To deal with the colonial resistance forces, in addition to dividing and disintegrating them, we need to fight them hand in hand.
Wherever there are people, there are rivers and lakes. This saying applies to all ethnic groups. When faced with external pressure, the colonial resistance forces may choose to unite to fight, but the inherent contradictions between them will not disappear. If it is reduced to them at this time,
If there is a little bit of pressure from them, and a little provocation from them, the so-called group will soon fall apart.
Madagascar is indeed a unified country, but there are many ethnic groups in the country, and no ethnic group has an absolute majority. Even the most populous Imelina people only account for about one-fifth of the total population of Madagascar.
There is a lot of work to be done. If done properly, the goal of using barbarians to control barbarians as required by Lanfang Military Headquarters can be achieved.
After the temporary camp was built, Huang Li did not rush to expand. Instead, he contracted the defense and strengthened the construction of the temporary camp, striving to turn the temporary camp into a permanent fortification while waiting for reinforcements from the Governor's Palace of Madagascar.
Objectively speaking, Huang Li chose a good place. The terrain near Manantenina is an alluvial plain. There is no planned river. After years of erosion, a swamp-like terrain has been formed in this area. However, due to the volcanic rocks,
, the foundation of the temporary camp is still quite solid.
While waiting for support, what Huang Li did was to expand the temporary camp to about one square kilometer, occupying a nearly complete island-like area. While strengthening the walls and building bunkers,
Huang Li ordered the soldiers to burn down all the woods and bushes within one kilometer of the temporary camp, completely clearing the firing range for the machine gun bunker. As long as the Malagasy natives did not launch an attack of 100,000 people, Huang Li could guarantee that the temporary
The camp will be foolproof.
Three days later, a major named Magnum led a troop of 120 people to Manantenina from Antananarivo, the capital of Madagascar.
Magnum was a standard colonial soldier. Although Magnum was French, even at the most critical moment of the world war, Magnum did not return to France to join the war. Instead, he lived comfortably in Madagascar as his
The Supreme Emperor.
After coming to Manantenina, Magnum's attitude towards Huang Li and others was not good. It seemed that Magnum's impression of the Chinese was still in the Republic of China period, and it did not understand what kind of behemoth Lanfang was now.
What happened next completely changed Magnum's view of Huang Li and the others.
It was the third day after Magnum arrived in Manantenina.
That morning, Magnum received reports from his men that more than 50,000 indigenous people had gathered around Manantenina, and they showed signs of attacking Manantenina.
The soldiers brought by Magnum are all Sakalawas. This ethnic group has about 60,000 people in Madagascar, accounting for a little more than 7% of the total population. Among the Madagascar people, the Sakalawas tend to accept the French
Colonial, so the French returned to Madagascar under the pretext of protecting the Sakalava people.
Of course, with only 120 Sakalavas, it is unreliable to expect them to fight, so their greatest role is as scouts. As long as they can detect the movements of the local indigenous people in Manantenina, they will have completed all their tasks.
The day after Magnan arrived in Manantenina, he sent out all the Sakalawa people according to Huang Li's request. These Sakalawa people did live up to expectations. The information they found was very important to Huang Li and the others.
important.
But for Magnum, the news was not so wonderful. After learning that 50,000 local natives were about to attack the temporary camp, Magnum immediately found Huang Li and asked to abandon the temporary camp and withdraw all personnel to the returning camp.
On board the cruise ship that was not evacuated to avoid the siege of the local indigenous people.
Withdraw, are you kidding me? The Foreign Legion never flinches. Huang Li's answer is decisive.
When Magnum found Huang Li, Huang Li was at the headquarters in the temporary camp. Of course, this place was no longer a tent, but a semi-permanent building composed of six special wooden houses.
Even though it only has six rooms, it is small but well-equipped with everything you need, such as a combat command room, staff room, conference room, mailroom, office, lounge, etc.
This is not a retreat, but a strategic shift. We don't need to go head-to-head with these locals. They don't have much food, and they will evacuate soon. By then, this place will still be ours. Magnum is also determined, and the reason sounds very good.
To be honest, the French are still very romantic. If you ask a French man to date a woman, the French man will definitely be very good at it. But if you ask a French man to duel with someone, that is really not what they are good at.
Strategic transfer is a bullshit. There has never been such a thing as strategic transfer or tactical guidance in the Foreign Legion. This camp was built by us, so we will never give up here. Isn’t it just 50,000 people? Even if they double the number,
We will never retreat, we have enough bullets to fight them off. Huang Li also had a bad temper, and immediately started swearing.
