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After the goods were delivered, Zhao Jian and the others did not leave immediately, but stayed like those German instructors.

Selassie I was not satisfied with what they had gotten, and when he learned that the effective range of the grenadier was less than 200 meters, he instantly lost hope for it. Although the other party did not pay the bill, they made an additional request, that is, they asked them to help train the locals to use these weapons, and then pay for them after the work was completed.

The use of grenadiers is indeed not very technical, but it is not so simple that even monkeys can play with it, and the military literacy of the locals is simply miserable. Selassie I sent 2,000 recruits to them in accordance with the regular mortar staffing to form five light mortar battalions with those 400 grenadiers.

When he learned that he was going to be in charge (in fact, he was just letting him train) a regiment of men, Zhao Jian was very excited at first. But when they saw the 2,000 "recruits", they almost spurted out a mouthful of old blood on the spot.

"Uncle, you actually wanted to go to the field to farm, but you ended up in the barracks by mistake!?"

At first glance, these 2,000 numbers absolutely make people unable to have any connection with the word "army", a group of people are old and small, not to mention that there are no decent weapons, and the clothing is full of tricks. A few people who are too poor, even have a pair of big pants from head to toe, and they don't even have a pair of shoes, and the Ethiopian conscription is even more cold than La Zhuangding.

Plus, these guys are all happy black corns!

Strictly speaking, the predominantly ethnic group in Ethiopia is not black, such as the Oromo people, to whom Haile Selassie belongs, who actually look very much like the Arabs just by looking at their faces. But the local Somali are black, and the black is shiny, and Zhao Jian thinks that these guys must be more suitable to fight at night than to play with grenadiers.

16,000 Type 91 grenades may sound like a lot, but if they were evenly divided, only 40 grenadiers could be distributed to one grenadier. If you want these people to shoot live ammunition during training, one shot per person would have to wipe out one-eighth of the ammunition reserve. Therefore, the mercenaries under Zhao Jianjian were "trained ♂" separately during training.

The ideal tactic is to have these grenadier teams carry out sneak attacks across hillsides or other covers, and in a group of five people, the smarter gunners and the better ones will pick two to carry the ammunition, and the other two will be responsible for reconnaissance and provide the gunners with the enemy's position during the battle. After Zhao Jian handed over this tactical plan to Selassie I, the other party agreed on the spot.

It took Zhao Jian and others a full 2 weeks to train this batch of troops, and although the quick effect was not ideal, it was not too bad, at least the Ethiopian side was very satisfied with the acceptance, and praised Zhao Jian's men for their good training. But just as they were about to leave, the rainy season in East Africa began!

The climate in Africa is so extreme, dry in the dry season and dripping in the rainy season! Zhao Jian had the heart to leave this land of right and wrong as soon as possible, but Tiangong didn't do this beauty, the pouring rain and the lightning and thunder, if the Pingbo dared to take off at this time, it would be the rhythm of the whole ship to "cross the catastrophe" together.

In desperation, they had to stay in Addis Ababa for two weeks. I finally waited until the sky cleared, but along with the sun, there were also Italian warships!

Don't look at the "Treaty of Versailles", which clearly stipulates that the earth is the common homeland of mankind, and no space warfare can be carried out near the earth. But for many countries, treaties are something that they will only abide by when it is beneficial to them. Therefore, in order to give Ethiopia a disadvantage, Italy's first strike directly caused the blockade fleet to break into the atmosphere, and carried out an artillery bombardment of Addis Ababa that lasted 15 minutes, and then swaggered away.

In those 20 minutes, 11 Italian blockade fleets fired nearly 2,000 shells on the ground, destroying one-third of the capital's urban districts and killing more than 3,000 people and wounding tens of thousands. In response to this flagrant violation of the treaty by the Italians, Selassie I immediately sent a telegram to the ambassadors abroad to inform the League of Nations, hoping that they would sanction Italy.

