When it became clear that his brother was indeed going to make a fuss about this matter, Raymond Eddie no longer hesitated and nodded excitedly:
"Okay, brother, I'll go get them now."
Raymond Eddie thought that his brother wanted to make an example of the soldier and catch him to kill him to vent his anger, so he was of course very happy.
But in fact, Brisso Eddy was not prepared to do so. His plan was to kill the mother and son after getting the confession, and then put the confession in front of Bartlett Clo.
And told him that he had already dealt with the aftermath of the matter, and asked him to control his subordinates in the future and not to do such things that violate military discipline, in order to warn the other party.
It not only strengthens one's own authority, but also shows favor to the other party, telling them, see, I am letting go of such violations of military discipline for your sake.
Of course, this is called combining kindness with severity in Chinese culture.
Only Raymond Eddie still naively thought that he could really vent his anger this time.
But what he didn't expect was that when he hurriedly brought a few people to find the house, he found that the house was burned into ruins in flames.
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The local residents were organizing firefighting. After questioning, everyone said that the mother and son had been burned to death, but no one knew the cause of the fire.
At this moment, no matter how stupid Raymond Eddie was, he understood what was going on.
Looking at the burned house, Raymond Eddy clenched his fists and gritted his teeth, wishing he could eat the two soldiers alive. But he also knew that now that they were dead and there was no evidence, it would be impossible to cause trouble for them.
He kicked the house a few times in anger and had no choice but to lead his team back to the camp.
The old veteran who was watching this scene from afar sneered with disdain, while another soldier on the side let out a long sigh.
After Briso Eddie received the news, he pretended that nothing had happened and just stepped up the efficiency of recruiting troops in Mangual.
After a day of rest, the border guards in Bitenkot Town finally sent out scouts to conduct reconnaissance towards Manguari.
As the two towns closest to the border, in addition to water transportation, there is also a muddy road between the towns for travel.
However, during the rainy season, this path becomes very difficult to walk on and is often flooded.
Most of the transportation from Manguari to other parts of Brazil is by water, which is why the border guards placed their logistics base in Manguari.
It was two days later when the scouts brought back the information about Manguari.
"Captain, these rebels are now recruiting in Manguali. It seems that they will not leave for a while. I think it is better to eliminate them sooner rather than later. Otherwise, if we want to eliminate them after their recruits have completed their training, we may have to pay a greater price."
After receiving the intelligence from Manguari, the Chief of Staff made his proposal to Colonel Milos Chuatoco.
Several battalion commanders under his command also volunteered to fight.
Colonel Milos Chuatoco had already received a telegram from the Ministry of Defense urging him to end the fighting within a week. This forced him, who had originally wanted to stabilize the situation, to overturn his original plan and begin preparing to launch an attack on Manguari.
He was somewhat surprised to receive the information that the rebels were still in Manguari. He did not expect that this time the other party would not just run away after plundering as he expected, leaving the mess of Manguari to him.
He was very satisfied with the attitude of several of his men who wanted to fight. After all, everyone knew that Manguari was their logistics base and retreat.
He felt very relieved when he learned that everyone was able to quickly adjust their mentality and actively prepare to retake Manguari after learning that their retreat was cut off.
“Okay, now that everyone agrees, let’s pack up our equipment and take back Manguari.
Chief of Staff, since the enemy still dares to stay in the town, we can no longer let them escape. So, I plan to advance by land and sea, encircle Manguali, block the enemy in Manguali, and then engage in positional warfare with the enemy.
We will try to wipe them out in Manguari town.”
Hearing that the regiment commander also agreed to launch an attack on the town of Manguari, everyone began to get excited. Finally, they would no longer be stuck in this small border town.
Milos Chuatoco then began to divide the work, because they originally took the water route from Manguari to Bitenkot Town, so they had a lot of boats.
It was enough to transport everyone directly to Manguari, but it was precisely because they entered the vicinity of Bittenkot town by water that the rebels took advantage of the opportunity and jumped out of Bittenkot directly.
So this time, Captain Milos Chuatocco learned his lesson and decided to advance by land and sea, dividing his troops into two groups to encircle Manguari.
