"These bastards! Scum! What are they doing!" The Duke of Norfolk viciously threw the document that reported the battle to the ground, and then chased after him with no grace, and kicked the document again.

　　 "My lord, my lord, although our army has a little loss...but...the loss doesn't seem to be large... lord Governor..." Adjutant Olkin said in a flustered manner.

"This is not a question of loss. It is a long-term struggle, at least until the French withdraw their dirty hands. It must be! Losses like this are completely expected. Don't talk about such a loss. Even a loss ten times greater than this is expected by the United Kingdom. Tony, do you think I will be so angry because more than forty people have died?"

　　 "The Governor, you..."

　　The Duke of Norfolk had calmed down at this time. He said: "Because the commander of this team, after suffering such a loss, in order to vent his anger, he will...what is the village called?"

　　 "Black Rock Village." Holguin added.

"Yes, it's Blackstone Village. That fool, in order to vent his anger, killed all the villagers left in Blackstone Village, and said that this is a warning to the bandits. This fool, he doesn't understand. At that time, when he was in place after several hours, the villagers who were still willing to stay where they were, at least did not directly resist our rule? What is he doing? He wants to drive all the Irish people there Should the rebels go there? Who is he working for? We, or the rebels!" At this point, the Duke of Norfolk, who had calmed down, became angry again.

"Tony, I came to Ireland, and I have made the form here great, great, but this idiot, scum, all of a sudden, all of your effort was lost..." And here, Norfolk The Duke sat down weakly on the chair, reached out his hand to take off the monocle on the bridge of his nose, threw it on the table, and closed his eyes. After a while, he waved his hand and said:

　　 "Well, Tony, what is that stupid's name, you can help me see, and then let this stupid retire, otherwise, God knows what stupid he will do!"

　　 Holguin walked over and picked up the paperwork, flipped through it a bit, and then said with a very embarrassed look: "Your Excellency, that..."

　　 "What's wrong?" The Duke of Norfolk opened his eyes.

　　 "The battalion commander, his surname is Tavern, if I am not mistaken, he is the son of Count Tavern." Holkin replied.

　　 "Son of Tavern?" The Duke of Norfolk sat up straight. The Earl of Tavern is a member of the Tory Party in the House of Nobility and has a lot of influence. And because it also belongs to the Tory Party and has a good relationship with the Duke of Norfolk.

"Damn it! How could this old fox Tavern have such a stupid son! This is really... However, for young people, we shouldn't just hit them to death with a single blow, Tony, don't you think? Young people, allow it. They made some mistakes...but, I have to give him a little bit..."

　　 Company Captain Tahuiton, no, he is already the battalion commander. In the previous "noose" operation, he performed well and was promoted. Of course, like him, there are many officers who have performed well in eliminating those unarmed "untrained rebels", but not many can get such promotions. After all, not everyone has a nobleman. Dad's.

　　 Becoming a battalion commander made Ta Huidun quite a bit smug, but the incident two days ago caused him to be hit again.

　　 Not long after it got dark that night, a guard came and told him that a beacon was found in the west. Judging from the recorded position, it should be Heishi Village. If it's Tahuiton who has just arrived in Ireland, most of them will immediately take the team and rush towards there. But now Tahuiton just thought about it, and then said: "The Irish rebels are very cunning. They attack at night and it is easy for them to take advantage. Everyone should be vigilant and don't give those rebels a chance."

Of course, there is one more thing that Battalion Commander Tavern did not say, that is: "Anyway, there are only worthless Irish policemen in Blackstone Village. For these worthless things, let the soldiers of the United Kingdom take risks. There is a hole in the head!"

　　 So I waited until the day was completely bright and the sun rose high, Ta Hui Dun took two hundred people along the road towards Heishi Village.

　　 In order to avoid a possible ambush, the British cut down all the concealed woods near the road. As a result, it becomes difficult for the guerrillas to ambush the British.

　　 But what Ta Huidun did not expect was that because of the influence of the black hands of some behind-the-scenes forces, ambush or something, in some cases, there is no need for people from the brigade to ambush.

　　 In the grass in front, there are two 9 inches long and 4 inches wide rectangles painted in grass green and dark green camouflage. Because of the color, these two things are too far apart. But if you really come to the front and take a closer look, you will see that there is a small black French line at the bottom of the two small squares facing the road: "This is facing the enemy."

