It is not easy to move a village of more than 1,000 people to a settlement 50 kilometers away, it is worth a lot of money, even if these Somalis are not rich, there are too many things to take away, pots and pans, pots and pots, cattle and sheep, and the dogs and cats at home cannot be abandoned.

"We may have to stay here overnight today and leave tomorrow morning." Overnight departures are almost impossible for these Somalis, and the terrain around Lugaya is complex, with high mountains and deep ravines, and rough roads, and it is inevitable that there will be accidents when leaving at night.

"Then I'll camp here tonight and leave tomorrow morning." Angel is as good as a stream, Lugaya's nights are not too cold, you can live casually in the field with a blanket, and the Gurkha mercenaries are not so delicate.

The soldiers were not allowed to enter the village for security reasons, so they camped on a hill on a higher hill near the village, with two armored vehicles serving as a defensive fulcrum in front of each other in case of possible accidents, and patrol posts were also arranged around the village to prevent the villagers from escaping overnight.

Let these villagers go to the settlement, they are slow to drag their families and mouths, and if they are allowed to escape, they are very fast, and they can disappear without a trace overnight.

After a night of silence, the soldiers went door to door early the next morning to urge the villagers to leave, when an accident occurred, and several elderly people in the village were reluctant to leave their homes, preferring to live and die with their own homes.

The mercenaries did not talk nonsense, and after dragging people out of the house, they began to set fire to the entire village, which was also the request of the command, and did not give the rebels any chance.

After some procrastination, it was already ten o'clock in the morning when the team set off, and the villagers left the village almost step by step, and the elder walked at the front of the procession, singing a sad and sad song, and the whole team was enveloped in a heavy atmosphere.

"Ordered the troops to keep their distance from these villagers, their current state is dangerous." An Qi reminded Yang Mei that this was a war between two ethnic groups, and there was no warmth, only cruelty and ruthlessness.

Yang Mei nodded and did not speak, he had just graduated from the Nyasaland Army Academy, and it would take time to accept this kind of colonialism of the red fruit.

Angel is commonplace, although Angel did not participate in the Second Boer War, but on the Western Front, Angel has seen such scenes countless times.

Thinking that even the French were forced to leave their homeland in a world war, these Somalis have nothing to complain about, and the weak end up is like this, without the slightest ability to resist.

Looking at the time, Angel asked the team to speed up, preferably to the settlement before sunset.

But this is not easy, even if the troops are forced to march, it is impossible to run 50 kilometers in one day, not to mention these undisciplined ordinary people, they drive squeaky ox carts, the ox carts are full of all kinds of so-called property that is similar to garbage, sheep are their main property, only a few families have large livestock such as cattle and horses, the number of women and children is not large, most of the villagers are young and middle-aged, this is probably related to their poor medical condition, in Somaliland, Every year, many women die while giving birth, and no one knows how many they are, and the colonial government does not count them, and they have no power to change the situation.

At two o'clock in the afternoon, four hours after the departure of the procession, less than five kilometers from Lugaiashan, which had already been the result of the frequent urging of the soldiers, two ox carts broke down and were forced into a deep ditch next to the mountain road, and several sheep stumbled and slipped down the hillside, and another person fell to death in order to save the sheep.

"Take a break, and move on in half an hour—" Angel chose to rest by a small river, don't think about rushing to the settlement today, she will definitely camp in the wilderness.

It was only now that Angel discovered that a team of more than 1,000 people, plus ox carts and sheep, could stretch for about two kilometers, and at this speed, not to mention tomorrow, it may not be able to reach the residential area the day after tomorrow.

And the point is that the longer you stay in the field, the more dangerous the troops become, no one knows where Hassan is hiding, maybe an ambush circle has been set up on a hill not far away, and as soon as the team steps in, it will be besieged by the rebels.

Angel also noticed this problem, and sent two mercenaries to return to Berbera early on horseback to ask for reinforcements, although the troops were quite well prepared when they set off, but the estimate of the difficulties was still seriously insufficient.

What Anqi didn't expect was that not long after the two mercenaries set off, Anqi heard a faint gunfire in front of him.

"Our soldiers may have been attacked—" Yang Mei's face turned pale, he didn't expect to encounter such a bad situation on his first mission.

An Qi was decisive and ordered Yang Mei to lead the mercenaries to watch these villagers, and he took two armored vehicles to chase after them along with the gunfire.

As soon as she bypassed a forest, Angel found a dead war horse on the side of the road.

At this time, someone suddenly opened fire on the armored car in the woods on the side of the road.

