Chapter 68 Receipts
After the bullet enters the human body, the lead core expands or ruptures, thus expanding the wound surface, causing serious injuries to personnel, and being directly hit by a dummy bullet at a distance of 100 meters, the head will be 100 percent dead, the limbs will be 20 percent dead, and the rest are all amputated, 100 percent of the left chest near the heart is 100 percent dead, and 70 percent of the right chest and abdomen are killed.
The simple version of the dummy bullet is very easy to make, as long as you use a file and slightly change the shape of the warhead, you can achieve the effect of increasing lethality.
Roque still does not know whether the British army used dummmy rounds, at least not the Cape Town Police Department had not used such bullets before, but when the Boers began to use dummies, Roque did not believe that the British could resist using them, after all, the earliest dummies were made by the British.
As the train drifted away from the unnamed hillside, Roque was in a heavy mood, the four policemen who had been killed had just arrived in Cape Town, and Roque had not even had time to remember their names.
Although Roque wanted to bring the dead Chinese policemen back to Cape Town for burial, but there was no such condition, and then Roque and the others had to continue to Dordrecht, so they could only bury the four Chinese policemen who died on that unknown hillside, and Roque secretly wrote down the nearby references, hoping that there would be a chance in the future to move the bones of the four Chinese policemen back to Cape Town for burial.
"Don't worry about Locke, I will apply for the highest standard of pension for them, and the injured police officers don't have to worry, when they recover, they can continue to work, even if they can't work, the government will not let it go." Henry is still very good, and the British government in these years is indeed very generous.
"Thank you, Henry." Roque knew that Henry had done what he could.
From the perspective of the families of the four Chinese policemen who died in battle, money will certainly not be able to make up for their pain, but it is already very good to have a pension, the average life expectancy in this year is only more than 30 years old, and the value of life is not very precious.
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Eleven captives, who were placed in different parts of the train, were tied to crosses and placed directly in the carriages, which could be seen from afar, thanks to the design of the open-top carriages.
The Boers were not as ruthless as Roque had imagined, and the train arrived in Dordrecht without any problems.
Dordrecht is a small town already located in the Orange Free State, no more than 50 kilometers from the besieged Ladysmith, from which Lord Roberts' Eastern Offensive began.
Roque originally thought that as long as the supplies were delivered to Dordrecht, the commandos would be able to return directly, but after the commandos arrived in Dordrecht, another accident occurred.
"Captain Henry, is that? Bring your men with me. An officer with the rank of major motioned for the commandos to follow him.
"Mr. Major, we are on a mission." Henry was not stupid, he was not willing to go with the Major, God knows where he would be taken.
"Captain Henry, your last mission has been completed, and now you have a new one." The major was expressionless.
"Mr. Major, we haven't completed our mission yet, this is only part of our mission, and we have to go back to Cape Town to continue escorting supplies." Henry already sensed that something was wrong, and no matter what the new task was, Henry was unwilling to accept it.
"As I said, the task of escorting supplies has been completed, and now you have to accept a new mission." The Major's expression was serious, and his gaze at Henry became more and more cold.
Henry was helpless, his arms couldn't twist his thighs, and on the territory of the expeditionary force headquarters, the commandos had no choice.
Then let's go, the commandos are packing on the improvised platform, and more than forty war horses captured in the previous battle are also pulled out of the carriage, looking at these war horses, the major has a new request.
"Give these horses to the soldiers over there, you don't need them next." The major finally had a smile on his face, the expeditionary force lacked war horses, but the policemen of more than a hundred people were equipped with sixty or seventy war horses, which was really too luxurious.
"Mr. Major, these horses were captured in the battle before." Henry argued that the British army did not have to return all their seizures to the public, not to mention that the commandos were police, and the military were completely two systems.
"Fight, what fight?" The major was impatient and looked at the commandos with undisguised contempt.
"We were attacked by the Boer guerrillas on the way to Dordrecht, and we killed 35 Boer guerrillas and captured the remaining 11, the guys on the cross, and we captured the horses." Henry was full of pride, even in the military, this could be considered a big victory.
It was indeed a great victory, and a few months earlier at the Battle of Ladysmith, the British had lost 1,139 dead and 250 missing, while the Boer army had only 8 killed and 30 wounded.
Earlier, in the First Boer War, the British lost 170 killed, 280 wounded, and 54 captured, while the Boers had only 3 killed and 9 wounded.
From the first Boer War to the present, the British have never taken advantage of the Boers, and the commandos killed 35 Boers and captured 11 in one battle, which is indeed a rare victory.
"Killed 35, captured 11, and captured dozens of war horses? Are you crazy or am I blind? "The Major didn't believe it at all.
"I'm not crazy, I don't know if you're blind or not, Mr. Major, but if you want to know the facts, you just have to interrogate the captives." Henry also has a temper, not to mention that he still has credit in his hands, is it really a decoration to be the head of the Department of Colonial Affairs.
By the way, the elder father is still a baron, although the title is a little smaller, but it is also a nobleman.
"As you wish, Captain Henry, of course I will have them interrogated, and as for the horses, they are now requisitioned by the Expeditionary Force Command, and I can give you a receipt, and when you return to Cape Town, you can go to your Governor and ask for it." The major was not angry, probably because he had already learned about Henry's background, and he was so fake that he was angry.
"Thank you, I will." Henry is serious, as long as there is a receipt from the expeditionary force headquarters, Henry really dares to go to the governor Alfred Milner to ask for a horse, don't look at Alfred Milner is the governor, but Alfred Milner doesn't even have a knighthood now, so Henry is really not afraid of Alfred Milner.
Don't be afraid to return, people are under the eaves, you still have to bow your head when you should bow your head, give the receipt to Phyllis to collect, Henry and Roque put together the team, followed the major to the outside of the town, before leaving the town, Roque heard the rumbling of cannons in the distance.