At a distance of 200 meters, if it is a mechanical aim, the area of the front sight is larger than the target, there is basically no accuracy at all, and the riflemen who have undergone strict training have a certain hit rate, but this does not include these Gurkha mercenaries who have just joined the army.

The battlefield environment and the training ground are also completely different, the terrain of the training ground is flat, the target target is stationary, and the soldiers do not have to worry about the enemy's counterattack when training, and have more time to aim calmly.

In the battlefield environment, the terrain is extremely complex, there are many uneven bunkers to hide, and the Somali rebels are not those who have undergone strict training and have a hole in their heads, and will only line up in a neat queue to die during the battle, at this time, they have not undergone strict training but have become an advantage, the clothing of those Somali rebels and the color of the earth are about the same earthy yellow, hundreds of rebels formed a skirmish line to attack the mercenaries, and they kept raising their guns and shooting during the attack, and they don't know where they got so many bullets to waste.

Although the hit rate of the Somali rebels is not high, but the feeling of bullets whizzing over the head, who knows who has experienced it, an unlucky Gurkha mercenary was grazed by a stray bullet from his ear, and his ear was immediately half knocked away, and the unlucky soldier went to the military doctor himself, and the ear that was knocked off could not be found, so he simply bandaged it and continued to return to the position to fight.

From the distant ridge the figure of the rebels appeared, and the precision shooters began to shoot.

The speed of the fire was not fast, and the hit rate was not high at first, but as the battle progressed, the hit rate began to gradually increase, and the casualties of the rebels skyrocketed.

As soon as the rebels reached a distance of 200 meters, the precision shooters were almost out of stock, at which point the heavy machine guns also began to fire, and the heavy machine guns were more deterrent than Lee Enfield, and the rebels completely collapsed after falling about a third, and the first attack was futile.

Only one person was injured on the mercenary's side.

Under asymmetrical conditions, the fighting was indeed a one-sided massacre.

To Anqi's displeasure, while the mercenaries were fighting the rebels, more than half of the villagers took advantage of the chaos to escape, and they were very fast at this time, disappearing without a trace along the river, but abandoning hundreds of goats by the river.

Angel ordered someone to get a few goats back, and after slaughtering them, they were stewed and barbecued, no one knew when the rebels would retreat, and Angel was ready to spend the night by the river.

"Do you want to send someone to catch those villagers?" Yang Mei's eyes flashed with danger signals, this "catch" was used well, although only one mercenary was injured, but it was very unpleasant to be pressed and beaten by the river.

"Let them go, and then they will have to pull the net to investigate, and if they are caught, they will not be villagers-" Anqi is not worried about those villagers, that is, Anqi has just returned from the Western Front, and he is not used to attacking ordinary people, and if he changes to the servant army here, most of them will execute all these villagers as soon as they are surrounded, otherwise they can't explain why after so many years, Somaliland only has such a pitiful hundred thousand people.

At the moment in 1917, the statistics of southern Africa showed that the fertility rate of women of appropriate age was about 5.5, which meant that a woman would have about 5.5 children in her lifetime.

The situation in Somaliland is different from that in southern Africa, because of the poor medical conditions and the harsh natural environment, the mortality rate and premature mortality rate of newborn babies are very high, and the average life expectancy is estimated to be about 20 to 30 years, so the population of the entire Somaliland is more than 100,000 square kilometers.

The Somalis who did not have time to flee were women and children, some of whom were still in swaddling clothes, and the women were also terrified.

"They are all widows and orphans, very pitiful, they are also bullied in the village, they have no property at home, they have nowhere to run—" An interpreter named Evya, who is also Somali and whose family lives in Berbera, has no problem with loyalty.

Angel was still moved by compassion, rummaging through the armored car to find a box of chocolates and asking Efuya to give a share to the children.

When the Southern African Expeditionary Force first arrived in France, the French people's attitude towards the expeditionary officers and soldiers was not good, but with the passage of time, the attitude of the French people towards the expeditionary officers and soldiers has undergone earth-shaking changes, and the role of chocolate and candy has been indispensable.

It can't be said to be a "deception", the matter of free love cannot be described as "deception", they are all ally countries, and transnational marriages are also normal.

Chocolate knows no borders, for these women and children, the temptation of chocolate can not be refused, soon a smart woman came to help, a rope three bundles and two winds to hang the sheep, blood, peeling and cutting a series of actions are smooth, next to the position is a small river, the river is flowing and there is no need to worry about the rebels poisoning, just cut the mutton after cleaning it and then come back to the pot, the two mercenary chefs are very satisfied, this should have been their job.