Angel does not love to fight, and directs the armored car to retreat, leaving the range of the rebels in the woods, the rebels have no artillery, and the power of the rifle is not enough, as long as the distance is opened, the rebels have no possibility of defeating the armored car, even if the armored car runs out of ammunition, the armored car can evacuate with speed.

When the gunshots rang out, Yang Mei was also in trouble.

After Angel left, Yang Mei ordered the soldiers to assemble, and just as a soldier passed by a group of villagers, one of the villagers suddenly grabbed the soldier's rifle.

The soldier reacted quickly, smashed it directly with the butt of the gun, and pulled out the scimitar with his backhand to cut it over.

There was more than one villager who pounced, and they really hated the mercenaries, screaming and pounced while calling for more Somalis.

The soldiers also reacted that rifles were inconvenient to use at this time, and scimitars and pistols were sharp weapons in hand-to-hand combat.

In about two or three minutes, 135 villagers died, 12 Gurkha mercenaries were injured, most of them were bitten or contused, only two mercenaries were seriously injured, they were stabbed by the villagers' private daggers, and one mercenary died of blood loss before he could wait for the help of his companions.

Yang Mei didn't care about the villagers, commanded the soldiers to set up defensive positions by the river, and the preparation of the troops was quite adequate when they set off, and they brought four heavy machine guns, and the bullets were quite sufficient, but Yang Mei did not forget to tell the machine gunners to use bullets sparingly, and now Yang Mei does not know how many rebels there are, and it is definitely right to use bullets sparingly.

Like Yang Mei, Angel was equally cautious, and when the armored vehicle was attacked, it fired only two points into the woods for a deterrent fire, and then retreated to the small river to join the large army.

"It's really rebels, but I don't know how many there are, they're hiding in the woods." Angel informed Yang Mei of the situation, and now the situation is a bit complicated, the two armored vehicles brought by Angel did not carry wireless telegraphy and could not get in touch with Berbera.

"You rush out with armored vehicles for help, I lead the troops to defend on the spot, the number of rebels cannot be too large, and the combat effectiveness is limited, we have heavy machine guns, which can completely withstand the attack of the rebels." Yang Mei is decisive, don't think about destroying the rebels at this time, how to save yourself is what a qualified commander should do.

"No, I'll stay with you." Anqi was calm and calm, and commanded the soldiers to remove the large-caliber heavy machine gun on the armored vehicle to strengthen the defense, and the armored vehicle could reduce its weight a little and run a little faster.

"It's useless for you to stay, it's more important to bring reinforcements to eliminate those rebels." Yang Mei hopes that Angel will be out of danger, not to mention anything else, if the son of the governor of Nyasaland dies in Somalia-

If you don't retaliate or not, let's talk about it later, isn't it embarrassing to spread it?

"I am the Supreme Commander, and I will never leave early when the troops are in danger, do you understand!" Angel roared, although she was born in a noble family, Angel did not lack courage.

Just when An Qi and Yang Mei were arguing, the rebels had already surrounded them from all directions, and now no one can leave.

"Prepare for battle, pay attention to saving bullets, the enemy is only allowed to shoot after entering the area of two hundred meters, stop shooting after entering fifty meters and prepare for a counter-charge, prepare your grenades-" An Qi and Yang Mei no longer argued, in fact, it is not a big problem to send armored vehicles, Berbera has reconnaissance planes, and they will reconnoiter in the sky every day, as long as they fly over, they will find out the battle that is happening here.

After the troops set off, if they did not return to Berbera within the normal time, Berbera would also send troops to look for them, so it would not take too long, at most one day and one night, and Berbera would find out about the situation here.

Of course, the most convenient thing is wireless telegraphy, and when he returns to Berbera this time, Angel will suggest that Roque equip more armored vehicles with wireless telegraphy, which is no longer a problem technically, the only constraint is the production of wireless telegraphy.

The rebels also knew that time was running out, and they didn't give Angel much time to prepare, and the large-caliber heavy machine guns on the armored vehicles had not yet been unloaded, and the rebels couldn't wait to attack.

When the sporadic figure of the rebels appeared on the hills in the distance, Angel did not realize that the rebels had begun to attack, knowing that on the Western Front, the troops usually had to carry out artillery strikes for hours or even a week before attacking, and now the battle began so silently, Angel was a little unaccustomed.

The machine gunners strictly followed the orders of An Qi and Yang Mei to save bullets, and the machine gunners would never shoot if the rebels did not enter a range of 200 meters.

The first to shoot was the accurate shooter, and the two car crews brought by Angel actually had four accurate shooters, and now the opportunity for the precision shooter has come.

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