"Damn yellow-skinned monkey, I'll fight you!"
When the violent-tempered Pellegrini saw the yellow-skinned monkey firing, he became hot-headed and disobeyed orders, so he rushed over with the submachine gun in his hand.
However, most of the time, being motivated will not win the battle. After a few seconds, this guy who was less than thirty years old was shot by several bullets and fell to the ground and died.
"..."
Sensi, who was less than ten meters away from the body, was so frightened that he could not speak. He had just tried to hold back the impulsive Pellegrini, but he failed in the end.
Not long ago, he was a living person, but now he has turned into a cold corpse. This is hard for Sensi to accept.
He wants to get his fiancée back, but he doesn't want to lose his life like Pellegrini. Otherwise, what's the point of getting his fiancée back?
There were many impulsive and reckless men like Pellegrini in the guerrillas. Like this man, they also fell on the road to charge.
"Shoot! Don't stand there in a daze!"
When Weldy saw the sluggish Sensi, he immediately patted him on the shoulder. Sacrifice in battle was a normal thing.
As long as you are alive, you must continue to fight until you defeat the yellow-skinned monkey.
But the opponent's firepower was too fierce, and the guerrillas were no match at all.
Even if more than 300 people surrounded 100 people, the guerrillas did not take much advantage.
In just half an hour of fighting, nearly a third of the men were lost.
In desperation, Weldi could only order a retreat, otherwise all these people would have to join in.
After the war, after an inventory, they grabbed two machine guns, four submachine guns, nine rifles, three boxes of grenades, and 12 boxes of military rations.
Compared with the losses of nearly forty people killed and more than seventy injured, this gain was completely disproportionate, which made Weldy very dissatisfied.
To make matters worse, after dawn, the yellow-skinned monkeys used military dogs to pounce along the guerrillas' retreat route, and helicopters were also dispatched.
Although it was a mountainous battle, having helicopters was very beneficial to the attackers. Weldi could only take his troops to fight elsewhere.
However, they did not get the consent of the other party. During the breakout battle, the guerrillas lost hundreds of people, which meant that they suffered heavy losses in less than twenty-four hours.
The so-called Fifteenth Sicilian Brigade now has less than 170 people left to continue fighting, and many of them have been slightly injured.
The seriously injured were left in the cave where they were, leaving them to fend for themselves. This was the only way to treat them at the moment. There was no better choice.
Sensi's arm was also injured, but fortunately it was not serious, but he had realized that the situation was getting worse.
This is not the life he wants, and if he continues like this, he will not be far from death...
Since the two sides belong to different races, it is impossible for the guerrillas to sneak into the Ming army and carry out sabotage.
If you engage in guerrilla warfare behind enemy lines, you will suffer bloody revenge from the other party.
Guerrilla warfare uses ordinary people as bunkers. Once the opponent does not need ordinary people, the prerequisites for the existence of guerrilla warfare are lost.
The Ming Dynasty King's strategy for dealing with indigenous guerrillas was that unless the other party surrendered voluntarily, once the other party was captured, except for those with special status or guarantees, they would be executed on the spot without leaving any consequences.
All men and non-essential women in the occupied territory were transported to nearby islands to live in, and other matters would be considered after the war.
Equivalent to wartime Sicily, apart from age-appropriate mattresses, there was no other population to feed the guerrillas.
Jiexuan ordered the fleet to implement an outer blockade, and then directed the marines and army troops to conduct a sweep across the island.
The original ten brigades were not enough. By early June, the size of the Ming army's ground forces on the island had increased to fifteen brigades.
If necessary, five more brigades can be added. The purpose is to eliminate the weeds and clean up Sicily.
Not to mention twenty brigades, even fifteen brigades are not something that the indigenous guerrillas on the island can handle.
The 75,000-strong force is also equipped with thousands of tanks and armored vehicles, supplemented by more than 200 attack aircraft, more than 200 bombers, and more than 300 helicopters.
This kind of strength and firepower made the indigenous guerrillas feel extremely uncomfortable. They suffered nearly a thousand casualties every day, and they lost about 30,000 people after a month of fighting.
Equivalent to one-tenth of the total strength, it may not be a stretch, but it can make the guerrillas more and more desperate.
The Strait of Messina was completely blocked by the Ming fleet. Let alone fishing boats, even swimming would be discovered.
If you can't go to the Apennine Peninsula, you can only continue to fight guerrillas on Sicily.
