Zhang Chi's choice was correct, the expeditionary force did not want any armed or tactical training, but desert training, and desert training is no country's army more familiar than the South African troops. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

As for the language barrier...... This is not a big problem, because even if they speak the same language, Zhang Chi believes that other troops will not be able to teach the expeditionary force anything.

If you want to quickly learn to live in the desert, you must go to the desert for a walk, and then you will experience the difficulties in the desert instead of relying on others to "teach".

For example, as soon as the troops walked out of the camp, Zhang Chi found that the clothes on the soldiers were not suitable...... In order to adapt to the jungle warfare of the Pacific islands, most of the soldiers' military uniforms were khaki green, which was very conspicuous in the desert, so Zhang Chi immediately ordered a complete change to desert uniforms.

The South Africans were soon put to good use on the march, as they were able to easily identify quicksand and impending sandstorms, were familiar with the terrain, were able to find water in the most difficult moments, and taught them how to use African methods to avoid black mosquitoes...... These may seem like nothing, but they are often the key to survival in the desert.

Abner also played a big role, for example, he knew how to keep the tires of cars and jeeps low...... The so-called low pressure is to let the tires out of some gas so that when the vehicle is driving on loose sand, it is not so easy to get into it.

Regarding this, Zhang Chi has also seen it on modern adventure shows...... There were a few explorers who spent a lot of money to buy new off-road vehicles with enough horsepower to go into the desert, but in the end they couldn't get out, and finally found them all dying of thirst in the wilderness only a dozen miles from the village, because the tires were stuck in the sand and could not break free.

In fact, it can't be said that it can't break free, but the sand in that area is like that, and it will sink into it before it has not gone far.

The man who found their bodies exclaimed, "Seven lives...... If they know to let the tires out of some air, they can easily get out! ”

Another role that Abner played was that he managed to find a translator from the army who could translate Afrikaans into English...... This allowed Zhang Chi to learn more useful things from the South African captain named Di Soya, who was actually the son of the leader of the Plock troops, and he was still a "prince" in terms of his identity.

Of course, Zhang Chi will not be surprised that a "prince" is a captain in the British army, there are many large and small tribes in Africa, and there are naturally many "princes" and "kings".

"You should never try to change the terrible environment, you have to adapt to it with all your might!" This was De Soyer's first piece of advice to the expeditionary force.

Zhang Chi thinks this is right, at least so far, because even in modern times, greening the desert is still a big problem.

Even because of this sentence, Zhang Chi almost regarded Di Soya as a knowledgeable desert expert.

But the second sentence that Di Soya said made Zhang Chi immediately dispel this idea.

"General!" De Soya then dragged out a soldier dressed in fancy clothes and suggested, "Toure is the witch doctor of our tribe, and he is willing to pray for an amulet for your soldiers, which will make you "invulnerable."

Yes, Zhang Chi heard it right, it is "invulnerable".

At first, Zhang Chi thought he had heard it wrong, but the translator rolled his eyes and told Zhang Chi...... Most Africans believe in witch doctors.

Later, Zhang Chi learned that the translation was correct, perhaps because of the low level of education, most Africans believe in witch doctors and do not believe in the so-called "science", and they even think that the guns, cannons, planes, tanks, etc. of the white people are all white witchcraft.

Therefore, being able to shoot and hit the enemy has nothing to do with the posture and aiming of the gun, but with witchcraft...... The reason why the enemy can be killed is because the witchcraft has worked, and if the enemy is not hit, the witchcraft has gone wrong or the enemy's witch doctor is better than his own.

Therefore, the South African troops did not train at all, and even if they were forcibly pulled by the British for training, it was completely difficult to make a show, and they shot indiscriminately during the war...... For them, it is only necessary to point the muzzle of the gun in the direction of the enemy and pull the trigger, and then it is a matter of witchcraft.

Di Soya also told Zhang Chi very mysteriously that his subordinates had tied a red ribbon soaked in sheep's blood to the barrel of their guns, so that they could have a hundred shots, and they could have a "one-hundred-shot" talisman and "one hundred shots", and they could destroy any enemy on the battlefield.

Zhang Chi glanced at the Enfield rifle in the hands of Di Soya and the others, and there was really a red cloth belt...... Originally, Zhang Chi thought it was used by South African soldiers for decoration.

At this time, Zhang Chi was only a little lucky, fortunately he did not let Di Soya and others serve as instructors of the expeditionary force.

"All you need to do is teach us how to march and fight in the desert!" This is Zhang Chi's answer to Di Soya.

In these respects, Di Soya was indeed very competent, such as he taught Zhang Chi to bury supplies on the road through which the large army was to pass in advance...... This is the method used by the Saharans when they fought 1,000 years ago, and it is equivalent to setting up supply points along the way, so that the troops can be well supplied and move more quickly.

For example, De Soya also taught a very useful method of pointing the way to your troops in the dark: lighting a torch in a gasoline drum with a gap in the direction of your troops, so that only your troops can see and not attract enemies.

This is also a common method used by Desoya and others, except that they used stones instead of gasoline drums.

Abner was surprised by this: "Desoya, why didn't you tell us about these methods earlier?!" ”

"Colonel!" Desoya replied, "You didn't ask us anything, you just wanted to teach us something!" ”

Hearing this, Abner couldn't help but be speechless...... Di Soya is right, since the British colonized Africa, the British have always regarded Africans as backward barbarians, so of course they are unwilling or even do not think about whether Africans also have advantages in some aspects, they will only educate and reform Africans with the high profile of advanced civilization and barbaric civilization, but it seems that there is no effect after so many years...... Africans believe in witchcraft more than science is one of the reasons.

It was then that Abner suddenly realized that the South African soldiers were not as useless as they thought, and that they might just not be used in the right place.