The mobile corps of the African Expeditionary Force to which division commander Mo Rufeng belongs has two heavy troops, one is more than 1,700 people from the first regiment led by Li Xuanzhu, and the other is more than 1,500 people from the headquarters of the fourth regiment, which is stationed in Hebei Town.

Both of these forces were formed field armies, which were already quite strong in Africa, and the motley army that bullied the Portuguese was enough.

It's already mid-July

The full occupation of the Mozambique region lasted for nearly three months, during which time there were dozens of other large and small battles, except for the capture of Seoul, and dozens of other large and small battles.

After colonizing Africa for hundreds of years, the extremely comfortable and idle life has made the fighting spirit of the Portuguese living in Sambique extremely degraded, and they have become a group of white hillbillies who can only threaten the black slaves, and they are scared faster than rabbits when they hear the sound of gunshots.

Therefore, it is very pleasant to bully soft persimmons, and the officers who participated in the buffet at the Igbo Hotel were in a relaxed mood, and the atmosphere of talking and laughing was harmonious.

Division commander Mo Rufeng led a cadre of officers from the division headquarters into the venue, and the officers gathered on both sides to stand up and salute, stretching out their hands to respectfully shake hands with the master of the division and greet them.

"Report to Your Excellency Commander, I am Lieutenant Wang Yucheng, commander of the 5th Company of the 2nd Battalion of the 1st Regiment, I wish the commander good health and a good mood."

"Oh...... Wang Yucheng, I saw in the battle briefing that you personally captured the Portuguese Juan Carlos, who came to provoke him, and was the first to break through the city in the siege of Seoul, you are a fierce general, and the headquarters wants to award you the Knight of the Iron Cross with Double Oak Leaves, I remember correctly? ”

"Your Excellency Commander can still remember these little things in his busy schedule, and he is inexplicably grateful."

"Master, your heroism is better than in the past, and you are delighted to be humble."

"Hahaha...... Major Friedman's Chinese is getting better and better, I think I can exchange to Europe to be a military representative abroad in the future, increase experience, broaden my horizons, and go back to my hometown in Bavaria to have a look. ”

"It is an honor to inherit the auspicious words of the teacher."

"Your Excellency Commander, the commander of the first regiment, Li Xuanzhu, reports to you."

"Huh...... Brother Zhu is a young officer favored by the Earl, and the future is promising! Mo Rufeng kindly took Li Xuanzhu's hand, shook it twice and said;" You are the right-hand man of my Afrika Korps, shouldering heavy responsibilities, and completing the combat missions assigned by the headquarters excellently, and your performance is remarkable, I would like to remind you to pay attention to it, now the Portuguese are gathering on the island of Mozambique, according to the confessions of some Portuguese whites who have fled the island, they are very likely to jump off the wall in a hurry, and they must not let their guard down! ”

"Please rest assured, commander, that you will be ready to lead your troops and have the confidence to defeat all enemies who dare to attack."

"Good...... Very good, our expeditionary force must have your domineering spirit, no matter how many people come, Lao Tzu will be stewed in a pot, hahahaha......"

Mo Rufeng laughed out loud, and patted Li Xuanzhu's shoulder with satisfaction before letting go of his hand.

He is the old commander of Li Xuanzhu, 6 years ago in the Shangri-La garrison as the deputy commander of the third regiment, Li Xuanzhu was a platoon commander of the third regiment, the two in the battle of life and death condensed a deep friendship, came to the African expeditionary force as the commander of the first hand-picked Li Fangzhu as the commander of the main regiment, or the old subordinates to use it.

A soothing melody played on the brass loudspeakers of the gramophone, officers chatted in pairs in the beautiful hotel garden, and Portuguese women in beautiful dresses stood cautiously to the side, waiting for the officers to invite them to dance.

Mo Rufeng didn't stay long at the reception site, and soon left with a few senior officers, and the headquarters had an important task to convey to them.

A secluded seaside villa

Brigadier General Mo Rufeng put away his approachable smile, and his eyes swept over the first regiment commander Li Xuanzhu, the fourth regiment commander Zheng Dagen, and the division chief of staff Li Qinglong, and said solemnly; "Edict of the Red Keep ......"

Several senior officers present "chirp" "One stood upright, raised his head with his chest straight, looked at Commander Mo Rufeng, and waited for him to convey the instructions of his superiors.

"After a while, a fleet escort ship will arrive in the near future, and the navy will send a fleet of escorts led by the heavy cruisers "Xuanwu", "Naniwa" and "Chiyoda", and 4,300 new recruits will arrive at the same time. ”

Speaking of which

Brigadier General Mo Rufeng's gaze swept over the faces of several people, and then a look appeared on his face that the hero had seen and said; "You guessed right, the honorable Earl and his wife will arrive together to inspect the progress of the construction in Mozambique, and we will wait for the Lord and the lady of Ibo Island, during this time, please keep my eyes open, don't make a little mistake, strictly regulate military discipline, who dares to smear the face of my African expeditionary force, I don't mind borrowing his head to sacrifice the flag."