However, the shortage of food and medicine placed a huge burden on the wounded soldiers.
Once the injury becomes infected, it is equivalent to losing half a life.
Whether you can survive it all depends on prayer...
After the battlefield entered summer, due to the lack of hygiene in drinking water, epidemics broke out among the guerrillas, especially dysentery, which caused the troops' combat effectiveness to plummet.
Of the nearly 270,000 guerrillas, after experiencing infection and disease, less than 150,000 were left to continue fighting, which reduced their strength by almost half.
Because they could not live a long and hard life, some weak-willed people secretly went down the mountain and surrendered to the Ming army. At the same time, they reported the hiding place of the guerrillas.
After receiving the tip-off, the Ming Dynasty King's Division launched a new round of sweeps, tightened the encirclement step by step, and sent bombers first to carry out carpet bombing.
A helicopter formation is then sent to clear the top, and finally the infantry is responsible for clearing the scene to ensure nothing goes wrong.
Compared with the indigenous guerrillas, from the beginning of the war to the present, due to the effective logistics support, the total attrition of the ground forces of the Ming Dynasty King Division is less than 5,000 people, which is equivalent to only one brigade less strength.
As more technical weapons were put into the battlefield, the firepower output actually increased compared to the beginning, and Jiexuan also received support from three special operations brigades.
The Ming Dynasty's special forces are the natural enemies of the guerrillas. Whether they are in the wilderness of ice and snow or in the rainforest where mosquitoes swarm their faces, there is no guerrilla that they cannot deal with.
The special operations brigade does not do everything. Generally speaking, they will only attack targets that ordinary ground troops cannot deal with.
Raising special forces is very expensive, and a certain emperor would not put them into the battlefield easily.
Good steel is used in the blade, and now the blade starts to slap the Sicilian pork...
Special operations are different from conventional operations. Ordinary army units rely on towns.
The special forces, like the guerrillas, attack wherever they live.
You live in the mountains, and I will live with you, literally occupying the magpie's nest!
Most of the supplies are delivered by plane or airdropped, and most of the time they are spent "playing" with guerrillas in the mountainous areas.
All in all, they use special forces to constantly harass the guerrillas and prevent them from getting a good rest.
As long as a person doesn't sleep for three days, his combat effectiveness will plummet.
This is not the case with the Ming Dynasty King's Division. There are regular troops on the outside and special forces on the inside.
The special forces can be rotated every once in a while to ensure that the special forces can continue to bite their prey.
When the prey has been played until it loses its strength and patience, it’s time to close the net...
"The yellow-skinned monkey is here?"
Senxi has not slept for two days and one night, and now she can fall asleep sitting still.
After being touched by a companion, I woke up immediately, fearing that I would be attacked by a yellow-skinned monkey.
"Here you eat!"
Edela handed the other person a baked potato. These were difficult times, and everyone could only get one.
If this continues, in a few days, I might not even be able to eat baked potatoes.
"Thanks!"
Senxi didn't know what the yellow-skinned monkey would eat at this time, but there was no doubt that the other party's food would be better than his own.
The 15th Brigade where he belongs now has less than thirty people left.
Nearby are the 3rd, 9th, 11th and 16th brigades, but the total strength of the five brigades is less than 300 people.
The Sicilian Army nominally has one million people and five hundred brigades, but this is what confuses the opponent. Now the army establishment has shrunk even more seriously.
After defeating three large-scale attacks by the yellow-skinned monkeys, the entire army was left with less than 30,000 people, which was previously unimaginable.
Moreover, some yellow-skinned monkeys have already entered the mountains, and their tactics are completely different from before. They are like mad dogs that cannot be shaken off. For this reason, they have lost many soldiers.
From the beginning, when they were brave enough to fight, fighting one after another, to now, everyone is surrounded by soldiers, and people are panic-stricken. It can be said that there is a huge difference.
Senxi has been alive to this day, and he no longer misses his original fiancée. The only thing he thinks about is his parents, nothing more.
As long as you live!
Sensi even began to regret in her heart, feeling that if she had surrendered from the beginning, she might not have lost everything, including her fiancée.
Can I turn back now?
Senxi didn't know the answer and didn't dare to make a choice easily. She could only live one day at a time until she was completely free...
Many times, the guerrillas did not dare to light a fire to cook, as the smoke would attract Ming army helicopters.
But the special forces have no such worries. Although there are enemies nearby, the opponents dare not launch an attack rashly during the day.
