The hardened ground is good, which greatly increases the speed of the march.

But because of layers of subcontracting and financial deductions, this concrete road is too narrow.

People and horses had to huddle together and struggle to advance.

The pride of British production, the military version of the Doberman car, from time to time will accidentally drive off the road and roll over into a pothole on the side of the road.

Bulky models, inefficient power, fragile and explosive tires, and frequent accident rates made the British army too lazy to look at these turned cars, and walked ahead without looking back.

Not to mention trying to find a way to get them out.

For these Doberman cars, the grassroots soldiers unanimously believe that this is just another face-saving project for the officers to make money.

It's nothing more than that the Ming people have cars, and I, the British, must also have cars, otherwise we won't be able to show the superiority of the world's number one power.

Following the infantry troops, the dragoons of the British German Legion rode on sturdy horses, wore traditional stuffed yolen hats, and carried old-fashioned martini-henry rifles.

Horses on the road, cavalrymen in traditional German costumes, cars on both sides of the road with their feet facing the sky, wheels still rolling, classicism and modernity converge here into a somewhat strange picture.

The British Royal German Army has a long history, dating back to the Peninsular War 60 years ago, and even as far back as the 18th century.

As the name of the British royal family indicates, the relationship between Germany and Great Britain was very close before the advent of the imperialist era.

The Anglo-Saxon itself was a Germanic branch, and one of the German Ksens was the Saxons who did not cross the sea.

And the Germanic people are a branch of the Vikings, the Vikings who went south.

Theoretically, the concept of Vikings is on the same level as the Latins, Celts, and Slavs.

Together with the Iranians, the upper caste third brothers, etc., they formed the Aryans.

The Finno-Hungarian-Ugric people in Europe are not Aryans.

Therefore, the English and German origins are still very close, and English is also a relatively evolutionary German that tends to be close to the Chinese form.

In addition, the King of England was of German descent and was the Elector of Hanover.

Therefore, in all wars, the British crown hired a large number of German mercenaries from the Duchy of Hesse-Kassel.

The vast majority of them are conscripts, criminals, gamblers, and bankrupts.

Their salaries were very low, and many of them could barely meet their food and clothing needs.

Just as the Han liked to hire the Huns, the French liked to hire Berbers, and the Arabs liked to hire South Asians, no matter how whitewashed, there was an objective order within the various civilizational circles.

Although they are all relatives, in the Western civilized world, the Ansars are standing at the top of the pyramid and looking down on all beings.

The Gauls and Germans were under it, and the Latins were a little lower.

And the Slavs, the Celts. The Hungarians are at the bottom.

Now that the Germans are preparing to attack the high throne, the British are naturally not at ease with placing such a corps of German blood on European soil.

In fact, this is not the first time that the British Royal German Corps has come to North America.

As early as 1776, during the American Revolution, more than 50,000 Hessian mercenaries came to the Thirteen State Colonies.

These men inherited the usual bravery and loyalty of the Germans, and some Hessian mercenaries also showed strict discipline and excellent military skills, and participated in almost all of the battles.

If Louis XVI hadn't sold his head to aid the United States, relying on the so-called heroic militia of the thirteen states, I am afraid that North America would have already spoken German.

And now, the legion is back where its ancestors once fought.

It's just that the mood is already completely different.

"Damn British!"

Felix cursed everything loudly in German, "The British soldiers have already used the Metford Point 303 rifled guns, and we can only use the old Martini-Henry rifles!" The whole world knows that the Akito's German rifle is very fast, and we only have these burning sticks! ”

His curses echoed him.

Objectively speaking, there is little truth in the complaints of the German Legion.

Because the old Martini-Henry rifle was actually produced in 1866, only seven years ago.

Logically speaking, a light weapon has only been in service for seven years, and it can barely be regarded as new equipment.

But there is no choice but to have the variable of the Ming Dynasty, which has led to the various powers having to develop new equipment by touching the Ming sauce, which has led to the acceleration of the update and iteration of the rifle today.

Before 1866, the influence of the Ming Dynasty was still small, and the rifles developed at that time did not refer to the design ideas of the German gun family at all, so they were naturally not competitive.

It was too wasteful to completely eliminate them, and the budget-conscious British put these guns on the colonies.

The Indian Legion, which had been crushed by the Mongol cavalry and the Jiangnan ironclad cavalry on the outskirts of Beijing, used the Martini-Henry rifle.

The German Legion, which considered itself to be related to the British royal family, naturally complained when it found out that it was actually treated the same as Indian soldiers.

The only thing to be thankful for is that the Germans are still at least on horseback, and the cars of the British soldiers have already overturned quite a bit.

At this time, on the left of this column were wheat fields, and on the right were mountains.

Although they were still seven or eight kilometers from the shores of the Grain Lake, these battle-hardened German mercenaries could already faintly smell a hint of gunsmoke and blood in the air.

In their hearts, they felt lucky, after all, the air raids they feared had not befallen them, and it seemed that the Chinese aviation had been keeping an eye on the bases and fortresses.

Faintly, Felix felt what seemed to be a sound in the air.

When he looked up in the direction from which the sound came, he saw that there seemed to be something behind the treetops two hundred meters away, but it was blocked by the dense canopy.

Just as he was losing his mind, Felix saw a group of red shadows appear in sight.

"Airplane!"

This horrific killing tool was rumored to be miraculous among the British army with the Beiping Massacre.

Fear of airplanes was also pervasive in the German Legion.

As soon as Felix's voice roared, he was horrified to see the group of planes dive from the flank of the column.

Black objects fell on the lower bellies of the planes, and then a piercing "whoosh" sound came from the air.

"God! It's an incendiary bomb! ”

Felix shouted in horror, this terrifying weapon has a fitting name among the British army: "Red Dragon Breath"!

The accuracy of airplane dive bombing is much higher than that of airship bombing.

Dense white phosphorus incendiary bombs headed straight for the British troops on the concrete road.

The "lucky" British GIs, who had not yet broken down and broken down, had previously lamented God's blessing, watched with almost starry starry fall, dragging long fireworks over their heads.

The stars fall on cars, on clothes, on hair, on skin......

Felix was horrified to see as a swooping plane dropped a red dragon breath and landed twenty meters to his right.

The commander of the German Legion, Harkert, could not hold out his hands to cover his face.

At first, he seemed to really keep the sparks out.

But soon, white flames began to burn from his arm, and the fire eventually engulfed him.

The spark is starting to burn!

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