　　 This is one of the latest weapons provided by the Irish guerrillas-broad sword directed mines. This weapon is naturally a pirated later work of Joseph.

　　 Two long copper wires are held behind this kind of mine. The copper wires are buried in the soil and extend almost 100 meters away behind a soil beam that is also covered with weeds. Behind the soil beam, a person was watching the British army close to the explosion point with a periscope.

　　 On the side of that road, there are two inconspicuous stones. Such stones are everywhere in Ireland. But at this time, these two stones have a unique meaning: between the two stones is the coverage area of ​​the two broadsword directional mines.

　　 Ta Huidun rode a horse, and walked in front of the team with a few other cavalry, the infantry lagging slightly behind. So if they are to be included in the coverage area, the number of people entering the coverage area will be much smaller. Therefore, the guerrillas hiding behind the earth beam let him go.

The infantry behind 　　 gradually entered the broad sword coverage area. The person looking at the periscope raised his hand, and then gently waved it down. The other guerrilla next to him shook the handle of a small hand-cranked generator. Immediately afterwards, there was the explosion of the "Broad Sword" directional mine in the distance.

The 　　 Bonaparte version of Broadsword has a structure similar to the later "Broadsword". On the back of it is a curved iron plate, and on the front of the iron plate is an evenly placed nitrostarch explosive. Because the explosive power of nitrated starch is unstable, the weight of explosives is much more than that of later versions of broadswords. In front of the explosive is 800 iron beads, and outside the iron beads is a thin wooden shell.

　　 After the explosion, eight hundred iron **** swept across the marching line of the British army like a big broomstick.

　　 Ta Huiton, who was walking in front, was startled by the explosion. He jumped off his horse and hid behind the horse, then peeked out from the saddle, but he saw nothing. Then he looked back at his team and was stunned.

　　 The ground was full of the corpses of British soldiers, many of which were almost inhuman. And more people fell to the ground, groaning loudly with all kinds of strange sounds that didn't seem to be made by humans.

　　 Such a thunder strike made Ta Huidun come back to his senses for a long time. He counted the number of people and found that the two hundred people he brought out, except for some cavalry who walked with him in the front and some people who fell behind, the rest were either injured or simply dead. Just these two broadswords made the British army of 200 men lose their combat effectiveness.

　　 It is naturally impossible to go to Heishi Village again, and Ta Huidun can naturally only retreat with the dead and wounded soldiers.

　　 After returning, Ta Huidun became more and more angry. After returning to the stronghold, he took a detailed inventory and found that a total of forty-two people were dead, and more than 80 people were injured to varying degrees. His anger was even more uncontrollable. So Ta Hui Dun, who had lost his sanity, immediately took the remaining men and horses and rushed straight to Heishi Village again.

　　 This time, he did not suffer any obstacles~lightnovelpub.net~ The British army directly arrived at Heishi Village.

　　 At this time, although there are no black dogs in Heishi Village, the villagers who are a little worried about the future still return to the village within the stipulated time. So when Tahuidon arrived in Blackstone Village, the villagers were all in the village.

　　 When the villagers saw the arrival of British troops, they thought they would only question themselves. Some people are still thinking about how to pick themselves or something. Who knew that after the arrival of the British army, without a word, they just started killing.

　　 "Kill! Kill them! Kill these Irish bastards!" Ta Huiton roared.

　　 Then a massacre began...

The evil consequences of Tavern’s slaughter were quickly revealed. There were fleeing phenomena in various villages. The guerrillas learned more information from these fugitives, so they strengthened their response to those fugitives. Attack on the village controlled by Heiguzi With their help, in just one month, more than a thousand Irish peasants fled from the quasi-security zone in Kilkenshire alone to the non-security zone controlled by the guerrillas.

　　 Faced with the current situation, the Duke of Norfolk made two plans after thinking about it.

　　 First, it is recommended that the Navy build more flying shears to intercept French smuggling ships.

　　 Second, mobilize manpower and material resources to prepare for the second round of sweeping the guerrilla control area.

　　Third, the British military officers should be trained in batches, so that they understand the interests and policies of the United Kingdom, and don't let the United Kingdom be unhelpful.