Although it is only a temporary camp, it still has defense standards. If it is attacked by militias without modern weapons, no matter how many people they come, as long as the defenders have enough bullets, the defenders will not have to withdraw.
It just so happened that when Huang Li and the others came, they did bring enough bullets. In this temporary camp, they have stored more than 5 million rounds of bullets and 100,000 rounds of artillery shells. As long as the natives dare to attack, Huang Li will give them a lifetime
unforgettable memory.
For many natives, when they launch an attack, it is when their lives are about to come to an end.
Huang Li has nothing to be afraid of. Almost 30 years ago, about 50 soldiers and four heavy machine guns could defeat 5,000 soldiers without modern weapons and kill 3,000 of them. Now Huang Li has 1,200 soldiers.
The people are equipped with hundreds of light and heavy machine guns. The configuration of the light machine guns has reached the squad level, the configuration of the heavy machine guns has reached the company level, and there are as many as 36 mortars to assist in the battle. If Huang Li returns under such circumstances,
If he wants to retreat, then Huang Li would be better off jumping into the sea directly to avoid being ridiculed by his colleagues when he goes back.
You are really arrogant. There are 50,000 people, not 50,000 wooden stakes. Even if you want to chop them down, everyone here will be exhausted. Magnan almost died from Huang Li's anger.
Fortunately, Magnum still had sense and did not quarrel with Huang Li, otherwise Huang Li would make Magnum understand what the Foreign Legion is.
Ha, one person has less than fifty, it can only be regarded as a warm-up. Huang Li doesn't care, for soldiers, killing people is actually easier than cutting down trees.
Okay, okay, stop talking about those meaningless nonsense, we'd better arrange how to defend. Wu Qing came out to smooth things over and wanted to end the quarrel between Huang Li and Magnum.
That's not nonsense, that's the fact we are about to face. Don't you feel sorry for this temporary camp? Listen to me, let's evacuate first. When we come back, the French government will give you a camp that is more complete and stronger than this one.
.Magnum is a young man selling his father's land, but it doesn't hurt.
The French are indeed rich and powerful, which can be seen from Magnum's thinking, but it is this kind of rich and powerful that has led to the continuous decline of the French army's combat effectiveness. If the French continue like this and sit on their hands all day long, then sooner or later one day,
The French will fall from their current altar to the bottom.
It is not a matter of camp, but of honor and belief. If we choose to retreat this time, then when we encounter the same problem in the future, our choice will still be to retreat. Then we will never be able to conquer Madagascar. We don’t have much.
Time is wasted here, and there are more things waiting for us to do, so no matter what we face, we will never choose any strategic transfer. Defeating all enemies is our only choice. Wu Qing looked serious
, the choice of words and sentences is a bit more elegant than that of Huang Li, but the meaning is the same.
How is it possible that there are 50,000 people? Do you want to kill them all? Even if you kill all 50,000 people, can you kill all the Madagascars? Magnum can't keep up with the pace of Huang Li and Wu Qing.
Then kill them all, whether they are 50,000 or 500,000, as long as they are enemies of the Foreign Legion, we will destroy them and completely destroy them. Huang Li turned around and walked out of the combat headquarters with murderous intent.
The situation outside is already in full swing. All foreign legionnaires are at their posts. Observation posts are watching from the observation deck. They will sound the alarm bells around them at any time. Machine gunners are arranging weapons in the bunker to ensure that all spare barrels are in preparation for war.
In this state, more soldiers were busy replenishing ammunition. When the fighting started later, no one was responsible for resupplying them.
1,200 people faced off against 50,000 people. Huang Li said it casually, but he still paid attention to tactics.
Compared with the strength of the enemy, Huang Li pays more attention to the psychological quality of the soldiers. You must know that even for soldiers, killing one person and killing 50 or even 100 people are two completely different concepts.
The Germans used heavy machine guns in the Battle of the Somme to kill and wound 60,000 British troops in one day. However, after that day, many German soldiers developed psychological problems. They did not want to touch those heavy machine guns, or even hear the heavy machine guns.
The roar of machine guns caused many German soldiers to suffer from battlefield syndrome. Therefore, although the density of German machine guns did not decrease, after the first day, even if the British organized a larger-scale battle, the Germans did not win the first place.
Heaven-like results.
This is what Huang Li is worried about. Defeating the siege of the natives is indeed important, but if this causes the soldiers' resistance, that is what Huang Li does not want to see.