Time passed quickly, and the first battalion of the border guards had already set up camp in the jungle less than five kilometers away from Manguari Town. After a whole day of arduous trekking, they finally approached this not-so-big town.
We just need to wait until tomorrow morning, when the time for the general attack arrives, and then we can launch an attack on Manguari by land.
Everyone was very tired because marching in the jungle was not an easy task, let alone marching on foot fully armed.
This made Bassam regret halfway through his journey. If he had known that the road would be so difficult, he should not have volunteered to ask the commander for a battle and taken the initiative to accept the task of attacking by land.
"Captain, your tent has been set up. You've worked hard all day, you should go to bed early!"
The adjutant came to Bassam and flattered him attentively.
Looking at the dark sky, the timid Bassam asked anxiously:
"Have all the guards been sent out? We are not far from Manguali. We must be careful of enemy attacks on our camp."
"Please rest assured, sir. Our sentry has already infiltrated the outskirts of Manguali Town and joined up with the scouts from the regiment headquarters.
The situation we see now is that the rebels have not found anything unusual, and the town of Manguari is still peaceful and prosperous. We can surely take it down smoothly if we launch a surprise attack tomorrow."
The adjutant assured Bassam with a relaxed look on his face.
This made Bassam, who was participating in actual combat for the first time, feel relieved. He had the experience of being nervous all night outside the town of Bittenkot, but nothing happened.
Bassam was no longer as nervous as before.
However, he still cautiously told his adjutant:
"Don't slack off on patrol at night. Arrange the shifts properly. We can't let our guard down just because the enemy hasn't spotted us. Do you understand?"
The adjutant quickly stood at attention and saluted:
"Yes, sir!"
Seeing this, Bassam waved his hand, indicating that the other party could leave.
After the other party left, Bassam, who was already exhausted, yawned continuously and lay directly on the marching bed and soon fell asleep.
As for patrolling the camp himself, or arranging tasks such as light and dark sentries, he obviously would not do it.
As time passed, the only sounds left in the camp were those of insects and animals that came out to forage at night, except for the occasional sounds made by patrolling soldiers passing by.
Gradually, as time passed midnight, even the sounds of insects and animals gradually disappeared.
The entire camp was silent except for the occasional crackling of wood burning in the campfire, but all this did not alert the patrolling soldiers.
Until the sound of a gunshot broke the silence of the night.
Bassam was frightened by the sudden gunshot while sleeping. He jumped up and shouted in panic:
"Where is the shooting?"
But he did not wait for the soldiers' reply. Instead, gunshots rang out quickly and soon enveloped the entire camp. Even those with the slowest reactions realized that they were under attack.
Without time to think, Bassam stumbled out of the tent and found that the entire camp was in chaos, with soldiers running around everywhere, but no sign of the attacker.
As the chief officer of the army, although his legs were shaking with fear, he also understood at this time that panicking would not solve the problem, so he picked up his pistol and fired a shot into the sky.
He shouted loudly:
"Why are you panicking? You haven't even seen the enemy yet and you're already in a mess. Messenger, order the captains of each company to organize their troops and set up a defense line."
It can only be said that although Bassam, the battalion commander, is a flatterer, he is not stupid. Although he did not notice the enemy's presence at the first time, he responded as a superior should.
With the order from their superiors, the soldiers quickly gained a backbone and began to move closer to their superiors and prepare to establish a defense line.
But at this moment, noisy shouts rang out in the dark jungle, and the gunfire became more intense.
From time to time, rebels rushed out of the darkness and into the government army camp. The government soldiers, who had been able to only blindly shoot at the dark jungle, finally saw the enemy, which made everyone breathe a sigh of relief.
After all, the invisible enemy is the most terrifying.
In fact, the rebels' attack on the camp was not smooth. After all, in this era, night combat was a combat skill that only a few elite troops could master.
The rebels who were only responsible for transporting DP obviously had not received such training. In the dark night, launching an attack on the enemy from the dense primitive jungle is not something that can be accomplished by just pulling out a random troop.
Therefore, both the attacking and defending sides were obviously full of loopholes in this night battle.
When the rebels fired their first shot, many of them had not yet reached their intended attack positions, which threw the entire attack off-kilter and gave the government troops in the camp time to react.
