Chapter 81: Notoriety
Not long after Fisher left with the guerrillas, the first column of troops in need of water arrived at the water supply station, and the Ottoman troops on the column were really startled by the empty camp, yes, Fisher and they even demolished the doors and windows.
If it weren't for the discovery of the corpses of the dead Ottoman soldiers neatly laid out in the room (Fisher wiped his neck when he infiltrated) and the walls that Fisher had left behind, the Ottomans would have thought they had encountered a ghost.
"Lawrence of Arabia!" The name soon spread to the command of the Ottoman Desert Dispatch Army, and the Ottoman general, who was in charge of commanding the war against the Arabs, chewed on the name repeatedly, and finally reacted, isn't this especially British!
"These-stirring sticks, they weren't ruthless enough in the Battle of the Dardanelles!" The Ottoman general patted the table angrily, but it was limited to patting the table, because the loss of a platoon was nothing to him, and the main target of the desert dispatch army was the Arab coalition army, tens of thousands of cavalry composed of several large tribes and dozens of small and medium-sized tribes, they had the ammunition provided by the British army, they were familiar with the desert terrain, and they were the main opponents of the Ottoman army, guerrillas or something, it was just a small problem.
As for the report that the camp was emptied, doesn't that mean that this guerrilla force is almost out of reach, just a little material, my Ottoman products are abundant, and then send it over!
As for this Lawrence, it is enough to send a task force over to strangle him, not to pay too much attention to this person, but the British side still needs to increase the pressure, and it can't let the-stirring stick be disgusting anymore! The general did not know what kind of consequences his hasty decision would have for the days to come.
And Fisher's side, relying on the captured weapons and ammunition, also began a stormy to fight and train operations, every day the Ottoman canned food is eaten, the Ottoman weapons are used, these Arab guerrillas soon have a new look, coupled with Ali's intelligence sources, the guerrillas are attacking everywhere, bombing strongholds and robbing trains, disturbing the desert wolf smoke, scattered Ottoman strongholds are in danger, everywhere there are legends where the Arab guerrillas pass without leaving chickens and dogs, those Ottoman soldiers will be captured by the big devil Lawrence and eaten alive, As a result, the Ottomans, who were already worried about the desert, were even more reluctant to go deep into the desert.
In fact, these Ottomans misunderstood Fisher, since the last attack, Fisher has not given the order to take everything, but these Bedouin guerrilla soldiers have learned a lot, and even draw inferences, and they will burn the supplies that they really can't take away, for example, now, a dozen Bedouin soldiers are busy working on a derailed locomotive, ready to use gasoline to set this thing on fire.
As for why the train derailed, it has to start from half an hour ago.
"Ready, put!" With a roar, the Krupp 75 mm le. The body of the FK 16 field gun shook, and a grenade with a high-explosive charge flew out, accurately hitting an Ottoman column that was running on the railroad tracks 400 meters away.
The wooden carriage was torn apart in the explosion, and the entire train was crooked because of the impact, and the driver subconsciously pulled down the brakes, which provided another window for the gunner to shoot.
"Aim at the compartment behind the front of the car and fire!"
The yellow shells were withdrawn from the breech, emitting heat, and then the gunner finished reloading the second shell, roughly adjusting the angle through the gun sight, and pulling the gun rope again.
The shell destroyed the car carrying the coal and killed the driver not far away, and the impact of the cannon naturally pushed the tilted train off the tracks.
Fisher stood on the dunes and scanned the battlefield with binoculars, the train carrying a batch of clothing and ammunition was still a handful of Ottoman soldiers, but they were still struggling to climb out of the overturned carriage.
"Machine gun suppression, drive those soldiers out of the compartment, howitzers don't fire, those ammunition can be detonated! Outflank the cavalry, watch out for incoming fire, our goal is to get them to surrender! ”
Under the command of Fisher, the guerrillas under his command were like an open net, rounding towards the Ottoman soldiers who were caught off guard, the sound was like a hammer mg08 Maxim and the rustling Louis staggered and roared, many Ottoman soldiers who had just climbed out of the carriage were immediately pressed and could not raise their heads, and a few Ottoman soldiers also tried to rely on the carriage as a cover for dying struggles, but were shot dead in the carriage by Fisher with Martini one by one.
