Expedition to Europe

To deal with the resistance forces in the colonies, in addition to dividing and disintegrating them, one hand pulls the other hand.

Where there are people, there are rivers and lakes. This sentence applies to all ethnic groups. When facing external pressure, the colonial resistance forces may choose to fight together, but the inherent contradictions between them will not disappear. If the pressure on them is reduced at this time, and then a little provocation is made, the so-called "grouping" will soon collapse.

Madagascar is indeed a unified country, but there are many ethnic groups in the country, and no one ethnic group occupies an absolute majority. Even the Imerina people, who have the largest population, only account for about one-fifth of the total population of Madagascar. There is a lot to do here. If it is handled properly, the goal of "using barbarians to control barbarians" required by the Lan Fang military can be achieved.

After the temporary camp was built, Huang Li did not rush to expand, but instead contracted the defense, strengthened the construction of the temporary camp, and strived to turn the temporary camp into a permanent fortification, while waiting for reinforcements from the Governor's Office of Madagascar.

Objectively speaking, the place Huang Li chose was good. The terrain near Manantenina was an alluvial plain. The unplanned river water had washed away the area over the years, forming a swamp-like terrain. However, due to the volcanic rock, the foundation of the temporary camp was still quite solid.

During the period of waiting for support, Huang Li expanded the scope of the temporary camp to about one square kilometer, occupying a complete island-like area. While reinforcing the walls and building bunkers, Huang Li ordered the soldiers to burn all the trees and bushes within one kilometer outside the temporary camp, completely clearing the firing range for the machine gun bunkers. As long as the natives of Madagascar did not launch an attack of 100,000 people, Huang Li could guarantee that the temporary camp would be safe.

Three days later, a major named Magnan led a 120-man force from Antananarivo, the capital of Madagascar, to Manantenina.

Magnum was a standard colonial soldier. Although Magnum was French, he did not return to France to fight even at the most critical moment of the World War, but was comfortable as his "emperor" in Madagascar.

After arriving in Manantenina, Magnum's attitude towards Huang Li and his people was not very good. It seemed that Magnum's impression of the Chinese was still stuck in the Republic of China period, and he did not understand what kind of behemoth Lan Fang was now.

The following incident completely changed Magnum's view of Huang Li and his people.

It was the third day after Magnum arrived in Manantenina.

That morning, Magnum received a report from his men that more than 50,000 indigenous residents had gathered around Manantenina, and they showed signs of attacking Manantenina.

The soldiers Magnum brought were all Sakalava people, a nation with a population of about 60,000 in Madagascar, accounting for a little more than 7% of the total population. Among the Malagasy people, the Sakalava people tend to accept French colonization, so the French returned to Madagascar under the banner of protecting the Sakalava people.

Of course, it is unreliable to expect only 120 Sakalava people to fight, so their biggest role is scouts. As long as they can find out the movements of the local natives of Manantenina, they will have completed all their tasks.

The day after Magnan arrived in Manantenina, he sent all the Sakalava people out according to Huang Li's request. These Sakalava people did not disappoint everyone, and the information they found out was very important to Huang Li and his team.

But for Magnan, this news was not so wonderful. After learning that 50,000 local natives were going to attack the temporary camp, Magnan immediately found Huang Li and asked him to abandon the temporary camp and withdraw all the members to the cruise ship that had not been evacuated to avoid the siege of the local natives.

"Withdraw? Are you kidding? The Foreign Legion never retreats!" Huang Li's answer was firm.

When Magnum found Huang Li, Huang Li was in the command center in the temporary camp. Of course, this is no longer a tent, but a semi-permanent building composed of six specially made wooden houses.

Although there are only six houses, it is small but complete, with combat command room, staff department, conference room, mail room, office, lounge, etc.

"This is not retreat, but a strategic shift. We don't need to confront these local natives head-on. They don't have much food and will withdraw soon. By then, this place will still be ours." Magnum was also determined, and the reason sounded quite sufficient.

