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Chapter 731 South America, reconnaissance company versus reconnaissance company

South America, northern Chile, north of Puerto Montt and south of Valdivia.

Valdivia is close to the sea to the west, and to the east is close to the side of the Andiles Mountains, on a vast mountainous field.

Dozens of British Malay Peninsula soldiers wearing British Army uniforms were among the messy wilderness. Many of the wounded were hovering in the majestic vultures spreading their broad wings but staring at the ground. Even not far away, some wild wolves and Vultures were feasting on the carcass next to them.

The wounded gathered in a circle, the dark muzzles of their rifles pointed at the wolves and vultures outside, and everyone's faces showed horror.

"Damn, this is the first time."

The leader of this group of people, if anyone knows the British military rank symbol, must know that this person's symbol with two stars and a crown means that this person is a British captain.

The sergeant looked at the corpses on the ground and his former companions who had been eaten to a disgraceful state by them, and said with a gloomy expression.

"Captain, there are 21 people in total, plus the previous four, we have lost a total of 89 people."

"And the supplies they escorted have disappeared."

The staff sergeant with a three-stripe logo next to him reported.

"Are there any clues?" the captain asked.

"Yes!" the sergeant said suddenly.

The captain suddenly showed joy and asked hurriedly: "What clue?"

"Captain, please look." The sergeant walked to the ground and pointed at the small continuous marks. He said: "There are the same marks everywhere."

"This is" the captain's pupils shrank suddenly.

"This is a tire mark, which is left when a bicycle is ridden on the mountain. Currently, the Netherlands is the largest bicycle country in the Far East. However, this is not a street. How can there be bicycle tires in the wilderness here?" mark"

A bicycle currently sells for 30 pounds in the UK, and the current per capita annual income in the UK is around 150 pounds. In other words, if a British person wants to buy a bicycle, he needs about one-fifth of his annual income, which is more than 100 pounds. Monthly salary, this is the average salary. It would be good for lower-class British people to have an annual income of [-] pounds.

Therefore, the captain knows that in the UK, only one in [-] people can afford and are willing to buy a bicycle. And because of the scarcity of steel, the country has issued a steel restriction order, and only one in [-] people can buy a bicycle. , so there are only tens of thousands of bicycles in the entire UK.

There are fewer horses and vehicles per capita than Britain.

He doesn't think bicycles can be so popular here in South America that they exist even in the wild mountains and wilderness.

In South America, the most developed country is Argentina, but Argentina and its bicycle army are only useful to wealthy and powerful families.What's more, they are still on the battlefields of northern and southern Chile.

Captain "Kingdom of the Netherlands" frowned.

"Not necessarily. Although there are many bicycles in the Netherlands, it is impossible to bring bicycles here. But why are the bicycles brought here?"

The captain took a deep breath, his face was gloomy, and his mind was filled with thoughts.

With the strength of the Netherlands, naturally they will not do some humble tricks.

But if it is the Netherlands, it will be a troublesome thing, because until now, although he has some speculations, they have not been confirmed. If this is the case, then the United Kingdom will encounter unprecedented trouble.

Just as he was thinking, suddenly, he heard all the vultures flying towards the sky, yes, they were running for their lives.And the wild wolves also ran away.He raised his head, and suddenly his eyes showed panic. At this moment, he knew that the 200-man company of British soldiers participating in Southern Chile under his leadership was going to be completely wiped out.

"Hands up, our British colleagues, if not, then don't blame us for killing without mercy."

The British captain suddenly turned pale. Looking at the surrounding troops, which were no less than a complete company, and looking at the Dutch tricolor flags they were wearing, he knew that his speculation just now was correct. The Netherlands was actually using bicycles to serve as scouts. He regretted that he had not sent this discovery back to Puerto Montt immediately.

He could even imagine the Netherlands using bicycles to defeat Britain in the future.

He looked at the remaining 40 or so people and saw that they also showed fear. He sighed and couldn't help but put down the rifle he had just picked up. After that, he took out the pistol from his waist and threw it away. Arrived three meters away.

Following his actions, all his subordinates disarmed.

Listening to these sounds, he couldn't help but close his eyes.

Just when he thought he would be taken as a prisoner to Northern Chile.

I saw the man who just finished speaking suddenly smiled and ordered the subordinates of the army in Dutch: "Brothers, throw away all the weapons and make a decisive decision on the spot."

He understands Dutch, but at this moment he would rather not understand it.

"No you guys"

bouncing!

The captain suddenly became anxious, and he was about to speak, but a bullet hit him in the head, and he died with his eyes wide open. It became his fate to fall back with his eyes wide open.

Three minutes after the sound of bullets was heard, the bodies of more than 3 British scouts were added to the field.

"Just now we made a comeback."

Jerry is the captain of this team. He is the captain of the reconnaissance company of the 1 division army of the Five Powers of South America.

This time his mission was to receive instructions from Castillo, Secretary-General of the Five-Nation Alliance, to investigate the defense intelligence of southern Chile.

I thought it was an easy task, after all, we were facing an army with backward equipment and irregularities like Southern Chile.

But what he experienced today made him know that he was wrong.

The British were actually helping Southern Chile with investigation work. From morning to 4 o'clock in the afternoon, he finally got rid of all these British.

He did not reveal the secrets of himself and others, but his expression suddenly changed. Now that the other party's reconnaissance company has all been killed, if the other party cannot wait for news, then he will definitely know that he has encountered an accident, and he will definitely strengthen his defenses.

Thinking of this, he would immediately order everyone to return to La Union via the same route.There, the five-nation coalition forces and the temporary headquarters of the Northern Chilean Army were waiting for news from him.

When Castillo received the relevant British intelligence information, he suddenly frowned.

"Britain is currently uniting with France to deal with us in Southeast Asia, trying to increase pressure on the Netherlands there. This time, His Majesty asked us to surround Wei and rescue Zhao. Well, that's what Your Majesty said. It is said that the Far East is famous for military strategies. In this case,"

Castillo gritted his teeth and finally said directly to the adjutant next to him: "I ordered all the commanders of the other five-nation coalition forces to say that I have decided to fully assist Northern Chile in attacking Southern Chile, and told them to start preparations and attack in an hour."

(End of this chapter)