Chapter XVIII: The Attack on the Town of Asab
Just then, Durabo walked up to Tracy and said, "I am the supreme commander of this team. ”
Tracy walked up to Durabo, handed his sword to Durabo, and said, 'I, Tracy, formally surrender to you, and congratulate your army on a great victory, and hope that you will abide by the Geneva Treaty and not harm my soldiers. “
Durabo took the command knife and said: "Don't worry, I will abide by the Geneva Treaty, and my army will not slaughter black people at every turn like you British." ”
Then Du Labo said to the people behind him: "Suppress them and watch them, and let the commander deal with them then." ”
After taking these captives into custody, Durabo left only one company to guard the prisoners, and then rushed to the place where Li Junhao was located in Assab Town.
When Durabo fought with the British army, the British army in the town of Assab tried to send someone to meet Colonel Tracy, but as soon as they left the city, they were ambushed by Li Junhao's men and horses arranged in advance, and lost about a platoon of troops, so frightened that the defenders in the town did not dare to send people out of the city, and the two sides fell into a stalemate.
Just when Lee Jun-ho was worried about the safety of Durabo, a communications soldier came in and said, "Report, General Durabo has returned." ”
When Li Junhao heard this, he hurriedly said, "Invite him in." ”
Later, after seeing Durabo come in, Li Junhao hurriedly asked, "What's wrong with you?" ”
"The commander fortunately fulfilled his mission, and our army was completely annihilated in a day and a night to invade the British colonial army reinforcements. Our troops destroyed 1,352 enemies, captured 1,648 people under Colonel Tracy of the United Kingdom, captured 2,780 Lee Enfield rifles, 32 Lewis light machine guns, 7. More than 27,000 rounds of 7mm bullets. There were 7 Makqin heavy machine guns, 2,400 rounds of ammunition, and 9 mortars. 180 shells, 2 field guns, 40 shells. 12 cars. The remaining weapons were completely destroyed by our troops during the battle. Durabo replied:
After hearing this, Li Junhao couldn't help but take a breath of cold air, and said secretly in his heart: My good boy, I thought that this kid Du Labo would defeat the British army at most and rise to the sky. As a result, the 3,000-strong regular troops were nominally eaten up in one day and one night. But he said, "If Durabo doesn't come, he has obtained my true inheritance." ”
When Durabo heard this, he thought in his heart: Commander-in-chief, you are the most shameless person I have ever seen, and you don't have a long face at all. But he said: "Yes, it is all cultivated by your commander." ”
Li Junhao said with a smile: "Okay, I was joking just now, I know how many catties and taels I have." You didn't know how to scold me in your heart just now. ”
"Don't dare." Durabo says:
"Okay, let's not talk about those useless ones. What are the casualties of our army? Lee Jun-ho asked:
"Report to the commander, our troops lost 25 killed and killed, 47 wounded. The casualties were still acceptable. Durabo said:
When Li Junhao heard that there were more than 70 casualties, he inevitably felt a little sad in his heart. But at this time, Li Junhao is no longer the novice who just came to this world at the beginning. So Lee Jun Ho didn't hurt as much as before. This made Lee Jun-ho feel that he had become cold-blooded.
This is Du Labo on the side said: "The commander takes advantage of the current good situation, whether we will capture this town." There was enough British property in the town for us to arm two regiments. ”
Li Junhao nodded when he heard this and said, "I'm also thinking about capturing this town." Since you also agree with us to take this town. Let's do it. ”
After obtaining Lee Jun-ho's consent, Durabo commanded the whole army to besiege the town of Assab. All mortars were aimed at the southern wall of the town of Assab.
At this time, there were more than 30 servants and five or six British soldiers guarding the city on the gate tower. When Durabo saw this scene, he ordered the cannon to be fired, and in an instant all the artillery shells fell on the city tower, and everyone on the city tower was blown up. Frightened, the defenders on the city tower hurriedly looked for cover. But to no avail. The walls of the civil engineering were built where to withstand the subsequent dozens of shells. Half of the gates collapsed in an instant.
When Durabo saw this, he drew his pistol and shouted: "Comrades, for the sake of New Africa, everyone rush with me." ”
At the shouts of Durabo, the entire African People's Army rushed into the gap in the wall like a tidal wave. At this time, the British troops in the city saw this kind of scene, and they were even more demoralized. Slowly began to rout towards the town government.
At this time, Frederica, the mayor of the town, heard the violent explosion and was frightened, and hurriedly sat up and asked, "What's the matter, where did the explosion come from?" ”
At this time, a disheveled warrior with a face covered in ash and blood ran into the mayor's office and said, "Report to the mayor, it's not good, that gang is attacking the town. The southern wall had already been blown open by them, and hundreds of them had rushed in. Half of our troops have already lost their lives. The rest of the personnel had already retreated to the vicinity of the town office building to resist desperately, but they couldn't hold out for long. Mayor, make your plans. ”
At this time, Frederica was still quite stubborn and said: "Everyone hold on, Colonel Tracy's team will arrive soon." Then we're going to get rid of these chimpanzees inside and out. ”
At this moment, from outside the walls of the town government, an English accent with a regular English London accent said: "The British colonists inside, you should not be stubborn and resist, the reinforcements you rely on have been routed by us." Now give you three minutes to think about it, after three minutes your life will no longer be on our radar. The timer begins. ”
Then Dulabo and Li Junhao sat on the warrior off-road vehicle not far from the wall, and Dulabo held a car amplifier microphone in his hand and said, "There are still 2 minutes." ”
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"One minute to go."
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"There are 30 seconds left."
Every time they reported the numbers, the British soldiers in the courtyard trembled. Many of them looked at Mayor Frederica with expectant eyes, but at this time, Frederica seemed calm on the surface, but in fact, his heart was also abrupt. When I heard someone outside tell me that there were still thirty seconds to count. With beads of sweat on her forehead, Frederica said, "Open the door and surrender." Reinforcements are not coming. We couldn't resist anymore, we did our best. ”
Soon a white flag stretched out from inside the town government building, and someone inside stuck out his head and said, "People outside, don't shoot." We surrender. ”
Soon the door opened. A pair of British soldiers, holding their guns above their heads with both hands, walked out with happy expressions on their faces. Li Junhao looked at his watch and found that the entire battle had not lasted more than half an hour.