To be honest, the French are still very romantic. If you ask a French man to flirt with a woman, the French man will definitely be handy; but if you ask a French man to duel with someone, it is really not what they are good at.

"Strategic transfer is bullshit. There is no such thing as 'strategic transfer' or 'tactical guidance' in the Foreign Legion. We built this camp with our own hands, so we will never give up here. It's just 50,000 people, right? Even if they double our numbers, we will never retreat! We have enough bullets to deal with them!" Huang Li also had a bad temper and immediately cursed.

Although it was just a temporary camp, it also had defense standards. If faced with an attack by militias who were not equipped with modern weapons, no matter how many people they had, as long as the defenders had enough bullets, they would not have to withdraw.

Coincidentally, Huang Li and his men did bring enough bullets when they came. In this temporary camp, there are more than 5 million bullets and 100,000 artillery shells. As long as those natives dare to attack, Huang Li will give them an unforgettable memory.

For many natives, when they launch an attack, their lives are about to reach the 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 who were not equipped with modern weapons, and killed 3,000 of them. Now Huang Li's 1,200 men are equipped with hundreds of light and heavy machine guns. The configuration of light machine guns has reached the squad level, and the configuration of heavy machine guns has reached the company level. There are also as many as 36 mortars to assist in the battle. If Huang Li still retreats in this situation, it would be better for Huang Li to jump into the sea directly, so as not to suffer the ridicule of his colleagues when he returns.

"You are so arrogant! That's 50,000 people, not 50,000 stakes. Even if you want to chop them, you will tire everyone here to death!" Magnum was almost pissed off by Huang Li.

Fortunately, Magnum was still rational and didn't quarrel with Huang Li, otherwise Huang Li would let Magnum understand what a foreign legion is.

"Ha, less than 50 stakes per person, it can only be considered a warm-up." Huang Li didn't care. For soldiers, killing people is actually easier than chopping trees.

"Okay, okay, stop talking about those meaningless nonsense. Let's arrange how to defend." Wu Qing came out to make peace, trying 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 withdraw first, and when we come back, the French government will compensate you with a camp that is more complete and more solid than this one." Magnum is a son who sells his father's land without feeling any pain.

The original text can be read in Liu # 9 @book/bar!

The French are indeed wealthy, which can be seen from Magnum's thinking, but it is this kind of wealth that has led to the continuous decline of the French army's combat effectiveness. If the French continue to live like this and eat up all the mountains and rivers, sooner or later, the French will fall from the altar to the bottom of the valley.

"It's not a camp problem, but 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 too much time to waste 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's expression is serious, and his words and sentences are more elegant than Huang Li's, but the meaning is the same.

"How is it possible? That's 50,000 people. Do you want to kill them all? Even if you kill all 50,000 people, can you kill all the Malagasy people?" Magnum couldn't keep up with the pace of Huang Li and Wu Qing.

"Then kill them all! Whether it's 50,000 or 500,000, as long as they are enemies of the Foreign Legion, we will destroy them, completely destroy them!" Huang Li turned and walked out of the combat command center with murderous intent.

Outside, everyone was on high alert. All the soldiers of the Foreign Legion were at their posts. The observation posts were monitoring on the lookout. They would ring the alarm bells around them at any time. The machine gunners were sorting out their weapons in the bunkers to ensure that all the spare barrels were in a state of readiness. More soldiers were busy replenishing ammunition. When the fight started later, no one would be responsible for replenishing them.

1,200 people against 50,000 people. Huang Li said it easily, but he still attached importance to it tactically.

Compared with the enemy's strength, Huang Li paid more attention to the psychological quality of the soldiers. You know, 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 soldiers in one day, but after that day, many German soldiers had psychological problems. They didn't want to touch those heavy machine guns, and they didn't even want to hear the roar of heavy machine guns. Many German soldiers suffered 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 achieve the same results as the first day.

This is what Huang Li is worried about. It is indeed important to defeat the siege of the natives, but if it causes resistance among the soldiers, it is also something Huang Li does not want to see.