It is a pity that Selassie I associated the country too well, and in response to their accusation, the Italian representative sneered and bit back, saying that this was a slander against Ethiopia, and that Italy, as an "advanced country", would never have committed such cruel acts by their army, and that it must have been the backward and barbaric Ethiopia that blew up the capital by itself, and then wanted to frame it against Italy.

The League of Nations, which is controlled by the Western world, has a "reasonable" view of Italy's shameless behavior, and therefore Ethiopia's complaint is inadmissible. At this point, Selassie I finally saw the essence of this organization, put aside all unrealistic illusions, and devoted all his energy to this imminent war.

But for Zhao Jian, his biggest problem now is that he can't go!

In the previous air raid shell, the Pingbo was also unfortunately hit by a 120mm shell, and it hit the propeller in the stern of the ship impartially. After checking the damage, the maintenance personnel on the ship said that the repair was not a big problem, but the location of the bullet was underwater, and the boat must be towed into the dry dock first, otherwise he would not be able to start.

"Nima, I'm a new ship, what kind of trouble is it going to be made after taking a shot in less than a month!?"

Zhao Jian, who was squatting on the dock, looked at the blackened stern without tears, and on his shoulder, the tearful Xiao Pingbo was pulling his collar and making a sad cry like a small animal.

"Young master, it's not appropriate to stay here for a long time, or let's take down the divine core and abandon the ship!"

"No! You must not take the god core! ”

After assimilation, the Divine Core has basically merged with the hull of the ship. If the hull is still intact, then there is no problem with removing the core, but if the hull is damaged, then this loss will also be reflected on the core, and if it is not done well, it will greatly damage the vitality of the core, or even "degrade". Buying Pingbo spent most of Zhao Jian's savings, and he was reluctant to make this ruthless move until he had no choice but to do so.

"Ask the Germans if they can help, their boat is bigger than ours, and maybe they can help us drag Pingba to shore."

Ethiopia is a backward landlocked country with no shipbuilding capacity and naturally no dry docks for maintenance. Fortunately, there are professional maintenance personnel on the Zhao ship's side, and if the Germans' 10,000-ton freighters can help drag the small-tonnage Pingbo ashore from the water, then they can repair the ship on the shore.

It is worth mentioning that the Germans' freighters are the shells of civilian ships and the core of warships, because Zhao Jian heard from his subordinate Beifeng that when he went out to look for goats (Zhao Jian didn't want to ask the other party why he was looking for sheep), he accidentally passed by the Germans and found that the goddesses on the other side of the ship were not three-headed.

Zhao's request was quickly answered, and the Germans agreed to help them tow the Pingbo ashore, and they tethered Pingbo with a towed steel cable, and then let Pingbo release the quantum ocean and float on his own. With the help of two large freighters, the small flat wave was lifted directly out of the water and smoothly landed on land.

"Master, how long do you estimate it will take to fix it?"

"If you say a qiē shun lì, it's about a week."

"So long!?"

"Young Master, this is already an optimistic judgment. The propeller shaft here is cracked, and it can be said that it is a great luck not to hurt the engine, let me repair it, and I can only ensure that she moves again, and if she wants to repair it completely, we have to go back to China. ”

"Alright! Then you hurry up and repair it, and if you lack anything, hurry up and say, we will find a way to get it for you. ”

Zhao Jian, who was helpless, could only give an apologetic wry smile to Pingbo, who had been coquettish with him, and at the same time, the Italian army's offensive on the ground had officially begun.

260,000 heavily armed Italians attacked simultaneously from the east and north, with Eritrea from the north being the main attacking force. As soon as the two forward forces made contact, the Ethiopian army was defeated by the overwhelming superiority of the Italians in ground and air firepower, and the northern town of Adwa was captured on the first day.

"The enemy army has a large number of Iron Giants, and we need the Emerald Star!"

This is the last telegram sent by the defenders to the rear capital before Adwa's loss, and the "iron giant" mentioned in the telegram is the humanoid weapon that humans have copied out of the giant god soldier - armored machine soldier!