"Yes, Your Excellency, Commander." The three replied in unison.

"This confidential information is only known to the four of you and me, and must not be leaked to anyone else, otherwise military law will be engaged and severely punished."

"Yes!"

"The slogan of my African Expeditionary Corps is ......"

"Overcoming obstacles, moving forward bravely, the soldiers are all incredible. Dedication to Africa, recasting glory, colonization pioneers everyone is vying for the first. ”

"Hmmm......"

Mo Rufeng nodded with satisfaction, stopped after pacing back and forth in front of him twice, and said in a deep voice; "Your Excellency Earl's visit to the African front line is a high honor and a high hope for all the officers and men of our African Expeditionary Force, and it is also a time for our African Expeditionary Force to show its face in front of our brother troops.

Again, whoever dares to pull me back at this critical time, I will make him regret coming to this world.

During the inspection

I want to see the face of a well-disciplined, solid-spirited army, and all the bastard things that your officers and men do in their daily lives will be restrained for me, and it will be forbidden to plunder the Portuguese farms, and it will be forbidden to abuse the black slaves, and it will be forbidden to bully the local women, and you will put away all your claws.

Whoever dares to hit the muzzle of the gun will be severely punished.

The African Expeditionary Force is an army full of wolves, but that means facing the enemy, bowing its eyebrows and eyes in front of its master, putting away its tail, and being a loyal dog with a loyal duty.

Now tell me if I can do it? ”

"Report to Your Excellency, Commander, a group of people who carry out your orders to the letter, put away their paws, and be a loyal dog who is dutiful to his duty."

"Report to Your Excellency Commander, the Fourth Regiment promises to put away its tail and put an end to all violations of military orders, and anyone who dares to make trouble against the wind at this time, I, Zheng Dagen, will shoot him first, so as not to embarrass the Fourth Regiment."

"Report to Your Excellency the Commander, if you dare to vouch with your head, there will be no problems with the division headquarters."

"Well, we must draw an insurmountable red line for the officers and soldiers, and during the inspection of the honorable Earl and his wife, we must create an atmosphere of multi-ethnic harmony of deference and harmony, and as for the men among them, you will find them yourself, men, women, old people, women, and children...... All kinds of representative groups should be found, teach them some rules in advance, and don't talk nonsense to me when the time comes, do you understand? ”

"If you understand it, you will follow it."

Mo Rufeng explained repeatedly, and finally nodded with satisfaction, beckoned everyone to sit down and discuss, he organized the language and said;

"Brethren, this time the Earl himself came to Africa to inspect the newly occupied areas, and I have in my heart that there are three things that I can discuss, and see if what I say is right?

Here's the first thing;

Naturally, Lord Earl went to Mozambique to take a look and experience the local human geography firsthand, so that he could adopt targeted immigration and construction policies.

I have worked with the Earl for many years, and I know that the Earl has always advocated "going deep into the fields to solve practical problems, doing practical things, telling the truth, being an honest person, and putting an end to the exaggerated style of false and empty." "This time was no exception.

This second thing;

I think it may have something to do with the plan to attack the Kingdom of Madagascar, according to the message conveyed by the Red Fort, the implementation of the plan has been suspended indefinitely, waiting for the complete digestion of the Mozambican colony.

We will choke on food if we eat too much, and the current strength of our African Expeditionary Force is not enough to quickly calm the turmoil in the Kingdom of Madagascar.

The opinion of the expeditionary force, I believe that the Earl will definitely pay attention to it.

As everyone knows, the provisional cabinet of the British Liberal Party, which has not been in power for a long time, lost the general election, and now that the Conservative Party has returned to power to form a government, it is difficult to predict whether London's Africa policy will change.

The third is to solve the problem of the island of Mozambique once and for all, and I would like to take advantage of the visit of the Earl's powerful fleet to solve this problem in one fell swoop.

The existence of the Portuguese Viceroyalty made the Portuguese in Mozambique have different aspirations, fantasizing that one day they will be killed again, it will be difficult to be integrated, and it will be an obstacle on the road to colonization of the expeditionary force.

We can't eradicate all the white Portuguese, so the solution is to blow up the island of Mozambique and never suffer from it.

I will present the damage to the Count during his visit, and I implore the Count to use thunderous measures to eradicate this great problem in one fell swoop and open a new era and a new situation in the Mozambique region. ”

After briefly introducing his thoughts, Mo Rufeng took a sip of the teacup and said in a light tone; "Let's talk about it, everyone gathers firewood and the flame is high!"

The fourth regiment commander, Zheng Dagen, is a brave general, but he is slightly lacking in strategy, frowning and thinking silently, he has not yet figured out how to speak.

Chief of Staff Li Qinglong gave Li Xuanzhu a look, and the meaning was obvious;

The master has spoken, don't be cold, if you have any ideas, you can talk about them first!