All these circumstances combined to turn the premeditated night attack by the anti-government forces into a melee.
However, as the attacking party, the anti-government army had the psychological advantage of taking the initiative to launch an attack, and Bassam, the defending party, only thought about passive defense from beginning to end.
Therefore, during the entire melee, the anti-government forces actually had absolute initiative.
In the pitch-black jungle, the two sides fought back and forth for nearly two hours, and finally the rebels broke into the government camp before dawn.
"Sir, what should we do now? We can't hold the front any more."
The adjutant ran to Bassam with an anxious look on his face and said in panic.
"Wasn't it fine just now? How come you can't hold on all of a sudden?"
When Bassam heard your adjutant say that they couldn't hold the city, he trembled all over. He was already timid and became panic-stricken.
"Just now, the rebels concentrated their forces and threw a large number of grenades at the position of the first company. Now the defense line of the first company has been breached, and the captain of the first company was seriously injured.
Now the rebels have broken through the company's defense line and are coming here."
What the adjutant said frightened Bassam so much that he turned around and ran away as if by reflex.
At this moment, a messenger rushed to Bassam with a telegram, stood at attention and saluted:
"Sir, the regiment called and ordered us to hold the camp firmly and keep the rebels attacking us here. This will create an opportunity for the main force of the regiment to attack Manguari Town.
If you disobey military law, you will be punished!"
Upon hearing this, Bassam looked at his adjutant with a pale face. This telegram came at a really inopportune time.
If it had been two minutes later, he would have probably led his troops to flee.
But now the regiment has given the order, and if I run again, I might lose my head.
After glancing at the messenger, Bassam gritted his teeth and said:
"Send another telegram to the regiment headquarters for help, telling them that our battalion's position has been breached by the enemy, and that the enemy attacking our unit is estimated to have a thousand men, who must be the enemy's main force.
I suggest that the regiment abandon Manguari Town, move closer to our troops, and encircle the main force of the enemy. "
Upon hearing this, the messenger wrote the order on the telegraph paper and confirmed it with Bassam again. After Bassam's confirmation, he stood at attention, saluted, and ran back to the telegraph room.
This is because they were acting alone, so the regiment equipped them with a radio.
As for walkie-talkies, which have long been available in this era, border defense forces like theirs have not had time to equip themselves with them.
Upon hearing this, the adjutant asked with some concern:
"Sir, our position has been breached by the enemy. It's probably too late to get the main force of the regiment to move closer to us now!"
Upon hearing this, Bassam was so angry that he kicked the other party and said dissatisfiedly:
"You know your position has been breached, so why are you still standing here? Why don't you organize a counterattack and take back the position?"
The adjutant obviously did not expect that Bassam would be so tough today and actually prepare to organize a counterattack. This was not the same person as the battalion commander he had in mind!
How could he know what Bassam was thinking at that moment? He knew that the main force of the regiment had already reached the outskirts of Manguari and could launch an attack at any time to destroy the enemy.
If he ran away at this moment, wouldn't it be as stupid as surrendering to the enemy when he was victorious? His intelligence would not allow him to make such a mistake.
As for the fact that he exaggerated to the regiment headquarters that there were more than a thousand enemies here, who were the main force of the rebels, it was of course to attract the main force of the regiment to rescue himself.
In fact, he had no idea how many enemies were besieging him, because the enemies were all in the jungle, and it was difficult to make an accurate judgment in the pitch-black jungle.
What he didn't know was that it was actually only two companies of rebels that launched the attack on his camp.
The person in charge of the command was the old soldier who burned the woman's house in Manguali.
Why did he let this veteran soldier be in charge of commanding this night attack? This was actually just a way for Brisso Eddy to weaken Batlle Clos' influence among the rebels.
After hearing Bassam's order, the adjutant did not dare to resist. He could only put aside his thoughts of escaping and saluted Bassam:
"Yes, sir!"
Then he gathered the men in the battalion and attacked the rebels who had already broken into the camp.
As I just said, there were actually only two companies attacking the camp, and after two hours of fighting, there were not many people left to launch a charge.
Therefore, when facing the men led by the adjutant, they were evenly matched.
Soon the war reached a stalemate again.
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