69novels Chapter 1063
Chapter 1063
Judging from the comparison of military strength, the army of Southern Philippines actually has a great advantage. The
Southern Philippines army had begun to prepare for the war a long time ago. If they had not been prepared, they would not have dared to directly cut off contact with the British Empire and not respond to the British Empire’s request!
Southern Philippines’ population is not very large, with a total population of about 7.
8 million.
This number ranks third or fourth in Africa, less than the population of West Africa controlled by Aiji and Gaul, but more than the population of East Africa and Central Africa.
With a population of eight million, minus the blacks excluded due to the apartheid system, the Southern Philippines government has armed at least 300,000 troops among the remaining whites!
The Boers living in the area are brave and good at fighting.
In the war thirty years ago, even when facing the world’s number one power that far exceeded their own strength, they fought well and caused huge casualties to the British Empire.
Over the years, relying on the gold mines near Johannes City, Southern Philippines has become much richer than it was thirty years ago.
Although most of the gold mined from the gold mines fell into the pockets of the British, the British still had to pay attention to their eating habits. They left some gold for the Southern Philippines colony to use.
With this batch of gold, Southern Philippines was relatively well mixed in the British colonies. Compared with the backward and poor South Asia, the lives of the Southern Philippines were obviously much better. However, compared with the Maple Leaf Country and Australia, the status of Southern Philippines was still much worse. The
Maple Leaf Country obtained the power to establish an independent country as early as 1876, and although Australia was a little later, it also established an independent country after the Westminster Act came out. Southern Philippines fought for a long time and is still an overseas dominion, just like the status of India in South Asia. This status is very telling!
It can be said that the reason why the Southern Philippines stood up against the British this time was that they wanted to obtain a higher status, did not want to continue to serve as a colony of the British, and did not want to continue to be exploited by the British!
With such a large gold mine in hand, the Southern Philippine government, after cutting off its connection with the British Empire, took the gold mine for itself, which greatly increased their income. They used a large part of the extra funds to buy arms and arm their own army.
The number of regular troops in Southern Philippines at this time exceeded 200,000. If the police force is included, the total number will exceed 300,000!
The British army has less than 50,000 troops. From the perspective of troops alone, the advantage of the Southern Philippine people is very obvious, and they also have the convenience of home court. They have a great chance of winning this battle! The
Southern Philippine people feel that they have a great advantage, so they are ready with their troops, ready to fight the British army!
In the eyes of the British army, they look down on these militia-like armed forces in the colonies. Although in the eyes of the Southern Philippine government, the army they have formed is already in good shape, but in the eyes of the battle-hardened British army, these armies are no different from a group of rabble!
Although they can’t beat the German army, there is no pressure to teach such an army a lesson!
Therefore, the British army did not care about the opponent’s military advantage. They were very confident in their own strength, so they did not evade at all and directly launched an attack on the position guarded by the Southern Philippine Army.
The war first broke out near the gold mine in the northeast of Johannes City. The British army took the lead in breaking the deadlock by using tanks and armored vehicles, advanced weapons that the Southern Philippine Army did not have. They quickly broke through the defenders’ defense line at the beginning of the attack and approached the flank of the Southern Philippine Army, which once put the Southern Philippine Army in danger of collapse across the board!
At this time, a Boer colonel in the Southern Philippine Army led a regiment of soldiers and bravely rushed towards the British Army.
Although they did not have anti-tank guns to deal with tanks, nor did they have their own tanks, they could use their flesh and blood to deal with the enemy!
The Boers have always been brave and resourceful in fighting, and this Boer colonel is not a reckless man!
Before his troops charged, their own artillery had suppressed the British infantry with artillery, causing the British tanks and infantry to be out of touch.
At this time, the Southern Philippine army suddenly launched an attack. They only had to face the British tanks!
Although the front armor of the tank looks very strong, its weakness is actually very obvious. For those who are familiar with the characteristics of tanks, it is not difficult to find a way to deal with tanks!
As early as World War I, German soldiers had learned to use cluster grenades to deal with British tanks. For tanks, their bottom and side tracks are their Achilles heels. If they are attacked here, the tanks will easily be severely damaged!
The enemy does not need to completely destroy the tanks, but only needs to destroy the tanks’ mobility. The tanks will become a pile of scrap metal and lose their function!
At this time, the Southern Philippine army adopted such tactics.
They rushed towards the British tanks with explosive packs and cluster grenades, shouting.
The soldiers on the British tanks discovered the Southern Philippine people’s intentions. They shouted one by one, and shot wildly at the soldiers rushing over in fear, trying to stop them before they approached them.
Obviously, these tank soldiers knew very well that if they let these people rush to their front, they would face great danger, so they had to stop them no matter what!
Da Da Da!
The machine guns on the British tanks roared, madly harvesting the lives of the Southern Philippine soldiers. On the way to the charge, soldiers of the Southern Philippine army fell down every moment.
The machine guns on the tanks were quite lethal to these soldiers. At a distance of only two hundred meters, at least six hundred soldiers fell under the machine gun fire!
However, although the machine guns on the tanks posed a great threat to the infantry, it was obviously impossible to completely block the route of the Southern Philippine army approaching them with these machine guns alone. After leaving the protection and support of their own accompanying infantry, these tanks were actually alone and out of touch with their own large forces!
In this case, they had to face the enemy’s attack alone.
A Southern Philippine soldier rushed to a British tank with a pack of explosives! With a bang, accompanied by a violent explosion, in the sky-high flames, the tank was blown into the sky!