1890 King of Southeast Asia

On August 1, the second day of the attack, the weather was not good. It rained in Abres and the temperature dropped suddenly.

Huang Zhengfang held a rifle and moved carefully in a half-squatting posture along the corner of the wall.

This is the safest way of marching that Nanhua has verified with hundreds of lives. Every prohibition in the army, no matter how outrageous, always has its reason.

The battle in Abres has been going on for a day and a half. On the contrary, except for the organized resistance when entering the city, Huang Zhengfang only encountered cold guns in the city.

"The enemy is very stubborn. Be careful to guard against their dying counterattacks. Don't be careless." The squad leader walked in front and stopped in a corner.

"This is..." The squad leader opened his mouth.

"The enemy's nest?" Huang Zhengfang glanced.

There was an open space in front, with hundreds of people gathered in piles, and someone was patrolling nearby.

The squad leader shook his head and did not answer Huang Zhengfang's question.

"Group 2, contact the company headquarters and request fire support." The squad leader said to the people behind Huang Zhengfang.

"Let's go. We're going to bombard soon." The squad leader pulled Huang Zhengfang away.

Huang Zhengfang didn't retreat far. They occupied a two-story building. Class 9 was also here. Huang Zhengfang was good at shooting, so he and another person took on the task of guarding.

"It's really torture." The squad leader sat in the corner, took off his rubber shoes, took off his socks, smelled them, and looked hideous.

"You're lucky. Our class was on guard last night, which was torture. We heard ghosts howling all night and couldn't shoot." The squad leader of Class 9 lit a fire and put all the shoes and socks on it to roast.

"Move some room for me." The squad leader hung his socks next to the fire.

"We cleaned up thousands of corpses and captured thousands of people here yesterday. Are the Mesopotamians so crazy?" The squad leader of Class 9 put his feet next to the fire.

"What can we do? Well, let's let the artillery fire harder. We can't spare any manpower in the company." The squad leader took out a can from his marching bag and heated it on the fire.

The sudden capture disrupted the 5th Brigade's battle pace. It only advanced a few hundred meters yesterday, so it had to catch up today.

Originally, according to the consistent style of the 3rd Division, it would have been a big deal to capture 1,000 or 2,000 prisoners in the entire Abris Battle, but the arrival of the observer broke the tradition of the 3rd Division.

(The 3rd Division is responsible for clearing the Luzon Islands. Now there are only a few hundred thousand women and children left in Luzon.)

"Just capture them, and you have to feed them well. What kind of world is this?" The squad leader of the 9th squad looked at the can and was a little angry.

As an ace combat unit, the logistics of the 5th Brigade are very complete. The cooking vehicles and fuel can fully meet the needs. Even if the combat troops are fighting on the front line, they can have a hot meal.

But the sudden arrival of the captives and the British and French observers broke this point. Since the superiors required that Britain and France must not spread rumors that were unfavorable to Nanhua, the 5th Brigade had to take good care of these captives.

Then, there was a shortage of cooking utensils, fuel, and even supplies.

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"As of 1:30 pm, we have received 12,433 people. The 5th Brigade is not only facing a shortage of medical staff, but also various problems with guards, cooks, and front-line combat troops. The number of prisoners must be reduced." The chief of staff took the statistical list.

Wang Xu opened his mouth slightly, took the statistical list, looked at the current situation of the 5th Brigade, and lowered his brows.

This was simply unimaginable to him. In his impression, the captives had always been young and middle-aged men and women, and they only needed to be given some food.

This was also due to the strong demands of various enterprises and some corps.

They urgently needed labor to open mountains, build roads, mine, and reclaim land.

Since the implementation of the cleaning plan, there is no longer any independent Luzon tribe or town in the Luzon Islands.

It is indeed difficult for the 3rd Division to treat prisoners well.

"I don't want to either, but there are so many British and French observers here, so this kind of thing cannot be used as a pretext." Wang Xu shook his head.

"They are more cruel than us. Who has a clean hand?" The chief of staff argued unwillingly.

Under this situation, even if the 5th Brigade takes down Abres, it will not be able to continue fighting. The most terrifying thing may not be just the 5th Brigade.

There will definitely be a lot of prisoners in the next battle. Should the 4th Division and the 11th Division treat the prisoners well? In this way, the war may be prolonged.

The order from the South China General Staff has just arrived, requiring the battle in the Mesopotamian Plain to be resolved as soon as possible and the 3rd and 4th Divisions to be transferred back to the Southeast Asia headquarters.

"Hasn't they always been like this? What they do, we can't do. Even if we do, we can't let people know, otherwise we will be criticized by thousands of people." Wang Xu shook his head.

