The night the peacekeeping troops entered Sapanca Lake, they shot five people. Except for the bearded man, the other four were guys who tried to sneak into the military camp under the cover of darkness. Their purpose may just be for a meal, but the Cossacks would not give it.
opportunity for them to explain.
When encountering an emergency at night, the Cossacks will fire immediately without even a warning. Don't bring the methods of peacetime into wartime. Don't forget that the areas where peacekeeping troops appear are full of dangers. Armed forces
When elements raid the peacekeeping force camp, they will not fire warning shots at the peacekeeping force.
In the early morning, five crosses were erected at the entrance of the camp and the five corpses were hung directly up. The effect was immediate, and no illiterate person challenged the bottom line of the peacekeeping force.
"Patrols around Lake Sapanca must be resumed as soon as possible, and civilians who fled into the mountains and forests during the war must be persuaded to return home. A transport ship will deliver construction materials tomorrow, and several warehouses will be built near the dock to store construction materials.
and food, as well as weapons and ammunition." Fan Yao was in an orderly manner. A camp of more than a hundred people does not actually need to be too big. The military camp occupied by Fan Yao's squadron can be enough to station a division according to the organization of the former Ottoman Empire troops. There is plenty of open space.
According to the standards of southern Africa, a barracks of about 20 square meters can accommodate six people. For officers, there are single rooms or suites depending on the level. For more than 100 people, thirty or forty barracks are enough.
Although most of the houses in the military camp were destroyed, there were still enough rooms that could be repaired. The well-fed refugees worked hard, and the bodies on the crosses at the entrance of the camp could also act as a sufficient deterrent. In just two or three days, the entire camp was destroyed.
The inside and outside are brand new, the floors in the living area have been hardened, and the materials used are all removed from the collapsed houses.
"If you want to patrol, you need military horses or cars. If you can't do it, motorcycles can also be used." Pullman's requirements are not high. Armored vehicles are a bit of a luxury for peacekeeping troops. Military horses or motorcycles can still do it. Another consideration
To get to the environment of Lake Sapanca, a speedboat is definitely needed.
"Forget about armored vehicles and war horses, you can still fight for motorcycles." Fan Yao is not greedy. For Cossacks, war horses are definitely the best, but times are progressing, and Cossacks must adapt to the development of the times.
Fan Yao's guess was correct. The transport ship that arrived in the afternoon brought a dozen motorcycles with it. The traffic conditions around Lake Sapanca were not bad. As long as it didn't rain, motorcycles were actually more convenient than armored vehicles and war horses.
However, before the troops led by Fan Yao had time to get familiar with motorcycles, the troops received combat orders.
A French army unit was besieged by locals in a small town about ten kilometers south of Lake Sapanca. The troops were unable to escape and asked for help from the peacekeeping forces.
Troops! Siege! Call for help!
Fan Yao felt that he lived in a different world from the French. It seemed that for the French, the world war was not over yet, and there were still all kinds of wars and chaos.
No matter how much you complain, military information is an order. Fan Yao left some soldiers to defend the camp and led Sergei's detachment to reinforce the French.
"We were ordered to follow Mr. Jonson to Whitley to collect taxes, but we encountered resistance from the locals. Mr. Jonson was kidnapped by the locals, and we were surrounded in the mayor's office. Captain Gallup sent me here to ask for help.
When we went back, Mr. Jonson was still alive." On the way, Corporal Norton, who was assigned to the players, briefed Fan Yao on the situation.
"Who are Jonson and Gallup?" Fan Yao also wore combat uniforms and carried a backpack and rifle. In appearance, he was almost the same as other soldiers.
"Mr. Jonson is the tax collector, and there are only six people with Captain Gallup. We didn't expect the local people to dare to resist the tax." Norton panted. He rode a horse when he came to ask for help, and the horse is now at the camp.
Rest inside.
Fan Yao was silent, the French people's food appearance was indeed unsightly, no wonder the locals resisted.
After the end of the World War, France did not get the compensation it wanted from Germany, so it increased its oppression of the colonies, which has led to the complete collapse of the situation in Madagascar.
Fan Yao really didn't expect that the French not only failed to accept the lesson, but immediately after receiving the management rights of the mandated territory, they couldn't wait to plunder the mandated territory. It can be seen that the French have reached the point where they are hungry and unscrupulous.
"Mr. Jonson has no choice. We have not received wages for three months, and the logistics supply is seriously insufficient. The soldiers go fishing during their off time and come back to bake and eat. The big shots in Congress are busy fighting for power and do not care about the life and death of us poor people.
." Norton was full of complaints. He had just had a good meal in the camp, and he was even more resentful of the French government.
Although the salary of the peacekeeping force is not high, the food is obviously very good. Don't forget that the Cossacks are good hunters. You will not go hungry if you hunt casually. Sergey is a good hunter.
