Fox of France

The first depot was taken down almost effortlessly. Even after the depot was taken, a supply team entered the depot. Of course, they also became prisoners of the independent army for no reason.

A large amount of supplies were seized in this military depot, including food, quilts, weapons, ammunition, medicines... all kinds of things, which made the soldiers' eyes dazzled. Originally, according to the plan, after the military depot was seized, some things that could be taken away were taken away, and those that could not be taken away were burned on the spot. The so-called "can take away" standard is - "cannot affect the march."

But after seizing the military depot, everyone was a little reluctant to burn those things. Let’s take food for example. What kind of food did Irish farmers eat? Of course it's a potato! Basically, the Irish eat three meals a day, boiled potatoes, boiled potatoes, boiled potatoes.

But in the warehouse of the military depot, there are bags full of flour! That's a good thing for making bread! Be sure to carry it! And that clothes, that quilt, look how familiar the cloth is, how solid the cotton is... Really, compared with these things, what are we using before? This is really people dying more than others, and goods losing more than goods. Why don't you bring this thing with you? There are also weapons, although they are not as good as those sent by the French comrades, but if you take them back to the comrades in the county brigade and the district squad, isn't it delicious? Of course, the most important thing is these medicines. They are all good things that can't be bought with money. We can't lose any of these things, we have to have them all! Teacher, what are you talking about? I don't care, I just want it, I just want it...

Fortunately, in this short-term battle, in addition to seizing a large amount of supplies, a large number of prisoners were also captured, especially the black dogs of the "security forces", who almost knelt down as soon as the gun was fired. Some time ago, the guerrillas' attacks on small strongholds let them all know that the guerrillas' policy towards them was "hand down your guns and don't kill them."

So the two hundred or so black dogs were basically uninjured except for two or three idiots who were too slow to surrender in time. Joyce called the squad leader Roy: "You take a squad, let these black dogs take all these things as much as possible, and go back to our supply point. The troops are tight, there are only ten people in your squad, and you need to Watching these two hundred or so black dogs, is there any problem?"

"Report to the teacher, no problem, it will be no problem to double it!" Roy replied immediately.

After Roy came out of Joyce, he went to the warehouse to find a few long ropes, and tied them around the waist of each black dog with these ropes, binding more than two hundred black dogs into a string. Then let each of them carry a lot of things on their backs, and led them to the swamp.

In addition to the black dog, Joyce also used the seized carriage and so on, and slowly sent it back under pretense.

Of course, Joyce dared to do this because he knew that the British army did not have any large forces that could be used nearby. So in a short time, they are still very safe.

Of course, such a delay also had bad effects, because too much time wasted in this military depot, so that when Joyce led the army to the second target, he found that the British army had already done a good job. The defense is ready.

"We are inexperienced in how to deal with the loot, so that we spend too much time on such things. As a result, targets that could have been captured by surprise attacks have to be captured by force. This not only increases The casualties also gave the enemy the opportunity to destroy important materials in the warehouse..." -Joyce "Summary on the Second Anti-sweeping Struggle"

Joyce's second target was the Blackwater Pond depot. The defensive strength of this depot was similar to the first target they took, but at this time the British had already raised the drawbridge, the soldiers climbed the high wall, and the artillery did the same. Ready to shoot.

The commander of the British army stationed here is Captain Lloyd, the company commander. After receiving the news of the attack on Huangyanggangzi Military Station, on the one hand, he sent a messenger to Dublin City to report what he had learned, and on the other hand, he asked people to raise the suspension bridge to prepare for defense.

He still has some confidence in the defense. According to the previous estimate of the Governor of Norfolk, the rebels' ability to attack is actually quite limited because of the lack of artillery. Therefore, although the number of enemies is quite large, there are actually not many ways to deal with the heavily defended military depots.

And when he saw these Irish rebels, his confidence was even more sufficient. Because he could see very clearly that those "rebels" really didn't have cannons.

"Don't panic, everyone, they don't have cannons! Without cannons, how can they take down our stronghold with just a few people? As long as we keep the stronghold, in the future, Your Excellency the Governor will reward you a lot!" Captain Lloyd shouted loudly, this time On the one hand, it is to boost the morale of their soldiers, and on the other hand, it is also for those "black dogs".

