Wild North America 1846

Chapter 584
it's seven o'clock in the evening
The afterglow of the setting sun filled the sky, and it was as red as blood.

The war-torn Passan town is filled with a thick smell of blood and gunpowder smoke. Some Arab women who survived are cleaning up the dead bodies in the streets and alleys, and let the dead bodies be carried on horse-drawn carts and transported to remote areas outside the town. Put the fire out.

Soldiers with live ammunition escorted the long queue of prisoners to the outskirts of the town, and the soldiers taller than the wheels, regardless of age, were among them, and they were about to meet the fate of final extinction.

These Yemeni natives dared to harm the squad sent by Datang, and the price they paid was their complete annihilation.

on the street

Several Arab women cried and yelled and grabbed the captive's arms desperately, and then a group of wolf-like soldiers rushed up to punch and kick them, mercilessly knocked them unconscious with gun butts, and threw them aside by their hair up.

Knowing this, why bother?
Surrounded by officers, Brigadier General Hu Changda rode his horse past, sighed slightly in his heart, and passed by as if he had never seen him.

soon
Then I came to the mansion of the Yemeni chief Omar Hussein. The stone wall here was bombarded with several large holes, and there was a big gap when it collapsed. The body has been carried away.

Looking inside through the collapsed gap, this is a typical Arabian-style manor with most of the house facilities in good condition.It's just that there are a few clear scars from the bullets on the wall, which is irrelevant.

The house occupies a rather large area. At first glance, it seems that there are dozens of houses and a stone corridor with a very Arabic style.The thick vines spread over the promenade, and in the hot season, it must be full of greenery, full of mouth-watering sweet and sour grapes.

Brigadier General Hu Changda decided immediately;
The temporary division headquarters of the 3rd Division is located here, with Passang Town as the center, and starting tomorrow, battalion and company-level troops will be dispatched to carry out sweeps of surrounding villages and towns in turn, and begin to screen and suppress bandits like a net.

its operational purpose;
One is to strengthen the deterrent attack on the local Yemeni Arab indigenous tribes. His Highness has always said beforehand, "This is a battle of strength. We must use the mighty military power of the empire to make the old enemy frightened. Don't dare to fight!"

These relatively weak enemies are loosely organized and have outdated weapons. They are good targets for the troops to practice.

The imperial army implemented a mixed military service system that combined compulsory military service and professional military service. Ordinary soldiers were all conscripts for five years, and they were only paid a low salary every month, which could effectively reduce the overall military expenditure.

The backbone sergeants of the company generally account for 5~6%, and the platoon leaders of the grassroots squads are mostly composed of senior sergeants. The service period ranges from 5 to 30 years. Between %~130%.

1871年帝国平均居民收入约83.7唐元，5年以上职业军士起薪就是102元，最高三级军士长可至145元。

There are fewer sergeants in the infantry unit, and after the officers of the grassroots company are killed in battle, the senior sergeant can serve as the company commander in an emergency and continue to organize the troops to fight, playing the role of the backbone.

In the artillery, cavalry, and Royal Navy ships, the proportion of professional sergeants is higher and higher.Among the main battleships such as armored cruisers, the proportion of professional sergeants is even as high as more than 30%, which is to ensure the high combat level of the main battleships.

The second purpose of the battle is naturally to vigorously search for war horses, which are important military resources to ensure the victory of the expedition to Egypt. War horses, pack horses, large mules, cattle, sheep, chickens, ducks, pigs and other livestock and poultry are all being collected. ranks.

Some are beneficial to combat, while others are beneficial to the colonization and development of Eritrea. With these domesticated livestock and poultry as a foundation, chickens lay eggs, eggs lay chickens, and in a few years they will bloom everywhere. Isn’t it easier than spending money to buy them? Is there too much?
It is difficult to say the third purpose of the battle against banditry. This can only be understood, not expressed in words.

In the early years or more than ten years of the colonization of Eritrea, it is necessary to maintain a strong logistics support base. Your Excellency the Commander-in-Chief has decided to place the colonization center in Sanaa, Yemen.

Within a radius of 1900 kilometers on the northern shore of the Red Sea, only Sanaa City has a strong supply capacity, and it is also the place where commerce and trade gather in the entire region. This status has been maintained for more than a thousand years.

but before that

It is necessary to effectively sort out the region, adopt a series of methods such as reducing population, attacking and deterring, and at the same time plunder part of the Arab female population of the right age. This is because of the physical needs of early immigrants and the need to establish a family, and it is also a necessary measure to comfort expedition soldiers. .

night falls soon
More than 10 blazing bonfires were set up in the open space of the mansion. The fat mutton was roasted on the bonfire, and delicious haggis soup was stewed in the rolling big iron pot, as well as large pots of melons and fruits. Basket after basket of freshly baked pancakes was filled to the brim.