"Didn't Xiao Liu from the uranium mining company's security team say that the natives over there were killed by the British? Why didn't anyone say anything?" The chief of staff looked at the troops in his hands and didn't expect that he could use that troop.

"Commander, Winston is here." The adjutant gently opened the door.

"Let him in." Wang Xu looked inside the room, and the staff put away the sensitive content.

"Wang, I got some strange news." Winston Churchill strode in.

Winston Churchill, who was only 32 years old, was already the Under-Secretary of State Affairs of the British Empire. With his background as a noble family, he shouldn't come here.

But everyone has a personality, and Winston's personality is to record. He loves writing and recording, and for this reason, he has done many things that are beyond the boundaries in the eyes of normal people.

This time it was the same.

"What's wrong, Mr. Winston? I hope you are in Basra now." Wang Xu received him warmly.

"I stayed in Basra for 3 days and only saw some stupid Arabs attacking. Please forgive my words. You are wasting time." Winston said with a little dissatisfaction.

"Oh! That's it. The Arabs told me that they wanted to show off, so I handed it over to them. Since there is a problem, the South China Army will take over soon." Wang Xu laughed and talked nonsense.

"It's not that. Obviously your gunboat is parked at the seaside, why don't you drive into the inland river? Where can you drive in." Winston took the tea handed over by the adjutant, drank a sip, and held it in his hand.

"I know what you are worried about. I heard about the matter of Abris from my junior. I think this is completely unnecessary. The right way is to solve the current trouble as soon as possible." Winston held the teacup.

"Trouble? Us?" Wang Xu waved his hand, "We have no trouble. Our emperor specifically told us to pay attention to humanitarianism."

"Ha! Humanitarianism..." Winston spread his hands, "I still think high-explosive bombs are more appropriate."

"What?" Wang Xu was a little confused about Winston's intention.

He thought Winston was just bored at the front line and came to see if there was any news worth finding out, but it didn't seem like that.

Although everyone is not clean, they will still put on a layer of hypocritical skin and will not do things nakedly.

Just like the United States, which does some rough work and does not cover anything, and is resisted by the people. (The massacre of the colonies by the United States.)

"Wang, you are at the front line, and there may be some things you don't know. Have you received an order to end the war as soon as possible?" Winston glanced at everyone in the office and said mysteriously.

Wang Xu also glanced at it. There were only the chief of staff and his adjutant in the office. He blinked a few times and his face gradually became serious.

"No, no, no, don't get me wrong, it's not a spy, but a guess." Winston knew that Wang Xu had misunderstood at a glance, and said quickly.

"Speculation?" Wang Xu's expression was a little unnatural.

"The United States, Tsarist Russia, and Japan have reached a consensus on the issue of the Qing Empire. France is neutral because of the Franco-Russian alliance." Winston's expression became mysterious again.

"Oh?" Wang Xu looked at the chief of staff in surprise, and the chief of staff shook his head uncertainly.

"Based on your country's consistent attitude, you will definitely join this matter, and it is undoubtedly stupid to start another war before the end of one war, so I infer that you should be eager to end this war." Winston put down the teacup and supported his hands on the sand table.

"I don't mean anything else. I mean that in this matter, the British Empire chose to stand with the South China Empire." Winston looked at the sand table.

In theory, the sand table is a military base, so this sand table is specially for the observation group to see, and many things on it are not shown.

"Your side has already taken full advantage. The two core cities in the north and south of Mesopotamia have been surrounded, and their main forces have also been besieged in the city. Now it is the huge casualties in the street fighting that make your side choose to slowly erode." Winston graduated from the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst and has just left the army for a few years.

(Although he spent most of his time on the battlefield taking pictures and writing, and received a few cents of salary.)

"I know what your country is worried about. We will solve your worries, so that you can let go." Winston said confidently.

"What?" Wang Xu's confusion in a year is not as much as this day. Why does this person always like to play dumb?

"Report!" The adjutant shouted loudly at the door.

"Enter." Wang Xu glanced at Winston and said.

"Report to the commander, there is a fight outside." The adjutant glanced at Winston and said.

"Fighting? Ask the military police to solve it." Wang Xu waved his hand dissatisfiedly, ready to discuss with Winston how to solve the trouble.

"Yes... The members of the observation group are fighting. The military police have already gone there and can't stop them." The adjutant said hesitantly.

"What?" Wang Xu looked at the adjutant and then at Winston.

Winston smiled, nodded slightly, and then raised his head slightly, like a proud rooster.

"Then, let's go and deal with it?" Wang Xu asked tentatively.

Winston raised his hand and took out a pure gold pocket watch inlaid with gems from his chest and checked the time.

"Please wait for another 5 minutes." Winston said softly...