Chapter 110: Caged Bird
The Indian army is also divided into three, six, nine and so on, there are many guys who have a relationship with the Indian princes and nobles, and they must still be brought back, these people can be said to be one of the foundations of British rule in India, if it were not for the cooperation of the Indian high-caste ruling class, the British would not have been able to fully control the Indian region.
Of course, even if Britain doesn't want it, East Africa will not keep Indians to eat dry, although East Africa has always been a slave country, but East Africa is also a deslaved country, and so many Indians were captured in the South African War, East Africa will not even leave them the opportunity to be slaves.
In the eyes of the East African government, the British prisoners are still their "heart", and for the British government, it is impossible for them to let tens of thousands of British people stay in East Africa, and that kind of pressure is not something that ordinary people can bear, and this is also an important guarantee for East Africa to cash in the "spoils of war".
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São Jorge.
As the only area in Mozambique that is still persisting in confrontation, it is the place where the temporary command post of the Western Coalition forces is located.
The whole of São Jorge was an important military fortress, and the perimeter of the fortress was fortified with layers of strong defenses, various bunkers, and trenches, among which the soldiers of the coalition army were distributed.
The entire coalition position was in shambles, and as the war continued, the coalition soldiers had long since become numb, waiting for their final fate here.
And today, destined for a different day, a small detachment, coming from the East African side in the direction of São Jorge, they did not carry weapons, in addition to the East Africans, they were followed by the British and Portuguese.
This is very easy to distinguish, because these people are wearing the uniforms of each country, but the sharp-eyed coalition soldiers can see at a glance that these people are not low-level, and they don't know much about East Africans, but the British and Portuguese in the squad are all senior officers in the army.
Of course, the Portuguese interpreter at the front of the unit was the most conspicuous presence, holding a metal megaphone and shouting at the coalition positions, waving a small white flag from side to side.
"My own people, don't shoot, we don't have weapons, we have important things to report to General Williams."
The interpreter, in both English and Portuguese, repeated the phrase aloud to the coalition forces, though nervousness and fear could be seen in his trembling hands.
After all, if one accidentally misses the gun, he must be the first to be killed by his own people, and of course, there is a sense of shame buried under the fear.
After all, waving a white flag and shouting words like "traitor" is like parading through the streets, but whoever makes his life bad is just a small translator.
At this time, he even thought that if he was allowed to gain power in the future, he must hang up the bastard "officer" who sent him to lead the team to be beaten in order to relieve the hatred in his heart.
Interpreting the psychological activities of the team leader, the officer corps of the Three Kingdoms behind is naturally not clear, they are here to recruit the defenders of San Jorge, everyone is a decent person, naturally it is impossible to hold a white flag and shout shameful words into the opposite barracks.
Of course, even so, they felt a little nervous, because the battle between East Africa and the main forces of the coalition forces was very solemn, and this sense of oppression could not give people a sense of security.
Fortunately, the coalition forces did not have "reckless men", and the officer corps still managed to cross the open space between the positions of the two armies, and was intercepted by the British front-line command officers.
"I am a staff officer of the General Headquarters, Baron Waltz, and this time on the orders of Count Roberts, as well as a commission from the Governor's Office of Mozambique, there are important instructions and letters to be conveyed to General Williams."
Looking at the commander who was not angry and arrogant, the company commander of the British army Joles did not suspect it, but he still carried out a "safe release" of several people in accordance with the procedure, and after confirming that they did not carry weapons and other dangerous items.
Joels said, "Your Excellency, please wait a moment, I need to report your news to my superiors. ”
Baron Waltz waved his hand in annoyance and said, "Go, go, we don't want to stay in this ghost place for too long." ”
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Soon, news of the officer corps was reported to General Williams, the Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces West.
"General Williams, there are men from the General Command who have come out and come to meet with us, and they say they have letters from Count Roberts and instructions from the Governor's Palace of Mozambique."
When Williams heard the news, he couldn't help but chuckle in his heart, and he said with a gloomy face: "I'm afraid it's not good!" ”
"General, do you mean to say that this group of people is an East African fake?" Staff Officer Victor on the side asked.
Williams shook his head, and then said: "That's not true, I mean that the situation of the war has probably changed significantly, and it is extremely unfavorable to our side, otherwise Commander-in-Chief Roberts would not have bypassed the East Africans' defense line and sent people over with a swagger, as for pretending to be our military personnel, the East Africans would definitely not do such a useless thing." ”
"The general means, the general command!" Victor asked, a little nervously.
Williams nodded gloomily and said: "That's right, that's what you think, I'm afraid that the General Command and our rear have been completely captured by East Africa." ”
Victor asked with an embarrassed face, "Are you sure?" There are still more than 100,000 troops in the rear General Staff, so it won't be so easy to be annihilated by East Africa in such a short time! ”
Victor was unaware of the fact that both Maputo and northern Mozambique had fallen, so with this information gap, he subconsciously thought that it was unlikely.
"Yes or no, it doesn't matter anymore, as long as we call someone from outside, we can confirm the news." Williams said.
Victor nodded and said, "Then call them over!" ”
Soon, the officer corps arrived at the joint headquarters of the Western Coalition forces, and Williams looked at the East Africans in the officer corps, and the corners of his eyes jumped, which was already confirmed his conjecture.
And the people in the coalition command are the same, just from the faces of a few people, you can see a lot of important information.
In particular, the extremely unnatural expressions on the faces of the British and Portuguese representatives contrasted sharply with the uncontrollable evil smiles of the East African representatives.
"General Williams, I'm Baron Waltz, you should have seen me, this is the letter that the Count asked me to hand over to you personally."
Williams didn't speak, but asked his subordinates to bring the letter to him directly with his eyes, and then opened the letter with a dagger and read it quietly.
The entire command was filled with an oppressive air that made people shudder,
It's been a long time.
"Bang!" A loud bang woke everyone up in an instant.
Williams' right hand slammed into a fist on the table, blood pouring down the dark table.
Everyone didn't dare to come out, even the East African officer Andre, who was holding back a smile just now, he reorganized his facial expression, after all, now that he was in the enemy camp, he still couldn't be too arrogant.
"Has Maputo fallen too?" Williams asked.
Waltz was also jumped just now, and now Williams asked, he came back to his senses, and subconsciously said: "Yes, now our sea route has been completely cut off, and the mainland cannot support at all, so surrender to the enemy, this is also our only way out, we can't put the lives of tens of thousands of British soldiers in vain, sacrifice in vain in the next war, the overall situation has been decided, and things cannot be violated." ”
"Yes, the big picture has been decided!" Williams sighed helplessly, if this war continues, it will be difficult for him to change, after all, he and himself are besieged in the narrow area of San Jorge by East Africa, like a bird in a cage, unable to break through the shackles of the cage.
(End of chapter)