Presumably the smell of mutton wafted to the rebels' positions, and before evening, the rebels launched another attack.

This time, the number of rebels involved was even larger, about 1,000 people.

The increase in numbers did not change the outcome of the battle, the same precision shooters began to shoot from a distance, and when the rebels entered the 200-meter range, the heavy machine guns began to strafe, and before the riflemen could get a chance to shoot, the rebels retreated in chaos, similar to the process of the first attack.

Angel keenly noticed that some of the rebels involved in the attack were actually using cold weapons.

After weighing, Angel asked the armored soldiers to load the vehicle-mounted heavy machine guns back, and the defense at night should be based on the armored vehicles, with car lights and bonfires to cooperate, and the rebels did not want to break through the position.

Yang Mei is leading the soldiers to dismantle the ox carts abandoned by the villagers to prepare for the fire, the cattle and sheep have been gathered, there are ox carts around the perimeter to protect, the mercenaries find some bedding from the ox carts, and distribute them to the women and children for the night, according to the regulations of the umbrella company, when camping in the wild, a bonfire must be lit around the camp, not only to prevent the enemy's attack, but also to prevent the attack of wild animals.

If she hadn't come to Somalia, Angel wouldn't have known that there are still wolves in Africa, these wolves are Asian jackals, which are only distributed in Somalia and Ethiopia, and their numbers are scarce.

Now that night has fallen, the howl of wild wolves can already be heard in the distance, although the mercenaries are not afraid, but every howl of the wild wolf will cause a commotion of the sheep, and the baby will start to cry, as well as the mother's whispered comfort, and soft nursery rhymes, if it is not for the battlefield, this should be a good night.

Yang Mei arranged for the soldiers to be on duty in shifts, and some soldiers had to stay awake at all times to prevent the rebels from attacking at night.

In the two attacks during the day, the rebels found nothing, the night was the last chance for the rebels, in the evening, there were air force reconnaissance planes from the air, flying around the position by the river several times, now Berbera should have known the situation on Angel's side, maybe there will be reinforcements after dawn.

"We had plenty of ammunition, we didn't consume much during the day's fighting, the morale of the soldiers was good, I promised them that everyone would have a bonus when they returned." Yang Mei sat by the river and whispered to Anqi, in fact, you don't have to be so careful, the language barrier is good, Yang Mei and Anqi both use Chinese, these Gurkha mercenaries can't understand.

"How much bonus do you promise? There are too many for the command to lose. "Angel is much easier now, the strength of the rebels' attacks is very different from the German army on the Western Front, I have seen the cruelty of the Western Front, and then look at these rebels is like playing at home.

"Their salary is only three pounds a month, and one pound per general is enough-" Yang Mei is also relaxed, anyway, Yang Mei doesn't have to pay for it himself.

"So little!" Angel was surprised that when the Southern African Expeditionary Force was in Europe, even if it was a newly enlisted private, he could get at least ten pounds a month, not to mention the gray income that far exceeded the salary.

"Not a lot, they don't necessarily earn three pounds a year in their hometown." Yang Mei doesn't think that three pounds is less, and it depends on the situation, the annual income of the corporal of the Huayong battalion was also very low, ten pounds a month, which was the standard of a serious British army, not a colonial servant army.

An Qi and Yang Mei are all considered regular soldiers, and the Gurkha mercenaries are servant armies, serving in the servant army for more than five years, and mercenaries may also become regular soldiers.

"These soldiers are not bad, they are all on the battlefield for the first time, and it is good to be able to behave like this." Angel had a good impression of these Gurkha mercenaries, they were silent and faithful to their duties, and the soldier whose ears were knocked off half was also in combat and did not ask for a break.

There are also many Gurkha mercenaries in the Southern African Defence Force, and they are all doing well, and many of them have learned Chinese and English, which is no different from the Chinese on the surface.

While he was talking, suddenly a vigilant soldier fired a warning shot, the armored car immediately ignited and turned on the lights, and the heavy machine gun also began to fire, but it was still a point fire, and the bullets still had to be saved.

After nightfall, several bonfires were lit about seventy or eighty meters outside the position, and at this time the bonfires became a blockade for the rebels, and the rebels who rushed to the campfire were knocked down one after another.

The rebels also knew that this was the last chance, so the number of troops involved in the attack was larger, and the rebels were more aggressive, and despite the heavy casualties, the rebels continued to move forward.

However, courage could not change the outcome of the battle, the generation difference in weapons could not be made up by numbers and courage, and after dawn, the rebels discarded about 1,500 corpses in front of the position, and the corpses were really all over the field.

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