Australian Storm 1876

  Chapter 71 Panic Spreads

Night falls

  The shore of Lake Taal was sparkling, and from time to time there was a burst of blood mixed with mud, and there were faint women's crying.

  In a brightly lit tent

  Li Fushou is sitting on the warm and soft polar bear fur cushion, holding a cup of hot coffee in his hand, drinking slowly, watching the text that has just been drafted.

  This is a telegram sent to Queensland Governor Frank, which truthfully describes the battle on Lake Taal, without exaggeration and distortion.

  A short fierce battle involving thousands of people. There are so many people who have witnessed it. The remnants of the encirclement and suppression cavalry will not be killed. Any intention to distort this fierce battle is stupid.

  The only slightly different place

  It means that the Red River Valley Cavalry came not too late, but intentionally.

  Except for Li Fushou and a few decision-making chiefs, no one else knows this, and it is still the case.

  After learning that the encirclement and suppression squad broke into the Red River Valley Ranch without notice, the situation before Li Fushou was completely clear, and it was the only one-way transparent among the three forces.

  It depends on the home game. All the cowboys and herders wandering in the Guitouling area are the eyeliners of the Red River Valley, which is incomparable by the other two teams anyway.

  Pilken gangsters are afraid to avoid it. The encirclement and suppression squad is the only unknown force that has broken in in the past three years. No one rushes to lick the ditch, which is obviously unrealistic.

  For all the Red River Valley cowboys who have received military training, it is not only an obligation, but also a responsibility, to report the military situation and any abnormal situation quickly, and there will be heavy rewards that follow.

  The three cowboys who came to report the letter received a total of 100 pounds in bonuses, which were paid on the spot, which made them happy from ear to ear.

  If you don’t know, haha...

The severe punishment that follows is definitely not something that the cowboys can bear. You must know that the cowboys are not only hired workers of the Red River Valley Ranch, but also disciples of the Hongmen. The strict mountain rules are not jokes, they are killing people. of.

  One-way transparency on the battlefield, the situation quickly became complicated, and Li Fushou faced multiple choices.

  One, you can quickly contact the encirclement and suppress the cavalry team, and the two sides can join forces to encircle and suppress the bandit that broke in. This is the most practical solution.

  The advantage is that it can completely eliminate the threat of the Pilken bandit, train the team through battle, establish prestige, and consolidate the rule in the Red River Valley area.

  The shortcomings are also obvious;

   Go up and contact the white cavalry, obviously they will be used as cannon fodder. I am afraid that the Red River Valley cavalry will charge in the first round, and there will be no honor or benefit after the war.

  Weigh and suppress the cavalry team with more than 1,000 people sleeping and eating for a few months. What is the picture?

  No matter how generous the British Empire is, it does not take honor seriously. Ninety-nine percent of the Red River Valley is drizzle, which is not worthwhile.

  Second, it deliberately exposed the news that the white men encircled and suppressed the cavalry team. The two strong rivals must be injured, and it is best to lose both.

  This is even more undesirable, not to mention that doing so is tantamount to giving a handle, and will surely meet the anger of the British Empire, it is an idiot behavior.

  Just by doing this, he pulled himself and the Peel gang into one line, and he couldn't get rid of it.

  To count on the gang to keep secrets for themselves and to be grateful, it is better to believe that white people are good people who eat fast and reciting the Buddha.

  Weighing the pros and cons, Li Fushou made a decisive decision to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight;

  You go, you go, I just passed by with soy sauce.

  The course of the Battle of Thar Lake was completely beyond Li Fushou's expectation, presenting a one-sided, one-way slaughter, but one side is not the other side.

  Now that the whole battle is resumed, Li Fushou found out that he had been stolen from his teacher.

  Once occurred in Queensland and even the whole of Australia, the only time the Gatling heavy machine gun was used to repel a gangster was created by myself. Unexpectedly, the "Wild Wolf" Birken was inspired by it. What makes sense?

  He would rather not have this kind of glory, and resolutely deny it when others think of it.

  Too shameful!

The encirclement and suppression squad threw 976 knights into the battle on the shores of Lake Kell. They faced six hand-operated Gatling heavy machine guns and charged against the bullet rain. 477 people were killed on the spot, 106 were seriously injured, and 51 were slightly injured. Only those who escaped More than 340 white knights.

  As of now;

  Seriously injured, only nearly half of the breath left. According to the existing conditions of the Red River Valley, there are not so many doctors to treat him, and he can only rely on himself to stand firm.

  Thank God for more than 20 people who can survive the risk of infection and finally survive.

  This is only the statistics near the camp, and does not include the losses of the Birken bandit hunting along the way. It can be seen that the lethality of the heavy machine gun is really amazing, and it almost changed the battle situation with one force.

  From this perspective, Li Fushou has to admit that Birken is a smart and good student, but he is useless in the right way.

   "Come here."

   "Here, please master."

  "Arrange the messenger to go to Brisbane overnight and present this confidential document to Governor Frank."