Compared with various kinds of meat, the coffee and fruits of the peacekeepers are more impressive. In fact, there is no shortage of fruits in the Asia Minor Peninsula. There are many orchards around the Sapanca Lake camp, but they are not well managed and no one is picking them. The fruit is growing well.
It's not good. When it matures, it can only rot in the orchard.
After Fan Yao learned about the situation, he organized the Ottomans in the camp to pick fruits. In the past, the owners of those orchards were landlords, or princes and nobles. Although those people fled one after another during the World War, their influence was still there, so the locals
Not many people dare to go to the orchard to pick.
Now with Fan Yao's order, the Ottomans in the camp were in high spirits and highly motivated to work.
Since the Ottomans in the camp are very obedient, Fan Yao has planned to select some of them as temporary employees in the camp to serve the peacekeeping forces, cleaning, washing clothes, cooking and so on.
The ten-kilometer run came in a blink of an eye. The five-kilometer run some time ago had come into play. The members of Sergey's team were all of good quality. After running more than ten kilometers, the formation was still in good order. It already looked like an elite unit.
The town is small in size, with dozens of sparsely located houses scattered on a hillside. The houses are all old stone houses. At first glance, they look as if they are hundreds of years old. The mayor's office is in the center of the town.
In this position, several French soldiers with rifles were facing off against one to two hundred Ottomans armed with various weapons.
"Put away the bayonets, form two lines, and advance in formation -" Fan Yao did not want to irritate the Ottomans. In fact, they just wanted to express their anger and did not launch an attack on the French troops. Otherwise, they would not be able to hold out.
Now.
Fortunately, there were only a few French soldiers. Otherwise, the French soldiers would have used force to suppress them, and they would have been afraid of fighting wolves with straw.
The peacekeeping officers and soldiers who appeared in formation soon attracted the attention of the French soldiers and the Ottomans. Captain Gallup was a tall but thin middle-aged man. Due to years of alcoholism, Captain Gallup's eyes were cloudy and his nose was red.
Age makes him a captain, which fully proves his ability.
However, it is difficult to say that the French army has always been famous for its rigid and bloated structure. It is normal for truly capable people not to be reused in the French army. Pétain and Foch were only colonels when the World War broke out. Their subsequent careers
Their rise to prominence is certainly closely related to their own efforts, but it also has a lot to do with the fact that after the outbreak of the World War, many senior French generals were dismissed and abandoned due to ability issues.
"Spread out, what are you doing here? Are you going to riot?" Fan Yao came to the Ottomans and put a big hat on him skillfully.
"Who are you?"
"Get out of our land!"
"Kill all the French!"
The Ottomans were all talking in a mess, ranging from old men with white beards and hair to urchins who were no taller than rifles. Even aunts with waists about the same thickness as buckets were all helping out with shovels. It was true that all the people were soldiers.
Don't underestimate the fighting power of these aunts. A strong man who is 1.8 meters tall and weighs 180 weight can carry it away just like carrying a wooden stake.
"Quiet, whoever of you is the leader, please stand up and speak." Fan Yao didn't bother, he couldn't understand these aunts.
"Good evening sir, I am the patriarch of the Mohammed family -" Finally someone who knew English came forward, probably someone who had received education in Europe.
"Hello, I am Fan Yao from the International Alliance peacekeeping force. Do you know what the peacekeeping force does? Our mission is to maintain regional peace and protect civilians from war harassment. If you have any opinions, you can put them forward and we will coordinate and resolve them. Why use them?
Such an extreme method." Fan Yao disapproved of besieging tax collectors at every turn, as this would lead to war.
According to the information provided by Norton, Mr. Jonson, the tax collector, was kidnapped by the Ottomans.
I hope Mr. Jonson is okay, otherwise the French troops will definitely retaliate against the local Ottomans.
"It's not that we were unwilling to pay taxes, but as soon as the tax official opened his mouth, he asked us to pay 250 francs each without delay. We really couldn't pay, and those gentlemen threatened to put us all in jail.
"The patriarch was filled with indignation,
250 francs, about 10 pounds, is really a lot of money, and that’s per person——
They deserve to be kidnapped. Asking for so much money is driving these Ottomans to death!
"Come in, let's talk slowly. Where is Mr. Jonson? You didn't hurt him, right?" Fan Yao seemed to be casual, and wanted to get the person out first.
"Of course not, we are not barbarians." The clan leader said confidently. In his opinion, kidnapping tax officials and besieging French soldiers is indeed not barbaric.
Mr. Jonson was soon sent over, but he looked very embarrassed, with footprints all over his body and bruises on his face. It was obvious that he had been "warmly received" by the Ottomans.
