the name of the 18th Division.

At this time, the British Empire was already a foreign power.

Xu Rui knew this, but Xie Yuan and Yang Rui, the deputy of the battalion, didn't know, so Xie Yuan and Yang Rui were still very worried about the upcoming conflict with the British army.

In the hearts of Xie Yuan and Yang Rui, the British army is a more terrifying existence than the Japanese army.

Therefore, Xie Yuan felt that it was necessary to tell Xu Rui his worries.

"Commander Xu." Xie Yuan walked up to Xu Rui and said very seriously, "I have to remind you that Britain is the number one military power in the world today, whether it is the navy or the army, its strength is far greater than any country in the world, although the Japanese devils are also very strong, but compared to the British army, it is really nothing." ”

"So what?" Xu Rui looked up at Fang Yuan and asked lightly, "What should we do?" Do you want to lay down your arms and surrender again? ”

"That's not what I meant." Xie Yuan frowned and said, "I mean, we are alone in the military camp, there is no need to meet the British in arms, our enemy country is Japan, not the United Kingdom, and the contradictions between our lonely military camp and the British can be completely resolved by the national government through diplomatic channels." ”

"Is it a diplomatic solution?" Xu Rui said suddenly, "After you were detained, the Nationalist Government also stepped forward and tried to solve the problem through diplomatic channels, but was it resolved? After a pause, Xu Rui said again, "No, no solution!" The reality is cruel, the Nationalist Government has no diplomatic weight, and the British Government simply ignores us. ”

Xie Yuan was immediately speechless, because what Xu Rui said was the truth, and diplomatic channels could not solve it at all.

Xu Rui snorted and said: "Unless you want to go back to the detention center and continue to live the life of a prisoner whose life is worse than death, don't fantasize about solving it through diplomatic means, I tell you, this world has always pursued the law of the jungle that the strong are respected, if you want to gain the respect of the British, you must use your fists to teach them a lesson, beat them all down, and then they can learn to respect and respect us!" ”

Xie Yuan had to admit that Xu Rui's words were very uplifting, but this could not dispel the worries in his heart.

Xie Yuan said in a deep voice: "However, if you really provoke the British, the consequences will be unimaginable. ”

Yang Rui, deputy of the battalion, also echoed and said: "Yes, once the British are provoked, then we need to face not only the Japanese devils, but also the British army. ”

"Really?" Xu Rui said, "Is the British army really so powerful? ”

"Of course, I'm afraid it's even more powerful than you think." Yang Rui said in a deep voice.

As he spoke, the sound of uniform footsteps suddenly sounded outside the Italian army camp.

Suddenly, Xie Yuan and Yang Rui's faces changed, because just listening to the sound of neat footsteps, they could know that it was a well-trained elite army, the two of them looked up quickly, and the first thing that caught their eyes was a red Three Lion Flag, seeing these Three Lion Flags, Xie Yuan and Yang Rui's faces instantly turned pale.

During the two years he was detained in the detention center, this red three-lion flag appeared in the detention center many times, and because of this, Xie Yuan and the officers and soldiers of the lone military camp were able to know what this red three-lion flag represented! This red three-lion flag represents a unit with outstanding achievements, and its name is the Gurkha Royal Infantry Battalion.

The Gurkha are only a dependent territory of the British Commonwealth, and the Gurkhas, as the natives of the British territories, were originally not qualified to be crowned with the royal name at all, but because the Gurkha people established a special honor in the suppression of the Indian uprising, they were specially awarded the title of the Royal Infantry Battalion, which is a special honor and a symbol of strength.

The lone battalion once simulated confrontation with the Gurkha royal infantry battalion, so Xie Yuan knew that the royal infantry battalion deserved its name for the Gurkhas!