Europeans’ naming habits are completely different from those of Easterners. Easterners have many taboos when naming names. They cannot use names that are unlucky, cannot be used if they are used by their elders, and cannot be used if they are used by the monarch. They rack their brains for a name, even to the point of
The extent of giving gifts and asking for help in choosing a name.
Europeans are more casual. If the father's name is John, they will simply name their son John, or at most add "II" after the name.
Finally, the grandson is no longer called John, and the great-grandson may be called John again, in order to commemorate an elder in the family.
As for the more common names using place names, Hood is obviously like this. Because Hood was born in Halifax, he simply called him Halifax.
While the League of Nations discussed sending a special investigation mission to Brazil, the fighting in Victoria continued.
The information that the US military participated in the war has been confirmed. Sun Meng and Rex found the identity plates on the corpses of US soldiers on the corpses abandoned on the battlefield. The evidence is conclusive.
To be honest, the individual combat effectiveness of U.S. Marine Corps soldiers is not much higher than that of government soldiers. However, the equipment of the troops and the sense of honor of officers and soldiers are obviously better than that of government troops.
When the government forces fight, they mainly rely on human sea tactics, and their fighting will is not tenacious. Usually, when the losses of the attacking troops reach about 10%, their morale will collapse.
The U.S. military will carry out a long-term artillery bombardment before the battle begins, and will also use mortars to accompany the troops during the battle.
Mortars still pose a great threat to the defenders. The gunners of the U.S. Marine Corps are obviously more skilled than the gunners of the military government and pose a greater threat to the defenders.
After the U.S. Marine Corps entered the war, more than 70% of the casualties of the Michigan Army came from mortars.
Since the US Marine Corps has already participated in the war, the Southern African Union troops will not watch the fire from afar.
After receiving authorization from Pretoria, the Southern African Union troops also decided to participate in the war, but they had to first cross the Santa Maria River.
At night, the gunfire gradually subsided, but no one dared to be careless. When the war first broke out, the government troops and the Mizhou Army did not dare to initiate night battles. Now, as time goes by, the number of night battles has become more and more frequent, and the intensity has also increased.
Higher and higher.
In order to prevent the Victoria garrison from obtaining supplies from the Port of Kitchener, government gunboats patrolled the Santa Maria River 24 hours a day, and bonfires were set up every night in the government-occupied areas on the peninsula. After all, the federal government of Southern Africa still had
Without a public participation in the exhibition, it would be difficult to break the blockade jointly deployed by the government forces and the US Marine Corps. It would be possible to secretly transport some supplies, but large-scale reinforcements would be basically impossible.
In fact, the combat effectiveness of the patrol boats equipped by the government forces is not very high. Brazil still has certain manufacturing capabilities. These government patrol boats were manufactured by the Brazilian military government. In order to save costs, the hulls are made of wood, and the weapons only have one 40mm gun.
cannon, and a 12.7 mm large-caliber machine gun. From this point of view, Brazilian weapons and equipment are also made by IWC.
The patrol boat has a displacement of only 150 tons, which is not even as good as a larger fishing boat. The total crew of the boat is only 17. When the U.S. Marine Corps entered the war, 12 more Army soldiers were added to each patrol boat. There were at least 12 soldiers on each patrol boat every night.
Four patrol boats perform patrol duties in the Santa Maria River.
"Don't worry about what you shouldn't care about, don't look at what you shouldn't see. Our mission is to survive. As for which side will win in the end, it has nothing to do with us." Paulinho, the captain of Patrol Boat No. 1107, always said this
, captain is just a job for him.
“Shouldn’t it be a soldier’s duty to obey orders?” The young adjutant Silva has not yet been smoothed by reality, but he cannot help but feel doubts about the ongoing civil war.
Not everyone is ambitious.
For many ordinary people, they don’t care which side wins. It’s not easy to survive in troubled times.
Young people are relatively better off, and perhaps their enthusiasm has not yet cooled down, but they can't help but feel confused about the future of Brazil. With a country of millions of square kilometers, a population of tens of millions, and such abundant resources, it fully possesses all the qualities to become a powerful country.
Conditions, but in reality, they have to compromise and have to become a vassal of a powerful country. They can't even determine the future of their own country. This is really sad.
"Do you have to carry out a mission even though you know you will die? Think about your mother, she is still waiting for you to go back, you are her only hope." Paulinho sneered with a cigarette in the corner of his mouth. The cigarette was good, imported from the United States.
Tobacco leaves are produced in Brazil. Americans buy tobacco leaves from Brazil at a low price, ship them to the United States for processing, and then sell them to Brazil at a high price. They make more than ten times the money every time.
Brazil cannot even produce cigarettes, let alone other industrial products.
The Santa Maria River is quiet and peaceful at night. On the left bank is Kitchener, which is brightly lit and bustling with people, and on the right bank is Victoria, where gunfire is everywhere and the ruins are everywhere. The contrast is sharp and heartbreaking.