   "Yes."

  The secretary took the message with both hands, turned around and left quickly.

  Early the next morning

  A thin layer of frost fell on the forest and grass, and the cold air was chilly, and the camp became busy early on.

  Early knights orderly feeding, drinking, and serving the warrior horses are necessary tasks for every knight. War horses are not beasts, but comrades fighting side by side on the battlefield.

  Many people are vomiting while working, and their performance is obviously much better than yesterday.

  I saw the **** and miserable battlefield with my own eyes. Hundreds of people vomited. Many people vomited their bile. The scene was truly spectacular.

  According to the Shangfeng command;

  A squad of cavalry escorted the abducted white women and slightly wounded soldiers, and returned to Brisbane in advance. These people should be handed over to the people of the Self-Government Office for headaches. Red River Valley has no obligation to arrange them.

   came over overnight, the number of soldiers killed rose to 530, and half of the remaining seriously wounded would not survive today.

  This made the camp still permeated with a strong smell of blood, which caused headaches.

  After the brigade had breakfast, the order came;

   Pull out the camp and leave, aiming at the grazing point of Guitouling. The leading unit is composed of wolf cavalry guards and two militia centuries. It is expected to arrive at noon.

The   Tiger Cavalry Guards and the remaining 5 militia centuries will leave in the afternoon and are expected to arrive before the evening. The two sides are united and strictly guarded.

  At the same time, exploring and riding all around.

  In this lush mountain forest, it is easy to hide a dozen people, but it is difficult to hide a team of hundreds.

  After the Battle of Karl Lake, the Red River Valley will no longer underestimate the fighting power of the bandits. Who knows when they will cramp?

  Press here for the time being, not to mention, at this time Brisbane is already boiling.

  The shocking news sent by the messenger who arrived overnight seemed like a huge boulder smashed into the calm lake, causing a shocking wave.

The "Brisbane Pioneer" newspaper first reported the news of the fiasco of the Battle of Cul Lake, and obtained detailed casualties. The leader of the encirclement and suppression team, Colonel Macbeth, was killed on the spot, the Sheriff of South Wales Holliday and most of the Royal Cavaliers The police died, and Frank McLaury's whereabouts are unknown.

  The telegraph signal shuttled through the air, causing a huge shock in Melbourne and Sydney. People in the community were panicked. Everyone was afraid of the return of the "Wild Wolf" Pilken gang. It was simply the end of the world.

  From the morning

  With the spread of panic, there is an endless stream of people going to the cruise company to book tickets. Many wealthy British people only hope to leave this ghost place as soon as possible and never return.

The Home Office of Victoria and South Wales have been surrounded by a large number of angry people. There are many family members of the Royal Mounted Police and the White People’s Soldiers. Their emotions are so agitated that they almost tore the terrified governor and other senior officials. .

  Why, why did the Royal Mounted Police of Victoria go to Queensland to suppress bandits, and the white militiamen who died heroically in the battle, what right do you politicians have to let my child go to Queensland to die?

  Why don’t you dirty politicians die?

  The angry question was thought-provoking. At this time, no one considered the white ranchers who had been mutilated in Victoria and South Wales. They were only worried about whether their children could return safely.

  Damn, who cares about those white ranchers?

  At the same time that the senior officials in Victoria and South Wales were in a state of desperation, the telegram originated from Li Fushou's handwriting passed through the Telegraph Bureau and finally sent to the Prime Minister's residence in Downing Street, and was placed on the top as an urgent document.

   "Good morning, Joe."

   "Good morning, Prime Minister."

  Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli was in a good mood today. He walked briskly into the restaurant of the Prime Minister’s Mansion and greeted Chef Joe first.

Joe has been a chef at the Prime Minister’s residence for 23 years and is a government employee with an iron rice bowl. Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli has moved here only two years. If he loses to the hateful Liberals in the prime minister’s election two years later , Then he's going to roll up the bedding.

  Sitting in a restaurant with bright and clean windows, Benjamin Disraeli was in a very good mood. The Victorian tables, chairs, doors and windows all met his noble taste. This is the decentness that this important building should have.

  A full 30 years from 1847 to 1877, because of the dislike of the narrow and run-down building with a history of more than 100 years, the prime ministers worked in other places during this period, and did not move in until Disraeli came to power.

  At the beginning of moving in, Disraeli lobbied to Congress, hoping to pay the full cost of the renovation.

  But this proposal drew a lot of repercussions. In particular, the civilian members of the House of Commons responded fiercely, and the **** of the Budget Committee did not deal with him. In the end, Disraeli had to compromise.

  The state pays for the decoration of the entrance lobby and the public part, and you have to pay for the decoration of the private part, such as the restaurant.

  For this, Disraeli spent a total of £150, 3 shillings and 6 pence to renovate the bedroom, dressing room and small dining room on the first floor, and installed a heating and cooling water system in the special dressing room.

  After a lot of scrutiny, Downing Street finally looks like a home.

  (End of this chapter)