"Brothers, those mud legs are nothing to be afraid of, we have cannons, don't be afraid!"

As soon as he heard this weak voice, Lloyd knew that it was the commander of the "security force" who was cheering up the soldiers. Lloyd feels that the "security forces" are a burden most of the time. But at this time, as long as they can shoot a few random shots on the wall, more or less, it should be a boost.

The "rebels" stopped outside the range of the artillery. They were not in a hurry to launch an attack, but seemed to be waiting for something.

"Tommy, what are they doing? Why aren't they attacking?" asked a British soldier.

"How do I know? Maybe... maybe they saw our cannons and got a little scared?" replied the soldier named Tommy.

Lloyd, who stood aside, didn't speak, but he knew what these "rebels" were waiting for. He immediately remembered what the Governor of Norfolk taught them in the officer training class:

"The rebels lack the ability to attack fortified positions, so when they have an advantage, they must hope to solve the problem through field battles, and because of the lack of artillery, they will also choose to focus on ambushes in field battles instead of conducting A regular battle. Therefore, we can deduce their possible means, which is to surround our main point, attract reinforcements from our army, and then ambush our army on their preset battlefield... and if they must attack as a last resort Our army's strong stronghold, they will definitely use the method of night attack."

"So, these rebels are either waiting for an ambush from other troops, or waiting for the night to attack under the cover of darkness." Lloyd thought.

Soon, the sky darkened. In the afterglow of the setting sun, Lloyd noticed that the guys on the opposite side started to move.

The British still made some preparations for night attacks. For example, the British set up minefields and planted landmines near their strongholds. (Landmines were used by the Irish to blow up many British people, but some landmines also fell into the hands of the British, and the shameless British immediately copied them by violating intellectual property rights.) Outside set up some lighted firepits. This allows the enemy to be in a brighter place even at night.

Of course, how effective such a design can be has yet to be tested in actual combat.

"If the rebels attack, they always have to go through the minefield first, which is not only their killing, but also an indication of the target." Lloyd patrolled the gun positions while quietly waiting for the mines to explode. As soon as the mines went off, the artillery would immediately fire the area with cannonballs. To attack the "rebels" who may follow behind.

However, the mines never sounded. This made Lloyd particularly worried: "What are those rebels doing in the dark?"

What the hell are the "rebels" doing in the dark? of course? Demining, of course.

After the discovery of electromagnetic induction, the military-industrial complex launched a new gadget—the coil mine detector. Relying on the power provided by a simple dry battery, this kind of thing can be quite effective in finding metal mines buried underground. And the British are not short of money, so they won't make any stone mines. Therefore, the landmines laid by the British outside the stronghold were quickly and quietly cleared.

Then there is the fire in front. In fact, the lighting range of the fire is quite limited. As long as you are not afraid of sacrificing a distance of dozens of steps, you can rush over in the blink of an eye. In this process, the enemy can only focus on shooting once at most. But now, because the mines in front didn't work, the enemy's attention wasn't actually on the fire.

At this time, the cannons on the fortress of the stronghold suddenly rang, and these cannons opened fire indiscriminately towards the minefield. Apparently, the British did not notice the soldiers who had advanced to the edge of the lighting range of the fire.

"Blow the horn!" Seeing that the troops were in place, Joyce gave the order.

The trumpeter stood up and raised the trumpet in his hand, so the trumpet sounded "tick-tat-tat-tat-tat-tat-tat-tat-tat-tat-tat-tat-tat-tat-tat-tat-tat-tat-tat-tat-tat-tat-tat-tat-tat-tat-tat-tat-tat-tat-dick-tick-tick". At the sound of the trumpet, the soldiers rushed out of the darkness, and in the blink of an eye they rushed across the small area illuminated by the fire, and the ditch was in front of them.

The soldiers put the ladder on their shoulders on the ditch, and crossed the ditch at once. At this moment, the defenders on the wall finally came to their senses and dropped small melons down one after another. The attacking troops suffered a lot of casualties immediately.

The soldiers of the attacking troops braved such an attack, leaned the explosive packages one by one against the root of the wall, and then pulled the fuse. Just run back.

The rapid retreat of the "rebels" made Lloyd heave a sigh of relief, but immediately afterwards, there were several big explosions, and then large sections of the wall fell down.