Against the backdrop of the campfire, the faces of the officers and soldiers gathered here were full of pride and excitement. Groups of three and four gathered here to eat and drink, and the scene was very lively.

Due to religious factors, no fine wines and fine wines were confiscated in the houses of the native Arab chiefs, but a batch of unexpected booty was confiscated.

in a house
Illuminated by the dim olive oil lamp, Brigadier General He Changda and a group of officers looked solemnly at the large wooden boxes piled up in the house, a total of 60 boxes.In two opened boxes, each box contains 5 brand new and unused French-made Chasebol 1866 breech-loading rifles. The rifles are thickly smeared with gun oil. What does this mean?
The officers present looked stern, and everyone knew that this was the latest French standard rifle.Its performance is much better than that of the Minie rifle, and it is basically similar to the Colt-style rifle used by the Imperial Expeditionary Force, and there is not much difference.

Before the Pudan War and the Pudan-Austrian War
At that time, the Prussians, authorized by the Tang Empire, developed a unique Mauser rifle, and used this epoch-making breech rotary locking rifle to attack the Kingdom of Denmark and the Austrian Empire, which made France see a crisis.

As the traditional land hegemonic empire in Europe, France can't sit still. If the Prussians rise up like this, will they still have the title of number one in Europe?

Under such a historical environment, a wave of innovation in legal rifles was born, and several similar breech-loading rifles appeared one after another. The legal Chassepo 1866 breech-loading rifle is one of them that is favored by the French Army.

In 1864, the French used their Minie rifle to change the flip-type breech, so-so can be regarded as a breech rifle, this breech device is quite like a snuff bottle, the French also call it a snuff bottle rifle, but the whole The style of the gun body is still the same as that of Charleville musket with a history of more than [-] years.

But the performance of this modified thing is very average, just like the British Schneider Enfield rifle, it is not the case.

Therefore, in 1866, after research, the French launched Chasepo 1866, which had the same bore as the Prussian Mauser rifle, the same breech rotating bolt lock, and there was a circle of rubber on the lock. This is the most legal rifle. special innovation.

In the era of European paper fixed ammunition, its breech locking strength is better than that of the Dreiser rifle, and it is not easy to leak gunpowder gas.Don't look at just adding a circle of rubber, which reflects the profound skills of French engineers.

Due to production capacity and various reasons, the legal Chasaipo 1866 breech-loading rifles were not equipped on a large scale. By the end of 1871, the output was about [-] to [-].

In the early days of the outbreak of the Franco-Prussian War, the famous French Charon Corps were not widely equipped with the Chasebol 1866 breech-loading rifles. They suffered a lot in the battle with the Prussian army, that is, the weapons were not good enough.

Today, this French-made Chasepo 1866 breech-loading rifle, which represents the highest level of light weapons in Europe, appears in the warehouse of an indigenous chief in Yemen.The information contained in this is extraordinary, beyond the scope of the third division's decision-making, and must be reported to the expeditionary army headquarters immediately.

"My God, what the hell are these Frenchies trying to do?"

"If this is the case, you must remind the military to pay close attention to it. I have the impression that the French stationed in the Suez Canal area has the size of a division, about 12~000 people. This is not a small force. strength."

"What Deputy Chief of Staff Lu said is very true. If the French get involved with the Egyptians, then...the scale of the conflict will be raised to a higher level in an instant, and it may develop in an uncontrollable direction in the future!"

"Will the French army go south from Port Said?? Although there is a possibility, it is not high. Why do they think they have a chance of winning?"

"Don't be careless. If the French army is colluding with the army under the governor of Egypt. There is no doubt about the superiority of troops. Coupled with familiarity with the terrain and climate, and the import of this advanced infantry weapon, the Fourth Division may encounter tough bones!"

"Damn the French!"

"By the way, I should ask the housekeeper of the manor to interrogate the inside story and see if there are other advanced rifles scattered in the Yemen area? How deep has the French penetrated... What exactly are they trying to do?"

The officers’ chatter reminded Brigadier General Hu Changda, and he asked solemnly; “Is there anyone who knows the inside story of the chief’s manor housekeeper or other tribal elders? Uh...won’t they all be killed?”

When the division commander asked this question, all the officers below looked at each other in blank dismay, and Geng Shulin, the lieutenant colonel of the 312 regiment who was in charge of carrying out the specific extermination mission, immediately sat down.

After hesitating for a while, he stood up, raised his hand and saluted, and said, "I tell you, the 312th Regiment will resolutely implement the order from the summit. Before 8:00 p.m., all men taller than wheels in Passang Town will be wiped out. The task is carried out." It's over, for the time being... I haven't found any missing people for the time being."

After the calf is finished, it is all wiped out.

After hearing this, Brigadier General Hu Changda dared to feel helpless, so he could only stare at him complainingly like "you are quick to strike", but there was nothing he could do.

(End of this chapter)