"Woooooo Screaming Bedouin guerrillas kept moving back and forth across the battlefield, and the dust raised by the horses' hooves intensified the fear of the Ottoman soldiers.
When the last Ottoman officer, shouting for a counterattack, was snapped in the head by Fisher, the Ottoman army surrendered.
So there was a scene of a dozen Bedouin soldiers preparing to tow the locomotive.
"It's Mauser again, horse-stepping, can't you Ottomans get some other weapons?" Fisher, who came to inspect the trophies with Martini on his back, had a headache when he saw the brand-new Mauser in the arsenal box, although it was very good to pull the bolt, but it was too painful to fight, just like Martini, it felt good, but the reload was too slow, in his memory, there were still some fully automatic and semi-automatic rifles in the European battlefield, but unfortunately, it was not seen in the desert!
"Let's go!" As Fisher checked the rest of the train's cargo, Zara approached with an Ottoman officer in a black uniform.
"Mr. Lawrence, I found an officer who is also holding a strange weapon!" With that, Zara took out a black tube dozens of centimeters long from her waist pocket.
"Sir, this is not a weapon, this is a black pipe!" The Ottoman officer looked at Fischer aggrievedly.
"Black pipe? Your military band is also going to the front to fight? Fisher took the black pipe, played with it, and threw it back to the Ottoman officer.
"We were Task Force 7, and we were supposed to celebrate the General's sixty-fifth birthday!" The officer who took the black pipe hurriedly put his treasure into his arms and carefully protected it.
"Celebrating a birthday? Celebrate my victory first! Blow one! Fisher waved his hand.
Then the Ottoman officer took the clarinet and played a song of Ottoman celebration.
"Not bad, not bad!" After a song, Fisher nodded with satisfaction, and seeing that Fisher was satisfied, the officer immediately said very attentively: "Our military band is here, why don't you play an ensemble for the commander!" ”
"Brethren, the British prefect will listen to our ensemble!"
At the shouts of the officers, a dozen or so grizzled soldiers of the military band came out of the captives, although they looked embarrassed, but these people kept their instruments very well.
"Report to the British Commander, the military band of Task Force 7 has been assembled, please instruct!"
"Okay, let's go!"
The drummer slammed the drum in his hand hard, listening to the familiar prelude, Fisher couldn't help but squint his eyes and nod in agreement.
Ceddin deden neslin baban
Ancestor, grandfather, lineage, father,
Ceddin deden neslin baban
Ancestor, grandfather, lineage, father,
Hep kahraman Türkmilleti,
Forever heroic, Turkic people.
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At the end of the song, Fisher nodded with satisfaction, "Very good, but we will have to change the song to our English in the future!" ”
After the war, the captured military band was taken directly by the British to London to play a piece of God Save the Queen, and even played the Marseillaise in Paris, of course, this is an afterthought.
In short, Fisher became completely famous, when the guerrillas were first established, he only had fifty men and a barely usable Louis light machine gun, but only a month later, he had 300 partisans under his command, a rifle, a machine gun, a field gun, a reconnaissance vehicle, and a motorcycle, and a military band that could play the March of the Grenadier while fighting, and even got the iron body armor that the Ottomans had managed to get, but it was a bit heavy, and no one wanted to wear it at present.
Now the whole desert knows that there is a British officer called Lawrence of Arabia with a Bedouin guerrilla force to disturb the Ottoman rear, and even the British mainland is to tell the story of Fisher with a long report, no way, the original battle of the Dardanelles, Britain, France, Australia and New Zealand four families went into battle, but the result was that he had not won the intended target for almost a year, and could only retreat in disgrace, but now, there is a British officer who slapped the Ottoman in the face, what does this mean, my British is invincible!
But Fischer didn't know that he was now famous, and he was now preparing a gift, and Prince Faisal, who commanded the Arab coalition, agreed to him!