Chapter 22: The Battle of Kandulu (Part I)

However, the mayor of Kandulu, Maldez, did not see the strength of the rebels' equipment, and even said at the Defensive Operations Conference of the mayor's office: "Brave British royal soldiers can fight five chimpanzees alone, and don't forget that we were in this land back then, and our 50 soldiers of the British Empire repelled dozens of attacks by more than 5,000 Machbarians with 4 Maxim heavy machine guns, killing more than 3,000 people." Now that you're equipping all these chimpanzees with modern rifles, he's no match for the soldiers of the Royal British Army. ”

Then Maldez said: "Lieutenant Colonel Richard, you give us a thorough understanding of the armed defenses in our city at the moment. So that you gentlemen can rest assured. ”

At this time, an officer wearing the uniform of a lieutenant colonel of the British Royal Army stood up and said: "Okay, gentlemen, at the moment we have about one Royal Army regiment, one regiment of Indian soldiers, and two black servant regiments in our city, with a total strength of about 12,000. Let me talk about heavy weapons, our army has 20 Maxim heavy machine guns, 50 Lewis light machine guns, 35 mortars of various calibers, and 12 75-mm mountain guns. So the city's defenses are very strong. ”

After Lieutenant Colonel Richard had said this, Malediz sat down with Lieutenant Colonel Richard and said, "Lieutenant Colonel Richard, sit down, you have all heard what Lieutenant Colonel Richard said just now." Our defenders numbered more than 12,000 people, and even had 75mm mountain guns. As for the opponents, nothing is at best a few mortars captured from several towns that they have breached, there are very few shells, the problem is that they do not have gunners yet. Therefore, everyone tried to calm the emotions of the residents in the city. Don't panic because of panic. ”

At this time, a man in civilian clothes next to him stood up and said, "Mayor, you have to fight these rebels quickly. Our city is home to 200,000 people, including 12,000 native immigrants from the British Empire and more than 5,000 merchants and adventurers from other European countries. The rest are chimpanzee obedient people. The amount of food consumed every day is quite staggering. According to the situation of grain reserves in the city, if it is held for three days at most, the grain in the city will be exhausted. ”

When Malediz heard the official say that the food in the city would last for three days at most, he immediately frowned and said, "Rex, why didn't you say it earlier, did you shoot your IQ into a woman's stomach?" ”

After hearing this, Rex said without humility or impatience: "The mayor can't say that, why didn't you let Colonel Tracy go out to reinforce the town of Asab when you let him bring more men, now that Colonel Tracy was defeated, his life and death are still uncertain." Surrender their weapons to the rebels. It's just that a few nearby towns have fallen. Besides, we haven't had a war here for decades, so who is going to store food on a large scale. ”

When Malediz heard this, he couldn't help but get angry again, but thought for a while and said, "Okay, now is not the time to hold you accountable, you sit down first." I can only do it quickly. Otherwise, we can't afford it. By the way, after today's meeting, Lieutenant Colonel Charried, you will immediately arrange some men to fight with the other side and try the other side's power. If the other party is weak, eat it directly, and if the other party is strong, make another plan. ”

"Yes, I will immediately arrange a battalion of Indian soldiers and a regiment of servant soldiers to teach each other a hard lesson." Lieutenant Colonel Charridad says:

At the same time, in Lee Jun-ho's African People's Army Front Command, Rini Brown was also in a meeting with his subordinates: "After two days of fierce fighting, we have liberated all the affiliated towns under Kandulu. Annihilated 1,580 British troops and captured 2,105. I won't go into the details of what was seized. ”

At this time, another officer stood up and said: "Comrade division commander, what time do we attack?" ”

Nebron waved his hand and said, "Comrade Ellers, don't be in a hurry, according to the urine nature of the British, they will definitely come out to attack us first, and after suffering losses, they will defend the city to the death." So we're not in a hurry. ”

"It's not appropriate for us to do this, isn't it appropriate for the division commander to do this, what if the commander is in a hurry?" Another officer cautiously reminded that he was one of the first Red Guard soldiers, and he knew the commander-in-chief's black belly.

After hearing this, Nibron shook his head with a smile and said: "Hehe, you are wrong, it is true that the commander is black-bellied, just ask the politician in the world who is not black-bellied, the country and the country are originally shooting black bricks at each other, and if you are not black, you will have to suffer." Besides, the commander said before I came that it was up to me how to beat me, and he only looked at the result. ”

"Alright, let's go back and get ready. In addition, the respective troops were reminded to be vigilant and beware of the British attack. Nebron prompts:

"Yes." Then the officers at all levels in the command room walked out of the barracks one by one.

Just half an hour after the meeting in Nibron, the soldiers in charge of the front line saw the gates of the city of Candulu slowly opening and the British troops began to move out, when a soldier quickly pulled out a flare gun and fired a red signal into the sky. At this time, the officers in the rear discovered this signal flare, and hurriedly ordered their soldiers to enter the combat state, and at the same time picked up the phone to report the situation to Nebron: "Report to the division commander, a group of British soldiers came out of Kandulu City, and it seems that they are going to fight with us in the field. ”

When Nibron heard this, he immediately became interested and hurriedly asked: "It's finally come out, how many people are there and what kind of army they are." How is the armament equipped. ”

The regimental commander immediately replied: "Report to the division commander, their number is about 2,500 people, and it should be a battalion of Indian Asan-san soldiers and a regiment of black servant soldiers." No heavy weapons such as mortars were found in the armament, and there were only six heavy machine guns. ”

"Okay, I know, you have to pay close attention to the movements of these troops, and once the other party attacks your position, you will give me a hard beating, and strive to eat the other party within half an hour." Nibron says:

After ending the phone call with the regiment leader, Nibron sat on the bullet box and said: "**** Englishman, you actually look down on Lao Tzu, right, Lao Tzu originally planned to play a game of cat and mouse." You're only shooting some of the servants to disgust me, so I'll eat them all. ”

Then Nebron stood up and said, "Send a telegram to inform the troops to prepare for battle, after the three regiments have eaten the invading enemy." The artillery shelled the city of Kandulu for half an hour. Immediately after the artillery regiment finished the shelling, the regiments launched a general attack. Strive to end the fighting by 5 p.m. today. ”

After Nybron's order was delivered, the ministries became busy urgently.