Before the invention of the machine gun, the only chance for infantry to fight against cavalry in the wild was to form a formation.

It is not the fantasy Five Elements and Bagua, but a battle formation, such as a hollow square formation.

If there is no time to form a formation, the infantrymen who are attacked by a large group of cavalry will have to surrender quickly and with luck if they want to survive.

It was obvious that the 60th Rifles Regiment, which had just been bombarded, did not have that much time to form a formation, let alone carry heavy equipment such as machine guns.

To the charging cavalry, the chaotic infantry is nothing more than walking military merit and can be easily overwhelmed.

"Commander, we caught a big fish." The cavalry leader raised his chest and raised his head, walked with a breeze, and had a smile on his lips, claiming credit in a high-profile way.

"Hmph!" Zhao Erfeng glanced at ***, then at Lieutenant Colonel Will who was being escorted by him, and just snorted coldly.

"Commander..." ** noticed something was wrong and shrank his head.

"Whose army are you, and what is the purpose of coming here?" Zhao Erfeng motioned to the policeman to let go of Will.

"General, I am the Lieutenant Colonel of the British Empire Army, the 60th Rifles Regiment of the British Indian Army. You can call me Will."

"The general launched a shameless sneak attack on the British Empire's troops. I want to know, do you want to start a war?"

Will straightened his clothes and questioned Zhao Erfeng righteously.

(With translation.)

"Are you kidding?" Zhao Erfeng shook his head with a smile, and then his face turned dark at a speed visible to the naked eye.

"Haven't the British already launched a war? Or is it no longer an act of war to arbitrarily send troops into other countries without their consent?"

"Or is it only the British who do this and it is not considered an act of war? After all, Britain is strong and we are weak and do not even have the right to defend our country."

"Don't worry, I will give you the treatment you deserve, provided you... cooperate."

Before Will could ask what the consequences of cooperation and non-cooperation were, Zhao Erfeng waved his hand and was led away by the soldiers.

"Cough!" Zhao Erfeng looked at the generals in the camp and coughed.

"Oh! I still have to go to the wounded barracks. Commander, I'll take my leave first."

"Let's go together. I also have to visit my groom. My horse will not be able to eat well and sleep well without him."

"I have a stomach ache……"

"Go, go, ** will stay." Zhao Erfeng pretended to be helpless and waved his hand, leaving only ** behind.

Some generals who didn't know the inside story looked at her with sympathetic eyes, but in the end they didn't dare to say anything and left quietly.

They thought that Zhao Erfeng wanted to settle the score with the cavalry. After all, the cavalry set off much slower than originally planned.

If the results of the bombardment hadn't been better than expected, the strategy might have failed.

Of course, it doesn't matter if you fail, there are still infantry waiting outside.

However, if you don't do it well, you don't do it well, and if you make a mistake, you are wrong.

Thinking of this, the remaining officers quickened their pace, fearing that Zhao Erfeng would be angry.

After making sure that everyone was gone, Zhao Erfeng spoke out, but it was not to scold him.

"Have you caught him?" Zhao Erfeng looked at the policeman with a solemn expression.

"I've caught him. I've ordered my closest men to secretly lock him up in the stable and order no one to come near him." ** stepped forward, leaned down, and said softly.

"Are you hurt?" Zhao Erfeng's frown relaxed a little, and he subconsciously picked up the teacup and took a sip.

"There are some minor injuries, but it doesn't matter." ** said while scanning the empty tent, as if he suspected that there was someone hiding in this empty place.

"Where are his followers? Have they all been captured too?" Zhao Erfeng put down his tea cup and looked at him.

"Caught, two of them, and one was hit by a stray bullet. I also moved the body back, waiting for the commander to take action."

"Are you sure there are only three people who came out with him and not more? This question is very important!"

"I separated them and asked them several times in different ways. I guess they didn't lie to me."

There was a brief silence in the tent. Zhao Erfeng, who had just drank tea, picked up the tea cup again and put it to his mouth without drinking. His eyes were still thinking about things.

"The British kidnapped the Thirteenth Lama. The Thirteenth Lama refused to be a thief and was brutally killed by the British."

"His followers were also stabbed dozens of times, and we only recovered some bloody corpses."

"In order to show the bravery of the 13th Lama, I am writing to the provisional government to give him the honor he deserves."

"Let your cavalry spread this news throughout the grassland."

Zhao Erfeng put down his tea cup and said very calmly.

"Grassland? Marshal, my soldiers don't understand the plateau language!" ** broke away from the atmosphere just now and said in embarrassment.

"Those kids in the Prada department are pretty good. They can roughly understand Chinese these days. You can recruit them and leave this task to them."

"Find some nicer clothes for them. It's always shameful to wear rags when you go out."

"By the way, let them send some gifts to the surrounding leaders and ask them to send people to discuss anti-British matters."

