The history of British invasion of Ireland can be traced back to the 12th century. During the more than 700 years of rule, the Irish did not resist, but all the resistance ended in failure.
In the Cold War Age, these Irish people could still rely on their courage to gain some advantages in local wars. However, when the war entered the Cold War era, the Irish people had no industrial base, and all their resistance became ridiculous in front of the British. .
To give the simplest example, the weapons that the Irish can gather together to resist the British at this moment are actually not as good as the equipment of the Qing army in the Second Opium War.
The entire island of Ireland has been completely surrounded by the British navy. Not to mention smuggling weapons, even food cannot be smuggled in. Moreover, the political status of the Irish people has been completely deprived. They have no right to participate in political affairs, let alone the right to serve as soldiers. , there are few people in the entire Irish community who can receive military training for several generations.
This is actually the most important reason why the Irish uprisings have failed. Because of poverty, many young people have lost the right to education, and because of political persecution, they have even lost the right to receive military training.
Without culture, military training, and weapons, such an uprising would be a joke to the British.
On the other hand, in the British side, in the previous wars against Ireland, the British military used the land they seized to pay their soldiers. In other words, the British government did not have to pay a penny. It was completely using Irish land to support the war against Ireland. Massacre of the Irish.
Since a large number of veterans' land was in Ireland, many veteran families immigrated, and these people formed a large Irish landowning class.
With such a large group of martial people, one can only imagine how far the Irish resistance could go. Not to mention those wealthy merchant families. Each of their households stores a large amount of weapons and ammunition, and ordinary hunting is their military training.
The fighting power of the English on the entire island of Ireland is hundreds or thousands of times higher than that of the Irish. This is why after the fire in the Customs House, the English not only did not fear, but took to the streets to fight with guns.
Because in their hearts they simply looked down on these savages who only knew how to farm, and they did not believe that these thugs could defeat the muskets in their hands. Their continued dominance for hundreds of years had developed their arrogant temper.
But today they finally suffered a loss. When a bottle was thrown out of the window of their vision, they realized that the enemy they encountered at this moment was completely different from the thugs in the past.
"?The Irish have an ambush..."
This sentence ignited the fear in the hearts of the British. Although the production is simple, not everyone can master it. After all, this kind of weapon can burn yourself if it is not operated properly, and simple transportation is very dangerous.
Looking at the enemy's proficiency in throwing on the building at this moment can only prove that these people have done a lot of training before the riot.
"Damn it, when did the Irish learn to train troops? They can also lay ambushes..."
No matter how rudimentary the military training is, or how naive their ambush strategy is, since there is training and previous tactical arrangements, it only shows that this uprising has been planned for a long time. This is definitely not a simple riot. .
Behind the appearance was a truth that frightened the British. Only then did they realize that the Irish were coming, and a group of people had begun to organize activities behind the loose masses.
Any force is afraid of being organized. Once the organization is formed, the collective explosive power will be mobilized, and the destructive power will increase exponentially.
"Damn it! We can't let these Irish succeed... The English stand up! Fight back. If we don't completely eliminate these Irish organizers today, we will never have peace in the future!"
It has to be said that the quality of the British people is still high at the moment. Those who dare to take to the streets to fight are the descendants of veteran families and educated wealthy business families. These people have a broader vision and better quality. The most important thing is that they have a future in their hearts. The pride of the fallen empire.
They will never allow the Irish to come out and challenge their glory!
The truth became clear as soon as the Englishman at the front raised his arms and everyone behind him understood: "Fight! Charge! Suppress these thugs...kill all the organizers behind the scenes!"
After the initial panic, these Englishmen rushed through the sea of fire and smashed open the doors. When their figures rushed into the room, the gunshots were as dense as fried beans.
Bang bang... the bullet shattered the glass window and flew towards the street. The screams were endless and even shattered in the room. The flames suddenly filled the whole house.
Irish corpses were thrown out of the window one after another. After all, there were still no guns. In the process of close combat, relying on them alone was not enough.
The British began to sweep forward one street at a time, and the ambush of the underground union organization at the dock was destroyed one by one. In the end, some union members were even put around the throats with ropes and hung alive from the windows on the second floor along the street.
What was even more unlucky were the ordinary Irish people. After the British came to kill them, they no longer cared about women, children, old and young, and all Irish rooms on the street were regarded as a threat.
The doors of each room were smashed open, and the screaming women and children inside were shot to death by bullets and bayonets, especially the men, who were killed without leaving any trouble.
The situation suddenly escalated. Many Irish families who had not participated in the uprising began to abandon their homes and flee. The streets were full of Irish people with their young and old, fleeing in the opposite direction of the British.
At this moment, the four avenues leading to the dock area have gathered six to seven hundred British armed men, and the number of fleeing Irish has exceeded two thousand.
When Paul met these British people, the scene in front of him shocked him!
There was a street as far as the eye could see. The ground was full of corpses. Fifty meters away, more than 200 British people were hunting down the fleeing Irish with guns.
They were not fighting at all, this was a one-sided hunting. The screaming children were knocked to the ground like little rabbits by bullets. The crying women and children received no mercy, and were greeted only by the sharp edge of bayonets.
The bloody Irish also organized waves of small-scale counterattacks, but ordinary people holding daggers and wooden clubs were no match for these heavily armed killers. Basically, they were all wiped out in one charge.
"Oh God! The uprising has just begun. These English people haven't officially opened fire with us yet, and they have already started massacring the Irish people?"
"As expected, the English have always treated the Irish as dogs... No, no, no, they are worse than dogs!"
Thinking of this, Paul shouted, "Scatter fire...cover the fleeing citizens...Long live Ireland! Long live independence!"
Bang bang...a hail of gunfire and bullets shot at the enemy!