Even in the center of the battlefield, special forces can eat instant noodles with a can of beef, a sausage and a braised egg.
If you can feel full by eating meat, the staple food is not so important, not to mention that you can also eat high-calorie chocolate after the meal.
All the ingredients are real. In the special forces, you can also eat hazelnut or almond chocolate every day.
As long as they are not too tired, the special forces can even carry various vacuum-packed nuts, beef jerky, and shredded squid.
Foods that are high in calories, high in protein, easy to carry, and easy to store can all be purchased by special forces.
Raising special forces is very expensive. On the one hand, the salary is high and the training equipment is expensive. On the other hand, food is also a big expense.
It can only be said that the feeding cost is lower than that of pilots, but definitely higher than that of ordinary infantry, and about the same as that of tank soldiers.
The less than 5,000 special forces deployed to Sicily were almost equivalent to 20,000 ordinary infantry in terms of combat effectiveness.
The special forces operate in companies and platoons, and with the assistance of helicopters, go directly into the mountains to search for prey.
The wild boars and other animals in the mountains have long been eaten up by the guerrillas. Anything that can move is either a friendly force or an enemy.
Mid-July is almost the hottest time of the year, and coupled with the drought, almost all the rivers on the island have dried up.
The water sources in the mountain streams are not so abundant, making the guerrillas' activities more and more difficult.
The main streams were also controlled by the Ming army, so that each guerrilla could only get one cup of water per day.
If this continues, without the yellow-skinned monkeys attacking, everyone will die of thirst.
Many people couldn't stand it anymore and chose to go down the mountain and surrender to the opponent.
As long as you can save your life, you can go mining.
Seeing that there were fewer and fewer comrades around him, Senxi also considered leaving the team.
Finally, I chose to leave this ghost place on a cloudy night.
"Stop! Sensi, do you want to surrender to the yellow-skinned monkey?"
Suddenly, Brigadier Weldi's voice came from behind, startling Sensi.
"Brigadier, I don't want to do this, but is there any other way out now?"
Senxi is glad that he can survive until now, otherwise he wouldn't even have to make a choice.
"You're a coward, you're worse than a woman. I should have gotten rid of trash like you if I had known!"
Weldy held the revolver and kept cursing at it.
"What about those who left earlier than me? They killed quite a few yellow-skinned monkeys, and then what? Is it right to wait here to die?"
"Shut up! I will..."
Sensi suddenly used all his strength and pounced on the opponent before he could pull the trigger, intending to seize the revolver, but failed due to Weldi's struggle.
The two men immediately struggled with each other, then fell to the ground and rolled back and forth. Finally, they reached a point of intimidation, beating each other and rolling down the hill.
The next morning, Sensi woke up first and saw Weldy who was still in a coma, and an idea suddenly came to his mind.
After making the decision, he took off his clothes, tied the hands of the former boss, and then found the revolver.
This is a very good certificate, it should be able to find a new way of life for yourself, if the brigade commander is still valuable.
"Sensi! You traitor! You have to die! You will go to hell even if you die!"
After waking up, Weldi was immediately furious. He was really blind and had taken care of him for several months in vain.
"Brigadier, think about it carefully. If hell really exists, then Satan must also exist. Why doesn't Satan come up and kill the yellow-skinned monkey? Shouldn't they all die? The yellow-skinned monkey was not killed by Satan. It means that Satan does not exist, and the so-called hell does not exist!"
"You...have you betrayed your faith? You actually said such treasonous words!"
"Faith? Do those so-called gods really exist? Why do you still watch the fun when you see us suffering?"
"..."
"Even if God is far away from the world, Rome is very close to Sicily, right? What is His Majesty the Pope doing? Can you defeat the yellow-skinned monkey by praying?"
"Shut up! What you said is enough to make you a heretic!"
"I understand now that only the winner can determine who is a heretic, but it's a pity that I understand it too late! But it's a little better than a guy like you who is still ignorant now. I'm afraid you won't know who the heresy is in this life! "
"... Sensi! You are a heretic who was bewitched by the yellow-skinned monkey! You will definitely go to hell after death and be burned to death by the fire of hell!"
"After death? Hum! Sicily is hell now! Do I have to wait until after death to go to hell?"
"..."
"The God I believed in before didn't protect me in times of crisis, so why can he judge me in the future?"
"..."
"If the emperor of the Ming Empire is really the incarnation of God, then everyone in the world should believe in him!"