Zhao Erfeng stood up and looked at the blue sky and white clouds, feeling particularly good.

"As you command!"

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Southeast Asia, the only Southeastern Thailand that still exists in Southeast Asia at this time.

The history of development here is not long. Rainforests are everywhere and miasma is everywhere. It is very unsuitable for human survival. The local Thais are not willing to come here.

But right here, starting from a few months ago, people have been coming one after another, not just a few, but hundreds or thousands of people each time, and the ingredients are very complicated.

In just three to five months, tens of thousands of people have gathered here, and the once deserted place has turned into a large construction site.

"Wang Xiucai, it's no longer possible. That area is not suitable for people to stay in. More than twenty of my men have died, and there is going to be trouble again. Can you see if the construction period can be slowed down." Gongwei smiled along with him, looking flattering.

By Wang Zhangqi.

"More than twenty more died? Uncle Gong, these labor forces are very precious." Wang Zhangqi looked embarrassed.

"And you also know why the construction deadline is so tight. The equipment has been delivered for so long. If this continues, it will delay the overall progress."

Wang Zhangqi did not feel unfair for these laborers, but he was afraid that the lack of manpower would delay construction.

At first, when he first came here, he "fighted" for these people, and then his teacher told him what they had done.

Yes, these laborers are prisoners of the Eighth Division. Thousands of people captured by the Eighth Division were all sent here.

"I know, isn't there nothing we can do about it? We are not allowed to set fire to the forest. There are all kinds of snakes, insects, rats, and ants in the forest. The unlucky guy was dragged away by the big python just as soon as he happened to be there."

"Cleaning up the forest area every day takes up half of the time, half a month. Unless it is done by the Construction Corps, it will definitely not be completed."

Gongwei complained.

His task is to clear an area of ​​about one square kilometer in the west of the camp and carry out infrastructure construction, where the future factory area will be located.

To this end, he had eight engineers, more than 20 university interns, 200 soldiers, and 1,500 Japanese coolies.

Before the start of the project, he was very optimistic. The construction period lasted for three full months, which was simply a benefit. However, he only discovered the difficulty after getting started.

First, due to various restrictions, the already pitiful large machinery was almost unusable.

Clearing the rainforest, leveling the land, building roads and laying foundations were all done manually, and the three months were very stressful.

Then there is the danger of human operation. In the undeveloped rainforest, anything can be fatal to people.

Miasma, poisonous snakes, poisonous insects, crocodiles are everywhere, and there are even fierce beasts such as tigers.

Coupled with acclimatization and various strange bacteria and viruses, the number of coolies decreased rapidly. In two and a half months, more than 400 of the 1,500 coolies died.

Of course, not all of them died because of the natural environment or illness. There were also some Japanese who couldn't stand it and wanted to run away because of their companions.

Those who tried to escape along the newly opened road were all captured and then beheaded in public display. This really shocked some people.

Because in Japanese tradition, without a head, it is equivalent to having the flexibility sealed, and there is no shrine to shelter it, which is equivalent to the concept of a lonely ghost in China.

As a result, the Japanese who wanted to escape gave up the idea of ​​leaving through the road opened by Nanhua and instead tried to cross the rain forest.

This is simply wishful thinking, but under the threat of death, many people do it.

Without any professional tools, just a hoe and at most a saw or an axe, no cold-proof clothes, no tools to make a fire, and no food or water, I plunged into the rainforest.

They may think that they are starving Germans or Beiye, but the reality will tell them that they are just a group of fragile humans who have lost the ability to survive in the wild.

The number of escapees is increasing day by day. After all, Nanhua has not found any escapees from the rainforest. Even if they are corpses, it seems that there is still a way to survive.

This increasing number of escaping behaviors makes Cong Chong very troubled. There are less and less people and the construction deadline is getting closer and closer.

As a last resort, he approached the leader of engineers and a lecturer at Nanhua University of Technology, Wang Zhangqi.

"In this way, I will coordinate with the higher-ups and let other engineering teams do the road surface and foundation. You still need to continue to work on the rainforest clearing and roadbed."

"If we hurry up, we can start the construction of the main factory before the end of the construction period, and the secondary factory area can be slowed down a little. Anyway, there are not enough people to install the equipment."

"Do you think this is okay?"

Wang Zhangqi thought about it and temporarily postponed the projects that could be postponed.

First, put the construction of the factory building where the nuclear reactor container is placed first, so that you can take your time in the details. As long as the standards are stricter, there won't be many mistakes in the end.

"Okay, okay, that's great. Thank you so much, Wang Xiucai. Don't worry, I'll make progress when you get back. I won't make it difficult for you." Gongwei grabbed Wang Zhangqi and said gratefully.

This way he will definitely meet the construction deadline and he will not be punished.

"Uncle Gong, the entire project construction will continue for another year or two. Those Japanese, don't use up too much. We have no place to replenish it."
Chapter completed!