Chapter 618 Conscience
"Report to the company commander, we have found the target in the northeast corner of the Sotechi Salt Marsh!"
"How many of them are there? Did you alert them?"
"There should be about fifty people, a total of five large carts, and there are also five Florisbad villagers led by Dickenwen, the youngest son of the Florisbad village chief. Their defenses are very lax, so our scouts should not have been discovered. We are still keeping an eye on them."
"Very good, Wilson, you take your platoon and go around the edge of the Soter Pond Salt Marsh from the left to cut off their retreat. Rawls, you take the second platoon to set up an ambush from the direction they came from. I require you to reach the location within twenty minutes and move towards the area where they are after twenty minutes." Blanca began to distribute combat tasks.
"Yes, Captain!" Wilson and Rawls replied.
Afterwards, the two of them took their respective troops and headed in two directions. As for the southwest direction, it was the Sote Salt Lake. Unless the enemy really wanted to flee there, it would be difficult for them to survive in the harsh environment, so there was no need to send additional troops for defense.
"Valshanu!" Blanca continued.
Varshanu responded, "Yes, sir, what do you want?"
"You lead the way now. There may be a fight next. Are you afraid? You can stay here if you want. Don't force yourself."
"Well, sir, I'd better stay here! After all, Di Kevin, a few villagers and I are familiar with each other, so as to avoid embarrassment for both sides." Varshanu still felt a little guilty. Besides, a possible fight would mean danger. There was no need for him to move forward. It would be bad if he was accidentally injured.
"That's fine, Christine, you stay and take care of Valshanu and ensure his safety. If there is any emergency, take him to Bloemfontein to report the situation here!" Blanca still planned to find someone to look after Valshanu.
"Don't worry, Captain. I will definitely protect Mr. Valshanu's safety."
"Well, then you two just wait here for us."
Then, Blanca led the remaining people towards the Orange transport convoy.
At this time, De Kevin was chatting with the members of the Orange Freedom Resistance Army, unaware that danger was approaching.
"Luo Meng, what are you escorting this time?"
"Same as usual, food is the main thing, but this time we have this!" Roman stretched out his hand and made a gun pointing gesture. Roman was quite relieved about Di Kevin. They were all family. In the past few months, Di Kevin provided convenience for them when they passed by Florisbad Village.
Di Kevin understood and said, "With this batch of supplies, the front line will definitely teach the people of Transvaal a profound lesson."
"That's right. This batch of goods is from the Austro-Hungarian Empire. I heard that they are new goods directly drawn from the arsenal. They are not comparable to the antiques we have."
"Aren't there a few for you guys?"
"Alas, the frontline troops have not yet fully used them, let alone us logistics personnel. However, they will definitely be equipped later. It's just a matter of time."
The Orange Freedom Resistance Army was a purely makeshift team, so its organization and communication were far inferior to those of the Transvaal Restoration Army. The Transvaal Restoration Army had the British Army as its guide, and was even a team copied according to the British Army template, so it learned from the British Army in all aspects, while the Orange Freedom Resistance Army could only be regarded as an alliance of guerrillas and home guards.
The East African military advisory group only provided reference opinions to these guerrillas or rural groups. As for helping the Orangemen organize battles and tactics, there was no need to think about it, because the Orangemen did not have a unified organization at all, but instead each mountain group huddled together for warmth.
Correspondingly, the East African Military Advisory Group would not care about such transportation matters, but would just remind the Orange people to be careful.
But it is obvious that not everyone takes the good advice to heart, or they are not aware of it at all.
This is the case with Luo Meng, the captain of the convoy escorting the supplies. After all, this route has been used for several months without any accidents, so everyone is more confident.
Of course, as a paramilitary personnel, Romon is still relatively safe, but this safety is only when passing through the area controlled by the Transvaal people.
The Salt Pond is indeed a special place. Due to the harsh environment around the Salt Pond Salt Marsh, the Transvaal people and the Orange people do not pay much attention to this place. Even from the nearby village of Florisbad, few people come here.
This further weakened Roman's vigilance. In addition, with Dicken, his own man, watching over Florisbad Village, he could get the news of any disturbance in advance.
However, Roman trusted De Kevin a little too much. Roman was a paramilitary member of the Orange Freedom Resistance Army, and he was also on the list. De Kevin could only be regarded as a friendly person with goodwill towards the Orange Freedom Resistance Army.
He had not received any formal training and was immature, so he had never noticed that there was a person named Valshanu in the village, and he had no idea that he was being followed in the past few days.
Just as the two were talking, Blanca also approached with his troops. A large group of people suddenly appeared, and Roman realized that something was wrong.
"No, Captain, it's the Transvaal people!"
"De Kevin, what's going on?" Luo Meng asked.
Di Kevin also said innocently: "I don't know! But now we should find a chance to retreat quickly, right?"
Luo Meng had no time to think about it and began to command the transport team to retreat.
In order not to alert the enemy, Blanca's men came on foot, so there was still a chance to maneuver.
When Blanca saw that the white bandit wanted to escape, she naturally would not let the credit slip away.
“Chase!”
The two sides began to shoot at each other, but soon, Roman's idea was ruined.
Because the two platoons sent by Blanca before also arrived. After all, they went around the back, so it took them a little longer to travel.
After Blanca's men gathered together, they were no longer something that Roman's dozens of men could handle. Under attack from both sides, he had no choice but to surrender.
As the winner, Blanca walked to the front of the convoy and commanded: "Lift the canvas!"
Then five carts revealed sacks of sacks. Blanca stabbed the sacks with a dagger, then pulled out the dagger, and yellow-white flour came out of the blade.
"That's all?"
Facing Blanca's question, Roman ignored it and just asked resentfully: "How did you find us?"
"Haha, don't worry, it definitely wasn't this guy, but a gangster in their village who discovered it by accident." As the winner, Blanca had no need to make things difficult for his opponent.
The suspected Di Kevin was also unwilling to accept the situation. He gritted his teeth and said, "Who in the village betrayed me? Can this officer let me die with a clear conscience?"
Blanca shook her head and said, "You should not be concerned about this problem now, but the consequences of your actions. You should know that the mayor of Florisbad is your father, and you have two older brothers."
De Kevin: "My actions have nothing to do with my family. I did it on my own accord."
"Why?"
"Because we are free and proud Orangemen!" said Dickman righteously.
"Haha, I hope you can be so tough in the future, but I really won't make things difficult for you. After all, you are just an ordinary person."
"Sir, I don't know what to call you."
"Blanca."
"Mr. Blanca, you are a Transvaal man with a conscience."
"Thank you for the compliment. We did do something wrong, but we have to do this because you can't understand the feeling of having your family torn apart."
(End of this chapter)
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