With Aristotle's order, all the officers and men of the 9th Brigade, who were already a little out of spirit, began a new round of blocking operations against the British army.

However, compared with before the war, the East African army's "apprehension" towards the British army has changed to "the British are nothing more than that." "The numbness of the state.

After all, the title of "the world's first power" is relatively scary, but when you really fight, you can realize the "gap", and the opposite side is also a mortal body with two arms and two legs, rather than an invulnerable and fearless "heavenly soldier descending to earth".

Of course, this is certainly not the case with the grassroots soldiers in East Africa, but an exaggerated statement, and the soldiers of the Ninth Brigade are mainly composed of two parts, one is experienced veterans, and the other is the new recruits who joined the Ninth Brigade after the expansion.

Among them, the recruits are divided into two parts, one is the group that has immigrated to East Africa in recent years, and this part of the recruits is the biggest destabilizing factor for the 9th East African Brigade.

The immigrants came mainly from Germany and the Far East, so their attitudes towards the war were uneven, even with the various thinking patterns of the old army, but they talked to many veterans in East Africa.

The other part of the recruits is a group of people who have received compulsory education in East Africa or Germany, after all, many immigrants in the Austro-Hungarian Empire are Slavs, and the popularity of compulsory education is not too high, so many of them come from Germany but do not necessarily receive compulsory education.

The recruits who have received compulsory education in East Africa obviously have not received military camp education, and there is a certain deviation in their impression of the army, but so many years of discipline education in East Africa are not in vain, and this is even more true at the officer level, I dare not say that the discipline of the East African army is very good, but it is definitely not bad.

For the recruits, a day's actual combat has completely washed away their immaturity, especially after fighting with the "world's number one power," all the officers and men of the Ninth Brigade have made the greatest progress and quickly run in.

After the British Army's fourth river crossing operation began, all the anxiety, restlessness, and panic of the Ninth Brigade no longer existed, but under the leadership of veterans, they quickly became qualified soldiers.

"The British are going to attack again, everyone is on alert, this time according to the order of the brigade headquarters, we must save ammunition, especially the machine gunners, aim and then fight, don't rely on the power of the machine gun, just waste bullets on the river." The commander of the third company of the seventh battalion said.

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The Tuguela River is fast-flowing, and the potential energy accumulated from the Drankens Mountains is greatly released downstream, and there are still floating crocodiles in the river, waiting for another big meal.

These Nile crocodiles also put great pressure on the British army, and many Indian soldiers who unfortunately fell into the water before were killed in this way.

Therefore, the small ferries of the British army were very careful, not only to overcome the turbulent rapids, but also to be careful of the death of the underwater waves, and to watch out for the bullets and artillery fire from the East Africa on the opposite side.

"Bang ......"

The soldiers of the 9th Brigade began a new round of shooting, but this time it was more ammunition-saving, and the fire was not as strong as the previous three.

This relieved the Indian soldiers of the British troops on the river, and the Gurkha mercenaries in the bow of the ship, without the slightest fear, began to counterattack the firing points in East Africa in a bumpy environment.

The British, at the stern, directed the Indian soldiers to row hard, and things seemed to be moving in a favorable direction.

"Hurry up, you slackers, haven't you eaten?"

"If you delay the fighter, you will be dealt with by military law, and you may be able to survive if you rush forward, if you dare to change direction, I dare to guarantee that none of you will be able to escape."

The British, on the boat, cursed angrily.

In this kind of angry scolding and reprimand, the efficiency of the Indian soldiers has indeed been greatly improved, and it is indeed more effective to use tough means to deal with these Indians who are struggling to act.

This time the British army finally made a major breakthrough, until the center of the river, there was no phenomenon of the first few touch-and-break phenomena, but all the ferries that moved were supervised by the British and Gurkhas, and even bloodshed occurred, and some negative Indian soldiers were set as examples,

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"Without firepower suppression, the British have really made a lot of progress, listen to my orders, wait until the enemy is less than 20 meters away from the shore for me to fight to the death, absolutely not let them seize the tidal flats, build positions."

This time the British army has made obvious progress compared with the previous times, after all, there are Gurkha mercenaries as a model, taking the lead in rushing to the front line, and there are British people in the rear to supervise the formation, and the Indian soldiers who are cannon fodder have no reason and opportunity to escape.

"Heavy fires!"

As the British drew closer, the 9th Brigade was no longer daunting, and the artillery and machine guns opened fire in unison, and the British were now in a situation where there was no way back, and they were close to the shore.

Naturally, it is impossible to retract, after all, the way back is more difficult to walk, and the risk of being broken on the river is too great.

The Gurkha mercenaries had no fear at all, and although the machine gun points in East Africa were powerful, they did not deter them.

Like death squads, these Gurkha mercenaries jumped and went ashore before the ship docked, even if some people kept falling, it did not affect their sense of combat in the slightest.

After going ashore, they immediately entered a combat state, and in order to avoid the dense firepower output of East Africa, they did not stupidly go directly to the reckless, but began to look for cover, or soak in muddy water, and crawl forward.

And the Indians in the back are a little stunned, if there is time to think, they will definitely not understand why these Gurkha mercenaries have no fear of death.

"Go ashore, don't be in a daze!" The British commander howled angrily.

After expelling these unresponsive Indian soldiers ashore, the British commander found that things were not easy, the firepower in East Africa was too strong, and there was a lack of bunkers on the river, in this case, I am afraid it would be in vain!

However, having gone ashore meant that there was no way out, and after understanding this, the British commander began to organize a "death charge".

Unfortunately, the effect was not good, many Indian soldiers directly held their heads and lay on the ground and pretended to be dead, while the Gurkha mercenaries, although they were not afraid of fighting to the death, were too few in number.

This made the command of the British army completely ineffective, and the East African side was not in a hurry, hiding behind bunkers, and harvesting the lives of these British troops to their heart's content.

The time soon came to six o'clock in the afternoon, and after the final wave of the enemy was definitely eliminated, the soldiers of the 9th Brigade finally breathed a sigh of relief.

The fourth British crossing of the river was declared a failure.

"Throw the corpses into the river and don't cause viruses and bacteria to grow." Brigadier Arridot ordered.

After every battle, East Africa had to send people to clean up the battlefield, and these corpses were piled up here, and the high temperatures off the coast of South Africa could easily cause problems, so it was necessary to take the risk of cleaning up the British corpses on the river beaches.

This was the practice of the East African army, and the British army had not even completed the river crossing before, so there was no need to clean the battlefield.

However, what East Africa did not expect was that many of the so-called "corpses" on the river beach were actually pretending to be dead, and this was the first time that the East African Defence Force had encountered such a situation.

While cleaning the river beaches in East Africa, many Indians suddenly came to life and surrendered outright, which allowed the Ninth Brigade to directly harvest more than 600 Indian prisoners.

Arridot looked at the captured Indian soldiers and was amazed, he had fought in East Africa for so many years, and it was the first time he had encountered a large-scale army that was playing dead to escape war, India was truly a magical place.

(End of chapter)

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