Fox of France

At dawn, Maggie was pulled up from the bed by a hand: "Maggie, it's your turn to watch!"

McGeedy got up, dressed indiscriminately, and said, "Roy, what's the rush, there's nothing going on anyway. What are you doing on duty?"

The outpost where Mejidi is located is relatively deep in the guerrilla-controlled area. It used to be a British outpost. But lately, because Britain needs soldiers everywhere, and because this outpost is too close to partisan-held territory.

But McGeedy said that the so-called "nothing will happen anyway" is not wrong. Because they have reached a gentleman's agreement with the guerrillas. Every month, they hand over a "combat loss" to the guerrillas. That is, handing over guns and ammunition to the guerrillas (reported to the above as combat losses) In addition, they promise to turn a blind eye to the various actions of the guerrillas and not interfere; the guerrillas guarantee their personal safety , and guarantee that they will not be left without food because of the blockade of the supply line.

To be honest, the guerrillas are full of kind people, and they mean what they say. The security forces in the post like the guerrillas. Recently, the guerrillas have also launched a "trade-in" business with McGeedy and the others. In addition to the "combat losses" originally stipulated, the guerrillas are also willing to exchange old guns for brand new weapons with security forces at a certain rate. As for these old guns, some of them can be replaced by the higher authorities on the grounds of "use damage", and the other part can be taken to the British to claim military exploits. So, the guerrilla team is really everyone's caring people.

"Someone from above is coming to inspect today, so they must look good." Roy replied.

"Damn it!" McGeedy yelled.

The people above came to inspect, in fact, it was all caused by themselves. Who made them turn in too many seizures during this period of time, and reported too many battles. Their achievements are really impressive, so the higher-ups have to send someone over to inspect them. Maybe even give them medals or something.

But in the entire outpost, no one wanted the guys above to come here. The problem here, if you look carefully, you will definitely be able to see it. Besides, medals or something, if you get it without increasing your military salary, what's the point?

"Didn't we tell the matter over there? Let the people over there receive it, isn't it all right? It's really troublesome!" Maggie put on his hat and gun, and was ready to go out.

The so-called "let the people over there receive it" actually means that they have already informed the guerrillas that their superiors, and the real superiors, the British, are coming to inspect. Generally speaking, the guerrillas would not give up such an opportunity.

This is also a common practice, so recently, the number of inspections by superiors, especially by "real superiors" has decreased significantly.

Of course, the guerrillas sometimes fail to complete the task of receiving their superiors for some reason. Therefore, when the guerrillas received their request, they generally would not make a promise to complete the reception task. Therefore, everyone must also be prepared to receive inspections from superiors.

McGeedy left the room and went under the watchtower.

"Jim, come down, I'll take your place!" McGeedy yelled.

Nothing happened up there. McGeedy yelled again, and then heard Jim's ambiguous voice from above: "Okay, I'll come down right away."

After a while, Jim was seen coming down from the wooden watchtower with a rifle whose rifling was almost worn out. Seeing the bewildered expression on his face, McGeedy knew that the guy must have taken a nap on it.

Wooden watchtowers are actually a terrible defensive device. While it provides better visibility, it also exposes the Sentinels above more easily. In the past, when everyone was still serious about fighting, no one would be willing to stand guard on this thing, because it meant that he might be killed by bullets from nowhere if he didn't pay attention. Of course, if he was killed, then in a sense the early warning mission would be fulfilled.

So at that time, of course, authentic British soldiers would not keep sentry on this kind of thing. The sentries on this kind of thing are all members of the security forces. They have the same advantage as wooden watchtowers, that is, they are cheap.

But now, the security forces guys prefer this kind of watchtower. This thing is tall, and the space above it is narrow (this way the cost is low), and there is only room for one person to sit with a chair. It is also tall, and if one person sits on it to take a nap or something, the people below can't see it at all, so it is especially suitable for taking a nap or something. In the past, when everyone went up, they were afraid of being shot black by the guerrillas, but now, most of the public security forces have made good friends with the guerrillas, and the guerrillas mean what they say, and they spit on a nail. Send it up, and if you say that you will not be shot with black guns, you will not be shot with black guns.

Of course, that meaning must be sent up on time, and it cannot be discounted. Otherwise, don't blame the uncle of the guerrillas for turning that point into "sorry".

McGeedy waited for Jim to get down, climbed up, sat down on the chair above, and was about to take a nap. He accidentally looked into the distance, but saw a group of guerrillas pulling a door with a horse. A small cannon I had never seen before came from the side of the road.

"This is probably to receive the superiors who came to inspect." Majidi thought, "Hey, I brought a cannon to entertain them. This, our superiors are very proud of themselves!"

While watching, Maggie thought about how much dividends he could get tonight. Well, the men of the guerrillas are kind and good people, really! Say what you say, every spittle is a nail. Generally speaking, just tell them the news about entertaining their superiors. After the entertainment is over, dividends will be distributed to outposts that provide accurate information. Last time, the guerrillas entertained the food requisition team of the British army, and when they came back, they gave everyone two pounds... Well, the guerrillas are really kind people!

McGeedie thought about it while watching. He soon discovered that this situation did not seem quite right. Because he saw the second cannon, the third cannon...

"Hey, there are five cannons. By the way, is our superior worth so many cannons? This reception is too grand, isn't it? Well, they shouldn't be going to attack the stronghold on the railway side? Oh, this is not a guerrilla attack Team, this is the uncle of the Independence Army!"

So Majidi hurriedly shouted down: "The Independence Army is here, hang up the flag quickly!"

According to the agreement between the guerrillas and them, the guerrillas gave them a green, white and blue tricolor flag. It is agreed that if you encounter a large force of the Independent Army, you will hang up this flag, and then everyone can continue to be goodwill. Peaceful coexistence.

The security forces at the post quickly lowered the British flag and raised the flag of the Irish Independence Army.