Before the war broke out, Paulinho had been to Victoria and knew how beautiful Victoria was at that time.
Now that the beautiful Victoria has been burned to the ground in the war, it is not known whether there will be a chance to restore its original appearance after the war. Thinking of this, Paulinho is full of regret and at the same time inexplicable indignation.
“I wish I were an American, or a southern African” Silva was very sad and blurted it out without much shame.
For Brazilians, there is no shame in having this thought, and even the vast majority of Brazilians think so.
Not everyone is like the southern Africans, who have used decades of perseverance to build a strong country from the ruins.
After the end of the Second Boer War, southern Africa was also in ruins.
In just 30 years, Southern Africa has become the most powerful country in the world. If you can't defeat it, join it. This is true in the 21st century, and it was absolutely natural in 1932.
"After the war is over, go to the United States or southern Africa if you have the chance. Brazil is not a country with a future." Paulinho took a long time to speak, and his voice was so low that you couldn't hear clearly unless you listened carefully.
The patrol boat sailed to a shallow bay, and Silva suddenly found a fishing boat docked on the shore, and several people were loading things into the boat.
This is the shore of Kitchina Harbor.
Before Silva could speak, Paulinho quietly sped up.
“Don’t say anything, just pretend you didn’t see anything.” Paulinho stared forward, obviously seeing something.
“They seemed to be moving bullets.” Silva lowered his voice and quietly put his hand on the handle of the gun at his waist.
Although the distance is a bit far, the appearance of the bullet box is still very eye-catching.
Looking at the draft of the fishing boat and the height of the piles on the deck, the number is too many.
“Even if it’s a cannonball, we can’t control it.” Paulinho kept his eyes fixed, and the speed of the patrol boat did not slow down. It had already crossed the shallow bay, and Silva was still looking back.
“Why?” Silva’s blood boiled a little. Young people are so easy to take advantage of.
“Because the fishing boat is in Kitchina Port, not in Victoria.” Paulinho breathed a sigh of relief quietly. This was not considered dereliction of duty.
After circling the Victoria Peninsula and returning to the shallow bay, the fishing boat had disappeared and patrol boat No. 1108 was also cruising nearby.
“Good evening, did you find anything?” When the two patrol boats passed by, the crew of patrol boat No. 1108 took the initiative to say hello to patrol boat No. 1107.
“Everything is normal!” Paulinho responded with a smile and did not forget to send his blessing: “I wish you good luck!”
Whether this good luck means safety or discovery depends on the fate of Patrol Boat No. 1108.
At two o'clock in the morning, still in this shallow bay, hundreds of officers and soldiers of the Southern African Union troops completed their assembly and prepared to cross the river to Victoria for reinforcements.
"The Brazilian patrol boats are a bit annoying, let's burn them," said Lieutenant Leoporte from Katang, impatiently. The water level of the Santa Maria River is shallow, making it difficult for destroyers and cruisers to enter. Even if the patrol boats are small, they are still warships, and the threat is still there.
have.
"Have some patience and don't worry." Captain Hal, who is also from Katanga, is not in a hurry. The government patrol boats always slack off, and the weather tonight is not very good. The clouds are overcast and it looks like it is going to rain. Hal
I sniffed, as if I smelled the smell of heavy rain.
Brazil is also a country in the southern hemisphere. Summer is from November to March of the following year, and Victoria has a humid subtropical monsoon climate. There is more rain in summer. As the saying goes, it is like a child's face in June. It changes at any time.
Hal's nose was still trustworthy. The wind started to pick up at half past two, and just after three o'clock, big raindrops fell in pitter-patter. The visibility on the river was at most fifty meters, and the bonfires on the other side of the river were extinguished one after another.
Hal was overjoyed and laughed loudly as he ordered to cross the river.
In an instant, more than a dozen fishing boats hidden by the river were pushed out, and nearly a hundred soldiers boarded the boats one after another. Using this primitive method, Kitchina Port has completed six reinforcements to Victoria.
Although only about 500 people can be sent at one time, it is still enough for the defenders to maintain the situation.
Let’s not say how many people there are. The key is that this steady stream of reinforcements will greatly improve the morale of the defenders.
It doesn’t matter if you are surrounded, it doesn’t matter if you are undersupplied, you can persevere even if you run out of ammunition and food. As long as you can see hope, you can persevere.
The Santa Maria River is still relatively wide, and the visibility was not very high due to the rain. When the fishing boat reached the middle of the river, a Brazilian military government patrol boat suddenly approached in the distance.
Haldun's heart suddenly sank. At this time, he encountered a patrol boat, and a battle was inevitable.
But something happened that surprised Hal at this time. The patrol boat seemed to have discovered the fishing boat, but it seemed that it didn't see anything. Suddenly it turned around in the distance and just walked away without any intention of coming to inquire.
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That's right. After being punished so many times, the Brazilian military government may be holding its breath and want revenge. The soldiers at the bottom are not stupid.
